President outlines postwar program and fiscal aims
The President addresses Congress outlining a postwar program including relief measures, tax and highway funding plans, and proposals to modernize enforcement. He urges extended federal aid to states, selective immigration controls, rail and electrical regulation, and a broader World Court alignment while warning against abrupt policy shifts.
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Border Patrol
Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover
Senate
World Court
Mae 9
President Hoover fears economic down mood and proposes tax inquiry
The President cites a three month decline across key indicators from 1928 levels, urging a study of tax effects and anti trust laws. He calls for temporary federal aid to support state services for health and disease control, especially rural areas, and suggests later reforms to reduce governmental instability.
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Congress
Hoover
How to play Bridge Auction or Contract by Ferguson
A historical bridge puzzle from Wynne Ferguson teaching grand slam play. The article presents a complex problem in which Hearts are trumps and the queen of diamonds is held, outlining multiple trick-by-trick lines for achieving a grand slam against any defense, including optimal discards and trumping strategies.
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Wynne Ferguson
Hearts
Z. Frack
Frick
Apades
Tage Vies
Muse
Joss
Cholera Infection Hard To Destroy
Dr J H Blix of the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture warns hog cholera hides in buried carcasses through winter and into spring, remaining infectious for days in cold and up to weeks in winter pens. The virus can spread via contaminated pens and meat, with flies aiding transmission. summer heat helps destroy it.
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J. H. Blix
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
County Court bids on county depository for two years
Notice from Hempstead County Arkansas states on the fourth Thursday in December 1930 bids will be received from banks or trust companies for a two year depository contract for county and school funds. Interested bidders must follow Arkansas law and file bids accordingly.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Bank of Trust Company
Hospitals Site Tour For Southern Soldiers' Home
Washington reports that Hot Springs and Little Rock are under consideration as sites for a $2,000,000 southern soldiers home. A group of army officers will tour the South for hearings and inspections, beginning early this month. The Little Rock hearing date is pending, to be held at the U S Veterans Bureau regional office. Members include Surgeon General Hugh S Cumming Major General Merritt W Ireland and Major General George H Wood.
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Washington
Little Rock
Gulfport
Miss
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Hugh S. Cumming
United States Public Health Service
Merritt W. Ireland
Federal
Soldiers’ Home
George H. Wood
National
Dayton
Ohio
Five Narrowly Escape as Span Goes in River
Five men on a new free bridge over the Red River near Denison Texas suffered a near disaster when high water caused the trestle to fail and plunge tons of steel into the river. One man survived the crash as others fled toward safety amid treacherous quicksand and rising current.
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Span
Despondent man ends life with poison in Forrest City
Horace Aaron, about 90, formerly of Storey and now with Hogan Construction Company, died by taking carbolic acid at Eaglebird boarding house Monday morning. He had told his sister that nothing mattered in life. He leaves a wife and baby in Searcy.
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Forrest City
Horace Aaron
Storey
Hottan Constitucion
Eagdh
Cne
Aaron
Leatherwood
Ufe
Hogan Company
Searcy
Spoon Key Allegedly Used in Jail Lock Break Attempt
Five Boone county prisoners in Arkansas were found near escape as officers uncovered a spoon fashioned into a crude key and a metal bed slab carved into a duplicate lock key. Prisoners near them alerted officials to unusual activity, prompting the investigation.
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Rrison
Ark
Boone County
Ohter
Umbrella Bond Amid Dark Clouds
In a brief scene, Whoopee explains gratitude to WhoopaeBless for backing him when danger loomed. John Skin Shinny inspired confidence, while Hotstuff questions the meaning of the gesture as an umbrella is lent during a threatening sky.
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John Skinshinny
Lost Art of Doing Nothing At State Convention
New Orleans report quotes Louisa K Faust of the National League of Women Voters urging women voters to revive the art of doing nothing gracefully. She notes the female of the species is losing it and discusses leisure as a civic virtue at the state convention.
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New Orleans
Louisa K. Faust
New York
National League of Women Voters
Miss Faust
League
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Correc
Hoyle
Frank May
Seal
Arls
Bridge Club
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