Greatest Hoard Of Gold In World Is Now Being Cared For By Uncle Sam
The United States holds 519,653,588.5 ounces of gold valued at $1,?75,598.61 and about 62 of the world total. Gold shipments to the U S continue at about 50 million weekly from Europe and Asia as nations seek cash or safety. Economists split on whether the gold is an asset backing currency or a nuisance that inflates risks, with Fort Knox vaults holding most of the metal.
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Lloyd Lehrers
Washington
United States
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank System
Howard J. Trueblood
Foreign Policy Association
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New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Fort Knox
Control of Predatory Animals Aids Wildlife Efforts
National wildlife restoration week highlights need to manage predatory animals and rodents. U S Biological Survey official H J Spencer notes conservation includes controlling injurious predators by trained experts, with cooperative funding totaling about 2.3 million dollars last year and predators affecting quails ducks and waterfowl nests.
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H. J. Spencer
U. S. Biological Survey
Maine
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Florida
Spencer
Biological Survey
Hagerstown Officials Invite Council to City Hall Dedication
The meeting of the common council heard a message from Mayor C. R. Anderson inviting councilmen to attend the dedication of the new city hall in Hagerstown. The event is set for March 31 at 2 o'clock and the mayor plans to attend, hoping other members will join.
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C. R. Anderson
Hagerstown
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America’s Favorite Poems collection offered by bureau
A nation wide vote chose America’s favorite poems for a 48 page booklet. The collection features works by Longfellow Tennyson Bryant Whittier and other poets. Order now for ten cents postpaid by enclosing payment and mailing to Washington DC.
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Tennyson
Bryant
Whittier
Shenandoah Valley Ad Campaign Reaches Florida Newspapers
Shenandoah Valley Inc runs ads in fourteen Florida papers this month with three insertions per paper on March 14 21 and 28. The regional chamber of commerce spends over 500 to lure winter vacationists home via the scenic route north. Florida readers request information and guidebooks with routes to the valley, while articles and photographs promote its attractions.
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Shenandoah Valley Inc
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Shenandoah Valley
Inquirer
Sumner Welles Returns From European Tour
Sumner Welles, Roosevelt fact-finder, sails home from Genoa aboard the Don Di Savoia after a tour of Rome Berlin Paris and London. He arrives in Genoa with Mrs Welles and is bid farewell by Count Ciano. He left America February 17, landed February 25 in Italy.
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London
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Christ of the Andes Monument Erected in 1904
The Christ of the Andes was erected in 1904 to mark arbitration between Argentina and Chile. It rises 14,000 feet above sea level on the boundary, featuring a 26 foot Christ with a blessing pose and a cross extending five feet above the head, set on a granite hemisphere.
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Argentina
Chile
Christ
Bronze Statue Resting on Concrete Base
A statue cast from old bronze cannon captured from Spaniards stands on a 22 foot reinforced concrete base. The sculptor is Mateo Alonso from Argentina.
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Mateo Alonso
Police Court Speeding Fine For Wisconsin Man
Jes L Solenberger of Wi was charged in Police Court with speeding and assessed 14 dollars including costs today.
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Jes L. Solenberger
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