DailyTimeCapsule brief
February 1, 1930
February 1, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Grundy in A Speech Said Hoover Lacked Experience Needed, Walker Renames Rudich to Bench, Unity of America and Britain Urged sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: Money, Crime & Courts, Politics, News, all happening at once.
Key developments
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February 1, 1930's archive note points to F W Hobbs testifies before Sen lobby com that J R Grundy in s to Natl Assn of Wool Mfrs in 1928 said he feared for business of U S because of Pres Hoover's lack of legis experience. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The money story is not abstract; it touches wages, banks, prices, relief, and the early-Depression question of who absorbs the shock.
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February 1, 1930's archive note points to Rudich, M, reapptd magistrate. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline.
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February 1, 1930's archive note points to Suicide. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights.
