Dream Highway Coming True On 160 Mile Turnpike Plan
The Pennsylvania Turnpike will link Harrisburg and Pittsburgh creating a 160 mile super highway with two 24 foot lanes separated by a landscaped median. Construction began October 1938, employing up to 15 000 workers and costing about 279 000 dollars per mile with extensive tunnels and modern safety features.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvaniaaas
Allegheny Mountains
Pennsylvania
South Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
R.F.C
P.W.A
Pennsylvania Mountains
United States ‘Navy Yard
Philadelphia
West Virginia Line
Detroit
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Sixty Lawyers Suspended Over Unpaid Dues in Virginia
R. E. Booker secretary treasurer of the Virginia State Bar reports 59 Virginia lawyers suspended for nonpayment of annual dues. Thirty eight attorneys not on the active list and classed as associate members are also in the process of suspension with notice sent to the courts having jurisdiction.
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Richmond
R. E. Booker
Virginia State Bar
Virginia
Booker
Germans Urged to Gift Old Metal for Hitlers Birthday
In Berlin on March 14 Field Marshal Goering urged Germans to present Adolf Hitler with old metal on his fifty first birthday April 20. The appeal framed as aiding war industry by gathering metals for materials and supplies crucial to the war effort. An unrelated Q A item on horseshoes follows noting beliefs about luck and symbolism including halos.
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Berlin
Field Marshal
Goering
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Navy records honor John Paul Jones certificate lead
Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison accepts the original commission of John Paul Jones dated October 10 1776 for records in Washington. The document bears signatures under the Continental Congress with John Hancock as president. Background features Captain Duel Knox.
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John Paul Jones
U. S. Navy
Continental Congress
John Hancock
Charles Edison
Washington
Dualey Knox
Queen of Taps Eleanor Powell's rise from Springfield to Hollywood
Eleanor Powell, born in Springfield Massachusetts, started dance lessons at six to ease shyness. A natural dancer she quickly advanced, was spotted by Gus Edwards in Atlantic City, and brought to Hollywood after starring in Broadway productions.
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Springfield
Mass
Gus Edwards
Atlantic City
Miss Powell
Hollywood
Powder Company Gets Large Loan
France and Great Britain lent Atlas Powder Company 1 427 000 dollars to build TNT plants in Wilmington Delaware. The loan was reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission along with note sales totaling 1 427 000 dollars in February. The first Civilian Conservation Corps camp was L W A Camp Roosevelt in Shenandoah County Virginia opened April 17 1933 and remains in operation.
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France
Great Britain
Atlas Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Securities Commission
Civilian Conservation Corps
L. W. A. Camp
Motor Carriers Ordered to Buy Virginia Fuel
Governor Price signed House Bill 267 requiring motor carriers with CCC certificates to buy motor fuel in Virginia in proportion to miles traveled on the state highways. The bill was among 19 measures approved as laws.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Price
Scenic roadway bid submitted on Blue Ridge Parkway
Chandler Brothers Inc of Virginia submitted the low bid of 643 585 to the Public Roads Administration for about 11 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Bedford and Rockbridge counties Virginia.
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Washington
Chandler Brothers, Inc
Virgilina
Public Roads Administration
Bedford
Rockbridge
Rural Housing Plans Favored
Governors and other officials from southern states urged President Roosevelt to back a rural housing program. George B. Hamilton Georgia state treasurer and chair of the southern steering committee for rural housing said the group favored extending slum clearance beyond city limits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George B. Hamilton
Georgia
No Navigation Plans This Year
Senator Bailey of North Carolina told the National Rivers and Harbors Congress that no new navigation legislation is likely this session. He cited a White House conference where President Roosevelt hinted against authorizing more projects this year, saying it would be unwise to proceed.
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Washington
Bailey
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Pleads for Child Abandonment Case in New York Court
Mary Maine, 23, told she must win back her husband before reclaiming her 19 month old son. She testified she left to teach him a lesson and that reconciliation would be easy if she could return to her baby.
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Mary Maine
New York
Alfred E Smith Editorship at New Outlook 1932 34
Alfred E Smith served as editor of the New Outlook magazine from 1932 to 1934, shaping its editorial direction during that period.
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Alfred E. Smith
The
New Outlook
Antarctic Fliers Up 21 050 Feet
Washington reports an altitude of 21 050 feet likely an Antarctica record. Pilot T A Petras, Marine Corps technical sergeant, flew a single motor craft attached to the expedition's snow cruiser. Clyde Griffiths conducted cosmic ray observations as the craft soared above the west base. the temperature at peak was 45 degrees below zero.
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Washington
Antarctica
Clyde Griffiths
Naval
T. A. Petras
Marine Corps
New Commissioner for Federal Bank
President Roosevelt nominated Roy M. Green of Kansas to be federal land bank commissioner. He succeeds A. S. Goss, whose resignation becomes effective tomorrow. The move follows agency restructuring as the FCA shifts into the agriculture department under Secretary Wallace's control.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roy M. Green
Kansas
Federal Land Bank
A. S. Goss
FCA
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Coffee blossoms fragrance described as honeysuckle sweet
The text notes coffee blossoms have a fragrance similar to white honeysuckle but much sweeter.
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