Rebels and political tremors loom over Cuba and Europe
Rebel outbreaks prompt martial law in Cuba with Machado mobilizing troops and seizing suspected leaders. In Germany the failed plebiscite preserves the Reich. Laval’s Berlin visit appears likely as Paris and Berlin seek accord. American Farm Bureau pushes equalization fee to curb surplus, Traylor gains unlikely presidential buzz.
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Reich
Berlin
Paris
Premier Laval
Diwvard A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
State Farm Bureau
Milwaukee
Farm Board
Affcids
Washington
McNary- Haugen
O'Neal
International experts reach complete agreement on debt moratorium plan
London reports say Hoover plan details for Germany under the January 20 1930 Hague pact will be implemented with suspensions of interallied debts to the United Kingdom France and Italy. Governments including Australia Canada Czechoslovakia Greece India New Zealand Portugal Romania and South Africa approve suspensions and note adjustments for Bulgaria and individual payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Treasury Office
Hoover
Germany
Hague
Australia
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Greece
India
New Zealand
Portugal
Rumania
South Africa
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Hunary
Bularia
Paris
Bulgaria
Planters Told to Plow One Third of Cotton Crop
The farm board urges planters of the fourteen cotton slates of the Routh to plow under one third of their crop immediately to boost the price of the remaining cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Board
Hall Reports Sweden Bratt Liquor System A Success
Representative William E Hall of Illinois reports on Sweden showing the Bratt liquor control system works well. He notes no drunkenness observed, with well patronized restaurants and careful information gathering. Senator Felix Hebert, after a Western Europe study trip, opposes a federal dole and unemployment insurance as likely to create a welfare state and politics intertwined with the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian E. Hall
Ilinois
Congress
Enator
Felix Hebert
Sthede Island
Senate Committee On
Rapidan
Hoover
England
Me. Hiebert
Europe
Italy
Hoover Dam labor dispute halts work amid wage demands
Organized labor in parts of the country is blamed for unemployment as the Hoover dam project faces disruption. 125 workers quit after wage demands were deemed extortionate, forcing a shutdown that left about 1,000 on layoff. the superintendent argues the contractor could absorb the stoppage since the project was six months ahead of schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ullnels
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Hoover Dam
Resident Scover Skips 57th Birthday Celebration
Resident Scover turned fifty seven on August 10 but ignored the anniversary. He returned from the Stapidan camp and spent the rest of the day working as usual, while Mrs. Ifcover hurried back from Akron and no guests were present for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scover
Indictment Charged Luke Lea and Associates Over Liberty Bank Affair
Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr along with four others were indicted by a Nashville grand jury on conspiracy charges related to the defunct Liberty Bank and Trust Company. The case centers on alleged financial improprieties within the bank’s dissolved operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Lea
Nashville Publlisher
Luke Lea, Jr
Nashville
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Wickersham Report Condemns Police Third Degree Methods
The Wickersham commission found third degree methods widespread in cities and rural areas. It stated police brutality shocks American traditions and calls for a federal criminal procedure code to guide states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G Hanple
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
Congress
World Press Congress Opens in Mexico City
Delegates from nearly all nations attend the world press congress in Mexico City welcomed by Senator Don Lamberto Flernandez. Frank L. Martin presides as host while Dr. Don Jose Manuel Puig Casaurano addresses the gathering. Activities include a theater party, Chavultepec castle visit, Teotihuacan excavations, and a stadium fiesta with substantial committee meetings and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Congress of the World
Mexico City
North
South America
Europe
The
Orient
Don Lamberto Flernandez
Federal District
Frank L. Martin
School of Journalism
University of Missouri
Don Jose Manuel Puig Casaurano
Public Education
Men of Mexico
Chapultepec Castle
Ortiz Ruble
San Juan Teotihuacan
AREER CRAMER Mapped Northern Air Route to Europe
Narrator AREER CRAMER reached Lervick to the Shetlands on the way to Copenhagen before an unspecified peril presumably caused his death. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh faced a three day delay at Point Barrow due to bad weather and diverted to Nome by fog and seas. They landed near Safety Bay after a fogbound coast approach on the Seward Peninsula.
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Areer Cramer
Europe
Lervick
Shetland Islands
Copenhagen
Safety Bay
Nome
The Vale of Aragon by Fred McLaughlin
The Vale of Aragon presents a serialized adventure by Fred McLaughlin set in a fictional land. The narrative follows a young protagonist through quests, risks, and encounters that explore courage and discovery.
Duel in 1521 New Orleans Leads to Shipboard Conspiracy
Loren Garde, ex-officer under General Jackson, meets three Spaniards in New Orleans. He duels an elder adversary, wounds him, and learns the foe is Adolfo de buyuenter, a Venezuelan colonel. He flees, overhears a plot to overthrow Venezuela rule, is captured on the Santa Lucrecia, a ship carrying contraband arms for Venezuela, with conspirators including the lady of his love and De Fuentes. an attempt to seize the ship fails.
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New Orleans
Loren Garde
Jackson
Garde
la Adolfo de Buyuenter
Venezuela
Gardé
Gens D’armes
Santa Lucrecia
Goliver
Beard
Pelito
de Fuentes
Monsieur
Francisco Perez
Santini
Adolfo
Manuel
Francisco
Bolivar
Monsieur Garde
Nps
America
Waship
Fife
Senor Americano
Perez
Captain Alvarez
Storm-Tossed voyage ends with rescue and uncertain fate
The ship Santa Lucrecia endures a violent storm amid mutiny and battle as Adolfo and Polito clash with rebels. The narrator clings to life and rescues the Senorita Oyree, then is swept overboard. Stranded, he drifts toward shore as the scene fades to a cliffhanger.
Lloyds Insurance Origins and Maritime Intelligence
Lloyds of London traces its roots to a seventeenth century coffee house run by Edward Lloyd in Tower Street. It formed as a non incorporated entity under Parliament in 1871 and operates as a marketplace of underwriters, not a corporation, while publishing Lloyds List a premier maritime intelligence resource begun in 1096.
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London
Lloyd's
Edward Lloyd
Tower Street
Royal Exchange
Lloyd's 18
Forest Tree Use in North America
A small share of the species in the United States and Canada is currently utilized for significant economic purposes. Only about ten percent of the 700 tree species are actively employed in important economic uses today.
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United States
Canada
Refrigerator Prospects Prosperous Eskimos in War-Time Taste
A quirky note from the Arkansas Gazette describes Eskimos looking for white men's luxuries as demand for refrigerators grows during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eskimos
Arkangas
Life’s greatest blessing to be born with a will for work
This reflection highlights the value of a strong work ethic as a fundamental life gift. It emphasizes intrinsic motivation and the drive to pursue productive effort, framing labor as a core blessing rather than mere duty.
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Revolutionary Movement
Machado
Cuba
Edward W. Pickard
Fres, Machado
Erardo Machado
Kindredas
Menocal
Mendieta
Pinar de Rio
Balderna Acosta
Muaror
Marlang
Havana
Julio Sanguiry
Pinar del Rio
Chaparra
Oriente
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
M. A. Traylor
Melvin
A.traylor
Malone
Hillsboro
Texas
Traylor
Danie [Pthezrove
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad
Democratic Party
First National Bank of Chicago
Mary Anderson
Women's Bureau
Department of Labor
Federal Employment Service
Miss Anderson
Hebert
Vale of
Aragon
By Fred McLaughlin
Bobba Merrill Co
Chapter
Senor
Simon Bolivar
Sener
Servica
Francis
Go d
Polito
Senorita Oyree
Fox
Lished
Lloyd's List
List
Lloyd's News
Corporation
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