Supreme Court rules on oath for naturalization rivals
The Supreme Court ruled foreigners seeking U S citizenship must take an unconditional oath to bear arms in war. Douglas Macintosh and Marie Bland, Canadians with wartime service in France, were denied naturalization. Justice Sutherland wrote the majority. Chief Justice Hughes dissented. Other decisions involved Langmuir patent, FTC advertising powers, drought relief and highway funding, and Hoover's Memorial Day remarks at Valley Forge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Douglas C. Muncintosh
Yale Divinity School
Macin- Sutherland Josh
Marie Averil Bland
Macintosh
France
Howard Sutherland
Rosike Schwimmer
Congress
Rutherland
Hughes
Holmes
Brandeis
Stone
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Irving Langmuir
General Electric Company
de Forest Radio Company
Langmuir
General Electric
Federal Trade Commission
Raladam Company of
Detroit
Record of 52500 Foot Balloon Flight By Piccard and Kipfer
Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard and assistant Charles Kipfer set a new record by rising 52500 feet in a sealed aluminum balloon starting from Augsburg. They landed on a glacier in the Austrian Tyrol after about 15 hours, nearly suffocating due to oxygen loss and enduring hunger and thirst. President Hoover simultaneously met with cabinet members at Rapidan to discuss a plan claiming $95 million in annual savings and no staff cuts, with efficiency up while revenues for the year lagged by about $59 million below estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nor
August Piccard
Hig
Charles Kipfer
Augsburg
Bavarian
Alps
Austrian
Tyrol
Hoover
Rapidan
Army
Navy
Post Office Department
Walter Brown
Hyde Plans Economies to Forestall Farm Camp Operations
Secretary Hyde seeks to reduce Agriculture Department expenditures to slow camp operations in Rapidan area while maintaining essential services. He will be aided during the year by the termination of two programs or positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Memorial statue honors Titanic heroes on Potomac banks
The unveiling in Washington marked by President Hoover and Mrs Hoover honored the men who went down with the Titanic to save women and children. Secretary of State Simson led the ceremony as over 20 000 American women funded the statue.
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Hoover
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
George Washington
Union League Club of
Philadelphia
Harry Payne Whitney
Banks of the
Potomac
Washington
State Simson
Italian-born Schirra Executed in Rome for Plot Against Fascism
ICHELE SCHIRRA, an Italian born naturalized U S citizen, was executed by firing squad in Rome after conviction for plotting to kill Mussolini and other anti fascist activities. He admitted guilt but said plans were abandoned and he was to return to America when arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ichele Schirra
United
Staes
Rome
Muscolini
Schirra
America
Investigation into building material contracts begins
The federal trade commission opens an inquiry into the letting of government construction contracts. Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota urged the move amid claims of priceFixing and collusion between Indiana limestone suppliers and New England granite and marble firms. The inquiry aims to report facts on price agreements and understandings among producers and bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Trade Commission
New England
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
The
Trade Commission
Shipstead
Global policy sparks limestone sourcing debate in Indiana contracts
A long list of international and domestic political notices follows, including navy level reforms in Japan, Spain's Catalonia autonomy election results, and Chiang Kai-shek warning of civil conflict. The column notes shifts in law enforcement, religious freedom disputes with the Vatican, and a federal appeal by Albert Fall challenging bribery conviction.
To Make Study of the Philippines By Senate Committee
Washington reports the territories committee will study the Philippines with tours of the islands factories schools and homes. Philippines described as the most unusual distant dependency under the American flag with unique governance citizenship and economic status.
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Philippines
Washington
Uncle Sam
Territories Committee
United States Senate
Philippine Islands
D. C
National Geographic Society
United States
Department of Insular Affaira
United States War Department
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
Virgin Islands
Canal Zone
Guam
Bameo
Dogs Ravage Sheep Flock Near Oskaloosa Kansas
J G Drumming reports five ewes and eleven lambs killed by dogs attacking his flock while they rested in the rear of the lot. He saw two dogs fleeing after the slaughter and plans to shoot them if they return. A second attack occurred two nights later with the dogs identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Kan
J. G. Drumming
Manila and Philippine trade and war memory blend in article
The piece surveys Philippine exports like abaca copra and silk, notes Manila as three cities with Spanish English signs, and describes engineering feats from Baguio to Laguna. It then recalls World War I connections, the Thirty-eighth Infantry at the Marne, and the Widow Poissenot aiding American troops in Champignol with quiet hospitality.
