Democrats Rally As Virginia Victory Upsets Cannon Alliance
Edward W. Pickard surveys election outcomes that boost Democratic hopes, noting Virginia’s regular ticket swept the GOP anti-Smith coalition, Kentucky held a two thirds lower house majority, and New York mayoral wins signal party strength. The piece also covers Senator Brookhart’s dinner tale and tariff shifts in the Senate.
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Senator Bingham censured over lobbying charge
Senator Bingham of Connecticut faced censuring after accusations the lobbying subcommittee was packed against the administration. Senator Norris chaired the judiciary panel and pushed the ethics resolution, adopted 54 to 22 with party splits among Republicans and Democrats.
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Witness A J Arnold Defends Tariff Ties And Tax Lobby Work
A. J. Arnold Washington representative for the Southern tariff association and the American Taxpayers' League testified before the Senate lobby committee. The inquiry traced methods used to gain tariff protection for Southern products and to promote repeal of the federal inheritance tax. A list of prominent donors was published as Arnold justified his collections. He disclosed about 225000 dollars raised in the past year but could not clearly account for its expenditure.
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Dawes Spends Day in Washington Before London Return
Charles Gault Dawes the American ambassador to Great Britain visited Washington for a day or two of talks with President Hoover and Secretary Stimson. He received a briefing on discussions with Prime Minister MacDonald and the naval reduction issue. Dawes and Guggenheim dined with the Hoovers along with Senate Foreign Relations Committee members. A stir arose when Senator Hiram Johnson was reportedly not invited, later explained as accidental.
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France Forms Concentra tion Cabinet Amid Fears of Short Life
Aone Tardieu creates a centralized French government with Briand as foreign minister. Communists Socialist and Radical Socialist groups plan to vote against it, needing 50 right wing votes to topple. A plebiscite on the Young plan is sought by German nationalists and fascists, but the Reichstag may reject it and defer to the national electorate.
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Bloody clashes reported in Chinese Civil War amid uncertain claims
Reports describe bloody fighting between rebel people's forces and Nationalist troops in China with no major changes on the Manchurian front. The American Red Cross sent over $20,000 for relief of white Russians who survived Soviet massacres in the region.
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Cooperative Farmers North West Grain Plan Capitalized
In Minneapolis the Co operative Farmers Northwest Grain Corporation was consented avid capital of $6 060 000 to be owned by the Farmers Elevator and Grain Pool associations of Minnesota the Dakotas and Montana and to operate with the Farmers National Grain Corporation in the four states.
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Stock Market Slumps After Brief Recovery
After a brief rally, stock prices again fell to week‑low figures as billions in paper value vanished. The New York bankers’ pool remained silent and inactive, while bears dominated and amateur speculators capitulated before sporadic recoveries.
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McCulloch Appointed to Fill Burton Vacancy in Ohio
Governor Cooper appoints Oscoe C. McCulloch of Canton to the U S Senate to fill the late Theodore E Burton’s seat for one year. McCulloch, a three term congressman and former state official, must run in November 1930 to serve the remaining two years of the six year term of the late Frank B Wills.
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Notable Deaths in International and Railroad Circles
Recent obituaries include William G. Lee former head of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Marquis Inouye of Japan Maurice Herbette of France diplomat Prince Max of Baden last imperial chancellor of Germany and George Hannouer president of the Boston and Maine railroad.
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My Favorite Stories by Irvin Cobb Passenger’s grief on transcontinental train
A long journey ends in one man’s deep sorrow as an elderly bearded passenger mutters in Yiddish. On the way to Los Angeles the travelers wonder about his loss until a fellow traveler asks, learning the man is on the wrong train by mistake.
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Library owner solves overdue book problem
A Detroit News quotation explains a home library owner who refuses to lend. instead he gives away books to trusted borrowers who become fond of them. He claims the method prevents stray books and saves him grief in the long run.
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First Term Letters Delay at Boarding School
A boy begins his first term at a boarding school as anxious parents await his first letter. The note, dated in London, is brief and promises future letters though current events keep him from writing.
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London
Zinc Industry Growth Since the Nineteenth Century
The article traces zinc production from 6,000 tons in the first decade to 867,000 tons in the fifth decade, 12,100,000 tons in the second half of the nineteenth century, and 1,444,000 tons in 1927. It notes the United States accounts for nearly one third of global zinc output.
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Five Year Old Resists Calorie Obsessed Mother
Kathryn Lois, age five, voices a defiant stance against her mother's strict calorie counting. She refuses potatoes at dinner saying she never wants to become as fat as her mother, who is obsessed with staying slim.
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This Goat Uses a Wooden Leg Sermon Satirizes Doomsday Diet Talk
A quirky note mocks Sunday sermons and diet slogans asserting many diets are morally wrong. The text cites Woman's Home Companion and comments on moral stance and a wooden leg goat as a humorous symbol.
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