Trade Talks Rise From London Conference Fallout
In Washington, D C, Secretary Hull pushes bilateral trade pacts as the United States moves to act independently on tariff relations while the London conference dissolves. The plan aims to remove barriers, with France likely easing import quotas and the U S facing reciprocal concessions. The wheat program under Secretary Wallace sets a national acreage reduction to support domestic needs, with payments totaling about 136 million dollars if farmers curb planting.
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Redwood Highway Through California Giants and Time
Lewis Gannett writes from the New York Herald Tribune about California's Redwood highway and its forests. He notes the Founders Tree and groves dedicated to Save-the-Redwoods League, and contrasts ancient redwoods with modern roads and commerce, while observing the impact on Yurok canoe culture and roadside development.
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New York Herald Tribune
Freak Thunder Storm Described On Moravian Voyage
Captain A. Simpson logged a December 30 1902 thunder storm near Cape Verde. For an hour the sky flickered with continuous lightning against clear stars while ships rigging glowed. The sound resembled arc lamp sparks and distant cicadas, heard across the vessel.
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End of world fears grip Pitcairn Island inhabitants
The Mont real Herald reports Pit cairn islanders fear doomsday and make no future provisions. The 193 residents descend from English mutineers of the Bounty and Tahitian women. Isolated in the mid Pacific they are self sufficient with coconuts and fruit from the Bounty era. Visitors face bans on smoking drinking and wearing shorts.
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