News Review Of Current Events Highlights From 1930s Prohibition Debates
Edward W. Pickard surveys state elections and primaries with repeal and moderation tensions. Maine Republicans sweep major offices. Hoover era issues shrink majorities. Michigan GOP splits with wet reforms. Roosevelt backs repeal with new state control plan. Latin America sees Uriburu coup in Argentina while Peru and Bolivia face tensions. Briand renews European federation push. Pilsudski tightens grip in Poland as India eyes dominion status. Flight heroes Coste and Bellonte honored in Washington. aviation deaths and notable passings noted.
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Edward W. Pickard
Congress
Maine
Repubicans
William Tudor Gardiner
Edward C. Moran
Wallace H. White, Jr
Lewiston
Arthur
Anti-Saloon League
Jesse P. Wolcott
Wilbur M. Brucker
Alex J. Groesbeck
Detroit
Frank Murphy
Charles Bowles
South Carolina
James Byrnes
Dty
Senate
Cole Blease
Colorado
George H. Shaw
Antti-Saloon League
Phipps
W. W. Hodges
Edward P. Costigan
Louisiana
Huey Long
Ransdell
New Hampshire
John G. Winant
Albert W. Noone
Delaware
Hastings
R. G. Houston
Irenee DuPont
Thomas ¥. Bayard
Washington
John F. Miller
Seattle
Repub
Ralph A. Harr
Georgia
W. J. Harris
G. H. Carswell
Arizona
George W. P. Hunt
Night Patrol Through Lahore Under Martial Law
Captain L R Claud Robinson recalls patrolling Lahore during martial law after Gandhi's movement. He describes silent streets, wary gates, and the eerie quiet as he and a small troop ride through the walled city, observing uneasy locals, dogs, and the unwelcoming architecture.
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Lahore
Mr. Gandhi
Anarkali
Elephant Hunt In Nepal A Novel War Memoir
After World War I a former officer recalls a three month leave spent with Colonel Mon in Nepal. He describes a dangerous elephant hunt with tame elephants guiding a wild herd, lassoing heads, and dodging branches as twenty elephants clash in a jungle chase. He survives exhausted with bleeding hands and feet.
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Nepal
Ghurkas
India
Western Newspaper Union
Flags and the Origins of the American Flag
A historical survey traces early flags and devices used by American colonies, from the Bunker Hill banner and An Appeal to Heaven to the first striped flag in 1776. It weighs Washington's role, Jones’s claim, and Congress's 1777 Stars and Stripes adoption, noting unsolved questions about who designed and first unfurled the flag.
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Connecticut
Bunker Hill
Massachusetts
New York
Lexington
Washington
Cambridge
Mass
John Paul Jones
America
Alfred
Congress
United States
Fort Stanwix
Peter Gansevoort
Wheeler Syndicate
Man Recovers Long-Lost Pipe on Return Visit
A Holyoke man who lost a favorite pipe on a fishing trip near North Dana two years ago revisited the district and, stopping at a small store where he once bought ice cream, was reunited with the pipe after the elderly storekeeper recalled him. The pipe was produced from a shelf and the man left impressed by the memory.
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Holyoke
Mass
North Dana
Game of Chance Two parishioners discuss morals of priests
Two parishioners argue over a priest who refuses to perform a marriage ceremony and to participate in any game of chance, citing conscience and moral stance.
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Ble
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promoted for Constipation Relief
An old time advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative that cleans out hard waste without shock. It claims long use over 47 years, is suitable for children, tastes pleasant, and can restore daily bowel movement with harmless ingredients kept ready by druggists.
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Dr. Caldwell
Virginia births hit new high in first quarter 1930
Virginia records 12 826 births in the first quarter of 1930 setting a new high for recent years.
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Virginia
Castoria Promises Gentle Relief For Fretful Children
A vintage advertisement touts Castoria as a safe mild remedy for infants and toddlers. It claims gentle action calms fussiness and colic, aids digestion, and curbs constipation with tiny drops, suitable for various minor childhood upsets.
Mill Worker Benefits From Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Towanda Pa resident CG Johnson says she weighed 89 pounds while working in a silk mill and fell ill. After starting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered, married, and had a healthy child who weighs 37 pounds now.
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Towanda
Lydia E. Pinkham
B. Jonyson
Webb Street
R. D
Pennsylvania
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Ntry
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Collover
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Mrs. McCormick
Orther
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Argentina
Jose Uriburu
Yrigoyen
Belgrano
Montevideo
Uruguay
Uriburu
Manuel F. Malbran
Chile
Peru
Harold B. Grow
Arequipa
Bolivia
la Paz
Panama
Arosemena
Rodolfo Chiari
National Liberal Party
Chiari
Riand
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
League
Council
M. Briand
Europe
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Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
France
Italy
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Dino Grandi
Rome
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Arshal Pilsudski
Poland
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Witos
Warsaw
Ahatma Gandhi
London
Cuba
Haiti
Porto Rico
Dominican Republic
Elief
Hoover
State Department
Texas
Coste
Bellonte
White House
Curtis
Air
Charles A. Lindbergh
Arlington National Cemetery
John O. Donaldson
Philadelphia
Donaldson
United States Air Forces
Prince of Wales
Bath
Simon W. Straus
Chicago
Leonard Busby
Frederick Dent Grant
President Grant
Simpson
Arthur T. Vance
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Capt. L. R Claud Robinson
Pepsina Doctors
Florida
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Washington Star
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