Congress Opens as Hoover Presses Support and Reform
President Hoover's annual message urges tariff action and tax cuts, advocates commissions, and calls for stronger enforcement of Prohibition. He backs river and harbor funding, federal building programs, and ocean mail contracts while seeking executive-led government reorganization. The piece notes senate challenge over Vare’s seat and international tensions with Russia over Manchuria and China.
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Edward W. Pickard
Hoover
Senate
House
London
United States
Muscle Shoals
Haiti
President's 1931 Budget Includes Defense Build and Public Works
The President sent to Congress a 1931 budget proposing total outlays of 3.83 billion dollars with about 719 million for national defense. It includes the laying down of three 10,000 ton cruisers whose work was suspended last summer, 33 million for air services, and 30 million for public buildings.
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Congress
Hoover
Army
Navy
Speedy House Action on 160 Million Tax Reduction Plan
The house moved quickly on the administration’s 160 million tax cut, with near unanimous support for the joint resolution. It was expected the Senate would approve after debate and enactment before the session ends.
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Peedy
House
Senate
Hoover backers form group to push business progress
About four hundred leaders from business finance and industry met in Washington at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States invitation. President Hoover outlined progress from prior conferences as Assistant Secretary Klein spoke on strengths and weaknesses in the current business climate. A permanent committee was formed to monitor production distribution and consumption and to act against depressions before they deepen. Klein noted some industries underperforming while agriculture transport mining and major manufacturing remain broadly healthy with stable prices and low inventories.
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Hoover
Stimson
Great Britain
China
Russia
Manchuria
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
Moscow
South America
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
Klein
Commerce Department
Post Office Deficit Deepens in Brown Annual Report
Postmaster General Brown reports the department ran a deficit of $85,161,176 for the year ending June 80, more than double the prior year. Causes include $7.47 million in extra postal wages, $7.39 million on ocean mail contracts, and rate cuts reducing revenue by about $21.528 million. The report notes nearly $10 million in free privileged mail handled at no charge.
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Ostmaster
Brown
Massachusetts Rep Pushes Probe Into Lobbying Sources
Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts urges Senate lobby committee to inspect lobbyists beyond tariff groups including Anti Saloon League and others influencing prohibition. Chairman Caraway offered a public hearing as the investigation considers a registration requirement with penalties for violators.
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Tinkiam
Massachusetts
Senate Committee
Anti-saloon League
Caraway
Tinkham
Rhine land liberation marked by bonfires and cheers
Oblenz, Germany held a twenty four celebration of the liberation of the second zone of occupation as Allied troops marched out and German authorities moved in bands played and crowds rejoiced. The last British occupation troop was announced to leave the Rhineland on December 12, 1929.
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Oblenz
Germany
Rhineland
Western Newspaper Union
Christmas Star and Grapes Heal Old Wounds
In a small town tale set during a Christmas program a desert journey ends with Matt Hughes giving a basket of Californian grapes to his longtime friend James Howard. The gesture becomes forgiveness and renewal as the men exchange Merry Christmas and God bless you beneath the starlit sky.
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Matt Hughes
New England
California
Howard James
West
Dolly
Hughes
Matt
James Howard
Howard
Western Newspaper Union
Varieties of Wheat Named for Consumers and Acreage Change
The article lists wheat varieties including Turkey Marquis Fultz Mediterranean Poole Preston Haynes Bluestem Red May Red Wave Kanned Blackhull Trumbull Kabanka and Harvest Queen. It notes U S wheat acreage fell from 73 million to under 51 million acres between 1919 and 1924.
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Turkey
United States
Look Not Through the Glass Darkly Poem
A devotional verse urges readers to seek light over gloom and share kindness. It celebrates beauty, friendship, faith, and resilience, advising to dwell on joy, forget troubles, and push on with gratitude despite hazards.
The Wise Men Come Adoring On This Born Day
A devotional verse celebrates the birth of the Christ child in the manger. It speaks of Mary and the divine nature of Jesus, calling him Prince of Peace and Light. The poem envisions a growing throng joining angels in praise as time continues.
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Mary
God
Observation on Sleep and Dress of Man in Bed
A passing remark notes that only humans undress before sleep and must be awakened by an alarm clock. The statement contrasts human habits with other creatures and highlights daily routines tied to waking.
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Glarm
Cinelnatl
Ebquirer
Speech Tested by Vessel Sound Reveals Wise or Foolish
The text argues that men prove themselves by their speeches whether they are wise or foolish, testing truth through spoken words. It presents a metaphor of a vessel tested by sound to determine quality and reliability. The emphasis is on rhetoric revealing character and capability.
Hull’s 1812 Canadian Invasion Ends in Failure
Gen William Hull led US troops across to Sandwich near Detroit on July 12 1812 and attacked Fort Malden but retreated after stiff Canadian defense. The invasion failed to secure Canadian territory and Hull faced decisive defeat.
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Wiliam Hull
United States
Canada
Sandwich
Detroit
Mich
Fort Malden
Templars of Honor and Temperance: An Old Secret Society
The Templars of Honor and Temperance is described as the oldest secret temperance organization in the country, founded in 1845. The article notes its long history and status among fraternal groups.
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The
Templars of Honor and Temperance
Black Hills Gold Rush Items Donated for Deadwood Museum
Pioneer merchant W. EB Adams of Deadwood South Dakota donates gold rush relics to establish a local museum preserving their memory and heritage for future generations.
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Black Hills
Deadwood
W. EB. Adams
Mental Carelessness Sins In The Struggle Against Repentance
Notes quote Phillips Brooks on sin and human frailty. The line frames mental carelessness as a vice to be fought and repented, placing it beside other sins in moral striving.
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Phillips Brooks
Snakes Worldwide Count and US Species Estimate
The world hosts about 1 639 snake kinds while the United States has roughly 162 species. This snapshot outlines global diversity and regional variety in serpents.
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United States
Rubber erases pencil marks dating to revolutionary era
The note recalls that the discovery of rubber's erasing power emerged around the time of the American Revolution, highlighting an early shift in writing and editing tools.
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Boon
Composition of White Gold Origins and Namesake
The alloy contains about 10 percent palladium, a platinum group metal. White gold was discovered in 1808 and named after the newly recovered asteroid Pallas.
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Pallas
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W. B. Wilson
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Italy
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Vatican City
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Royal Dutch Shell
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American Petroleum Institute
Harry ¥. Sinclair
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Nature
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Buts
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Pearl J. Smith
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Albert H. Rogers
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