Hoover outlines drought relief plan amid governors conference
At a White House meeting with state governors President Hoover and Secretary Hyde presented a drought relief program. It creates federal state and county bodies to aid distressed farmers, offers emergency aid to prevent human suffering, and lowers freight rates on livestock and feed to drought areas.
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White House
Hoover
Hyde
Moe
Department of Agriculture
Halson
Washington
National Grange
The
Farmers' Union
American Farm Bureau Federation
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Northwest
Glacier
Yellowstone National Parks
Rapidan
Declares Warning Against Price Gouging in Foodstuffs
Congress man La Guardia urged the President and Secretary Hyde to report profiteering in New York city where prices rose 20 to 85 percent. Hyde promised action to curb middleman gouging while noting no profiteering by farmers. Barley supplies remain ample at 580 million bushels as crops bolster dairy feeds and industrial uses.
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la Guardia
Hyde
New York City
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Insurgent Leader Shifts From Republican Ticket in 1928
Fragmentary report notes a prominent insurgent leader who bolted the Republican ticket in 1928 and backed Al Smith. The fragment suggests ongoing political realignment within party factions and insurgent movements.
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al Smith
Sen
Senator Fess Predicts Tariff as Main Campaign Issue
Senator Fess of Ohio as national Republican chair says Hawley Smoot tariff will dominate fall congressional races. He notes prohibition may influence some districts but is not a national issue. Two new bureaus will educate against Democratic tariff propaganda under Robert H Lucas. Louise Dodson resigns as women's director. Mrs Ellis I Yost of Virginia takes the post.
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George W. Norris
Nebraska
W. M. Stebbins
Arthur J. Weaver
Harry O. Palmer
Omaha
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Jennie M. Callias
Charles W. Bryan
Norris
Beatrice Fenton Craig
Lincoln
Joe Robinson
Harvey Parnell
Arkansas
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Senate
Thomas J. Heflin
Smith
Oklahoma
W. H. Murray
Thomas P. Gore
Ir A. Hill
W. B. Pine
Ohio
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
George White
Marietta
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Myers Y. Cooper
Fess
Robert H. Lucas
National Committee
Louise M. Dodson
Republican National Committee
Mra
Ellis I. Yost
Virginia
Wa. Cc T. OU
Record Air Feats Surpass Historic Aviation Marks
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine in Greater St Louis reclaim endurance refueling record from the Hunters of Chicago and aim for a 1000 hour flight as Hawks completes Los Angeles to New York run in 12 hours 25 minutes. Kronfeld sets 97 mile gliding distance in Germany while Laura Ingalls in St Louis bangs out 14 barrel rolls. R 100 dirigible returns to base from Montreal with engine trouble.
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Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Greater St. Louis
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
St. Louis
Frank M. Hawks
Los Angeles
New York
Germany
Robert Kronfeld
Wasserkuppe
Gersfeld
Laura Ingalls
Montreal
Frontline battles rage as Changsha push renews Chinese war
The Nationalist and northern alliance forces fight heavy battles while Changsha reportedly nears recapture. Nanking censorship limits news, and reports from Tsiwan claim repeated bombing by government planes. Chiang Kai shek vows to dislodge northern forces. signs of enemy demoralization appear conflicting.
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Changsha
Nanking
Tsiwan
Shantung Province
Chiang Kaishek
Commissioners Review Uniform Laws At Chicago Meeting
More than forty commissioners gathered in Chicago to discuss over fifty proposed acts. They debated topics from public utilities and real estate to divorce, guardianship, and firearms, and recommended forty three for adoption by the American Bar Association and state legislatures to harmonize conflicting laws.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
Aree Trading Reports Record Farm Machinery Orders
Aree Trading corporation the Soviet commercial agency announces that in the last two months orders totaling 40500 for agricultural machinery and tractors have been placed in the United States. About 85 percent are tractors 12 percent combines and the remainder other machinery and parts. The orders are described as the largest for farm machinery ever placed for export in a corresponding period.
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Aree Trading Corporation
United States
Noted World War Generals Die in Week’s Span
Two distinguished World War figures died this week Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher once led the Rainbow Division in France and led the Army Air Corps, and Gen. Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien who saved the Allied retreat at Mons by disobeying orders from Sir John French.
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Charles T. Menoher
Rainbow Division
France
Army Air Corps
Horace Smith- Dorrien
Mons
Sir John French
Volcom
Osage bankers' dream ends as oil wealth fades bankruptcy looms
The Osage Nation of Pawhuska Oklahoma faces bankruptcy after decades of oil wealth. Since 1921 government changes cut payments and headrights, causing social and economic strain. Since peak earnings of tens of millions the tribe now endures debt, reduced production, and proposed bankruptcies among mixed bloods as headrights lose value.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osages
Oll
Bacontind
Bicheart
Lookout
Tilsa
Oklahoma City
W. K. Hale
Indiana
Congress
Fox Surprised as Coyote Turns Out Silver Fox
In Torrance California a fox that had been raiding the Hodge family chicken pens was shot. It was revealed the intruder was a silver fox, not a coyote, and Mrs. Hodge received a handsome neckpiece from Arthur Hodge. The pelt is valued at about $250.
