Hoover Defies Senate Over Power Board Nominations
The Hoover administration rejected a Senate demand to rescind and confirm power board nominees George Otis Smith Marcel Gargaud and Claude Draper. The Senate voted 36 to 28 to restore the three commissioners to the executive calendar. President Hoover cites constitutional limits and an attorney general opinion. Other items note Red Cross drought relief desires and a plan to use federal funds for rural aid and city relief while Arkansas farmers push for more drought relief funding.
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Senate
Power Board
Red Cross
Goren
Hoover
George
Otis Smith
Marcel Gargaud
Claude L. Draper
Goover
Mittchell
Burton K. Wheeter
Montana
Independent Offices
United States
John Barton Payne
Payne
Mr. Payne
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Arkansas
Caraway
House
Robinson
Interior Department
O Ritchie Signals 1982 Presidential Bid at Inauguration
Maryland Governor Albert C. O Ritchie hinted at running for national office in 1982 during his fourth inaugural address. He framed the issue as a national question and criticized prohibition and the Hoover era in a speech addressing broader national matters beyond Maryland.
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Republican National Committee
Alfred B. Smith
Robert H. Unecas
Nebraska
Nye
Lincoln, Neb
George W. Norris
Broken Bow
Democratic Party
Albert C. O ‘Ritchie
Maryland
Hoover
Hoover Nominees Confirmed for Tariff Board by Senate
The Senate confirmed six Hoover nominees to the tariff board after debate over a Utah candidate and sugar tariff concerns. The group includes Henry P. Fletcher, Thomas W. Page, John Lee Coulter, Alfred P. Dennis, Edgar B. Brossard, and Lincoln Dixon, despite opposition from some radical Republicans.
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Senate
Hoover
Tariff Board
Henry P. Fletcher
Thomas W. Page
John Lee Coulter
Alfred P. Dennis
Edgar’ B. Brossard
Lincoln Dixon
Robinson
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Brossard
Utah
Old Tariff Commission
Montana highway debenture bill passes amid strong support
Montana lawmakers approve the highway debenture bill 89 to 3, paving the way to issue 6 million dollars in warrants over four years at 5 percent interest. Governor Erickson endorses, with a supreme court review sought. other measures include a 25 cent driver license fee and tobacco tax plans for education funding.
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Helena
Montana
House
Hagstead
McCone
Sample
Dawson
Sheffer
Treasure
Benjamin Ag
Hamilton
Musselshell
Dellno
Montana Automobile Association
Erickson
Supreme Court
Garber of
Sanders
Senate
State Board of Education
Jorgensen
Jefferson
Montagu
L. A. Foote
Jorgenson
Jefferson County
Crime Commission
Buck
Flathead
Hodgekiss of
Teton
Waring
Powder River
Moss
George W. Graff
Yellowstone
Larson
Phillips
Frickson
Assembly
Butte
Silver Bow County
M. Kerr Beadle
Fairgrieve
Carbon County
Fairgueue
California Fig Syrup touted as kids’ remedy in ad copy
Mrs James W Nolen from Dallas praises California Fig Syrup for her feverish fretful child noting quick improvement after use. The testimonial claims years of success for upset stomachs and colds with doctors recommending the pure vegetable product for appetite, digestion, and bowel opening. The ad warns to buy the genuine product bearing the California name.
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Betty Jean
James W. Nolen
Ceanter St
Dallas
Texas
California
Family-auto anecdote from Joseph Conrad memoirs
A. B. Conrad recounts stories from his father Joseph Conrad about an old cranking automobile beloved as a family pet. The car's owner trusted it to take him anywhere and back, joking that the cranky vehicle seemed almost human.
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A. B. Conrad
Joseph Conrad
A. B
Planning Ahead Father and Daughter Exchange on Marriage
A father asks what his daughter will do when grown. She replies she will marry an engineer, and when he questions civil status she asserts she will make him civil, a witty exchange from a humor page snippet.
Unspanked Babe Friendly Golfer Briefly Searches Lost Ball
A London bystander notes a golfer’s search for a lost ball as a caddie interjects about a brand new ball that had not been properly used. The exchange captures playful banter amid a game setting with a hint of rivalry.
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London
To a Woman More Beautiful With Long Hair or Short
A witty quip contrasts hair length with beauty, asking which style enhances charm more. The remark, aimed at playful debate, uses a pun about hair and a common rhetorical question.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Ad Speaks To Bowel Health
An advertisement urges readers to watch bowel health after forty and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe effective laxative for all ages. It claims long practice 47 years and that it cannot gripe or weaken, suitable for babies and adults, with big bottles available at drugstores.
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Edward W. Pickard
Federal Farm Board
Legge
Grain Stabilization Corporation
J. B. Payne
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Louisiana
Jadwin
War Department
Suecessor
Thompson
Col
Robert Isham Randolph
Chicago Association
Commerce
New Orleans
R. John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Raymond A. Fosdick
New York
Princeton
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Doctor Hibben
University
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
John Witherspoon
James Carnahan
James, McCosh
Sen. Wheeler
al Smith
R. A. Fosdick
Tion
H. Strawn
International Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Georges Theunis
Belgium
International Chamber
Silas H. Strawn
Russia
America
Nathan Straus
Edwin F. Meyer
Associated Jewish Charities
Beryl Hart
Lieut. W. S. MacLaren
Bermuda
Azores
Paris
Atlantic
Ristide Briand
League of Nations
Geneva
Europe
M. Briand
Eric Drummond
The
League
South America
C. Avenol
Great Britain
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Ito
France
Briand
Union
Montana College
Bozeman
Board of Control
High School Athletic Association
John Lee
Schubert Dyche
W. Plew
W. D. Tallman
W. H. mcGail
W. F. Brewer
F. M. Harrington
A. H. Post
Willis J. Wood
M. R. Good
Billings
Billings Exposition, Inc
Great Falls
Federal Grain Supervision
R. W. Skelton
Lewistown
Fergus
Frank Hogeland
Herena
Montana League of Women Voters
Three Forks
Lewis Penwell
Wolf Point
Scobey
Fort Peck Reservation
Kalispell
Flathead Valley
Missoula
W. T. Beaumont
Montana Taxpayers, Association
Montana School Boards Association
Roundup Central Trades and Labor Council
Roy
W. W. Jennings
Brooks
Glendive
New England
N. D
North Dakota
Montan
A. B. Landquist
Amidon
Herman H. Weimer
Disabled American Veterans
Helena Veterans’ Hospital
Congress
Pat Doyle
Doyle
Leslie Simkins
W. B. Caldwell
Doctors
W. N. U. Billings
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