Roosevelt urges emergency rail relief and federal co ordinator plan
President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress urging emergency legislation to aid steam railroads. He backed a bill creating a federal co ordinator of transportation to coordinate carriers and curb waste while aligning with Rayburn act amendments regulating railroad holding companies. He spoke at the Chamber of Commerce urging industrial recovery and wage and cooperation measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Peruvian President Sanchez Cerro Assassinated in Lima
President Luis M. Sanchez Cerro was shot after reviewing a parade of 20,000 conscripts. His assassin Abelardo Hurtado de Mendoza was killed by guards. In the melee two soldiers died and several others were wounded. Congress named Gen. Oscar Benavides to lead the nation.
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Lima
Peru
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Colombia
Abelardo Hurtado de Mendoza
Jorge Cravez
Congress
Oscar Benavides
Three Forest Companies Sent to Wisconsin Woods
Lieutenant Colonel Scott Wood announced the removal of the first three forestry units from the civilian conservation corps camp at Fort Sheridan. Each company has 212 Wisconsin residents and will work in named forest areas Washburn Moquah Three Lakes Park Falls. Company 640 under Captain N N Rogers heads to Washburn for Moquah, Company 641 under Captain Everett Busch to Three Lakes for Argonne, and Company 642 departs May 13 to Park Falls for Flambeau.
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Chicago
Scott Wood
Civilian Conservation Army
Fort Sheridan
Wisconsin Woods
Wisconsin
N. N. Rogers
Washburn
Wis
Moquah Forest
Everett Busch
Three Lakes
Argonne Forest
Park Falls
Flambeau
Minnesota Education Commissioner McConnell Dies at 64
James N. McConnell, aged sixty four and serving as Minnesota education commissioner since 1919, died at his St Paul home. He was a former president of the National Association of State Commissioners of Education.
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St. Paul, Minn
James N. McConnell
Minnesota
National Association of State Commissioners of Education
Attache of U S Embassy Dies in Tokyo Street
William Dowd of New York City, commercial attache of the American embassy, collapsed in a Tokyo street and died of heart disease.
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U. S
Tokyo
William 8. Dowd
New York City
Davis Trial Set for June 12 in Lottery Case
Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania faces a federal trial in New York before Judge Goddard. The case concerns alleged interstate shipment of lottery tickets tied to a Loyal Order of Moose prize distribution.
Canada to Boost Currency Inflation with Ottawa Building
Ottawa government announces first definite inflation move funding a five million dollar government building in Ottawa. The project will be paid for in currency not backed by gold, signaling a shift in monetary policy.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
Public Debts Bill Approved for Settlements Plan
Washington reports the Department of Justice backs a Wilcox bill to let cities counties and tax districts compromise defaulted debts. If three fourths of creditors agree a federal court can approve a binding plan potentially reducing principal and interest across municipal schools roads levees drainage irrigation districts and similar entities.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Congress
Department
Wilcox
Dem
Fla
Earl of Lytton’s Son Killed in Airplane Crash
Viscount Knebworth the eldest son and heir of the Earl of Lytton died in a Hendon airdrome crash while piloting a plane that dipped and burned. Ralph Harrison, an aircraftsman, also died of injuries. the two were practicing formation flying for an aerial exhibition.
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London
Viscount Knebworth
Earl of Lytton
Hendon Airdome
Lord Knebworth
Ralph Harrison
Wheat Stabilization Cost Reaches $184 Million
Washington reports that total costs and losses from wheat stabilization operations through the Grain Stabilization Corporation reached $184,153,232. Henry Morgenthau Jr., chairman of the Federal Farm Board, announced the final sale of stabilization holdings.
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Washington
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Henry C. Morgenthau, Jr
Federal Farm Board
Economy-minded mayoral candidate skates through Watsonville
Adam Barber, attorney and mayoral candidate advocating economy, tours Watsonville on roller skates to distribute election cards after announcing he sold his motor car. He promotes a lean campaign ethic as he canvasses with a distinctive approach.
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Watsonville
Calif
Adam Barber
Plane crash near Bettisfield kills boy and pilot
A Pittsburg bound plane spiraled into a tail spin at about 500 feet crashing near Bettisfield. Pilot Clyde Hackworth age 26 died from the crash and his eleven year old passenger Miles H England Jr also perished.
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Pittsburgh
Bettisfield
Clyde Hackworth
Miles H. England, Jr
Plumber Drowns Saving Daughter in Grand River
Jonia Michigan resident Carol Johnson, 29, a South Ionia plumber, drowned in the Grand River while attempting to save his six year old daughter June Marie after she was swept from a small boat in the water.
