Senate Passes Tax Bill in Night Session Amid Hoover Warning
President Hoover warned of threatened government credit loss as the Senate in a late session passed a tax bill aiming for 1.121 billion dollars in revenue. He urged a sales tax, resisted by Democrats, then the chamber approved a plan raising revenue via a 1 cent gas tax, restored income tax levels, and a 3 percent electric utility tax. An Illinois senator proposed a 100 percent tax on incomes from criminal activity. C E Huff accused the Chicago Board of Trade of denying Farmers National Grain Corp membership, prompting a grain futures probe led by Hyde, Mitchell, and Lamont.
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Hoover
Senate
Garner
Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury Mills
House
Glenn
Illinois
C E. Huff
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Chicago Board of Trade
Department of Agriculture
Hull
Hyde
Grain Futures Commission
Washington
William D. Mitchell
Commerce
Robert P. Lamont
Senate Appropriations Panel Backs 239 Million Economy Bill
The senate appropriations committee favorably reports a national economy bill saving 239 million dollars. It trims salaries for government workers by 10 percent except enlisted personnel and constitutionally protected judges, with 48 million saved for veterans. The house version cut 52 million. Both bills authorize executive department reorganizations.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
House
Garner Testifies On $2.8 Billion Federal Relief Plan
Speaker Garner addressed the House Ways and Means Committee advocating a $2.8 billion relief bill. The President labeled it a pork barrel raid to fund post offices nationwide. Garner cited Hoover’s backing of a $2 billion public works plan from 1928 and both programs call for greater capitalization of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to loan for non federal construction.
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Cpeaker
Garner
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Hoover
Conference of Governors
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hitler’s Nazis gain interim control as Bruning resigns
Von Hindenburg forces Chancellor Bruening and his cabinet to resign over plans to curb financial collapse and aid the unemployed. A stopgap government led by Lieut. Col. Franz von Papen will govern until autumn and a general election may follow to test Nazi strength in the Reichstag.
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Einrich Bruening
Germany
von Hindenbureh
Hitler
Reichstag
Franz von Papen
United States
Washington
Karl Boy- Ed
Hoover Aides Draft Republican Platform Foundations
J R Garfield of Ohio, son of the late president, leads the resolutions committee drafting the Republican platform. President Hoover edited the draft at the White House adding items and removing others. Prohibition remains unsettled with Borah and Snell offering liberal views while Crusaders and anti prohibition groups plan demonstrations in Chicago. Airplane and watercraft parades, plus mass meetings, are scheduled around the convention week.
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Riting
Hoover
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Garfield
Interior
Roosevelt
Resolutions Committee
White House
Borah
Henry W. Peabody
Woman's National Committee For Law Enforcement
Voice of
Congress
Bertrand J. Snell
New York
House
Republican Citizens’ Committee Against
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Nomination Chose Joseph Scott For Hoover Bid In California
Erbert Hoover seeks nomination by a California party worker, with Joseph Scott of Los Angeles named as a leading candidate. Scott, born in England, a renowned lawyer, Catholic figure, Laetare medalist 1918 and Knight of St Gregory 1920, could influence the California lineup as conventions loom. The GOP and Democratic camps expect brief nominating sessions and possible debates on prohibition. Roosevelt appears poised to start with a solid plurality in delegates and states.
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Erbert Hoover
California
Joseph Scott
Los Angeles
Scott
England
University of Notre Dame
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government Resigns Amid Financial Crisis in Romania
The note reports that the government resignation followed severe financial troubles. Romania is described as broke with an empty treasury and a debt-laden state, signaling a major political shift due to fiscal strain.
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Romania
Veterans Caravan Forces Washington Call for Immediate Bonus Payment
A 1500 strong group of war veterans arrived in the capital demanding immediate soldiers' bonus payment. Trucks from state authorities carried the men as Senator Costizan of Colorado urged a $75,000 appropriation to feed and house them. Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois warned the vets risk derailing relief measures by threatening public servants and coercion.
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Ashington
Costizan
Colorado
J. Hamilton Lewis
Tllinois
Washington Soldiers’ Home
Manchukuo policy battles and Soviet warning in Far East
Premier Saito faces pressure over recognizing Manchukuo with Count Uchida urging delay until the state proves stability while Japan pursues economic penetrations. Soviet Isvestia warns against Japanese moves toward Siberia as Tokyo military operations press rebels in Manchukuo. Separately Senator Neely blasts Congress cost, reading a terse poem into the Record.
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APAN
Makoto Saito
China
Manchuria
Manchukuo
Count Uchida
Uchida
Salto
Japan
Manchoukuo
Siberian
Hailun
Isvestia
Siberia
United States
Russia
Soviet Russia
Montana Horse Values Fall While Farm Machinery Rises
Records from the state board of equalization in Helena show horses valued at 14 834 511 in 1923 dropping to 7 835 186 now, while farm machinery rises from 9 416 888 to 18 212 508. Dan J. Muri notes land assessments fall from 525 761 724 in 1923 to 400 050 926 in 1931 with further reductions this year and credits machinery value gains to more tractors and combines in grain counties.
