NOVEMBER 27, 1930

Full News Archive

• Headline: 450 Tons of Food Given to Needy, But Supply Fails. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
• Headline: Reports on Army Ferries. Impact: Infrastructure snapshot: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots. Fact: Modern life was becoming a logistics puzzle: streets, tunnels, ships, trains, and money all competing at once.
• Headline: Yacht Gyroscope Shipped. Impact: Infrastructure snapshot: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots. Fact: Modern life was becoming a logistics puzzle: streets, tunnels, ships, trains, and money all competing at once.
• Headline: Cuban Officers Visit West Point. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
• Headline: Hoover to Attend Church, Lay A Cornerstone and Go to Marines-Coast Guard Game Today. Impact: Relief snapshot: Relief work was becoming a visible civic emergency rather than private background charity. Fact: Relief work was becoming a visible civic emergency rather than private background charity.