How Schemers Fleeced Public Revealed by Interior Memo
The Interior Department questions why 34 000 oil and gas prospecting permits issued since the nine year old general leasing law yielded only 56 leases and 15 000 canceled permits. It outlines schemes by promoters who profited from wildcat filings, organized associations, and permit trapping while warning Hoover's conservation policy will curb such speculation.
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Washington
Department of Interior
Department of the Interior
Department
United States
Toenal Land Office
District Land Office
General Land Office
Hoover
Woman Brickmaker of England Works by Hand at Crossways Farm
Pennie Dibbs of Crossways Farm Ingham is said to be the sole woman in England practicing hand brickmaking. She runs Ker brickyard inherited from her husband and produces about 500000 bricks yearly, delivering samples by automobile to builders and architects.
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London
Ars Pennie Dibbs
Crossways Farm
Ingham
England
Ker Brickyard
Farmers form national coop to aid U S agriculture
National chamber of agricultural cooperatives to be based in Washington aims to represent wheat corn cotton and livestock growers before Congress and act for farmers in public matters. The Farmers National Grain Corporation is planned with a Chicago August meeting and a Washington incorporation drive.
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United States
American Institute of Co-operatives
Paton
Chamber of Agricultural Cooperatives
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Chicago
Big
William EL. Settle
Indiana Parma Bureau Federation
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Baton Rouge
Legge
Mtr Leroze
Uiers
Hoover
Farm Board
Samuel R. MccNelvie
Nebraska
McKelvie
Baltimore Banker Named U S Ambassador to Italy
OHN W GARRETT of Baltimore, a banker and former diplomat, is named American ambassador to Italy to succeed Henry P Pletcher who retires. Garrett has nearly twenty years in the diplomatic corps and foreign service, including roles in Rome, the Netherlands, Venezuela, and Argentina, and served as secretary general of the Washington arms conference.
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Ohn W. Garrett
Baltimore
Italy
Henry P. Pletcher
Rome
Garrett
Diplnamtice Corps
Netherrlands
Venezuela
Hoover Suspends Work on Proiects Amid Navy Cards Debate
President Hoover faces mixed response as he halts projects on phio tive cruisers intended for the navy. Critics denounce the suspension while supporters praise prudent spending and strategic delay.
Soviets and Chinese Start Manchurian Settlement Talks
Representatives from Soviet Russia and China began negotiations over the Manchurian dispute aboard a train near Manchouli. Chinese emissaries signaled readiness to restore the Chinese Eastern railway to its prewar status if Russia guarantees no Communist propaganda in Manchuria. Ongoing border unrest blamed on the White Russians prompted the Soviet government to mobilize Siberian reserves up to age twenty seven, with assent at Nakhvaernovsk, Vladivostok, and Chita.
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Russia
China
Manchouli
Hve
Chinese Eastern Railway
Meanchuung
Manchurian
Nhavearnovsk
Vladvastok
Chita
Million cotton mill workers strike over wage cut in England
Lancashire mills close as workers refuse a 125 percent wage reduction proposed by employers. The strike threatens a lengthy dispute with no immediate action available from the Labour Ministry led by Miss Margaret Bondfield.
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England
Lancashire
Margaret Bondfield
Tacna and Arica Protocol Signed by Hilfe and Peru
Hilfe and Peru signed a protocol complementing the general treaty on Tacna and Arica. The move strengthens arrangements between the two countries regarding these disputed territories and outlines further diplomatic steps.
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Hilfe
Peru
Tacna
Ari
Uproar Over Treaties End Bolivia Outlet Hopes
The article notes that no part of the general treaty territory can be ceded to a third power, dashing Bolivia’s plans for a Pacific outlet. It also covers communist uprisings in Colombia, a fatal crash, and endurance aviation feats by Jackson and O Brine in the St Louis Robin with extensive worldflight-style mileage and earnings.
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Bolivia
Pacific Ocean
Ale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
St. Louis
Arthur Nutt
Jackson
O'Brine
Charles A. Lindbergh
Irro
Minneapolis Endal
Owen Hauzhisnd
Preston L. Crichton
Harold Bromley
Tacoma Wash
Tokyo
Nanother Stuart
Reevers
Willians
Lewis Yancey
New York
Desperate Auburn Prison Riot Ends in Bloodshed
In Auburn New York six days after Clinton prison uprising inmates seized guards fled with weapons including rifles and machine guns. Five hours of fighting left two convicts dead and four guards wounded as escapes occurred amid flames. Governor Roosevelt orders investigation amid overcrowding fears.
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Auburn
New York State
Clinton Prison
Dan Hemor
Roosevelt
No Woman Without Sane Appeal to Masculinity
The piece argues women can seem desirable if their charms are well displayed and tailored to appeal to a man. It suggests men seek vanity and vainglory, preferring a woman who elevates his image over genuine merit. It concludes with advice from "The Technique of the Love Affair" by a Gentlewoman.
Black Ants Protect Cocoa Plants in Java
In central Java a plantation posts the slogan Without Black Ants No Cocoa. Natives tend 4,400,000 ant nests yearly, paid in cocoa and food scraps. The ants feed on white cocoa lice on trees and deter the pest Helopeltis, protecting the crop.
