Congress battles over Hoover economy plan and budget cuts
The era's political clash centers on a broad federal economy program. President Hoover proposes consolidating bureaus and boards, with a national economy bill drafted by a mixed commission, as Democrats demand concrete reduction actions. Senate and House debates intensify, with tax and base-year issues shaping the fight.
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Garner
House
Senate
Jones
Washington
Repub Mean
Senate Finance Committee
Robinson
Harrison
Mississippi
House Special Economy Committee
Army and Navy Transport Service
International Water Commission
Smoot
Treasury Mills
Reed
Pennsylvania
Finance Committee
Jobless Man Breaks Into Topeka Penitentiary
An unemployed 28 year old Les ter Johnson pleaded guilty to check forgery after visiting three courts to learn his charge. Despite prosecutors advice he admitted guilt and asked for medical care, receiving a sentence of up to ten years.
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Topeka
Kan
Lester Johnson
Kansas Penitentiary
Johnson
Father drowns with infant son in Georgia river death
In Bolton Georgia a 49 year old father tied his nine month old son to his neck and leaped from a bridge into the Chattahoochee River. The infant was rescued and revived by Dr. W B Rhodes and hospitalized in Grady. The note blamed unemployment for the act. the father left behind two daughters from a previous marriage.
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Georgia
Chattahoochee River
W. D. Smith, Jr
Bolton
W. B. Rhodes
Grady
Smith
Main
Annie Smith
W. D. Smith
Marietta Road Bridge
Charleston Avenue
Lakewood Heights
D. Hardy
Marion Clarke
Prison Opens to Let Dad Give Blood to Daughter
Federal Judge Kirkpatrick ordered Charles Ogitis released to allow his blood to help his six year old daughter Evelyn after a house fire in Pottsville. Ogitis was returned to Mercer County prison for ten months for parole violation as officers rushed him to Warne hospital to donate blood.
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Kirkpatrick
Philadelphia
Charles Ogills
Mercer County
Ogitis
Evelyn
Pottsville
Warne Hospital
Can of Spinach in Fire Triggers Blast at Home
In Hatherville Iowa a can of spinach ignited in a furnace causing an explosion that blew apart the furnace pipes and sent smoke through the home. Ben Burns recalls the moment during dinner when the spinach can sparked the blast and he realized its role in the incident.
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Hatherville
Iowa
Ben Burns
Shanghai
Burns
Mr. Burns
Saws Way Out as Jail Mates Sing
Camden inmate Albert Rumford age twenty three is back in jail after a weeks long escape. He says he kept silent by letting prisoners sing hymns while he used hacksaws to cut through.
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Camden
N. J
Albert Rumford
Jall
Active Sheriff at Ninety Keeps Newport County Duty
At ninety, James Anthony remains the active sheriff of Newport County. He usually stays in his office at the county courthouse but travels to various parts of the county for duty as needed.
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Newport
R. L
James Anthony
Newport County
Anthony
Civil War Vet Files Divorce Over Young Bride
Capt. Henry King, aged 92, sues his 60 year old wife of one year in Portland Oregon charging she ran around too much. The couple wed a year ago as legal action unfolds amid a strained marriage.
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Portland
Ore
Capt
Henry ©. King
New Yorker Dinner Anecdote Tells of Many Guests
A Virginian recounts a tale of a Charleston man returning from New York and boasting of a Delmonico dinner where eight guests were named from various states plus a mysterious ninth “New Yorker” who supposedly paid for the meal. The yarn closes with a proverb about waiting and hunger.
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John Stewart Bryan
Charleston
New York
Delmonico’s
Ravenell
Major Elliott
Columbia
Screvens
Savannah
General Breckenridge
Fellows' Syrup Promises Appetite and Energy Boost
A vintage ad copy urges readers to try Fellows' Syrup when losing appetite and energy. It claims the tonic stimulates appetite, lifts bodily tone, and builds up strength, noting doctors prescribe it and urging readers to ask their druggist for the product.
Roman Altar Found Near Newcastle in Roman Wall Area
A Roman altar in good preservation with a clear inscription was found near Mallent Piers by the North of England Excavations Committee along the line of the old Roman wall. The altar, dedicated to mothers, was attributed to the First Cohort of the Verdulli.
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Newcastle
England
Britain
Verdulli
Mallent Piers
North of England
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