Debentures Battle Revived in Senate Debates Tariff Farm Relief
In a third special session move the Senate approved an optional use of the federal farm board to handle crop surpluses by a 42 to 34 vote, amid ongoing White House and House opposition. The Democratic radical coalition secured the tally, with 14 Republicans and 28 Democrats in favor and 31 Republicans and 8 Democrats opposed.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
House
Noover
Democratic-radical Coalition
250 Undesirable Aliens Sent to Native Lands
Chicago sent 250 aliens abroad under heavy guard to Ellis Island and their homelands. Among the group were 45 from Chicago including Giuseppe Accardi known as Il Spin the spy. Others came from St. Louis Kansas City and western cities, joined by men from Iowa and Wisconsin.
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Chicago
America
Ellis Island
Giuseppe Accardi
Genna
Il Spin
the Spy
St. Louis
Kansas City
Seattle
Iowa
Wisconsin
Curtis 3 Million Airport Dedicated Near Chicago
Chicago opened its largest air terminal at Glenview in a 43,000,000 plant devoted to aviation. A crowd of about 35,000 filled the grandstand and surrounding areas to watch a parade of a hundred ships of many kinds and colors. Heavier transports moved slowly while swift craft darted in a hazy sky above the ceremony.
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Chicago
Glenview
Midwest Grain Co-Op Receives $40,000 Farm Board Loan
The Farm Board approved a commodity loan up to 40000 for the Midwest Grain Marketing Association of Lincoln. Officials say the loan, in addition to an intermediate credit loan, will enable an extra ten cents per bushel to growers.
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Lincoln
Neb
Grain Co-Op
Washington
Midwest Grain Marketing Association of
Nebraska-Wyoming Wheat Pool
Federal Farm Board
Tobacco Crop Not Favorable in Boston Report
The New England crop reporting service of the USDA says prospects for cigar type tobacco are less favorable this year than last, affecting growers in the Boston area and surrounding markets.
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Boston
New England
United States Department of Agriculture
Employment Rises in September Reports
U S Department of Labor data show a 0.8 percent employment gain from August and a 4.5 percent rise compared with September of the previous year.
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U. S
Washington
Department of Labor
French Troops Leave Coblenz After Occupation
Three French regiments evacuated Coblenz Germany leaving only a few soldiers to clear up as the occupation ends after eleven years.
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Coblenz
Germany
Hoover Honors Edison's Lamp Jubilee and Ohio Canal milestone
President Hoover applauded the Ohio river canalization from Pittsburgh to Cairo as part of a nationwide inland waterways celebration. He joined Edison and Ford in Dearborn for Edison’s incandescent lamp jubilee and then dedicated the canal project in Cincinnati and Louisville. The trip included a Detroit stop with Gov. Green and a return to Washington, with Curie attending portions of the celebration.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hoover
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Gulf of Mexico
Thomas A. Edison
Dearbud
Mich
Louisville
Dearborn
Edison
Henry Ford
Detroit
Governor Green
Grand Trunk Railroad
Smith's Creek
Ford
Lord Village
Independence Hall
Philadelpia
American Liberty
Nicholas Longworth
America
Washington
Ufcover
White House
Good
George Akergon
Charles A. Eaton
New Jersey
New York
Mme
Marie Curie
Nicholas I. Brady
Benny Y Ford
Jedison
Mme. Curie
Curie
St. Lawrence University
Canton
N. Y
Giant airship R101 completes 300 mile Cardington trial
The R101, a government built dirigible, returned safely to its mooring at Cardington after a 300 mile flight lasting 4 hours 34 minutes including a London leg. The 782 foot long airship has a maximum diameter of 132 feet and capacity of 5,000,000 cubic feet across 16 gas bags, larger than the Graf Zeppelin.
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Cardington
Bedfordshire
England
Royal Airship Works
London
Wife 75 Kills Husband 78 in Summit New Jersey
Mrs Laura M Titus age 75 killed her husband James age 78 with an ax in their Summit New Jersey home after fifty years of marriage she said years of cruelty drove her to the act police report details show a frail elderly couple living in New Jersey prolonged abuse cited as motive
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New York
Laura M. Titus
James
Summit
N. J
Shawkey to Manage Yankees
Former pitcher Bob Shawkey named manager of the New York Yankees by owner Col. Jacob Ruppert who announced the appointment after Shawkey accepted the position.
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Shawkey
Yankees New York
Bob Shawkey
New York Yankees
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Crook Pleads for Sweetheart in Court Sentencing
Boston police say George L. Brooks alias LeRoy Cook pleaded for his lover Blanche A. Cote in a Worcester court before Judge Frederick Fosdick. Brooks received 18 to 30 years at hard labor. Cote got an indeterminate sentence at Sherborn about 14 months. Brooks spoke of her innocence and their bond, while the couple exchanged a brief farewell as guards separated them.
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Boston
Mass
Frederick Wo Fosdick
Wai
George L. Brooks
LeRoy Cook
Bradley Beach N. UL
Archie T O'Connell
Winchester
Whochester
Blanche A. Cote
Worcester
Revere
Brooks
Sherborn
Leif
Blancheote
Fosdick
Sid
Miami
Blanche
Riverdale Set to Vote on Elections Act Adoption in 1929 Return
Notice states a special election will be held in Riverdale Cook County to decide adoption of an elections act as amended. Polls run from 7 AM to 5 PM at the official polling place for the November 5, 1929 judicial election.
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Cook County
Illinois
Riverdale
Octogenarian Digs Gold in His Own Back Yard
Independence Missouri report of Samuel H Boydston eighty six who twice found small gold ore using a detector in his yard. He says the best paying ore may lie around 47 feet deep but he is aging and may not dig that deep.
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Octogenarian
Independence
Samuel H. Boydston
Boydston
Educator Sees Modern Youth as Good Parent
Miss Justina Meich dean of women at Capital University Columbus Ohio, visiting here, says shieks and flappers today are better parents than their parents. She adds youth handles problems as well as past generations and remains self controlled despite modern complexities.
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Los Angeles
Justina Meich
Capital University
Columbus
Ohio
Silence and Respect in Chinatown Sage Quote
A Washington Star quotation from the sage of Chinatown notes that silence earns respect unless it reflects the belief that one thinks nothing. The remark spotlights how quiet discourse can carry meaning in cultural settings.
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Th Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
Annual Coin Tests Trial of the Pya
The annual testing of the English mint standard for gold and silver coins continues as a long standing custom. The term Pya derives from the chest in which the coins to be examined are kept and tested.
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Schmidt
Dead Man
Resa
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Pied
First National Bank
Dolton, Ill
Chas. E. Waterman
Horace Holmes
M. R. Weidner
W. H. Baker
Russel P. Blake
William Staat
Chrysler and
Plymouth
Atwater Kent Radios
Dolton
Twin City
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