Hindenburg Disaster and Fallout Dominates World News
The Hindenburg explosion at Lakehurst NJ kills or injures many aboard and prompts debate over hydrogen use and gas cell safety. U.S. officials question causes while rescue crews heroicly extract survivors. Congress debates WPA relief, Florida canal, and government expenditure as defense demands rise. Debates include Florida canal funding, anti speculation order, and internal government optics. Eleven others receive royal court confirmation as American debutantes meet King George and Queen Elizabeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
Burtis Dolan
Chicago
John Pannes
New York City
Moritz Feibusch
Lincoln
Neb
Edward Douglas
New York
Navy
Gill Robb Wilson
Ernest Lehmann
William Pruss
Humane Fox Hunting and English Recruiting Woes
In a satirical roundup from California and Britain, the author critiques humane fox hunting debates and British enlistment tactics. He jokes about foxes avoiding paved roads, mocks Republican morale, and notes Tommy Atkins tea breaks. He also censures film and radio content while praising the stance of some reformers.
Guffey-Vinson Law Seen as Monopolistic Fascism Trend
The piece argues Congress and President Roosevelt have enacted the Guffey-Vinson coal bill creating regionally controlled pricing and a government backed monopoly. Prices rise for consumers as labor costs push up production costs. It questions constitutionality and warns of fascist parallels while noting labor and capital dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
America
Italy
United States
United States Coal Commission
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Guffey-Vinson
Coal Commission
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Vinson
Kentucky
Supreme Court
NRA
House of Representatives
Senate
Consumers’ Counsel
Cummings
Intely
Harrangue
Ancient Coin Found Near Antioch in Silver Purse
A tiny silver coin, not as large as a tack head, was found near Antioch buried ten feet underground inside a silver purse. It is believed to date about 500 years before Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Christ
Michael Allen
Devere Allen
George Boas
Ros
Elinor Yn
Quiz QandA on History Geography and Nature Facts
Answers cover the consol fund origin in 1811 and growth past 650000, universe scale star distance about 25.5 trillion miles, Liberty Bell inscription from Leviticus 25 10, geyser name from Icelandic roots, Yellowstone spans 3438 square miles with 257 in Montana 25 in Idaho, 175 holly types worldwide, national forests total 162 million acres, Lynchburg Virginia nicknamed City of Hills, condors observed at 22000 feet, global unmined coal around 7.8 trillion metric tons.
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United States
Philadelphia
Yellowstone National
Unite States
City of
Hills
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Lynchburg
Andes
Apache Agent John P Clum and his remarkable peace policy
In 1873 John Philip Clum, fresh from Rutgers, led the San Carlos Apache reservation and built a self governing system with Indian police and courts. He taught peace, paid workers, and ruled 5000 Apaches without soldiers. He later captured Geronimo, the only such capture without firing a shot. He resigned in 1877, then became Tombstone businessman and editor, ending as a celebrated Apache Agent.
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Wwe
Arizona
Rutgers College
San Carlos Reservation
John Philip Clum
San Carlos
Geronimo
New Mexico
John P. Clum
Clum
Tombstone
Eaton’s Derna Campaign A Desert Odyssey For Liberty
American hero William Eaton led a 400 man multinational force from Alexandria to Derna in 1805 to oust Tripoli’s Yusuf. After 500 days in extreme heat and a mutiny, his troops seized Derna with naval aid, but an evacuation order in June erased the victory. Eaton died in poverty in 1811.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Eaton
Connecticut
Tunis
Tripoli
Eaton
America
Jefferson
Ahmet
Yusuf
Alexandria
Egypt
Derna
United States
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Hindenburg
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress
House
Woodrum
Virginia
Hopkins
William H. King
Utah
Works Progress Administration
King
J. J. Cochran
Missouri
Cochran
Swanson
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Charles P. Summerall
Army
Frederic B. Bassett
Beiter
Budget Bureau
Florida Canal
Aluminum Company of America
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
George
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Robert W. Bingham
Eleanor Bowdoin
Aiken,s. C
George Temple Bowdoin
Catherine M. Maher
George W. Norton Jr
Louisville
John Perrin
Boston
Anne Schenck
Vesta Putnam “Culberson
Stanley Baldwin
London
Mr. Baldwin
H. L. Hopkins
Rep
Rogers
Humane Fox Hunting
Anta Monica
Calif
England
Hill and Dale
Bret Fox
Literary Digest
Tommy Atkins
Irvin S. Cobb
WNU Service
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D. C
Lewis
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Un'on
Ask
Bell Syndicate
Gerard B. F. Hallock
BURNS
John Vance Cheney
Haliburton
Ree Leef
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