Payroll Racket Fatal To Many Congressmen
Washington reports show over two dozen lawmakers dropped from races due to nepotism on the government payroll. The disclosure, prompted by payroll records, sparked contests in states from Tennessee to Iowa as incumbents faced primary and general election pressures.
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Tennessee
Indiana
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Missouri
Washington
J. Ridley Mitchell
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Ewin L. Davis
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Norman Davis
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Brookhart
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Oklahoma
Rep. Swank
O. B. Motheread
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Chindbloom
Christgau
Minn
Tenn
Willon
Ind
Goodwin
Hall
Kuntz
Ill
Maas
Magrady
Nelson
Romiue
Norton
Yon
Brand
Clauge
Gilbert
First Use of Natural Gas as Light in Fredonia 1824
The article notes that natural gas began to be used as an illuminant in Fredonia New York in the year 1824 marking an early adoption of gas lighting in the region and indicating a historical industrial milestone.
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Fredonia
N. Y
Fire and Fear Loom Over Snowbound Cabin Scene
Sue and Jack fear unseen watchers as a storm isolates them. Sally warns, Dr. Raynor departs, and the group faces a tense night of power cuts, locked doors, and a disconnected phone amid chilling suspense.
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Sue
Sally Bradley
Dr. Raynor
Sally
Grace
Jack
Hoover Special bathing suit barred at Hammond beach
Julius Hunt wore a suit made from old gunny sacks with a painted sign reading Hoover special. He appeared at a Hammond beach but police orders forced him from the water.
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Hammond
Ind
Julius Hunt
Hunt
Northwestern Seeks Prodigy Class Through Intelligence Hunt
Northwestern University investigators begin an intelligence hunt to separate among fifty prodigy applicants for a special class. The aim is to identify a unique group of child geniuses and rule out others after verifying personal and scholastic qualifications.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Home Loan Bank Board Begins Building Its System
The Home Loan Bank board, two days old, plans the first formal meeting and tasks like selecting eight to twelve bank sites, with four federal reserve centers among candidates. They will set headhunting for eleven directors per bank, consider minimum capitalization of five million dollars, and aim to lend to homeowners with good security who cannot borrow elsewhere.
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Stvubnasty Cvuelsitruts
Franklin W. Fort
New Jersey
Republican
Nathan Adams
Dallas
Federal Reserve
Fort
Hoover
Congress
H. Morton Rodfish
Chicago Democrat
United States Building and Loan League
William E. Best
Pittsburgh Republican
League
Reconstruction Corporation
Final Day Of Quaker Meet Draws Nearly A Thousand
About a thousand people gathered for the final day of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends at Guilford College. Dr Elbert Russell of Duke preached on a practical Golden Rule, while Hugh Moore of the American Friends Service Committee spoke in Memorial Hall.
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William B. Edgerton
Guilford College
North Carolina
Russell
Dr. Russell
United States
Philippines
C. C. Meredith
Benbow Merriman
Glenn Robertson
Hugh Moore
Memorial Hall
Moore
Skyscraper Souls at the Paramount deserves attention
MGM's Skyscraper Souls is on view at the Paramount with a crowd pleasing story and strong cast. Warren William stars as the millionaire owner who triggers the disaster, alongside Maureen O Sullivan Norman Foster Anita Page and Verree Teasdale in a gripping drama set in the world's tallest New York skyscraper. Edgar Selwyn directs a dramatic weave that crescendos to a single crushing conclusion.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Theater
New York
Warren William
Maureen O'Sullivan
Norman Foster
Miss O'Sullivan
Anita Page
Jean Hesholt
Gregory Ratoff
George Barbier
Verree Teasdale
Miss Teasdale
Edgar Selwyn
Negro Delegate To G. O. P. Convention Dines With Hoover
Natchez Mississippi August 8. Charlie Isaacs a negro delegate to the Republican National Convention says he has received an invitation to lunch at the White House August 11 the day President Hoover is to be notified of his renomination by the party Isaacs is a member of the Mississippi Black and Tan Republican state executive committee and was appointed to represent Mississippi at the ceremonies.
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Natchez
Miss
Charlie Isaacs
White House
Hoover
Mississippi
150 Entries Tee Off As Biltmore Forest Golf Tourney Opens
ASHEVILLE Aug. 3 Nearly 150 amateur golfers tee off at Biltmore Forest country club for the club's annual invitation championship. About 140 had registered by the deadline with expectations of ten flights. Defending champion Jack Toomer of Jacksonville is among entrants along with Erwin Laxton of Charlotte George Spencer of Sanford Fla and Alan Smith of Asheville. A 36 hole qualifying round is scheduled with 18 holes today and 18 tomorrow. Match play starts Wednesday and the finalists compete Saturday.
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Asheville
Biltmore Forest Country Club
Jack Toomer
Jacksonville
Erwin Laxton
Charlotte
George Spencer
Sanford
Fila
Alan Smith
Desks For Children Teach Order And Responsibility
Desks for children let each child have his own desk. It teaches him to be orderly and gives him a sense of responsibility if you see to it that all his letters and school papers are kept there. Besides it saves clutter on your own desk from unrelated items.
Financial reforms invite rediscounting home mortgages
Provisions allow building and loan associations savings banks cooperative banks homestead associations and insurance companies to rediscount home mortgages after subscribing to home loan bank stock equal to 1 percent of the unpaid principal of the mortgages they hold.
Ginseng Farmers Of Blue Ridge Hostile To Strangers
Isolated backlands of the Georgia and Carolina mountains become ginseng farms as locals cultivate the plant for the Chinese trade. Roots fetch about $7 a pound, seed up to $500 a bushel, and guards patrol fields to deter theft, recalling outlaw moonshine days.
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Blue Ridge
Georgia
Carolina Mountains
China
North
North Carolina
New
Golden Rule Week Planned in Detroit for Children
Preparations are under way for Golden Rule Week from December 11 to 18 in Detroit. The period aims to provide sacred pleasure for underprivileged children and raise funds to the Golden Rule Foundation run by Charles V. Vickery, who is touring major cities to promote the project.
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Detroit
Golden Rule Foundation
Charles V. Vickery
Vickery
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