Hoover proposes new path to five power arms pact
The article reports President Hoover issuing instructions to the U S delegation amid a stalled five power naval arms conference. It notes potential concessions by the United States and Great Britain to entice Japan France and Italy, Briand's insistence on a pact rather than full figures, and the likelihood that Britain and the United States may sign a treaty if other powers refuse to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Hoover
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Briand
MacDonald
Stimson
Tardieon
Uncle Sam
John Bull
Secretary Davis Declares Senate Bid For Pennsylvania
Secretary of Labor J J Davis announces candidacy for the Republican nomination to the US Senate in Pennsylvania after learningWilliam Ware has withdrawn and will support him. Davis denies plans to resign from the cabinet to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecretary OF Labor
J.J. Davis
United States
Pennsylvania
Mr. Davis
William&. Ware
Senate
Hoover Addresses Scouts on Civic Duty and Literacy
President Hoover spoke at a Washington dinner marking the Boy Scouts of America twentieth anniversary. Four hundred business and professional men attended as he urged civic responsibility and literacy to prepare youth for democracy and national leadership.
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Hoover
Boy Scouts of America
Bay Scout Movement
Hoover praises Boy Scouts as democracy’s training force
The President lauds Boy Scout movement as valuable education and training for democracy and urges leaders to guide youth toward constructive joy over destructive glee. Gandhi campaigns for civil disobedience against British rule in India with orderly demonstrations and a call to face potential arrest and even death in defiance of the salt tax. British authorities tighten precautions to prevent trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts
Mahatasa Gandhi
India
Gandhi
Senate approves first deficiency bill funding farms and more
Immediate appropriation tops 175 million dollars for multiple government projects. Of this, 100 million is allotted to the farm board, boosting its revolving fund to 250 million. The remaining funds support additional programs and pass without opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Farm Board
Congress
Germany Accepts Young Plan Ending War Debts
The Reichstag voted to accept the Young plan after Chancellor Mueller urged its passage. He declared Germany would regain sovereignty over the Rhineland and control of finances railroads and taxes, ending dependence on foreign decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew
Germany
Europe
Reichstag
Mueller
Rhineland
Dowes
Taft Will Leaves Large Estate to Helen Taft Yale Fund
The will of William Howard Taft, buried at Arlington, bequeaths nearly his entire estate to his wife Helen and to his three children. Yale University receives 310 000 for the alumni fund. Taft’s papers and manuscripts go to his children and Mrs Taft Manning with guidance for use.
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William Howard Taft
Arlington Cemetery
Alumni University Fund
Robert A
Charles P. Taft
Helen Taft Manning
Taft
Campaign to Oust Communists From City Jobs
Police Commissioner Whalen of New York launches a drive to remove all active Communists from work in shops factories and stores. He provides heads of industrial companies with a proscription list of 300 Communist organizers agitators and propagandists in employment.
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Whalen
New York
Lawyers Association to Challenge Prohibition in Supreme Court
The New York County Lawyers Association, after a two year study, voted six to one to challenge the Eighteenth Amendment as defying the Tenth Amendment. The committee will submit its contentions to the Supreme Court for a test ruling. The Tenth Amendment reserves powers not delegated to the United States to the states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York County Lawyers Association
Supreme Court
United States
Public Works Budgets Hit Over a Billion in Three States
New York Pennsylvania and Ohio plan to spend large sums on state, county, and municipal public works in 1890. Pennsylvania cites 305,068,118, New York 475,275,442, Ohio 223,225,000. Lamont notes nationwide $7,000,000,000 program and calls for decisive action.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Robert P. Lamont
John 8. Fisher
Lamont
New York State
Census Takers Set For April Door Knock
The government gears up for the 1930 census with 100000 workers starting April 2. The decennial count will ask many new questions and probe the nation’s economic life while supplying data for apportionment of House seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pation
House of Representatives
Congress weighs federal control of power industry proposed by Couzens
A bill to place the power industry under federal control moves before Congress. Sen. Couzens of Michigan, chair of the Interstate Commerce Committee, seeks to regulate the giant utility sector following months of inquiry. He also sponsors a separate bill to reorganize the Federal Trade Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aes
Congress
Couzens
Michigan
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Trade and Power Commissions
Republican
Senate
Secret Hearings Reveal Prohibition Enforcement Breakdowns
Ul submissions from the Wickersham commission indicate breakdowns in enforcing prohibition in major cities. Witnesses from Chicago and New York report widespread dry law violations despite earnest enforcement, with sessions held behind closed doors and leaks confirming troubling conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission
Chicago
New York
Prohibition
Father and Son Banquet Sparks Honest Talk on Bond
A father and son share a candid conversation about good friendship, mutual respect, and doing activities together. The dad explains that strong fellowship grows from shared experiences and planning, not authority, and expresses hopes for future adventures and education. The piece ends with a question about the upcoming banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalroma
Jimmy Craig
Bob
Dad
Henry
Chub
Gill
Roy
Alaska
Secrets of 75 mile Big Bertha revealed to reserve officers
Prof H W Miller of the University of Michigan described the Big Bertha guns to 1,000 reserve officers, detailing their size, operation and the Paris bombardment in 1918. He cited shell weight 244 pounds, 120 foot barrels, 5400 feet per second muzzle velocity, and 48 mile max altitude with multi gun positions around Paris causing substantial damage.
