DailyTimeCapsule brief
May 5, 1930
May 5, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has 1,028 Economists Ask Hoover to Veto Pending Tariff Bill, Fire Sweeps Nashua, Dr. Robinson's View sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: Money, Crime & Courts, Education, Infrastructure, all happening at once.
Key developments
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May 5, 1930's archive note points to 1,028 members of Amer Economic Assn in statement to Pres Hoover, Sen Smoot and Repr Hawley oppose passage of bill. 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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May 5, 1930's archive note points to 200 homes, 2 chs, school, 3 indus plants. 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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May 5, 1930's archive note points to Lr correcting statements on Bklyn med centre project attributed to him. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The education angle shows institutions trying to look orderly while the world around them is anything but settled.
