Sugar lobby behind 1929 tariff fight exposed
Washington dispatch recounts H Lakin leading a Cuban sugar lobby funded by major US sugar firms to block a proposed tariff increase. The effort included hired lawyers, press campaigns led by Gladys Moon Jones, outreach to Congress, and coordination with Cuban President Machado and industry groups to sway public opinion and lawmakers.
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Rodney Detcher
Washington
Cutaway Committee
H. ©. Lakin
Cuba
Congress
Abcmmion
Lakin
Husihieses
Machado
New York
Edwin P. Shattuck
Shattuck
House
Ways and Means
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Enoch Crowder
Gladys Moon Jones
A Thought for Today on Hope and Youth
A meditation linking hope to youth from the Bible and a poem by Shelley. The message emphasizes that hope unseen sustains and that hope and youth share a common origin, urging enduring optimism.
Reform in College Sports Sparks Debate About Professionalism
Observers argue a shift away from professionalism in major university football as Carnegie investigators highlight incentives for athletes to sell their talents. The piece notes cycles of upset results, calls for reform, and predicts years of testing whether the trend proves correct. It also discusses church involvement in student life and local efforts to provide campus church homes for visiting students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Church life for the student at Ohio University
The article notes the vital role of church life for students at Ohio University Athens in linking university life with community values. It emphasizes that students come from across the state, bring leadership, and rely on local churches for guidance during their years away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Athens
Progress by continual contact through conventions and unions
Americans value staying connected through organizations and conventions across trades and professions. In Athens the university influence fosters attendance at meetings, parent teacher associations, and civic involvement, spreading new ideas in education and child welfare. The Ohio PTA convention held here left a lasting impression on the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Parent-Teacher Association
Ohio
Carelessness in the Auto 7 Motorist
In Massachusetts a driver with a stuck accelerator leaned forward to pull the pedal up with his fingers. His head blocked by the windshield, the car hit a street railway repair tower, killing one man and injuring another. The incident urges motorists to stay vigilant at all times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Broadway Theater Delays as Patrons Drift In Late
New York theater scene faces shifting curtain times as crowds arrive later for musicals and dramas. Prohibition effects, stock-market pressure, and elite patrons influence late seating while several shows struggle with weak demand and many productions nearing shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oder
New York Theater Assembly
Lntecomers
Russia to Run Machines Night and Day in Three Shifts
Text describes pushing to operate biopores and machinery around the clock with three eight hour shifts for workers. It notes workers get rest only for repairs while machines continue. suggests potential impact on unemployment elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Germany
Russian aviators fly Pamir pass in extreme cold
Commander Moshkof and three aviators crossed the Pamir Mountains from Tashkent to Khorog on the Afghan border and back. They faced 70 degrees below zero in a 17,460 foot pass flanked by 3,000 foot cliffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moshkof
Pamir Mountains
Tashkent
Khorog
M Mountains
Health and Diet Advice by Dr Frank McCoy
Dr Frank McCoy advises on starchy foods and preparation methods to improve digestion and health. He recommends potatoes with skin, whole grains, cornmeal products, and cautious use of seasonings, plus notes on rice soaking and fermentation. He answers reader questions on treating infantile paralysis with electro therapy and a milk diet for weight gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCoy
Airplane Advances and Policy Note in Postwar Era
A discussion notes vertical rudders as brakes in landings and a cheap eight hundred dollar plane model seen as revolutionary by engineers. It highlights plans for a 160 passenger seaplane by Dr Edmund Rumler and critiques political outreach amid farm relief funding and Roosevelt Hoover reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Rumler
Berlin
Atlantic
Mr. Sloan
General Motors
C. B. Mitchell
National City Bank
United
Questions and facts from a miscellaneous 1930s quiz sheet
A collage of trivia and Q A items covers topics from theater signage in New York to Liberia’s population, grammar on plurals, Pennsylvania oleomargarine rules, Budapest school uniforms, Mars geography, and the American Philosophical Society’s antiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Brothers’ Hollywood
New York City
BWA
1St
52Nd Street
Mars
Alma
Naval Observatory
Teave
American Philosophical Society
Grapefruit Growth and Markets Across Regions
Columbus found grapefruit in the West Indies. Its popularity rose in recent decades. In the United States it has been valuable for about twenty years. England recently opened a strong market and France is beginning to use it as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
A. Columbus
West Indies
United States
England
France
A Daily Study In Correct English
A compact list of common errors in English usage pronunciation and spelling. It urges daily vocabulary growth by mastering one word, with examples and guidance on misused phrases such as we expect to stop and delve as a deep problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Word
Ford
Buffalo
Mass meeting for Red Cross officers postponed
Election of officers for the County Red Cross was delayed to Tuesday at 1 PM due to the absence of Chairman Worstell and the board of directors. The High School team plans three workouts this week in preparation for Friday's game with Columbus Aquinas. A large Knights of Pythias gathering hosted a Halloween party at the K of I Hall.
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County Red Cross
Worstell
Columbus Aquinas
Pythias
K. of I. Hall
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