New York backs barge canal plan against St Lawrence route
New York state officials shift from opposing the St Lawrence project to advocating a 25 foot barge canal as the All American route. Western critics call the plan costly and congested, while lobby efforts intensify with Hoover administration outreach. A joint engineering commission will report on the St Lawrence project to frame the impending debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence
New York State
New York Harbor
New York
Hudson
Hoover
Middle West
Canada
Haskell Named Major General to Lead New York Guard
Col William M Haskell once a relief worker for Russia and veteran of the 29th Infantry and Rainbow division is elevated by Gov Al Smith to major general to command the New York National Guard. Hoover Wadsworth Bullard and others call charges of red leanings unfounded noting Haskell helped distribute relief to Russia after World War I.
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al Smith
New York
William Haskell
New York National Guard
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
James W. Wadsworth
R. L. Bullard
Haskell
Hoover
America
Russia
Albany
West Point
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Islands
Sixtyninth Regiment
N. G
N. Y
France
Second Army
Armenia
Allied Supreme Council
Montana assessors faced tax roll failures and inequities
At Helena the Montana assessors warned of large portions of personal property and livestock escaping taxation. They cited 13,000 automobiles and 20 to 25 percent of livestock unlisted, urging common valuation standards across counties and protecting against further real property cuts.
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Montana
Helena
State Board of Equalization
Walker
State Board
Deer Lodge
Banner County
Silver Bow County
Print Size of Congressional Record Expands Wit vast public use
The Congressional Record rises from 80 to 256 pages daily, with George H. Carter noting vast production costs and warnings about the literature of government. Cart er jokes about readings and calls out the endless supply of government writing, while critiquing its educational value and expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Record
Washington
George H. Carter
George Washington
Senator Blease
Congressional
Carter
Methuselah
New York Waterway vs Ship Canal Crisis Faces Congress
A major 69th congress clash pits Great Lakes to Atlantic waterway supporters against a Buffalo Albany canal plan. The dispute sits in limbo pending two key Army Engineers reports due to the House Committee on the New York ship canal project.
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Great Lakes
Atlantic
St. Lawrence River
Buffalo
Albany
New York State
Commission of Army Engineers
House
New York Ship Canal
Yowler the Bob Cat Disrupts Beavers Dam Project
Yowler the Bob Cat leaves the swamp in a fury over Paddy the Beaver and his family building a new dam. He vows the dam will never be finished but later reflects on his foolish temper and the situation.
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Yowler
Bob Cat
Paddy the Beaver
Yowler Seeks Help From Buster Bear Over Dam Plot
Yowler the Bob Cat visits Buster Bear to enlist help in stopping Paddy the Beaver and his family from finishing a dam. Buster questions the claim and the two discuss the swamp’s fate as night falls.
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Yowler
Buster Bear
Bob Cat
Radio and Club Concerts Broadcast Across Major Cities
Listings from WCCO WDAF WGN WOAW and others show a day full of concerts and programs. Performers include Dick Long's Nankin Cafe orchestra Roy L Smith and Edward Benedict organist and Pantages Theatre acts. Various times span afternoon evening and late night across Minneapolis Kansas City Chicago Omaha and Davenport.
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WCCO
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Emmett Long
Golden Pheasant Orchestra
Dick Long
Nankin Cafe Orchestra
Roy L. Smith
WDAF
Kansas City
The
Stars
Sanitary Engineering
N. T. Veatch
Roger W. Babson
Pantages Theater
Trianon Ensemble
Plantation Players
Hotel Muehlebach
Billy
Edward Benedict
Skeezix
Drake
WOAW
Omaha
Neb
Frank Hodek
Nightingale
Arthur Hays
WOC
Davenport
Iowa
A. P. Griggs
Fay Paarman
Erwin Swindell
Harry Maher
Henry P. Brogan
LeClaire Hotel
Peter MacArthur
Rialto Theater Musicale and Overseas Program Details
KOA Denver lists at 12 15 p m Rialto theater musicale 9 30 overseas listeners program 10 30 Scheuerman's Colorado orchestra broadcasts with city channel timing and program slots.
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KOA
Denver
Rialto Theater Musicale
Scheuerman
Colorado Orchestra
Radio Programs Snapshot From West Coast Stations
A detailed list of daily schedules across KFI KFOA KPWB KGO KGW KHJ and KPO shows, with times and performing artists including Owen Fallon the Californians Warner Brothers syncopators Ester White Charlie Wellman and more, spanning matinee to midnight frolic across Los Angeles Seattle Hollywood Oakland Portland and San Francisco.
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KFI
Los Angeles
California
Owen Fallon
Packard Radio Club
Don Meaney
KFOA
Seattle
Wash
the Times
Rhodes Department Store
Lido Serenaders
KPWB
Hollywood
Cal
Warner Brothers
Ester White
Charlie Wellman
Bill Hatch
Ray Kellogg
Sol Hopi
Warner Brothers Frolic
KGO
Oakland
Little Symphony Orchestra
Carl Rhodehamel
Arthur S. Garbett
Swynn Jones
Hotel St. Francis
Garvin Duel
California Collegians
KGW
Portland
Ore
the Town Crier
Oregon Radio Trades Association
Oldsby Keen
King Company
Multnomah Hotel
Curt Kremer
KHJ
Leighton’s Arcade Cafeteria
Jack Crenshaw
History Story
Professor Hertzog
Dollie Wright
Henrietta Poland
George Ezra Crane
Nona Clapp
Uncle John
Motor Transit Company
Uncle Ramus
Monrovia
KPO
San Francisco
Daily’ Dozen
Ye Towne Crier
Ruday Seigers
Fairmont Hotel Orchestra
Lincoln Batchelder
Palace Hotel
Cyrus Trobbe
Ye Towne Cryer
Waldermar Lind
the States Restaurant Orchestra
Fairmont Hotel Dance Orchestra
Stranger joins church sermon midstream
A stranger sits in the back during a sermon, fidgets, and asks how long the preacher has spoken. An elderly member replies the preacher has preached for thirty or forty years, prompting the stranger to decide to stay, believing the sermon may be nearly finished.
Evolution and a Living Faith Clash in Debate
The Rev Dr Clarence E Macartney former Presbyterian moderator debated Dr Henry Fairfield Osborn on evolution and religion. Macartney argued evolution destroys core Christian beliefs and is incompatible with miracles and revelation, while praising scientists who advance knowledge.
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Clarence BE. Macartney
Presbyterian Assembly
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Dr. Macartney
le Conte
Mrs. Dallett H Wilson First White Woman To Hunt Big Game Abroad
Mrs Dallett H Wilson of New York and Washington becomes the first white woman to hunt big game in designated African regions. She spent seven and a half months in Africa and has recently returned to the United States. Her husband is a prominent attorney in New York and Washington.
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Dallett H. Wilson
New York
Washington
Africa
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Buster
Paddy
T. W. Burgess
Standard Publishing Company Publishers and Proprietors
Anaconda
Butte Offich
West Park Street
Anaconda Offich
Butte
Anatonda
Dillon
Bozeman
Philipsburg
United States
Nada
Standard Publishing Company
Butte, Mont
Associated Press
National Representatives
Prudden
King & Prudden
Madison Avenue
Steger Building
Chicago
Globe
Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery Street
Leary
Dawes
Mendelssohn
Senate
Cole Bleases
Jim Reeds
Mitchell
South
Big Buster Bear
Laughing Brook
Bear
Boone
Indioland
Earth
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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