Monday, August 14, 1933

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The Headlines

ROOSEVELT ORDERS NRA TO RUSH CODES OF BASIC INDUSTRY; Discusses Delay in Steel, Oil and Coal With Deputy Administrator Simpson. AUTOMOBILE WAIT LIKELY Next Three Weeks Are Looked Upon as the Most Critical Period of Drive. MINERS GROWING RESTIVE Washington Apprehensive That Conflicts Will Take the Situation Out of Hand.

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Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

• Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; destroying 240,000 acres (970 km2) of land.

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Galsworthy (1867)
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
• Pope Pius VII (1742)
• Richard R. Ernst (1933)
• René Goscinny (1926)

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Tech Check

FM Radio, Drive-In Theater & Polyethylene.

Cost of Living (1930)