Rockefeller calls for repeal of the eighteenth amendment
John D. Rockefeller Jr. urges repeal and state control of liquor traffic in a letter to Nicholas Murray Butler. He cites increased drinking and crime, supports Butler's prohibition reform plan, and hopes temperance workers continue pushing practical measures amid wets and drys reactions.
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Onn
Pp. Rockefeller, JR
Anti-Sodoon League
Rockefeller
Nicholas Murray Butler
Doctor Butler
National Antiprohibition Groups Form United Repeal Council
In New York six national antiprohibition organizations create the United Repeal Council to place repeal on both major party platforms. Pierre S. du Pont is elected chairman of the council.
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New York
United Repeal Council
Pierre S. du Pont
Roosevelt Faction Hopes and Roiling Conventions
M43 anxious hours followed over how the Republican prohibition plank should be cast. A conference with Wal ter Brown and a dozen senators approved a resolution favoring the re submission of the eighteenth amendment. Wet Republicans criticized it as weak and evasive. Borah and Tydings mocked the plan on the senate floor. Shouse faced attempts to replace him as permanent chairman amid Roosevelt anti-Roosevelt maneuvering. Walker’s fate looms as Seabury’s report could oust him, influencing New York politics and party strength.
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James R. Garfield
Walter Brown
Senate
Borah
Tydings
Maryland
Roosevelt
Shouse
Indiana Republicans Vote Wet Despite Prohibitionists Pleas
Indiana Republicans at the state convention adopted a plank to submit repeal propositions on national and state dry laws to the people. Nominated for governor was M N Rayhond Springer and Senator Jim Watson was renominated by acclamation.
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Ndiana
MN Rayhond
Springer
Jim Watson
Hoover signs revenue bill amid mixed public reaction
President Hoover endorses a new revenue bill describing it as a hodgepodge yet capable of balancing the federal budget under certain conditions and within specified limits for fiscal year 1983. The remarks reflect broad American sentiment on the legislation.
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Hoover
Dawes Resigns From Reconstruction Finance Board
Charles G. Dawes abruptly informs President Hoover of his resignation as president of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The move takes effect June 15 and Dawes denies rumors of friction with officials.
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Charles Gates Dawes
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Veterans Parade Clashes Sparked by Reds and Bonus Seekers
A contentious Memorial Day march saw veterans and bonus seekers clash briefly as police kept ready. Persuasive rhetoric and a glare clash marked the event with Senator Lewis of Illinois drawing opposition from marchers who scattered toward veterans camps while bands played and flags flew.
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Uest
Communista
Peace Monument
Lewis
Inois
Senate
Towa Republicans Oust Brookhart Backed by Henry Field Victory
In a decisive primary shift, Henry Field of Shenandoah defeats Senator Brookhart as Republicans abandon the incumbent radical. Field vows to avoid nepotism and not bring family to Washington. Democrats nominate Louis Murphy over Daniel Steck. Reynolds and Morrison vie in North Carolina runoff. Roosevelt sweeps Florida. Wilcox defeats Owen in Fourth District.
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TOWA
Smith D. Brookhart
Lienry Field
Shenandoah
Field
Brookhart
Cameron Morrison
Robert R. Reynolds
Morrison
Reynolds
Franklin Roosevelt
Florida
Alfalfa Bu" Murray
Mark Wilcox
West Palm Beach
Ruth Bryan Owen
Wisconsin Republicans Nominate Ticket Against La Follette Dynasty
In Madison conservatives nominated John B. Chapple of Ashland for the United States Senate opposing Senator Blaine and former Governor Walter J. Kohler for governor to challenge Gov. Phil La Follette who seeks another term.
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Isconsin
Madison
la Follette
John B. Chapple
Ashland
United States Senate
Blaine
Walter J. Kohler
Phil la Follette
Insull Resigns Amid Financial Struggles and Ill Health
Samuel Insull of Chicago, long a leading utilities magnate, resigns as head of his major concerns and as officer or director of related firms amid financial stress and declining health. He plans to sail for Europe and may reside in England, where he owns a home. It is reported three large corporations he built will grant him a pension of 18000 dollars annually.
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Amuel Insull
Chicago
Insull
Europe
England
Chile political upheaval ends in provisional leadership
The HILB regime collapses as a military socialistic junta seizes power with Carlos Davila installed as provisional president. Col Marmaduke Grove becomes defense minister and moves to suppress a counter revolution. Officials in Santiago claim no immediate danger to American investments except those tied to 375 dollars.
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HILB
Montero
Carlos Davila
United States
Col
Marmaduke Grove
Santiago
Chile
Montana Delegation Shapes at Republican National Convention
Montana's 11 delegates and alternates, headed by veterans like T A Marlow and C H P Shelley, travel to Chicago to back Hoover and a platform urging tariffs on copper lumber oil. Grace D Catlin is the sole woman among alternates. Democratic delegates prepare in Helena for their June 27 convention.
