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August 22, 1932

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ADMINISTRATION FIRE DRAWN BY GOVERNOR; State Department Declares That It 'Never Approved a Single Foreign Loan.' SNELL ASSAILS 'DISTORTION' He Asks Why Reforms Sought by Roosevelt Were Not Made by Him in Own State. ROOSEVELT DRAWS REPUBLICAN FIRE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

State Dept contends it never approved loans

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ROOSEVELT PONDERS APPEAL FOR FUNDS TO 'FORGOTTEN MAN'; Chance for 'Big Business' Help Held Lessened by His Attack on Its Methods. CHEST IS FAR BELOW 1928 Managers Are Said to Feel New Plan Will Be Needed to Raise $1,500,000 Quota. ENJOYS SPEECH CRITICISM Preliminary Poll "Gives" Governor All Except Six States -- Next Address at Seagirt Saturday. ROOSEVELT WEIGHS APPEAL FOR FUNDS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Roosevelt considers appeal to "forgotten man" for campaign contributions, as former large contributors are alienated by his attacks on big business

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EIGHTY-FOUR FLIERS START IN AIR RACE; Crowds Jam Washington Roads to See Eastern Group Take Off at Short Intervals. LEE GEHLBACH WITHDRAWS Western Planes Leave Los Angeles and Stop in Yuma on Way to Cleveland. EIGHTY-FOUR FLIERS START IN AIR RACE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

28 planes leave Wash; 56 leave Los Angeles; will meet at Bartlesville, Okla, and continue together to Cleveland, Ohio; F Dorset 1st at Winston-Salem, N C; A Carnahan lands at Yuma, Ariz

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5,000 HAIL MOLLISON, HERE AFTER SEA HOP; FLIGHT BACK SPEEDED; Crowd at Roosevelt Field Taken by Surprise as Tiny Plane Sweeps in Half-Hour Early. HATLESS AIRMAN EMERGES Gets Official Greetings Amid Hangar Mob, Bewildered by Radio and Movie Men. WEATHER TO FIX RETURN Scot, Still Weary Despite Rest at St. John, Plans to Start "Very Soon" on Solo Trip Home. 5,000 HAIL MOLLISON, HERE AFTER SEA HOP

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Arrives at Roosevelt Field; hailed by crowd; welcome broadcast to nation; diagram of plane; illus; por

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INDUSTRIAL IMPETUS GAINS OVER COUNTRY; With July the First Month to Show Marked Expansion, the Trend Goes On Into August. MODERATE INCREASES HERE Federal Report Stresses Activ- ity in Shoes and Textiles -- Up- turn Noted in New England. INDUSTRIAL IMPETUS GAINS OVER COUNTRY

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Labor Dept rept for July stresses improvement in textiles and shoes in New England

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1932Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (died 2020)^[†]

Gerald Paul "Jerry" Carr was an American mechanical and aeronautical engineer, Marine Corps officer, naval aviator, and NASA astronaut. He was commander of Skylab 4, the third and final crewed visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop, from November 16, 1973, to February 8, 1974.

Headlines from August 22, 1932

ADMINISTRATION FIRE DRAWN BY GOVERNOR; State Department Declares That It 'Never Approved a Single Foreign Loan.' SNELL ASSAILS 'DISTORTION' He Asks Why Reforms Sought by Roosevelt Were Not Made by Him in Own State. ROOSEVELT DRAWS REPUBLICAN FIRE

EIGHTY-FOUR FLIERS START IN AIR RACE; Crowds Jam Washington Roads to See Eastern Group Take Off at Short Intervals. LEE GEHLBACH WITHDRAWS Western Planes Leave Los Angeles and Stop in Yuma on Way to Cleveland. EIGHTY-FOUR FLIERS START IN AIR RACE

INDUSTRIAL IMPETUS GAINS OVER COUNTRY; With July the First Month to Show Marked Expansion, the Trend Goes On Into August. MODERATE INCREASES HERE Federal Report Stresses Activ- ity in Shoes and Textiles -- Up- turn Noted in New England. INDUSTRIAL IMPETUS GAINS OVER COUNTRY

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