Hoover Pushes Billion Dollar Inland Waterways Plan
President Hoover outlines a ten year program to develop the Inland waterways with about one billion dollars in funding. The plan calls for completing the Mississippi canalization, extending intercoastal canals, stabilizing Great Lakes channels, and reducing military expenditures as naval talks proceed. The addresses in Cincinnati and Louisville tie the river celebration to a broader vision of commerce and national engineering achievement.
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Hoover
Louisville
Ohio
Mississippi
St. Lawrence
Mississippi Basin
Great Lakes
Ile
Cincinnati
Eden Park
Madison
Ind
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Geveral
Washington
Albany
Edison Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrated Worldwide
The Golden Jubilee of the incandescent lamp marks fifty years since Edison’s invention. In Greenfield near Detroit Henry Ford hosts an event with President Hoover and Mrs Hoover, Secretary of War, Mme Curie, and other dignitaries honoring the Wizard of Light as he nears age eighty two.
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New York
City Bank Farmers Trust Company
Oregon
Rial
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Hoover
Detroit
Edison
Ldison
Prince of Wales
Hindenburg
Germany
Owen L. Young
Mr. Edison
Edsel
Greenfield
Edison Institute of Technology
Ford
Wizard
Menlo Park
Ight
Mme. Curie
France
Farmers seek central sales agency to stabilize livestock
Representatives from twenty nine co operative livestock sales agencies met in Chicago at the Farm Board call led by Chairman Legge. They plan a central sales organization with subsidiary corporations to extend activities and stabilize the industry, while Legge warns that farmer distress fuels radicalism and urges quick economic parity between industry and agriculture.
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Chicago
Legge
Farm Board
Tariff Fight Faces Prolonged Senate Debates
Democrats and radical Republicans clash over tariff schedules aimed at farmers with battles heating up in the Senate. Herbert C. Lakin of New York testifies on Cuba sugar investments and lobbying costs totaling 75 000 dollars plus 24 000 dollars for Washington propaganda. He says efforts seek equity for all groups and denies harming domestic sugar beet interests.
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Senate
Herbert C. Lukin
New York
Cuba Company
Washington
Lakin
Caraway
Briand Resigns as France Premier After Confidence Vote
RISTIDE BRIAND and his cabinet left office following a 288 to 277 confidence defeat in the chamber of deputies. Briand, in weak health after 13 terms as premier, refused to form another government and urged postponement of debate on foreign policy until talks with allies resume at The Hague and the international bank conference progresses.
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Ristide Briand
France
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
the Hague
International Bank
Tuul Re
European political crisis and royal engagements ripple through capitals
The report notes opposition to the Young plan and Rhineland evacuation as Eduard Daladier forms a new cabinet. In Yugoslavia violent anti Italian riots follow the execution of a Slovene student in Pola. Mussolini protests, Humbert of Italy visits Brussels for a Belgian engagement announcement, and an Italian student shoots Humbert. In Afghanistan a surrender of the deposed king Bacha Sakao to Nadir Khan ends the war for now, Amanullah congratulates the new ruler.
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Ecause
Pola
Italy
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Mussolini
Carlo Galli
Humbert
Brussels
Marie-Jose
Belgium
Fernando di Rose
Afghanistan
Bacha Sakao
Nadir Khan
Amanullah
Nadir
Explosion and Fire Hit Hollywood Film Lab, 75 Producers Affected
A blast and blaze at Consolidated Film Industries laboratories in Hollywood caused multimillion dollar losses. About 75 percent of motion picture producers used the facility and several master films were stored there. Fifty people were in the building. Albert Lund was rescued unconscious and died later.
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Hollywood Laboratories
Consolidated Film Industries
Albert Lund
Cattleman Diteman Vanishes After Atlantic Hop. Dornier Sets Lake Constance Record
REAN F DITEMAN JR Montana cattleman and amateur aviator began a surprise flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to London and may be lost at sea with a remote Greenland landing possibility. The Dornier sea plane carried 169 aboard including 150 passengers nine stowaways and ten crew and flew over Lake Constance at an average 106 mph. Italy Japan and Spain placed orders for similar planes. Also in brief, communist labor leaders tried in Charlotte were found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to prison terms from five to twenty years. several convicts were New Yorkers and natives.
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Rean F. Diteman, JR
Montana
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
London
Atlantic
Greenland
Cox
Lake Constance
Italy
Japan
Spain
Charlotte
N. C
Aderholt
Gastonia
New York
Crash Grips New York Stock Exchange Amid Turmoil
The bear raid sparked wild scenes on the New York Stock Exchange as stock prices plummeted wiping out billions in paper profits. Trading stalled for almost two hours as brokers struggled to fill orders while the curb market and others in Chicago and beyond saw similar volatility. Bulls fought to regain footing as losses mounted.
