Hoover Budget and Prohibition Clash Dominate Opening Session
The first regular session opened with perfunctory meetings as President Hoover’s annual message drew praise from supporters and criticism from opponents. He urged tariff reform, a 1 percent tax cut, commissions to study banking and Haiti, larger rivers and harbors funding, and stronger enforcement of prohibition. A 1931 budget proposed 8.88 billion in spending, with defense, vessels, and new buildings planned. The Vare seat contest and China Russia tensions dominated political headlines, while business leaders gathered to press for policy action.
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Edward W. Pickard
Coxsbess
Hoover
Senate
House
London
United States
Muscle Shoals
Haiti
Mississippi
Kindness at Work The Golden Rule in Daily Labor
An instructional lesson by Rev. P. B. Fitawater 1928 urging fair play in employment. It stresses wages paid promptly, fidelity to contracts, and opposing oppression, with biblical examples from Deuteronomy, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Paul. It discusses servant obedience, master responsibilities, contentment with wages, and proper use of wealth for the common good.
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Israel
Ant
Christ
Sten
Intolerable Pride and the Burden of Blessings
A Beecher quote on pride causing human troubles and the morbid view of privileges, noting that many anxieties arise from misused blessings that turn into curses through self importance.
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Beecher
Preparedness For Better Days Ahead Of Uylog
A compact reflection urges readers to prepare now for better days ahead, noting the folly in delaying plans and stressing practical steps to secure safer, more hopeful outcomes in uncertain times.
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Bic
Uylog
Boy's Ultimatum to Quit School Sparks Dad Advice
In a Western Newspaper feature, Bob, a bright yet restless youth, tells his father he will quit school to work. The father counters with affectionate stern guidance, recalling his own hunger for learning, praising education, and urging Bob to study history and science to unlock his potential.
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Bob
Land of Ours
Dad
Smithboughs
Smithtough
Smithhough
Pop
United States Steel Corporation
Dever
America
Falka
Butter Color Colorant Promises Uniform Butter Color
Dairymen promote a vegetable butter coloring product saying it deepens butter color, is tasteless and non streaking, and costs less per gallon of cream. The item is marketed through Wells Bo. Inc. in Burlington, Vermont.
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Wells Bo. Inc
Burlington
Vermont
Trouper Reflects on Acting Before Audiences
A quoted exchange recalls a veteran performer’s remark about never having acted before an audience. The lines hint at a history of stage life and the challenge of performing without a crowd, contrasting with later experiences in cinema or recording.
Start and Finish Gushing Ingenue Dramatic Exchange
The dialogue records a dramatist praising a new writer and recalling the debut of a play. The ingenue expresses excitement while noting the first night of Passing Show as the original performance. The snippet captures a backstage tone and early production chatter.
Poets Refuse Publication Under City Newspaper Label
A fragment notes a proposed poetry collection titled Secrets by Hia Clever Refusal Poet with publisher Fine, reported in Detroit News. It hints at criticism of cheap cuts of meat as a metaphor for effort and judgment, referencing Burke.
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Detroit News
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William 8. Vare
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Vare
Ware
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W. B. Wilson
Wwe
Stimson
Great Britain
China
Russia
Manchuria
Maxim Litvinoff
Moscow
South America
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Chamber of Commerce of the
Elemn
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Klein
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Helena
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Count de Vecchi
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Charlemagne
Arma
Ora
Cardinal Gasparri
Merry del Val
St. Peter’s
Henri Deterding
Holland
Royal Dutch Shell
Chicago
American Petroleum Institute
Harry P. Sinclair
Institute
Edward L. Doheny
E. B. Reeser
The
Brown
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Senate Committee On Lobbying
Anti-saloon League
Eon- Bressman
Aatterly
Caraway
Goatend
Germany
Rhineland
Union
Fitawater
D.D
I‘ncuity
Moory Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newapal
Éheiey
Weite Cree
California
Burke
Florida
Delray Beach
Daytona
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Miami
Delray
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Sea Crest
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INC
Cortex
Miami Fla
Des Moines
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