Confidence Needed to Prime the Economic Pump
Jesse H. Jones, chairing the RFC, told a Senate committee that federal loan insurance cannot prime business demand. Idle billions in banks await loans, yet demand is weak due to New Deal policies and taxes. He urged removing fear and restoring profit prospects to restart investment and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Jones
RFC
America
Work Of The CCC Shows Vast Forest And Fire Prevention Impact
The Civilian Conservation Corps report covers six years of work with 1.74 billion trees planted and millions of acres protected from soil erosion. Crews built 104000 miles of truck trails 71000 miles of telephone lines 40000 bridges 45000 buildings and about 16000000 rods of fence. They spent 9000000 man days fighting fires and preventing them, cutting fire hazards on two million acres and improving three million acres of forest. Payments to dependents exceeded 500 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
CCC
Memorial gift to nation funds National Gallery of Art
Andrew Mellon envisions a national art center in Washington built with public donations and purchases. Samuel H. Kress becomes the first major contributor by gifting 375 Italian paintings and 18 sculptures valued at 25 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew Mellon
National Gallery of Art
Samuel H. Kress
Kress
Spain’s Bestiero Convicted by Nationalists in Madrid
The 69 year old philosopher Professor Julian Besteiro, last head of the Madrid Council of Defense, faces a harsh fate as a Nationalist military tribunal convicts him for prolonging the civil war. He is to spend the rest of his life in prison as Madrid’s defenses and leaders are subjected to ruthless reprisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Julian Bestiero
Madrid Council of Defense
Besteiro
Juan Negrin
Professor Besteiro
Generalissimo
Obscene books crackdown and luxe rings in midtown gossip
New York City column reports on licensing for indecent publications in Lansing and amid-town chatter. It notes the return of plain yellow and gold wedding bands, describes exotic rings including a spy’s manuscript carrier and a poison ring, and profiles Alyron Colbert’s East 49th street restaurant linked to British interests.
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Uly
Lansing
Chas. Driscoll
Manhattan
Charles
Nathan Harris
Alyron Colbert
Shanghai
Paris
East 49Th Street
King George
England
The
Oceanic Investment Co
Colbert
Mid-Town
Windsors
Duck hunter finds iron pot of gold on Bailey Island
John Wilson followed a duck to a wood ledge on Bailey Island Maine and discovered an iron pot of gold coins hidden in a hole. He sold the coins for twelve thousand dollars. A brief note adds a feature on moles digging tunnels to reach grubs and bulbs. Tomorrow's tug of war is teased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilson
Bailey Island
Maine
Birmingham News Notes Notables Visit and Remembrances
Mrs E Prince and daughter Delores travel with Mrs John Pfur and daughter Lucile to Sandusky. Clem Rice returns to Birmingham after months with relatives in West Virginia. Ray Ennis and daughter visit John Pfur’s family in Birmingham from Cleveland. Nellie Burke and Edith Vance return home after caring for sister Rose Kline who remains ill. Frank Griffin and family spend weekend with H Ferguson and family in Willard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
E. Prince
Delores
John Pfur
Lucile
Sandusky
Clem Rice
West Virginia
Ray Ennis
Cleveland
Nellie Burke
Edith Vance
Rose Kline
Notable Anniversaries of Historical Figures and Events
A list of anniversaries honors figures from lawyers to inventors and nurses, noting Gideon Granger Samuel Coh Mary Ann Bickerdyke and others with birthplaces and death dates. It includes milestones such as the Seneca Falls convention first Woman's Rights gathering, Grant during Lincoln era, and 1918 Allied advances in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Granger
Connecticut
Pertmade
Suffield
Conn
Mordecai M. Noah
New York
Ararat
Iland
Nia-gata River
Philadelpha
Samuel Coh
Edward C. Pickering
Harvard
Boston
Charles H. Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Rochester Minn
Charles Green
Seneca Falls
Gen. Grant
Lincoln
Pittsburgh
Eastern Front
Poland
Soissoans- Marne
Pec Toting
Washigton
Turlock
Cal
London
Bible Readings and A Storm Tale of Faith
Readings on Psalm 119 verses 13 and 14 urge obedience to God as a guiding lamp. Robert Louis Stevenson recounts a perilous shipboard moment when a brave passenger steadies the wheel, reminding believers that God’s commands sustain through changing fortunes and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
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J Clare GE
the Chronicle
Telegram Biémbers Audit Bureau
Second
Elyria
Ohio
Lorsin County Printing & Publishing Company
Fed Ac Humnutt
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
North Michigan Ave
Fifth Ave
Solumbus
South Third St
General Motora
Pblishers
ORE Editon
Rudyard Kipling
Providence
Charles B. Driscoll
Michigan
Bankroll
Orion
Jean Buchel
Tour d’Argent
Tour d'Argent
Mc Vaught Syndicate, Inc
Maire Auben
By John Helix
San Encino
Frank Griffin
Mrs.h. Ferguson
Willard
Lua
Paul Vo McNutt
Philippines
Franklin
Ind
Merkin Hall
Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Co
Cedar Rapids
Malcol Muir
Glen Ridge
N. J
Julian Mack
U.S Circuit Court
San Francisco
Frances L. Warner
Putnam, Conn
Archibald J. Cronin
Bible
Seven Seas
Sohio Supreme
Standard Oil
Sohio Ethyl
Regaress
Standard Oil Company
Stock OF Home Insurance CO
P.R. Smith & CO
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