Where Uncle Sam Puts Polish on His Crack Flyers
An advertisement notes Eddie Nugent and Grant Where along with Lloyd Hughes star in a Fox theater aviation melodrama tied to Randolph Field near San Antonio. The piece highlights a vast training center with 400 buildings, 1 800 acres, four airdromes, and facilities for 500 cadets plus officers and enlisted personnel. It mentions night flying and large formation takeoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Nugent
Grant
Lloyd Hughes
Fox Theater
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Tex
Keh
Fairbank voters set Feb six for electric energy contract
Fairbank residents vote February 6 in a special election to decide if the town will enter a five year power contract with Interstate Power of Dubuque. The firm promises a 30 percent reduction in electric bills if the deal is approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbank
Ila
Janes
Interstate Power Company of
Dubuque
Early Colonial Settlers by Nationality Listed
The first settlements across New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia were English The colonies of New York and New Jersey were Dutch Delaware and Pennsylvania were Swedish
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt Birthday Ball to Crowd Cities Jan 30
Plans for the Roosevelt birthday ball spread nationwide with celebrations in New York Chicago Cleveland and other cities plus resort centers. Leaders include John K. Owens U S Senator George L Radcliffe and J Luther Moon among many governors and officials supporting the event to raise infantile paralysis funds.
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Roosevelt
Flushing
United States
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
St. Loui S
San Francisco
Palm Beach
Miami
Galveston
Texas
Portland
Maine
John K. Owens
Republic National Bank
Dallas
U. S
George L. Radcliffe
Baltimore
George Allen
Washington
D. C
J. Luther Moon
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Richmond
John Lyddick
Gary
Indiana
M. J. Ebagen
Stranton
Pennsylvania
John G. Kelly
Philadelphia
A. L. Belle Isle
Atlanta
Georgia
Justus Wardell
San Franciseco
Edward F. Carroll
Providence
A. A. Sprague
Louis Mc Henry Howe White
Fall River
Massachusetts
James C. Caffrey
Col. Doherty
Information for Veterans on Securing the Bonus and Bonds
Veterans should file with the nearest regional veterans office or central Washington office. If a loan exists, send the application to the loaning administration or central veterans bureau. bank loans go to the central office in Washington. After filing, no further action is needed. The VA will certify records and forward them to the Treasury, which will issue $50 denominations in bonds and a government check for the balance. Bonds and checks will be mailed to the veteran when possible. A 2,400 to 32,000 strong staff will handle the expansion. Veterans will receive the amount due plus interest on loans against the certificate since October 1, 1931. The government will pay loan amounts to banks. Bonds cashable June 15. bonds may be held through 1945 with 4% interest. If never applied, a veteran may apply any time up to 1940. after that, no new applications for certificates. Certificate holders may apply for bonds any time up to 1945.
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Office of the Administration
The
Veterans Bureau
Washington
Veterans Administration
Treasury
Molecule Not a True Solid Liquid or Gas Says Expert
Dr Thomas M Beck argues in the Chicago Tribune that a single molecule cannot be solid liquid or gaseous. He explains gas molecules move independently, liquids are closely packed yet mobile, and crystalline solids have ordered fixed positions. He notes gummy solids like asphalt soften gradually with temperature, lacking a sharp solid liquid boundary.
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Thomas M. Beck
Chicago Tribune
Hidden board unlocks gang of smash and grab raiders
A Newcastie police search in an empty house disturbed a mouse that revealed plaster and a hidden board. The find exposed a gang of smash and grab raiders. The tale notes how small trifles betray crime and lead to arrests.
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Newcastie
Shspeet
Devonshire
Blackpool
Tri-Bits Magazine
Transmission Lines Hearing Set by Iowa Commission
The Iowa railroad commission fixed February 11 as the hearing date for 128 proposed transmission lines. The lines would run through Scott, Kossuth, Palo Alto, O'Brien, Sac, Hamilton, Wright, Warren, Page, Harrison, Worth, Hancock and Cerro Gordo counties.
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Des Moines
Iowa Railroad Commission
Scott
Kossuth
Pato Alto
O’brien
Sac
Hamilton
Wright
Warren
Page
Harrison, Worth Hancock
Cerro Gordo Counties
Language quirks on bootblacks in English and American use
The text notes that an Englishman may have his shoes cleaned or blacked while an American has his shoes shined. It observes inconsistent terminology as Americans call the shining boy a bootblack while English usage avoids shoeblack for the same role.
Land ownership for the White House site in early Washington
The article lists the principal landowners for the federal city including Daniel Carroll Samuel Davidson Notley Young and David Barnes. It notes David Barnes the aged Scotchman owned the 600 acres where the White House sits and that he reluctantly yielded them for the capital. Carroll also held large tracts along the eastern Potomac including the Capitol site.
