Government officials urge business help for recovery drive
Five top federal officials led a national broadcast urging business to cooperate with the administration’s spending plan. Hopkins claimed WPA materials purchases would create 250000 indirect jobs, Wallace urged farmers to boost production, Gray projected 1b in public works orders, Straus promised housing and slum-clearance jobs, and Kingman cited flood control benefits plus new employment.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
PWA
Howard A. Gray
United States Housing
Nathan Straus
John J. Kingman
United States Army Engineers
Gray
Ickes
Straus
Kingman
Terrible Train Wreck Near Saugus Montana Claims Many
The Milwaukee road passenger train LYMPIAN from Chicago to Tacoma crashed through a flood weakened trestle over Custer creek near Saugus Montana. At least 40 people died and about 65 were injured as cars plunged into the water after the engine dropped through the span. The disaster, the worst in recent American railroad history, marred Milwaukee road safety after twenty years with no passenger fatalities.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Tacoma
Wash
Custer Creek
Saugus
Mont
America
Milwaukee Road
Wage Law Effects on Industry Seen Easing by Conditions
Labor experts in Washington say the new wage and hour law will be eased by unsettled economic conditions. They estimate that at the current pace about 200,000 wage earners in manufacturing could receive higher pay as big high speed industrial machines labor on.
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Washington
Senator Sheppard Leads Campaign Expenditure Probe
Texas Senator Morris Sheppard chairs the senate committee investigating campaign expenditures. The panel orders all government agencies to stay out of primaries and elections and warns of criminal prosecutions for improper political conduct. Other members include Senators Harrison Walsh O Mahoney and White.
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Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Sheppard
Harrison
David I. Walsh
Joseph O’mahoney
Wallace White
German Spies Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in New York
After an eight month investigation, eighteen individuals are charged as spies for Germany. Four defendants are in the United States set for trial here while the remainder including three German officers are overseas.
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Aetee
New York
Roosevelt Bride Weds at Nahant Church in Mass
John Roosevelt youngest son of President and Mrs Roosevelt marries Anne Lindsay Clark in Nahant Massachusetts. The couple celebrates with a reception at the Nahant club then departs for Campobello Island New Brunswick for a honeymoon near the President’s summer home.
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John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Old
Nahant
Mass
Roosevelt
Old Nahant Club
Campobello Island
N. B
Germany labeled welsher over Austrian debt claim
Secretary Hull labels Germany a welsher for not honoring Austria's post war debts. Hull notes Germany assumed full responsibility when absorbing Austria, citing obligations amounting to about 50 million dollars and delivering the message via Ambassador Hugh Wilson.
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Germany
Austria
Hull
Hugh Wilson
America
Congress Session Ends Seventy Fifth Congress Adjourns
The Seventy Fifth Congress closed after three sessions and enacted a 3 percent relief and pump priming bill totaling 20 billion dollars. It boosted Rural Electrification admin expenses to 750 thousand and approved a 300 million dollar deficiency bill with land and forestry cuts. The act funds W P A, Farm Security, National Youth, and Public Works programs and raises housing lending to 800 million.
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T! Seventy
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Rural Electrification Administration
Lake Tahoe National Park
Works Progress Administration
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Public Works Administration
PWA
United States Housing Authority
Senators Back Van Nuys in Independent Bid
TREDERICK VAN NUYS of Indiana will run as an independent after being read out of the Democratic party for opposing the Supreme Court and government reorganization bills. Ten Democratic senators support him and will campaign with him, joined by two Republican senators Borah and Vandenberg.
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van Nuys
Trederick van Nuys
Indiana
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Joseph C
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Tom Connally
Texas
Peter G. Gerry
Rhode Island
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
William E. Borah
Idaho
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Copeland Dies After Long Senate Service
United States Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York died just before Congress adjourned. In his sixteenth year, he was known as a tireless opponent of administration policies and a leader against court packing. Observers tied his death to possible shifts in New York’s political ambitions and potential Senate vacancies.
