Mary Hunter Austin was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and people of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California.

Headlines from August 13, 1934

AAA MAPS FIGHT ON FOOD G0UGERS; WILL USE PUBLICITY; Licensing Powers Also Will Be Invoked to Make Expected Rises 'Stay in Line.' CROP EXPANSION PLANNED 10,000,000 More Acres May Be Planted in 1935 to Offset the Drought Destruction.

WIVES SPEAK OUT AGAINST NAZI WAYS; Protest Impairment of Home Life by Labor Program and Demands of Party Service. MANY SUING FOR DIVORCE But Rush to Altar, Speeded by Job Law, Is So Great That Marriage Loans Are Cut. WIVES SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE NAZIS

STEEL BOARD WINS REPUBLIC RENEWAL OF UNION CONTRACT; Agreement Marks First Major Victory for New National Mediation Group.

Byrd Is Found by Relief Party Thin and Weak After Long Vigil; Three Men on Tractor Fight Way Through Cold and Darkness to Advance Base and Are Cheerily Greeted by Admiral Atop Roof of Sunken Shack. BYRD IS REACHED BY RELIEF PARTY

DEMOCRATS LIKELY TO NAME WHALEN; City Leaders, Meeting Today, Expected to Agree on Him for Controllership Race. PRIAL REMAINS SILENT Some Believe He Would Not Oppose Former Police Head, Others Are Sure He Will. DEMOCRATS LIKELY TO NAME WHALEN

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