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Ierce
Bears
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
Bulls
Western Newspaper Union
Thrilling storm ordeal of Wisconsin Bridge crewmen in waves
Burlington youths Richard Krieg and Jim Blaul, crew members of the S S Wisconsin Bridge freighter, recount surviving a hurricane near the Bahamas. Stranded three days on a coral reef, they faced lost lifeboats, broken rudder, and waterlogged quarters while drifting toward Abaco Island. They praised radio communication as a safety aid and described their seven mile trek to a lighthouse before rescue. Blaul spoke to the Rotary Club in Burlington about the ordeal.
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Burlington
Richard Krieg
Jim Blaul
Nelson Steamship Line
S. S. Wisconsin Bridge
Bahamas Islands
New Orleans
Krieg
Krieg and
Blaus
San Francisco
Charleston
Bahama Islands
Rotary Club
Wisconsin Bridge
Jim
Tanlac Claim Brings Health Boost and Appetite Return
Dubuque resident Ray Roggensack touts Tanlac for improved health claiming he has felt ravenous appetite, no stomach trouble, and absence of dizziness or nervousness. Ad endorses Tanlac as a natural remedy made from roots and herbs with a money back guarantee.
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Ray Roggensack
White St
Dubuque
Keota Rebekah Lodge hosts inspectors and new member
Ed Carris Corps 221 in Keota hosted visiting officers from Sigourney and Washington with 60 guests. New member Hattie Hugh Jones was initiated. Mary Singmaster reported on the district No. 16 convention at Centerville. Edna Harbaugh of Austin Minn. arrived to visit relatives while nursing sister Nora Stewart.
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Keota
Ed Carris Corps
Nettie Burdine
Sigourney
Town
Nora L. Bryson
Post Department
Washington
Sadie Hollinger
Maude Schmoeller
Washington Corps
Charles Shaver
Mesdames S. McCarty
Mellie Kos
L. R. Baker
Earle Steel
Mary Maxwell
Emma Garrett
Ida Hayes
Emma Heideman
Hattie Laubeck
Laura Schultz
Westester
Hugh Jones
Mary Singmaster
Centerville
Edna Harbaugh
Austin Minn
Nora Stewart
Harbaugh
J. Is McGraw
Ruth
Mary Reynolds
Rebekah Lodge
Ada Kirkpatrick
Local Notes Include Land Sale and Social Events
The piece reports Mrs. Emma Scott's care, visits by the Leroy Abraham family from Des Moines, and J. E. Young's parental home. It notes August Tinnes buying land at 225 per acre, August Snider visiting from Montana, and a Rebekah lodge Halloween social with comic grotesque costumes. Also mentions Nora J. Bryson’s Kevin ties, an apron sale by Christian church ladies, a ten cent lunch, and a candy booth scheduled for Tuesday October 29.
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Emma Scott
Leroy Abraham
de Moines
J. E. Young
Talleyrand
Hi House
August Tinnes
Tinnes
August Snider
Montana
John Snider
Homer Dusenberrys
Inez Martin
Washington
Rebekah
Nelli McKeon
Nora J. Bryson
Corps
Kevin
Ladies of the Christian Church
Excellent Goal Asymptote For Perfection Effort
The note reflects a belief that perfection is a worthy aim even if unattainable, urging steady advancement toward an ideal standard as proposed by a figure attributed as Doctor Johnson.
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Rhineland
Eduard Daladier
Abaca
Beach Island
Blaul
Kate B. Grover
Pearl Kennedy
W. M
Irene Bickford
Damascus Shrine
Masonic
Edith Pulver W. N. P
Hazel Haven
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
Theron J. Pease
Ww. M
A. W. Yard
Cyrus
Carleton Haven
H. P
Arthur Goodin
Golden State
Golden State Limited
California
Knoxville
Atti
Ves
Tuocal Pasa
Coral Pass
L. Goodlander
Breieht
J. C. McKay
Tocal
Southwest Limited
W. C. Bell
Jel
Melle
Physicians and Surgeons
Stutsman
F. & M. Bank
C. W. McLaughlin
West Main Street
W. S. Alborn
Wilson Heating Co
Yfice
W.S. Kyle
M. D
Nicola & Harmon
J. M. Lloyd
Preston
Osteopathic
South Iowa Ave
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Yast Washington Street
Little & Pratt
Lloyd Little
Mart Pratt
J. M. Kyle Willard
City
U. AL Michels
Iowa
Temple Building
Morrison & Morrison Lawyers
Morrison Bidg
North Side Sq
Washington, Iowa
T. L. Brookhart Law
Opera House
Livingston & Eicher Law
Abstract Department
J.D. Dayton
Westchester
Washington County
L. B. Lupton
S. Iowa Ave
Frank Boller
Washington St
T. J. Pease
Court House
W. J. Masson
Earle W. Corbin & Co
Coles Hot Blast Furnaces
Fred Franklin
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