Extensions of Federal Power Are Discussed
At the University of Virginia round tables, Douglas Arant argues that state failures to protect citizens drive reliance on federal power. He traces centralization to the 19th century and cites indirect legislation as eroding constitutional restraint and signaling public indifference toward vital governmental issues.
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United States
Latin America
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
Douglas Arant
Birmingham
Ala
Round Table
Mr. Arant
Arant
Republic
Congress
World Motor Ratio Shows Big Increase
The rapid motorization of the world is highlighted by A. W. Childs, head of the commerce department automative division. Global ratio dropped from 71 to 1 to 41 to 1 in three years, while the United States stands at 4.87 persons per car. Arabia records the fewest autos per capita, with Asir at 75 000 people per vehicle.
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Associated Press
Washington
A. W. Childs
Department of Commerce
United States
Arabia
Asir
Smoot Believes Hoover Supports Slide Scale in Tariff
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee reopened hearings on the Smoot sliding scale for sugar. The plan ties import duties to refined sugar prices in New York, rising with price drops and falling as prices rise. Smoot predicted President Hoover would back a bill with sliding scale provisions instead of a fixed three cent duty.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
New York
Hoover
Doctor Eckener Misses Mayor Walker in City Hall
Graf Zeppelin skipper Dr Hugo Eckener stops at New York City Hall but misses Mayor Walker due to a dentist emergency. He phones in a brief call and the mayor invites him to talk longer, joking about avoiding the dental drill.
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New York
Hugo Eckener
City Hall
Walker
Jimmy
Bombing Planes Squadron Tests Mobility Across U S
A nine plane army bomber squadron from Langley field Virginia will fly to San Diego with two stops en route. Maj Hugh J Knorr will command the mission with fuel stops at Scott field Belleville and Amarillo. After three days at San Diego the return will include Oakland Salt Lake City Cheyenne Denver Kansas City Dayton and Cleveland for the national air races on August 24.
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Tex
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Oakland
Calif
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Cheyenne
Denver
Kansas City
Dayton
Cleveland
Baalmann's Gas Tablets Promised Relief for Digestive Discomfort
Advertises Baalmann's Gas Tablets as a permanent solution to stomach and bowel gas. Claims include disabling gas pressure, reducing nervousness and palpitations, easing post meal drowsiness, and restoring comfortable breathing. Promotes purchase from Collens' Pharmacy in a yellow package.
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Collens’ Pharmacy
Author of Romantic Tales Dies All Alone
CHICAGO Aug. 7 Mary Mac Lane once a best selling author died last night in a lonely room on Chicago's fringe. The writer of I Mary MacLane Men Who Have Made Love to Me and other romantic works had all but vanished for years before it was confirmed she was the celebrated memoirist whose life and books once stirred readers.
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Mary MacLane
Miss MacLane
Zemo Skia Soothing Cream Ad
Soothing antiseptic Zemo provides relief for bites rash sunburn and itching. It cools and soothes while helping clear blemishes and promote clear skin. Available in 35c 60c and 1.00 prices.
Smoke mat I am beyond compare said the second
Two speakers in a fragment discuss superiority with one declaring “I am beyond compare” and the other noting “Smoke mat” as a curious aside in the dialogue.
Cheron Endorses Young Plan At Hague Conference
French finance minister Henri Cheron urged acceptance or rejection of the Young reparations plan in full at The Hague conference. He countered British calls for modifications and pressed that the plan be judged as a whole. Italian senator Masconi supported Cheron saying Italy gets what is due under the plan.
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Henri Jasper
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Philip Snowden
Antoni Masconi
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Mr. Snowden
New York Sculpture Claimed Inferior to German Works
Miss Frances Savage declares Germany now holds the greatest sculpture in the world and mocks New York City's civic virtue statue in City Hall Park as inferior. She asserts even the worst of Germany rivals outrank the New York piece.
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New York
Germany
Frances Savage
Teutonic Republic
City Hall Park
White Sheep With Black Tails Lure Prospector North
SAN DIEGO Calif Aug. 7 Wild white sheep with black tails lured Robert Frothingham into the Yukon and through rugged Campbell mountains. He shot an old ram of the sought species after traversing the Meadwaters of the Pelly river area near Frances Lake, near the Yukon Liard divide.
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San Diego
Calif
Robert Frothingham
Yukon
Campbell Mountain Range
New York Magazine
Campbell Mountains
Pelly River
Frances Lake
Yukon River
Liard River
Hoover Alumni Honor Graduate Hoover Surrounded
Former Stanford students and faculty, led by President Hoover, seek government posts. Ray Lyman Wilbur, former Stanford president and secretary of the interior, takes indefinite leave to join the cabinet as aides Ernest Sawyer and Northcutt Ely are Stanford graduates. Augustus Taber Murray, Stanford classics professor, is noted among supporters.
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Associated Press
Palo Alto
Cal
Lefend Stanford, Jr. University
Hoover
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Interior
Stanford
Wilbur
Ernest Sawyer
Northcutt Ely
Augustus Taber Murray
Stan
Stanford Alumni Named to National Education and Research Posts
W F Durand emeritus professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford joins the Boulder Dam commission. Ellwood P Cubberley dean of education on the committee of 45 studying federal state education relations. Kenneth Macintosh former Washington justice and Stanford graduate 1895. C C Teague Farm Relief Board member unrelated to Stanford. Vernon Kellogg former Stanford entomology professor now secretary of the National Research Council.
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Kenneth Macintosh
Washington State Supreme Court
The
Crime Survey Commission
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Hoover
C. C. Teague
Farm Relief Board
Stanford National Board
Vernon L. Kellogg
CLASSIFY DEBS NEW YORK
Social column notes Park Avenue debs sorted into groups A B and C by an anonymous arbiter. A describes thoroughly nice well mannered dancers with athleticism and poise. B retains A’s appeal but may reflect slightly in company. C is deemed unsuitable.
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