Fletcher to retire as ambassador to Rome
Washington Henry P. Fletcher will retire after more than 25 years in diplomatic service and return to the United States. No final decision announced on future plans, but speculation links him to a possible Pennsylvania senate bid and a post as governor general of the Philippines.
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Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Rome
United States
United States Senate
Pennsylvania
Philippines
Dairy Farmers Seek Tariff Protection Against Oil Imports
The National Co operative Milk Producers association claiming over 300,000 farmers urged President Hoover and Congress to add tariffs on animal, marine and vegetable oils from the Philippines, to shield the dairy industry. Lawmakers consider tariff revisions. Pennsylvania delegates also protest that cement, iron and steel, brick, lime and glass rates are too low.
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Washington
United States
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Association
Hoover
Congress
Philippine Islands
Ways and Means
House
Pennsylvania
Dill
Washington Briefs Move and Appointments Across Government
Vice President Curtis named a director of the Gorgas Memorial Institute. Sanford Bates chosen by the Department of Justice to head federal prisons. Supreme Court to hear no more oral arguments this session, with May 18 deadline set. Hoover backs $4.8 million annual fire prevention in national forests. Congress urged to allocate $4.25 million to fight the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida. Senate immigration committee delays action on repeal of national origins clause amid Hoover opposition. Army post construction bill seeks $15 million in the House. Public Roads reports 390 grade crossings eliminated in a year, with 283 relocated highways and 107 viaducts.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Mussolini Demands Parity With France In Naval Reductions
Geneva reports say Italy under Premier Mussolini will seek naval parity with France in any arms reduction agreement, complicating five power talks. French officials doubt Italy's claim. a preliminary Britain United States accord may be explored before a five power deal.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Italy
France
Hugh Gibson
Great Britain
United States
League of Nations
Preparatory Commission
Norris Resolution Aims to End Lame Duck Sessions
Senator Norris of Nebraska renews a decade-old bid to amend the constitution to abolish lame duck sessions. He seeks early Senate action to pressure the House after the measure previously passed the Senate three times but died in the House.
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Washington
Norris
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Nebraska
Senate
Atlantic Shipping Routes Altered by Ice Conditions
Ice in the north Atlantic especially along the Grand Bank edge has prompted Cunard White Star and other companies to alter routes. Liners’ commanders have been warned of the changes as indications point to continuation of ice conditions.
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Atlantic
London
North Atlantic
Grand Bank
Cunard
White Star
Viennese Aviator Sets Glider Altitude Record
Karl Kronfeldt of Vienna set a new world altitude record for glider planes rising to 6 860 feet. The achievement was achieved aboard a glider built by Gersfelde.
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Gersfelde
Karl Kronfeldt
Nicaraguans Ordered Vaccination Against Smallpox
President Moncada issues orders to vaccinate all Nicaraguans against smallpox in a nationwide campaign across Managua and other regions. The move aims to curb the disease with a comprehensive immunization program.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Moncnda
World Scout Jamboree Plans In England For 1500 American Scouts
Fifteen hundred American Boy Scouts will attend the World Jamboree at Birkenhead near Liverpool from July 31 to August 13. Some 50 000 scouts from 42 nations will camp on 400 acres under canvas. Participants will travel from Harwich Grimsby Hull Goole and Newcastle to Liverpool and be escorted to Arrowe Park by motor. The event marks the 21st anniversary of Scouting and honors Baden-Powell with the Prince of Wales as guest this year.
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New York
England
Boy Scouts of America
Birkenhead
Mersey River
Liverpool
Robert Baden-Powell
Harwich
Grimsby
Hull
Goole
Newcastle
Upton
Arrowe Park
International Scout Bureau
London
Great Britain
Europe
Sweden
Denmark
Prince of Wales
Boston School to Award Posture Scholarship
The Boston School of Physical Education introduces the Marguerite Sanderson scholarship, first of its kind, awarded annually to a young woman demonstrating superior posture and poise. Students select the winner, subject to director and executive committee ratification.
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Boston
Boston School of Physical Education
Mary F. Stratton
Marguerite Sanderson
Survivor of Merrimac Adjudged Incompetent Falls City Neb
George Barker eighty six one of the last survivors of the Merrimac crew lives in Falls City Nebraska He was adjudged incompetent to manage his own affairs by a sanity commission in District court Old age has undermined his mentality and the present has slipped from his grasp.
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Merrimac
Falls City
Neb
George Barker
Boots Weber Retains Nickname in New Wrigley Role
Charles Boots Weber rises from cigar clerk to director of the California operations of William Wrigley Jr. in a $15,000,000 enterprise. Wrigley requires only that Weber keep his nickname Boots as he takes on the new leadership post.
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Weber
Los Angeles
Charles
Boots
Too Fast Alr mall traveling three and a half miles a minute
The note warns that traveling at three and a half miles per minute is excessively fast, especially at the start of the month, suggesting caution and slower speeds.
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Alr Mall
Sad but True The Work Basket Tale
A brief note observes a work basket often remaining where a father last sewed a button, reflecting memory and domestic habit. The line hints at everyday objects carrying personal history and quiet domestic echoes.
Land on their Feet
Animals naturally land on their feet due to an impulse. Cats are more agile and, if not too close to the floor during a fall, more likely to land on their feet.
Romans Virtually Annihilated at Cennae in Punic War
In the battle of Cennae the Romans suffered catastrophic casualties. the field army counted about 85 000 soldiers lost or defeated, marking one of the republics darkest defeats with immense citizen losses.
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Cennae
Anther
Republic
Anniversary of the metal eyelet inventor Gobin Daude
The centenary marks Francois-Jean-Guillaume Gobin Daude as the inventor of the metal eyelet. Initially used in corsets the eyelet boosted that industry and later found use in shoes.
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France
Francois-Jean-Guillaume Gobin- Daude
Tanganyika: World’s Largest Fresh Water Lake Measured
Tanganyika in east central Africa is estimated as the longest fresh water lake, over 400 miles in length. Its breadth ranges from 30 to 44 miles and the area covers about 12 700 square miles.
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Tanganyika
Central Africa
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