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United States Army
Paris
Crepy
Beaumont
Braceres
Geaumont
Diamonds Price Tied to Supply Control
The article argues diamond prices stay high only because producers limit output. Yale chemist Dr. Treat B. Johnson says actual value is about 12 dollars per carat f o b at the mine, noting diamonds are abundant and mined by workers in river gravel and harbor deposits while owners regulate supply to sustain demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joneses
Treat B. Johnson
Yale
Waits Half Century to Wed Boyhood Love in Sicily
In Siracusa Giuseppe Percombe, 75, a peasant from Sommatine, marries Maria Valeriano after decades apart. Their romance began in their twenties when Maria's parents blocked a union with Giuseppe. He remained single for 30 years, then returned, and the couple wed at a municipal office and parish church with a large crowd in attendance.
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Siracusa
Sicily
Giuseppe Percombe
Sommatine
Maria Valeriano
Marina
Giusteppe
Maria
Marin
Giuseppe
Pear and
Wide
Nations Vie for Speed Supremacy on Transoceanic Ships
European powers race for fastest liners as Bremen competes with Italy France and Britain. Europa plans 56 knot trial speeds while Cunard and White Star pursue giant 60 000 ton electrically propelled ships to reclaim Atlantic speed records. Italy expands with two 47000 ton vessels and France eyes a super ship to outshine Bremen and Neva France.
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Pesahure
Shoyi
Europa
Bremen
Mie Tsuteler Way
France
Grest
Ricola
Italy
Geran
White Starine
Ovceanic
Cunard Line
Whitet
Mauretania
Bremen Passe
Ambrose Channel
Olherbourg
Wether
Mussolini
Weel
Ne de France
Air Photography Course Added at Syracuse Forestry Program
Syracuse University launches a new air mapping course under the air plane photographic department as part of its regular curriculum. Financed by a $60,000 Guggenheim endowment, the program aims to aid timber estimation and forest surveying in North America and Canada. The approach uses airplane photographs to assess timber amount, forest types, and terrain to guide ground crews and route planning.
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College of Forestry
Syracuse
NM. Y
Syracuse University
New York State College of Forestry
Guggenheim Foundation
West
London Traffic Toll Sets Record for 1929
London reports a record high for street accidents with 1 362 deaths in 1929. Total fatalities rose 125 from 1928 with 407 killed in October to December. Private cars caused the most crashes with about 15 000 incidents and 145 deaths. jaywalkers led in fatalities last quarter.
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London
Helgoland Island Eroded by Severe Winter Storms
Repeated storms have gradually worn away Helgoland Island coastline. A winter storm slid a significant section into the North Sea, taking three homes a water reservoir and two storage sheds with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Helgoland
North Sea
New York Girl Disappears With Large Estate Shares
A fourteen year old girl, Elois Stauts, left behind over 54 million of the 4.5 million Lawrence estate. The transfer tax filing in King County reveals her inheritance, with Rowena Lawrence Roberts benefiting during her lifetime as adopted mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lysander W. Lawrence
Lawrence
Kinga County
Elois Stauts
Rowena Lawrence Roberts
Roberts
Pre-Flood Relics Unearthed At Ur In Joint Expedition
A report from the Ur excavation by University of Pennsylvania Museum and the British Museum describes kilns, a prehistoric factory, and the copper teure of Min-Sin in the Ur valley. Woolley notes graves with al Ubaid pottery, later painted wares, and clay figurines connected to an ancient pre-flood religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaulees
University of Enansylvania Museum
British Museum
Leotard Woolley
Min-Sin
Wlhinle
Jemidet Nasr
al'Ubaid
Ranchers Employ Plane to Shoot Four Coyotes
Earl T. Vance of Vance Air Service piloted a plane over Great Falls Montana in an expedition that killed four coyotes. Ranchers Leslie Barrett and J. B. Carmichael joined Vance, each bagging two coyotes. They noted circling a coyote makes a good target for shooting from a moving plane.
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Great Falls
Mont
Earl T. Vance
Vance Air Service
Leslie Barrett
J. B. Carmichael
Vance
Million Dollar Legacy Aims at Ex Convicts Welfare
New York reporter states the $1,000,000 Conrad Huber fund will be devoted to welfare work for ex convicts. Joseph Horwich, brother of Huber and a flashlight magnate, returned from vacation and plans to announce concrete disbursement plans.
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New York
Conrad Huber
Lefter
Joseph Horwich
Horwich
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