Garner Denounces Hoover Over Relief Policy in House
Speaker John N. Garner lambasted President Hoover in a dramatic house address. He condemned relief plans as political favoritism and warned against class legislation, citing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and a feared 300 million dollar appropriation.
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Washington
House
John N. Garner
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Legislative
Federal
House Ways and Means OKs aid for bone us marchers return
The Ways and Means Committee approved a Senate resolution to fund transportation and subsistence costs to return home the thousands of bone us marchers now in Washington. The plan would cover travel home and daily needs as the marchers seek their destinations.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Boll Weevil Threat to Southern Cotton Production
Weevils and mild winter weather threaten cotton in the South as infestations rise from Alabama to Georgia. Reports show heavy activity in Dallas County Alabama and Spartanburg South Carolina with 300 to 500 weevils per acre in some counties. Florida pink boll worm appears, raising Georgian alert. officials warn farmers face decisions to abandon feed crops or concentrate on cotton as damage estimates are not yet issued.
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Atlanta
Mississippi River
Alabama
Dallas County
Spartanburg County
South Carolina
Union County
J. C. Holton
Mississippi
Georgia
Hempstead Legion to Meet at 8 Thursday
The Leslie Huddle American Legion post will hold its first monthly meeting at 8 PM in City Hall. Commander J L Stringer urges strong attendance as several key questions require post approval.
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Leslie Huddleston
Kaiser's Kin May Return to Power
Berlin report warns that rightists led by nationalists and Nazis push toward monarchy as Prussia and Reich politics fear a Hohenzollern restoration. Rumors of Hindenburg resignation and crown prince return spark republican anxiety amid Nazi ascent and talks with Doorn.
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Walter Brockmann
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Reichstag
Prussia
Presi
von Hindenburg
Friederich Wilhelm
Germany
Holland
Doorn
Franz von Epp
Adolf Hitler
Republic
Wilhelm Kube
Frederick the Great
Wilhelm I
Israel
Roth
England
Europe
World Fliers Land Safely in Berlin
James Mattern and Bennett Griffin, American round-the-world fliers, landed at Tempelhof in Berlin after a non stop Atlantic crossing from New York to Newfoundland to Berlin aboard the Century of Progress. They set a pace ahead of Peppe Gatty record holders and planned to depart for Moscow that night.
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Berlin
Mattern- Griffin
Moscow
Pepst- Gatty
James Mattern
Bennett Griffin
Tempelhof
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
New York City
Atlantic
Post and Gatty
Russia
Heavy rains flood central Arkansas farmland and roads
Central Arkansas counties faced submerged crop lands and halted farming as recent storms drenched the region. Texarkana recorded 5.23 inches, while Hope measured 3.25 inches from Tuesday noon to Wednesday morning per federal weather official N. P. O'Neal.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Texarkana
Hope
N. P. O'Neal
Federal
Washington Kiwanis to Host Hope Club Program
Citizens of Washington and Hope will attend a Hope Kiwanis club good will program at the city schoolhouse Friday night. Dewey Hendrix and Gray Carrigan are coordinating arrangements with Rev J L Leonard delivering the welcome and John P Cox the principal speaker. John Ridghill and his five piece string band will perform with Miss Winter Canon from Hope featured.
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Washington
Hope Kiwanis Club
Dewey Hendrix
Hope
Gray Carrigan
J. L. Leonard
John P. Cox
John Ridghill
Miss Winter Canon
Reynolds Tobacco Heir Smith Reynolds Dies By Self Inflicted Gunshot
Smith Reynolds aged 20 heir to the R J Reynolds tobacco fortune died after a gunshot wound to the head in Winston Salem North Carolina police said he shot himself four hours after the incident near his wife Libby Holman Broadway singer Ab Walker of Winston Salem reported the event Reynolds whose family founded R J Reynolds Tobacco Company was a leading NC magnate with ties to Camel cigarettes and regional wealth noted as among the state’s richest.
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Winston-Salem, N
Smith Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
North Carolina
Ab Walker
Winston-Salem
Reynolds
Libby Holman
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Jami Duke
Tobacco and Electric Power
Wate
Color Blindness Found in Iowa State Students
Iowa State College psychologist Martin F. Fritz reports color blindness in 8.5 percent of freshmen and 4.9 percent of graduate men among 2163 students in Ames. None of the graduate women are color blind. He notes most color blind freshmen lie in the aptitude test’s lower half, though a few have high ratings. Over half of affected students were unaware of their condition.
