Hoover confronts congress over pension veto and naval treaty prospects
The article reviews President Hoover’s clashes with Congress over the Spanish war veterans pension bill and the London naval treaty. It notes votes against the veto, Hoover’s objections on disability criteria, and the push to delay treaty action amid Senate floor maneuvers and the rivers and harbors bill. It also covers Cannon’s defiance before a Senate committee and shifts in federal court procedure under the Wickersham bill.
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Henry J. Allen
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Navy Department
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Adams
Nations clash on frontier powers and colonial policy
Senator Ricci urged Italy to fortify the Alpine frontier while France Italy dispute Adriatic control and Tunisian status. Britain faced Palestine governance debates as immigration limits sparked scrutiny. In India salt tax resistance and Red uprising continued amid northwest frontier clashes. Chinese Nationalists and rebels fought along the Yellow river with shifting gains. Graf Zeppelin returned from transatlantic flight and Cameron Forbes emerged as potential ambassador to Japan.
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Shanghai
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Hoover Receives Louis Livingstone Seaman Medal
The Louis Livingstone Seaman gold medal was awarded to President Hoover for outstanding contributions in human service, presented by the American Museum of Safety. The decision was made before his presidential nomination, with the formal presentation delayed.
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President Hoover
American Museum of Safety
Hoover
Western Newspaper Union
Girl, 21, Weds Sixth Time Seeking Love
Memphis woman Pat Barnett, 21, has just married her sixth husband after a string of five prior marriages and a recent near fatal poisoning. Her mother says Pat seeks happiness through marriage, while Pat notes she keeps track of exes in Memphis New Orleans and Los Angeles.
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Joyce
Pat” Barnett
George L. Barnett
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Miss
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Michael Silverman
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Women of Corvallis Parade in Paper Evening Gowns
In Corvallis Montana a library benefit staged by a rural chorus saw members arrive in black crepe paper gowns. The choral leader mandated evening attire, prompting resilient farm women to craft elegant outfits from simple materials and unexpectedly pull off metropolitan style.
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Corvallis
Mont
Carl brothers win $7 in slander suits
In Harrisburg a civil court jury awarded total damages of 7 to Herman A. Carl Charles M. Carl and George M. Carl in slander actions against William A. Lontz of West Hanover township. Each claimed 10000 as damages but received 1 1 5 totals of 1 1 5 7 to Charles Herman and George respectively.
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George M. Carl
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William A. Lontz
West Hanover Township
Lontz
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Herman
Village Dismantled for Coal Mines in Breslau Region
The Buchwalde village near Hoyersda with about 500 residents must vanish to allow coal veins beneath it to be mined. Thirty-one of its 48 houses have been torn down and 12 more wrecked. Coal deposits were found over 20 years ago but are only now being opened. Most inhabitants have moved to Werninghoff to work in coal brick factories.
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Hoyersda
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Capitol site once called Rome says Italian envoy notes
Washington residents learned the Capitol site was once named Rome and the Anacostia river the Tiber. Italian Ambassador Nobile Giacomo de Martino says the Latin names were given by English landowner Francis Pope who owned the land in 1688.
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Nobile Giacomo de Martino
Francis Pope
World of Leisure Seen by Year 2030
A 1930s forecast by Lord Birkenhead envisions a future with universal plenty and vast leisure, synthetic foods cheaper than water, mass travel at 400 miles per hour, and a shift away from agriculture as industry cleans up pollution. He predicts 2080 life in urban blocks with communal refectories.
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Himalayas
Buried Treasure Tales In Sun River Canyon Montana
Helena reports Sun river canyon may hide two hidden fortunes. A Wells Fargo loot rumored to be buried near Henry Plumer's Sun river honeymoon cabin. An unknown bandit gang may have burned 140000 in gold near the canyon mouth. Conway Firkins claims a treasure map and a 1882 stage robbery tale links three killed bandits and one survivor.
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Henry Plumer
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Fergus Falls
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Boys Free 20 Dogs From Butte Pound
Two dog catchers chased 19 condemned dogs in Butte Montana. A group of brave boys opened the pen and released the captives, leaving the pound wagon empty as the dog catchers returned.
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Mont
Calf With Two Faces Lacks Balance on Montana Ranch
A calf born without balance on the William Crabtree ranch in White Sulphur Springs, Montana topples on its legs yet can eat with either mouth. The animal has two faces and almost two heads, making a humorous but abnormal sight in the farmyard.
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William Crabtree
Aloof and Alone Lady Captivates Robins Atwater
Robins Atwater, renowned polo and estate scion, fixates on the mysterious aloof‑and‑alone woman at Town House. He woos daily with roses and bold bets, only to be rejected again when she remains unseen. He finally vanishes, then writes an invitation for a Beaux Arts ball. The note returns revealing she declined to marry him.
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