Hoover Faces Problem on Farm Board
President Hoover will face the task of selecting members for a new Federal Farm Board after Congress passes farm relief. The board offers about 12 000 dollar posts and is expected to gain standing comparable to the Federal Reserve and Interstate Commerce commissions. Rumors linked Frank O Lowden to the chairmanship appear unlikely as Hoover weighs candidates.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Commission
Farm Board
Lowden
Rockefeller to Receive Gold Medal for Social Service
New York financier John D. Rockefeller Sr. will be awarded a gold medal by the National Institute of Social Sciences for distinguished social service and promoting ethical business standards. In Columbus, Francis Garvan of New York received the priestly medal from the American Chemical Society as a leading lay patron of chemistry. In Philadelphia Harvard University challenges teaching on surgical treatment of defective and criminal classes, pending a court decision.
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New York
John PD. Rockefeller, Sr
National Institute of Social Sciences
Columbus
Francis TP. Garvan
American Chemical Society
Philadelphia
Harvard University
State Board to Review Fire Insurance Rates
The Texas State Insurance Commission will study the entire rate structure for fire insurance after Governor Moody names a successor to R. B. Cousins Jr. as chairman who resigns May 1. A general hearing on new rates is planned for August 1. A formal order set agent commissions at 20 percent for fire hazards and 26 percent for auto insurance.
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Austin
Tex
State Insurance Commission
Moody
R. B. Cousins, Jr
State Fire Insurance Commission
Baseball players wear eye-glasses at Harvard game
Four members of Harvard's baseball team wear eye glasses during a game in Cambridge Massachusetts as a medical college in Philadelphia awards a restricted bequest of sixty eight thousand dollars to Harvard from Dr J Ewing Mears surgeon and writer.
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Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia
Harvard
J. Ewing Mears
Cambridge, Mass
Baseball
Road Sign Trial Reveals Driver Reaction Tests
H. H. Allen prepares a revolver signal under a test car while Mellon D. J Weikert and Allen measure discharge marks to gauge driver reaction time and stopping response.
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H. H. Allen
Mellon
D. J, Weikert
Allen
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