Supreme Court affirms federal power commission in rate making
The Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Power Commission may determine electric company value for rate setting. The Clarion River Power Co of Pennsylvania challenged the federal water power act after claiming 11,032,816 in development costs, with the commission disallowing 6,387,731 as padded. The decision emphasizes Congress’ authority and cites concerns over inflated capital claims raising costs borne by electricity users.
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Costa
E Company
Commission
Congress
United States
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
The Inflexibility of Our System in Elections
A historical opinion piece contrasts parliamentary systems with the U S form of government arguing rigidity hinders public response and notes Senator Norris of Nebraska urging breaks in party lines when the home is at stake. It mentions Norris supporting a Democratic presidential nominee despite Republican ties.
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Norris
Nebraska
Carolins
Indecisive Independents and a Stacked Congress Shape Hoover Era
The piece argues that frequent shifts between independent spirits hinder translating theory into government. It notes the U S form invites regularity and a geographically spread nation. It predicts a likely Congress hostile to President Hoover, leading to a rigid tripartite government with limited action beyond coop eration pleas and vetoes.
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Hoover
Congress
Another Question of Relativity from Einstein on Earth’s age
The piece notes Einstein pegs Earth at ten billion years and cites an American scientist’s cautious view about this younger Earth. It weighs whether humans should worry about 1932 given vast timescales, then argues today’s rapid population growth makes human blunders matter more than classical estimates.
Load Burden From Debt and Over Capacity
The Magazine of Wall Street warns debt and over capacity weigh down firms. It notes firms often overexpand during booms, leading to price drops and forced high activity to cover costs. Better to exhaust options to meet demand and avoid extra plants, aligning capacity with normal business.
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the Magazine of Wall Street
Scientist claims coal reserves enough for 76000 years
The remark about coal abundance contrasts with a janitor's winter savings, implying overlooked reductions in energy use and efficiency may lessen future demand. The quip hints at broader debates on resource availability and consumption.
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America
Campaign fog as Hoover and Roosevelt trade stylistic slips
The campaign mood seems balanced as President Hoover is accused of splitting infinitives while Roosevelt allegedly uses casual language like as a conjunction, reflecting a tense, uneven campaign rhetoric.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
Campus Snobbery Takes a Fall by Bruce Catton
The essay recalls Edith Rockefeller McCormick funding two private detectives at about $744 a month for eight years, highlighting wealth’s loneliness. It notes the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company will recall 1200 miners on Nov 1 to fulfill duties, despite ample ore stocks, praising the move.
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Bruce Catton
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Ottawa trade pact aims to bind empire economy
The July Ottawa conference yields a trade agreement meant to forge a self contained imperial economic unit. Prime Minister Bennett announces details that lower Canada England duties while raising others on non empire goods, likely reducing American exports by millions though gauge of success remains uncertain.
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Ottawa
Bennett
Canada
England
United States
Roosevelt Sows Theoretical Hope For Gentleman Farmers
The candidate Roosevelt is described as a gentleman farmer not pursuing profit. The woods have been full of such gentleman farmers in recent years.
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Roosevelt
Nominations Begin for Red Sox Successor Mantle
As the football season progresses, contenders emerge to take over the storied role once held by the Boston Red Sox icon. The push to crown a new leading figure gathers pace across clubs and supporters.
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Boston Red Sox
Zasu Pitts Says She Never Attends Her Own Movies
The actress testified that she avoids going to films including her own productions noting she never watches them. The remark suggests even performers tire of their work occasionally and finds amusement in ordinary routines like a taxi driver bored with his job.
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Zasu Pitts
Counterfeiters Targeting $20 Bills Debated as Optimists
The report suggests counterfeiters are attempting to pass a batch of $20 bills, described as a bold or optimistic move, with authorities noting ongoing investigations into the counterfeit operation.
Pursuit of archaeology tied to dentists and a magazine table
A fragment suggests a link between archaeology and dentistry with a magazine table as a motif. The text hints at ongoing pursuit and preservation, but details and context are unclear.
Pittsburgh youth's behavior sparks discussion on masculinity
A fragment notes a Pittsburgh boy of uncertain age who smokes cigars and prefers stoic conduct, prompting reflection on gender norms and social expectations without sensational detail.
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Pittsburgh
Hoover Pronounces Economics Correctly, Morley Notes
Christopher Morley notes President Hoover pronounces economics with a long e. He suggests the election might hinge on pronunciation, implying public reception could influence Hoover's image.
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Hoover
Christopher Morley
The Ballad of Jerry Barton in Jerkwater
A boy recounts the life of Jerry Barton a tough but flawed carpenter in Jerkwater. He drinks and schemes selling rabbit skins while friends betray him. After delirium tremens the law takes him to jail then back to crime until he finds solace in a Bible and returns home to rest in a Potter's Field burial with friends remembering him.
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Jerry Barton
Jerkwater
Jerry
Potter's Field
Weter
Shorty
Reverend Ashe Leads Negro Uplift and Growth in High Point
Six years into his pastorate Rev. Hugh Lindsay Ashe has built St. Mark's church from obscurity to prominence in the negro community. Educated at Bennett and Gammon, he expanded education and welfare opportunities, led fundraising for a $60,000 edifice at 755 East Washington, and chairs a broad program aiding uplift, with trustees and five ladies Auxiliaries backing his work.
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Hugh Lindsay Ashe
Rockingham County
Raleigh
Scotia Seminary
Livingstone College
High Point
Morris Chapel
Gt. Marks Methodist Episcopal Church
Ashe
Bennett College
Greensboro
Gammon Theological Seminary
Atlanta
St. Paul M. E
Winston-Salem
St&j. Mark's Church
Rey
East Washington Street
Forest Agencies Distribute Over 100 Million Trees Last Year
State forestry departments distributed more than 100 million trees for forest planting last year. Officials cite expanded reforestation programs and renewed commitments to habitat restoration across multiple states and regions.
Notice of Commissioner Sale Guilford County 1932
The commissioner will sell at the Greensboro courthouse at 2 P M on Monday November 7 1932 a described tract in Guilford County High Point Township beginning at a stake near a public road from North Route 77 Thacker's Dairy and running along J H Hedgecock and others lines to specified bearings and distances. Allen Austin attorney.
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Pickett & McDonald, Inc
Fannie L. Pickett
John 8. Pickett
Robert Kline Pickett
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point Township
North Serene
Thomasville-Hipotas
Lee Meredith
Ed Pierce
Pickett McDonald, Inc
Segyetet
N. C
Nornais
Otneek
Superior Court
A. A. Weert
Ruth K. Wea
A. Wayland Cooke
W. Hard Jud
Twelfth Judicial District
Hovetaner
Mises
Weavil
A. A. Wea Guardian
Ruth K. Weavil
Walser & Casey
Attys
Guilford
Ga . Kearns
George T. Penny
Greensboro
Northrone
Thacker's Dairy
J. H. Hedgecock
J. H. Cock
J. H
R. T. Pickens
W . Allen Austin
J. Allen Austin
Atty
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