Lindbergh Baby Found Dead Near Sourland Hills
The infant kidnapped on March 1 was found dead, badly decomposed with skull fractures near a road in the Sourland hills. A truck driver and three companions discovered the body, identified by clothing fragments with Nurse Betty Gow assisting. Authorities, led by Col. I Norman Schwartzkopf, pledged swift arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonbe Lindbergh
Sourland Hills
Lindbergh
William Allen
Betty Gow
Col. I. Norman Schwartzkopf
New Jersey
Senate Hears Hoover Plan for Budget Cuts and Tax Bill
Senate discussions centered on trimming government expenditures and passing a revenue boosting bill. A new economy committee was formed with three members from each party, chaired by Senator Wesley Jones. Hoover advocated staggered federal employment and warned that a 75 million saving would accompany the tax measure and economy plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LPRES
Hoover
Senate
Wesley Jones
Washington
Bingham
Connecticut
Dickinson
Iowa
Byrnes
South Carolina
McNellar
Tennessee
Bratton
New Mexico
House
Watson
Indiana
Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury Mills
Senate Leader Proposes $2.3 Billion Unemployment Relief Plan
Senator Robinson launches a unemployment relief scheme backed by President Hoover in principle. Hoover outlines a rival plan calling for up to $1.5 billion in R F C loans with $250 to $300 million for states and the rest for income producing projects. The RFC would issue $1.5 billion in debentures, expanding borrowing power to $3 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enator Robinson
Senate
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Reconstruction Finance ‘Corporation
Yarter Glass Accuses Chicago Bankers of Lobbying Against Reform
Virginia Senator Yarter Glass asserts Chicago bankers hired congressmen to oppose the Me Madd en branch banking bill and employed a top lobbyist at a high salary. He nameless the congressmen. Illinois Representative Morton D Hull denies being hired. The lobbyist R E N Baty says he served as executive secretary for the Chicago and Cook County Bankers Association and drew only his regular salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarter Glass
Virginia
Chicago
Meadden
Morton D. Hull Ofllinois
American minister urges state control model to modify Prohibition
OHN MOTLEY MOREHEAD, American minister to Sweden, told the senate judiciary committee that a Bratt style state control system used in Sweden for fifteen years could form the basis for modification of the Eighteenth Amendment. He argued against nullification of liquor laws or repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, urging that enforcement of the Volstead Act remains virtually impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Motley Morehead
Sweden
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stockholm
Morehead
State Department
France elects Lebrun president after Doumer assassination
In the aftermath of Doumer’s assassination the republic names Albert Francois Lebrun as president with 633 of 824 votes. Premier Tardieu resigns but stays until June. Edouard Herriot of the Radical Socialist party is favored for the new cabinet, with Socialists making gains and cautious implications for France’s policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rance
Doumer
Albert Francois Lebrun
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Tardien
Edouard Herriot
Radical Socialist Party
Herriot
Tardieu
France
President Hoover Veto Sinks Democratic Tariff Plan
The president vetoed the Democratic tariff bill that would transfer tariff rate changes to Congress as recommended by the tariff commission. The House roll call showed supporters failed to reach the required two-thirds to override the veto.
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Loover
Hint
Congress
Tariff Commission
House
Caraway Announces Candidacy for Arkansas Senate Term
RS Hattie W Caraway the Arkansas senator and the first woman elected to the Senate enters a six year term bid. Governor Harvey Parnell abandons political aims. six Democratic primary rivals challenge for the nomination with Caraway as the incumbent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RS. Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Harvey Parnell
War scare and oil base debate mentioned in remarks
A quoted speaker warned that a war scare could reveal the value of the Honolulu oil base which he championed. The remarks tied Sino-Japanese tensions to strategic interests and public perception while in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ener
Honolulu
Walton B. Means Indicted for Lindbergh Baby Swindle
Grand jury in Washington charges Walton B. Means with swindling Mrs. Edward B. McLean out of 104000 by promising to procure the return of the Lindbergh baby. A second possible victim, Mrs. Finley Shepard of New York formerly Helen Gould, is linked to a separate alleged scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton B. Means
Washington
Edward B. McLean
Colonel Lindbergh
Means
Finley Shepard
New York
Helen Gould
Lindbergh
Shepard
Leo. A. Rover
McLean
Massie and Fortescue Sail From Honolulu Amid Testimony Tug
In Honolulu SEAT and Mrs Massie and Mrs Fortescue left despite authorities efforts to keep Mrs Massie for the second trial of men accused of attacking her. Prosecutor Kelley pledged to press the retial and warned of a warrant if she failed to appear on May 25 though the mainland would not honor it.
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Massie
Oddie's Post Office Cut Plan Sparks Senate Clash
Exator Tasker L Oddie of Nevada as chairman urged a 10 percent cut in treasury and post office appropriations prompting Democrats and some Republicans to accuse him of protecting jobs for customs and postal workers for political gain. Senate leaders argued he blocked subcommittee meetings and claimed the cut was impossible. Helena tax data show Montana corporate income rising sharply in 1931 with debt declines across counties since 1923.
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Tasker L. Oddie
Nevada
Post Office Committee
Senate
Treasury and Post Office
Customs
Oddle
Appropriations
Kenneth McKellar
Dem
Tenn
Carter Glass
Oddie
Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
General Crowder Dies at Walter Reed Hospital
Enos Crowder, legal expert and creator of the U S draft system, dies at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. He served as judge advocate general, was provost marshal general in 1917, and later ambassador to Cuba from 1923 to 1927.
