Congress in Lame Duck Session Faces Tax and Budget Clash
As Hoover faces a potential veto to major measures the Senate stalls on Glass banking reform amid Huey Long filibuster while Rainey Harrison and Roosevelt aides push budget balancing through spending cuts and a beer tax. Roosevelt meets foreign officials to map post inauguration policy. The repeal resolution seeks to temper Prohibition with federal liquor controls and state submission.
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Louisiana
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White House
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Henry T. Rainey
Linois
Cat Harrison
Mississipp
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Judiciary Committee
Garner
Senate Debates Reparations and Long’s Filibuster Ripple
Senate discussion centers on France and Hoover Laval talks with claims debts would be scaled down. Huey Long derides Glass banking bill with a dramatic Bible reading and a plan for fed bonds and a capital levy. Republican Rep Kendall and Oregon's Butler die. Kendall’s death by own action shocks the capital.
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Senate
France
Hoover
M. Laval
United States
Idaho
Hiram Johnson
Alifornia
Ingfish
Long
Huey
Senator Glass
Glass
House of Morgan
Alerity
Hoover urges arms convention ratification or new powers bill
President Hoover urged Congress to ratify the long delayed international arms convention or pass legislation granting the president broader authority to curb arms shipments to belligerents. Senate leaders including Borah oppose the convention, Shipstead states he can approve neither plan, and Republicans like Hamilton Wiss oppose them.
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Hoover
Congress
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bet
Shipstead
Minnesota
Alamilton Wiss
New York
Bankruptcy reform debate advances in judiciary committee
The judiciary committee began consideration of a bill embodying Hoover suggested principles to ease the debt situation during the current low mood period.
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Ongers
Hoover ‘Lo
Will of Alvin Coolidge Reveals He Left Estate to Mrs. Coolidge
The late Alvin Coolidge left his entire estate to Mrs. Coolidge in a probate filing. Friends estimated the property at about 250000 dollars. Son John Coolidge was provided for in a trust of 100000 dollars set up after his marriage to Florence Trumbull. A New York rumor claimed Coolidge’s life insurance application of 2100 dollars was rejected due to heart condition.
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Coolidge
Florence Trumbull
New York
Illinois Election Spending Highlights Low Cost Campaigns
Democrats won in Illinois with small spending, showing Dieterich used 272 dollars for the US Senate race while Glenn spent 5838. Other races include Tren nan 2 dollars for congressman at large and Simpson 3 040 for tenth district. Web er contested the election with 1525. Meanwhile farmers opposing tax sales gathered crowds to block foreclosures, keeping properties temporarily.
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Senate
House
William H. Dieterich
United States
Oris F. Glenn
Martin A.trennan
Ilinois
James Simpson
H. Weber
Iowa
Farm parity bill debated as farmers seek price support and control
Discussion of a farm parity plan outlines a tax on processing to raise domestic prices for wheat cotton tobacco rice and hogs. It requires 60 percent farmer approval per commodity and creates a nationwide administration to allocate quotas, aiming to raise prices while limiting production and costs through reduced acreage and use of home grown seeds.
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Senate
Roosevelt Farm
Indiana
Purdue University
Point Plain
William. “Bruckart Washington
Congress
Jones
House Committee ‘On Agriculture
Treasury
Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Jones
Tilakative Cass County Misouri hat joke fragment
Fragmentary OCR text notes a jokey remark about a hat making someone look 80, with garbled dialogue and stray quotes. Requires reconstruction from limited readable words.
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Cass County Migsourlan
Look Who's Here Chocolate Cascaréts Debuts New Flavor
An old favorite returns with a new chocolate Cascaréts flavor to supplement the candy laxative advertised since the early 80s. The slogan They Work While You Sleep stays for both varieties.
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Adv
Second Drawback One Nose at the Grindstone Causes Silence
The fragment notes a tension between practice and talk, suggesting too much discussion dulls effort. It hints at a critic’s view of overtalk hindering progress and discipline in focused work.
California Fig Syrup Ad Claimed to Help Children
A testimonial from Mrs. J G Moore of San Antonio praises California Fig Syrup as a safe, nutritious aid for children with weak bowels and illness. The ad stresses reliable results, warns buyers to insist on the genuine “Californian” syrup, and claims decades of trust.
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California
J. G. Moore
Cliff Ave
San Antonio
Texas
Dorothy
Rule for Life Too A Poor Fisherman Won’t Wet His Feet
A compact proverb notes a cautious fisherman who avoids entering the water. The line humorously frames risk as a moral choice.
Creomulsion Promised to End Persistent Coughs and Colds
Advertisement touts Creomulsion as a new medical discovery with creosote and healing elements that soothe inflamed membranes, stop irritation, and attack germs. It claims relief for persistent coughs bronchitis asthma and flu recovery with a money back guarantee if not relieved after following directions.
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