Tuesday, August 12, 1930

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The Headlines

DROUGHT CUT IN CORN CROP PUT AT 690,000,000 BUSHELS; FOOD SHORTAGE IN 2 STATES; PRESIDENT GETS REPORTS Learns of 7 Per Cent Cut in All Crops During July. RED CROSS FINDS SUFFERING Reports Unemployment, Disease and Food Scarcity in Worst Spots. BENDS ENERGIES TO RELIEF Hoover Lays Aside All Other Tasks to Perfect Machinery for National Commission. Human Suffering in South. President Perfecting Plans. Inquiry on Farm Board Plan. Agree to Cut in Hay Rate. Many Call on the President. HOPE IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS Governor Moody Asks Hoover to Include Texas in Relief. Moody Wires President. Virginians Called to Help. Capper Asks Farm Banks to Aid.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Happy Days Are Here Again

Milton Ager

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

Slang

Tech Check

Jet Engine Concepts, Scotch Tape & Flashbulbs.

Style of 1930

Silhouette: Bias-cut and clinging

Material: Satin and crepe

• Puff sleeves
• Backless gowns
• Finger waves

Cost of Living (1930)