Senate approves reconstruction plan and budget moves
Eight senators oppose the administration bill creating the reconstruction finance corporation to extend 2 billion dollars in credit. Hoover signs the act as reforms edge the economy forward, with further measures funding drought relief and federal land banks.
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Iowa
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Wisconsin
Bratten
New Mexico
Bulow
South Dakota
Connally
Texas
McGill
Kansas
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Finance Committee
Stimson
Francis White
National City Company
Oliver C. Townsend
Peru
Mrs Hattie Caraway First Woman Elected to Senate
Arkansas widow of Senator Caraway wins a senate seat, becoming the first woman elected to the body. Democrats backed her, two independent challengers drew few votes, and the piece notes Roosevelts’ presidential nomination opposition amid a Chicago convention finance dispute. Opening date cited as June 27.
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Arkansas
T. H. Caraway
Senate
Sherer
Harvey Parnell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Committee
Chicago
German chancellor fails to rally support for term extension plan
Chancellor Bruening, who said Germany could not pay reparations, failed to win Nationalist and Fascist backing for extending President Von Hindenburg’s term by the Reichstag and reportedly threatened to resign. He aimed to form an iron front for the reparations conference but could not. Bulgaria also announced it can pay no more reparations.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Hoover
Justice Holmes
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Curtis D. Wilbur
Coolidge
Navy
William Dewitt Mitchell
John W. Davis
William 8. Kenyon
Eighth District
United States Circuit Court
Robert von Moschzisker
Court of Appeals
New York
Learned Hand
James H. Wilkerson
Chicago
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Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
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Hancellor Bruening
Germany
von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Bulgaria
Secretaries Stimson and mass murder trial dominate talks
Secretary Stimson calls the incident in Mukden closed and punishment given to actual assailants while Tokyo seeks discipline for Major General Ninomiya and subordinates. In Hawaii, Attorney General Mitchell probes law enforcement after a Native Hawaiian's killing amid mass crime concerns. A wet–dry political conference in Washington outlines a bold 1932 campaign strategy and potential constitutional changes.
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Japan
C. B. Chamberlain
Mukden
Tokyo
Ninomiya
Commission of Investigation
League of Nations
Europe
Manchuria
Frank R. McCoy
William D. Mitchell
Hawaii
Honolulu
House Naval Committee
Thomas H. Massie
Granville Fortescue
Joseph Kahahawai
Massie
Navy
Washington
Adams
Lawrence Judd
United States
Anti-Saloon League
League
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W. N. Ainsworth
Birmingham
Ala
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Patrick Callahan
Louisville
Ernest H. Cherrington
The
World League Against Alcoholism
Always Springtime in Quito on the Equator
A National Geographic bulletin notes Quito Ecuador sits in a bowl shaped depression high in the Andes with year round spring like weather. Rail connections from Guayaquil cut travel time to two days. Indigenous markets display vibrant textiles and Panama hats as Spanish influence lingers in Plaza Mayor and cobbled streets.
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Ecuador
National Geographic Society
Quito- Guayaquil
Guayaquil
Panama
Plaza Mayor
Spain
Justifiable Homicide at Summer Cottage Scuffle
A summer cottage owner shot and killed a woman resident on her cottage porch as they prepared to leave. He admitted the act saying she provoked him by claims of September and October vacations. Police arrested him without resistance.
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Detroit Free Press
Men Without Music At Corroboree Beats Boomerang Time
Australian natives at a corroboree mark time with two boomerangs while one man chants a monotone refrain, noting they are the only race without musical instruments including drums or pipes.
Secret Society of Women Sparks Intrigue
An exchange notes a group of women forming a secret society that aims not to hide but to share secrets, provoking curiosity about its purpose and activities. The dialogue hints at gendered perceptions of secrecy and communication.
Quotable Quip Sparks Lighthearted Schemes Banter
A breezy exchange compares someone’s prolific schemes to a movie actress’s wedding rings, noting both wit and volume in playful fashion. The lines evoke humor over repeated ideas in casual chatter.
The Same Weaknesses Make Men Ronies Not Faults
The phrase notes how certain flaws recur in men yet differ in type, suggesting recurring character patterns. It contrasts general weaknesses with distinct faults and hints at varying moral judgments across cases.
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