Hoover Budget Reforms Highlight Economic Contrast with Coolidge
An analysis notes that despite attacks on government spending, the Hoover administration reduced costs in veterans aid and federal construction compared with Coolidge budgets. It cites 1933 veterans funding at 983 million and construction outlays at 575 million, arguing efficiency while maintaining relief aims and employment.
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Calvin Coolidge
Hoover
Coolidge
Uncle Sam
Power Administration
Hats Off to the Ministers Honoring Their Service
The piece salutes religious ministers for courage during national upheaval. It praises their steadfast duties to save souls while acknowledging hardships and demanding world conditions. It lauds their tireless work and respectful sacrifice.
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Espera Baga
Su Cing
Veterans Parade To Washington Sparks Rail Blockade
Four hundred veterans en route to Washington to press for a cash bonus commandeered five box cars in Council Bluffs Iowa and forced a railroad crew to haul them toward unspecified destinations. The episode raises doubts about how far such protests may extend and the potential disruption to property and transit.
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State of Enroute
Washington
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Farmers Bulletin List Draws Laughs and Plans
A playful note lists free agricultural bulletins and which to accept or skip. It mocks porcupine control as needless, jokes about rabbit recipes, warts on cattle, and bobcat trapping, and shows interest in hygiene in fox farming and coyote and wolf trapping. The writer quips about eggs and hay measures, ends with Emancipation and praise for the paternal government.
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Jimmy Redpath
Redpath
Silver Fox Farm
Redpath Fox Farm
Congress Eyes Extended Session and New Relief Measures
Norton reports Congress unlikely to adjourn before conventions. Relief plans move through both chambers with Wagner proposing RF C funding for self liquidating projects and states for unemployment aid. McNary bill backed by farm groups seeks farm price support via Farm Board plans to ease agricultural distress.
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Congress
Garner
House
Wagner
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
Bank and Currency Committees Favor Home Loan Bank Plan
The House Banking and Currency Committee favors a measure by Representative ga peners to create eight to twelve Federal Home Loan Banks to aid mortgage holders and borrowers. The report estimates mortgages on small houses total near a large sum. The Senate committee leader Norbeck notes support for inflation to restore commodity prices, with expectations of action within cash week, though administration opposition may block passage.
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House Committee On Banking and Currency
Ga Peners
Hoover
Congress
Norbeck
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Soaking Mania and Tax Policy Debate in Congress
A letter argues against taxing the rich to ruin the economy. It supports a just income tax, ending tax-exempt securities, and reducing government expenses. It warns that excessive taxation and politically corrupt actions could drive capital away and trigger a harsher economic panic.
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Congress
Washington
Riddle: Who Am I from a Reversed Family Chain
A man narrates a paradoxical family puzzle in which he marries a girl who rejects him and, through a series of marriages involving his father, his daughter, and his mother, ends with a chain where the father becomes his son and the daughter becomes his mother. The riddle asks to identify the speaker and resolve the roles.
Day of Hearty Eating in Adams Era Evening Feasts
During John Quincy Adams administration evening assemblies were common among congressmen and cabinet members. Parties started at eight with a ten o clock break for light refreshments on the back porch. The menu featured roast ham, saddle of venison, wild ducks, pastries, cakes, and pud dings, with punch and madeira on a side table.
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John Quincy
Adams
Hoover blamed for mood by Garner in cross party clash
Garner accuses Hoover of causing the low mood and blames Democrats for the condition. Hoover retorts that the Democrats are to blame, while Republicans will welcome Hoover as Garner’s charge increases.
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Mr. Garner
Hoover
Garner
Underworld Convention in Chicago Sparks Bust Plan
A Chicago crime scene note suggests an annual underworld convention would allow the gang to converge for a large bust. The remark implies coordination and timing to maximize arrests.
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Underworld
Chicago
Wall Street Millionaires Flock Wash Hotels
Reporters note a surge of wealthy financiers staying in Washington hotels, drawn by high-level meetings and potential deals. Observers cite the influx as signaling intensified financial activity and political lobbying on national policy issues.
Trifles of truth and the cost of honesty
Remorse is the pain of sin and desire's failure. The piece reflects on truth and wit, noting the pen and ink as witnesses and the public’s tolerance of virtue. It muses on government, civilization, and the social quirks that shape a society.
Kingston Fresh Menace Prohibits Day Makeup At College
Kingston Ont residents recount a new Freshettes Code banning daytime makeup on campus. The rule also imposes uniform details including men’s black derby hats with green accents and stiff collars with green ties, and requires baskets for carrying books with girls’ names printed in green on the outside.
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Kingston
Queens College
Probate Notice In the Estate of Seede Wiemers
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County announces a probate hearing for the estate of Seede Wiemers. Petitioners Henry Wiemers and Alpha Wiemers seek administration by them as administrators. A hearing is set for June 26, 1982 at 9:00 AM in the county court at Fairbury. The notice will be published in the Diller Record for three weeks prior.
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Nebraska
Jefferson County
Seede Wiemers
Henry Wiemers
Alpha Wiemers
Fairbury
Diller Record
Probate Notice in Jefferson County Blauer Estate Hearing
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County notices probate for the estate of Tiffis Blauger. Hazel Ott Kone petitions administration to Glenn Blauser. A hearing is set for June 28, 1932 at 9:00 AM in the county court.
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Nebraska
Jefferson County
Tiffis
Blauger
Hazel Ott Kone
Glenn Blauser
Meabeey
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