La Crosse Plans Public Works Sewer Plant With Federal Aid
The Common Council will adopt the first major Public Works Administration project for a Mississippi River disposal plant and intercepting sewer. Voter polls favored sewage disposal. federal funding would cover 45 percent of costs, with city paying about 55 percent under the relief bill. The move aims to reduce river pollution and restore safe river use for the community.
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Common Council
Public Works Administration
the Tribune
la Crosse
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Congressman's plan seeks drought aid to keep Wisconsin farmers in homes
Representative Merlin Hull urges Rural Resettlement Administration to extend aid to drought stricken farmers in Wisconsin and beyond. He proposes supplementary support to farm and bank loans to help those unable to renew private mortgages stay on their farms and repay debts.
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Merlin Hall
Rural Resettlement Administration
Wisconsin
Alaska
Hull
Profits in War and Stock Market Shifts
The piece notes that despite public opposition to war in the United States, investors push for profits as stock markets respond to European war talk. It highlights how shares of companies likely to benefit from any European conflict rise, not limited to munitions makers, during neutrality debates.
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Congress
Europe
War Market Moves: Copper Cotton Shares Rally Amid War Hype
Trading began in copper and market activity rose for cotton grades used in explosive manufacture. Avia tion steel copper and munitions shares led the advance as buyers expected war money to flow globally despite neutrality limits. The piece notes the money mood driving markets even among peace advocates.
Japan exploits European turmoil to advance its own aims
The piece argues that Japan courted Ethiopian support and sought colonies as a solution to overpopulation, pressuring Britain and aligning with Italian ambitions. It notes Japan’s expansionist hints alongside calls for naval parity talks with Britain and the United States, shaping how Japan benefits from Europe’s upheaval.
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Japan
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Italy
Britain
Great Britain
United States
London
Europe
Ecuador Rejects Absolutism as Velasco Ibarra Faces Trial
Ecuador declares against absolutism as ex president Jose M Velasco Ibarra is jailed after dissolving congress and forming a self styled constituent assembly. Citizens aided by the army demand constitutional government and Ibarra now faces trial for attempted dictatorial power.
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Ecuador
Eocoor
Jose M. Velasco Ibarra
Congress
Constituent Assembly
Ibarra
Europe
No Trespass Sparks Summer Open Space Debate
Milwaukee Journal notes the summer surge of trespass complaints as landowners fault intruders for damaging fields, bathhouses, boats, and beaches. It argues the public must buy land for use and insists private owners have a right to protect their property while urging parks and refuges to be funded.
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Milwaukee Journal
Suromer
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan Shore
A Lease for Salzer Airfield Moves Forward in City
A report notes a resolution to lease Salzer Land company property for Salzer airfield aviation use will be a key matter before the mayor's special committee soon. The item reflects ongoing city planning and public access concerns for air activity and development.
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Salzer Land Company
Salzer Airfeld
Leighton Oyen
St. Paul
Letters and stage and club life in old New York scenes
A reminiscence piece traces letter writing by famed authors, the Players club traditions, and memories from Staten Island to Murray Hill. It notes how unpublished letters endure, anecdotes about Noel Coward, Kipling, and Booth, and sketches early social life with Old Lady hosts, antique hotels, and a mossy island roadside charm.
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New York
Mark Twain
Kipling
Tarkington
Conrad
Pepy
Noel Coward
Oliver Herford
Booth
Gelett Burgess
Staten Island
Richmond Road
Atlantic
Maine
Florida
Perrine
Sam Walter Foss
Murray Hill
Hen Bates
Unemployed Promise vs Realities Under the New Deal
A Washington critique tracks Roosevelt era unemployment pledges from 1933 onward, noting billions spent on public works but unemployment figures stubbornly high. It cites cabinet statements, costs per job, and argues private industry cannot absorb relief workers, predicting limited success of the 4 billion plan and ongoing hardship for 10 million jobless.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
Mr. Ickes
Ickes
National Industrial Conference Board
Republic
Harry Hopkins
Federal
General Johnson
Farley
Democratic National Committee
United States
White House
Civil Works Administration
Donald Richberg
Congress of the United States
Works Progress
Prosperity Ahead Says Babson in 1935 Fall Forecast
Babson Park, Mass notes that Labor Day signals a business new year with schools reopening and fall shopping underway. Indicators show August readings near five year highs, steel and power use rising, housing up 100 to 150 percent, and stock prices climbing as profits improve.
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Babson Park
Mass
Babson
Heavy Industries
Congress
Washington
Trafia
Publisher Financial Bureau
Millionaire's Son Late to Wedding Tryst In Public Eyes
Caroline Marsden confronts Barry Winslow in a strained engagement later saved by a life saving blood transfusion. Reporters crowd his car as he explains a minor aid to a wounded aviator, while Caroline debates forgiveness and privacy.
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Caroline Marsden
Attar
Caroline
Barry
Cerroline
Jove
Barry Winslow
Galden
Mr. Winslow
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Mill Burns for Third Time Shocks Woonsocket
The report notes a man in Woonsocket R. I. faces a fatal blaze described as his third fire incident. Earlier that day his infant granddaughter died, adding a tragic context to the event and the man’s misfortune.
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Mill Burns
Woorsocket
Paneianes
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Frank Fridgen
Des Moines
Babcock Institute of Pharmacy
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John A. Miller
la Crosse Bowling Association
Jodin Olson
Sand Lake Coulee
Francis Clark
Philadel
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Beloit
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