Wage Cutting Policy Broad Topic For Next Congress
Washington Sept 26 AP the looming congress meet fuels public focus on diverse issues including beer taxes wage cuts unemployment and soldier Seane. President Hoover keeps busy with Detroit trip Rapidan camp visit and Legion vote on prohibition amid rising congressional debate.
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Agriculture Department
Hyde
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Hoover Heads to Rapidan Camp for Weekend Visit
President Hoover altered plans twice due to weather and drove with nine guests to the Rapidan Camp in Virginia for a weekend retreat. Roosevelt of Porto Rico and Governor Bingham join the party, stirring talk of future posts and policy. Roosevelt declines a VP run, hints Hurley as a potential candidate.
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Patrick Hurley
National inquiry studies transit finances nationwide
A U S Chamber of Commerce special committee will survey city transit systems including street cars buses taxis and subways to assess revenue threats across sizes. Questionnaires will seek data on whether local reports reflect a general condition and findings will guide potential remedies and the role of transit in worker shopper and public needs.
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National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
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McEwen Lumber Company
High Point
N. C
LaGuardia urges Legion to choose beer or bonus
New York representative F H LaGuardia a Republican in a letter to Meredith Roberts commander of the aviators post urged the American Legion to insist on either beer or a bonus. He said President Hoover should address the Volstead act modification and warned of a renewal of the bonus demand after Congress adjourns. You can tell the boys for me that it will be beer or bonus.
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F. H. LaGuardia
American Legion
Meredith Roberts
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LaGuardia
Hoover
Congress
Monarchists in New York Russian Colony Plan Restoring Czardom
The New York Russian exile community, the world’s largest, discusses plans for a czarist restoration. Arch Duke Cyril is rumored to attend a conference to revive czarism, though monarchists deny the tale and dismiss a $1.5 million propaganda fund as fanciful.
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Nicholas
United States
Collings' Widow At Inquest In Huntington Murder
Mrs Benjamin Collings testifies at an inquest in Huntington describing the night two unknown men boarded their cruiser Penguin in Long Island Sound bound and threw her yachtsman husband overboard and abducted her.
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Corone
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Long Island Sound
Robinson Blames Hoover for Depression in Campaign Speech
Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas condemned President Hoover's leadership and tariff policy in Springfield, urging support for Democrat R. D. Johnson. He denounced the Hawley Smoot tariff for worsening unemployment, urged tariff reductions, public works, and a broader international silver conference to revive commerce and prosperity.
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Dry Agents Raid Across Six North Carolina Counties
Federal agents conducted liquor raids in Wilson Nash Craven Edgecombe Wayne and Lenoir counties, arresting thirty-nine suspects. Officials bound them over to the United States district court with bonds from fifty to one thousand dollars. The action yielded 212 gallons of whiskey and one automobile seized.
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Chinese Regret League Failure to Act on Plea
Chinese officials voiced keen disappointment as the League of Nations rejected China’s appeal for an impartial commission to investigate the Manchuria clash with Japan. Japan had signaled troop withdrawals, but China’s new League seat did not yield the hoped settlement. American note by Henry L. Stimson reached Peiping, prompting cautious official responses. Bitterness sparked boycotts against Japan in numerous cities as public reaction grew.
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Geneva
Henry L. Stimson
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Three Die When Airplane Falls In Loganport Joy Ride
Three Logansport men died when their unowned plane crashed in a field two miles from Loganport after taking off from a private field. Pilot William Lowden, 33, along with Andrew Nicholas, 40, and Walter King, 38, were killed. A dispute with the owner had led to the flight as a celebratory joy ride, witnesses said, with the plane going down after an apparent loss of control at about 100 feet.
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Andrew Nicholas
Walter King
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Joe Uhl
King
Lindbergh relief flight to China ends in failure
In Nanking on September 26 Col. Lindbergh’s attempt to airlift doctors and relief supplies to flood stricken Kiangsu centers failed as a starving crowd swarmed the plane, endangering the mission. Lindbergh called it the most heart rending experience of his career and said future aid must come with military escort. Mrs. Lindbergh stayed behind to keep space for the doctors on the Hinghwa flight.
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J. N. Grant
Peiping Union Medical College
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Laval Briand leave for Berlin to seek peace
Premier Laval and Foreign Minister Briand departed Paris for Berlin to pursue improved Franco German relations. In Paris officials say France aims to reduce arms and curb nationalist outbreaks while seeking a calmer atmosphere to address world problems. The visit garners cabinet support despite opinions that now may not be the best time for a broad understanding.
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Aristide Briand
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Albert Buisson
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Poland
Democrats Warned Against Whiskey Issue in 1932 Debate
Washington, Sept 26. Senator Hull cites Woodrow Wilson letter arguing prohibition should not be party policy. He urges focus on economic problems, opposes forcing temperance into party platform. Hull criticizes three Republican administrations as in “fool's paradise” amid economic nationalism and outlines tax and borrowing views.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Tennessee
Democratic National
Wilson
Washington Star Radio Forum
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Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Bulkley
Ohio
Congress
Doolittle Sets Another Record In Flight To Indianapolis
Major James H. Doolittle lowered the St Louis to Indianapolis time to 52 minutes, beating by 18 minutes the prior West to East link record of 70 minutes. The Army and Navy hosted a flyer's dedication at the municipal airport with squadrons from Scott Field Selfridge Field and Chicago Great Lakes training station in attendance. Capt Hawks, originally expected, made a forced landing at Sunbury Pa. after starting from New York.
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Wake Forest Woman Injured in Raleigh Area Car Crash
Mrs. William R. Powell Jr of Wake Forest was hurt late today in a Durham Raleigh highway accident near Cary after attending the North Carolina Wake Forest football game in Chapel Hill. She was taken to Rex Hospital where officials said injuries are not serious.
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Agents Investigating Tax Evasion Linked to Bribe Allegations
CHICAGO Sept 26 The federal inquiry centers on claims Terry Druggan and Frank Lake paid 75000 to influence tax case outcomes. U S Attorney Johnson denies any bribery or improper pressure and cooperates fully. Capone family links appear as Ralph Capone seeks extension to appeal tax charges none too soon.
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Terry Druggan
Frank Lake
United States
George F. Q. Johnson
Harry C. Hayes
Department of Justice
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Johnson
Searface al” Capone
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Ralph Capone
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