Steel cuts dividend and eyes wage trims in crisis year
United States Steel directors slash quarterly dividend from 1.75 to 1.00 and propose officer and staff pay reductions averaging about 10 percent amid wage tightness. President Hoover calls for no wage cuts in key industries while James A Farrell faces questions over his own pay. The move affects over 200,000 stockholders as aviation feats and international banking measures unfold in Europe and beyond.
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Uited States Steel
New York
J. A. Farrell
Hoover
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Farrell
Wall Street
Wickersham Commission Attacks U S Prison System
The report denounces American prisons as inefficient and antiquated failing to reform offenders or protect society. It cites overcrowded cells lacking light air and modern plumbing and condemns harsh disciplinary methods as cruel and inhuman. It urges legal reforms to curb crime by reforming prisons.
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Wickersham Commission
Marble Perry column dedicated at Put-in-Bay Ohio
A belated dedication crowned the 330 foot Perry victory column at Put-in-Bay to honor Commodore Perry’s 1812 Lake Erie triumph. Attendees included Senator James Hamilton Lewis and Governor George White, with speakers Webster Huntington John Clarke Edwin Scott and A W J Black among others.
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Prempny
Put-in- Bay
Ohio
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
George White
Webster P. Huntington
Columbus
John 4. Clarke
Cleveland
United States Supreme Court
Edwin A. Scott
A. W. J. Black
Canadian Club of
New York
Major dies. Missouri loses one Democrat in Congress
Representative Sau Cc. Major of Missouri’s Seventh District died in Fayette Missouri at age sixty two. His death reduces the Democratic presence in the next house to twelve of the Missouri delegation, restoring the Republican majority to two. Major was in his fifth term, elected last autumn.
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Sau Cc. Major
Congress
Missouri
Fayette
Major
Western Newspaper Union
Man Resided Here 20 000 Years Ago in America Noted by Scientists
Researchers at the AAAS meeting report evidence of ancient American inhabitants dating back at least 20,000 years. Gypsum-cave finds near Boulder Dam Nevada reveal early man with advanced tools, while Folsom New Mexico yields a 20,000 year old buffalo kill.
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Orman H. Davis
America
Bank of New York and Trust Company
League of Nations
Europe
League
Davis
Pasadena
Calif
American Association For the Advancement of Science
United States
H. M. Harrington
The
Southwest Museum
Barnum Brown
American Museum of Natural History
Chester Stock
California Institute of Technology
Doctor Harrington
Doctor Stock
Boulder Dam
Nevada
Folsom
N. M
A. S. Bomer
University of Chicago
Philip S. Smith
United States Geological Survey
Alaska
Bering Strait
Asia
B. Gu
Special Vault Guards Nation's Timepieces
A new underground vault at the naval observatory houses the nation's timekeeping clocks. The inner vault uses hollow tile with hot water circulating to maintain 85 degrees, separated from the outer stone or cement vault by an 18 inch air gap. Both vaults lie below the frost line as work continues to install two more Shortt clocks to augment the three-decade-old timekeepers.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
Navy
Soot in Pittsburgh Exceeds City Population in Year
A 1929-30 survey shows Pittsburgh receives about 986.5 tons of soot per square mile annually, averaging 157 pounds per resident. Estimated total soot weight likely tops the city’s 700,000 population, despite a 50 percent downtown footfall drop over eight years due to centralized heating. Soot levels were higher in 1923-24 than in 1929-30, but still above 1912-13 figures.
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Pittsburgh
H. B. Meller
Bureau of Smoke Regulation
Books go to Lynn police library mystery delivery
A truckload of children’s books arrived at the newly opened Lynn police headquarters to stock the building’s library. Officers were surprised to find the cargo contained an unexpected assortment beyond a standard children’s collection.
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Lynn
Mass
Seventeen Lord's Prayers on a Dime Claim
Albany resident Joseph S. A. Bertasso claims he wrote seventeen Lord's Prayers on the space of a dime after practice. He previously penned five Lord's Prayers and more recently a 16033 word history of the United States on a postcard.
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Albany
N. Y
Joseph S. A. Bertasso
Bertasso
United States
Complete Adventure Book Shipment Includes Scout Tom Swift Sets
A shipment arrived containing a complete set of Girl Scout Adventure books, Tom Swift tales, the Boy Trapper series, and the Elsie Dinsmore books for distribution to local readers.
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Elsie Dinsmore
Appendicitis Ends Blood Donor's Long Charity Run
Buffalo Dr. Joseph E. Lynch, 32, who donated 101 pints of blood to save more than 90 people, is recovering from an appendicitis operation. Doctors say his blood is highly adaptable for transfusions. He planned to stop at 100 pints but emergency need and his unique blood type kept him donating.
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Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Hoover
Tariff Commission
Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Davis
Philippines
Italy
Belgium
Great Britain
France
Latin America
Buffalo
N. Y
Joseph E. Lynch
Lynch
Remarkable 87-Year-Old Describes 172 Descendants
Deep River Iowa woman Margaret Kerkova, aged 87, says she has 172 living descendants. She lists eight living children, 65 grandchildren, 98 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. She emigrated to America in 1855 aboard a sailboat and married at sixteen.
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Deep River
Iowa
Margaret Kerkova
America
Wisconsin Teacher Ends 48 Years in Class After 39 at Trinity
Edward Smith, 64, of Sheboygan Wisconsin finishes his final term at Trinity Lutheran School after 43 years teaching in Wisconsin and 39 years at Trinity. He has submitted his resignation to the school directors.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Edward Smith
Trinity Lutheran School
Trinity School
Peter Jensen
Luna Park Zoo
Los Angeles
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