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Manila
Philippines
United States
Nipa
Benguet
Baguio
Orient
Simla
Laguna
Eotocan Falls
Chickamauga
George A. Thomas
Marne
Thirty-eighth
United States Infantry
Paris
Withough
Thirty Eighth
France
Tin Pan Alley
Poissenot
Cafe de
Sixtieth Infantry
Baer-sur-Anbe
Champignol
Madame Poissenot
Cafe de Tabac
Madame Polasenot
Lost City of Hmes Submerged by Colorado River Waters
Dam waters will cover the prehistoric Lost City of Hmes as water begins to accumulate behind the Boulder dam. The town of St Thomas will be under 70 feet of water and Koalin 25 feet. About 300 residents will relocate further up the valley as compensation for damages is settled.
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Las Vegas
Nsn
Boulder Dam
St. Thomas
Koalin
Graf Zeppelin to make nonstop flight to South America
Friedrichshafen. The Graf Zeppelin will undertake its first nonstop August flight to Pernambuco to test regular airship service between Europe and South America. The voyage, part of three trips for Luft Hansa, will show feasibility and speed benefits with mail handled by Condor planes at Pernambuco.
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Friedrichshafen
Graf Zeppelin
South America
Hang Lehmann
Lufthansa
Graf
Pernambuco
Condor
Sevilla
Spain
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean
Europe
Trout With Two Heads Hatched in California
Marysville reports the Yuba river hatchery 12 miles west of Downbrilie hatched several dozen two headed trout from about 200000 eggs. Foreman Guy Tabler says the affliction is a Sacramento anomaly and warned observers to handle findings carefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Calif
Yuba River
Downbrilie
Guy Tabler
Wartime Newspaper Star Lieut Harrin and Aussie Publication
A glance at the wartime work of Lieut Philip Harrin editor of Aussie in France. The Australian soldiers’ paper carried a smart jacket from shell wreckage at Armentieres as a waterproof cover. Harris, a Sydney newspaperman, published Hank in 1914 and Rising Sun before Aussie. An advertisement by Barria noted Australian Beer for sale at hotels in France and printed the humor of soldiers.
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Philip Harrin
France
Barris
Armentieres
Mademoiselle
Harris
Sydney
New South Wales
Hank
Rising Sun
Barria
Anesie Brewery
A. L F
Victoria
Queensland
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Oath of Allegiance
Edward W. Pickard
Land Grant College
Adus
Geneva
Secretary of Labor Desk
Miss Mary Anderson
Woman's Bureau
Miss Anderson
Doak
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Indor
State Department
Mary Anderson
Gen. Brown
Senator Shipstead
Indiana
Helene
Xile
Romanila
Carol
Patria
Orgin
Bucharest
Helen
Stephanescu
Jorge
Magda Lupescu
Army of
Japan
Jiro Minami
Hanji Kanaya
Nobuyoshi Muto
Soviet
Russia
Beig
Andalusia
Elda
Valencia
Francisco Aguilera
Catalonia
Francisco Muncia
Spalm
Vatican
Madrid
Cardinal Segura
Hina
Chiang Kai-shek
Kwantung
Kwangs
Canton
Hrough
J. Weston Allen
National Crime Commission
House of Representatives
Senate
Aving
Albert 5
Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Supreme Court of the United States
District Court of Appeals
Westars Newspaper Union
Don Francisco Aguilera
Senate Committee
Philippine Commission
Islands
New York State
Phillippines
Philippine Archipelago
New York
Miami
Arizona
Bugar
Maine
Ulysses G. MacAlexander
Oregon
Poissonot
ZEP
California
Lieut
Frank E. Hagan
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