Alaska Yukon highway seen linking U S and Alaska
The Alaska Yukon highway plan envisions a land link from the Pacific Northwest to Alaska via British Columbia and the Yukon. Rep Warren G Magnuson notes the road would serve as a life-line for travel and commerce, promising vast frontiers in a region of grand mountains lakes and mineral wealth.
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Grand Canyon
International Highway Board
Alaska-Yukon
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Warren G. Magnuson
Highway Board
United States
Alaska Canada Road Pact Promises Global Steel Highway
Government officials urge building a Pan American style corridor linking Alaska to Canada and the broader Pan American highway. Negotiations with Canada aim to design and construct a road seen as opening vast mineral resources, military value, and a peaceful trade route, with cost cited around 22 million dollars.
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Canada
Fairbanks
Buenos Aires
Pressure on federal workers to fund Hyde Park library
The Agriculture Department allegedly urged employees to contribute to a Roosevelt library fund at Hyde Park. The editorial says such pressure is improper for federal workers and should be halted, arguing private citizens should fund projects instead if they are worthwhile.
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Joe Blow
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Taft
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We Must Save Before We Spend Policy Note
Belmond Independent laments national spending policy relies on absorbing the nation s savings. A single spender can spend another s savings, but when all savings are exhausted, both will go hungry. The piece argues this leads to ruinous outcomes for all citizens.
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Belmond
The Smokers Tax
The Clarion Monitor notes that a smoker using a package daily pays about $22 yearly in federal taxes, likening it to the income tax of a $3,800 annual salary. It argues some people overestimate how little tax they pay.
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Clarion Monitor
Coolidge Remark Recalled as 1927 Presidency Precedent
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald notes that twelve years ago Calvin Coolidge said I do not choose to run and asks whether the statement created a precedent or marked history. Politicians debate the impact and lasting significance.
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Calvin Coolige
Dubuque
Plea for Weed Cutting To Aid Hay Fever Sufferers
Estherville News urges residents to cut weeds to ease hay fever troubles in the community. The letter argues many would not need to travel for relief if weed growth were managed locally.
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Estherville
Muscatine Notes Through Time
The excerpt recalls price quotes in Minneapolis for Muscatine nutmegs 50 years ago. It also notes the Ancon steamship opening Panama Canal transit to U S traffic. Muscatine Motor Car Co placed on the Armory building’s first floor with $25 000 capital. Ten years ago the council planned a $60 000 sewer fund and the health board urged a milk butterfat rule of at least three percent.
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Minneapolis
Ancon
United States War Department
Panama Canal
Muscatine Motor Car Company
Armory Building
Board of Health
Government-blocking labor talk from Hugh Van Arsdale
The Electrical Workers Brotherhood official Hugh Van Arsdale proposes a nationwide strike of all government jobs if Congress abandons the building trades. He vows action to halt any work where the government holds an interest.
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Hugh van Arsdale
Electrical Workers Brotherhood
Fireside chat plan delayed as FDR weighs reply
The White House plans a major radio address in the latter half of the month after evaluating reactions to Congress. Administrations aides expect unity to rally public support on neutrality and spending issues while Congress is away from the capital.
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Lands Division
Department of Justice
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John Collier
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U. S
Indian Claims Commission
Vandenberg S E C shifts and 1940 campaign talk
The piece surveys confusion over Taft and Dewey as Vandenberg gains lukewarm backing from business backers. S E C reverses on private bond sales, favoring cheaper private financing. It notes F D R’s strategy to dupe Wall Street while opponents push back and Canada emerges as a capital haven. Henry Offen runs a platform promising jobs and a 30 hour week.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Businss
Vandenberg
New York
Taft
Offen
Modern Prince Puzzle Answers and Clues
A completed list of crossword entries for horizontal and vertical clues. Includes terms for crowns of Norway epilepsy symptom mathematics tree and other varied descriptors with related definitions and cross references.
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Norway
Panama Canal Turns Twenty Five A Century Link
The Panama Canal marks twenty five years as a pivotal trade and defense link linking ten world routes. It has hosted over 100000 vessels and nearly 500 million tons of cargo since opening. Engineers use lock scale models to guide real passages. Tomorrow asks which U S president was Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin.
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Panama Canal
America
U. S
Queen Elizabeth
England
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