Who Fixed the Wheat Price Says Wilson
President Wilson releases his statement on the 1917 wheat price decision confirming Herbert Hoover had no part in deliberations or opinion. Garfield's committee urged action to protect American farmers amid Allied and world price pressures.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
President Wilson
Hoover
Harry A. Garfield
Wilson
Federal Mediation Board
Western
Charles G. Eagle
New York
Protection for Farm Products Is Vital Issue
Washington reports the Republican campaign booklet opens with agriculture concerns. It cites Herbert Hoover and the Kansas City platform, detailing farm issues, Republican legislation since 1920, and loans totaling 2.77 billion dollars via federal farm loan banks, land banks, intermediate credit banks, and war finance corporation.
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Federal Farm Loan Banks
Joint Stock Land Banks
Intermediate Credit Banks
War Finance Corporation
Hoover plan cited as solution to farm crisis and price spreads
The article criticizes the 1928 Democratic platform and argues against price fixing. It notes the Agricultural Credit Corporation formed in 1924 and federal warehousing as aids, while praising Hoover's focus on developing the home market over expanding foreign shipments. It contrasts farmer price gains under the Republican tariff with objections to state socialist fixes.
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The
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Northwest
Hoover
Hit by Tiger Hitting at Al Smith Statement Sparks Party Clash
The speaker cites Al Smith’s claim that Tammany Hall is justified due to 139 years of existence in the United States. Senator Gorge H. Moses counters by noting the Mafia in Italy is over 400 years old, highlighting historical age as a point of contention.
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al Smith
Tammany Hall
Gorge H. Moses
Italy
Germany
Friedrichshafen
United States
Bellanca
Roma
Old Orchard
Maine
Rome
RN. J. Louden
Disarmament Commission
League of Nations
Geneva
League
Great Britain
France
Japan
Lord Cushendun
Washington
Famous Midget Tom Thumb real name and birth facts
Charles Sherwood Stratton born 1888 in Bridgeport Connecticut credited as Tom Thumb. Noted as a famous midget with an unclear death date listed as 1883 in the provided text.
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Tom Thumb
Charles Sherwood Stratton
Bridgeport, Conn
Review of current events in the hurricane aftermath and politics
Edward W. Pickard surveys the Milani hurricane impact from Puerto Rico to Florida with death tolls and widespread destruction. He notes Red Cross relief, Rockefeller donations, Hoover and Smith campaign moves, and state political shifts including Wisconsin and Massachusetts primary outcomes.
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Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Lesser Antilles
Florida
Palm Beach
Atlantic
Guadeloupe
West Palm Beach
Lake Okeechobee
Prim Beach
American Red Cross
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Thest
New York
Baker
The
Red Cross
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Kan
Daughters of the American Revolution
Edward W. Pickard
Erbert Hoover
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Elizabethtown
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Happy Warrior
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la Follette
Resolutions Committee
Massachusetts
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House of Representatives
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Wet
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Charles H. Cole
John J. Cummings
Otto Kahn
Dawes
Congress
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Juan de la Cierva
English Channel
Paris
Detroit
Packard Motor Company
Llinois
Mine Workers' Union
Federal Trade Commission
National Electric Light Association
Secretary of Commerce
National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissions
William Allen White
Electric Light Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Silbridge Hawk
Sacramento
Calif
Foreign Office
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