Weekly Letter From Washington Reflects a Fractured Congress
The piece surveys partisan bickering over a $150 million emergency fund and a drought relief cut, noting Democratic critics of executive power and Republican resistance. It also highlights debates on the World Court, District oversight by new senators, the Mayflower naval reuse, and federal plans to set aside primitive forest areas as nondevelopment zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Forthmore
James Byrnes
Tennessee
James B. Aswell
Louisiana
James Watson
Indiana
Joseph Robinson
Arkansas
Robert Ll. Carey
Wyoming
Senator Carey
National
Washington
Territory
Carey
Alac
Navy Department
Caribbean
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Mayflower
United States Forest Service
California
Mount Olympus
Idaho
New England
Pennsylvania
Forest Service
King Cotton
United States Chamber of Commerce
Carolinas
Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Popular St Louis Woman Credits Pape's Diapepsin
Mrs Myrtle Collier of 4635 Enright Avenue says indigestion and related symptoms vanish after using Pape's Diapepsin. She reports weight gain and that she can eat pork, peanuts, and pastry freely. The ad invites readers to try samples by writing to Pape's Diapepsin Wheeling WV.
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Myrtle Collier
St. Louis, Missouri
Enright Avenue
Wheeling
W. Va
Editors Favor World Court Support in Editorial Poll
An American Foundation survey of 2,036 editors or publishers shows 66 percent favor ratification of the World Court with a total circulation of 27 million. Only 18 percent opposed. The results echo Senate votes on related reservations. Also noted is evidence of a historic land bridge between North America and Asia supported by redwood fossils from St Lawrence Island and finds in Alaska, China, and Oregon.
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American Foundation
Senate
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Island
St. Lawrence
Bering Strait
America
Asia
Alaska
China
Pacific
Oregon
Washington
St Lawrence
Coast Guard
Henry B. Collins
Smithsonian Institution
Edward D. Jones
Northland
Ralph W. Chaney
Carnegie Institution
Seasonal Advice and Disease Report from Iowa Health Office
The Iowa State Department of Health warns cold weather drives colds and urges proper clothing, moist air, baths, and fresh air. A weekly disease report lists cases by county for December 1930, including diphtheria 8, scarlet fever 50, measles 4, whooping cough 2, chickenpox 108, syphilis 55, gonorrhea 38, and other illnesses across multiple counties.
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Iowa
Boone
Chicasaw
Jasper
Polk
Pottawattamie
Worth
Scott
Wapello
Washington
Lee
Woodbury
Linn
Cbs
Pottawattamic
Black Hawk
Dubuque
Webster
Story
Benna Vista
Greene
Marion
Adams
Floyd
Conorrhea
United States Public Health Service
Hard road promised near Eddyville
Iowa state highway commission members on Tuesday voted unanimously to include the Blakesburg to federal highway No. 34 north road in the primary system. The move followed a request to add the Eddyville Ottumwa road with spurs to Kirkville and Chillicothe to the primary system, with the commission taking the proposal under advisement.
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Eddyville Tribune
Iowa State Highway Commission
Blakesburg
Eddyville
Ottumwa
Kirkville
Chillicothe
The
Highway Commission
County Eyes All- Towns 150 Population Road Linkto Ottumwa
Wapello County officials push for state take over of Blakesburg road after improvements finish next spring. About 35 000 spent lately, 100 000 yards of dirt moved, plan to gravel soon. Commissioners favor direct routes from Eddyville Kirksville and Chillicothe to Ottumwa, signaling a broader hard roads program and better all weather access.
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Eddyville
Ottumwa
General Assembly
Kirksville
Chillicothe
Blakesburg
Wapello County
Unemployment Solution Proposed by Industry Leader
New York executive Paul Hyde Bonner of Stehli Silks Corp urges universal factory rehiring to restore demand. He argues hang up the help wanted signs nationwide to quickly recover the economy, even if dividends may be sacrificed.
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New York
N. Y
Paul Hyde Bonner
Stehli- Silks Corporation
Mr. Bonner
Plowing and Deep Working May Halt Bollworm Spread
Stockholders in the long run quote a business recovery slogan reflecting a new capitalism conscience. Late fall and winter plowing emerge as key control against the cotton bollworm, which overwinters in pupal form 4 to 6 inches below soil. Deep disk or plow fence rows and similar sites where bollworms fed are advised to reduce early spring infestations.
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Vollebhr
Library of Congress
Florence
Christ
Holy Land
North America
Collins
Ray A.collins
High Avenue
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Robert E. Swan
Central Book Store
Oskaloosa
Oppenheimer -Alsop Men’s Store
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