Tax cut and French debt ratification reshape holiday Congress
Congress quit work for Christmas after passing the tax cut bill by 63 to 14 and ratifying the Mellon Berenger plan for funding the French debt by 52 to 21. The debt, totaling about 11.2 billion, was funded at 4.0 billion, with critics urging future reconsideration.
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Senate
Congress
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Howell
Nebraska
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Russia
Armenia
Hoover wants commission to study Haiti approved by House
The House approved President Hoover's plan to send a commission to investigate Haiti. It marked Oscar De Priest's maiden speech elevating debate on Haiti. Seven Haitian political groups asked the US to supervise their April 1939 presidential election amid anti-Borno faction pressure to withdraw marines by 1936.
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Haiti
House of Representatives
Oscar de Priest
Chicago
United States
Chicago sewage decree urged to fund 176 million program
Special master Charles Evans Hughes recommends a Supreme Court decree requiring the Chicago sanitary district to complete a 176 million sewage treatment program within nine years. Water diversions from Lake Michigan would drop from 8800 to 6500, then 5000, and finally 1500 cubic feet per second after completion, sufficient for navigation on the Chicago River. The plan excludes domestic water use and affects the Great Lakes region and Mississippi Valley.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Charles Evans Hughes
Chicago Sanitary District
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Afr
Hughes
Gatcago River
Great Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
RANCHMAN TO HANG FOR BRUTAL MURDER
George Brown Geld is condemned to be hanged at the Wyoming penitentiary Rawlins on February 10 for the July 30 murder of Theodore Thomas, a sheep herder, near the South Dakota Wyoming junction. The crime followed an overnight visit to Thomas and his wife, with Brownfield allegedly luring Thomas away and killing him, then attacking Mrs. Thomas. Evidence such as a wet saddle blanket and fresh horse riding linked him to the crime, and the jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree, triggering a mandatory death sentence.
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Deadwood
George Brown- Geld
Theodore Thomas
Thomas
Wyoming
Rawlins
South Dakota
Long
Belle Fourche
Sheen
Brownfield
Severa
Beiting
Hastings Restaurateurs Frustrated by Stolen Phones
Hastings cafe owners report salt shakers and tableware missing, but the incident escalates when a traveling orchestra bans phones. After a restaurant owner found his phone among orchestra members, police called Sheriff Hart. The matter ends with the group paying for a new phone and settlement, and the case is dismissed.
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Hastings
Clay Center
Sherif Hart
Woman Finds Wedding Ring on Mouse in Cannes
In Cannes Mme Jeanne Lasconjaras dropped her wedding ring and saw it roll into a rat hole. Days later she trapped a foul grown mouse and found the missing ring around its neck. The circlet apparently slipped on when the rodent was young and could not free it.
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Cannes
France
Jeanne Lasconjaras
Cow Adopts Fawn at Marysville Ranch
William P. Sler kin reports a cow at his Yuba County mountainside ranch has adopted a fawn after the fawn’s mother is believed dead in a forest fire. The story notes a lone surviving mother animal and the unlikely bond formed in the Sierra foothills.
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Marysville
Calif
William P_.Slerkin
Yuba County
Army feed costs 51 cents a day under Cheatham report
Washington soldiers are fed at 51 cents per day per Maj. Gen. Frank B. Cheatham quartermaster general the cheapest and best meals in U S Army history. The report notes rayon expansion rolled collars leather boots and khaki uniforms to boost appearance and morale. Housing projects authorized by Congress in 1927 largely complete with several barracks and hospitals still unfinished. 1928 projects total about 3.4 million dollars with more 6 to 7 million pending. Cheatham also begins letters to identify widows and mothers of soldiers sailors and marines buried in Europe for future pilgrimages at public expense.
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United States Army
Frank B. Cheatham
Cheatham
Marine Corps
Congress
Fort Leavenworth
Europe
Folding Husband For Flats Of The Future
A Journal of heredity report by Dr. Arthur Kelley describes a man who can fold his body by creasing at the middle and touching his shoulders due to having no collarbone. The folding man has a soft skull and a small nose from defective bones, with a hereditary condition evident in his mother and daughter. He was native born of old American stock, but his anomalies pose drawbacks.
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Washington
Journal of Heredity
Arthur Kelley
Kelley
Mirrors as Periscopes Help Crowds in Berlin
German women bypass early arrivals by lifting mirrors from handbags to view processions and ceremonies as periscopes. The practice gained attention at Doctor Stresemann’s funeral, where vast crowds filled the streets.
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Berlin
Stresemanon
Town Pays 2168 A Day For Girl's School Transport
Free town contracted to pay 2168 dollars daily to Walter CuGworth for carrying Gertrude Gomes to Fall River High School. Gertrude is the sole Free town resident attending the local institution.
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Fall River
Mass
Gertrude Gomes
Freetown
Walter CuGworth
Fall River High School
Gertrude
Loca
Hen Rides Top of Car During High Wind Voyage
Parwill Whalen of Chambersburgh was embarrassed when a street crowd caused him to stop his car. His Plymouth Rock Belinda perched on the roof rode 86 miles in a high wind, a street spectacle that amused onlookers.
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Mount Carmel
Parwill Whalen
Chambersburgh
Belinda
Eckener to Receive National Geographic Gold Medal
The National Geographic Society awards Dr. Hugo Eckener its special gold medal for his world flight and other aeronautical achievements. Eckener plans to visit Washington in March for formal presentation, with Byrd and Lindbergh similarly honored in the past.
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National Geographic Magazine
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London
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Radcliffe Smith Girls Cling to Short Skirts
Boston reports that Radcliffe and Smith College students cling to short skirts for daytime wear while Cambridge and Northampton girls favor longer gowns with raised waistlines for evening events. The Paris fashion dictates influence Wellesley but are rejected by Radcliffe and Smith students in everyday attire.
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Paris
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Smith
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Northampton
Burr Swallows Burrs Paralyzes Urbana Boy
Urbana boy Mervin Smith twelve has swallowed a sand burr pulled from his mittens. He is rendered speechless and surgeons cannot locate the burr.
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Urbana
Owa
Mervin Smith
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