Ohio River Valley Floods Devastate Region Across States
Large floods devastate the Ohio Valley and lower Mississippi Valley. Hundreds of thousands homeless, over 100 dead, and vast property losses. Cities like Cincinnati Louisville and Evansville suffer severe damage with fires, water and fuel shortages, and martial law in Indiana. Roosevelt coordinates Red Cross relief as national aid pours in.
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Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Cincinnati
Louisville
Portsmouth
Frankfort
Evansville
Ohio
Mill Creek
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
Coast Guard
State Reformatory
Indiana
Townsend
Cairo
Arkansas
Inaugural Address Weathered in Rain and Resolve
Franklin D Roosevelt delivers his second inaugural in rain on the Capitol portico, pledging social security and national prosperity, while Congress acts to extend presidential control over the dollar and stabilize the economy. Also notes Hughes flight record, rail wage talks, and Yugoslav Bulgarian pact as part of broader news roundup.
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Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
Capitol
Hughes
United States
Supreme Court
St. John’s Episcopal Church
STAR DUST Movie Radio News Reflects Hollywood Moves
Helen Jepson set for a motion picture with Grand National backing and Vic tor Schertzinger directing. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers insure Stepping Toes against production delays. Luli Desti tours America before Paramount work. Steel Highway stars Ann Nagel opposite William Hopper. Hippodrome nostalgia prompts Buddy de Sylva project. Burns and Allen shift to NBC as Tony Martin stays steady. Errol Flynn eyed for Borneo post Prince and the Pepper. Lili Damita and Marlene Dietrich rumors swirl amid Angel filming.
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Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Astaire
Errol Flynn
Borneo
Prince and the
Peeper
Lili Damita
Ha Bogail
Marlene Dietrich
Douglas Fairbanks
Ira
Hollywood
Angel
Junior
Humphrey Bogare
Anne
Waters
Valen
Delight a Child With These This Sturdy Doll Pattern
A guide to making a 14 inch high doll and its clothes using simple embroidery stitches. Pattern 8447 includes transfer for the doll and garments, with material requirements and instructions. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. in New York for the pattern.
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Siltehas
Grand Indedd
Sumiko
Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
How Brazil Got Its Name From a Thirteenth Century Legend
The tale notes early traders and merchants heard of a distant land rich in vast forests and a fiery dye from a tinctorial tree. The dye resembled a live ember, giving the wood the name brasil and later the country itself.
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Brazil
New World
Brasil
Direction Has Wings Not Anchors In Life
A quotation emphasizes progress over position, urging steady movement toward a desired port. It likens life to sailing where one must adapt to favorable winds and headwinds, never remaining idle or drifting at anchor. The message champions action and resilience in pursuit of a higher goal.
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W. Holmes
Heaven
Bayer Aspirin Cold Remedy Ad With Gargle Instructions
An advertisement promotes Bayer Aspirin as a quick acting cold remedy. It advises taking two tablets at first signs of a cold and repeating as needed, and, for sore throat, crushing three tablets in water to gargle for immediate throat relief. It urges asking for Bayer Aspirin by full name at the drugstore.
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Navy
Gen
Ugaki
Okayama Prefecture
Japan
Berlin
War Department
Military Staff College
Supreme War
Nore
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Xin
Dward W. Pickari
Karl Radek
Radek
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Stalin
Germany
Asia
Ukraine
Gregori Sokolnikoff
England
Soviet Union
Vladimir Romm
Washington
Investia
Moscow
Trotz
Koki Hirota
Saionji
Kazushige Ugaki
Corea
Farley
Senate
James A. Farley
Tf T
France
Hitler
Blum
Lyons
Perkins
Frances Perkins
General Motors
Murphy
Michigan
John L. Lewis
Sloan
The
Motor Corporation
Lewis
Homer Martin
John Brophy
Co. I. O
Detroit
White House
Secretary of Labor
Dy Ponta
Martin
Bhut
G. M. C. Head
Jd. A. Farley
Congress
Vandenberg
Representative Snell
Secretary of the Treasury
Howard Hughes
Oward Hughes
Burbank
Calif
Chicago
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Stovadinovitch
Krosselyanoff
Balkans
STAR DUST Movie + Radio
Virginia Vale
Helen Jepson
Grand National
Jimmy Cagney
Victor Schertzinger
Grace Moore
Miss Jepson
Luli Desti
Ihe
Holywood
Miss . Desti
Paramount
Steel Highway
Ann Nagel
Ross Alexander
William Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Radio City Music Hall
Buddy de Sylva
Universal
Burns and Allen
Tony Martin
Twentieth Century Fox
Tony
Burns
Gracie Allen
Creomulston
Crecinul
Gluyas Williams
Fred Perley
Equilcate
Yue
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