Pennsylvania Gubernatorial and Senate Nominations Change Shape
Edward W. Pickard reports Pennsylvania Republicans nominate Ames J. Davis for Senate and Gifford Pinchot for Governor with Davis favored by President Hoover and Pinchot winning upstate. Philadelphia power broker William F. Ware supports both, while the Democratic slate remains thin. The piece also notes treaty debates with naval officials opposing it and Owen J. Roberts's swift confirmation to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Ames J. Davis
Labor
United States
Pennsylvania
Joseph R. Grundy
Gifford Pinchot
Upstate
Francis Shunk Brown
Brown
Pinchot
Counnties
William FE. Ware
Philadelphia
Davis
Alter
Ware
Mr. Davis
Washington
Hoover
Grundy
Senate
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court of the United States
Edward T. Sanforg
Judiciary Committee
Joseph T. Robinson
Dark horse Green nominated for South Dakota governor
Arren E. Green of Hazel was nominated by the South Dakota Republicans in Pierre for governor. He defeated four other candidates including Gladys Pyle as Brooke Howell withdrew, giving Green a majority on the eleventh ballot with more than 55 905 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arren E. Green
Hazel
Dark Horse
South Dakota
Pierre
Gladys Pyle
Miss Pyle
Brooke Howell
Frederick
Howell
Green
Tariff bill heads for final congressional action
After months of work the tariff bill is sent to Congress for final action with conferees from the Senate and House in agreement. Debenture clause dropped by House demand and a compromise on the flexible tariff keeps President power to adjust duties but based on production costs. A six member bipartisan tariff commission survives rather than seven nonpartisans. Democratic and radical Republican leaders attack the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
House
Tariff Commission
Virginia Senator Swanson proposes mote exchange over naval loophole
Senators push ratification of the London naval treaty amid a plan by Claude A. Swanson of Virginia to exchange notes among the United States Great Britain and Japan to close a loophole allowing Britain to build two big cruisers yearly after the U S reaches full strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
United States
Great Britain
Japan
President Hoover sails aboard Salt Lake City during large navy review
President Hoover went to sea aboard the new Salt Lake City and reviewed much of the American fleet off the Virginia Capes. Fifty three battleships cruisers aircraft carriers destroyers and submarines participated in the eight hour program. He witnessed plane launches from catapults watched a naval plane hitch onto the dirigible Los Angeles and saw the navy air arm's diving bomb attack method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Hoover
Salt Lake City
Virginia Capes
Lesington
Saratoga
Los Angeles
Navy Air Arm
Bishop Cannon Cleared of Stock Charge by Church Committee
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist church South was exonerated by the church's episcopacy committee in Dallas Texas after hearing allegations of stock market speculation by Cannon and about twenty laymen led by Josephus Daniels. Cannon apologized claiming involvement with a “bunch of shippers” and pledged not to repeat the conduct.
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Harges
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Church
South
Josephus Daniels
Dallas
Texas
Ant-Saloon League Chief Kept Testimony Under Fire
F Scott McBride the general superintendent testified before a senate lobby committee. He faced harsh questioning from Senator Blaine of Wisconsin a known wet. McBride held his ground amid the dispute and was cheered by some in the audience while Blaine grew angry.