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Copeland
Washington
United States
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Congress
Senate
Lehman
Roosevelt
Wagner
James M. Mead
Buffalo
Seventy-fifth Congress
Congressional Record
Government Printing Office
Great Floods in China Drown 150000. Homelessness Spreads
Floodwaters from broken dikes along the Yellow River inundate hundreds of square miles in central China. In the first days, an estimated 150,000 Chinese were drowned and many more rendered homeless. Millions face ongoing threats from the rising floods.
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China
Nazi Attacks Spread Fears Across Germany
Reports describe German mobs smashing Jewish shops in Berlin and other cities. Hundreds of Jews are arrested and sent to camps as officials crack down. Foreign consuls rush to aid and Jews seek emigration while secret police order checks across Greater Germany.
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ERMAN
Berlin
Germany
Baldomir Inaugurated President of Uruguay in Democratic Return
General Alfredo Baldomir is sworn in as president with Dr Cesar Charione as vice president restoring a democratic constitutional regime in Uruguay. Baldomir campaigned on a pledge to end fascism and promote constitutional governance.
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Uruguay
Alfredo Baldomir
Cesar Charione
Baldomir
Bachelor Crosby Gaige Hoards 200000 Patent Models
Crosby Gaige, a Broadway producer and bachelor, owns 200000 patent models gathered by the late Sir Henry Wellcome, plus a vast collection of knickknacks, wine knowledge, and a 300 acre Hudson estate. The piece contrasts his eccentric, artful life with his successful theater career and bibliophile tastes. It also notes Margaret Sullavan’s break from laryngitis to stardom in the film Three Comrades.
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New York
Crosby Gaige
Sir Henry Wellcome
Mr. Gaige
Skunk Hollow
N. Y
Peekskill On
the Hudson
Margaret Sullavan
Lee Shubert
Princeton
Ethel Barrymore
Seventy-fifth Congress a mixed record of power and waste
A Western Newspaper Union column critiques the Seventy-fifth Congress, noting its long sessions from 1937, heavy spending and ypical political stunts, few laws passed, and strong presidential influence. It warns of rising deficits and labor-relief spending, and calls for accountability and truthful campaigns.
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Washington
Seventy-fifth Congress
Seventy-fifth
Congress
Squeaky Doors Prompt Daily Home Oiling
Morning guide urges quick home maintenance. Advice stresses oiling squeaky doors windows and appliances like the sweeper and vacuum to save time and regret later.
Chesapeake Bay Laboratory Survey on Solomons Island
The Chesapeake Bay Biological Laboratory on Solomons Island Maryland is sponsored by the University of Maryland with Goucher College Washington College Johns Hopkins Western Maryland Carnegie Institution of Washington and the Maryland Conservation Department. It serves as a study and research center offering a comprehensive survey of marine brackish and freshwater biota in the Chesapeake region.
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Chesapeake Bay Biological Laboratory
Solomons Island
The
University of Maryland
Goucher College
Washington College
Johns Hopkins University
Western Maryland College
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Maryland Conservation Department
Chesapeake Region
Filet Crochet Chair or Buffet Set Pattern 6091
Distinctive crochet set with picturesque motif by Jacy K-stitch includes charts and directions for the set and a 3 ½ by 5 inch alphabet illustration. To obtain mail 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY. include name and address and pattern number.
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Jacy
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Iodine Chart Request From C Houston Goodiss
A free chart listing foods rich in iodine and those poor in iodine is offered. Send a postcard to C Houston Goodiss at 6 East 39th Street New York City to receive the Iodine Chart as a guide for balanced menus.
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C.houston Goodiss
C. Houston Goodiss
East 39Th Street
New York City
Provincetown Town Crier Keeps 200 Year Tradition Alive
Amos Kubik, Provincetown’s official town crier, patrols daily in a Pilgrim costume. He announces local news, tides, time, weather, and civic notices prepared by the Town Criers of Provincetown, preserving a nearly two century old tradition.
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Amos Dd Kubik
Provincetown
Mass
United States
Town Criers of
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Broadway
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Norfolk
Robert E. Lee
Boston
Cape Cod
Hollywood
eature @ Consolidated
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Carter Glass
Virginia Democrat
the Treasury
Senator Glass
Jobs and Pensions
Chesapeake Bay Laboratory
Ene
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lice
Prains
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