Hoover clashed with Congress over veteran pension veto
Edward W. Pickard reviews Hoover’s friction with a Republican led Congress. The Senate overrode the veto of the Spanish war veterans pension bill 61 to 18, while the House rejected it 298 to 14. The piece notes Hoover’s objections to reduced disability criteria and lifetime conditions, and previews naval treaty debates and investigations into political activity.
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Congress
Hoover
P.eswent Hoover
Senate
Farmer-Labor
Watson
Moses
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Allen
Cameron Forbes Named Ambassador to Japan
Cameron Forbes of Boston a banker and former governor general of the Philippines appears poised as the new ambassador to Japan Sources cite Hoover circles indicating Forbes a close friend of the President chaired a commission that finished a survey and report on American administration of affairs in Haiti
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Cameron Forbes
Boston
The
Philippines
Japan
Forbes
Hoover
Special
Haiti
Hoover Receives Louis Livingstone Seaman Medal
The American Museum of Safety presented President Hoover with the Louis Livingstone Seaman gold medal for outstanding contributions in human service. The award was decided prior to his nomination for the presidency but the formal presentation was delayed.
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Louis Livingstone Seaman
President Hoover
American Museum of Safety
Hoover
Western Newspaper Union
Remarkable War Birds and Their Heroic Feats
The Smithsonian displays a celebrated World War I carrier pigeon named President Wilson, famed for delivering a vital message from Grand Pre to Rampont despite heavy fire. The piece traces other avian heroes including Fort Monmouth birds Spike and Mocker, and the storied Lost Battalion pigeons. It also recalls Old Abe the Civil War eagle and a War of 1812 game cock tied to naval legend, illustrating how animals played pivotal roles in U S military history.
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Elmo Scott
Watson
National Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
President Wilson
Wilson
Rampont
Army Pigeon
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Army
Signal Corps
Red Bank
Long Branch
France
Seventy-seventh Division
Argonne
Three Hundred and Eighth Infantry
Three Hundred and Seventh Infantry
Three Hundred and Sixth
Charles W. Whittlesey
Whittlesey
Division
Wisconsin
Abe
Ola Abe
Farmington
Corinth
Price
Thomas MacDonough
Lake Champlain
New York
Plattsburgh Bay
Downie
Confiance
Saratoga
MacDonough
Townsend ‘Brady
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Mary Duff
Lawrenceville
Margaret H. Lower
Rea Cross
Henry R. Rea
Army School of Nursing
Great Harbor
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Lakehurst
Brazil
Edward W. Pickard
Congressional
James Cannon, Jr
Board ‘of Temperance and Social Service
Methodist ‘Church, South
Cannon
Virginia
HE. C. Jameson
Caraway
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Blaine
House
Wickersham
United States
Democratic Party of
Pennsylvania
State Committee
Harrisburg
Italy
Dino Grandi
Grandi
Geneva
Aristide Briand
Mediterranean
Lardieu
Alps
Ricci
Adriatic
Tunis
Libya
Jugo
India
Gandhi
Yellow River
Nanking
Shanghai
Tsinanfu
Tsinan-Tsingtao
Chowtsun
Friedrichshafen
Atlantic
Portugal
Zeppelin
Chicago
Old Abe
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