Steel dividend cut and wage talk roils markets
United States Steel directors in New York reduced the quarterly dividend from 1.75 to 1.00 and signaled broad salary cuts for officers and staff. The move targets about a 10 percent average pay cut, with top executives possibly taking larger shares. Hoover policy presses no wage declines in key industries as Farrell, Steel president, faces scrutiny.
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United States Steel
New York
J. A. Farrell
Hoover
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Farrell
Wall Street
Lindberghs Start Atlantic Flight From Washington
Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh leave Washington in the Lockheed Sirius seaplane bound for North Haven Maine and Japan via Canada Alaska and the Aleutians amid weather delays and radio test issues. The trip is supported by British Prime Minister MacDonald and U S officials as they plan a perilous voyage. Germany's economy is described as fragile with Berlin demonstrations noted and Stimson remarks reported. The Wickersham commission condemns U S prison conditions as overcrowded and inhumane, urging reforms to reduce crime and improve treatment.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Mrs. Lindbergh
Washington
Japan
North Haven
Maine
Canada
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
MacDonald
Great Britain
Stimson
United States
Germany
Berlin
Britain
Mr. Stimson
Wickersham Commission
Prohibition Case Ruling Attacks Police Tactics
A Chicago appellate court issued a sharp rebuke to city agents for entrapment in a prohibition case, reversing five Indianapolis policemen’s conspiracy convictions. The court cited a "shock to justice" and highlighted decoy Lyle’s role, signaling concern over enforcement methods.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Indianapolis
Prohibition
Lyle
Horace Lyle
Representative Major Dies in Payette Missouri
AMC Major a Republican representative from Missouri's Seventh district dies in Payette Missouri. His death restores the Republican majority in the next house to two as Major was a Democrat, one of twelve in Missouri's sixteen member delegation. He was sixty two years old and elected to his fifth term last autumn.
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Arlos Ibanez
Chile
Congress
Thanet
Montero
Pedro Blanquier
Amc
Major
Missouri
Payette
Ile
Western Newspaper Union
Tales of the Tribes by Editha L. Watson
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union feature on the Pima people recounts their origin after a flood, the rise and fall of their adobe houses, shift to dome huts, intermarriage with the Maricopa, and cultural traits such as pottery, basketry, dances, sorcery beliefs, and carved color sticks. It notes chiefs like Morning Green and mentions Cherokee chief John Jolly as the adopted father of Gen. Sam Houston.
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Salt River Valley
Arizona
Gila Valley
Clho
Ciho
Morning Green
Casa Grande
Gila
Salt Valleys
Pimafore
Seraglio
Western Newspaper Union
John Jolly
Gen
Sam Houston
Cheppewa Chief Sassaba Seen in Wolf Skin Attire
Sassaba, a Cheppewa chief, was noted for walking through a large village dressed only in a great gray wolf's skin. The sight tied to traditional dress and local customs observed by villagers and chroniclers.
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Sassaba
Obsidian Knives 15 Inches Long by California Indians
The California Indians fashioned knives from obsidian a volcanic glass measuring about fifteen inches in length.
General Sib ley Model Tent Named After Him
The tip served as a model for a tent named in honor of General Sib ley.
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General Sibley
Sacred plants and tribal legends mix in early notes
The Zuni hold plants as sacred, believing some were once human. Separately, Sioux leader Little Crow is said to have had six wives and twenty two children.
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Little Crow
Polish Leader Saved Europe, Pil Sudski Praised by Lord dAbernon
Lord dAbernon salutes Józef Piłsudski as the true savior of Europe in 1920. He says the Battle of Warsaw prevented Bolshevik conquest, noting central Europe would have faced a Bolshevik flood if the Poles had fallen.
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Europe
Lord d'Abernon
Pilsudski
Gazeta Polska
The
Vistula
Poland
Warsaw
Lake Superior Relic of Ice and Glacial Ages
Dr. E. E. Moore of the University of Toronto presented findings to the Royal Society of Canada on dam excavations along the Michipicoten River confirming a prehistoric Lake Algonquin once filled the Superior basin. He described a northward glacial history with a smaller lake occupying the lake’s current basin.
