Wickersham report divided over liquor control plan
A sweeping review of the Wickersham Commission shows a split among eleven members about Prohibition. Most favor further trial or national regulation rather than immediate repeal, while some push for revision to empower Congress to regulate liquor. President Hoover endorses the report's stance against repeal but warns against rushing a revision.
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Drys
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover
Congress
Commission
George W
Wicckersham
Monte Lemann
New Orleans
Henry W. Anderson
Virginia
Anderson, Kenyon
Loesch
Pound
Dean Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
George W. Wickersham
United States
William 8. Kenyon
Paul J. McCormick
William S. Grubb
K. M. Mackintos
Washington Supreme Court
Kenyon
Mackintosh
McCormick
John J. Blaine
Wisconsin
Anderson
Senate
Interior Department
Red Cross
Agriculture Committee
Farm Board
Spring millinery and color contrast in fashion trends
In the 1931 Western Newspaper Union piece, fashion notes champion color contrast in hats and shoes, favoring black with white and navy with white. The feature highlights straw and felt hats, self fabric trims, ribbon accents, and crepe wool ensembles with tailored jackets, pleating, and blue emphasis for spring outfits.
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Paris
Old-Fashioned Open Porch Comes Into Its Own in This New Design
William A. Radford outlines a small cottage with a full front open porch serving as an outdoor living area. The compact house measures 26 by 22 feet, features a large living room with fireplace and stair to the second floor, a dining room and kitchen on the first floor, and two large bedrooms with ample storage on the second floor.
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Senate
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Wagner
New York
Brookhart
Iowa
W. A. Radford
William A. Radford
South Dearborn Street
Chicago
Inexpensive Decor Ideas for a Bright Home
Decoration need not be costly. Simple items like oranges in a copper bowl or bittersweet in a blue jug can transform a room. Use green backgrounds and movable accessories to suit seasons, with plants, birds, goldfish, lamps, and fires as living, essential beautifiers.
No Roof, No House: Roofing Endurance Matters
The old saying links a home's value to its roof. A roof must resist heat, cold, rain, snow, and wind to protect comfort and safety. A weak roof costs more over time and cannot outlast harsher elements.
Modern home comfort hinges on electrical service and conveniences
The piece argues that a home's comfort in modern times depends largely on the availability of conveniences and labor saving devices powered by electrical service. It emphasizes how electrical infrastructure shapes daily life and efficiency.
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J. A. Farrell
Edward W. Pickard
Calvin Conlidge
al Smith
John W. Davis
John J. Pershing
Abel Davis
John Barton Payne
The
Calvin Coolidge
EU Root
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Moses
Johnson
James A.arrell
United States Steel Corporation
Farrell
Sen. Capper
House
Russia
Kee
Las Vegas
Jolless
Boulder
Francis I. Jones
United States Employment Service
Qapt
Robert M. Griffin
Salvation Army
Griffin
Boulder Dam
Washington
Mark Bristol
Navy General Board
William Y. Pratt
Naval Operations
Edward P.warner
Navy
Jane Addams
International League For Peace and Freedom
Carrie Chapman Catt
Geneva
Central Opium Board
League of Nations
France
Yugoslavia
Japan
League Council
League Commission
Briand
United States’ of Europe
Turkey
Iceland
P4aul von Hindenburg
German Republic
Versailles
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Germany
Berlin
Reichstag
Bruening
von Hindenburg
HaraNe
India
Round Table
London
Gandhi
National Congress
Great Britain
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Claudel
Coste
Bellonte
Lindbergh
Adams
Morrow
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Western Newspaper Union
Admiral Mark Bristol
Cheata Nicholas
Western Newsnanor Union
Kitchen
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