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Torrance
Calif
Arthur Hodge
Hodge
Bald Spot Worth 150 Dollars Voted By Jury
In Judge Henry Bray's court a jury awarded Mrs. Audra Arnold 150 dollars in damages against beauty parlor operator Lillian Kreteshmar for a burned bald spot on her head caused by a perm machine. Arnold had claimed 5,000 dollars in damages.
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Denver
Henry Bray
Audra Arnold
Lillian Kreteshmar
Eclipsing View Aboard Tin Can Island Expedition
Washington reports that Tin Can Island Ninafou in the south Pacific will host an eclipse expedition in October. Commander C H Keppler will lead the U S naval observation team with Lieut H Keliers as medical officer and photographer Bevan P Sharpless directing corona photography. Other scientists from American institutions will join the voyage.
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Washington
Tin Can Island
South Pacific
Ninafou
Nurakita
C. H. J. Keppler
United States Navy
United States Naval Observatory
Mollo
Philippine Islands
H. ©. Keliers
Bevan P. Sharpless
Naval Obervatory
Drum from Revolutionary War Found in Attic
An antique maple drum with tacks and a storied past is found in the attic of Joseph W. Church in Indianapolis India. It is linked to Timothy Church who carried it in Quebec and was later passed down through generations to Joseph.
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Indianapolis
Timothy Church
John Church
Quebec
Timothy
Isaac
George Church
Marion County
Joseph Church
Funny Book Saves Settler From Execution
An old War Department tale recounts a Dakota Indian chief and a settler who faced execution. The man calmed death by reading from a mysterious amusing book, causing laughter that saved his life. the book’s title remains unknown.
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Washington
War Department
Chef Bravely Risks Life To Save Roast
Modesto reports Lester Bunch a restaurant chef faced a kitchen fire when his stove backfired. He reentered the burning kitchen to rescue a pork roast blamed for the blaze. Firefighters found him unconscious by the stove. he asked if the roast was burned after revival.
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Chef
Modesto
Lester Bunch
Buneh
Cat Reunites With Owners After Two Year Absence
In Tulsa Oklahoma a cat long separated from its family has found Mary Elizabeth Welch eight and Peggy Jane Welch two years after they left on vacation and moved away. The feline located the Welchs and returned home to them.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mary Elizabeth
Peggy Jane Welch
Welchs
Lawyer Cuts Legal Aid Costs to Nine Cents per Case
In Detroit attorney Louis C. Miriani reports the Detroit Bar annual meeting that his legal aid bureau slashes costs to an average of 9 cents per case. The bureau handles thousands with no money for lawyers, taking 2202 court cases and numerous referrals from newspapers and social agencies, proving a major impact on access to justice.
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Detroit
Detroit Bar Association
Louis C. Miriani
Detroit Community Fund
Legal Aid Bureau
Miriani
Trust Company
Mirian
Home Accidents Still Menace National Safety Council Report
National Safety Council reports home accidents remain a hazard with 11 of 30 cities showing more home than auto deaths. Across 30 cities totaling about 11 million people nine home fatalities per ten auto deaths, led by falls. Children under five account for triple deaths versus ages five to fourteen.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Dentha
Murder Trial Opens Over Shirt Ironing Dispute
In New Orleans a murder trial opens at noon after a man objected to his stepson using electricity to iron a shirt. The stepson, Peter Gendusa, 23, is charged with killing Anthony Lopez, 38, during the argument.
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New Orleans
Peter Gendusa
Anthony Lopez
Double Pants Save Bethlehem Man From Rattlesnake
Homer Somers of Bethlehem Connecticut wore two pairs of pants while wood chopping to shield his legs. A rattlesnake struck his leg but the doubled fabric prevented a bite, and Somers killed the snake.
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Bethlehem
Conn
Homer Somers
Homer
Flying Golf Ball Wounds San Francisco Attorney
Archibald J. Treat, a prominent San Francisco attorney, was struck on the temple by a misdirected golf ball at MIT Valley Country Club. The injury, possibly a skull fracture, occurred when Taylor Merriman’s drive sliced off course.
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San Francisco
Archibald J. Treat
Mit Valley Country Club
Taylor Merriman
Ml Valley
The Woman Fate Chose for Him
The singer Harry Vallon leaves fame to seek solitude with fishing in New England. Alice Revelle, a musical comedy actress, joins him at a remote cottage as fate threads their paths, each drawn to quiet life away from applause. Their chance meeting at the crossroad follows a quiet, fateful romance arc.
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Fjarry Vallon
Alice Revelle
New York
Wear
East
New England
Sime
Tighwar
Anerry Vallon
Alice Hevelle
Alice
Harry Vallon
Engineer's Compartment On Eastern Railroad Locomotive
An engineer's compartment aboard a tender car in an eastern United States railroad features a bed, maple finish, an electric fan, and other comforts, improving the engineer's working conditions aboard the locomotive.
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United States
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Charles P. Summerall
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Edward W. Pickard
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Paul Montgomery
Murphysboro
Montgomery
Res
Khyber Pasa
India
Peshawar
Mahatma Gandhi
London
Circuit Court of Appeals
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