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Jonia
Mich
Carol Johnson
South Ionia
Grand River
June Marie
Rio Grande Boundary Reform Planned After Mexico City Accord
A convention signed in Mexico City would straighten the Rio Grande for 87 miles below El Paso to fix the U S Mexico boundary. It calls for creating banco channels and an artificial main stream with levees and protected curves, with ownership of bancos assigned to the adjacent country.
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Washington
United States
Mexico City
Rio Grande
el Paso
Texas
Mexico
National Geographic Society
Rio Grandes
New Mexico
Old Mexico
United States Supreme Court
Fabens
Bancos
Elephant Butte
Improvised incubator saves baby born on ship
Two babies born aboard the Pacific liner Orcoma after a 4,000 mile voyage from Valparaiso reached Santander Spain. The smaller infant weighed three pounds at birth and survived thanks to an incubator cobbled from an old sugar box by Chips the carpenter. The makeshift incubator kept a steady temperature from tropical waters to Spain. The baby was fed with milk drawn from a fountain pen filler.
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Liverpool
Valparaiso
Tropics
Santander
Spain
Monogram Formed by Two Trees In Farmhouse Yard
Nature marks the future heir Robert Pike with a living initials display. Two trees, an elm and a maple, bend to spell R P in front of the farmhouse he will someday inherit from his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshish
Nature
Robert Pike
R. P
Missouri to pay long owed war time claim
William Frank Earnhart will receive 18.45 for service with Missouri volunteer guards during the Spanish American War. The payment settles a claim dating about thirty five years, Earnhart noting the lack of interest on state liens.
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Missouri
Mont
William Frank Earnhart
Earnhart
Missouri Volunteer Guards
Trade Figures Show Upturn in Philippine Timber Exports to Japan
The 1932 trade report shows Philippine exports of timber to Japan rising to 86,019,648 board feet or 722,737 pesos, while shipments to the United States fell to 5,315,688 board feet valued at 346,275 pesos. Other destinations included the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Hongkong, the Dutch East Indies, and Africa.
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Manila
P. I
Philippines
Japan
United States
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
Hongkong
Dutch East Indies
Africa
Planes barred from landing in U.S. forest primitive areas
Evan W. Kelley, regional forester, bans landings except in emergencies or official business in Montana primitive areas such as South Fork Spanish Peaks Absaroka and Mission mountains. No roads penetrate these wilderness districts. emergency landing fields exist for rapid fire control.
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Missoula
Mont
Great
Montana
Evan W. Kelley
Ford
Spanish Peaks
Absaroka
Mission Mountain
Plow Unearths Gold Still in Texas Farm Tale
Emerson Polk, a Black farmer in Texas, quits farming after his dise plow strikes a glass jar of gold coins valued at about $925. He uses the money to buy a motor car and retire from work.
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Texas
Emerson Polk
Polk
Indian Prince Tops List of World Wealthiest Men
A survey shows the Nizam of Hyderabad holds the top wealth title with $500 million in bullion and $1 billion in art. Sir Basil Zaharoff follows with about $500 million, while Italian Agnelli has roughly $127 million. English and British moguls like Sir John Ellerman and the Duke of Westminster also rank, as do Coats and Wills. The Rothschild family remains, though fortunes have shifted amid postwar reversals.
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Europe
Nizam of
Hyderabad
India
Basil Zaharoff
Senator Agnelli
Italy
England
Sir John Ellerman
Duke of Westminster
London
Coats and Wills
Largest Fat Man Joe Raggio of Philadelphia
Joe Raggio, reported as the world’s largest fat man, weighs 750 pounds and has not left his house in fifteen years. He reportedly eats 12 pounds of spaghetti daily, 7 pounds of hot dogs, a gallon of coffee, 8 quarts of ice cream, and 60 to 70 hard boiled eggs each day. His clothing requires yards of fabric with 5 yards used for his shirt.
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Joe Raggio
Philadelphia
Farm living and costs steady since 1914 in study
The Department of Agriculture reports farmer living costs and production expenses are near 1910–14 levels, while product prices are only about half. March figures show costs per unit rising to 1.15 for family maintenance and 1.12 for production inputs, with several items adjusted from the base period.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Water Projects Proposed By Sorensen For Nebraska
Washington figure C A Sorensen former Nebraska attorney general promotes federal funding for Nebraska irrigation and power projects under a liberalized Reconstruction Finance Corporation policy. A $36.5 million construction plan could employ about 15 000 workers over two years with 80 percent wage allocation. He argues no dole or relief needed if projects gain approval and notes five projects focus on preserving values rather than new cultivation while criticizing land as collateral in farm credit and inflation policy.
