Congress Opens With Debates and Historic Firsts
The Seventy-second Congress began amid cheers as Democrats held the House and John Garner won the Speakership. In the Senate reform and a historic swearing in of Mrs. Hattie Caraway marked a new era while hunger marchers marched on the Capitol. President Hoover delivered his state of the union and budget messages as Republicans praised restraint.
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John Nance Garner
Texas
Senate
Moses
New Hampshire
Wild Jackass
Norris
Nebraska
Pittman
Nevada
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Robinson
House
Garner
Snell
Schneider
Wisconsin
Kvale
Minnesota
Farmer
Congress
Capitol
White House
Hoover
Union
Japan and China Agree to Stop Hostilities in Manchuria
The League of Nations council proposed cessation of hostilities with a neutral commission to investigate facts. Japan and China accepted but each nation reserved objections, making the accord largely ceremonial to preserve the council's face. Premier Wakatsuki’s cabinet plans resignation amid dissensions and a possible coalition government with Inuwa of the Seiyukai party as premier.
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Japan
China
League of Nations Council
Manchuria
Wakatsuki
Inuwai
Sejiyukai Party
Hitler outlines Nazi dictatorship plan after ballot victory
Adolf Hitler tells correspondents he would establish a dictatorship modeled on Italy once his party gains governing power. He vows to honor Germany's debts, reject political blackmail, and crush communism, while denying plans to march on Berlin or seek the presidency. Chancellor Bruening warns martial law could be used to defend the constitution. The president issues an emergency decree cutting wages, rents, prices, and living costs, lowers interest, taxes imports, and tightens capital controls amid the deflation period.
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SS National Socialists
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
Bruening
von Hindenburg
Reparations question and farm groups in national brief
Germany's ability to resume reparations payments is under study by Basel based BIS consultative committee with Dr Alberto Beneduce of Italy appointed as chair. Three major farm groups in Chicago push surplus crop control and marketing act amendments to aid export debenture and fee use. Tobacco protests in Lexington halt sales amid high tensions with warehousemen. Postmaster Brown reports a large postal deficit and contemplates higher letter rates. Archduke Otto set for possible Hungarian throne restoration amid Mussolini approval. Jane Addams and Nicholas Butler win Nobel Peace Prize. Romanian Prince Nicholas renounces titles to marry Jana Lucia Deleti. king's opposition leads to exile plan.
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Ermany
Bank For International Settlements
Basel
Switzerland
Walter W. Stewart
Alberto Beneduce
Italy
Carl Joseph Melchior
Germany
HREE
American Farm Bureau
The
National Farmers’ Union
Grange
Chicago
United
Congress
Farm Board
Senate
House
Edward A. O’neal
Farm Bureau
L. J. Taber
John Simpson
Farmers’ Union
Invisible Christmas Tree Spreads Good Will Across Nations
A Christmas meditation contrasts a real tree with an invisible one built from goodwill. It notes gifts of friendship, prayers, and support from people far and wide, and highlights the spirit of giving beyond material gifts. The article also tells a California winter tale of Marion and her family on a snowy holiday trip accompanied by their collie Prince.
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Arctic
Tropics
Western Newspaper Union
Sierras
California
Marion
Tom
Harry
Prince
Mistletoe Chosen Over Laurels On Christmas Eve
A coquettish maid rejects laurel cedar holly and rose and lily as symbols of fame. She declares on Christmas Eve she will instead wear mistletoe, in a line from The Country Home.
Cure for Homesickness Awakening in Spiritual Joy
The passage describes a cure for homesickness found in spiritual joy. It claims awakening brings hope, faith, and certainty, presenting a brisk American magazine style expression of religious reassurance.
Ancient Wooden Locks Burden for Strong Man
The Detroit Free Press traces the evolution of locks from early Mesopotamian and Egyptian wooden devices to Linus Yale Jr. cylinder locks. It explains the ancient muftah keys, 15 to 30 inches long, with pegs that align with holes to lift bolts, enabling entry to great palaces. The modern cylinder lock uses tiny brass pins activated by a key, a refined miniature version of the ancient mechanism.
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Linus Yale, Jr
Yale
Mesopotamia
Egypt
B. C
Will
East
Ninevah
Persepolis
Thebes
Detroit Free Press
Mrs Lydia Strawn Visits Bank To Seek Help
Mrs Lydia Strawn of Roanoke Virginia traveled 29 miles to a bank to explain the hardship of her husband, a farmer. The bank president greeted her with warmth and said, Let me congratulate you, madam, thank God that he isn’t a banker.
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Lydia Strawn
Roanoke
Harpooned Nine Foot Shark At Ocracoke NC
A nine foot shark weighing several hundred pounds was harpooned at Ocracoke North Carolina by David Gaskill of Ocracoke and Carl Jacobson of Washington. Gaskill hurled the harpoon as the shark came within five feet of the boat and struck it in the back. The boat was pulled several hundred yards down the channel before the shark was landed with block and tackle.
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Ocracoke
N. C
David Gaskill
Carl Jacobson
Washington
Gaskell
Outside fireplace heats portico in Kentucky home
A Kentucky homeowner reverses the usual setup by building a traditional fireplace on the exterior wall. The outside hearth provides heat for an open portico during mild seasons while a modern indoor heating plant serves the interior.
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Kentucky
Brief backstage mix up at the speech night
The speaker sounded dull last night as he attempted to prove he could use every word in the dictionary three times without saying a thing.
Silent Household Power Remark Sparks Spouse Debate
A terse exchange recalls a spouse asserting authority at home, prompting discussion on domestic roles and respect within marriage. The remark implies a power dynamic and raises questions about who sets boundaries and who is acknowledged as decision maker.
Moving to the City Brings Other Snakes and Scandals
A reflective note on relief from rural dangers in urban life and the social fights women face. The piece quotes Emerson on fortune and compares whispered scandal to stage whispers, noting vigilance in social standing.
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Romania
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Hungary
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Mussolini
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Jane Addams
Hull House
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Nobel Institute of Oslo
Norway
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Jana Lucia Deleti
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Cristmas
Charles Frederick Wadsworth
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