Wednesday, April 5, 1933

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The Headlines

HUNT FOR SURVIVORS VAIN; Planes and Naval Ships Balked by Weather -- Hope Abandoned. LIGHTNING CAUSE DOUBTED Airship, Caught in Centre of Storm, Was Smashed as It Struck Ocean. ADMIRAL MOFFETT LOST President Orders Navy to Give the Fullest Information to the Public. 73 LOST IN CRASH OF AKRON AT SEA

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On This Day

• U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.

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• Andorran Revolution: The Young Andorrans occupy the Casa de la Vall and force the government to hold democratic elections with universal male suffrage.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Thomas Hobbes (1588)
• Bette Davis (1908)
• Gregory Peck (1916)
• Pope Urban VIII (1568)
• Spencer Tracy (1900)

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Tech Check

FM Radio, Drive-In Theater & Polyethylene.

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