World conference on monetary standards and debts review
Review summarizes international talks led by Senator Pittman and Ralph Morrison on gold and silver reserves, currency standards, and trade barriers. It notes U S proposals for silver reserves, risks of war debts, and concurrent U S domestic policy debates including Harrison tax plans, veterans benefits, and public works financing.
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George
Messure
Key Pittman
Nevada
Ralph W. Morrison
Texas
United States
Senator Pittman
Pittman
Trenty
Said
Washington
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Ource
Pecora Probes Van Sweringens Role In Morgan Holdings
Senate committee counsel Jzer dinand Pecora pressed the Van Sweringen brothers case, alleging they used borrowings and holding companies to build railroad wealth with Morgan loan influence. Dr. Van Sweringen struggled to recall details while admitting $40 million in loans on October 21, 1930. The inquiry also traced Morgan’s rise in the Van Sweringen empire through equipment loans and acquisitions.
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Jzerdinand Pecora
The
senate_com
Py Morgan ‘Co
Yndernok
Wich
van Sweringen
Cineland
Vecora
Barkley
Kentucky
Morgan
van Sweringens
Morgen—&—Co
Our Government How It Operates Memorial to Knute Rockne
A clipping notes a retired government worker who learned two years later of a small unpaid claim, highlights penny precision in government accounting, and discusses a proposed Knute Rockne memorial in Chase County Kansas. The piece weaves anecdotes about precision and a memorial plan linked to the Rockne foundation.
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Yald Bug
Billie Dullar
Ita
Knute Rockne
Chase County
Kansans
Sam
Rockne Foundation
Incourt
Comptroller General
Tod
Sopher Jor
General
Western Newspaper Union
Lumbering and Forestry Devotion Shapes U.S. Industry
A National Geographic bulletin frames lumbering as a major U.S. industry, contrasting timber cutting with long term forestry. It notes vast forests, erosion risks, and government forest service aims, including fire prevention, public recreation, and self sustaining national forests through managed land use and revenue. It also discusses the Comptroller General’s auditing role in ensuring lawful government spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
National Geographic Society
Amer
Tca
Forest Service
Nand
Woodin Visits White House Press Room For Refresh
Secretary Woodin, despite holiday strains and flu, visits Treasury press corps to discuss affairs and improvements. He notes damaged desks and outdated chairs, orders new furniture, and holds a surprise session in the reporters’ room rather than his own office.
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William L. Bbugkart
Washington
William H. Woodin
the Treasury
Treasury
Infant Prodigy Berle and Harvard Gate Debate Sparks
Harvard once barred infant prodigies but Adolph A. Berle Jr. rose to prominence as a professor at Columbia and adviser in Roosevelt’s New Deal. His career and peers, including Norbert Wiener and William Sidis, fuel talk Harvard should revisit its age limits for admission.
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Boston
Harvard University
Harvard
Adolph A. Berle,Jr
Columbia University
The
Brain Trust
Roosevelt
Crimson
William J. ‘Sidis
Harvard Medical School
Stolls
Wall ‘Street
Treasury
Norbert Weiner
Heé
Tufts-college
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Berle
New -Roosevelt
Washington
William H. Woodn
League of Nations
Columbia
Ominican Repubic
Haiti
Central America
Paris
Adolph Berte
Adolph Berle
Florello LaGuardia
New York
Railroad Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Birth of Twins Targets Fresno Officials and Courthouse Records
The birth of twins Jacques and Harry Esponde in Fresno prompted county and city officials to scrutinize birth records. Jacques was born first in a hospital after his mother Mrs Michel Esponde arrived by automobile, followed by Harry minutes later. Officials held conferences to decide how to record the births, with Jacques listed in the county courthouse and Harry in the city hall.
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Fresno
Jacques
Harry Esponde
Yita
Michel Esponde
Hos
Barry
Luxurious Traveling In Madera Tourists Rest While Natives Rally
In Madera a traveler enjoys a luxurious journey, while locals hurry a sledge on greased runners through the town’s cobbled, steep streets. The scene contrasts leisure with energetic street passage as residents adapt old routes for rapid transit through narrow lanes.
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Madera
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Economic and Monetary Conference
London
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Indiana
Doingso
Congress
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Morrison
Tllinois
Anti-Saloon League
Pele Aeaders
L. E. York
Sen
Nfonsdtas
House
Sénate
Roosevell
Veterans' Bloc
Cyrus IL XK
Curtis
Philadelphia
Ladies Wome Journal
Saturday Evening Post
Country Gentleman
Curtis-Martin Newspapers, Inc
Philadelphia Inquirer
the Public Ledger
Evening-Publie-Ledger_in
New York Evening Post
Richard B. BeVler
Conservation Corps
War Department
Senate
Fouls Mellenry
BeVler
Robert Fechner
Howe
F. W. Lowery
Douglas
Lowery
Fechner
Foarinel
Dick Ingon
Iowa
Thia
Robert. D. Carey
Wyoming
BeVier
White House
Germany
Aoting
Upper Silesia
Fredrich von Kellar
Teich
Chicago
Garden Clubs of America
Drake Watel
Grant Park
Lake Front
Garden
California
Jonathan Bulkley
New York City
Oskley
Thérne
Milbroo
Louis “Howe
Princeton
Harold Wills Dodds
School of Public
Dodds
ge-Princeton
Sherwood
Jimmy Walker
Seabury
Walker
Feeral -Grand—Jury
Michael F. Dee
New Jersey
P. van Sweringen
R. T. Sherwood
Knute
Rockne
William Brackart
U. S
Woodin
President’s “Brain Trust
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