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Ames
Iowa
Martin F. Fritz
Iowa State College Department of Psychology
Stork Theft Lands Two Youths in Court
In Albuquerque two youths were jailed after stealing an ornamental lawn stork used as a yard decoration. Police court records show the car used in the getaway carried stolen tires gas and oil head lamps and other car accessories.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Woman Sent Back To Jail After Refusing Marry Plea
Della Koenig remains jailed after a failed promise to wed George Bouvier. Bouvier described as weak by Della following his plea to free her. Koenig had been arrested on a vagrancy charge, released on condition of marriage, then jailed again for a new arrest and a $60 fine. A separate USDA device now measures rain erosion.
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Denver, Col
Della Koenig
George Bouvier
Della
Bouvier
Chicken Stew Candidate Henry Field Eyes 1930s Senate Run
Shenandoah seed merchant Henry Field, who vaulted to the Republican nomination by defeating Brookhart with a populist bid, plans a second campaign against Louis Murphy and possibly Brookhart. Field emphasizes honesty and common sense, pledging to work for Iowa and farmers while he continues his seed business. He was born in 1871 and started selling seeds at age five.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
Budley
Henry Field
Brookhart
Field
Louis Murphy
Dubuque
Barnyard Statesman
Henry
Mrs. Field
Washington
Middle West
Senator Brookhart
Society Woman Freed in Killing Case in London
Mrs Elvira Dolores Barney was acquitted by a jury of murder and manslaughter in the fatal May 31 shooting of her lover Thomas William Scott Stephen at her London flat. She testified of struggle over a revolver after an all night party and claimed her husband abused her.
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London
England
Elvira Dolores Barney
Thomas William Scott Stephen
Stephen
Barney
John
Mullens
Paris
Williams Mews
Smoke Triggers Salt Lake City Fire Alarm But No Fire Found
A passerby rang the fire alarm after seeing smoke from a parked car in Salt Lake City. Investigators determined a short circuit burned a small ignition wire. five hose companies and police arrived to find no active blaze.
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Salt Lake Cicty
Utah
Spirit of 76 originally a cartoon by Willard
T A Willard of Beverly Hills says A M Willard intended to draw a joke cartoon for Fourth of July players with fife and drum. The cartoon drew attention when shown in a photographer window, leading Willard to turn the idea into a painting. The dedication coincided with a market opening at the Willard house site in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
A. M. Willard
T. A. Willard
Beverly Hills
California
Willard
Roosevelt's Mother Shapes Campaign for Presidency
A portrait of Sarah Delano Roosevelt guiding Franklin D Roosevelt from childhood in Dutchess County to his path as Democratic nominee. The piece notes her influence in education, sailing ambitions, and early exposure to politics shaping his future presidency.
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Roosevelt
Dutchess County
New York
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Franklin
President Roosevelt
City Seeks Legal Opinion on Right to Enter Business
The council voted 534 to 26 for a municipal ice plant in a special election but took no action to build. It seeks a Little Rock legal opinion on using public funds, aiming to determine authority to proceed and possibly await a 1933 legislative remedy. The meeting also approved monthly bills and bond premiums, set volunteer firemen limits, reviewed White Way lamp removals, and eyed beautification of Dykes Springs with Kiwanis.
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Hope
Little Rock
Southern Icie & Utilities Co
Board of Public Affairs
Loreco
Third and
Walnut Streets
Kiwanis Club
Dykes Springs
R. L. Gosnell
Ira Halliburton
Roy Anderson
Kiwanians
New Expedition to Look For Fawcett
An expedition led by Robert Churchward and Captain John G. Hollman departs for Brazil to investigate Colonel P. H. Fawcett missing since 1925. They aim to test theories of his fate including discovery of a lost civilization or captivity by Indians, prompted by Swiss trapper Rattin’s report of Fawcett alive last October.
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F. B. Colton
Associated Press
Washington
P. H. Fawcett
Atlantis
Robert Churchward
John G. Holman
Brazil
Fawcett
Stephan Rattin
Tapajos
Madeira
Rattin
Matto Grasso
France
Germany
Spain
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