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April 22, 1933
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Headlines from April 22, 1933
FIGHT FOR RATE CUT IS ORDERED BY CITY; M'KEE PLAN VOTED; Board Gives $50,000 to Hilly to Begin Action Against the Utility Companies. DEFENSE BY CORTELYOU Consolidated Head Points to $8,000,000 Electricity Slash and Other Reductions. POLITICS' NETTLES McKEE He Rebukes Civic Leader for Hint That Such Is His Motive -- Colden Examines Company Officials. FIGHT FOR RATE CUT IS ORDERED BY CITY
Points out rate reductions made by Consol Gas Co of N Y and associates
STOCKS DECLINE AS DOLLAR RISES; Strength in Rail Securities Is the Feature of Trading in 5,214,000-Share Day. GOVERNMENT BONDS GO UP Wheat Off 1 3/8 to 1 5/8, Silver Loses Nearly 300 Points as Most Commodities Drop. STOCKS DECLINE AS DOLLAR RISES
Drop in 2d most active day of yr
Markets Head Acts to Check Any Profiteering on Food
Pub Markets Comr Ryan orders watch on prices to check profiteering
FINDS IN PALESTINE SHOW AGRICULTURE IS 20,000 YEARS OLD; Dr. MacCurdy Tells Philosophers of Sickles and Mortars in Natufian Graves. HIGHBROW' THEORY UPSET Dr. Ales Hrdlicka Asserts at Philadelphia That 'Lowbrow' Is Just as Intellectual. HINT OF EXTINCTION SEEN Dr. Crile Notes Development of Human Brain and Thyroid Faster Than That of the Body. FINDS MEN FARMED 20,000 YEARS AGO
On orthogenesis; s to Amer Philosophical Soc
Notable Births
1933Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (died 2013)[โ ]
John Anthony Llewellyn was a Welsh-born American chemist, a former NASA astronaut candidate, and a NOAA aquanaut.
Notable Deaths
1933Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (born 1863)[โ ]
Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines with a reputation for reliability and longevity. With Charles Rolls (1877โ1910) and Claude Johnson (1864โ1926), he founded Rolls-Royce.