British and American Leaders Debate Economic Remedies
Washington and London grapples with fiscal policy as J M Beck and Hoover era advisers push coalition governance and tax reforms. A defalcation scandal at Continental Illinois highlights banking risk while British budget cuts spark alarm and royal concessions. Mexico invited to join League of Nations as Titulescu elected president in Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
James M. Beck
Pennsylvania
Europe
United States
Beck
Congress
Pennsylvanian
Farm Board
Departments of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Murray
Oklahoma
Wall Street
League of Nations Assembly
Assembly
Geneva
Mexico
League
Nikolai Titulescu
Rumania
Grea Britain
Lord Cecil
England
M. Briand
Jance
Signor Grandi
Italy
Curtius
Germany
Yoshizawa
Japan
Martinez de Alba
Owell Bayles Wins Thompson Trophy At Cleveland Races
Springfield Massachusetts aviator Owell Bayles, once a miner, set a new 236 mph average on the 100 mile course in his Gee Bee supersportster to win the Thompson trophy and $9,300. Maj. Jimmy Doolittle earned $10,000, while Mae Haizlip of St. Louis led female earners with $7,750. John Livingston of Aurora collected six trophies and prize money. several other names appear in the racing field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owell Bayles
Springfield
Mass
Cleveland
Maj
Jimmy Doolittle
Mae Haizlip
St. Louis
Ainner
John Livingston
Aurora
Til
Farm Board Wheat Deals Stir Debate Across Markets
News reports say the Farm Board plans to sell 15 million bushels of wheat to China and 200 000 tons to Germany on long term credits amid doubts about repayment. Half of the Chinese wheat will be milled domestically, shipments to begin by October. Carl Williams notes shipping lines must cut Pacific rates to win contracts. Separately over sixty rural experts met at the University of Chicago to shape farm relief policy, with criticism aimed at the board for discouraging cotton and wheat production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Board
China
Germany
United States
Carl Williams
Pacific
University of Chicago
Mutiny in Hile Navy Is Quashed by Air Power
The Hile mutiny ended quickly after air force action. One hundred planes circled the mutinous fleet dropping bombs that sank destroyers and damaged the La Torre. Officers including Rear Admiral Gomez were freed and ships moved to Valparaiso and Port Tongoy as investigations begin.
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Hile
la Torre
Gomez
Valparaiso
Port Tongoy
Talcahuano
Billings Wheat Prices Show Local Market Premium
Walter Blume of Russell Miller Milling notes scarce wheat this year boosts local bids above Minneapolis and Chicago. No 1 dark northern spring wheat offered 59 cents per bushel, winter wheat at 60 cents, versus 57 and 60 elsewhere, yet supplies run short and mills can’t run at full capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Chicago
Walter Blume
Russell-Miller Milling Company
Blume
Russell-Miller Company
Billings
Roundup of Montana news items from: cattle shipping to fire losses
Roundup reports six cars of cattle sent to Sioux City, a large fire in Missoula destroying autos garages sheds and a small vinegar plant, and a torch celebration in Deer Lodge for natural gas arrival. Helena notes harvest yields and a $500 reward for a bank robbery suspect. Martinsdale covers lamb prices. Sweet Grass projects 1931 wheat shipments. Glasgow adds a bakery truck route. Havre eyed Milk River reservoir employment. Whitefish battles fires to protect the city. Helena reports pitch copper discovery near Kalispell. Great Falls comments on agriculture industrialization and small-farmer elimination.
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Sioux City
Missoula
Deer ‘ Lodge
Montana Power Company
Helena
Montana
Elmer H. Bekkedahl
Flathead
The
State University
Charles H. Clapp
Erickson
Bank of Sheridan
Martinsdale
E. J. Settle
John Cooney
Chicago
O. S. Warden
State Highway Commission
Glasgow
Chain of Lakes
Milk River
Havre
Elwood A. Mead
Reclamation
Scott Leavitt
Whitefish
Whitefish River
Flathead County
Kalispell
Francis Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Great Falls
J. W. Schnitz
Rosevelt
Guardian of the Frontier: De Linctot Aided Clark in Illinois
Daniel Maurice De Linctot, a French fur trader in Cahokia, joined George Rogers Clark's campaign in the Illinois country. Appointed Indian agent and major, he rallied tribes to the American cause, led foresightful attacks on Detroit and Fort St. Joseph, and earned the title Guardian of the Frontier before dying in 1781 largely penniless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rogers
Clark
Kaskaskia
Daniel Maurice Godfrey de Linctot
Cahokia
de ‘Linctot
United States
Illinois
Dg Lindot
Middle West
St. Louis
Mississippi
Fort Pitt
Virginia
Vincennes
de Linctot
Little Fort Lake
Peoria
de Lindot
Taft Ancestor Abner Taft the Gloucester Fisherman Mutineer
Abner Taft, Revolutionary War era Gloucester fisherman and ancestor of William Howard Taft, faced flogging and execution threats aboard Captain Scott’s British schooner the Tartar. Taft helped plan a mutiny, coordinated a night uprising, and secured control of the deck before Scott’s men broke through in a brutal clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illiam Howard Taft
White House
Abner Taft
Scott
Taft
Ike
Distol
Circus Snake Parade Shocks Monterey Park Crowd
Police captain John Ostrich and a motorcycle officer calmed residents as a five foot snake slithered through Monterey Park main street. The woman who called for help released the harmless reptile into the hills after it was contained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey Park
Calif
John Ostrich
Osteich
Snake
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Quick Relief
Poisons absorbed from souring waste cause dullness headaches and bilious feelings. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cleanses gently and quickly, with forty seven years of study behind it. Its natural mild action and pleasant taste make it the popular laxative in drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
Easy Pleasant Way To Lose Fat Claim
A vintage advertisement touts fast fat loss promising 15 pounds in a month and health boosts. It promotes Kruschen Salts, an 85 cent bottle lasting four weeks, with a daily half teaspoon in hot water and a follow up weigh in to prove results. It claims dramatic skin improvement and urges trade with druggists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Novice Buyer Buys Antique Jar for $10
A collector questions the purchase as the owner boasts a $10 price for the jar. The friend asks if any jam was inside, highlighting the misjudged value of the item.
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Butler
British Parliament
EDWARD_W. PICKARD
J. M. Beck
Walter E. Wolfe
Continental Illinois Bank of Chicago
Arthur Reynolds
Wolfe
Reynolds
OSSIP
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Republian National Committee
Boston Post
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Thewis
Coolidge
Rapidan Camp
Charles D. Ililles
Lawrence C. Phipps
Colorado
Phipps
W. M. Butler
Ational Relief
Gifford
Fen
King George
London
MacDonald
Labor Party
Oswald Moseley
New Party
Arthur Henderson
Laborites
Snowden
House
Dole
Mary
Prince of Wales
Duchy of Cornwall
Manchuria
N. Titurescu
Peet
Reems
Rear Admiral
Northern
Guardian
Hanel
Keane Stores
da. W. B. Calpwent
Doctors Family
Burns
Hanford
Draggista
Hincor Chem
Wka
Patchogue
N.Y
Hiscox Chemical Works
N.S
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