Global Talks Highlight Naval Arms Accord and Farm Union Plans
President Hoover backs the Britain United States naval accord as a first step toward broader disarmament. In agriculture, farmers from Wheat to Livestock form a national cooperative network in Baton Rouge aiming to fund the Farmers National Grain Corporation, with Legge outlining the board's stabilizing role and McKelvie named to represent growers.
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American Legion
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Great Britain
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Baton Rouge
Chamber of Agricultural Co-Operatives
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Chicago
Big Concern
William H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Legge
Hoover
Farm Board
Samuel R. McKelvie
Nebraska
McKelvie
Nebraska Farmer
Water Supply Across Ages Shows City Needs
A National Geographic bulletin traces how civilizations from ancient Mesopotamia to modern metropolises met water demands. It notes Rome’s distant, underground aqueducts and London’s shift from wells to piped water, detailing New York Chicago Los Angeles and coastal idd as examples of evolving supply strategies.
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D. C
National Geographic Society
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Red Sea
Baltimore banker named American ambassador to Italy
OHN W GARRETT of Baltimore, a banker and former diplomat, is appointed American ambassador to Italy succeeding Llenry VII Pletcher who retires. Garrett has almost twenty years in the diplomatic corps, served as first secretary at Rome 1908 1911, minister to the Netherlands Venezuela and Argentina, and was secretary general of the Washington army conference.
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Poincare
France
United States
Great Britain
Aristide Briand
Briand
Hague
London
MacDonald
Henderson
Snowden
William Graham
Board of Trade
Ohn W. Garrett
Baltimore
Italy
Llenry VII. Pletcher
Garrett
Diplomatic Corps
Rome
Netherlands
Venezuela
Hoover Decision Delays Cruiser Project Draws Reaction
President Hoover plans to suspend construction of three cruisers set for navy yards next autumn. The move drew sharp criticism and praise from various voices, including comments from a prominent figure who expressed his disapproval.
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Hoover
Navy Yards
Negotiations on Manchurian Quarrel Opened on Border Train
Representatives of Soviet Russia and China began talks on the Manchurian dispute aboard a train near Manchouli. China offered to restore the railway to its pre crisis status if Moscow guaranteed no Communist propaganda in Manchuria.
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Russia
China
Manchouli
Manchuria
Manchurian
Khavarnovsk
Vladivostok
Chita
Fire volunteer Manning jailed for arson in Peekskill
Johan Manning of Peekskill has been found guilty of starting several fires after twenty years as a devoted volunteer firefighter in the borough. He faces incarceration for his actions endangering the community and the fire brigade.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Johan Manning
Manning
Veteran Sailor Hurley Follows Call of the Sea Again
John Hurley, a surviving seafarer from the romantic days of sail, sailed home from Cherbourg on the Leviathan recounting adventures from three wars. Born 1847 in Ireland, he served in the Civil War, Dewey at Manila Bay, and World War I as a storekeeper on the Olympic, with later exploits including the Proteus Arctic expedition and a near shanghai attempt by Brown's gang. He continues yearly voyages, cherishing old seamanship.
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Cherbourg
Southampton
John Hurley
Hurley
United States
Navy
Dewey
Manila Bay
Ireland
Sydney
Boston
United States Navy
Proteus
Arctic
Weasel
Porto Rico
Shanghai Brown
San Francisco
Brown
Clock Ends After Mrs Owens Passes In Snowflake
An antique clock brought to Snowflake Arizona by Mrs Lucretia Owens in 1878 stopped three minutes after her death and has not run since. It marked fifty one years of continuous service in the district before stopping.
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Ariz
Lucretia Owens
One in Thirty Convicted in Columbus Crime Rates
Ohio State University criminologist James B Hagerty notes in Columbus that about one in thirty persons who commit crimes are convicted. He spoke at an address outlining crime and punishment patterns in the city.
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Columbus
Ohio
James B. Hagerty
Ohio State University Department of Sociology
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