Roosevelt urged Navy to buy cheapest canned beef
The letter argues Roosevelt told the Navy to buy canned corned beef wherever cheapest, drawing fire from Republicans and critics who claim favoritism to South American producers. It contends American beef is diverted to fresh cuts while South American stock feeds cans, and condemns excessive government payrolls and spending, noting budget battles and deficit risks.
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Congress
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Uruguay
Senate
Chicago
Kansas City
Prayers Said for 26 Men Lost in Sub Dive
In Portsmouth churches prayers were said for the 26 men lost when the $4,000,000 submarine Squalus sank. Navy divers prepared for salvage as officers warned it could take a week or longer to raise the vessel from 240 feet underwater. Lieut. Com. John B. Longstaff said survivors have written their accounts of the final dive.
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John B. Longstaff
Mandy Faces Hard Luck in Local Tale
In a brief excerpt a man assures a woman offering sympathy for her late husband saying his misfortune was his, not hers. The exchange highlights resilience amid tragedy with a regional, old time tone.
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Mandy
Turn About Judge Rules Two-Year Car Ban
A court orders a two year driving ban as the judge declares the defendant a danger to pedestrians. The defendant protests that driving is his livelihood, but the judge replies that others rely on safety as well.
I Give You Texas Random Reflections on Old Mexico
A Dallas writer recounts a Lions club trip to Mexico City with vivid notes on prices at La Reforma Hotel a dollar gardenias and cheap meals. He describes auto speeds on Paseo de la Reforma bus doors and near misses with cars as well as humorous moments and curiosities from the trip including a vendor’s bouquet and a badge name game. He ends with a quip about President Roosevelt and lobbyists’ money.
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Mexico City
la Reforma Hotel
la Reforma
Mexico
Paseo de la Reforma
Wild Turkeys Released in Fannin County Enclosure
A Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission experiment fences a 50 acre tract in Fannin County near Bonham with 48 wild turkeys trapped in Southwest Texas. The birds, wing clipped, forage or are fed as they nest and hatchlings grow ready to fly the boundary and eventually repopulate surrounding areas. If successful, the method will be replicated in other suitable Texas sites.
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Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Texas
United States Soil Conservation Service
U. S. Farm Security Administration
Game Department
Fannin County
Bonham
CARDUS Aids Southern Women Reporters Study
A survey across twelve Southern cities asked twelve hundred women if CARDUS helped. Ninety three percent said they benefited, citing improved appetite and digestion as relief from dysmenorrhea tied to malnutrition, promoting stronger physical resilience. Try CARDUS.
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Cardus
Work Makes Bread Taste Sweeter
Aliquippa townspeople honored Mario Izzo a humble street sweeper buried in a potter's field. After his death by robe fire last March, more than 700 attended a second burial at St. Joseph's Cemetery with plans to raise a memorial next August and use his words as an epitaph.
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Mario Izzo
Potter’s Field
Mario
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Toll of April traffic crashes claims ninety Texans
State police counted ninety deaths from April crashes across Texas. Incidents included an oil field worker killed when a car hit a school island curb, a Beaumont man fatally injured on a motorized bicycle, a Port Arthur bystander killed as cars collided, and a doctor dying while rushing to a call. Excessive speed, sleeping drivers, and water immersion caused several fatalities, with victims ranging from students to pedestrians and riders among the injured.
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Port Arthur
Henderson
Seguin
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Texas
Elder pedestrian suffers fatal skull fracture after traffic slip
A 90 year old man attempting to cross between two lines of traffic became confused, jumped back to avoid a car, and toppled onto the pavement fracturing his skull. The incident underscores street safety concerns for seniors.
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Than
Lint and Cottonseed Products Useful to All
A look at how cotton and cottonseed touch daily life from clothing to food and industrial uses. The piece urges Americans, especially Southwesterners, to support cotton growers during National Cotton Week by increasing consumption of cotton and cottonseed products.
Thrifty Cat Chased by Patrick Dives Into Pancake Batter
The cat Thrifty is chased around the kitchen by Patrick. It slips into a crack with pancake batter and barely escapes a blow from a poker. It runs to the yard as Biddy pleads for peace, noting batter adheres to every spot the cat touched.
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