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Old Dobbin
Montana
Placer
Virgin Prairie
State Board of Equalization
Helena
Dan J. Muri
State Board
Timber Land Value Drops in Montana 1931 Assessment
State board of equalization reports Montana timber land privately owned across 12 counties averaged 11.27 per acre in 1931, down from 12.32 in 1924. Across all land types the per acre assessed value fell from 12.37 to 11.42 for irrigated, 5.39 to 4.05 for grazing, and 42.09 to 11.27 for timber. James H. Stewart notes gradual declines over seven years.
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Montana
State Board of Equalization
James H. Stewart
No, I Have Changed Him
Dialogue reveals a witty assertion of transformative marriage. The speaker claims her husband has become better since marriage, noting she herself altered him and he now fears changing back.
Future Possibilities in Public Life Humour
A Washington Star dialogue features Senator Sorghum and a colleague joking about salary cuts. The exchange shifts to future possibilities as the senator muses about possibly seeking higher pay in private life and practicing for a radio announcer role.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
The Modern Idea Quote Sparks Relationship Doubt
The passage presents a worried speaker asking if she is the only girl whose money has influenced a partner. The dialogue reveals concerns about material affection and romantic trust within a relationship.
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Herbert
Beaver’s Record What Trees They Say He Can Cut
A playful exchange features Fox praising Beavy’s woodcutting where Beavy replies he has never been stumped. The dialogue highlights their forest skills and confidence in felling trees of any size.
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Fox
Beavy
Beaver
Gloomy Morning Turns to Rock Garden Project
A lighthearted exchange reveals plans shift from golfing to yard work as a wife informs her husband of a day off tomorrow to build a rock garden, altering expectations and mood during a routine departure.
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Bil
Cincinnat
Nquirer
Witty Hotel Corridor Exchange Reveals Thin Versus Fat Jibe
A very thin man meets a very fat man in a hotel corridor. The fat man quips about famine and the thin man fires back that the fat man might have caused it. The brief exchange showcases sharp humor in a public setting.
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Ixchange
Photo Snapshot Sparks Debate on Candid Cameras
The London Tit-Bits reflects on a candid photograph saying the snapshot proves the camera does not lie while noting the moment could have been less revealing. The remark underscores public interest in portrayals captured by media.
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London
Defining It Lodger Brings Some Soup
A witty exchange from London Tit-Bits features a lodger asking for soup and the landlady joking about windmill soup. The pun turns on wind turning round to imply serving soup, highlighting light humor in a domestic scene.
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London
Not the Proprietor Lodger Refutes Prison Claim
A dialogue fragment shows a man denying ownership of a property claim. The exchange includes a reference to a former prisoner and a lodger insisting he merely rented, not owned. The terse exchange hints at a dispute over property or tenancy.
Thoughtful Hubby Gifts Cigar Mystery Revealed
A husband frets over his wife’s birthday gift and worries about cigars being noticed in public. He expresses jealousy and concern that others may ask what the cigars are. The exchange suggests secrecy and sensitivity to appearances in their relationship.
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Mae
Wool Cleaning and Packing Instructions
Instructions describe removing weeds and debris from fleece, shearing when dry, clipping tags, rolling with flesh side out, tying each fleece with paper twine, and packing dead gray seedy wool and tags separately for exchange.
Sudan Emergency Crop for Pasture and Hay
Sudan grass serves as a good pasture and hay crop in emergencies. It thrives in hot weather and should be planted after the danger of frost. It can be drilled or broadcast for abundant feed and can yield two hay cuts as heads appear. It resists some insect damage but early grazing reduces yield. Seed rate 20 to 80 pounds per acre. Prairie Farmer.
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Sudan
Agricultural Notes and Farm Tips From U. S. Agencies
Agricultural notes urge cleaning woodlots in spare hours and glazing corn for silage. They advise protective shelter belts for orchards and small fruits, use of bacterial cultures for legumes, and note Illinois and Wisconsin livestock data. Milking and feed practices are touched, with bean economics and hog cholera vaccination timing advised.
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Hoover—Von Papen
Edward W. Pickard
Berlin
Herr Bruening
J. R. Garfield
Senator Lewis
Saito
Neely
West Virginia
Uncle Sam
M. M. Neely
Froraer
Middle West
Rps
Billings
John M. Evans
Missoula
Montana Elevator Company
Denton
Jess H. Stevens
Shelby
Carl L. Brattin
Sidney
Fergus County
State Department
Erickson
Frank Nevills
Degee
A. J. Hedrix
Sweet Grass
Negills
Hedrix
Frank
New York Experiment Station
Clinois
University of Olindia Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Lewis & Walker
P. O
North
Wyoming
Butte, Mont
Richard McCarthy
East Granite
Butte, Montana
Land Office
Estract.co
Pearl I. Smith
Dillon
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