Hoover Visits Bonanza Town for Nevada Rail Tour
Former President Herbert Hoover traveled to Virginia City Nevada for a weekend inspection of the Virginia and Truckee railway with Ogden Mills. The party rode a brass trimmed locomotive and antique coach along the historic line. Hoover resisted photographers at the Crystal Bar site while recounting the Comstock Lode era and the Mills and Hearst dynasties.
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Roosevelt seeks refinancing aid for farmers in farm bill
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize refinancing of farmers debts and amending farm mortgages with principal readjustment and interest relief. The plan includes $200 million for refinancing through RBF and $50.09 million to drainage, levee and irrigation districts, expanding lending by $300 million, aiming to ease forced liquidation and restore ownership prospects.
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Roosevelt plan cites loan relief and tariff talk
Franklin D. Roosevelt urges temporary debt amortization readjustment to aid farmers and restore land ownership, arguing it won t burden the Treasury and could extend to homeowners. He also proposes reciprocal tariff agreements to open foreign markets. A separate notice promotes a Cole County Farm Bureau sponsored screening at Wardville Community Hall Tuesday at 8.
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Cole County Farm Bureau
Ruler of Siam 15 Made Absolute
King Prajadhipok of Siam suspended the elected leaders and declared a state of emergency, constitutional reforms halted, and moved to rule as an absolute monarch after returning from the United States where he had promised popular government.
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People's Party
Two East West Links Are Commemorated
Luang Pradit, royal claimant of a palace revolution last June, and Prajadhipok’s elevated alliance marked a clash of power in Siam. The anniversary recalls the dispatch of riders from Los Angeles to St Joseph and the move toward a new governance under a council of twenty. Talks note Roosevelt’s Panama Canal Commission appointment and Tokio’s vast growth, reflecting global changes of the era.
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Move to Carry Out Veterans Benefits Gut
Washington April 3 AP Instructions to field workers were prepared to carry out President Roosevelts order for a slash of 400000000 in annual benefits to war veterans. Big savings come from removing non service connected injuries from many payments and new ratings limit cash for various disability levels. Temporary non service related disabilities and free hospital care will end. Certain war veterans and widows receive pensions under a presumption of service connected disability but can be challenged. A 16 percent pension cut for Civil and Indian War veterans and widows is planned July 1 under the economy law.
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Airplane first to cross world highest mountain
Three Englishmen funded by Lady Houston crossed the world’s highest mountain by airplane for the first time. The party includes the Marquis of Clydesdale Air Commodore P F M Fellowes Flight Lieutenant Mcintyre and Colonel B P Etherton.
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Lady Houston
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Lady Bountiful
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McIntyre
Col
B. P. Etherton
Nebraska Judge Nominated to U S Appeals Court
President Roosevelt nominated Joseph W. Woodrough of Nebraska to the eighth federal circuit court of appeals. Woodrough, a federal district judge in Nebraska, was first named to the bench by President Wilson. He was recommended by Arthur Mullen of Omaha after Mullen refused the vacancy at the Chicago convention.
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McCracken Professor Achieves Perfect Russian Checkers Score
In McCracken Kansas on April 3 professor A Prowant defeated Wayne Davidson in Russian checkers by taking all 12 of Davidson’s men without losing a single man. Such a perfect score is said to occur only once in a lifetime and leaves Prowant with little to anticipate.
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20 Million Year Old Tree Found Near Marionylle
April 3 Springfield Mo AP reports James E Cribbs head of Drury College Biology says a petrified tree 10 to 20 million years old was found on O T Steele farm near Marionylle. The land form in sea rock may be scientifically important. one end lodged in chert with marine fossils. The note adds a historical aside about the 1812 battle of New Orleans and the Ghent Peace Treaty.
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Campaign Ends in Missouri Mayor Race Tug of War
St Louis April 8 The heated mayoralty contest pits Republican Walter J G Neun against Democrat Bernard F Dickman with charges of Boss Pendergast control. Dickman defends against the machine claim and touts a public desire for city government change as Republicans seek to keep power. The Madden-Madden race for Comptroller Louis Nolte versus William Stone Madden adds to a closely watched finish shaping control of the board of estimate and apportionment.
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Walter J. G. Neun
Bernard F. Dickman
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
St. Louis
Dickman
Democratic State Committee
Neun
Board of Aldermen
Voice of the People
Louis Nolte
William Stone Madden
Sheriff Madden
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Madden
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Do Headaches Drive You Crazy A Dream of Najal remedy
The article argues headaches are caused by bodily poisons and touts Dream of Najal as a harmless, drug free treatment. Cream of Nujol is claimed to remove poisons, require no special work or play disruption, and cost only a few cents daily. It urges taking Cream of Najol at night and morning and buying at drug counters.
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Election outline for aldermanic races and leadership
The plan assigns general fiscal powers with Dick Man as potential winner, while Neun would stay as aldermanic president for two years if Man wins. Fourteen seats from odd numbered wards are up. Of the fourteen aldermen in Goyer, twelve are Republicans and two Democrats.
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Goyer
Four More Rail Men Named Washington
The interstate commerce commission added four names to the list of trustees for operating railroad properties under reorganization. The panel of 12 was previously criticized. New nominees include W. C. Brankhauser and Allan P. Matthew of San Francisco, George R. Sykes of Pineadle California, and Max Thelan of San Francisco.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Open Keg Medal Play Planned in Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Springs Mo April 1 The Open Keg medal play golf tournament is planned for next Saturday to honor beer’s return. The event will be a single 18 hole route with a trophy antique drinking horn about 21 inches long and capable of two quarts.
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French Oppose Phases Of Mussolini Peace Plan
Paris reports say the big four directorate idea in Mussolini's European peace pact was quashed after a three hour cabinet meeting. The government plans a reply to Britain and Italy and seeks to remove treaty revision from the plan while aiming to advance negotiations.
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