Tobacco taxes draw North Carolina tax relief proposal
The piece argues Congress should tax tobacco manufacturers and refund proceeds to states, aiding North Carolina’s tax problem. It notes huge corporate profits, especially R J Reynolds, and that federal levies could replace burdensome state taxes while keeping firms from relocating.
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Learly
Congress
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
North Carolina
United States
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Plan to Fill Steamers by Instalment Europe Trips
Transatlantic liner operators explore a plan to sell Europe trips on instalments. Americans seem ready to spend today in anticipation of future earnings, intensifying competition among steamship firms for the travel dollar. The true cost of a European tour includes more than the fare.
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Europe
Americans Seek Funds for Short-Term European Boarding
The text notes that enough money for a few weeks in inexpensive boarding houses in the old world cannot be raised and the full passage price is also unlikely to be covered. Steamship operators may finance a large portion of the tour, with some corners in the old country potentially less congested by Americans.
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Old World
Old Country
Fingerprints for baby identification urged in lost child cases
A historical editorial advocates taking baby fingerprints at birth to prove identity later. It argues prints could prevent misidentification in cases like Lindbergh and Charlie Ross, suggesting birth certificates include baby fingerprints to deter substitutions and aid courts.
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Lindbergh
Charlie Ross
Charlie
Ross
Getting First Approval for Amendment to Eliminate Lame Duck Session
Virginia leads others in ratifying a proposed constitutional amendment to end the lame duck session of Congress. The article questions why a constitutional change is needed and notes no clear public rationale, yet asserts the amendment is progressing despite doubts.
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Virginia
New York
Congress
Why Agricultural Leader Places the Blame
North Carolina's commissioner William A. Graham blames foreign loans and federal incompetence for the economic low mood. He cites a South American bond deal that reduced bank credit and threatens farm prices, criticizing tariff walls that limit foreign markets and worsen unemployment.
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North Carolina
William A. Graham
Agricultural Review
Banks of
America
High tariffs and foreign loans blamed for U S depression
A historical speaker argues tariffs should protect American farms and industry while promoting foreign markets to keep mills running. He cites unproductive foreign loans and loss of confidence in banks as key depressors and calls for competent leadership to restore demand and employment.
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United States
Washington
Sympathy and concern for Lindberghs as baby remains missing
The nation expresses swift warmth and shared sorrow as the Lindbergh baby is kidnapped. Public attention centers on Charles and Anne Lindbergh while families imagine the crib’s emptiness and the fear of a missing child. Congress eyes a sales tax, sparing high income tax brackets but pressing the average citizen in lean times.
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Helen Welshimer
Lindbergh
Lindy
le Bourget
Paris
Anne
Danger
Lindberghs
Wall
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Shanghai
Congress
Washington
Hitler Takes Oath to German Constitution
Adolf Hitler has sworn allegiance to the constitution, prompting questions about his political ambitions and whether he seeks the presidency or another powerful role in the German government.
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Adolf Hitler
Coley Blease Quietly Tends Flowers in Political Comeback Hint
Washington reports from Columbia South Carolina that former senator Coley Blease is not campaigning but tending his lawn and planting flowers. He hinted last August he would run for the Senate, potentially opposing veteran senator Ellison DuRant Smith who has held the seat for 24 years and remains active despite health issues.
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Herbert Plummer
Washington
Columbia
S. C
Coley
Blease
United States
South Carolina
Senate
United States Senate
Ellison DuRant Smith
Smith
Southern Cotton Association
Congress
Gilbert Gable Dinosaur Hunter of Navajo Fame
William Gaines reports on Gilbert Gable born in Sonshohocken Pennsylvania who became known as Clint Nazuni of the Western Navajo tribe. He rose from coal business to advertising, war publicity, and cinema, later guiding a Grand Canyon expedition and an 17 day search where Navajo allies helped locate remarkable dinosaur tracks.
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New York
Gilbert Gable
Sonshohocken
Clint Nazuni
Fine Horse
Gable
Third
Federal Reserve District
Charles Nungesser
Gilbert
Nungesser
Grand Canyon
Columbia University Offers Summer Baseball Technique Course for Women
Readers are informed of a summer program at Columbia University teaching baseball technique for women. The piece notes wives accompanying players to games and humorously references ninth inning strategy and common questions from fans.
