Britain plans mass slum clearance via national re housing board
London March 24 Half a billion dollars is the planned cost for a Great Britain slum clearance program. Sir Hilton Young, health minister, leads a proposed joint venture with municipalities, building societies and unions. Financed by private investors, the National Re housing Board would emerge as a major landlord across principal cities.
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London
Great Britain
Hilton Young
National Re-Housing Board
Building Societies
Builders’ Operative Trades Union
Rice Paddy Used for Tax Payments in New Java Plan
A report from Batavia says Dutch East Indian land taxes may be paid with rough rice. The trial targets arrears areas in West Java Mid Java and East Java with aims to ease payments before the July August rice crop. If successful the policy could expand to other products and areas.
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New Java
Washington
D. C
C. H. Boehringer
Batavia
Java
Tts
West Java
Mid-Java
East Java
Milford Woman's 86th Birthday Draws 130 Relatives
Mrs Maria Donata Consolletti celebrated her eighty sixth birthday in Milford with 130 descendants attending. She has six sons and two daughters, plus 65 grandchildren and 57 great grandchildren, many living in Milford.
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Milford
Mass
Maria Donata Consoletti
Consolletti
Little Need For Special Currency
Washington March 4 The government reports a large amount of hoarded money has been returned and further printing of federal reserve notes is unnecessary. The Bureau of Printing and Engraving disclosed about 60 million in new notes were printed to meet added demand. Treasury records show only about 9.54 million of this currency outstanding with roughly 63 thousand in redemption in progress.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Treasury
France faces drift toward dictatorship warns Tardieu
Paris debates an ending of rule by parliament as Andre Tardieu calls for four reforms to curb socialist influence. He urges removing the right to initiate legislation from the lower house, empowering the premier to call elections on loss of confidence, allowing referendums including women voting, and barring anti social doctrines from civil service. He warns public finances and government bonds risk collapse under current systems.
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STANTON B_ LEEDS
Paris
France
Raymond Poincare
Camille Aymard
la Liberte
Andre Tardieu
Andi
Italy
Mussolini
Tardieu
House of Representatives
House
Senate
M. Tardieu
M ‘Tardieu
Puzzle Sales Jump in 1932 Amid Home Entertainment Boom
Washington reports jig-saw puzzle sales reached 10 million dollars in 1932, up 70 percent from 1931, with over two million enthusiasts buying interlocking puzzles. More than 150 million simpler puzzles sold, boosting employment for more than 20,000 and fueling a broad rise in parlor games as cheap cut-outs flood the market.
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Washington, D. C
Wheat Drive to Avert Hunger Starts in Chile
In Santiago on March 2 the government ordered provincial officials to launch an intensive wheat campaign fearing shortages and gold use for foreign purchases. It aims to sow 1,652,640 acres next season, with a minimum price set and price authorities ready to buy unsold grain. President Alessandri’s farm colonization plan backs cooperative efforts to boost output.
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Santiago
Chile
Arturo Alessandri
Traffic Law Unit Urged Traffic Law Unit Urged
The San Antonio Automobile league backs a bill by Representative Englehart to unify traffic laws across Texas. It urges pedestrians to walk on the left on highways and seeks a safer speed standard tied to road conditions. Spain selects air attaches to U S Britain Germany France and Italy.
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San Antonio Automobile League
Fritz Englehart
Eagle Lake
League
Englehart
H. M. Dichmann
Spain
Madrid
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Farm Swap Day Held in Colorado
More than 1500 farmers attended a swap day in Lima with several thousand barter transactions. Chickens cows pigs plows branders cream separators and 200 other varieties of farm implements and household utensils were hauled into town and traded.
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Bimla
Colo
Lima
Tonic and Builder Advice Promoted by Fort Worth Reader
A Fort Worth reader, P. N. Barnes of 1017 EE Cannan St, touts Dr. Pierce's Garden Medical Discovery as a family tonic that builds health. The ad claims it strengthens, whitens vitality, and supports nervous weakness, urging readers to write for free medical advice and locate druggists selling the product.
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P. N. Barnes
Bolttalay
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