Senate probes sugar lobby tale amid bonus loan veto fight
A Senate inquiry was ordered into an unproven report that a senator received 100000 from a sugar company president to push a tariff. Senator Nye backed the probe, and James J. Davis pledged to testify with witnesses, aiming to lay the matter to rest and protect reforms.
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Senate
Borah
Ucle
New York
Nye
North Dakota
Caraway
Arkansas
Robinson
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Labor
Bror G. Dahlberg
Chicago
Southern Sugar Company
Davis
Senator Davis
Gifford Resolution Aims to Shorten Lame Duck Session
The House adopted the Gifford resolution to end the lame duck session and inaugurate the next President in January instead of March. It proposes a constitutional amendment mirroring the Senate measure, with terms ending January 24 for the President and January 4 for lawmakers, and Congress convening January 4 with the President sworn in January 24.
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Congress
House
Senate
Senate approves Muscle Shoals conference report by 55 to 28
The Senate joined with the House to accept the conference report on Muscle Shoals indicating a presidential veto could not block the power project. Twenty Republicans supported the measure, including eleven from the radical wing. The House passed Senator Wagner's bill on federal and state employment agencies without a record vote, which Hoover might veto privately. Oklahoma Rep U S Stone lamented nepotism concerns, visiting the White House to seek Hoover’s support.
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Hoover
Senate
House
Muscle Shoals
Wagner
Oklahoma
U. S. Stone
Norman
Mr. Stone
Finland Elects EHR Evind Svinhufvud President
After taking office as Finland's president elect, EHR Evind Svinhufvud faces a push to bring the abstinence issue to the ballot. Women from multiple parties circulate a petition urging repeal of the ban, arguing rising intemperance harms families and future generations.
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Ehr Evind Svinhufvud
Finland
Anil the de
Prohibition Law Repealed and Replaced by Reasonable Legislation
The article notes that the moralizing prohibition law has been repealed and replaced with more reasonable legislation. It discusses changes aimed at balancing temperance goals with practicality and public sentiment.
Chicago Mayor Race Sees Thompson Victory In Fiery Primary
Thompson secures renomination as Republican mayor after a brutal primary fight. Challenger John Lyle would have toppled him but for Alderman Albert backed by Sen. Deneen. Democrats rally behind Anton Cermak as hope to oust Thompsonism. In Peru a counter revolution challenges Provisional President Sanchez Cerro, with Arequipa seized by southern rebels forming the Southern Junta.
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Pease
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
John Lyle
Albert
Deneen
Peru
Augusto Leguia
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Callao
Arequipa
Southern Junta
Cerro
Ane Arequipa
Western Newspaper Union
Montana Advances Second Phase of 1931 Highway Program
The state highway commission awarded contracts for 22 road projects in the past week totaling about 2 million dollars as Montana launches phase two of the 1931 program funded by a federal emergency act loan. The January letting was about 1.5 million, and a March 27 list will be nearly as large. Chairman C S Warden noted the Helena meeting lettings were the largest Montana has offered, covering 120 miles of grading 225 miles of surfacing 18 miles of paving 28 miles of resurfacing and 49 bridges. Contractors were urged to use labor from local districts and pay fair wages under the emergency act.
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State Highway Commission
Montana
C. S. Warden
Helena
Montana Rail Commission Asked to Fight Meat Rate Cuts
Arthur M. Geary of Portland urged the Montana railroad commission to oppose proposed cuts in freight rates on meat products from the corn belt to the mountain Pacific region and to back postponement of rate reductions beyond April 1. He spoke for the Northwestern Livestock Shippers League and allied farm groups in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.
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Mountain Pacific Territory
Washington, Idaho
Oregon
Arthur M. Geary
Portland
Ore
Helena
Northwestern Livestock Shippers League
North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc
Idaho
Washington
Geary
Montana
Gas Tax Debenture Issue Put to Montana Voters
Montana voters will decide on May 6 whether 6 million dollars in highway debenture bonds should be issued funded by the gasoline tax. The measure, struck down as unconstitutional by the state supreme court, requires popular approval and would extend the gasoline tax to 1941.
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Montana
Twenty-Second Assembly
Montana Supreme Court
Highway Department
California Fig Syrup boosts a child’s appetite and energy
Mrs M Seltenbach of Omaha recalls her child’s fair progress after using California Vig Syrup. She reports improved appetite digestion and energy, crediting the remedy for better stomach and bowels. Doctors recommend it to open bowels during colds illnesses and constipation warnings.
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M. Seltenbach
Emile Street
Omaha
Neb
California
Wist Marine and Second Ditto Clash Over Polygamy
In a terse exchange cited by Army and Navy Journal the pair dismiss polygamy as impractical in modern America while joking about multiple wives in a kitchenette setting. The dialogue uses a satirical tone to comment on marital norms.
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Army and Navy Journal
Would Settle Wolf A Private in the Army of the Unemployed
A private, described as unemployed, was overheard remarking that if the wolf keeps howling at his door he will shut him in the pantry and starve him. The quote reflects a harsh expression amid economic distress.
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Army of the Unemployed
Misconceptions on cooperation and action
A Buffalo News quote argues that true cooperation requires active effort rather than passive participation. It states that simply letting a revolving door turn without contributing to the process is useless.
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Buffalo News
Wales People Known as Cymry Meaning The Connected
In Welsh usage the people call themselves Cymry a term reflecting a group identity as a people linked together by language and heritage.
Waking Up Without Regrets and Monotony
A reflective snippet contrasts happiness waking without regrets with political Pharisaic pressures. It ponders statesmen pandering to be elected and notes a loving heart as the start of knowledge. It ends with a wry nod to bachelor monotony.
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C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
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Bowdoin Lake
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Federal Reserve District
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R. W. Skelton
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Flathead County
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