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Lake Superior
Algonquin
Algoma District Power Company
Michipicoten
E. E. Moore
University of Toronto
Royal Society of Canada
Superior
Great Lakes
Doctor Moore
Avertin Heralded as Safer Anesthetic Breakthrough
For years doctors sought a new anesthetic with full pain suppression and fewer risks. Avertin, administered orally, puts patients into a deep sleep yet allows possible awakening to answer questions or converse. It reportedly has no lung side effects and patients breathe normally after waking.
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Avertin
Air Mileage Record Between Atlanta and New York
Col. Hers Weekly reports the greatest daily air mileage occurs on the Atlanta to New York route with three round trips daily for mail and passengers. The Washington to New York airway is second with 11 round trips daily, totaling about 120000 miles across the nation each day.
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United States
Atlanta
New York
Hers
Washington- New York Airway
Science Trouble Among School Girls
Two tech students discuss next semester's science course while a younger sister jokes about a subject their father struggled with last winter. The brief item captures a family moment in a school setting from the Indianapolis News.
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Small Sister
Indianapolis News
Clever Boy Scouts Build Walking Robotic Apparatus
Newton Mass Boy Scouts constructed a mechanical man capable of walking sitting lifting and winking. The robot was built in the cellar of Robert Kangott, aged sixteen, to demonstrate ingenuity and technical skill.
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Newton
Mass
Boy Scouts
Robert Kangott
Fortune Telling Sparks Men’s Money Motive Over Marriage
The remark contrasts men's concern for wealth with the desire to avoid marriage. The exchange shows a belief that women value admiting fault as proof of moral rightness. The joke hinges on marrying implications and the gendered view of fortune telling.
No More Yawns Over First Sweetheart Twenty Years Later
A brief scene reveals a husband no longer yawns about his first love. After twenty years, he encounters her again, altering his outlook and memories.
No Cause for Alarm in Small Town Dining Scene
In a quiet encounter, Elsie notes a tough looking waiter while Jake assures the bill will be covered. The moment captures a wary yet composed response to an unfamiliar worker in a local setting.
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Elsie
Jake
The Ruse of a Dirty Face and Aunt Louise Kiss
Philosophers analyze a social quirk where mockery and feigned disdain cue a child's mischief. The dialogue threads reveal how adults frame a youngster's foolish acts as comic lessons.
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Jimmy
Louise
Originator of Rail Transport
About 127 years ago Merthyr Tydvil witnessed a test run of the first steam locomotive on tram rails. Trevithick and Sam Homfrey built the wagon engine to haul ten tons of iron to Abercynon, marking the birth of steam locomotion before railway use shifted to heavy ironworks and later broader transport.
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Merthyr Tydvil
Cornwall
South Wales
Richard ‘Trevithick
Bar
Penydarren
Glamorganshire
Trevithick
Camborne
Waving
Samm Homfrey
Penydarren Tron
Sam Homfrey
Richard Crawshay
Homfrey
Crawshay
Blenkinsop
Montreal Herald
Plea for Lenny
A neighbor recalls a small boy about five or six pleading with his mother to avoid a whipping. The child asked for a simple slap instead, as the mother warned of punishment for breaking a rule, recounting a household moment from the Exchange.
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James
Leprosy Patients in United States and World Totals
Oygeia Magazine cites 600 to 800 American leprosy patients and about 3 million worldwide. Most U S cases are confined to Carville leprosarium in Louisiana. A recent report shows only one of thirty one discharged as cured had a relapse.
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United States
Oygeia Magazine
Carville
Holes Attach Swiss Cheese to Appetite
A lingering note links holes in Swiss cheese to its appeal, suggesting that the holes themselves evoke the craving for the cheese. The observation plays on a familiar visual cue tied to the product and its desirability.
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Edward W. Pickard
Atlantic Ocean
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Clyde Pangborn
New York Municipal
Moscow
Cardigan
Wales
London
Russell ‘Boardman
John Polando
Turkey
Istanbul
Coste
France
Reichsbank
Hans Luther
Bruening
Herr Schmitz
H. P. Fletcher
Henry P. Wletcher
Tariff Commission
Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Davis
Philippines
Italy
Belgium
Troover
Latin America
Orman H. Davis
America
Bank of New York and Trust Company
League of Nations
League
N. H. Davis
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Paterson
New Jersey
American Federation of Labor
Carlos Ibanez
Cleveland
United States Supreme Court
Edwin A. Scott
A. W. J. Flack
Canadian Club of
Tales of the Tribes
Editha L. Watson
Pima
Science
Lenny
Monarch
Virginia
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