Senate Debenture Plan Retained Despite Hoover Opposition
The Senate agriculture committee voted to retain the export debenture provision in farm relief despite President Hoover's emphatic opposition. Hoover warned the plan would be a direct Treasury subsidy and a massive government gift to dealers and speculators, inflating export values and hurting farmers and consumers.
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Hoover
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
McNary
Treasury
Virginia Valli on Skin Care and Lux Soap
Hollywood gossip notes that top directors and stars prize smooth skin as key to screen appeal. Virginia Valli credits Lux Toilet Soap for a velvety complexion and says nine of ten stars use the brand in studios and personal care.
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Lewis Firestone
Paraemount
Virginia Valli
Lux
Fletcher Offered Governor General Post in the Philippines
Washington reports Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher, then ambassador to Italy and a Hoover era adviser, has tentatively been offered the role of Governor General of the Philippines and must decide whether to accept the post.
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Henry P. Fletcher
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Washington
Ambassador Fletcher
Italy
Hoover
Rare Lincoln Portrait Saved by a Noted Doctor
Dr Isaac M Cline of New Orleans acted on a hunch the Lincoln portrait by Frank Carpenter had been ruined by amateur repainting. He scraped away the added color, revealing one of the era’s finest Lincoln portraits. He loaned the work to the Cabildo in New Orleans where it draws thousands of admirers.
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Isaac M. Cline
New Orleans
Washington
Court of Honor to Be Held at St John’s Lutheran
The Court of Honor is set for Friday at 7 20 p m in St John’s Lutheran auditorium with motion pictures as a highlight. Troops 4 8 9 11 12 report active meetings featuring hikes base ball drills drum corps tips knottling signaling and first and second class tests.
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Stickel
Scout Zecher
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Winchester
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Millionaire seeks new form of philanthropy disposal plan
C Harold Smith, Binney and Grant head and Carbon King, offers 1200 for ideas to place his 10 million, aiming to aid self-reliance over traditional charity. He argues education should not be freed by endowments and that survival of the fittest principle governs wealth and poverty, seeking a system that actually promotes achievement.
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Hortense Saunders
New York
C Harald Smith
C. Harold Smith
Binney and Grant Corporation
Smith
London
Aukland
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
Honolulu
Sanacisco
McCoy's Tablets Promised To Help Thin People Gain Weight
An advertisement urges underweight men and women to take McCoy's Tablets claiming a guarantee of at least five pounds gained after four boxes or two dollar boxes. If not satisfied, druggists return the money. Marketed by McCoy Laboratories with cod liver oil as another product.
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McCoy
McCoy's Laboratories
Acid in Stomach Sours the Food
A well known authority explains that stomach trouble and indigestion stem from acidity and not a lack of digestive juices. Excess hydrochloric acid slows digestion and causes sour, gas filled meals. The remedy suggests two tablespoonfuls in water before breakfast for a week, neutralizing acidity and aiding digestion. Sold as Lee's Laxative Compound Cathartic at H. P. Middlekauff Drug Store.
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H. P. Middlekauff Drug Store
JAIL DELIVERY AT MARTINSBURG JAIL
Four white men and a negro escaped from Berkeley County Jail in Martinsburg Friday night. Sheriff Thomas reported that no trace of the fugitives remained by Saturday morning. Outside help allegedly handed laws to prisoners through jail windows during the breakout. The escapees were Budd Simms Jim Nicholson Alfred Stolipher Edgar Webb and Allen Anthony all facing or serving liquor or robbery charges.
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Berkeley County
CW. Va
Philanthropy debate on duty and self-reliance in aid
The speaker argues for a thorough humane approach to aid, insisting charity should be state supported, not left to individuals. He warns that outsourcing care weakens the needy and urges citizens to fund institutions while planning to allocate his $10 million. Dr S Parkes Cadman is expected to chair the proposal committee.
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Smith
S. Parkes Cadman
Favorite Prescription Transforms Local Woman’s Health
Mrs. Wm. Everhart says Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription made her strong and healthy after suffering weakness and nervous fatigue. She and others visited Mrs. Alice Seller and Stewart’s Studio in Parkersburg W Va. The ad urges writing to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids Hotel Buffalo N Y or sending 65 cents for Prescription Tablets.
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