Canada Poised to Lead World Out of Slump
Canada stands ready to guide a return to prosperity, with Prime Minister Bennett and national leaders united that the worst is over. Banks remained stable, savings grew, and manufacturing and gold mining show strength, while agriculture needs revived world trade to lift the economy. Ottawa eyes U S recovery measures and may craft a Canadian program to spur cross border business.
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Canada
Montreal
Dominion
R. B. Bennett
Ottawa
United States
NRA
Farley Targets Postmasters Over Mail Inflation Abuse
Postmaster General Farley disclosed a months long inquiry showing some fourth class postmasters padding mail and inflating compensation beyond the 160 percent first $75 postage allowance. He ordered inspectors to act and prepared legislation to curb the abuse while praising the integrity of the majority of postal staff.
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Washington
Farley
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Comic Characters Convention at Blowing Rock High School
A Comic Characters Convention will be presented on October 4 at 8 p m in the Blowing Rock High School Auditorium. Admission of 15c and 25c will be used for the work of the Community Club.
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Blowing Rock High School
Byrd proposes self liquidating scenic highway project
Senator Harry F. Byrd disclosed plans for a 400 mile scenic highway linking Shenandoah Park with the Great Smoky Mountains. The project would be financed as a self liquidating venture via a government borrowed loan repaid from tolls with no state guarantees. The route would largely follow Blue Ridge mountaintops across Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee. A parallel note reports Dwight Beard alias Daniel Haines held in St Paul Minnesota charged with first degree murder of Gus Bounous and potential NC extradition.
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Virginia
Shenandoah-Smoky Mountain
Winchester
Harry F.byrd
Shenandoah National Park
Great Smoky Park
Gosd
Byrd
Pollard
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
United States
Blue Ridge
Lenoir
St. Paul
Minn
Daniel Haines
Dwight Beard
Gus Bounous
Beard
Haines
Alias Beard
Spurling
Ehringhaus
Appreciation for R C Rivers in Boone North Carolina
Short tribute from James Monroe Downum in Boone North Carolina honoring R C Rivers. The poem reflects enduring memory, lessons learned, and guidance for better days after his passing.
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James Monroe Downum
Beard likeness tied to Morganton hold up suspect
A St Paul jail photo said to be Daniel Haines was identified as Dwight Beard a Lenoir youth linked to the February 18 1932 fatal shooting of Augustus Bounous Valdese meat market operator. Bounous died after $1400 was taken. Alvin Eller of Valdese faced prison terms and acquittal on murder.
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Beard Morganton
Daniel Haines
St. Paul, Minn
John W. Walsh
W. D. Guire
H. D. McLean
Lenoir
Dwight Beard
Augustus Bounous
Valdese
St. Paul
Haines
Bounous
Morganton
Alvin Eller
Eller
Wsa
Ghost Towns of Death Valley Come to Life
Kathryn Ronan of Furnace Creek Inn reports Death Valley ghost towns revive with prospecting work. Rhyolite once a booming town now hosts renewed activity as abandoned shafts are mined again. Many camps date from the 1890s and early 1900s in Panamint and surrounding ranges with Greenwater as the valley’s only ghost town.
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Death Valley
Calif
Kathryn Ronan
Furnace Creek Inn
Miss Ronan
Funeral Range
Panamint Mountains
Nevada
Panamint City
Wells Fargo Express Company
San Francisco
Greenwater
Furnace
Schwaub
Massie divorce sought in Reno amid Honolulu case echoes
Mrs Thalia Massie reportedly plans a Reno divorce from Lt Thomas H Massie as rumors revive the Honolulu scandal. Lt Massie, aboard the battleship Oklahoma, reportedly may have wife join him. Massie case and trials remain fresh in public memory.
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Los Angeles
Massie
Honolulu
Thalia Massie
Thomas H. Massie
California
Oklahoma
Reno
Los Angeles Harbor
Navy
New York
Granville Fortescue
John Ena
Waikiki
Joseph Kahahawai
Henry Chang
Horace Ida
David Takai
Ben Ahakuelo
Koko Head
Fortesque
E. J. Lord
Kahahawai
Albert O. Jones
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Ashe County Giant Begins Boxing Career
Jim Scott a seven feet two and three quarter inch, 282 pound recruit from near West Jefferson begins boxing under Howard Garland in Charlotte. Trainer Firpo Hipps to shape him from gym work to fundamentals as he debuts in a five year plan to reach the heavyweight throne. Scott, 20, born near the Tennessee line, tall family background, may meet Primo Carnera in future rings.
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Charlotte
Jim Scott
Howard Garland
Scott
The
Conservation Corps
Garand
Aie
Firpo Hipps
Garland
Marion
Primo Carnera
West Jefferson
Tennessee Line
L. A. Scott
Hen Hoarder Hoax at Peabody as Hen Produces Ten Eggs
Mrs. O. J. Roberts of Peabody Kansas found a hen she dressed contained ten eggs that should have been laid days earlier. The bizarre discovery suggests unusual laying behavior or an egg hoard.
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Peabody
Kansas
O. J. Roberts
Purify Your System With Calotabs Health Cure
Physicians tout Calotabs as a thorough purification for health. Purify the blood by stimulating the liver kidneys stomach and bowels with a course taken once or twice weekly for several weeks. Packages at 10 cents and 35 cents. All dealers advertise.
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Nature
Black Hills Memorial carving nears July 1934 dedication
The Mount Rushmore project directed by Gutson Borglum progresses with R F C funding and a planned July 1934 dedication. Four presidents Jefferson Lincoln Theodore Roosevelt will be carved on the 300 foot cliff, with a six foot high inscription detailing U S history. Twenty four workers use powder blasts and air drills as weather and stone quality delay completion.
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Borglum
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Rushmore
Altitude Delays Work After Summit Climb
After reaching the ridge, workers must rest for an hour due to altitude at roughly 7 000 feet above sea level before resuming construction.
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Rushmore
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Alice Brady and
Jimmy Durante
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Richard DIX
Paddy
Janet Gaynor
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Man of the Forest
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