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World at a Glance Chicago Gains Civilian River Port
The piece notes locks completing a lakes to gulf waterway linking Chicago to the Mississippi via the Whavis River, creating a year round gulf outlet and river tug connections at St. Louis. It also discusses Roosevelt relief cost projections, a U S treasury deficit, bank liquidations in Missouri and Ohio, and Chicago school teachers unpaid for two years awaiting Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Federal ‘Barge Lines
St. Louis
Gulf of Mexico
St. Lawrence
T Roosevelt
U U. S
Middle West
Missouri
Ohio
Cleveland
Nreconstruction Finance Corporation