Protectionist drive spurs tariff inquiry and protests
In Washington United States customs chief Frank X. Eble opened hearings on foreign dumping as President Hoover urged a tariff commission inquiry. The list of injured industries spans rugs, leather gloves, silverware, canneries, and iron and steel goods as unemployment concerns grow.
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Frank X. Eble
United States Commissioner of Customs
Eble
Washington
Hoover
Federal Tariff Commission
Robert L. O’brien
United States
Tariff Commission
Commerce Department
Peter Rabbit Doubt Fades as Horn Proves Lightfoot Tale
A moment of doubt troubles Peter Rabbit about Lightfoot the Deer and his horns. He suspects a yarn until he digs up one of Lightfoot’s old horns, proving the story true and restoring belief. Mrs. Peter remains cautious but Peter’s proof settles his doubt.
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Peter Rabbit
Lightfoot the Deer
Lightfoot
Jumper
Hare
Peter
Brier
Mrs. Peter
Someon
Mistress Moon
Out of the Ordinary Oil and Savory Recipes
A collection of old fashioned kitchen tips and dishes from Western Newspaper Union. Recipes include cauliflower with nutmeg butter sauce, grilled sardines with mustard pepper butter, lentil salad on lettuce with French dressing, peaches in grape juice with vanilla sugar, salad Beaucaire with celery and endive, chopped ham with sour apple and tarragon vinaigarette, and mutton cutlets in seasoned stock with root-vegetable medley and mashed potatoes.
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Western Newspaper Union
Boners and bizarre terms in old exam jokes
A fragmentary notes collection mocks exam humor with misdefined terms and odd comparisons. It lists H2-0 as hot water CO-2 as cold water and includes quirky lines about Nero, Succor candy, and Morpheus tobacco, alongside punning quips about cows and Patrick Henry.
Penny Things by Douglas Malloch
Poem reflects on children’s joy in penny store windows and simple pleasures. It contrasts adult dreams with childlike wonder, urging appreciation of nearby delights and shared moments, while acknowledging the ache of lost innocence.
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Spain
Douglas Malloch
WNU Bervice
The Eries Tribe and the Lake Named for Them
The Eries were a numerous tribe of Indians who occupied the shores of the lake, which takes its name from them. The name in Indian means wildent.
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the Lake
Washington Street Baptist Pledges Worked Off in Labor at Orange
In Orange New Jersey members of the Washington Street Baptist church could not meet pledges for a new parish hall. More than sixty members offered to work out their commitments through manual labor, with Rev. Marple Lewis seen in the background reviewing plans as volunteers labor on the project.
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United States Steel Corporation
Wall Street
England
Scotland
Wales
London
Metropolitan
Oswald Mosley
East End
Parliament Buildings
Trafalgar Square
Oswald
House of Commons
MacDonald
Assembly of the
League of Natios
Lyttons
Japan
China
Yosuke Matsuoka
Geneva
League
Yuen-Li Liang
United States
Washington
Shanghai Court of Appeals
Matsuoka
Mussolini
Turin
Milan
Germany
Italy
League of Nations
Rance
Humbert
Europe
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Robins
Progressive Party
Ilinois
Maine
Florida
New York
Washington Street
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Steel Corporation
Edward W. Pickard
F. X. Eble
Overnor Roosevelt
Albany
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Mr. Hoover
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New York City
Palo Alto
Calif
al Smith
Senator Borah
Dahoan
Smith
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Trance
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
India Office
Mahatma Gandh
All India Congress Party
House of Lords
Charles Lindbergh
Jon Morrow Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Morrow
McKee
Board of Estimate of
Thirty-Eighth Street
J Hudson River
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Port Authority
Sir Oswald Mosley
Raymord Robins
Berlin
Thornton W. Burgess
Sophia
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Nero
Patrick Henry
Ireland
WNU Service
By Douglas Malloch
Lake Erie
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