Railroads oppose new government lending as aid debate widens
Washington officials and railroad leaders clash over RFC loans and bond payments. Experts warn increased debt hurts banks and insurance firms while roads push for traffic growth amid river and truck competition. Tennessee politics and St Lawrence Seaway prospects add to pressure on policy.
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Washington
Railroad A
RFC
Interstate Commerce Commission
Treasury
Tennessee
Loyal Coast Guard Dog Buster Dies in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio Buster a St Bernard and key guardian of Dawn Crapo 3 dies from tonsillitis and yellow jaundice at a pet hospital The coast guard station crew bury him with a deep grave while Sailor the fox terrier mourns and searches the grounds Dawn Crapo says good night to Buster before bed and later greets his return in spirit through the station crew and a dogged search for the missing Rex the grave marker is placed by The Old Man
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Iowa
Tennessee
George L. Berry
White House
Major Berry
Garner
Roosevelt
Senate
Gordon Browning
Browning
Nathan L. Bachman
Berry
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
Lilienthal
Arthur E. Morgan
Cleveland
Ohio
Coast
Buster
Dawn Crapo
Dawn
William E. Crapo
Coast Guard
Crapo
Nicholas Sebastian
Harry T. Anderson
Whisky Island
Rex
Sailor
Western Reserve University
Man and Woman Fight for Car Seat on Bronx Subway
In a Bronx subway a secretary Mrs. Lillian Levine and printer Daniel Altman fought over a single vacant seat. An ambulance surgeon treated Levine for a cracked nose after the clash. In court Levine faced a simple assault charge while Altman’s lawyer noted she slapped him first. An unidentified passenger ultimately took the seat.
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New York
Bronx
Lillian Levine
Daniel Altman
Watch in Cow's Stomach Causes 3 Way Lawsuit
In a Hungarian village near Budapest a cow that swallowed a gold watch triggers a three way dispute. The butcher says the watch is his property, the farmer says he sold only the cow, and the landowner claims the animal took it from his meadow.
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Budapest
Hungary
Mule Kick Suit Filed in Jessup for 20000
Edward Rabin sues Northwest Mining in Jessup Pennsylvania for 20000 after a mine mule wandered into his yard and kicked him in the face. The filing seeks compensation for injuries and damages.
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Jessup
Edward Rabin
Northwest Mining Company
How to Sew a Slip Cover Pattern First
Ruth Wyeth Spears advises making a pattern before buying fabric. Fold bed sheets to the fabric width and place pattern pieces to estimate material needs, adding 1 inch for seams and 3 inches for a tuck around the spring seat. Sketches show grain arrows and fringe stitched with seams.
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Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago, Il
First President to Speak Over the Radio
The question set asks who first spoke over the radio, alongside queries on core emotions, flags, paratrooper gear, handclap origins, a street-cleaning city, the US acquisition of New Mexico, the Gadsden Purchase, and the Baseball Hall of Fame location and origin. The excerpt notes Cooperstown, New York as the Hall of Fame site and attributes its creation to 1935 with Ford Frick's influence.
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United States
New Mexico
Gadsden Purchase
Baseball Hall of Fame
Arizona
Baseball
Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
N. Y
Abner Doubleday
Ford Frick
National League
Charles N. Drake
West 23Rd St
New York City
Warren G. Harding first radio broadcast in 1923
A brief note recalls Warren G. Harding’s first radio broadcast in 1923. It reflects on themes of fear, anger, and love as they relate to early broadcasting and national sentiment. The list mentions flags of various nations and regions, including Texas and Holland, Michigan, with a tulip festival preparation.
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Warren G. Harding
Texas
United States
Holland
Mich
Mexico
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Horace Greeley Scolds Over Paper Error
W A Croffut recounts Horace Greeley discovering a typo in the New York Tribune. Greeley bursts to the composing room and asks for the culprit to be kicked, then realizes the fault was his own editing. He faces the wall and urges others to kick him.
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Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Greeley
W. A. Croffut
Latin capitals by population in Latin America
Tegucigalpa Honduras with 40000 inhabitants is the smallest capital in Latin America while Buenos Aires Argentina with 2290788 inhabitants is the largest.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Latin America
Household Questions in a 1920s Kitchen
Practical tips on cleaning toaster crumbs with a brush, coloring custards with cinnamon, washing white silk without soap, flavoring ham with apricots and brown sugar, and painting kitch en blue to deter flies.
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National Capital Y Carter Field
Nas
Congressional Investigating Committee
A. E. Morgan
Harry L. Hopkins
Samuel D. McReynolds
Ed Crump
Memphis
Crump
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
Cordell Hull
St. Lawrence River
Tennessee Valley
St. Lawrence
Capitol Hill
Niagara
Buffalo
Chamber of Commerce
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Liverpool
Bell Sundie
Girl
Loyal Buster
Jaws
Huge St. Bernard
How
Seway
Ruth Wyeth Spears
the Jackass
Aegelera
Fiat
Arold Somers
de Kalb ‘Ave
Briyn
Daisy Fly Killer
Leonardi
Bsc
S. B. Leonardi & Co
New Rochelle
WNU
J. D. Hobgood
Prince Albert
P. A
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