Hoover favored Reece lease plan in Tennessee primary
The Indianapolis Times notes President Hoover backs Rep. B Carroll Reece in a Tennessee Republican primary over the senate plan for Muscle Shoals. The piece links Hoover’s 1928 stance to current support, contrasts it with opposition from Norris bill advocates, and warns of predatory interests and fake documents in politics.
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Hoover
Congress
Tennessee
B. Carroll Reece
Muscle Shoals
Cove Creek
Senate
House
Reece
Elizabethton
Knoxville News- Sentinel
Scripps-Howard
Norris
Moscow
Sam W. Price
Open Covenants and Secret Diplomacy Through History
The piece argues President Hoover rightly withholds secret materials on the London naval pact and questions the return of open covenants. It cites Wilsonian open diplomacy as ideal yet critiques real-world secrecy, noting old verbal agreements and unbound ententes, urging frank public disclosure of diplomatic realities.
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Hoover
Senate
Washington
Bulldog
Mi. Hoover
Mr. Wilson
England
France
Sir Edward Grey
Grey
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
George Louis
St. Petersburg
Safety at Bathing Beaches in Heat Wave
A hot spell raises drowning tolls as people hurry to beaches yet ignore safety basics. Lifeguards, swimming with company, and waiting after meals are urged. Public beaches are safer for this reason despite crowding.
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Middle West
Documentary Gold Bricks and Amtorg Letters Debated in NYC Hearing
Witnesses before the congressional committee in New York questioned the Amtorg letters, claiming the Moscow-origin letterheads were printed in New York City. The panel’s findings suggested broad gullibility about the documents once presented to the public by Grover Whaler during his tenure as police commissioner.
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Fish
Berlin
Borah
Norris
Paris
LaFollette
Heflin
Zinoviev
Dreyfus
France
Congress
Capitol
Grover Whaler
New York City
Congressional Committee
New York
Railroad Whistles and the Romantic Sound of Crossings
A reflective piece discusses railroad whistles and the imagined tech that would target noise at crossings. It weighs efficiency against preserving a nostalgic, haunting sound that evokes distant trains and midnight nostalgia, arguing the current whistle has a romantic, undeniable presence despite noise concerns.
Old Turk Visitor Draws Skeptical Cheers Across Century
A 156-year-old Turk visiting the country draws skepticism about age claims. A doctor notes that such longevity is often associated with illiterate peasants and no written records. The piece contrasts this with lively Americans like Lindbergh and mocks various oddities from the era.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Decency upheld as Norris name clash wins in Nebraska
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled George W. Norris, a Broken Bow grocer, filed his senatorial petition too late, a decision framed as a victory for decency against a cooked up candidacy aiming to confuse voters. The piece notes broader fears of similar tactics and urges clear candidate identity rules.
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Supreme Court of Nebraska
George W. Norris
Broken Bow
Outer Region of Sun Divided Into Three Parts
Science explains the sun’s three outer regions the photosphere atmosphere and corona. The photosphere is the visible gaseous surface with sunspots while the atmosphere divides into the reversing layer and chromosphere with prominences. The corona remains hard to study except during eclipses and varies with sunspot activity.
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Earth
World War I Causes and Global Mobilizations
A 1914 timeline notes Austria Hungary declaring war on Serbia and issuing a harsh ultimatum. Serbia’s response aimed to avert broader conflict as diplomats failed to mediate. Russia mobilized, Germany declared war on Russia, then France, followed by Britain over Belgium. The U.S. entered in 1917. The question asks to name seven seas: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
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Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Hapsburg
Austria- Hungary
Germany
Russia
France
Belgium
England
United States
Seven Seas
North and South Atlantic
North and South Pacific
Arctic
Antarctic
Psychological factors in alcoholism analyzed by Hart
Dr Hart studied about thirty chronic alcoholics to uncover personality traits and family dynamics linked to drinking. The report notes high rates of marital discord, parental instability, fixation on the mother, and lack of concern about weakness. It concludes recovery hinges on psychological replacements such as religion art or love rather than purely medical treatment.
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Henry Hart
Hart
State Department
Moscow
United States
Russia
If a Hospital Mixed Up Babies Then Let It Be
A Times 1930 column jokes about swapped infants, arguing private ownership of offspring is overvalued. It suggests keeping babies in shops until ready and asserts the idea that a parenthood bond grows with time, not mere biology, praising flexible adoption and practice with any child.
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Egypt
Purple
Chicago
Brown
Smith
the Times
Jerry Buckley
Readers Voice Views on Mergers and Prices
A Times readers letter argues giant mergers curb competition and keep bread prices high despite wheat value changes. The writer blames the Republican party for anti trust violations and calls for a Democratic recovery to avert economic crisis, urging farmers and laborers to think and vote. Silas Bainbridge 243 Kansas Street.
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Times
Republican Party
Washington
Democratic Party
McNey
Cal
Endowment leaders and Union statehood dates
Harvard leads U S endowments with 86 702 843 followed by Columbia 63 507 416 and Yale 58 024 459. Kansas entered the Union January 29 1861 as the 34th state while West Virginia joined June 19 1863 as the 35th.
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United States
Harvard
Columbia
Yale
Kansas
West Virginia
Democrats Need More Horse Sense To Win In 1982
M E Tracy argues Democrats face a split party akin to the Republicans and must display greater sense to capitalize on the era’s political currents. He notes Fess’s Hoover era ties and looming leadership questions, contrasting old guard conflicts with new business pressures.
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Fess
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Chaiman Fess
Wilson
Ink used by inspectors stamps meat is vegan coloring ink
Daily Thought quotes and religious exhortations contrast with a note about meat inspection ink. Government inspectors reportedly use a harmless ink made from vegetable coloring to stamp meat assertions.
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Indianapolis Times
Sunder
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
West
Maryland Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Hoyd Gurley
Roy W. Howard
Frank G. Morrison
Fhone—Riley
United Press
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Newspaper Information Service and Audit Bureau of Circulations
London
Ireland
Frederick Landis
Nebraska
Sam
R. Coolidge
Dwight Morrow
Donald MacMillan
Iceland
David Dietz
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Heywood Brown
America
Silas Bainbridge
Kansas Street
M. E. Tracy
Daily Thought
L. Strauss & CO
Washington Street
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