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Columbia University
Diversified Questions Crossword Clue List
A broad set of crossword clues covers accents, tools, measurements, and terms. Answers include to accent, studded, to unknit, a modern instrument for education in music news and sports, the subject of the thirteenth amendment, electric car, helping, headgear of a horse, round end of a hammer, titles, an Anglo Saxon, to harden, ocean, drone bee, half an em, any feeling, district of Columbia, right, tree fluid, falsehood, measure of cloth, place, those who follow a prescribed course of food, sun, toad, cubic meter, cheek, engraves, sandstone block, lockjaw, bandages, capacity measure, positive terminal, affray, principles, but, causes to exist, valuable property, newer, to scatter, dower property, eleven days excess of solar year over the lunar year, literary trifles, rainbow trout, olive wreath, exchanges, cliques, small valleys, marine reptile, equable, six-line stanza, woolen fabric, sneaky, feather shafts, to classify, sil, grafted, contest for element prize, metal cementing alloy, sensor, upright shaft.
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U. S
District of Columbia
Hoover to ease bankers fears with baby bonds plan
President Hoover moves to soothe frightened bankers after major emergency legislation. Treasury to announce two percent baby bonds to lure hoarded cash, while anti hoarding campaign via Col. Frank Knox aims to restore confidence and spur lending.
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Washington
Hoover
Treasury
Glass
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White House
United States
Whitehouse
Col
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Federal Reserve
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Lizard Eyes Describe Protective Transparent Eye Layer
A description notes a snake eye feature where the eye lacks eyelids and is protected by a transparent outer skin. This clear covering is periodically shed and renewed along with the eye.
Master of Base Ball’s Pledge Explained by Spitball
In a curious exchange, the M B B insists on listening as Prof Spitball explains a situation. The fragment preserves playful academic banter between two figures labeled in quirky baseball terms.
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Master of Baseball
Spitball
Broadway Couples Lead New Lenox Hill House Film
Slow Motion Pictures at a new Lenox Hill theater showcases four married pairs in leading Broadway comedies. Alfred Lunt with Lynn Fontanne, Herbert Marshall with Edna Best, Geoffrey Kerry with June Walker, Basil Sydney with Mary Ellis headline. Le nore Ulric and Sydney Blackmer were previously slated for a fifth show in the street.
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Lenox Hill
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Herbert Marshall
Edna Best
Geoffrey Kerry
June Walker
Basil Sydney
Mary Ellis
Lenore Ulric
Sydney Blackmer
Who's New In Congress Chicago Democrat Edward A Kelly
Edward A Kelly, a World War veteran and real estate broker, defeated Republican E W Sproul by nearly 25 000 in Illinois 3rd district to join the 72nd Congress. He rose from Chicago Democracy training under Brennan Sullivan and emphasizes meeting constituents and addressing troubles.
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Chicago
George KE. Brennan
Roger Sullivan
Edward A. Kelly
E. W. Sproul
Oen
Illinois
Kelly
Congress
Percy H. Stewart Named Fifth New Jersey District Democrat
Percy H. Stewart, Plainfield, is the first Democrat in 40 years to win the fifth New Jersey district seat. Named by special ballot to replace Ernest R. Ackerman, he is a lawyer and former Plainfield mayor with a long record on state commissions and as a Democratic convention delegate. In addition to politics, he is described as a strong swimmer and expert at trap shooting.
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Plainfield
N. J
Percy H. Stewart
New Jersey
Ernest R. Ackerman
Stewart
Houston
Beg
Actor Louis Bartels Dies at 36 in Hollywood
Actor Louis John Bartels age 36 dies from a heart ailment in Hollywood. He starred on Broadway in Seventeen and The Show-Off and appeared in films including The Canary Murder Case. He leaves widow Martha Wood who is appearing in an eastern stage production.
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Hollywood
Louis John Bartels
Bartels
New York
Martha Wood
Patents Rejected At High Rate In A Decade
In ten years the U S Patent Office rejected forty eight percent of all patent applications submitted for approval. This high rejection rate reflects stringent examination practices and stringent patentability standards affecting inventors and firms seeking protection.
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U. S. Patent Office
Premier Kolstad Dies in Norway
Oslo March 5 Premier P L Kolstad died today of kidney disease He headed the government formed recently and served as Norway’s leader since then The death ends a brief premiership during which Kolstad guided the coalition government.
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Oslo
Norway
P. L. Kolstad
Coffee content reveals diverse substances
Coffee contains water sugar caffeine gum fat oil mineral water wood and caffeine a drug composed of nitrogen carbon hydrogen and water the statement highlights the beverage’s complex composition.
Translation of the Bible in James I era marked a landmark
The sentence notes that translating the Bible into English was the most remarkable event of James I's reign, highlighting its significance in English history and religious context.
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James I
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