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Scott McBride
Ant-Saloon League
Senate Lobby Committee
Blaine
Wisconsin
McBride
Binine
Senate Bill Advances with Massive Waterway Funding
Revised by the senate commerce committee the bill moves to the senate after house approval and is expected to become law before adjournment. It authorizes over 125 million dollars with total projected costs cited at 335 million. Provisions include 7.5 million for the Illinois waterway, 7.5 million for deeper upper Mississippi, 25 million for Great Lakes channels, takeovers of Erie and Oswego canals, and 5 million for Tennessee river improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Commerce Committee
House Rivers and Harbor
Senate
Congress
Finaily
House
A. H. Vanderberg
Michigan
Ilinois Waterway
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Erie and
Oswego
New York State
Tennessee River
MacNider Nominated as Minister to Canada by Hoover
Sanford MacNider of Town a former assistant secretary of war and ex national commander of the American Legion is named by President Hoover to be minister to Canada to succeed William Phillips who resigned. MacNider is forty a banker and won the D S&S C when serving overseas with the Second division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anford Macnider
Town
American Legion
Hoover
Canada
William Phillips
MacNider
Congress considers eleven new federal judges to ease court congestion
The judiciary committee favors creating eleven new judgeships. Allocation includes New York Southern two and Eastern one, California Southern one, Texas Southern one, Missouri Eastern one, Oklahoma Western one, Michigan Eastern one, Louisiana at large one, and DC Court of Appeals two, with prior reports covering two for the District Supreme Court and one each for West Virginia Kentucky and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Judiciary Committee
New York
California
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Michigan
Louisiana
District of Columbia
Court of Appeals
District Supreme Court
West Virginia
Kentucky
Minnesota
Ermen t s dirigate Graf Zeppelin makes Brazilian flight
Ermanns big dirigate the Graf Zeppelin commanded by Dr Hugo Eckener carried passengers from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco and Sao Janeiro Brazil last week with a stop at Seville Spain The proposed return route would go to Pernambuco Havana Lakehurst MN and then Germany head winds kept speed from 0 to 60 miles an hour
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Ermant
Hugo Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Pernambuco
Sao Janeiro
Brazil
Seville
Spain
Havana
Lakehurst
MN. J
Germany
Salt Satyagraha Clashes Hit Dharasana In 1930s India
The text notes British India police clashed with crowds during salt works raids at Dharasana injuring about 600 natives. Poetess Saroji Naidu led early campaign efforts before arrest. leadership then passed to V. J. Patel. A London India Office spokesman claimed the worst was over and reconstruction would begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Dharsana
Saro Sint Naidu
Mahatma Gandhi
V. J. Patel
Legislative Assembly
India Office
London
Unfolding of Young Plan and BIS Basel Opened With Bond Burnings
The Young plan for reparations and the Bank of International Settlements began operation in Basel amid the burning of billions in German war bonds of the Dawes plan in Paris. France began evacuating the third zone of occupation in the Rhineland, promising release of Mayence and the Palatinate within weeks.
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Young Plan
Bank of International Settlements
Basel
Switzerland
Dawes
Paris
Rhineland
Mayence
Palatinate
Literary Digest Poll Reflects Prohibition Sentiment
The Digest poll shows 40.48 percent favor outright repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and end alcohol bans, 29.11 percent support modification of the Volstead law, and 30.48 percent urge strict enforcement. Total votes reached 4,800,464 with a 40 per cent wet, 29 per cent moist, 31 per cent dry breakdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Digest
House Rejects Broad Inquiry into Communistic Activity
A House motion by Representative Bertrand H. Snell of New York blocked a sweeping congressional investigation of communistic activity in the United States. A five member committee will likely hold summer hearings in major cities and can spend freely and subpoena witnesses and documents with administration support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
House of Representatives
United States
Diet
Trips to Moon by Year 2050 Likely
Dr. John Q. Stewart of Princeton predicts by 2050 travel to the moon may be possible in rocket ships traveling about 50,000 miles an hour. He envisions a spherical 110 foot ship with multiple cannon propulsors and a crew of sixty plus passengers.
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New York
John Q. Stewart
Princeton University
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Stewart
Moon
Doctor Stewart
Earth
Princeton Observatory
Kern County Creates First Aid Plane Rescue Unit
Kern County California announces a new air medical rescue crew, the first of its kind in the nation. Fire Chief W. E. Van Meter says the life savers will operate with a cabin plane, respond to calls at any time, and provide free emergency service. The unit will work with the fire department and a local aviation company to cover vast distances and distant airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Bakersfield
Califi
Bera County
Kern County
Ufe
W. E. van Meter
Mare Breaks Heart of Famous Kicking Mule
Gatesville, NW C O M Lawrence, a Gates County farmer, kept Jill the gray mare and Jack the mule. After placing them in one stall, Jack began eating and Jill kicked him, killing Jack within hours. Some say the mule died from the kick, others claim Jack died of a broken heart after finding a superior kicker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatesville
C—O
Jack
Oglethorpe U Considers Flying Football Team
Oglethorpe University may become the first flying football team in the nation. President Dr Thormwell Jacobs has contacted an air transport company to explore flying the Petrel squad to New York for the games with Manhattan College next fall.
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Oglethorpe U
Atlante
Oglethorpe University
Thormwell Jacobs
Petrel
New York
Manhattan
U S Doughboy Wins France Chateau By Will
St Louis insurance man Charles M. Ziegler inherits a chateau and land near Arnage, France, from Adolphe Bonnet who died at eighty two. Ziegler cared for Bonnet after WWI and plans to visit the estate this year which yields more than 3120 yearly. He credits Bonnet with helping settle war claims and recalls serving in the St Mihiel drive.
