Congress shifts to close session amid veterans bill debate
President Hoover confronts Senate amendments to a new World War veterans bill while the House passes the Wickersham border patrol measure. The Senate also approves a plan to consolidate war veterans programs and five appointees to run power project approvals. Hoover cites 1.7 billion dollars spent on public works in six months and urges continued effort to revive business and cut unemployment as western governors attack federal land and mineral rights.
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Congress
House
Senate
Hoover
Wickersham Commission
Canada
Mexico
Treasury
Coast Guard
SNA
Governors’ Conference
Salt Lake City
Mellon Reports 1980 Treasury Surplus and Debt Drop
Secretary Mellon announced the fiscal year 1980 closed with a 154 million dollar surplus in the treasury. Public debt was reduced by 746 million dollars and the general fund showed a net balance of 218 million dollars. He noted the surplus included 76 million dollars from foreign governments paid in cash and unusual customs receipts ahead of tariff legislation.
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Ecretary
Treasury
Mellon
General Fund
Senators Johnson Moses Rob inson Oppose London Naval Treaty
Senators Johnson of California Moses of New Hampshire and Robinson of Indiana filed a minority report from the foreign relations committee opposing ratification of the London naval treaty. Dispatches from Washington note the American Legion recommended rejection, with London reporting Bellamy and Jellicoe criticizing the pact as a threat to sea power.
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Enators
Johnson
California
Moses
New Hampshire
Robinson
Indiana
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
National Defense Committee
The
American Legion
Legion
London
England
Earl ‘Beatty
Earl Jellicoe
Hoover hse named head of new federal power commission
Resident Hoover hse is named to head the new federal power commission. Lieut Gen Edgar Jadwin, noted for his waterway expertise as chief of army engineers, is among four nominees to be sent to the senate in a special summer session for confirmation. The new panel will replace the old commission which since 1920 has oversaw about $350 million in power development.
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Hoover Hse
Federal Power Commission
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Commission
Senate
Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture
Prohibition Enforcement Shifts Under New U S Leadership
The transfer of prohibition enforcement on July 1 placed the Department of Justice in command with Attorney General Mitchell as head and Col Amos W W Woodcock as chief of staff. The plan prioritizes cracking large scale bootlegging and seeks greater state cooperation while tightening metropolitan enforcement in New York and Chicago. Major changes include Maj Maurice Campbell resigning to oversee Boston alcohol permits and criticizing U S attorneys, and Col John B J Herbert taking over enforcement in Illinois and Wisconsin from E C Yellowley.
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Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Mitchell
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Washington
New York
Chicago
Maurice Campbell
Boston
United States
Denison Indictment Dismissed for Lack of Specific Charges
Congressman E. E. Denison of Illinois faced a liquor possession charge after a leaking suitcase incident. Justice Gordon of the Supreme Court of DC sustained a demurrer, ruling the indictment failed to specify the charge, preventing a defense or plea of acquittal as a bar to a future indictment.
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E. E. Denison
Gordon
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Denison
France leaves Rhineland and Germany is freed
At midnight on June 30 the last French troops left the Rhineland ending twelve years of occupation. Germans celebrated with bells parades and fireworks. Speyer held a grand jubilee on the river bridge as 660 police led crowds singing Deutschland Ueber Alles. Evacuation continued in Wiesbaden at 9:30 am and the Rhineland commission closed.
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Rhineland
Germany
Speyer
Palatinate
Rhine
Wiesbaden
Rhineland Commission
Coblenz
Kaiserstrasse
Dawn of a new era as Rhineland exits under Allied watch
A ceremony in the Rhineland ends with the German flag and British flag lowered as a crowd watches officials including High Commissioner Paul Tirard depart via Rhine bridge. President Hindenburg proclaims renewed German freedom, while Bolivian events unfold with Gen. Blanco Galindo seizing La Paz and Hernando Siles seeking asylum as a military junta promises constitutional restoration.
