Two Million Children Lost From Winter School Crisis
Washington dispatch reports that more than two million American children face no schooling this winter as budgets collapse. Education chief George F. Zook warns thousands more schools will close next year without cash infusions, with rural buildings boarded and teachers unpaid or underpaid. Open schools shrink, salaries plummet, and the nation faces a generation of disrupted learning.
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United Press
Washington
George F. Zook
Department of Interior
Boards of Education
Zook
Blue Eagle
Chicago
Michigan
Jess
Bombs Shatter Peace of Austrian Capital
Vienna reports bombs shattered Chancellor Dollfuss Christmas Truce and Nazi protests escalated after the escape of Princess Margot von Sachsen Meiningen and Prince Bernhard von Sachsen Meiningen. The couple reportedly fled to Italy amid tensions over the jailed Nazi leader Alfred Frauenfeld and ongoing government crackdowns.
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Vienna
Engelbert Dollfuss
Dollfuss
Alfred Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld
Margot von Sachsen-Mieningen
Prince Bernhard von Sachsen
Barber Confusion Over Bon Ton And Bangs Ends In Fine
A Cincinnati barber, Isaac Mosley, was fined two dollars after a customer asked for a Bon Ton cut but received bangs. The barber, Louis Teeders, explained the mix up as the Bangs style, and the judge weighed in with the fine. The case highlights a courtroom quirk in how hairstyling disputes are treated.
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Associated Pres
Cincinnati
W. D. Alexander
Gold price stays at 34.01 an ounce for RFC buys
Washington reports a fixed RFC price of 34.01 per ounce for newly mined gold, in effect since December 1. London bar price rose to 32.80, while the dollar weakened on the world market with London quotes at 3.16 1 2 and 5.17 1 2 as trading opened. Treasury silence on a supposed gold leak prompts an investigation, London observers call the leak claim a potential political maneuver.
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RFC
London
Treasury
HE. S. T
Civil Service Examinations For State Post Offices
The Civil Service Commission announced nationwide examinations for postmaster positions with a December 2 deadline. Missouri offices listed include Gilman City 1400 dollars, Greenville 1500, McFall 1300, Vienna 1400 as part of the postings. A note recalls the first long distance non-stop free balloon flight on November 7, 1836 covering 500 miles.
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Washington
Civil Service Comission Today
Missouri
Gilman City
Greenville
McFall
Vienna
Roosevelt urges optimism as farmers urged to back plan
President Roosevelt told American farmers in a message read at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention that the country seems on its way but warned progress will take time. He cited the "controlled agriculture" program and noted gains among cotton, tobacco, and wheat farmers, urging continued confidence and cooperation with NRA policies and monetary measures.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Farmers of America
American Farm Bureau’ Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
Roosevelt Agricultural Program
NRA
Ozark Counties Rank High in Fruit Culture
Four Missouri counties placed among the 56 leading U. S. counties in small fruit production per 1930 census figures. Lawrence 31st Barry 32nd Newton 35th Jasper 43rd. Principal fruit grown is strawberries.
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Washington
Missouri
United States
Bureau of Census
Lawrence
Barry
Newton
Jasper
St Louis man dead in automobile explosion
Cornelius H. Bruns a 47 year old foreman in the mailing room of the St Louis Post Dispatch died when his car caught fire early today. He was alone in the vehicle. E E Chiles, a farmer, saw the machine fire near a burning rubbish dump by a country club entrance and then heard an explosion.
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ST. Louis
Cornelius H. Bruns
St. Louis Post
Dispatch
E. E. Chiles
Marathon dance tragedy ends Hampden contest
Hampden Me a marathon dancing event ends in fire and storm with at least three dead and many wounded. Contestants fled from Paradise Dance Hall as a 30 hour blizzard raged and footsore participants huddled in pajamas and bare feet seeking warmth and partners.
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Hampden
Paradise Dance Hall
Three Men Identified After Fire Ruins Discovered
Early today three charred bodies were found in the ruins. The victims, all men, were tentatively identified as John Ryan of New York City, Emile Pelletier of Waterville, and Mc Gerties Sangia of Dracut Mass. Floral decorations are prohibited in automobile displays at the 1934 National.
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John Ryan
New York City
Emile Pelletier
Waterville
Gerties Sangia
Dracut
Mass
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