News Review of Current Events by Edward W Pickard
In a special session President Hoover urged ratification of the London naval treaty as the Senate began scrutiny. Debate touched on ship ratios and the three percent tonnage question. A modified demand asked for all treaty documents, while concerns about secret Dawes memos stirred relations with Britain. A new veterans administration unifies three agencies with Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines as administrator. Business leaders see signs of recovery, noting lower prices and wage stability. Wheat policy sparks clashes in the hard wheat belt as Farm Board actions draw criticism from Gov Reed.
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Edward W. Pickard
Arsen
Hoover
Senate
Natonal
Varios
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Hoard
McKellar
Tennessee
McKetar
Reed
Pennsylvania
London
Charles G. Dawes
MacDonald
Robinson
Arkansas
cMoris
Farm Board
Bays
Kan
Clyde M. Reed
Sunflower
Agricultural Marketing Act
Legge
Retlex Fund
Prohibition arrests and Hoover health notes
The dry bureau figures show 68 189 arrests and 24 373 stills seized in the last fiscal year with a 7 000 rise in girl seizures. RS. Hoover, back at the White House from Rapidan, plans more time at the camp into July while the President delays a western trip for health reasons.
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Old Dry Bureau
Boron
Treasury Department
RS. Hoover
White House
Rapidan River Lodge
Executive Mansion
Washington
Notable World News Bits From The Era In Review
Reports cover potential Horace Hoover trip tensions in Republican circles and a French aviator Ban Meroz who nearly crossed the Atlantic before a critical oil leak forced descent. Receptions honor Rear Admiral Byrd. census figures crown New York’s population at 6,295,034 with London contesting title. Rockefeller birthday quiet at Pocantico top off the list of obituaries and international tensions deepen in the Rhineland and Palestine.
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Ban Mermoz
Africa
Brazil
Atlantic
Dakar
New York
London
Greater London
Metropolitan Police
Goatyear Zeppelin Wins National Balloon Race Start to Greensburg
Pilots BLAM and YFeiik Trotter aboard the Goatyear Zeppelin won the national elimination balloon race. The course began in Houston Texas and covered about 850 miles before landing near Greensburg Kentucky in 1939.
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Blam
Yfeiik Trotter
Houston
Texas
Greensburg
Western Newspaper Union
Ecuador Cuts Red Tape for Visitors
Ecuador considers waiving landing formalities for travelers amid reports of easing entry rules. The National Geographic bulletin notes the country’s geography and major city Guayaquil, its river systems, rail and road projects, and the Panama hat industry centered in Manabi province as context for potential tourism growth.
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Washington
Ecuador
North Carolina
National Geographic Society
Braziliaa
Republic
Guayaquil
Guayas
Andean
Pacife
Daule
Pacific
Guaraquil
Quito
Riodamba
Panama
Manabi
Small New York Land Sale By Church
On written consent Cardinal Hayes and Supreme Court Justice Valent signed an order allowing the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes to sell the Artcraft Building Corp a narrow 5 inch by 25 foot strip in the center of the block bounded by First and Second Avenues and Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Streets. The strip, left to the church in 1915 by Sarah J. Coffey, is one of the smallest real estate transactions on record and the church owns no other nearby property.
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New York
Cardinal Hayes
Supreme Court
Valent
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Artcraft Building Corporation
Andorty-Sixth
Forty-seventh Streets
Sarah J. Coffey
Conscience Doth Make Cowards of Poker Fans
In Leo Jasky’s apartment one night seven men faced an all night poker session. At dawn a woman asked for her husband causing a panic. Tyro escaped through a window. David Tarvin jumped to the sidewalk, fracturing his hip. The woman was not Mrs. Tarvin.
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New York
Leo Jasky
Leo
At &A. m
Jasky
Tyyo
David Tarvin
Mrs. Tarvin
Only One-Footed Steeplejack Climbs in Lewiston
George St Hilaire of Lewiston Maine, once a fall victim at an Augusta church spire, remains undaunted with a prosthetic-less courage after losing a foot in the ascent.
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Lewiston
Maine
George St Hilaire
Augusta
Open golf, cinema boom, and city life in early New York
A fragmented reminiscence covers Prank Craven and De Wolf Hopper, early nightlife and the open golf championship tale. It recalls New York cinema growth from Moorish Garden showings to grand venues like Hippodrome, Capitol, and Paradise, and notes incidents from jewelry theft to Yale Harvard crime jokes and a divorce suit over a long bridge game and a saxophone hobby.
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the Lambs Club
de Wolf Sopper
Wang
de Wolf Hopper
New York City
Oklahoma bad man gets 20 year term
J M Mike Risenhoover of Mena Arkansas border outlaw fame was convicted at Poteau Oklahoma for robbery with firearms and sentenced to 20 years in McAlester prison. Once a runner up for sheriff and linked to the Julies Carden gang he spent years dodging the law before this latest conviction.
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Nena
Ark
Oklahoma
Arkansas
J. M
Mike” Risenhoover
Mena
Poteau
Ohi
McAlester
Risenhoover
Ouachita Highlands
Julies Carden
Carden
Tucker
Goliects
Tesse
Heavener
Okiz
Melester
Mike
Siena
Polk County
Grand Furs
B. E. Ishell
Waters, Ark
Risenhover
Greasy Bill" Reynolds
Leo Goins
Tucker Prison Farm
Risen- Hoover
Eisenhoover
Saxon Soldier Skeleton Found In 1400 Year Grave Near Luton
Workers uncover a well preserved Saxon skeleton with a bloodstained spearhead in a 1400 year old grave at Luton then Lygenberg. Antiquarians link the find to a 571 A D clash led by chieftain Cuthwulf. Historians note early Christianity arrived mid seventh century in the area.
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Luton
England
Cuthwulf
Lygenberg
Turkish Law Bans ATR Bic Script in Courts
Recently Turkey forbade ATR bic characters and penalties for disuse. The Latinized alphabet deadline set two years ago, with June 1 as the enforcement date for courts and all official departments including municipal ties.
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Turkey
Istanbul
House Covers 7 Acres Not Ground in Tupelo Tale
Tupelo census tale recounts a seven acre house near Jake reported by E R Rankin. The census taker joked the dwelling belongs to Mr and Mrs A HL Acres and five little Acres.
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Tupelo
Miss
Jake
E.R. Rankin
A. HL
Costly Poker Game Leads to Arrest in Memphis
Police arrested Frank Smith, thirty, after he walked down a Memphis street wearing only socks citing a poker game. Relatives provided clothing and he was released.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frank Smith
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Slice Taylor Sheets
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Sacred College
W. G Neville
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