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Paul Tirard
Rhine Bridge
von Hindenburg
Rhineland
Bolivia
Hernando Siles
Carlos Blanco Galindo
la Pax
Siles
la Paz
Legation
Hans Kundt
Stir
Doctor Siles
Galindo
Britain intensifies crackdown on Indian national movement
Britain arrests Pandit Motilal Nehru and Sayed Mahmud, leaders of the All India National Congress, sentencing them to six months each. The actions trigger a nationwide protest with a boycott of British goods and a schoolboy and girl students’ participation in demonstrations and picketing.
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Reat
Britain
India
Pandit Motilal Nehru
All-India National Congress
Sayed Mahmud
Congress
Bombay
Poincare warns on U S tariff crisis at Franco American meet
Raymond Poincare, former president, presided at a Paris dinner for delegates from the Franco American committee. He urged remedy for a growing tariff dispute with the United States, warning that antagonizing nations risks hardening bonds among peoples.
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Paris
Franco-America Committee
Raymond Poincare
United States
M. Poincare
Aviators set week’s feats with nonstop Bermuda flight
Roger Q Williams and two crew members flew the Columbia Bellanca monoplane from New York to Bermuda and back in 17 hours and minutes. John and Kenneth Hunter of Sparta Illinois broke the refueling endurance record over Sky Harbor near Chicago and refused to land until their engine was torn free.
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James Buchanan
Meridian Hill Park
Washington
Hoover
Cleveland
Union Terminal
Kenneth Hunter
Chicago
John
Sky Harbor
Roger Q. Williams
New York
Bermuda
Columbia
Sparta, II
Smithereens
Western
Thuringia Bans Jazz in Cafes and Public Venues
Washington report notes a Thuringia proclamation banning jazz music and negro songs in public spaces. The National Geographic bulletin hails Thuringia as the Green Center of Germany with castles mountains forests and a rich musical heritage linked to Bach Wagner Liszt Goethe and Handel.
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Washington
Thuringia
National Geographic Society
Germany
Gera
Jena
Gotha
Eisenach
Wittenberg
Republic of
Rondel
Wagner
Bach
Liszt
Warthure
Tannhauser
Grand Duke
Meiningen
Kassel
Louis Spoler
Gottingen
Handel
Goethe
Constitution
Weimar
Republic
Schiller
Herder
Welland
Erfurt
Thuringian Forest
Luther
Maria Gloriosa
Geras
White Elster
Thuringians
Saale
Bell Ringer Replaced by Electric Ringing in Stockholm
Stockholm Sweden last woman bell ringer Augusta Anderson retired after 35 years at Katarina church. Miss Anderson tended the tolling since 1805 and was absent only once due to illness. She led nine other women. the four bells required six to swing the largest bell. The bells ring daily at eight each morning and five in the afternoon.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Augusta Anderson
Katarina
Miss Anderson
Lumberjack at 59 Keeps Cutting Wood Near Hastings
Alexander Many ville of Hastings Michigan remains active as a lumberjack at age 59. He has lived in Irving the past decade and works on local farms cutting wood. He wears eyeglasses only for fine tasks and walks a mile daily to stay in his trade.
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Hastings
Mich
Alexander Manyville
Irving
Fishermen Save Pilgrims Colony from Famine
Research tied to the Massachusetts tercentenary recounts how deep sea fishermen from Portsmouth aided the Plymouth settlement during the brutal winter of 1622 23. Miles Standish, seeking relief, received vital provisions from Thomson and the Pannaway settlement at Odiorne Point, strengthening ties between Plymouth and the northern fishing outpost.
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Portsmouth
X. H
Pirmouth
N.hl
Massachusetts
Plymouth
England
Atlantic
David Thomson
Massachusetts Bay
Thomas
Odtorne’s Point
Piscataqua River
Miles Standish
Pannaway
Thomson
Pannawasy
Standish
Carelessness Cited as Major Cause of Auto Accidents
Chicago readers learn that speeding alone does not spark crashes. A bulletin from the American Research foundation says acceleration is three times higher than 15 years ago while deceleration matches that pace, and most wrecks stem from carelessness in vehicle maintenance and traffic rule adherence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
American Tesearch Foundation
The
Bulletin
Violin Lures Moose Family Out of Swedish Forest
In Leksand Dalecarlia a fiddler named Kers-Lars played his violin in the woods. A moose family approached, paused nearby, and listened while he bowled. After he imitated a cuckoo call the herd fled back into the trees.