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White House
City of
Washington
Daniel Carroll
Duddington
Carroll
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Samuel Davidson
Notley Young
David Barnes
Federal City
National Capital
Potomac River
Capitol
Birthday ball events span across overseas and territories
National headquarters announce birthday ball celebrations outside the 48 states. Notable sites include Bermuda under Lady Cubitt and locations such as Cristobal Canal Zone Hilo Honolulu St Thomas Manila San Juan Porto Rico and six Alaska towns Anchorage Cordova De Fairbanks Sitka to raise funds for infantile paralysis research.
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Tbermuda
Lady Cubitt
Thomas Astley Cubitt
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Hilo
Hlonoloaloa
Michigan Territory: From French Colony to U S Statehood
The Michigan area was originally settled by the French and taken by Britain. It became part of the United States on paper after the Revolutionary War but only real inclusion occurred in 1800s as British posts yielded. Perry and Harrison victories helped rotate control and push statehood after two decades of struggle.
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Michigan
United States
Rewon
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
William Henry Harrison
Oxbow Lake Formation and Fate
An oxbow lake forms in abandoned river beds when a river cuts through the neck of a meander. Without outlet or inlet it often becomes a marsh or swamp and gradually disappears.
Southwest to Tighten Badlands Extradition Rules
A seven state conference at Tula Oklahoma proposed leveling state lines to allow cross border pursuit of criminals into neighboring jurisdictions. The plan aims to speed justice and curb criminal networks aiding fugitives including public enemies. Alvin Karpis was reported hidden in the Cookson hills.
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Tula
Okla
G-men
J. Edgar Hoover
Alvin Karpis
Cookson Hills
Flandin Named Foreign Minister in Sarraut Coalition
Pierre-Etienne Flandin, former French premier, is appointed foreign minister in the Sarraut cabinet chosen by Premier Albert Sarraut. The coalition government aims to stabilize policy and maintain unity amid post war tensions.
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Pierre-Etienne Flandin
France
Albert Sarraut
Letter Frequency List Confusing Mix of Letters and Symbols
Fragmentary data presents letter frequencies with many errors and symbols. It claims e is most frequent and z least, then provides a jumbled set of letters and numbers with inconsistent pairings and multiple non letter tokens.
Oldest Tax Abolished Ends Longstanding Khurva Levy
A historic measure ends the Khurva tax, one of the world’s oldest levies. The tax, charged for travel and protection in the Mesopotamian trade routes, funded safe journeys and payments to nomadic tribes. The abolition marks a shift away from a centuries old fiscal practice.
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Mesopotamia
Victoria History: Fort Founded by Hudson's Bay Company
The City of Victoria began as a Hudson's Bay Company fort named Fort Victoria after Queen Victoria. The name changed to Victoria in 1852. Before the fort, Indigenous people knew the site as Camosun or Camosad.
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Victoria
Hudson's Bay Company
Fort
Royal Fort
Hudson's Bay Fort
Camosun
Camosad
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Grant Withers
Loma Andre
FOX Theatre
Phillips&Hebner Druggists
Uncle Sam
Fiest
George Birney
M. EB. Church
George L. McDantel
Roosevelt Ball
Hill McAlister
Tennesee
Herbert H. Lehman
Henry Horner
Illinois
MD C. Johnson
Colorado
Marion Futrell
Arkansas
Davd Shultz
Florida
Louis Brann
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Philip F. la Follette
Wisconsin
Guy P. Park
Missouri
Wilbur L. Cross
Harry W. Nive
James M. Curley
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Sennett Conner
Mississippi
Walter Welford
Goveror
North Dakota
Harold G. Hoffman
Olin D. Johnston
Henry H. Blood
Utah
George C. Peery
Leslie A. Miller
Wyoming
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
James V. Allred
Clarence D. Martin
Charles H. Martin
Oregon
Frank F. Merriam
California
John C. Behringhaus
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
B. B. Moeur
Arizona
Jr H. Cooney
Montana
Rich and Kirman
Nevada
W. Maryland
Oklahoma
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Charles M. Smith
Vermont
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
R. L. Cochran
Nebraska
Paul V. McNutt
Theodore Francis Green
Union
National
Hoss
Aja
Green Lantern
Wellman
Oakwood Pavillion
Tokyo
Paramount and
Iowa News
Alice Faye
John Howard
Wendy Barrie
Willie Howard
the R
Dale Mohr
Michigan Area
Marian Marek
Marian Marsh
Sally O'Neil
Ozie Powell
Blalock
Decatur
Ala
J. S. Sandlin
Graves
J. E. Pierce
Powell
Southwest Maps
Icolorado
N Mé
Kansas
ARK
Smiss
Sarraut
BLICK
Studebaker
FORD
Plymouth
Pontiac
DODGE
Chrysler
Chas. Kennedy
John Shields & Sons
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