Tax bill debate and budget cuts dominate Congress
Speaker Garner pushes a tax balance plan as Ways and Means outlines new levies to replace defeated sales tax. The House bill covers numerous excises and corporate taxes, while economists warn of higher prices and possible conference fights delaying action into September. Budget-cutting aims to trim tens of millions from defense and other agencies amid pressure for a balanced federal budget.
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Peaker
John WN
Garner
House of Representative
Ways and Means Committee
House
Ways and Means
Milestar
Congress
Davis and Hoover clash over disarmament talks and veterans bonus
Ameri can delegate Norman Davis arrives in Washington for talks on a general arms limitation treaty and outlines obstacles in Geneva negotiations. President Hoover formally opposes congressional passage of additional soldiers bonus legislation, warning it would harm budget balance and credit.
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Orman Davis
Washington
Department
Davis
Hoover
Congress
House of Representatives
American Legion
Detroit
Legion
United States
Recommendation Against Columbia River Development Phases
Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown chief of engineers proposes including a recommendation against developing the navigation and irrigation phases of the $772 million Columbia River project in a report to the secretary of war. He also suggests $10 million for rocks and other navigation aids if private or state groups advance water power development, arguing the time is not ripe for large federal spending.
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Secretary of War
Congress
Lytle Brown
White
Columbia River
Brown
Missouri Delegates Back Reed for President Nomination
At the Missouri Democratic state convention in St Louis delegates were instructed to support James A Reed for the national nomination if he remains viable The Missouri delegation holds 36 votes while Franklin D Roosevelt ranks as the second choice The Iowa convention backs Roosevelt and the 26 instructed delegates are urged to use all honorable means to secure a strong nomination.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Ite
United States
James A. Reed
Franklin D. Fioncevelt
Roosevelt
Iowa
Arctic Tragedy Survivors Mark 88th Birthday
Maj Gen Adolphus W. Greely and Brig Gen Davie Le Brainard recall the 1884 Arctic ordeal at Cape Sabine where 18 died and seven were taken from the cape on June 23 1884 only seven survived. Brainard served as Greelys top sergeant during the expedition. Also notes possible St Lawrence waterway treaty ready for signature between the United States and Canada as William J. Herrige negotiates with Canada.
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Greely
Ilen
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Waterway
William J. Herrige
Western Newspaper Union
Character of Soil Shapes Man's Life in World Revealed
Washington bulletin from the National Geographic Society explains soil as the key to agricultural life. It cites loess in north China shaping grain and livestock, alluvial Yangtze rice regions, and the U S corn belt as soil driven destinies.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
China
Yangtze Valley
United States
Great “Corn Belt
Connecticut Valley
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Carolinas
Virginia
Macedonia
Asia Minor
France
New British Plane Jockey Pushes Speed Record
British test pilots fly the new single seat fighter named the Jockey at Brooklands achieving top speeds around 238 to 240 mph at 20 000 feet. Built by Vickers Aviation Ltd to meet Air Ministry demands for speed and rapid climb, it uses a nine cylinder radial air cooled engine with 530 horsepower.
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London
England
Steco
Vickers (Aviation), Ltd
Air Ministry
Brooklands
New Yorks towering sky cities rise in tax survey
New York completes its annual inventory of skyscrapers 26 stories and higher. The 93 buildings over 30 stories will pour about 21 million into the city treasury this year. The Empire State Building leads at 80 stories, with Chrysler, Cities Service, and Manhattan Company buildings among top ranks.
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New York
Knickerbocker
Cloudland
Enmipire State Building
Chrysler Building
Het
Woolworth Bulldin
Ales
New Cities Service
Financial District
Manhattan Company
Cenanan
Throne
Mary Roberts Rinehart Says Big Catch Surprises Readers
The note claims author Mary Roberts Rinehart hauled in a tar pon weighing 125 pounds and took a bite, described as a remarkable event tied to her fishing tale.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Betsy Rosas Corps Formed to Serve in War Time
Kansas City headlines a new Betsy Rosas Corps of women pilots formed to man commercial aircraft during war, freeing male pilots for combat. The seventh corps will base in Kansas City with reach over Missouri Kansas Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Arkansas.
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Betsy Rosas
Kansas City
Betsy Hoss
Seventh Corps
Ockades
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Arkansas
Quebec Legislature Denies Women Vote Rights
The Quebec legislature rejected a bill to grant women the vote by a 52 to 23 vote. Supporters led by Dr. Anatole Piente argued women faced inferiority to provincial peers, while Liberal lawmakers split on the issue, preserving Quebec as a voting gender barrier within the British Empire.
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Quebec
New World
British Empire
Anatole Piente
Hungarian Count Aims Eleven Mile Balloon Ascent
Count Theodore Wiehy, a Hungarian nobleman, plans a high altitude ascent in a Thermos style balloon. He will be accompanied by Austrian inventor Hane Braun and seeks to surpass Professor Piccardinet Mas by reaching eleven miles high in a bold record bid.
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Vienna
Theodore Wiehy
Hane Braun
Piccardinet Mas
Shot Rumor Sparks Barn Fire Near Minersville
A shot fired at a rabbit near Burney Barns Barn Minersville is believed to have started a barn fire that destroyed the structure and its five ton hay pile after the projectile pierced the wall.
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Misses Burney
Minersville
Marriages Hold Up Under Pervading Local Scandal
In Nacogdoches Texas Dr George S Grocket formerly led a rectorate in town and at San Augustine and over hundreds of couples he conducted marriages. Only one couple has divorced indicating marriages largely endure despite the scandal surrounding Grocket.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
George S. Grocket
San Amgustine
Lindbergh Spirit of St Louis sparked global myth in 1927
A curious digression on the public’s enchantment with Charles Lindbergh framing his solo Atlantic flight as a we moment. The piece notes his self tangling with backers and a broader gloss on fame through a history of Steve Brodie’s Brooklyn Bridge leap.
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Charles Lindbergh
St Louis
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Herrick
St. Louis
Obertson
Robertson Aircraft Co
Harry Koleh
St. Loui
Wild Men of Borneo Draw Crowd to Boston Show
Prof Hutchins from Austin and Stone, Boston, tout two so called wild men Walno and Plutene as origins of Borneo legends. Aerial crowd paid admission to see two dwarf performers about three feet tall with Teutonic features who exhibited strength and humor under trainer H A O Warner. Walno died in 192? while Plutane perished after an accident during a Fat man lift.
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Walno
Plutene
Borneo
Hutchins
Old Austin and
Stone's
Boston
Captain Hammond
Nelde
Plotano
Warner
Waltham
Genenhe
Plutare
Weed Onell
Western Newspaper Union
Alaska Radio Receivers Work Late for Alaskan Listeners
The piece notes Alaska listeners enjoy radio into the late evening while eastern listeners fade. By about ten oclock in Alaska most major programs end and announcers sign off. Alaskans switch to other stations as the night progresses.
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Hyde
Agriculture Department
Sma
Ashington
Alice Longworth
Betty Fiona Davidson
Mark Hanne
Poe
Daley
Wilmott Lewis
Vevilna Longworth
Wilmott Lewis, Jr
Ove Pers Old
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Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
Eran Tea
Pees Sl
Norman Davis
Gen. Greely
Niagara Falls
Board of Aldermen
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Steve Brodie
Pruwklin Bridge
East River
Steve
Bridge
Bill Green
Odlom
Brooklyn Bridge
Ufe
Ufe Insurance Company
Steve Brodle
Wild Men OF
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