Hoover plans banking reform and international talks
President Hoover met with leading lawmakers to unveil a plan to stabilize the banking system via a $500 million private bank corporation, broadening rediscount rules, and expanding the Federal Farm Credit system. He proposed discussing an international monetary accord with France and warned Congress to act across party lines to implement measures. if private plans fail, a federal program akin to War Finance may follow.
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Hoover
White House
Senate
House
Priwhite
Reserve Board
Laval
France
Washington
Tme
Congress
War Finance Corporation
Pope Pius XI Appeals for Charity Amid Economic Crisis
The encyclical Nova Impendet dated October 2 urges Christians to unite in aid to relieve unemployment and distress this winter. It tackles three themes: the international economic crisis, rising unemployment, and armament spending, condemning excessive arms races that divert funds from relief.
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Pious XI
Angela
La Guardia Proposes Tax Revision Bill in Congress
Representative La Guardia of New York announces a tax revision bill for the forthcoming session aiming to raise an additional $750 million annually. He says the increase would come from higher income taxes on top brackets, inheritance and gift taxes, plus a 10 percent levy on automobiles, airplanes, and yachts.
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LA Guardia
New York
Congress
Treasury
Clergy linked campaign finance probe across period
District of Columbia grand jury investigates Bishop James Cannon Jr and Ada Burroughs over alleged failure to file campaign expenditure reports. U S Attorney Leo Tocver leads inquiry amid broader 1928 presidential activity probes. Also notes a Japanese aviation feat and Yorktown commemorations as France sends Marshal Petain envoy.
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District of Columbia
James Cannon, Jr
Ada L
Burroughs
Miss Burroughs
Anti- Smith Committee
Virginia
United States
Leo A. Tover
Certin Campaiay
House of Representatives
State Campaign Funds Investigation Committee
Gerald P. Nye
Lost Dutchman gold mine legend meets modern doubt
Arizona researchers and critics question the Lost Dutchman mine myth on Superstition Mountain. They recount paste of Dutch prospector tales, Apache cautions, and new searches that have yielded no mine or remains, including the 65 year old A Ruth disappearance from Washington D C.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
A. Ruth
Washington, D. C
Ruth
New Machine Will Make Ditch Digging Passe
Canton Ohio engineers announce a horizontal rotary boring machine that drills passageways and installs piping underground without an open ditch. The unit sets in a ditch at right angles to the embankment, with a side power unit and an adjustable drive shaft. Officials say the system is flexible and adaptable to operating conditions.
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Canton
Ohio
Oregon Turkeys Grow Large Halter Training Suggested
Edward Shearer warns that Oregon turkeys are increasing in size with many toms reaching 60 pounds. If growth continues, halter training and guiding them in stalls may become necessary as handling such birds demands strength.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Riddle on Alphabet Origins Solved by University of Chicago
Prof Martin Sprengling of the University of Chicago claims to have deciphered the final inscription of an ancient alphabet. He argues the alphabet derives from Semitic origins rather than Phoenician, tracing its roots to a Be_fdouin foreman who worked for the Egyptians during 1350 to 1800 B C according to his theory.
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Martin Sprengling
University of Chicago
Iis ‘Aehievement
Syprengling
Doherty Funds Unemployment Study By Engineers Group
Geary L. Doherty, millionaire head of Cities Services, deposits a 500000 fund for use by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to study methods alleviating unemployment.
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Geary L. Doherty
Milionaire
Cities’ Services Company
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Italian Priest Learns to Fix Leaning Towers
Don Piccardo a priest in Genoa shines as a church tower and belfry straightener. He has recently completed straightening the belfries of the parish churches of Monerato and Santo Stefano d'Aveto with two to three workmen. He secures the top with steel stays, digs a trench, inserts steel wedges, and packs sand before guiding the structure back to position.
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Don Piccardo
Lallan
Monerato
Santo Stefano d’Aveto
Ine
Don Ficcardo
Convict Wins 100000 for Unpickable Lock In Prison
Convict Jim Marks, of San Quentin, says his unpickable lock idea earned $100000 in escrow from an eastern firm while awaiting patent grants. He plans California relocation for family support and a future business, possibly a book titled How to Get Rich in Prison.
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San Quentin
Pricon
Calli—Barokl Marks
Marks
Jim
California
American trains dogs for blind in Paris
An American philanthropist Mrs Dorothy Harrison Eustis operates the Seeing Eye in Verey Switzerland training German shepherds as guides for the blind. Two aides Miles Edith Doudge and ED Humphrey assist, accepting few dogs at a time and emphasizing humane training to give independence to Paris and global blind communities.
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Paris
France
Tennessee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Verey
Switzerland
Eustis
Potsdam
Hustis
Miles Edith Doudge
ED &. Humphrey
Weather Whistle Guides Shoppers In Columbia
In Columbia Missouri a whistle system from the city water and light plant signals shoppers about the day’s weather. One long blast prompts a mall run, two to three shorts suggest postponements or rain gear, and further signals cue use of fans or coats. Meteorologist George Reeder coordinated broadcasts with the plant to share forecasts widely.
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Columbia
George Reeder
United States
Mow Codm
Lis
Robin Nest Found on Busy Locomotive
Workers of the Lehigh and New England railroad near Augusta and Goshen were startled to discover a robin nest on the air brake compressor of a locomotive. The engine travels 10 to 100 miles daily and contains two healthy young robins. The engineer noted that a mother robin may feed her brood on the move, a sight he has observed before with birds carrying material into engines.
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Augusta
N. T
Lehigh & New England Railroad
Goshen
Salt Water Lexington and early American Revolution sketches
The article recounts the June 17 1772 gaspe raid in Rhode Island and the Providence response led by Abraham Whipple. It notes the later naval formation of the Continental Congress and links Whipple to the salt water Lexington. It also details Jusoh Lessier and Millborne in New York as precursors to revolutionary sentiment and the 1688 incident that fueled colonial resistance.
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Rhode Island
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Providence Packet
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Captuin Lingee
Abraham Whipple
Providence
Squire
Dartyiouth
Boston
Ter Seare
Continental Congress
Aye
New York
William
Slaughter
Ingoldsby
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Lelster
Jacob Mit Boone
Leister
Millborne
Briish Roers
York City
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