Nation reports record money stock nine months into year
Washington announces total money in circulation reached 10,275,195,404 dollars at February end, driven by new federal reserve and national bank notes. breakdown includes gold and silver coins, various certificates, treasury notes, and bank notes, with per person outstanding roughly 52.23 dollars.
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Washington
Federal Reserve and National Bank
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
National Bank
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
The
Leas Jailed Awaiting Habeas Corpus Hearing in NC
Col Luke Lea, Nashville publisher, and his son Luke Lea Jr were jailed in North Carolina awaiting a habeas corpus hearing after extradition. They were convicted in Asheville in August 1931 for violating state banking laws tied to the Central Bank and Trust collapse. The elder Lea faced six to ten years. the son faced two to six years or a $25 000 fine.
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Leas
Insull Investors May Recover Large Sums
Federal Judge Wilkerson ordered three Chicago banks holding Middle West Utilities stock pledged by Insull to settle within 20 days or face a bankruptcy hearing. The banks allegedly seized assets days before the concern went into liquidation, charging the banks with improper actions.
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Chicago
Middle West Utilities Company
Wilkerson
Equity Aetedeistutte
Death of Sir Henry Thornton Rail Leader and WWI General
Sir Henry W. Thornton former president of Canadian National railways and the only American-born major general in the British army during World War I died in New York. He was born in Logansport Indiana in 187? to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thornton.
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Henry Thornton
New York
Henry W. Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Berm
Logansport
Ind
Henry Cc. Thorntea
Mexico to Press Claim Over 1914 Vera Cruz Occupation
Mexico City reports the Ex.celeator claims Mexico will seek damages from the United States for losses from the 1914 Vera Cruz occupation by U S naval forces and the 1916 punitive expedition into Chihuahua.
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Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Ecelator
Vera Crus
Chihuahua
List of Dead in Quake Put at 115
The Senate approved a joint resolution for a 5 million dollar federal relief fund to aid southern California quake victims. A Los Angeles revised death toll brings totals to 115 with changes across cities including Long Beach, Huntington Park, and Compton. A 9:40 p.m. March 14 quake was felt over the area with a five second duration.
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Washington
Senate
California
William Gibbs McAdoo
Dem
Calif
Los Angeles
Pacoima
Investors Back Government Bonds Oversubscribed Startup
Secretary Woodin announced preliminary subscriptions totaling 1.82 billion dollars for the 80 million dollar certificate issues bearing 4 and 4 percent interest. The oversubscription shows strong investor faith in the new administration's first financing.
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Washington
Woodin
Treasury
Railroads Record Low Passenger Deaths in 1932
The western railways committee on public relations reports that in the first eleven months of 1932 only one passenger died in an accident out of 441 million passengers. Railways carried 15,594,115,000 passenger miles in that period.
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Chicago
Western Railways Committee On Public Relations
American Tourists in Canada Spend Big in 1932
U S tourist expenditures in Canada for 1932 reached about 183 million dollars, down 23 percent from 1931, according to the Commerce Department division of finance.
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Canada
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Division of Finance
France to Pay War Debt Installment, Without New Debate
Paris reports France will pay the defaulted December 15 war debt installment to the United States. The money may be paid without a new debate in parliament, according to reliable sources.
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France
Paris
United States
Grasshopper Area Sees Less Trouble
The 1932 survey by the United States Department of Agriculture reports overall grasshopper damage risk lower than last year with North Dakota the only state showing more eggs than in 1931. If spring and early summer are favorable, over five and a half million acres in eight western states may require poison bran bait to protect cereal and forage crops, with seven state counts listing potential hatch and estimated material costs.
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Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
North Dakota
Colorado
Idaho
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
New Wool Test Guides Sheep Breeders on Fleece Density
Dr. John L Hardy of the USDA Bureau of Animal Industry says a simple method using a 1 by 4 inch wool sample, dry cleaning, and reweighing yields the percentage of clean dry wool. Applied to fleece weight, it indicates clean wool per square inch and fleece density aiding selection of breeding animals.
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John L Hardy
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
When to Fertilize Grapes
A 10 year test by Prof. F. B. Gladwin at Fredonia New York state experiment station shows nitrogenous fertilizers boost grape yield wood growth and fruit quality. Complete fertilizers and various nitrogen potassium and phosphorus mixes were compared with marked benefits from fertilizer use and nitrogen proving most helpful.
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F. B. Glad‘win
Fredonia
N. Y
State Experiment Station
Farm Population Growth Projections By Census Bureau
The United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates the farm population will reach 32 million by year end. Gains in 1930 and 1931 plus expected gains offset a decline after 1910 peak of 32,077,000 per census data.
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Census Bureau
Howe About: Reflections on work and self improvement
A discursive monologue argues hard work defeats idleness with examples from Edison McIntyre and others. It contrasts Rhine improvements with American public spending and urges self mastery, cautious evolution, and skepticism of loving enemies. It concludes with praise for ancestral decency and a call to restraint.
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Bell
WNN
Rhine
Missouri River
Lost Sealand Nation Found in Arabian Peninsula
The Modern Think reveals a twentieth century claim of a vanished ancient nation named Sealand located in the Arabian Peninsula. Professor Raymond P. Dougherty argues the Sealanders influenced early Mesopotamian powers, with a mixed Sumerian and Semitic royal lineage and a developed religious and ethical code.
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Arabian Peninsula
Sealand
Raymond P. Dougherty
Assyria
Dougherty
Babylonia
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Robert W. Bingham
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Critic’s End
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ED Howe
Lem Whalen
Lem
Map
McIntyre
Thos. A. Edison
Haldane
England
Dr. Caldwell
Caltower
Pepsin
Mistal
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