Death of Charles Curtis Former Vice President
Charles Curtis former Vice President and long time Kansas politician died at 76 of heart disease at the Washington home of his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Edward B Gano He was the first Indian blood senator and a former jockey reporter and lawyer who served in Congress from 1892 and as senator from 1907 to 1912 and again after 1914 He was Hoover era VP and was praised by Roosevelt and Garner in tributes observed in Topeka for interment.
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Charles Curtis
Harles Curtis
United States
Kansas
Washington
Edward B. Gano
Senate
Julie
Curtis
Shawnee County
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Garner
House
Feneral
Mr. Curtis
Topeka, Kaw
Liberty League Rejects Share-Wealth Schemes Plan
The American Liberty League denounces national wealth sharing as impractical and impossible noting wealth consists of land buildings industry rails and materials. It suggests the government issue securities against property and manage it, while warning division would create unwanted urban and rural allocations and destroy wealth by fragmenting income producing assets.
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Liberty League
Merican Liberty League
League
Market for Farms Improves for 1935 Operations
The Farm Credit Administration reports the 1935 market for farms grew markedly with federal land banks disposing of 73 percent more farms than 1934. Banks added 8,428 farms during the year and the average price per acre rose while the proportion of investment recovered increased. Albert Gow, land bank commissioner, termed the report favorable.
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Farm Credit Administration
Federal
Albert @ Gow
FHA Mortgage Policy Declares Firm Collection Stance
FHA administrator Stewart Ablonald explains a strict policy for defaulted government insured mortgages. Borrowers in default will face recovery actions comparable to tax collection, with reasonable consideration but no laxity. Senator Borah enters the Republican presidential race, announcing plans to seek delegates and challenge the favored-son system to broaden the field.
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FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Treasury Department
Stewart Ablonald
Allez
Housing Administration
Linex Ag
Mrs Huey Long Joins Senate as Widow Fills Seat
Mrs Huey Long, widow of the slain Louisiana senator, assumes the seat in the U S Senate to complete Huey Long's unexpired term becoming the second woman in the body Allen Allender will succeed her in eleven months and Mia Long vows to work quickly but keeps plans private.
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Senate
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Huey
Allen Allender
Louisiana House of Representatives
Mia
Long
Britain rushes rearward in new defense buildup
Great Britain accelerates its rearmament program with a likely loan around 2.008 billion dollars. Parliament will review expansion and modernization of army navy and air forces in March, including a full mobilization plan. Mussolini’s latest warning on the Abyssinia crisis adds to global tensions.
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Europe
Great Britain
Musso
Vandenberg Questions Florida Canal Value in Senate Probe
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan voiced grave doubts about the economic necessity of the Florida canal project. He urged a special Senate committee investigation, citing letters from steamship companies claiming they would not use the canal even without tolls, arguing costs and damage risks offset any navigation savings.
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Vandenberg
Florida Canal
Michigan
Belog
Florida
Senate
Early American China Trade and Macao’s Rise to Port
National Geographic notes the Empress of China voyage signaling American mercantile expansion. It chronicles Canton and Macao as key early trade gateways, with Boston and Salem merchants, Teas and chinaware, and the growth of clipper ships. Macao’s harbor, fortifications, and evolving economy are contrasted with Canton’s modernization and street reforms.
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Washington, D. C
WN Service
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Republic
China
Amoy
Boston
England
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High Seas
Canton
Ten
Macao
New York Harbor
Washington
Green
Asa
Congress
Whempoa
Anchorage
New York
Salem
Philadelphia
Ching
Europe
Alstorle Alatte
Aves
Litte
Portugal
Vanceo da Gama
Cape of Good Hope Celuda
Quihoy
Far East
Cantu
York
Isand
Geneela
Inbrada
East India Company
Nacao
Evan
Whampoa Anchorage
Ite
Robert Morrison
Edmund Roberts
Thomas Waldron
United States
Tsong-Kong
Macrohen
Kong-Kong
Divide and Rate Big Men and Nudist Notes
A column discusses union splits with AFL head Mr Green and miner leader Mr Lewl warning against division. It riffs on Divide et impera, eyes as a trait in history, a nudist anecdote from an English soldier, a Tangier island blimp relief, Mussolini and Litvinoff remarks, and Lin dbergh’s 34th birthday among scattered items.
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American Federation of Labor
Lew
Arthur Brisbane
Indian Ocean
Hingelf
Napoleon
Corsica
Caesar
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Kidleen
Henry Ford
Valor and Courage Through the Heart and Will
A quotation from Montaigne on true valor as stability of courage and soul. It asserts honor lies in heart and will, not in arms or horse. The text emphasizes standing firm, even when physical strength falters.
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Montaigne
Peacock filet crochet chair set pattern
Practical crochet pattern offers a durable, decorative peacock design for chair buckets and scarf ends. Includes detailed directions charts material requirements and illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewley Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York.
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Sewley Circle
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
N, Y
Cypress Tree in Mexico Holds Oldest Living Thing
Dr Hermano von Schrenck of St Louis a timber engineer believes the cypress tree near Oaxaca City Mexico is the oldest living thing in the world He visited twice to study the tree and estimates it at least four thousand years old The tree stands about 140 feet tall and its ground circumference measures 117 feet.
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Hermano von Schrenck
St. Louis
Oaxaca City
Mexico
Washington Post
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