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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1932
Page
6
Prohibition Vote Signals New Wet Drive in U S Congress
Wets gain in a test house vote on the Beck Linthicum resolution to amend the Eighteenth Amendment. Debates over repeal and a broader drive to force party platforms to back prohibition resubmission grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Judiciary Committee
Beck- Linthicum
Garner
Beck and Linthicum
Beck
Republican Party
Hoover
Fred Britten
Ilinois
Noted Kodak founder George Eastman dies by suicide
George Eastman, the Rochester entrepreneur who built Kodak and gave away most of his fortune, shot himself at his home in New York. He cited ill health and a farewell note saying his work was done. Eastman, a major philanthropist, left an estate of about $20,000,000 after giving away most of his wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman
Ivar Kreuger
Swedish Match Trust
Europe
New York
Paris
Kreuger
Bertrand H. Snell
Chicago
A. M. Harvey
George L. Hart
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Ernest Thaelmann
Duesterberg
Winter
George Eastman
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman Kodak Company
Philanthro
Swanson
MacDonald
England
Scotland Yard
B. Collis
University of Wales
Political races and diplomacy unfold in North Dakota and abroad
Democratic primary battles see Franklin D. Roosevelt and Gov. W H Murray contending in North Dakota with partial returns showing a tilt to Roosevelt while Alfalfa Bill Murray attracts farmer support. Republican contenders include Joseph I France and Jacob Coxey, with Hoover votes. International talks ease Shanghai tensions, Manchukuo struggles, and Lytton commission investigates. Disarmament talks in Geneva adjourn, and Post Office budget ideas surface from Postmaster General Brown with calls to cut costs and consider rural route auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
France
Hoover
Mississippi
Percy E. Quin
L. Russell Elizey
Wesson
Carry Bayer Aspirin for Comfort on the Go
An advertisement urges when fatigue hits to take Bayer Aspirin to prevent headaches and ease pains. It suggests carrying tablets at home, work, and travel, promising quick relief from neuralgia, neuritis, toothache, rheumatic pain, and other nagging pains with user guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Reward of Merit Wing Commander Kingsford Smith tale
A dinner in New York featured Wing Commander Kingsford Smith recounting a recruiting anecdote about a flying officer who claimed two years at the varsity and was ordered to clean the colonel's wife's electric refrigerator. The piece ends noting a quirky quip about thrill analysis reducing its charm.
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Kingsford Smith
New York
Halifax
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