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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1932
Page
2
The Senate approved House changes to the pay and furlough plan for federal employees. Major shifts include lowering exemptions to 1000 dollars and a graduated pay cut scale from 10 percent to 90 percent for higher salaries. President and Vice President would also contribute, with flexibility on the amount returned.
NOST observers expect rejection of Hoover armament cuts as France and Japan oppose. Senator J Hamilton Lewis urges stocktaking of defense policy and proposes Democratic support for peace while warning of possible war. France’s stance on security and reparations ties to U S debts, and 1952 debt rises to about 19.05 billion dollars despite large peace time deficit.
Congressional critics accuse the Federal Farm Board of a questionable sale last fall and the New Yorker has asked Chairman J. Bone for a full explanation. The exchange centers on possible improprieties and seeks accountability from the board.
Revolt led by army and navy at Banekok forces Rajadipok to accept a constitutional monarchy. Prince hostages are held, palace casualties include a royal guard galley and Gen Sena Songkram wounded as the king signs a drafted constitution validating the people's party takeover.
Representatives from Tuinoia, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kentucky, Nebraska, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, and Tennessee vow a survey of all government spending and propose detailed reductions. The group seeks a stated percentage cut across total appropriations.
Prohibition agent Slich drove at 60 to 70 mph in pursuit of a suspected violator, killing Mrs. Mary Jeffcoat in New Brookland. Congress considered paying her husband 5000 damages while director Woodcock argued against the claim and defended agents immunity to break speed laws during enforcement. The Senate approved an oath abolition bill with strings, including a future independent status realization for the Irish Free State pending agreements.
The senate approved the treasury and post office appropriation bill, curtailing coast guard prohibition activities by two million dollars. Savings were offset by a rural sanitation boost from 300,000 to 3,000,000 and retention of customs surveyors and appraisers. The bill total was 1,056,498,333.
Consul General Wal ter A. Adams informed the State department via Peiping that ten American missionaries and their families were abducted before daylight on June 26. The group includes D. W. Vickner and wife with three children of Mead Nebraska Erik Sovially and son of Northfield Minnesota Arthur T D Nyhus and wife with infant of Fink Iowa. He sought urgent telegraphic representations to local and national authorities.
Harry Carr reports on Captain Davis and Mullet Island in the Salton Sea. An eccentric empire features mud geysers, wild goats, a medicinal waters pool store, and a pelican stocked bass and mullet population. A desert tragedy relic and a 1857 Bible item are among the museum pieces.
T R Thomson of London told the Society of Genealogists that many fame seeking ancestry claims are baseless. He noted surnames date back only a little over two centuries and family lines often die out in a few generations despite lingering blood.
A speaker warns that name similarity leads to repeated assignments across families for land, offices, or occupations. At Hastings in 1066 only seventeen attendees are identifiable, twelve linked to surviving families, yet none show uninterrupted male descent.
A caller amused herself with four year old Muriel and her infant sister while waiting for their mother. Repeated tries to coax the baby to speak failed. Muriel observed and soberly remarked that Jane’s attempts were useless as she identified the daddy part of her speech.
Mary tells John she prefers the old radio over her husband, claiming less interference from the device than from him in a tense domestic exchange.
London correspondent reports inquest into the death of a five month old child under foster care. The government pathologist Sir Bernard Splisbury found a feather in the child’s throat and concluded laryngeal shock caused the death rather than asphyxia, suggesting the feather was inhaled after entering the mouth.
Smithsonian Institution report by Dr Charles Wilson reveals five previously unknown microscopic copepod crustaceans inhabiting Chesapeake Bay. These distant relatives of crabs and lobsters form a major food source for many fish consumed by humans.
Miss Cayenne quips that statesmen would be more entertaining if they learned to play the piano, contrasting political discourse with a pianist like Paderewski. The remark appears in a Washington Start style quote about enjoying politics and music.
A quotation attributes nation formation to institutions over individualities noting that communities alone cannot build a nation. The author emphasizes institutions as the defining force in national identity and state-building.
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