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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1929
Page
7
Senate vote 47 to 42 adopts Simmons amendment stripping the President of power to modify duties under flexible tariff rules. Critics say it shifts taxing power to Congress and signals political maneuvering amid farm group support for Hoover. House action unknown.
William B Shearer, noted shipbuilding observer at Geneva 1927, testified before a Senate committee probing propaganda. He handed a document claimed to be a letter to David Lloyd George, allegedly hostile to the United States and linked to Sir William Wiseman. The committee adjourned until Prime Minister MacDonald's visit concluded.
A hurricane that formed in the West Indies struck Florida from Key West to Pensacola then moved along the Atlantic coast, causing substantial property damage and few deaths. The storm worsened floods in the Carolinas and Georgia as rivers rose to record levels, disrupting land and water transport and wire service up to New England.
AMSAY MACDONALD was hailed by U S officials and citizens as his ship the Berengaria docked in New York Harbor. He was greeted by Mayor Walker and Secretary Stimpson with the British Ambassador on hand. A procession escorted him to City Hall where he was granted the freedom of the city before a train to Washington.
The American Legion held its largest parade in Louisville with resolutions focused on disabled veterans. Woodlawn post Chicago won drill team, Electric post Milwaukee won band contest. Convention awarded to Ta Massachusetts on first ballot. C L Bodenhamer of El Dorado elected commander unanimously. Mrs Donald Macrea of Council Bluffs named national president of the auxiliary.
A cooperative committee for prohibition enforcement plans a national education campaign. Headquarters will be in Washington with Patrick H Callahan of Louisville as chairman. President Hoover names John R McNab of San Francisco head of a body to study federal administration and judicial machinery for stronger enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment.
Beritz von Opel, German automobile maker and racer, piloted a rocket powered plane covering about six miles before a crash wrecked the craft. He escaped unharmed. Coste and Bellonte, French endurance flyers from Paris, were believed to have landed in a Siberian forest toward week’s end.
Attorneys for Jenry L Doherty interests argued before the state tax commission to uphold the Doherty gas plants valuations in Kansas City Kansas and Pittsburg. The commission examined stock, bonds, real estate, and plant values amid questions over proper mains assessment and county boundaries. September gas tax receipts totaled 1 123 252 79, down from August but up from 1928, with three-month fiscal year receipts at 3 422 965 98 up 1 million dollars.
Geneva reports Erno de St Georges and Wigger the famed dogs of Securitas who traced burglars, recovered missing persons, and helped convict five thieves in Vaud. Their feats include separating five scents at once and, in a disappearance case, leading to the recovered body near Lake Geneva.
Governor Clyde M. Reed heard the parole application of Justin O. Kirby of Hartford, a banker who has been in prison since August 1928 for forging papers and bonds after the Hartford State Bank failure. He stated he forged to save the bank and confessed to the crimes.
Manhattan report says Dr John Daniel Walters 82 known as Daddy Walters died at his daughter Mrs Alfred Amber of Alma home after a brief illness. He held the college faculty record for more than fifty two years at Kansas State Agricultural College.
Ihark Drehner, after six years as secretary manager of the Newton chamber of commerce, is named executive manager of the Independence Chamber of Commerce. He succeeds H B Owens who recently resigned to join the oil business in Bartleville Oklahoma.
Mrs Ward Everett Gann sister of Vice President Charles Curtis and official hostess cut her visit to Topeka and departed for Washington to attend functions honoring Ramsay MacDonald prime minister of England.
Babe P. Waggener, Kansas legislator from Atchison county, underwent a major operation at a Baltimore hospital. His condition is reported as very favorable. His father W P Waggener, Democratic leader, is with him.
Mrs. Mattie M. Ludemann of Kansas City was elected grand chief of honor at the Degree of Honor convention. Winfield chosen as next meeting place in October 1931. Governor Reed named Wendell Read district court judge for the twenty fifth district, succeeding the late L. H. Finney.
Rainfall last month totaled 1.11 inches in Lawrence, 3.10 inches below normal for September and the smallest for the month in 62 years except for September 1908 with 0.58 inch. A monument to Mr. and Mrs. H Herb Steele, early owners of the land now Scott County State Park, will be erected by public subscription on a cliff within the park.
Muggs the collie owned by Daniel Henry of Northumberland, Pennsylvania, was chloroformed and buried by Robert Allen who tied its legs and used enough anesthetic to kill a man. The canine later revived, freed itself, and returned to Henry promising to stay.
In Washington, discharged employees in bookkeeping departments exposed employers evading federal taxes. The Bureau of Internal Revenue collected over $114,000 last year from information provided by discharged bookkeepers and accountants, with rewards totaling $4,000. J. Mires, assistant to the Internal Revenue Commissioner, said rewards protect taxpayers as compensation typically equals about 10 percent of taxes collected.
Mrs Pester-Hefore recalls a vow before marriage while her husband concedes still feeling unworthy. The exchange ends with no resolution as he declines the challenge to face her.
Of the persons reported as centenarians in the 1920 United States census 1 561 were men and 2 706 were women.
A Los Angeles mother extols California Fig Syrup for her son Leroy Young at 1116 Georgia St. She recalls early stomach and bowel weakness, constipation, and relief after using the product. The ad claims over 50 years of physician support, vegetable formula, and four million bottles used annually.
Mrs. ApA Brssz of 196 Washington Street Fairhaven Massachusetts says Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound helped her after Change of Life. She reports relief from nervousness fatigue and insomnia and recommends others follow directions for best benefits.
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