Why Foster Will Fail Says Communist Leader Speaks on Faith
William Z. Foster, U S communist leader, testifies to a House inquiry and argues that communism cannot menace the United States. He claims party members cannot marry in churches and would be expelled for such acts, while asserting broad respect for religious liberty and traditional marriage.
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William Z. Foster
Communist Party
United States
House of Representatives
Foster
Advice to the jobless urges stay in home communities
J Rogers Flannery of Pittsburgh, president of the National Association of Travelers' Aid Societies, says drifting to other cities worsens unemployment. He urges the jobless to remain in their own communities to access support networks and resources.
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J. Rogers Flannery
Pittsburgh
National Association of Travelers’ Aid Societies
Mr. Flannery
President Hoover Focuses on Economic Recovery and Relief
The Kansas City Times notes President Hoover in a short session prioritizing business revival and unemployment relief. He backs Muscle Shoals, new regulations, and especially two funds: a near 150 million dollar public works acceleration fund and a farm loan fund for seed and animal feed. Legislative action should aid, but real healing depends on producers and consumers.
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Hoover
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Kansas City Times
Postal rates critique calls for cautious approach
The piece urges Congress to delay raising first class mail rates and to assess impacts, arguing two cents suffices and suggesting ending franking privileges first. It warns that increasing other classifications could push business to private carriers and frames first class as self-sustaining.
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Congress
Aged Louisiana woodsman faces federal court over whiskey distilling
A Louisiana backwoodsman, aged and isolated, was brought to federal court in Baton Rouge for distilling whisky and confessed he had never heard of the prohibition law. He also questioned whether the Civil War had ended, admitting only rumors.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Suburban Readers Lure Could Boost Newspaper Circulation
A remark hints that a small neglected area might host potential subscribers. The note suggests newspapers should target readers in that quiet corner to grow circulation.
Safety in the Air Promises Safer Commercial Flights
Commerce Department figures for the first half of 1930 show commercial airlines safer than ever, with one fatal accident per 5 million miles flown, a 200 percent improvement over last year. Crashes rise in other flights as young pilots hit the ground more often, urging travelers to fly with established companies and veteran pilots.
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Commerce Department
Fiddler of Memory Plays Old Tunes Across the Snow
Douglas Malloch recalls a fiddler who keeps singing the past through old dance tunes. The farewell imagery links memory, youth, and warmth as winter winds blow. The poem frames life as a gray fiddler whose melodies keep beloved days alive.
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Douglas Malloch
Elkins Park musician plays organ with his feet
In Atlantic City Karl Bonawitz, longtime organist in eastern cities, demonstrates foot pedal mastery on the world's largest pipe organ at Convention Hall. The piece mentions the Hebrew prayer and hints at tomorrow’s feature on a freak kick game.
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Karl Bonawitz
Mr. Bonawitz
Elkins Park
Atlantic City
N. J
Jehuda Halevi
Quotations from leaders and thinkers on war and peace
A collection of brief remarks from Harvard professor Edwin F. Gay, Ivor Brown, Roy Priest, J. D. Beresford, Le Baron Cooke, Henry Berenger, Henry Ford, General John J. Pershing, and a biblical verse. The lines touch on war, freedom, knowledge, sleep, and faith.
Ex Switchman Doak Named Secretary of Labor
William N. Doak, longtime railroad union leader and Washington lobbyist, is named secretary of labor in Hoover's cabinet. Doak rose from Bluefield yard switchman to national legislative representative for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, prioritizing labor causes and bipartisan cooperation. His wife Mrs. Doak shares a quiet, home-centered life at Notre Nid, a Washington area estate, with their dogs and parrot. The Doaks plan to move to Washington as Doak adapts to his new role.
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William N. Doak
Secretary of
Labor
Ashington
Hoover
Mr. Doak
Washington
Potomac
Mrs. Doak
Doak
Doaks
National Geographic
Herbert Hoover
Ing Blond
Waltham
Polly Doak
Polly
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhood
Bristol
Tenn
Bluefield
W. Va
Norfolk & Western
Hatfield
West Virginia
Trainmen’s Brotherhood
Union
Roanoke
Congress
Pickett
Grant
Fifty Years Ago Today In Muscatine And Beyond
Recap of events dated fifty years prior: supervisors Cadle Garrett and others inspecting a new bridge at Saulisburys. a Springfield blaze destroying buildings. Taft reports US army strength at 59 814. Santa Fe chief Ripley loses mail contract to Rock Island. Louisa County anti liquor crusade forms as Paul Revere's Guard. ten years ago a Cedar Valley farmer commits suicide. a stolen trio of bandits abandon an automobile in Bettendorf amid a store robbery search.
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Garrett
Muscatine
McCampbell
George King
The
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Carriage
Saulisburys
Springfield
Mass
William Howard Taft
United States
Ripley
Santa Fe Railroad
Rock Island
Chicago
Los Angeles
Louisa County
Paul Revere
Cedar Valley
Here
Bettendorf
Muscatine Hotel
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Iowa
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Kansas City
Detroit
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St. Louis
Cone, Rothenburg & Nobe, Inc
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
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Tim Loss
Highay
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Elieve
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Faxy
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Cayce
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England
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Sellevue
Stoop
Billtead
Oregon State
Pacific University
Uotations
Edwin F. Gay
Harvard
Ivor Brown
Roy Priest
Automotive Authority
J. D. Beresford
le Baron Cooke
Henry Berenger
America
Henry Ford
John J. Pershing
Isaiah
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NEA
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Indiana
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Deak
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