Hoover faces congress over pension veto and treaty timing
Edward W. Pickard surveys Hoover’s friction with a Republican Congress over the vetoed Spanish war veterans pension bill and the status of the London naval pact. He notes Senate support for the veto override, debates on delaying treaty consideration, and Navy plans delayed until after the treaty action. The piece also covers Cannon’s contempt refusal before a senate committee and the push for a juryless trial in prohibition cases.
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House
Grand Army of the Republic
Watson
Moses
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Allen
Jill
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Adams
Cannon
Virginia
Mager
E. C. Jameson
New York
Caraway
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Blaine
Wisconsin
Caneon
United States
Democratic Party of
Pennsylvania
State Committee
Harrisburg
Italy and France clash over frontier while Palestine debate rises
Senator Ricci urged strengthened Italiana frontier defenses in the Alps amid France Italy tensions over Adriatic control Hallaus in Tanis and Libya’s southern frontier. Britain faces Palestine regime defense as League mandates commission reviews immigration limits pending a new report from Sir John Hope Simpson.
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Alps
Ricci
Italy
France
Adriatic
Hallaus
Tanis
Libya
Gres
Britain
Palestine
Mandates Commission
League of Nations
Geneva
Holy Land
T. Drummond Shiels
John Uope Simpson
British and Nationalists clash as tax resistance grows
The article notes raids on salt works stopped but the nationalist campaign continues through tax resistance seen as more serious. On the northwest frontier British troops occupy villages and shell rebel positions in the hills amid tribal unrest and Red activity.
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India
Gandhi
Turmoil on the Yellow River and Chinese Crisis
Reports of fierce fighting between Chinese Nationalist forces and northern rebels along the Yellow River cast doubt on the fate of the Nanking government. Northern troops reportedly crossed the river near Tsinanfu and reached the Tsinan-Tsingtag line, while Changsha fell to Red Army forces.
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Yellow River
Nanking
Shanghai
Tsinanfu
Tsinan-Tsingtag
Chowtsun
Changsha
Hunan
Red Army
Moscow
China
Russia
Manchuria
Takeiho
Blagovyeshchensk
Hoover Receives Louis Livingstone Seaman Medal
The American Museum of Safety presented President Hoover with the Louis Livingstone Seaman gold medal for outstanding contributions across human service fields. The award was decided before Hoover's presidency nomination, with formal presentation delayed.
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Louis Livingstone Seaman
President Hoover
American Museum of Safety
Smc
Hoover
Western Newaspapse Union
World in 2030: leisure, synthetic food, and new cities
In Lord Birkenhead's forward looking view, 2030 ushers in boundless leisure and cheap synthetic foods that could outcompete natural agriculture. Travel may leap to 400 mph as energy from waterfalls powers vast industry. By 2080 urban living will center in tall flats with communal refectories.
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London
Lord Birkenhead
England
Europe
Labrador
Greenland
Lord Birkentead
Birkenhead Saes
Himalayas
Ufe
Sun River Canyon Hinted Fortunes Loot Buried In Montana
Helena reports the Sun River canyon may hide two buried treasures tied to Wells-Furso Express loot buried by pioneer bandit sheriff Henry Plumer near his honeymoon. A Fergus Falls man claims a map shows a lost treasure stash from a 1982 guarded gold laden stage holdup six miles from the canyon mouth.
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Montana Canyon
Helena, Mont
Sun River Canyon
Henry Plumer
Wells-Furso Express Company
Sun River
Conway Tirkins
Fergus Falls
Minn
Boy Helpers Free Dozens Of Dogs From Pound
In Butte Montana two boy volunteers aided by a fleeing pair of dog catchers released nineteen dogs from a pound wagon. The kids opened the pen and freed the animals, leaving the wagon empty as witnesses shouted. The catchers later netted a twentieth dog but found no remaining stock.
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Butte
Mont
Tate
Calf with Two Faces Lacks Balance at Montana Ranch
A calf born at William Crabtree’s ranch in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, is described as healthy except for a complete lack of balance. The two faced animal tumbles on its legs and would trade for a balance wheel, though it can eat with either mouth at meals.
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White Sulphur Springs
Mont
William Crabtree
Jilted at altar ends life of Miss Nicholson
Miss Virgie Nicholson, of Norfolk, died in a Greensboro hotel after her fiancé declined to marry her on the eve of their wedding. She left a note for her mother and took bi chloride tablets then carbolic acid. A hotel staffer alerted management as she weakened and died before the door could be opened. Her purse held a sum of money and two letters to the fiancé and her mother.