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Montana
Chicago
T. A. Marlow
Helena
C. H. P. Shelley
Red Lodge
W.C. Husband
J. B. McKenzie
Havre
A. W. Miles
Livingston
Leavitt
Dixon
Grace D. Catlin
Missoula
Hoover
Montana Civic, Business Notes From State Meetings
The Alberta-Montana Highway association and Montana Retail Merchants hold conventions in Great Falls on August 2 and June 20 21 respectively. Montana farmers predict a 60 million bushel wheat harvest this year up from 14 million in 1931. Montana counties receive 144113 from motor vehicle license plate sales for the past month. The Montana Fish and Game commission votes to stop publishing its wildlife organ. A Red Lodge Cook City road toward Yellowstone nears Beartooth tops. no vehicle has traversed. Deep test work resumes on Minnesota-Flatwillow well at Ivanhoe dome north of Melstone. Montana five cent gasoline tax yields 1073868 so far this year, about 235000 less than last year. The Montana Association of Elks plans a Lewistown convention August 11 13. Sugar beet crop in Billings district shows upside over 1930 per C W Doherty. Harry B. Mitchell of Great Falls seeks the Democratic nomination for governor. other candidates already in the race. Great Northern railway car shops at Great Falls return to full time with 150 plus workers. Ohio Oil exhausts storage at its Dry Creek field well, reducing production from 1350 to 500 bpd. Midland Canning of Billings contracts 200 acres of corn and some cabbage. plant to start corn packing Aug 20–Sept 1. Railroads assessed about 5% lower for inter-county lines. Milwaukee seeks 15% but board fixes taxes for 1932. Wool shearing starts in northern Lewis and Clark County as Montana Wool Growers plan statewide wool harvest.
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Alberta-Montana Highway Association
Great Falls
Montana Retail Merchants’ Association
Montana
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Wildlife
Helena
Red Lodge
Cook City
Yellowstone National Park
Beartooth Mountains
Minnesota-Flatwillow Petroleum Company
Ivanhoe Dome
Melstone
Montana Association of Elks
Lewistown
Billings
C. W. Doherty
Great Western
Harry B. Mitchell
Erickson
Miles Romney
Hamilton
Lewis Penwell
Great Northern Railway
Great. Falls
Ohio Oil Company
Dry Creek
Carbon County
Midland Canning Company
State Board of Equalization
Milwaukee
Lewis and Clark County
M. E. Stebbins
Montana Wool Growers ‘Association
Sweet clover pastures boost stock gain and milk yields
An Ohio State Extension specialist notes pastures with sweet clover outperform bluegrass by more than twofold. Acreage with sweet clover can support two to three livestock units per acre and produced $60 worth of milk from one acre at five cents a quart. Multiple fields fed hundreds of sheep, hogs, and cattle, with sweet clover supplying forage and seed.
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Putnam County
Clean Seed Quality Warns Farmers in Seed Grain Efforts
State seed grain committees report supplying seed to districts lacking local stock. Much grain is fair to good, yet some imported seed is barely seed quality. Emphasis on cleaning seed remains essential. warnings about weed seed contamination and effort to avoid increasing it. Dakota Farmer notes widespread weed seeds in fields.
Feed the Pastures Pastures make the cheapest milk
Michigan State college men advise using a 5-10-5 fertilizer on pasture lots at 300 to 1000 pounds per acre. Apply four to five weeks before turning out grazing cattle and repeat every second or third year to replenish soil phosphoric acid depleted by longterm grazing.
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Michigan State College
Michigan
Planting asparagus crowns for spring transplanting
When planting asparagus, move crowns not older than one year as soon as possible. Open furrows four to six feet apart, place crowns in trench bottoms with roots extending laterally, cover with one or two inches of soil, and at each cultivation add soil to bury weeds in the row. By midsummer the furrow is filled.
Unclear Conversation Hints at Mrs Strongmind's Husband
A fragment from a dialogue questions whether Mrs Strongmind's husband is naturally gentle and patient or merely frightened. The exchange suggests doubt about his true disposition.
Virginia Politician Suspected of Late-Night Sessions
A family quip frames a young man with political ambitions as one who holds late-night study or meetings, drawing attention to his schedule and the expectation of being elected a legislator, while a parent jokingly advises against all-night sessions.
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Virginia
Tim
Foul Weather Warnings From a Whispered Exchange
Mrs Corntessel voices concern about an unseen candidate approaching. The response urges caution and to redirect children to the kitchen with bread and butter and molasses. The item echoes a Washington Evening Star exchange.
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Hiram
Government to Establish Free Barbers for Indians
A historic remark notes the government plans free barber shops in the West for Native Americans. It suggests the gesture echoes the early settlers receiving similar grooming services in the frontier era.
No Job for Him Aint Do You Mean to Say
A man who has been out of work for a year reportedly refused a job offer, claiming he earns more from charity than from working. The piece questions his reluctance and highlights the debate over welfare versus employment incentives.
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Sponger
What a Woman Should Weigh Contends with Public Interest
An odd column debates ideal weights for women, sparking husband and public reactions. It questions beauty norms and suggests practical health criteria while citing social expectations.
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J. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Edward W. Pickard
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
House
Peaker Garner
Garner
Senator Borah
Jimmy Walker
Hofstadter
Samuel Seabury
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Seabury
Walker
Dudley Field Malone
Jouett Shouse
Sen
Windy City
E. P. Reed
Ohio State University
Washington. Star
Lewis & Walker
P. O
North
Wyoming
Butte, Mont
Richard McCarthy
East Granite
Butte, Montana
CAV Ree
Pearl I. Smith
Glide
Dillon, Montana
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