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St. Louis
France
Charles M. Ziegler
Adolphe Bonnet
Arnage
Ziegler
United States
St. Mihiel
New Orleans Boy Who Can't Speak in School
Thirteen year old Arthur Gilbert of New Orleans cannot utter a word in school though he writes well and earns high marks. When away from school he becomes chatty. The Orleans Parish School Board and experts from Tulane University and the Child Guidance clinic are studying his condition but have not yet explained it.
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New Orleans
Arthur Gilbert
Arthur
Anl
Orleans Parish
John &. Pletcher
Tulane University
Gets Bite Buys License Then Reels In Salmon
Harold D. Jennings treasurer of the Central Maine Power Co and Augusta board of aldermen, fishing near city hall on the Kennebec river, caught a big salmon after Sewall Webster the city clerk issued a license. Smelts may be fished without a license.
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Augusta
Maine
Harold D. Jennings
Central Maine Power Company
Sewall Webster
Jennings
Plan for Plane Study of Mount Katmai in Alaska
National Geographic expedition may resume this summer to study Mount Katmai and nearby smoking volcanoes using airplanes for close crater scrutiny. Aviators have been asked to report landing spots on the mountains for observations.
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Mount Katmal
Alaska
Anchorage
National, Geographic Expedition
Mount Katmai
Churches Advise Sunday Play Not Sabbath Obedience
British churchmen meeting under the Council of Christian Churches and led by Bishop Gore urge relaxing strict Sabbath observance. They argue Sunday activity should be allowed and complain Protestant churches overemphasize the Third Commandment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Council of Christian Churches
Gore
Exhumation Move Sought In Austrian Royal Lovers Case
Vienna reports revive the tragedy of Crown Prince Rudolph and Baroness Mary Vetsera who died at Mayerling. An exhumation is proposed to determine if they killed themselves or were murdered by political rivals or factional pressures. The couple’s romance stunned Europe and remains a political flashpoint.
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Vienna
Trely
Paolo
Francesca
Europe
Rudolph
Francis Joseph
Elizabeth
Vetsern
Nu- Golph
Mary Vetsern
Karl Tschuppik
Ambassadors
Salesianergasse
Mary Vetsera
Malin
Baden
Mayerling
Mary
Meyerling
Jerry Knows the Way to Meal and Lodging
Jerry Doneohue sought meal and lodging at a Toronto police station but was refused. He threatened to smash windows, returned with bricks, and was charged with vagrancy. He received two weeks’ board free as a consequence.
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Jerry
Toronto
Jerry Doneohue
Horse Thief Agency Disbands After Automobile Move
York Pa The old Paradise Horse Thief Detective agency has applied for dissolution in the local court. The group includes 222 members who will share 532.50 after debts are settled, each receiving 2.75. The automobile is responsible for the disbanding.
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Horse Thief Agency
Automobile
York
Old Paradise Horse Thief Detective Agency
Public House Renamed The Innocent Woman in Wareham
The Wareham licensing commission granted a license to a pub formerly named The Angel, now called The Innocent Woman, with the chairman noting the new name means the same thing as before.
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Wareham
England
the &Lent Woman
Lcensing Commission
Sally and Ruth a playful name analysis from a sh
A partial reading of a humorous piece links Ruth and Sally names to virtues and vices. It discusses Ruth as gentle hands and Ruths truth and Sally as a capable, nurturing, practical figure with hints of aspiration and domestic roles.
Not All Peoples Wore Gloves Across Cultures
The passage notes gloves were common in Continental Europe but rare or unknown in China Japan and among many indigenous groups. It highlights that long sleeves reduced need in China, hunters in Japan used them, Eskimos among American Indians wore gloves, and gloves are scarcely found among African tribes or tropics peoples.
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Europe
China
Japan
Art of Giving and The Gift's True Spirit
A teaching on generosity notes that the value of a gift lies in the giver’s imaginative sympathy and understanding of another’s desire. It argues true giving involves putting oneself into the choice to fulfill that need rather than merely offering material items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
If Every Man Spoke Right on What He Thought
A brief Wit and Wisdom line quotes Docle Eben noting that honest talk would shorten conversations. It reflects a social quip about truth and brevity. The quotation is attributed to Washington.
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Docle Eben
Washington
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Malden
Mass
Sarojini Naidu
Maoblutma Gandhi
James J. Davis
Navy General Board
Committees On Foreign Relations and
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America
Foreign Relations Committee
Nols Waterway
Chicago
U. S
C. J. Coffman
Emmerstors
Ruth
Routh
Lear
Truth Elder
Sally
Western Newspaper Union
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