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Leksand
Sweden
Kers-Lars
Dalecarlin
Lars
Dud Kills Two Boys Near Muench Hausen in War Gas Incident
Two boys near Muench Hausen in Alsace found a war relic that exploded releasing mustard gas. They died in a ditch from the blast and fumes.
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Berlin
Muench Hausen
Alsace
Ship for Arctic Is Regular Noahs Ark Seattle
On the schooner C. S. Holmes an unusual cargo is en route to Point Barrow Alaska. It includes a complete hospital and equipment one motorcycle eleven knocked down houses radios and phonographs for fur traders. The motorcycle is for Dr A W Greist and will be equipped for the physician to visit Eskimo patients and carry the sick to the hospital. The Holmes will return with furs and ivory.
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Arctic
Noah’s Ark
Seattle
C. S. Holmes
Point Barrow
Alaska
A. W. Greist
Holmes
Steuben Memorial Park to Rise on Old New York Farm
Utica New York a federal appropriation of 310000 will acquire the land granted to Baron Von Steuben for a memorial park. The farm near Steuben Creek once planned as a country seat by Steuben will be forested as Steuben forests. He led Washingtons troops at Valley Forge and Monmouth and died in 1794 with burials beside loyal followers.
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Utica
N. Y
Congress
Baron von Steuben
Steuben
Oil Land Hinge on Bee's Knees in Elk Hills Fight
Bakersfield California reports Oj Company of California relies on a disputed section 30 claim in Elk Hills to secure millions in oil. A geologist testified that ground discoloration gas seepage and odor indicate mineral status, while the company argues beeswax and bees related finds justify their lease.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Standard Oj Company of
California
A. C. Veatch
America
Largest Texas Wheat Field Breaks for Sowing
A 7 000 acre field in Swisher and Castro counties, Texas, is being broken for fall wheat by Rickman Price, famed Panhandle farmer. The 11 section tract has long housed roaming cattle buffalo and Indian settlements, and is owned by Mrs T F Nanny of California who has collected little rent recently.
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Texas
Tulsa
Rickman Price
Panhandle
Swisher
Castro
Mra. T. F. Nanny
California
Bottle fed piglets thrive in a Saskatchewan brooder
A litter of hogs in the d Arcy district near Regina Sask grew up on a bottle feed and lived life in a chicken brooder as they received their daily ration. The unusual feeding arrangement drew attention in the local BH Waills area.
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Regina
d'Arcy
Alibi Snafu at Superba Pictures Ends in Crisis
Jake Rauch, president of Superba Pictures Incorporated, fires star Fleur La Barba claiming her voice and contract issues. La Barba protests while newsroom figures rush in to cover the scandal, as Rauch claims his alibi while maintaining stockholder duties.
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Fleur la Barba
Jake Rauch
la Barbe
Villian
Miss la Barba
Jake Knoch
Superba Mictures Incorporated
Jake
Superba Pictures Incorporated
Superba Studios
Miss la Barbi
Russa Barbo
Beverley Hills
Miss la Barka
Hollywood
Miss la Bark
Ain Rauch
Ale
Senna
la Parda
Misa Williams
Tim
Acress
Danny Shea
Maurice Lavine
Superba Pictures
Smimoth
Jake Ranch
Jakes
St. Klelri
Lavine
Thames
Test of Man and Distance in Nietzschean Thought
A concise note on Nietzschean ethics asking if a man has a sense of distance and order among people. It questions whether he recognizes rank and gradation and makes distinctions as a measure of character.
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Nietzsche
Fragmentary Quote From Pastor Page Cited
A fragment from a page shows a line about angels using a surface as a table and a pastor referenced by John Andrew Holmes. The readable text is sparse and odd, offering little clear event or context for a fuller summary.
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John Andrew Holmes
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Ilinels
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E. C. Yellowley
Deutschland Weber Alles
U. S
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von Steuben
M. Owen Atkinson
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