Government to push grade crossing elimination and mining projects
The article outlines a fast tracked plan for 4 058 projects ready for bids within a year costing 461 881 500 dollars. It notes options on land already held by states funded by federal aid and highlights mining proposals for gold silver tin and other metals to bolster work relief. It also discusses cotton markets and AAA effects with foreign production trends and potential new taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Roads Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
White House
Bureau of Roads
United States
Senate
James P. Pope
Idaho
Work Relief Fund
Roosevelt
India
China
Russia
Egypt
Brazil
Peru
Argentina
Mexico
Sudan
Korea
Manchuria
Belgian Congo
Turkey
Greece
America
AAA
Texas
Oklahoma
Treasury
Congress
WNU Service
Madeira Island’s Garden Realm and Historic Landmark Tour
A National Geographic Society piece describes Madeira’s evergreen hills, terraced gardens, and vibrant winter blossoms. It chronicles top sights in Funchal, the island’s scenic sledge transport, volcanic origins, early discovery legends, Zarco’s 1419 arrival, sugar cane history, Levadas irrigation, Malvasia wine, and links to John Paul Jones, with modern motor buses changing island life.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Madeira
Atlantic
Funchal
Madagascar
West Indies
Japan
Robert Machin
Anna d’Arfet
Bristol
Zarco
Henry the Navigator
Porto Santo
Christopher Columbus
Philippa Verestello
Villa Baleira
Columbus
Madeiras
Canaries
Azores
Sicily
Africa
Prince Henry
Crete
England
John Paul Jones
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Savannah
Mile a Minute Crochet Collar
Crochet collar shown here uses fast mile a minute stitches for quick results. Package No 718 includes white Mountal Craft cotton and full instructions. send 25 cents postpaid or 10 cents for instructions to Homie Craft Company Department B Saint Louis MO with SASE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homie, Craft Company
Department B
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Avenue
St. Louis
Fingers as Type Bars The Austrian Invention Uses Fingers
An Austrian merchant patents a typewriter that uses gloved fingers as type bars. The user dons gloves with type characters and, by nimble finger motion, impresses characters onto the sheet. The device includes parallel guide rails a small carriage with ribbon and auto spacing, for odd sized pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Japanese Apples Grow Huge in Nagano Experiments
Apples weighing eight pounds each have been grown by Ichitaro Matsuda of Nagano Japan. Although sour they have a good flavor and their size is the result of many experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ichitaro Matsuda
Nagano
Japan
Gigantic Task Phrase on Calendar Pyramid
The Jackson Mississippi Daily News notes a riddle about calendars and pyramids. The line suggests turning over a new calendar with a playful reference to a pyramid. The item reads as a brief quotation and light wordplay from the period.
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King Cotton
Great Britain
Pico Ruivo
Canary
Cape Verde Islands
Clark
Cee
ITUS
Coleman
Coleman Lamp & Stove CO
Wichita
Kans
Chicago
Los Angeles
Calif
Toronto
Ontario
Titscox Chem
Pate N.Y
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
N.Y
Dizzy Dean
Dizzy
Dizzy Deen
Dizsy Dean
Battle Creek
Mich
General Foods
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