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Food supply
NRA stamp criticized as "too Russian,"
Lindberghs at Faeroe Islands; plans
Caught in storm off Norfolk, Va; calls for aid
Hodgson repts 232,042 NRA pledges received from N Y, N J and Conn
1933Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English banker and manager (died 2014)[†]
Rupert, Prince zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Count of Löwenstein-Scharffeneck was a Spanish-born Bavarian aristocrat and the longtime financial manager of the rock band the Rolling Stones.
1933The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.[†]
The Crescent is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and New Orleans. The 1,377-mile (2,216 km) route connects the Northeast to the Gulf Coast via the Appalachian Piedmont, with major stops in Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; and Birmingham, Alabama.