Hoover Defeated on Tariff Flexibility Amendment
Union of Republicans and Democrats defeats Hoover by 47 to 42 as Simmons amendment removes executive power to alter duties under flexible tariff. Senate would require tariff reports from the president with recommendations and keep changes in congress. House action uncertain.
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Cooperative Committee For Prohibition Enforcement
Washington
Patrick H. Callahan
Louisville
John R. McNab
San Francisco
PM MacDonald Welcomed in New York Harbor Style
RAMee MacDonald received a warm greeting from US officials and residents as the Berengaria arrived in New York. The ship was escorted by cruisers Memphis and Trenton. at quarantine he was met by Mayor Walker's committee and landed at Battery Point before a procession to City Hall. The prime minister then went to Washington with his daughter Ishbel.
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Geneva
Senate
MacDonald
Shearer
David Lloyd George
United States
William Wiseman
Kulm, Loeb & Co
New York
Mr. Summers
Los
Ramee MacDonald
Berengaria
New York Harbor
Memphis
Trenton
Walker
Battery Point
Stimson
Esme Howard
Washington
Ishbel
Weird Taos mine murders linked to famed Aztec claim
Taos is rocked by a murder mystery tied to the Mystic and Aztec mines. Wealthy English recluse A. R. Manby was found dead in his Taos library, initially deemed natural death, then tied to a gun murder and decapitation by a sawed off shotgun. The case unfolds with a chain of miners, high graders, and vanished partners.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Taos
A. R. Manby
Manby
Henri Martin
West
Martin
Stone
Colfax
Ferguson
Mexico
It Takes Time to Grasp This It Takes Time to Grasp This
Mangum Oklahoma figures Luther Gilliam claims the title of youngest grandfather in Oklahoma at thirty five. The article details a complex family web where Gilliam is uncle to his grandsons and related through marriage to the Smith family with multiple interwoven ties.
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Mangum
Okla
Luther Gillam
Oklahoma
Gilliam
Olin Smith
Smith
Inlaw
Many Distinct Religious Bodies in the United States
The article notes at least 216 active religious bodies in America per Charles W. Ferguson. It highlights 19 Methodist divisions, 18 Baptist bodies, 9 Presbyterian groups, 22 Lutheran churches, 17 Mennonite groups, and 7 Eastern Orthodox divisions, plus over 100 minor sects totaling more than 2,000,000 adherents. It cites new Protestant groups like the Apostolic Over-Coming Help Church of God and several Church of God variants.
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New York
America
United States
Charles W. Ferguson
Ferguson
Apostolic
Help Church of God
Church of God
Christ
Old Roman Catholic Church
Pillar of Fire Church
Church of Daniel’s Band
Churches of God, Holiness
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Oldest Stone Buddha Acquired by Okura Museum Tokyo
The oldest stone Buddha image in existence has been acquired by the Okura Museum in Tokyo after lengthy negotiations, enriching Japan's cultural heritage with a rare ancient artifact.
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Okura Museum
Tokyo
Japan
Weird fish catch baffles anglers at Beach Haven
Fishermen report a 12 foot long purple and cream creature hauled from the sea. It features a 12 inch head mouth with no teeth, pig like ears housing eyes, two seven foot limbs with toes, and two nine foot wings. Believed to be a ray family oddity.
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Beach Haven
N. J
Prince Gustav Adolf to ride in spring steeplechase
Prince Gustav Adolf, son of the crown prince, will ride in the spring steeplechase at Matmon. He competes in the 8,500 meter event and plans to be a regular competitor.
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Prince Gustav Adolf
Stockholm
Gustav Os
Matmon
Lindbergh Flight in Baden Baden Program
Hindemith and Weill co compose the piece with Brecht text as part of Baden Baden radio week program featuring the Lindbergh Flight.
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Baden-Baden
Radio Weex
Hindemith
Weill
Brecht
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