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Greensboro
N. G
Virgie Nicholson
Jay
Miss Nicholson
U S Geological Survey Resumes Spring Field Work
Washington reports the United States Geological Survey has resumed operations with about 250 parties. Automobiles are concentrated at headquarters to cut transport costs as 30 vehicles depart with engineers and instruments to Kentucky Virginia New York and nearby states. The division of field equipment handles high value instruments undergoing repairs as the season begins.
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U. S. Geological Survey
Washington
United States Geological Survey
Geological Survey
Kentucky
Virginia
New York
Lost Montane Village Linnberton Ghost Town
Rail officials seek the vanished Montana hamlet Linnberton last seen on the Milwaukee line in 1910. W N Ross of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul system invites notification as the illusory town remains unplaced on maps with [photos] of Indians before a general store.
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Miles City
Linnberton
W. N. Ross
Chicago, Milwaukee& St. Paul Railroad
Montana
Army Orders Pressure Cooking for Field Kitchens
Maj. Gen. Stephen Fuqua authorized an experimental adaptation of pressure cooking for U S Army field kitchens to speed meal prep for marching troops. The infantry chief noted prior feeding difficulties on the march and aims to improve efficiency.
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United States Army
Washington
Stephen ©. Fuqua
Infantry
Tennessee Court Reverses Peeping Conviction
Nashville officials note no state law to stop curious peeping in windows. Tennessee Supreme Court reversed the conviction of J. L. Deboard of Newport, citing lack of applicable statute to prevent such acts.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
State Supreme Court
J. L. Deboard
Newport
Divorce Drama Over Pork Chop Rules Ends in Split
Robert Bard Kurrie, a tm cameraman, filed for divorce from his wife Darling after a 14 year marriage, claiming constant disputes over pork chop cooking led to her quitting Hollywood. He says she favored thorough doneness while he preferred lighter cooking, and he ducked a thrown object during an argument. Darling left him and Kurrie is now cooking alone.
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Hollywood
Robert Bard Kurrie
Darling
Kurrie
Girl 21 Weds Sixth Time in Love Pursuit in Memphis
Memphis, Tenn. Pat Theresa Bare Dell a 21 year old South side girl, dubbed artful Pat Barnett, has married her sixth husband after a string of divorces and a suicide attempt. Her mother hopes this time offers stability while detailing Pat's troubled history and all five prior marriages and a fatal car crash involving one husband. The piece notes Pat's philosophy of finding happiness through marriage and contrasts her with her late mother’s hopes and a prior railroad work accident that claimed a relative.
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Memphis
Tenn
Pat
Theresa Bare Dell
Trenty
DeWolf Hopper
Pegsy Joyra
Pat" Barnett
George L. Barnett
Gaston Place
No. 5
Michael Silverman
Stemphis
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Sue
Gown Miracle in Corvallis Paper Dresses Delight Audiences
In Corvallis Montana a library benefit needed evening wear. Chorus members, mostly farmers, wore black crepe paper gowns that rustled as they walked to the stage, turning a potential dress code into a clever triumph.
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Montana
Corvallis
Mont
Slander suit verdict awards small damages in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania a civil court jury awarded damages totaling ST to Herman Cari George M Carl and Charles M Cari against William A Lontz of West Hanover township. Each plaintiff claimed 10000 while the defense argued the suits stemmed from country store gossip. Charles and Herman received 1 each while George M Carl got 33.
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Harrisburg
Herman
Cari
George M. Carl
Charles M. Cari
Srothers
William A. Lontz
West Hanover Township
Key
Lontz
Charles
Town Being Torn Down For Coal Mine at Buchwalde
The village of Buchwalde near Hoyersda with about 50 residents must disappear to allow coal vein working. Thirty-one of forty-three houses have been torn down and the rest are being stripped. Deposits were found over two years ago but are now being opened. Many inhabitants moved to Werninghof to work in coal brick works.
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Breslau
Buchwalde
Hoyersda
Werninghof
Washington’s Capitol site once named Rome and Tiber
Residents were surprised to learn the Capitol area was once called Rome and the Anacostia River renamed the Tiber by Francis Pope, an English landowner who held the site in 1633 per Italian Ambassador Nobile Giacomo de Martino.
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Washington
United States Capitol
Rome
Anacostia
Tiber
Nobile Giacomo de Martino
Francis Pope
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