Hoover bids billion inland waterways push in decade
President Hoover outlines a ten year program to spend about one billion dollars on inland waterways. He calls for nine foot depths on main trunks, six to seven feet on tributaries, and completion of the Mississippi basin within five years. He also favors expanding intercoastal canals and stabilizing Great Lakes levels, with new funding balanced by cutting naval expenditures.
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Hoover
Louisville
Ghio
Mississippi
St. Lawrence
Mississippi Basin
Great Lakes
Cioclépatl
Dien Park
Green Brier
Madison
Ind
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Washington
Albany
City of Gardens in Germany Shows Planned Industrial Beauty
In Essen, Germany, a steel center founded by Alfred Krupp has become a city of gardens. Careful planning and a farsighted policy built worker housing, separate mills, offices, and homes. Residents cultivate plots at low rent, sparking rival pride in who grows the best flowers. A 450000 population garden fair features tens of thousands of rose bushes and abundant blooms, blending artistic grouping with scientific gardening to inspire other cities.
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Essen
Germany
Bes
Alfred Krupp
Herr Krapp
Lisness
Beautifying American roadsides through contest plans
Horace M Albright notes in the Saturday Evening Post that in 1926 Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr initiated a contest to reward attractive wayside stands and funded architect plans to improve roadside shops near national parks. The approach aims to replace ugly shacks with well kept facilities as motorist supplies grow.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rapoufs
Horace M. Albright
Proper Tree Protection In Mis sour Insurance For Trees
A tree lover in Missouri insured a fine old tree for 300 dollars but suggests a better approach: invest in the tree itself to prolong its life and strengthen against elements. Many trees are structurally weak, especially those with sharp forks. As the tree ages, upper branches become heavier, risking snapping or fork splitting in storms or calm days, leaving the tree disfigured.
Duties Before Architect
Frederick P. Kepnel, president of the Car-Tegle corporation, says the architect is a respected citizen who uses brain eye and hand and has opportunities to improve the community. He can create beauty aid town planning develop parks and parkways ensure art in schools and organize groups to create objects of beauty.
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Kingdom of Heaven
Earth
Frederick P. Kepnel
Car- Tegle Corporation
Beautify Missouri Highways with Private Frontage Plantings
An editorial note from the St Louis Globe-Democrat suggests the slogan Make Missouri Beautiful is inadequate for state highways. It argues Missouri is beautiful but roadways could be beautified further with trees, flowerbeds, and inviting frontage planting, encouraging thousands of private property owners to participate.
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Missouri
F. 8. Collier
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Ready to Help Buy Home Ready assistance for buyers
A local appeal encourages home ownership with guidance from employers bankers contractors realtors and builders offering help to families seeking the advantages and savings of owning a home.
Attractive Dutch dormer home design for average families
The piece describes a Dutch colonial style house featured in an illustration. It details a 28 by 44 feet frame construction with a wide dormer, open corner porch, steep roof pitch, and exposed rafters. The plan includes a living room, dining room, kitchen, and three corner bedrooms on the second floor, plus a bathroom.
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Manhattan Island
New York
United States
Group Harmony Improves Housing Design Cohesion
The article argues that while American homes value individuality, overly varied architecture in suburbs creates unrest and clashes. It suggests harmonizing line, shape, materials, and color across groups to improve the livability and aesthetic, noting current schemes often lack a homelike repose. When applied to subdivisions, harmony yields more artistic results.
Modernistic furniture offered for purchaser finishing
Modernistic furniture can be purchased unpainted at most stores for buyers to decorate. The unpainted price is lower than finished products and lets homeowners tailor it to their decor. New lacquers and quick drying enamels are easy to apply.
Large Variety of Wall Paper for Builder's Pick
A promotion extols wall paper as a quick way to add originality to home decoration. It highlights numerous designs, colors, and patterns that transform rooms, noting wallpapers mimic marble, linen, tile, wood, and more. The piece emphasizes wall coverings as expressive, with printing advances aiding authentic-looking copies.
Population Is Factor in the Price of Land
The article argues population growth, transportation, utilities, industry and public improvements drive real estate values by signaling demand, accessibility and progress. It contrasts the effect of active markets with underdeveloped infrastructure and lack of factories or rapid transit, noting these factors create buying power and desirability.
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City Bank Partners Trust Company
Oregon
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Hooter
Detroit
Light
Edison
Edward We ‘Pigeard
Mr. Edison
Prince of Wales
Hindenburg
Otters
Owen D. Young
Edsel
Greenfield
Edison Institute of Technology
Ford
Menlo Park
Tventynine
Chicago
Lagge
Farm Board
Legge
America
Senate
Herbert C. Lakin
Cuba Company
Lakin
Caraway
Ristide Briand
France
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Rhineland
Eduard Daladier
Ecause
Pola
Iraiz
Belgrade
Yugo-Slavia
Italizm
Mussolini
Carlo Galli
Humbert
Brussels
Marie-Jose
Belgium
Italy
Humbert Mest
Italion
Fernando di Rose
Chwart
Afghanistan
Bacha Sgkao
Nadir Khan
Amanullah
Nadir
Holywood
Wilms Industries
Rew
The
Tiie
Albert Lund
Rean
Diteman
J. Montana Cattivpman
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
London
Atlantic
Greenand
Dos
Lake Constance
Japan
Spain
Charlotta
N.G
Aderholt
Gastonia
Bears
New York Stock Exchange
Uolon
Community Baldy
W. A. Radford
William A. Radford
Wiliam A A. Radford
South Dearborn Street
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