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Java
Heetle
Helopeltis
Good Deed on Train Misses Bag Saves Three Burks
On a Cre line train a woman rushed out leaving a bag and three bun ks. Mr M across the aisle recovered the bag and handed it to the conductor as the train began. The woman returned to explain she spoke to a friend on the platform. The event was noted in the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Mr. M
Tie
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Frenchman Uses Duck Eyes Tax Gap to Trade Cheap Eggs
A Paris racketeer profited from tariff quirks by selling duck eggs as wild game. He earned the nickname le marchand de canards by noting wild duck eyes are duty free and cannot be distinguished from domestic eggs before hatch. He undercut competitors until a renewed customer call forced a rapid escape.
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Paris
Ave
Identification of Newborns by Bertillon System Adopted
Swiss authorities in Argovne implement Bertillon measurements for newborns to ensure identity and prevent later disputes. Babies are weighed measured fingerprinted and birth marks recorded on official forms with doctors nurses and parents' signatures to secure registration.
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Argovne
Switzerland
First Lady Brings Her China to Duties as First Lady
A Detroit News summary notes Mrs John Adams, wife of the second president, carried much of her own china when assuming first lady duties. A letter to a family member complains that any broken or stolen items could not be replaced, and she laments that Georgetown affords nothing to replace them.
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John Adams
China
Georgetown
Detroit News
Funerals Recorded for John W Lee Thomas Waters Chester Anderson Roy Allen
Funeral services were held at the Jones funeral home for John W Lee with Dr W W Bowers directing and burial at Beauchamp cemetery near Wyman Pall bearers included Oscar Jugenheimer W Davison William Libe and others. Thomas Waters funeral followed at 2 30 pm with burial in Shrock cemetery Eureka area pall bearers named Van Ralph Oscar Waters Roy Wagnser John Grossman Charles Grossman. Chester Anderson services 3 36 pm with organ music and Elm Grove cemetery burial pall bearers H B Knight C C Wilson Joe Link George Breitenbach Boyd Berdo and Everenette Curl. Roy Allen was laid to rest at Elm Grove with pallbearers Donald Rex Ray Smith Grover Booth Sam Witting Guy McCall.
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John W. Lee
L. A. Jones
W. W. Bowers
Remps Hampsher
Elma Rice
Oscar Jugenheimer
Vales W. Davison
William Libe
Mart White
Will Taylor
Mps Hampsher
Beauchamp
Wyman
Waters
Thomas Waters
Jones Funeral Home
Shrock
Eureka
van, Ralph
Oscar Waters
Roy Wagsoner
John
Charles Grossman
Anderson
Chester Anderson
Mary Hunter
Elm Grove Cemetery
H. B. Knight
C. C. Wilson
Joe Link
George Breitenbach
Boyd Berdo
Evere2nette Curl
Roy Allen
Jones Mineral Home
Donald
Rex
Ray Smith
Grover Booth
Sam Witting
Guy McCall
Elm Grove
Chicago strike clashes at color type plant flare into riot
Chicago police fought to control a clash between strikebreakers and striking pressmen at the American Color Type Co plant. About 100 strikebreakers seized pickets Lawrence Kleming and Paul Nestrom, prompting a patrol deployment. Fleming and Nestrom were arrested on disorderly charges amid two attributed bombings.
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Chicago
American Color Type Company
Lawrence Kleming
Paul Nestrom
Fleming
Nestrom
Aviators Die In Flight Crash At Burlington Airport
Paul A. Strawn of San Francisco and William Shepard of Jacksonville were killed when their aircraft crashed at a low height near Burlington Iowa as they began a demonstration flight at the new airport dedication. Both bodies were severely burned.
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Burlington
Paul A. Strawn
San Francisco
William Shepard
Jacksonville
Aged Man Sues Sons For Support In Iowa Suit
John Greig an 89 year old from Sioux City filed a suit through his attorney alleging four of his five sons have turned him out and asking the court to compel the sons to provide help Elliott of Missouri Valley and Joe Howard and Walter of Sioux City are named as the sons involved.
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Sioux City
U.P
John Greig
Elliott
Missouri Valley
Joe
Howard
Walter
National Committee to Meet in Washington Sept 9
Republican National Committee members are notified to gather September 9 at the Willard Hotel in Washington for electing a successor to Dr Work and a second vice chairman, and to fill vacancies with nominations from state central committees.
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Denver
Colo
Republican National Committee
Washington, D
Hubert. Work
Dr. Waork
Rain and cool weather forecast across Iowa
Des Moines reports continued rain and cooler conditions expected today as storms roll through all sections of the state. Officials note yesterday’s high near 84 at Alta and a low of 54 at Decorah while the western edge saw rain this morning.
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Des Moines
Atvo. 5
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
United States
Reed
Briand keeps foreign portfolio as Poincaré's successor
Aristide Briand forms a cabinet continuity after Poincaré's fall and secures a vote of confidence on the Young Reparations plan at the international conference. The Hague talks open August 6 with Great Britain represented by subordinated ministers and the government opposing the plan in its current form.
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Poincare
Baste Care
Proance
United States
Great Britain
Aristide Briand
Briand
Hague
London
MacDonald
Poreien
Trenerson
Locomotive Whistle Codes Described in 19th Century Note
A historical passage outlines whistle signals for locomotives including one short for applying brakes one long for danger two short in response to signal two long and two short for road crossing one long and three short for flagman returning from west or north five long for flagman returning from east or south three long and three short for train parts three short for back move and a series of shorts for a strike on the track.
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