First Session of Seventy-Second Congress Opens with Party Swell
The new Democratic House and Speaker Garner begin work as 16 new senators and about 100 new representatives take oaths. Mrs. Hattie Caraway is sworn in to fill her late husband’s Arkansas seat amid sober ceremony while congressional battles loom over pro frequent clashes and rule changes.
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John Nance Garner
Texas
Senate
Moses
New Hampshire
Norris
Nebraska
Pittman
Nevada
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Robinson
House
Garner
Snell
Repub
Nean
Schneider
Wisconsin
Evale
Minnesota
Lone Farmer Laborite
Nations council ends Manchuria hostilities pact altered by reservations
TAPAN and China accept the League of Nations ceasefire proposal as a neutral inquiry begins. Both nations attach reservations that reduce the agreement to a formality while Premier Wakatsuki's cabinet plans resignation and a coalition government with Inuwal of Seiyukai possibly taking the premiership.
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Tapan
China
League of Nations Council
Manchuria
Wakatsuki
Inuwal
Seiyukai Party
Nazi Rise in Germany Sparks Political Turmoil
Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists emerge as a powerful force in three German states. Adolf Witter speaks to correspondents about a future dictatorship modeled on Italy. He pledges to honor foreign debts but reject political black mail and pursue a new war debt arrangement. He denies seeking the presidency. Chancellor Bruening responds with a swift warning.
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National Socialists
Adolf Witter
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
Bruening
A. Warn
International notes and farm talks headline 1931 issues
In Basel the consultative committee of the Bank for International Settlements debated reparations with Walter W. Stewart opposing chairmanship, while Dr Alberto Beneduce of Italy took the post. In Chicago the Farm Bureau, the Grange, and the National Farmers Union align on surplus crop control and Farm Board edits. Kentucky tobacco growers protest low prices at Lexington. Postmaster General Brown reports a $146 million deficit and weighs postal rate changes. Archduke Otto’s rumored plan to reclaim the Hungarian throne via a seaplane coup draws attention. Mussolini reportedly supports Habsburg restoration. Jane Addams and Nicholas Murray Butler jointly receive the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Telne
Bank For
Basel
Switzerland
Walter ‘W. Stewart
Alberto Beneduce
Italy
Carl
Joseph Melchier
Germany
The
American
Farm Bureau
National Farmers' Union
Grange
Chicago
United
Ane
Congress
Farm Board
Senate
House
Edward A. O'Neal
L. J. Taber
John Simpson
Farmers’ Union
Brown
General Treasury
Archduke Otto
Belgium
England
London
Carol
Romania
Lake
Balaton
Hungary
St. Stephen
Otto
Mussolini
Hapsburg
SSS
Jane Addams
Hull House
Nicholas Murray
Butler
Columbia — University
Nobel Institute of Oslo
Norway
RINCE NICHOLAS RENOUNCES RUMANIA TIESTO
Nicholas Rince of Romania renounces royal membership and vows to stand by his wife Arielle. The announcement follows a dispute over titles and honors as the rural clan faces internal changes.
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Rince
Nicholas
Rumania
Thewrural
Arie
Sue
Mme
The Invisible Christmas Tree Across the World
An essay contrasts the physical Christmas tree with an invisible one built from goodwill and gifts of thought. It describes how friends, family, and even distant acquaintances contribute kind wishes, prayers, and support, extending the holiday spirit beyond material presents. The piece notes gifts from all walks of life, from Arctic to tropics, shaping a shared sense of happiness and prosperity.
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Arctic
Tropics
Western Newsnaner Union
Christmas Snow Adventure in California Valley
Marion and family travel to the High Sierras for a snowy Christmas with Prince the collie joining the trip. Prince disrupts a toboggan ride by pulling Marion and her mother from the snow, leading to a playful yet chaotic day of skiing and sledding in the lodge area.
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Jalms
Poinsetthis
Sierras
California
Marion
Tom
Harry
Prince
Collie
Marton
Marlon
Printe
Ten Planets Now Said to Orbit Our Sun
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that astronomers once believed only five planets existed. Uranus and Neptune were added in the nineteenth century and Pluto later. Now W I Pickering suggests a tenth planet beyond Pluto, based on cometary irregularities and photographic records.
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Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
W. I Pickering
Harvard
Pickering
Solar System
Sve
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Shortleaf Pine valued for reforestation gains
The shortleaf pine grows on poor and abandoned land and uplands and reaches maturity in about 30 years. At maturity it averages over 60 feet in height and about 9 inches in diameter. The soft wood is adaptable for many building uses. A good stand can contain 500 dominant trees per acre, making the yield worthwhile.
Mrs. Lydia Strawn's visit to bank ends with banker praise
Mrs Lydia Strawn of Roanoke Virginia drove 29 miles to a bank to explain her husband’s plight. The bank president warmly shakes her hand and says, Let me congratulate you, madam. Thank God that he isn't a banker.
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Lydia Strawn
Roanoke
Scattered Fragments Theorize City Life and Faith
A collage of quotes and wry observations on city migration faith and social critique. It notes the ease of urban life relief from danger yet hints at ongoing gossip and public discourse.
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Hoover
Mellon
Edward. W. Pickard
Mrs. Caraway
White Congress
Capitol
White House
Eek
W. H. Gardiner
Navy League
Stimson
Hammond Committee
Stevens
American Legion
Legion
Army
National Guard
Uri
State of the Union
Democrats
Hird
War Debt Commission
J. N. Garner
Adolf Hitter
Obacco
Kentucky
Lexington
Frederick Wadsworth
Western
Newspaper
Tinton
Layman
Mrs. E. Oakes Smith
Scandal
Darol
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