Kern County Urged as West Coast Continental Defense Hub
Military observers rate Kern county as a key site for a continental defense system due to its vast oil reserves a major airport and the Muroc Dry Lake bombing range The plan includes extensive airport improvements and a large defense focus on the Pacific coast with congressional inspection and CAA backing.
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Bakersfield
Cal
March
Kern County
Roosevelt
United States
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Muroc Dry Lake
William H. Standley
CAA
Ace
Real Relief for Stomach Ulcers Promotes Home Remedy
A Burlington California writer from January 1837 touts Van's Fink Tablets as a cure for gastric hyperacidity and stomach ulcers. The testimonial claims the user could eat anything and reach 190 pounds after using the product, and directs readers to Omaha Von Company for particulars at 627 Keeling Building.
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T. Shaughn
Burlington
Calo
Van
Partewars
Omaha von Company
Keeling Bldr
Omaha
Nebr
Airport Plans Extended Boundaries And Lighting System
Cecil Meadows field Superintendent outlines CAA proposal to widen boundaries and install flood lighting, add 6 000 and 4 000 foot runways and build a radio center. The veteran flier says airport improvements will make it equal to any in the United States, praised by Maj Gen Paul B Malone as one of the best he has seen.
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Cording
Cecil Meadows
CAA
Meadows
United States
Paul B. Malone
Popeye Marries Olive Oyl in Miami Ceremony
The film voice of Popeye Jack Mercer announced that Popeye the Sailor and Olive Oyl alias Margie Heneés wed last week in Miami. The studio Paramount confirmed the marriage following the ceremony.
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Hollywood
Popeye the Sailor
Olive Oyl
Margie
Jack Mercer
Sailorman
Margie Heneés
Miami
Paramount Studio
Concrete pour advances at Grand River Dam Oklahoma
Good weekend weather allowed Massman Construction Co to add 3,300 cubic yards of concrete at the Grand River Dam. Cumulative pour reaches 14,600 cubic yards. About 16,000 men work on all phases, with around 1,000 at the dam site. World War cost cited at 107 million dollars per day.
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Disney
Okla
Grand River
Massman Construction Co
Gambling reform debate in St Louis notes illicit bookmaking scale
A St Louis discussion on bookmaking ties the $25 million illicit network to broader gambling harms. Clergy leaders call it the greatest economic problem and urge legislature to curb corrupt plays. Lawmakers consider measures to shut down bookmakers and seize premises, labeling illegal venues as public nuisances.
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Lambert
C. Q. Smith
Church Federation of
Maurice Schechter
St. Louis
Johnston
Hartwell Crain
Webster Groves
Jellyfish forecast warned of tropical hurricanes
Howard W. Blakeslee reports a Canada Fisheries Board finding that Salpa jellyfish swarmed Halifax harbor ahead of a September hurricane due to a 10 to 15 degree rise in surface water. The phenomenon served as a potential warning sign for hurricanes threatening New England.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
New England
Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Halifax Harbor
Japanese Power Test in North China Economic Battle
Japan's influence in North China faces a currency clash as Chinese dollar restrictions loom. The result could decide Japan's economic dominance and ability to shape currencies and trade, potentially boosting war funds by billions of yen while fighting rages continue in Kiangsu and Hubei.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Federal Reserve
North China
United States
Britain
North China Federal Reserve Bank
Kiangsu
No-Man's-Land
Nanking-Shanghai
Peiping
Hupek Province
Hankew
Senator seeks repeal of U S neutrality law in senate
Debate centers on the neutrality act as senators back repeal plans. The administration considers revising the law to allow discrimination against aggressor nations if Congress approves. Parts of the act expire May 1, with talks of new legislation before then and opposition to mandatory popular votes on war declarations.
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House
Senate
Senators Press Return of Quasi War Referendum Idea
The passage notes opposition from Mr. Roosevelt and Secretary Hull, with a dozen senators reviving the plan for a referendum on war. The President warned that defense could be hampered by such a referendum, stressing lime element of starting military action and defining war as vital issues, risking destruction of interests despite formal declaration.
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House
Roosevelt
Hull
Servant of Victoria Dies in Windsor England
An obituary notes John Pottow of Windsor, an individual royal servant who carried Queen Victoria in her final months. He retired in 1932 and died today, marking the end of a long service to the crown.
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Victoria
Windsor
England
John Pottow
Queen Victoria
New Bill May Halt Crusade Against Crime
A legislative committee outlined changes to budgets and allocations touching penal institutions highways patrol and departments. The plan shifts funds from general revenue to specific lines including a state gasoline levy and motor vehicle taxes. It also seeks a higher social security administration budget to clear old age pension applications but rejects extra aid for dependent children.
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State Highway Patrol
State Highway Department
House -Concurance
Senate
Social Security Commission
George S. Haworth
McKittrick Presses 100000 Fund Need
Kansas City report states Attorney General Roy McKittrick backs a $100,000 appropriation to fund crime investigation work. He affirmed the need when asked if the full sum is essential, as John D. Taylor, chair of the appropriations committee, introduced the bill and tied the cut to committee beliefs on his performance.
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Ansas
City
March
Roy McKittrick
House
John D. Taylor
Appropriations Committee
McKittrick Signals Action On Funding Proposal
With funds at his command, McKittrick states current appropriation will be spent by May 31. Asked about countering the move probing, the attorney-general says he can only recommend including the requested fund in the final bill.
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McKittrick
Woman Sets Rail Record in New England History
Miss Mary Murphy retired from the Central Vermont Railway after 50 years and 9 months in the auditing department, the longest continuous service by a woman in New England. A note on the first long paved road, 69 miles Philadelphia to Lancaster, built at over 500000 dollars.
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Mary Murphy
Central Vermont Railway
New England
America
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Graves Denies Duty Neglect in Wide Legal Proceedings
Graves pleads innocent at arraignment before Judge Ridge and is released on bonds of 100 dollars on each of four counts. He faces court appearances with Democrats leaders including John G Madden James Waleo Frank Aylward and Fred Bellemere as counsel while federal grand jury indictments loom over the 1936 vote fraud case.
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Graves
John G. Madden
Democratic
James Waleo
Frank Aylward
Fred Bellemere
Daleo
Aylward
James PB
Missouri
Fred Belmere
Albert A. Ridge
McKittrick
MoKite
Atlantic Ocean youngest or oldest debated by investigators
Some investigators say the Atlantic is the youngest ocean while others believe it to be the oldest apart from the West Indiana region. A separate view holds that the Pacific is still in the making.
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Atlantic
Pacific
West Indiana
Makina
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