Fire Destroys Goose Island Grain Elevator in Chicago
A massive blaze at a Goose Island grain elevator owned by Rosenbaum Grain Corp burned through the night, with losses estimated at one million dollars. Firefighters from over 80 companies battled the flames in below zero conditions, while several workers remained trapped after a roof collapse. Two rescue attempts ended in tragedy as Captain George Cogan and Fire Inspector Clarence Urban were lost.
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Chicago
Goose Island
Rosenbaum Grain Corporation
Louis Sayre
Millard
George Cogan
Patrick Cogan
Clarence Urban
Cogan
Urban
Capt Mollison Lands In Brazil After Sea Hop
Captain J A Mollison arrived in Natal Brazil after a solo flight from England in the monoplane Heart's Content. He crossed the Atlantic east to west in a calm hot afternoon, averaging about 116 miles per hour as thousands cheered his landing.
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Capt. Mollison
Brazil
Natal
J. A. Mollison
North Atlantic
England
Captain Mollison’s Early Flight From England to Australia
A brief note recalls Captain Mollison’s aviation path with his first long flight in 1931 from England to Australia, taking eight days and nineteen hours to complete the journey.
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Stone
Mollison
England
Australia
General Pershing's Brother Dies After Illness
New York February 9. James F Pershing seven year old brother of Gen John J Pershing died in a New York hospital after a long illness. He had been a patient since December 20 and suffered a heart attack at home then fell into a coma and never recovered. General Pershing was in Texas at the time.
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New York
James F. Pershing
John J. Pe
Pershing
General Pershing
Texas
Martinsburg Officials Inspect Harrisonburg Light Plant
Martinsburg mayor and five city council members visited Harrisonburg yesterday to tour the auxiliary electric steam plant and a new county fire truck bought by Rockingham County. The trip aimed to assess a potential Martinsburg electric light plant. The Martinsburg delegation viewed a demo of the county truck at the Hilltop reservoirs. one Martinsburg fire truck was recently damaged beyond repair and will be replaced. The article notes Greenland stegocephalians as the oldest land animals.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Harrisonburg
Rockingham County Board of Supervisors
Hiltop Reservoirs
Virginia to Put 60000 Unemployed to Work Gardening
Richmond reports James W. Phillips of the State Department of Public Welfare says by April 60,000 or more unemployed highway workers in Virginia will shift to subsistence farming. The plan aims to plant gardens, grow food, and reduce destitution as highway work funds run out. County agents will assess seed needs and a half acre plots targets crops like corn potatoes peas and cabbage. The plan received approval from Governor Pollard and involves federal seed funds and emergency relief coordination.
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Richmond
James W. Phillips
State Department of Public Welfare
Phillips
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
J. R. Hutcheson
Federal
Governor's Emergency Relief Committee
Arthur W. James
H. G. Shirley
E. R. Combs
Wise
Cumberland
Pollard
Removal Trade Barriers At World Economic Conference
The first world economic conference to be held next summer in London seeks a revival of world commerce. The United States pushes a concentrated drive to lower international trade barriers. Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Central European nations outline aims from currency stability to an economic League of Nations and non aggression pacts.
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London
United States
France
Britain
Germany
Italy
Economic League of Nations
Russia
Europe
Danube
Skyline Drive work to speed up surveys in Shenandoah area
Luray Virginia February 9 offices at Luray and Front Royal and field crews will be increased to hasten surveys on Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah Park area. A new highway truck has arrived and bids are expected to be advertised by April 1 after completion of surveying.
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Luray
Front Royal
Skyline Drive
Shenandoah Park
Panorama
Bureau of Public Roads
Park Service
Senate moves faster on farm aid and mortgage bill
Washington February 9 quick progress on the farm aid package and a two year mortgage relief plan. A Hull farm mortgage bill aimed at preventing foreclosures was shaped by a Senate subcommittee and ahead for a banking committee meeting. The Senate also advanced the agriculture department supply bill and eyed repeal of the Blaine prohibition amendment after the army appropriation bill. Senator McNary forecast Senate approval of the Blaine resolution this session.
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Washington
Senate
Banking
Norbeck
Agriculture Department
Interior Department
Congress
House
McNary
Roosevelt Faces Plan to Grant President Wartime Power
Washington reports House Democratic leaders propose a constitutional authority for the President to slash government expenses and reorganize the entire federal structure. The amendment would empower Roosevelt to cut pensions and veterans' benefits, abolish departments, suspend programs, impound funds, and trim federal salaries if needed to balance the budget.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Treasury-Post Office Department
Snell
New York
Mussolini
Italy
Buchanan
Texas
Appropriations Committee
Federal request seeks $60,000 for Shenandoah upkeep
Washington reports a special Congressional request for direct federal funding to operate and improve Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The plan includes salaries, road and sanitary facility maintenance, and construction, with title transfer from Virginia anticipated by July 1 and a prior $400,000 road construction allocation under unemployment relief.
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Washington
Shenandoah National Park
Congress
Virginia
United States
Park Service
Pollard May Call Meeting on Mortgages
Richmond reports Governor Pollard said he may convene a mortgage conference before the Roosevelt White House talks on March 6. He weighs foreclosure concerns and overlapping federal and state taxes, noting urgency from mortgage holders and possible intergovernmental cooperation.
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Richmond
Pollard
Roosevelt
White House
Virginia
Japan Declares Its Intention To Rule Manchuria
Tokyo reports Japan will reply to a League committee with a firm negative on any discor dance of the Manchukuo regime. If conciliation hinges on accepting Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria, the League will likely apply Paragraph four of Article 15 of the Covenant.
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Japan
Manchuria
Tokyo
League of Nation’s Committee
League
League of Nations
Parmint Treatment Promises Cure For Catarrhal Deafness
Advert says catarrhal deafness and head noises stem from catarrh and urge constitutional treatment. Baker's Drug Store offers Parmint Double Strength with home recipe to mix in hot water and sugar, claiming lasting relief from clogged nostrils and mucous.
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Baker’s Drug Store
Virginia Boys and Girls Clubs Produce 255000 in Wealth
Gordon A. Sloan of Blacksburg Acting State Agent spoke at Luray High School to farm boys and girls about 27,000 youths in Virginia generating over 250000 in wealth last year. He noted 900 communities represented and stressed Page county's future hinges on youth leadership.
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Luray
Gordon A.sloan
Blacksburg
Luray High School
Virginia
Page County
Tudor and chemical extracts drawn from wood reported
Reports indicate Tudor related processes extract glycerin acetone dietic and pharmaceutical products from wood as part of an industrial activity.
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Tudor
England Not Prepared For Gold Standard
London reports speculation in parliamentary circles over Sir Ronald Lindsay communicating with President-elect Roosevelt on the debts issue. He stayed at the foreign office with Sir John Simon as the cabinet committee debated the matter. MacDonald stated Britain is not ready to return to the gold standard, likely ending American hopes to press the issue in Washington next month.
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London
Ronald Lindsay
United States
Roosevelt
Foreign Office
John Siuflon
Sir Ronald
House of Commons
MacDonald
Great Britain
Washington
No great capital in Europe has such a fine American city view
The text compares several American cities to European capitals, praising St Louis New York Chicago Baltimore Denver New Orleans and San Francisco for their superior natural locations. It presents a general opinion rather than a reported event or quote.
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St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Baltimore
Denver
New Orleans
San Francisco
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