Hoover and Roosevelt Debate Prohibition Tariffs and War Policy
The piece compares Hoover and Roosevelt on major issues including prohibition taxes tariffs reconstruction farm relief taxation and foreign relations. Hoover argues for local responsibility and cautious policy, while Roosevelt leans toward repeal of prohibition protective tariffs and strong federal leadership in recovery and foreign affairs.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
United States of America
Hoover speech shows Hooverians watching from afar
The Dallas News critiqued Herbert Hoover's acceptance address, calling it provincial and campaign focused. It ridiculed the rival Smith Raskob plan, asserted Hoover favors tariff and debt collection, and praised waterway work and Kellogg Briand treaty efforts while noting many promises remain unfulfilled.
Top Air Speed Limits For 600 MPH Flight Found
Langley Field tests show current racing wings create drag above 600 mph and props at 1800 RPM waste power as blade tips outrun useful performance. Observations come from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics wind tunnel experiments. In Baltimore 50.3 percent of families own homes and 40 percent own radios.
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National Advisory Council For Aeronautics
Langley Field
Baltimore
German cabinet targets nakedness with morality drive
The German Cabinet vows to end naked performances in theatres revues and cabarets and ban bathing suit displays. It also plans beach purification and limits on nudist demonstrations beauty contests and costumes in public. The move is framed as a political maneuver to appease the Catholic Center party and influence coalition talks.
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Berlin
Germany
Franz von Papen
Kaiser
von Papen
Catholic Center Party
Erosion Steals Hundred Tons From Each Acre Yearly
A Department of Agriculture test finds erosion removes over 100 tons of soil per acre annually on moderately sloped fields. One inch of rain can wash away nearly 20 tons. 40 percent of rain may runoff. Corn yields drop from 51 to 14 bushels on badly eroded land, prompting farm abandonments.
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Department of Agriculture
Midwest Farmers Produce Movie Snow From Corn
Farmers in the Midwest create artificial snow for films by processing corn at a cereal mill in Omaha. Belts wheels and presses cut kernels into flakes then pack them in burlap sacks for shipment to Hollywood. A first class storm requires three carloads and costs about four dollars per hundred pounds. The Serindit bird from the Malay peninsula is noted for sleeping upside down.
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Midwest
Omaha
Hollywood
Hoover Speech Highlights Republican Platform Elements
Tersely outlined in his acceptance speech Hoover's stance on national and international issues. He supports amendments to prohibition, tariff protection, a strong military with room for arms reduction, federal regulation of interstate power without federal plant operation, and a balanced budget with reduced government spending. He backs farm relief without subsidies, sound currency, Kellogg Briand pact cooperation, restrictive immigration, resource conservation, railway and banking reform, and reorganization of enforcement agencies and courts. He also calls for river and highway development.
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Hoover
Marriage Question Between Henry and Woman of Ten Years
A playful exchange hints at an older couple considering marriage after a decade together. Henry questions who would accept them, while the woman presses for a commitment, revealing a light domestic scene.
Giant One Dollar Bill Exhibited At Bureau of Engraving
In Washington a ten million dollar bill is nearing completion for display at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Chicago World’s Fair. The massive note measures 12 feet by 5% feet and uses about ten million dollars worth of old money pulp in its manufacture.
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Washington
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Chicago
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al Smith
Herbert Hoover
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Republican Platform Committee
Dallas News
First National Bank
Malay Peninsula
Paul Stephens Whitewright
Texas
NuGrape Bottling Co
Sherman, Texas
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