Farm relief bill blocked by opposing Democrats and Republicans
The piece argues that blocking the farm relief bill is the aim of defeated Democrats led by Senator Robinson with support from Republicans styled as radicals. It claims that this coalition would betray agricultural interests, oppose subsidies, and push for a fruitless Senate session while criticizing traffic signal disregard and pedestrian safety.
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Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Gov. Smith
South
House
Senate
Norris
Robinson
Trench
Congress
Law To Restrict Interstate Gun Shipments Proposed
Representative Fish of New York offers House Bill No. 3665 to ban interstate shipments of machine guns and automatic rifles, acknowledging little chance of action this session but urging federal action to curb gangland violence and protect public safety.
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Congress
Representative Fish
New York
Fish
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Fifty Years Ago in Cincinnati June 10 1879
Political fights target the Police Department with a bill to remove the board and hand appointments to the Aldermen president. It promises to create a Democratic machine in policing for election purposes. Julius Reis seen as likely selection to please German voters. Economists seek 5 to 10 percent cuts for salaries over 500, but Col ONeill blocks the move. Cumminsville gains a branch library. Gen Banning, Public Librarian Vickers and Mayor speak at Miller's Hall. Henry Probasco to lead Spring Grove Cemetery trustees with new adornment plans. Saengerfest newcomers assured Cincinnati is not a dry region. Vine Street reportedly has 348 saloons. Thomas Vickers again named Public Librarian with trustees setting 3500 salary. Weather: rains with temperatures 53 to 85 degrees.
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Bill
Julius Reis
In Defense of Bosses
A poem debating bosses and workplace conduct. The speaker contrasts gentle management with harsh treatment and notes many bosses succeed despite rough speech. The piece contemplates venting freely yet acknowledges the grind of leadership and the value of restrained honesty.
The Farmer's Advice by ALFALFA SMITH
An inspirational column urging self belief and personal power to overcome poverty and fear. It argues wealth is abundant and success depends on valuing one’s own powers and taking action. The piece contrasts abundance with a mindset of inferiority.
Corporate giants plot new empires in 1929 boardroom satire
The RCA board envisions buying noises and cows, merging with Chicago stockyards for 60 million, while GE eyes weather patents and thunder and rain. Int Tel and Tel touts global reach. deaf and dumb signals prompt an $80 million stock sale to fund schools. Nat Lazarug teases Broadway with a new playbill twist.
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Colossus
Radio Corporation of America
Phonograph Corporation
George
Righto
Chicago
Tel
Telephone Corporation
Bill
New York World News Service
New York World) Press Publishing Co
Salton Sea shifts from shrinking to expanding in recent years
In Southern California the Salton Sea, formed after the 1905 Colorado River breach, swelled from 515 square miles as water inflows resumed. After a long period of rapid shrinkage through 1930, recent years show growth due to irrigated lands waste water and occasional Whitewater River overflow.
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California
America
Salton Sea
Colorado River
Shugé
Weather Bureau
Whitewater
Life Expectancy Shifts Show Varied Adult Mortality
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports rising death rates among adult policyholders over the past decade. Infants now show longer life expectancy than those born in 1920, but mortality climbs after age thirty-seven, with death rates 1.67 per 1,000 at age twelve, 6.25 at thirty-seven, and a marked increase by age forty-two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Balloonists Drift Across North Sea In Gas Bag
Three German balloonists ascended at Leipzig for a short flight but were forced down by a storm. Their gas valve stuck and they drifted twelve hours northward over the ocean, traveling over Holland before their craft crashed into a tree on a Scottish mountain top, saving them from a worse fate.
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Atlantic
North Sea
Leipzig
Holland
Ocean
Scotland
Bird Bathing Across Seasons And Habits
Birds bathe regularly in all seasons and in northern regions whenever water is available. Some species use snow baths when water is scarce, and the snow owl cleans its face by pushing into snow after meals. Others bathe by diving into deep water and emerging.
Reparations settle calm period for a decade
The Reparations Conference ends with Germany agreeing to long term payments seen as easing tensions. But farm prices plunge with wheat at 93c in Chicago, lowering farmers purchasing power and signaling potential summer strain. Cotton also drops while industry shows mixed signals of recession and resilient output.
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Theodore H. Price
Commerce and Finance
New York
Germany
House
Senate
Chicago
THAW MOTHER TAKEN BY DEATH AFTER ILLNESS
Mary Thaw widow of William Thaw dies after long illness. Born 1843 in Armstrong County Pennsylvania she aided Civil War soldiers auctioning a diamond ring to fund the army sanitary commission. Her philanthropy spanned Alaska Siam the South and Southwest and supported education missions and scientific research.
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Armstrong County
Mary Copley
William Thaw
Army Sanitary Commission
Thaw
Pt. Barrow
Alaska
Siam
United States
Ohio State U Graduates 1250 in 1933 Commencement
The 1250 graduates march to the stadium for baccalaureate services with Charles F. Kettering delivering the commencement address. Rev. E. F. Chauncey presides. Ivy planted at 8 pm and class breakfast follows. Literary exercises at 9:30, luncheon noon, evening concert and president’s reception. Degrees awarded Tuesday with honors announced.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
University Stadium
Charles F. Kettering
Dayton, O
General Motors Corporation
E. F. Chauncey
Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbus
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Hotaling
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Uncle Sam
Internal
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Charles Dabney
Cincinnati University
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Louisville
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Fred Tuke
Cal Fenner
Taxpayers’ Association
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Cumminsville
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Banning
Vickers
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Miller's Hall
Henry Probasco
Robert Buchanan
Spring Grove Cemetery
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Cincinnati Varsity
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the Bell Syndicate, Inc
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Neal O’hara
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General Electric
Gillam Iis
Nat Lazarug
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Walter Hagen
Ina
Grover Whaten
Harry Sinclair
Texas Guinan
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Charles Lindbergh
Gotham Daze
William R. Lipman
Aunt Yulia
Maurice Ketten
Press Pub. Co
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Federal Reserve Board
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