Uniform statewide schools policy urged for efficiency
The piece argues for a single central authority to run public schools in Iowa to ensure uniform quality and reduce duplication across counties and cities. It discusses political shifts around editor Al Smith, compares tariff impacts, and outlines budget issues and levy rates facing Knottsville and neighboring districts as they implement new state laws.
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State Tax Commissioner's Office
Charleston
Commission
LaGuardia the Washington Kitchen King in Daybook
The article spotlights Representative LaGuardia of New York as Washingtons famed culinary and political figure. He hosts friends at his apartment cooking spaghetti in a chef’s cap and apron, stays hands on in the kitchen, and is a tireless, broad ranging speaker in the House. He reads and separates private bills nightly, acting as a watchdog on the private calendar.
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Walter F. Brown
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Rapidan
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New York
Congressional Record
House
Congress
Capitol
Insurgents Clash Near Estell in a Prolonged Fight
An insurgent group of forty 12 miles from Estell engaged in a two hour battle with no Guardia casualties reported. Fighters were scattered in all directions after the clash.
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Estell
Guardia
Hitler in ill health looms over German crisis
Adolf Hitler, the dominant figure in troubled Germany, allegedly suffered a nervous collapse and is confined to a sanatorium. Critics deny the report as political propaganda, while supporters insist it is false. If true, his absence could shake the Nazi movement as it struggles for control and influence. The world awaits confirmation of his condition and the impact on Germany’s leadership.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Tisolini
Italy
Closing day sentiment on special session gains and tax reforms
The article notes closing day fervor as the legislature nears adjournment with key measures, including a property classification and tax limiting amendment and a salary and personnel reduction plan. It predicts lasting public relief, a revamped tax system, and unified school finance management, awaiting final conclusions and collateral effects.
Trade figures show hawley smoot hurt but global trade brisk
Figures released after the Ottawa Imperial Conference reveal that critics claim the Hawley Smoot tariff devastated foreign trade while Britain and its colonies still accounted for under 29 percent of world trade in 1930, with the United States handling over 12 percent.
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Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
Traud
United States
Counties urged to consolidate across Alabama
The Alabama Association of Real Estate Boards proposes reducing the state's 67 counties to a number not exceeding congressional districts. The argument cites rising government costs and administrative expense. It notes small counties were formed in the era of limited travel and that modern transport diminishes the logic of many tiny counties.
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Tehree
Alabama Association of Real Estate Boards
Clarksburg
Court house continues with school bus funding details
Court house report notes the board spent 990 last year on B and QO fare subsidies for students living beyond legal walking limits. It also operated a light-type bus in Webster school zone to serve children distant from classrooms, and this year a new bus is planned.
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Webster
Grafton
Ville
Townsend
Court House
Radalbaugh
Wwes
Moratorium extended to delay foreclosures in mortgage market
Fort urges state banking authorities to keep home loan banks open by October 15 and to withhold foreclosures for at least sixty days to preserve real estate equity. Secretary Mills supports the plan to help owners retain equity until mortgage funds return. Maryland article begins with John D Hespelhorn as state deputy bank official.
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Mesage
Mills
Bank Commissioner
Maryland
Franklin W. Fort
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Hespelhorn
Miners Plan Civil Rights Pickets Amid Bank Foreclosure Talks
Franklin County miners express resolve amid ongoing dispute over mining rights and picketing in Taylorville. Authorities report bomb damage to Ray Tombozzi’s home and another failed device. 32 miners indicted for rioting in Christian county after the March on Taylorsville. Several mines remain closed across Sangamon and Macoupin counties.
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Gillespie
Ray’ Tombozzi
Taylors
Christian County Grand Jury
Taylorsville
Christian County
Sangamon
Macoupin
Three Insurgents Killed in Battle Near Nicaragua
Washington reports three Nicaraguan insurgents were killed and several captured in a clash yesterday with the Guardia Nacional aided by U S Marines. The engagement occurred as Guardia forces pressed operations against rebel factions in the region.
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Navy Department
Guardia
U. S
Guardis “Patry
Publication Order In Taylor County Chancery Suit
The First National Bank of Crafton and Victor Kalkanderas seek construction of George L. Pappas will and estate settlement with defendants including Kostoringas Soumis and related parties. Unknown family members named. Publication ordered in the Grafton Sentinel within one month. Clerk Frank M. Hollis Jr. and attorney J Guy Allender presiding.
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Circuit Court
Taylor County
W. Va
National Bank of Grafton
Victor Kalkanderas
George L. Pappas
Pris
Dimos Kostoringas
George S. Pappas
Nikolas I
C. B. Harlan
J. Edward Mack
Bock-Stauffer Co
Carl Tanner Co
Grafton Sentinel
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
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