Hoover opposed emergency relief bill sparks White House clash
Congress passed a revised emergency relief measure totaling 2.122 billion dollars with provisions allowing loans by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to individuals and municipalities. Hoover opposed the clause as a government pawn broker, while Speaker Garner supported it for the masses amid sharp exchanges and a Senate transfer of the bill for debate.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Garner
White House
House
Senate
Treasury
Josef Bingham
Bingham
Congress
Sen. Bingham
Tadoussac the oldest white settlement in America
The article recalls Tadoussac on the lower St Lawrence as America’s oldest white settlement and fur trade center now a quiet Canadian summer resort. It notes Cartier’s 1535 voyage, Basque whaling, 1599 first Canadian house, Hudson Bay post, Champlain’s 1603 treaty, and Iroquois sack in 1661, ending with its tourism today.
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Tadoussac
St. Lawrence River
Laurentian Mountains
St. Lawrence
Saguena
Jacques Cartier
New France
Canada
Labrador
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay Company
Great Company of Gentlemen Adventurers
Champlain
Species of Hawks That Are Friends of Farmer
Biologists from the United States Department of Agriculture explain that not all hawks are pests as some prey mainly on ro dents insects and other pests. Harmless hawks show broad wings and wide tails while harmful hawks have long tails and rounded wings helping farmers distinguish which hawks visit chicken yards.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Woman's Chief Charms Not to Be Purchased
A Farm Journal quote by Nellie S. Russell argues lipstick and vanity goods cannot mask a sour disposition. True beauty comes from a sweet soul seen in a baby's mouth and in the eyes, which vanity cases cannot alter. Keep sweet within to gain true value from vanity.
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Nellie S. Russell
The
Farm Journal
Unbelievers Challenged by Balloon Voice Test
A London Tit-Bits note asks readers to test a claim that a woman's voice echoes clearly to a man in a balloon at two miles height, while a man’s voice cannot be heard above one mile. It invites participation in an audial experiment.
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London
Governor Sterling and aide share prison farm travel joke
Jake Gov. Ross Sterling recalls visiting the Imperial prison farm near Houston. He was provided a car and driver to return to Houston. Sterling asks to be taken to the Bay, his summer home, noting the driver has seven years to spare.
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Cameron Morrison
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
J. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
Governor Sterling
Jake
Ross Sterling
Imperial Prison Farm
Houston
Bay
Sterling
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