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Enoch Crowder
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
United States
Cuba
Alumni reunion to honor Montana State University founders
Missoula hosts the first alumni reunion June 3 to 6 for State University of Montana graduates. Veteran faculty members Dr. F. C. Scheuch active since 1895 and Dr. Morton J. Elrod since 1897 greet attendees, with Dr. J. P. Rowe from 1900 also present. The university has graduated 2,662 students.
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Missoula
State University of Montana
F. C. Scheuch
Department of
Foreign Languages
Scheuch
Morton J. Elrod
J. P. Rowe
Rowe
Montana News Roundup Covers Wool Shipments and Park Plans
The first 1932 Montana wool carload is shipped from Kalispell to Boston. April state receipts reach 34380750 dollars near one million in motor vehicle plate sales. Dawson county land value cuts ordered. Butte federal building extension poured at 290000 dollars. Vital statistics show births and race breakdown. Water ton Glacier Peace Park dedication planned June 18 with cross-border speakers. Military training camp at Fort Missoula draws many applicants. limited spaces. National guard encampment dates tentatively approved.
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Montana
Kalispell
Boston
Dawson County
State Board of Equalization
Butte Federal
Julius Elman
Lundberg Construction Company
St. Louis
State Board of Health
Lucien L. Benepe
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Alberta
Glacier Park Station
Dominion of Canada
United States
Fort Missoula
G. J. Gonser
War Department
Montana National Guard
Aes
Col
Ie ? Il
Not vain comment on beauty from self-proclaimed speaker
A brief exchange quotes a speaker claiming a woman is not vain about her beauty. When asked how she knows, the reply is that she told him herself.
Remarkable Bird Walks From Hamburg to Berlin
A humorous note attributes a parrot’s speech as it reportedly walked from Hamburg to Berlin asking directions. Hunmel of Hamburg is cited in the quotation, illustrating a whimsical travel anecdote about a talking bird.
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Hamburg
Berlin
Hunmel
Nothing More and the Money I Owe
A quote fragment from Berlingske Tidende in Copenhagen contrasts happiness with wealth and debt. The line questions whether wealth brings fulfillment, noting happiness would come only if money satisfied creditors rather than personal desires.
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Beringske Tidende
Copenhagen
Little Fred Bids Farewell After Dull Evening
A brief scene depicts a child named Fred mumbling goodbye and a light remark about the evening, capturing a quiet domestic moment and a sense of everyday life.
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Fred
Smith-Friends a Great Consolation Jones Not if You're Broke
Fragmentary line contrasts friendship as consolation with a grim view of being broke, showing a dialogue between Smith and Jones in a casual exchange.
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Jones
Unclear Junior Dance Memories Described by Bul
Bul recalls a junior dance in a dreamlike mood and tells his mother about Betty who wore a green dress and carried white flowers with oily leaves resembling linoleum. The fragment evokes a light social moment with period slang and playful description.
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Bul
Betty
Twenty Years a Stranger to My Own Birthday
A short dialogue notes a character’s twenty birthday moment of self recognition and personal milestone as they mark aging for the first time in their life. The exchange contrasts strangeness with ownership and personal meaning.
Coroner Mixup Upset At Namesake Encounter
A light exchange at a social event ends with humor as a singer recalls being misnamed as a coroner after a hostess introduction. The remark prompts a brief joke about future meetings and lingering confusion.
Poor Judgment
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts a mother’s claim that heaven sent a baby with a child’s exclamation about leaving heaven for a harsh home, suggesting a dramatic moral or social concern.
Ohio Farmers Benefit From Early Spring Plowing
A fragment notes that early spring plowing boosts corn yields in Ohio by about three bushels per acre due to favorable winter weather. It cites Mr. Slipher on advantages of early plowing for conserve moisture and plant at the best season, warning that delays risk water loss and reduced yields.
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Banka
Ohio
Slipher
Ohio Armer
Cattle Warble Fly Control Tips From Nebraska Farmer
The article advises no perfect control for adult warble flies but outlines a cheap method to manage grubs. Start treating cattle with a salve as grubs appear in winter, then monthly until July. Use lodoform vaseline ointment or Derris extract, applying into each grub cell after lifting the scab, ensuring all grubs are treated.
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Nebraska
Farm Hints For Spring Fields And Orchards
Farm hints stress lawn care seed sowing and fertilizer, note cherry trees respond to nitrogen more than apples or plums. Records show hogs fed corn at 1.04 per bushel. early potato acreages are down about 26 percent. A ton of low grade material is not a ton of fertilizer. formalin dipping prevents black rot in squash. Massachusetts studies note 600 fruit varieties for teaching. hog vaccination figures. sound cropping practices. NY studies find electric lamp light can color apples as well as sun.
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Col. Lindbergh
Mr. Hoover
Edward W. Pickard
Quartermaster Corps
Spain
China
Sen. Jones
A. F. Lebrun
Sen
Caraway
Gaston B
Oles
Gilbert Bettman
Louis J. Taberdry
The
National Grange
Bettman
Robert J. Buckley
David S. Ingalls
Clarence J.brown
Dry
Ingalls
White
Ohio Democrats
Chere
Germany
Reich
Bruening
Nister Dietrich Presente
Mary
News of Montana
Smith
Songster
Currituck County
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Massachusetts State College
Timots
New York Experiment Station
Lewis & Walker
P. O
North
Wyoming
Butte, Mont
Richard McCarthy
East Granite
Butte, Montana
Land Office
Paya Aay
Pearl I. Smith
Dilton
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