Hoover era debate on wheat tariff and export debentures
Edward W. Pickard reports on Hoover administration positions in the wheat tariff fight. Federal Farm Board chair Alexander Legge backs export debentures, warns of retaliation by France and Britain, and defends central marketing associations as producer instruments.
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Edward W. Pickard
Hoover
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
National Farmers’ Union
Legge
Shegee
France
Great Britain
Lloyd George
United States
England
William G. Kellogg
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Farm Board
Farm Board Won't Favor Abolishing Exchanges by Act
Senate farm board chairman said abolition of grain and cotton exchanges by act of congress is not favored though better supervision is desired. Cotton traders face a squeeze as farmers cooperatives hold May and July contracts and over a million bales unsold in the South, forcing operators to pay high prices to cover actual cotton.
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McNary
Farm Board
Daughters of the American Revolution Convene in Washington
About six thousand Daughters of the American Revolution gathered in Washington for their thirty ninth continental congress where President Hoover urged U S entry into the World Court. He argued adherence would not entangle the nation and said the idea had support from past presidents and secretaries of state. The Daughters, historically opposed to World Court participation, applauded.
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John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Parker
Hoover
Overman
Judiciary Committee
Roland W. Boyden
Charles Evans Hughes
Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
Aoly
Representative Tinkham Attacks Anti-Saloon League in Senate Hearing
Massachusetts representative Tinkham concluded evidence and arguments against ecclesiastical lobbies before a senate lobbying committee. He focused largely on Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Church South. Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, followed and refused to surrender certain files except under court subpoena.
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Tinkham
Massachusetts
Anti-Saloon League
Senate Committee On
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Church
South
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Comef
Perea Teil
Tenaaeia Oicowad
A Daring Rescue at Pond Point Beach
Ned and George chase two girls threatened by rising tide at Pond Point. Ned dives to rescue Maud Frame and Becky, saving Maud and earning Becky’s quiet gratitude. Major Frame later invites the men to meet his daughter and niece at the home.
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Maud Frome
Becky
George Graydon
Ned
Frame
George
Beck
Dory
Maud Frame
Graydon
Miss Frame
Major
Maud
Nev
Ting Post Office in Grimshaw Three is the Smallest in the United States
The Grimshaw post office is described as a tiny building measured at 8 feet by 6 feet with 5 and a half feet inside space. Annual business value is estimated between $100 and $175.
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Alice
United States
Grimshaw
Xii
Alexander
Rome Jewel Thief Dressed as Captain Steals 100000 Gems
In Rome a man posing as a captain of carabineers robbed Ettore Menichini, seizing over $100,000 in gems and forcing the jeweler into a jail cell with a forged arrest warrant. The thief and his accomplice were captured within 48 hours, aided by a tailor who provided the uniform. Police recovered seven diamonds hidden in toothpaste. The main loot remains missing.
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Rome
Koepenick
Iun
Ettore Menichini
Signor Menichin
Belize
Menichini
Signor Menichini
Italion
Rich Ghost Still Looms to Uphold Old Fortune
Four New Orleans sisters claim a $400 million estate from William Jennings, the seventeenth century English financier. They expect settlement in October in England and a share of $5 million each. The sisters are Mrs. Thomas Suter, Mrs. Annie Spencer, Mrs. Edna Kaiser, and Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Wiser.
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New Orleans
William Jennings
England
Thomas Suter
Annie Spencer
Poverty Keeps 200000 Chinese Out of School
More than 200,040 boys and girls did not attend school in 1929 due to cost, per Chang Chien-wen municipal education report. He cites lack of money as a chief obstacle while the mass education drive expands as 3,000 free schools operate under Hopel bureau.
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Chang Chien-wen
Chang
Hopel
Bureau of Education
New York Musings on Taxis Theater Parties and Pep Talks
A column notes taxi drivers sparing with police and cabbies blocking signals on one way streets. It surveys Broadway theater parties charity and performance events, envelope hacks on budgets, a former convict in a Broadway cast, insects clubs, a stammerers group, and a shift away from pep meetings in American firms.
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Broadway
Feathered Fighter Hero Bird Remembered at Smithsonian
New York report on the famed World War I carrier pigeon nicknamed President Wilson. The bird survived heavy battle wounds during Meuse Argonne and St Mihiel, then died at Fort Monmouth, N J. Its preserved body is now mounted at the Smithsonian. The bird was born in France and served with American forces, delivering crucial messages under fire.
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New York
Smithsonian Institution
Waostington
D. C
A. BE. F
Wilson
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Meuse Argonne
Grand Pre
Rampant
Army
Signal Corps
France
Tank Corps
St. Mihiel
A. E.F
Doorway Linked to Washington Bought by Congressman
Newport a R L A says Congressman Clark Budrick has bought a colonial doorway believed to have been used by George Washington at Gage's tavern in Virginia. The doorway is a relic tied to Washington's frequent tavern visits and passage through the era doorway.
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Newport
R. L
George Washington
Clark Budrick
Gage
Virginia
Duck's Egg Found in Black Duck Hennery at Eshelman Farm
Fred Eshelman found a solid black egg while shoeing a black duck off its nest at the Eshelman hennery in Sioux City Iowa. The discovery adds curiosity to his poultry yard and local farm life.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Fred Eshelman
Eshelmaon
Paleontologist Seeks Early Montana Citizen Skull in Bearcreek Finds
Paleontologist Dr J C Siegfriedt of Bearcreek reports securing a fossilized skull and vertebrae near Red Lodge Montana in Carbon county that may belong to a 50 million year old Montana citizen. He believes the Bearcreek field holds vast scientific treasure with pre-Tertiary skeletons teeth and fossils already uncovered.
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Billings
Mont
Washoe
Red Lodge
Montana
Carbon County
J. C. Siegfriedt
Bearcreek
Siegfriedt
Charity movement renames to Family Welfare Association of America
A reform in 1921 led about sixty agencies to form a national body then named the National Association for Organizing Charity and later adopted the title American Association for Organizing Family Social Work. The organization changes its name to Family Welfare Association of America to reflect its expanded scope across the United States and Canada.
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United States
London
Great Britain
Japan
New York
Canada
Family Welfare Association of America
National Association For Organizing Charity
American Association For Organizing
Dog's Nose Worth 300 Dollars, St. Louis Jury Rules
A St. Louis Circuit Court jury awarded $300 to a dog’s owner after a trained bird dog’s nose was destroyed by a firearms collector who shot the dog last April. Evidence showed the wound harmed the dog’s sense of smell, but the court found the nose worth $300 to the master.
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St. Louis
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