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Washington
D. C
A. Sorensen
Nebraska
Sorensen
Nebraskan
Lincoln Nebraska Farmers Plant 798000 Trees This Spring
Extension Forester Watkins reports 798000 government seedlings and transplants planted in Lincoln and Nebraska farms for windbreaks and woodlots. Final check shows Lincoln county as the leading planters county for 1933 with 38000 trees and Cherry County second with 35700 trees.
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Lincoln County
Cherry
Lincoln — Nebraska
Watkins
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Nebraska
North Platte committees seek funds for Sutherland project
North Platte committees report donations over 2000 for preliminary Sutherland irrigation and power work and anticipate 3000 more. Hendy Romigh and Wurtele lead drive. Ed Johnson unhitched horses to escape prairie fire near Arnold, suffering facial burns. Health director Bartholomew notes April rise in measles with declines in scarlet fever and chicken pox, but meningitis and typhoid rise.
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North Platte
Sutherland Irrigation and Power
W. JJ. Hendy
J. W. Romigh
F. J. Wurtele
Ed Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Arnold
P. H. Bartholomew
Nebraska
Nebraska House Adopts Gas Tax Split Measure
The Nebraska House passed a proposal dividing the 4 cent gasoline tax with 1.5 cents to counties and 2.5 cents to the state in a 48 to 37 vote. Earlier, a separate allocation plan would give counties two cents, and Speaker George W. O'Malley led a bid for a 1.5 and 2.5 split but failed before the body adopted the amendment after reconsideration.
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Nebraska
House of Representatives
House
George W. O'Malley
Nebraska Aircraft and Pilot Licenses Report
The Department of Commerce reports 166 airplanes in Nebraska on April 1, with 109 licensed and 57 unlicensed. Eight gliders exist in Nebraska with one licensed glider pilot among 246 Nebraska pilots. 97 transport licenses, 16 limited commercial licenses, and 133 private licenses. California leads in aircraft and licensed pilots with 985 aircraft and 3,581 pilots.
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Nebraska
Department of Commerce
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Reforestation Plan to Plant 60000 Pine Seedlings in Nebraska
The Nebraska College of Agriculture announces 60000 Scotch pine seedlings will be planted in Morrill and Scotts Bluff counties. Extension Forester Clayton Watkins leads the project with county farm bureaus, relief agencies, civic groups, and Burlington Railroad partners. About 180 men from Mitchell, Scottsbluff, Bayard, Minatare and Bridgeport will work briefly. Farmers will provide teams and equipment, with unemployed help maintaining plantings in summer through relief organizations.
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Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Clayton Watkins
Burlington Railroad
Mitchell
Scottsbluff
Bayard
Minatare
Bridgeport
Dust Storm Valued At Millions For Nebraska Farms
Professor E E Schramm of the University of Nebraska geology department says the recent dust storm added about 25 million dollars in mineral fertilizer to Nebraska soils. He estimated 2 500 000 tons of dust fell statewide at ten dollars per ton, with finer red dust from Permian beds of Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. He noted heavier fall in central and western Nebraska than in Lincoln and Omaha.
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E. E. Schramm
University of Nebraska Geological Department
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Sch Tamm
Lincoln
Omaha
Nebraska 4 H enrollment tops 10000 in 1933 growth
Nebraska state College of Agriculture extension reports 4 H enrollment exceeded 10 000 as home economics clubs gain popularity sewing clothing and cooking clubs draw girls and daily applications rise. Last year 15 000 individuals participated and beef club enrollment already sets a new high with several hundred in the Fix It club project.
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Nebraska
College of Agriculture Extension Service
Lincoln
L.I. Frisbie
Agricultural Credit Corp lends to farmers in territory
Manager Charlies C. Kuning of the Omaha regional Agricultural Credit Corporation told a lunch audience the office has made 11,000 loans to farmers and livestock raisers totaling 16 million dollars. Applications on file since establishment total 21,000 for 35 million. Machinery is being set up to handle sugar beet loan applications under the crop production measure with some applications to be taken at Scottsbluff for final approval in Omaha.
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Charlies C. Kuning
Omaha
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Scottsbluf
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