Watershed Work Shown By CCC Survey At Fishing Creek Camp
A survey released today details Civilian Conservation Corps efforts at the Fishing Creek camp over the past year. Highlights include twenty-one miles of line construction, over seven miles of roadside improvement, extensive fire prevention measures with 145 man days in fire fighting, and 190 acres of timber improvements yielding 650 cords of wood sold for Frederick city revenue. Eight miles of road, four miles of minor roads, new picnic tables, latrines and fireplaces, water holes for fire protection, and 63 miles of boundary and fire line surveying are noted, with 31,000 red pine seedlings planted on twenty-six acres. Developments also include a fish hatchery.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Chester F. Burmham
CCC
Forestry Department Teast
Burnham
Fishing Creek
Frederick County
Frederick City
Roosevelt Crosses Panama Canal on goodwill tour
President Roosevelt and the Houston completed a six hour Atlantic to Pacific crossing under rainy skies. The ship docked near 4 PM with cheers as the New Orleans saluted and prepared to convoy. Roosevelt dined with Panama President Arias atop Panama City hill while Mrs Roosevelt's travel plans remained unsettled with possible Reno or California stops.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Em Houston
American
South America
Houston
Atlantic
New Orleans
Panama Republic Palace
President Arias
Panama City Hill
Pacific Ocean
Chicago
Duis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reno
Nev
Anna Roose
Criminal Appeals Docketed Involving Berger and Driving Conviction
Two criminal appeals were docketed after verdicts by Justice Sherman P. Bowers. Berger was found guilty of drunken and reckless driving on July 3 and fined $101 with 31 days in jail. Austin James represents Berger. Oyster beds have been planted at Webster Cove Alaska to promote a northern oyster industry.
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Harry E. Berger
Sherman P. Bowers
Berger
Austin James
Northern Territory
Webster Cove
Alaska
Aleutian Sand Bars Could Link Islands to Alaska Mainland
A fragment notes that sand bars may connect the Aleutian Islands with Alaska's mainland, suggesting a possible land bridge. The readable portion mentions geography and potential exposure of routes but lacks dates or detailed measurements.
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Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Wheat and Corn Prices Soar On Speculative Wave
Chicago markets surged as traders chased grain amid hopes of a government forecast. Wheat rose to 9 3 8 per bushel, corn to 62 cents, oats and rye also climbed. private estimates varied. The day ended with all grains at the upper limits and a market bedlam as brokers rushed orders.
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Chicago
United States
LaSalle Street
Hyers
A. A Stan
Market collapse and wartime pensions amid 1930s turmoil
The report notes a lackluster market, crop damage, and a climactic 1933 downturn. It mentions thousands of widows across several wars on U S pensions and records seven transient arrests in twenty four hours, with three new bookings for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
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Allen Bartgis
Marshal Murray
Richard Fissel
George Hughes
William Walsh
Bob Harrison
Cer
Herbert Strawsburg
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Washington
West Patrick Street
Lawrence Fagan
McParlane
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Colgate
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War Department
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Helen Coolidge
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Massachusets
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Byron
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Appein
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State Ri Commission
Brooke
Ien
Albert C. Ritchie
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Belgium
Sali Studebaker
Plymouth
Upebares
Nash Sedan
Packard Sedan
Studebanan
Ivor
Fleigh & Oot
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Men's Athletic Union
Ward
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