Government officials urge business to aid recovery drive
In a nationwide broadcast officials including Henry Wallace and Harry Hopkins urged business to cooperate with the spending and lending plan. Hopkins said WPA projects will create 250000 indirect private jobs while aiding relief efforts. Other officials outlined effects on agriculture housing and industrial order books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
PWA
Howard A. Gray
United States Housing
Nathan Straus
John J. Kingman
United States Army Engineers
Hopkins
Wallace
Gray
Ickes
Straus
Kingman
Milwaukee road train crashes into flood weakened trestle
A Milwaukee Road passenger train from Chicago to Tacoma plunged through a flood undermined trestle on Custer Creek near Saugus Montana. At least 40 passengers died and about 65 were injured in what was described as the worst wreck in years. The eleven car consist was swept by a cloudburst, with no warning to the crew before the engine and cars plunged through.
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Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Tacoma
Wash
Custer Creek
Saugus
Mont
America
Wage Law Effects on Industry Abroad
Labor experts in Washington estimate the new wage and hour law will affect only about 200000 manufacturing workers as economic conditions remain unsettled. The discussion notes slow pace of industry and cautions about broader payroll gains under current circumstances.
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Economists
Believe. Co
Washington
Senate committee warns officials on campaign involvement
ENATOR MORRIS SHEPPARD of Texas chairs a campaign expenditures investigating committee that orders all government agencies to refrain from partisan political activity. It vows vigorous, unbiased inquiries and will prosecute improper conduct. The panel includes Senators Harrison Walsh O Mahoney and White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Sheppard
Harrison
David I. Walsh
Joseph O'Mahoney
Wallace White
German Spies Indicted by Grand Jury in New York
A federal grand jury in New York indicted 18 individuals after five months of investigation for spying for Germany. The defendants are charged with obtaining information on national defense. four are in the United States and will be tried here while the others, including three German officers, are abroad.
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New York
John Roosevelt Weds Anne Clark in Nahant Ceremony
John Roosevelt youngest son of President and Mrs Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark wed at a small Nahant Massachusetts church. After the ceremony a reception at the Nahant club followed and the couple began a honeymoon to Campobello Island New Brunswick near the President’s summer home.
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John Roosevelt
Anne Findlay Clark
Nahant
Mass
Germany called a welsher over Austria debts
Secretary of State Hull labels Germany a welsher for denying liability under international law for Austria's post war debts. Hull, via Ambassador Hugh Wilson, says Germany assumed full responsibility when it absorbed Austria, covering about 50 million dollars in debts to the United States and others.
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Germany
Austria
Hull
Hugh Wilson
America
Congress Closes With Record Peace Time Spending
Congress adjourned after a session marked by a record peace time appropriation of more than 20 billion dollars. A major relief and pump priming bill totaling 1.425 billion to the W P A and 175 million to the Farm Security Administration accompanied other funding boosts for the National Youth Administration and Public Works. The bill also raised housing lending limits and authorized new subsidies to farmers while vetoed provisions were rejected on several fronts.
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Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Rural Electrification Administration
Lake’ Tahoe National Park
Works Progress Administration
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Public Works Administration
PWA
United States Housing Authority
Indiana Senator Fred Van Nuys to Run as Independent
Frederick Van Nuys a senior Indiana senator will seek re election as an independent after being expelled from the Democratic Party for opposing the court and government reorganization bills. Ten Democratic senators lead support, joined by two Republican senators Borah and Vandenberg.
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Frederick
van Nuys
Indiana
Supreme Court
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Josiahi. Bailey
North Carolina
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Joseph Co
Tom Connally
Texas
Peter G. Gerry
Rhode Island
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
William E. Borah
Idaho
Arthur H.vandenberg
Michigan
Copeland Dies in Senate Session After Prolonged Labor
United States Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York died after sustained effort in Washington. In his sixteenth year in the senate he opposed many administration policies and led the fight against court packing and government reorganization. Observers in New York said his death opens a path for Governor Lehman to seek the seat, likely facing Roosevelt opposition and a ticket featuring Senator Wagner and Representative Mead for the unfinished term.
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Washington
United States
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Congress
Senate
Lehman
Roosevelt
Wagner
James M. Mead
Buffalo
Copeland
Flooding in China Drowns and Displaces Vast Areas
In central China the Yellow river burst its banks inundating hundreds of square miles. The flood claimed about 150000 lives in the first days and left many times more homeless. Meanwhile in Germany Jews faced widespread persecution with smashed shops and arrests as officials tightened control.
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Yellow River
China
Berlin
Germany
Baldomir Sworn In As Uruguay President
General Alfredo Baldomir inaugurated as president of Uruguay with Dr. Cesar Charlone as vice president marking a return to democratic constitutional governance after a pledge to end fascism.
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Uruguay
Alfredo Baldomir
Cesar Charlone
Baldomir
Calcium and nervous health urged for mothers and children
The piece urges mothers to ensure calcium rich diets to support bone strength teeth and nervous system function. It notes calcium shortage can cause nervousness muscle twitching and heart issues and cites early 20th century concerns about school construction and child welfare. It attributes the advice to C Houston Goudiss and dates the item to 1933.
Calcium and bones in children a building blocks analogy
The article explains calcium as essential to the body's structure, comparing a mother’s calcium intake to a contractor choosing good materials for a school. It warns that deficiency weakens bones, causing bowing, deformities, rickets, and tetany in children.
Calcium Deficiency Harms Teeth and Child Health
The article explains how inadequate calcium affects baby and permanent teeth, causing decay and crowding, and notes broader impacts on heart strength blood clotting and fever resistance. It stresses calcium's role in overall body processes and prevention of hemorrhage.
Homemaker's Calcium Challenge Threatens Children's Health
The body loses calcium daily and illness fever worry overwork and strenuous exercise increase the loss. Nutritionists say the American diet is most deficient in calcium, placing responsibility on mothers and homemakers to correct the situation for current health and future happiness of children.
Milk and cheese as calcium sources in diets
The article explains milk as a calcium cornerstone for balanced nutrition and notes cheese as milk in concentrated form equal to about 1.25 ounces of American Cheddar per eight ounce glass of milk. It highlights leafy greens as calcium rich with good adult absorption but poorer for children, with turnip tops and dandelion greens providing particularly large amounts.
Calcium Rich Foods for Homemakers
A persuasive note invites homemakers to request a calcium rich foods list. It emphasizes calcium deficiency risk and urges women to plan daily meals for themselves, their husbands, and children. The message touts the list as a tool to ensure balanced, varied diets and strong bodies.
Timponimo Mountain Tale From Utah Legends
A Utah road label near Bryce Canyon and Zion cites Timponimo Mountain, a Piute derived name meaning two spirits to heaven and one to hell. The legend tells of a Piute and Navajo lovers and a fatal fall from the peak.
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Bryce Canyon
Zion
National Park
Utah
Timponimo
Hell
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