Restoring Civil War and Revolutionary Sites Nationwide
More than 3,500 Civilian Conservation Corps workers will restore major historic landmarks in New Jersey Virginia Tennessee Georgia and Mississippi. Projects include Yorktown Morristown Gettysburg Chickamauga Shiloh Vicksburg Fredericksburg Spotsylvania Petersburg Fort Harrison and related battle sites to clarify their role in American history without full reconstructive rebuilding.
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Washington
Civilan Conservation Corps
New Jersey
Virginia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Yorktown
George Washington
Morristown
N. J
Gettysburg
Gettysburg National Military Park
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Chickamauga
Chattanooga National Military Park
Georgia
Shiloh
Tenn
Vicksburg
Miss
Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania County Battlefield Memorial
Spotsylvania Courthouse
the Wilderness
Chancellorsville
Needle's Eye With a Load of Hay in Nevada Reported Found
Air pilots claim to have located the legendary hole through Needle rock in the Ruby mountains near Elko Nevada. The peak rises about 10000 feet and a grassy pool within the hole has been described in prior tales. Prospectors once claimed to reach the hole but found it inaccessible.
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Tonopah
Nev
Ruby Mountain Range
Elko
Ruby Range
Facing the Facts By Leonard A Barrett
The piece argues that optimistic thinking needs balance with reason to avoid disillusionment. It contrasts optimism and pessimism, warning that a persistently bleak outlook harms mental well being and can distort interpretation of current issues.
Costume Jewelry and Blanket Bindings Reviewed
The piece explains costume jewelry as affordable color matching pieces using various metals and often artificial stones. It advises on durability and clasps, then shifts to notes on blanket bindings, focusing on satin width, decorative edges, color, and overall fashion influence in past eras.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
The Realist as Guide in Uncertain Times
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union piece weighs optimism and doubt and argues the safe path lies with the realist. It urges facing facts without prejudice and choosing action based on experience, not wishful thinking, to maintain courage and progress.
Cocoa and Chocolate Origins and Ingredients
Cocoa and chocolate derive from the cacao seeds of Theobroma cacao, a tropical American tree. The term cocoa is an English corruption of cacao, and commercial chocolate and cocoa products include ingredients beyond cacao.
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Tropical
America
Heliograph: Sun Message Tool For Long Distances
The heliograph uses reflected sunlight from a mirror to flash messages. Effectiveness hinges on clear air and mirror size, with over 200 miles possible under favorable conditions. It relies on the telegraph code and is portable yet sun dependent.
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Western Newspaper Union
Women’s Welfare Leader Takes National Relief Role
Helping the Women Mrs. Eilen S. Woodward of Jackson Mississippi leads civil work projects for unemployed women nationwide under the federal emergency relief administration program. Widow of Judge Albert Y. Woodward and daughter of late Senator William Y. Sullivan she is on leave from the Mississippi state board of development and previously served two terms in the state legislature.
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Eilen S. Woodward
Jackson
United States
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Woodward
Albert Y. Woodward
Mississippi
William Y. Sullivan
Mississippi State Board of Development
Lizard Absorbs Water Through Sprinkled Skin
The horned lizard does not drink water yet absorbs moisture directly from water sprinkled on its skin, a unique hydration method observed in this species.
California mob hangs two kidnappers in San Jose
In San Jose a mob of about six thousand stormed the county jail and lynched Thurmond and Holmes, kidnap slayers of Brooke Hart. Thurmond died first after being dragged to a park. Holmes fought but was hanged and later cut down. Governor Rolph branded the crime the worst in California and promised pardons for participants who reported.
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San Jose
Calif
Thomas H. Thurmond
John M. Aholmes
Brooke L. Hart
Thurmond
St. James Park
Holmes
Young Hart
San Francisco Bay
William J. Emig
San Francisco
James Rolph, Jr
Brooke Hart
California
Alex J. Hart
Maryland Troops Capture Lynching Mob Leaders in Princess Anne
National Guard infantrymen and state police swept Princess Anne to arrest nine ringleaders of the mob that lynched George Armwood. Five men were taken in the dawn arrests as troops searched homes and woods while Gov. Albert C. Ritchie pursues the case amid his campaign.
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Princess Anne
National Guard
Albert C. Ritchie
George Armwood
Farmers Block Foreclosure Sale in Kansas
In Council Grove Kansas two hundred farmers opposed a foreclosure sale of livestock owned by Axel Peterson of Burdick for the defunct Lincolnville State bank. Auctioneer Schambron refused to conduct the sale in view of the sentiment.
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Council Grove
Kan
Axel Peterson
Burdick
Lincolnville State Bank
Schambron
Two Detroit Gangsters Slain in Auto Near Bloomfield Hills
Abe Axler a longtime Detroit public enemy and Eddie Fletcher both prominent in underworld activity since 1926 were found slain in an automobile near Bloomfield Hills in a gangland style killing. Axler had long been known to New York police and Fletcher was identified with him in illicit activities locally.
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Detroit
Abe Axler
New York
Eddie Fletcher
Axler
Bloomfield Hills
Mouse Bite Fatal in Ada Oklahoma
Fourteen year old William Ryan Coppedge died in Ada Oklahoma after being bitten by a mouse. Rabies was diagnosed as the cause of death with officials noting the fatal bite occurred locally.
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Ada
Okla
William Ryan Coppedge
Printing Postage Stamps Uses New Photo-Mechanical Process
Photogravure and heliogravure printing adopt by stamp makers in England and France. The process reproduces designs with photographic fidelity at lower cost but is easier to counterfeit than line engraving.
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England
France
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Petersburg
Petersburg National Military Park
Fort Harrison Battlefield
Richmond
THE
U.S. Bureau OF Mines
Leonard A. Barrett
Iron Mike” Mikulak
University of Oregon
West Coast
Oregon
Mike
Minneapolis
Minn
By Charles Sughroe
Aberdeen
Wash
Chambers of Commerce
Maryland
Kansas Farmers
Auto
Postal Mutual Life Association
Pershing Square Building
Dept. 162
Los Angeles
McMillan Fur
Puzzi
Burns
Malden
Mass
Re E. Burneworth
Fort Wayne
Ind
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