Leaders Expect Success in Work
Washington reports congressional leaders foresee major statutes shaping the session. Farm relief and tariff revisions advance, the 1930 census and apportionment pass, Muscle Shoals and Boulder Canyon measures near settlement, and the Norris resolution may curb the project. Leaders expect campaign issues but anticipate steady appropriation bills to drive work.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Boulder Canyon
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Capitol Huill
Tilson
Connecticut
Garner
Texas
Torrential rains lash Kansas and Missouri midweek toll
Severe weather across Kansas and Missouri causes hundreds of thousands in damage. Wichita reports wrecked buildings and planes, shattered windows, and injuries from falling debris. Flooding hits northwest Missouri with washed bridges and halted services. In Kansas City, a large rain storm halts traffic and spurs union iron workers strikes threatening construction shutdowns.
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Kansas
Missouri
Wichita
Kan
Municipal
Swallow
Hardiner
Pattonsburg
St. Joseph
Girl Bride Stands by Husband in Jail Murder Case
Violet Willmot fourteen and her husband Walter twenty one are jailed in Kanawha county on murder charges after a honeymoon road trip ends with filling station owner Frank Bowen shot dead. Millard Morrison twenty four aided the crime and the bride says she remains loyal to her husband despite the deadly turn and police pursuit.
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Charleston
W.va
Kanawha County
Violet Willmot
Walter Willmot
Willmot
Elizabeth
N. J
Millard Morrison
Morrison
Frank Bowen
Bowen
Walter Millmot
To OMB Or Not 10 Snob Question
Boston June 30 The debate over snobness as a virtue pits MIT professor Robert Simons Rogers against critics. Rogers urges students to cultivate a front and high standards while Ada Louise Comstock supports a positive form of snobbery. Critics like former Mayor Curley warn of class arrogance and harm to individual merit. Harvard Crimson questions Rogers stance.
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Boston
Robert Simons Rogers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rogers
Harvard
Prof. Rogers
Ada Louise Comstock
Radcliffe College
James M. Curley
Union Representatives Meet to Settle Iron Workers Strike
Builders and union representatives met in Chicago on June 3 to seek settlement of the Iron Workers strike that has halted construction projects.
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Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Chicago
Builders
Iron Workers
Booze Floats From Flood Sparks Lively Salvage
In Houston during a flood, two cases of Sunny Brook whisky were washed from a basement. Businessmen waded through rising water to salvage the liquor. A scramble ensued with two men toppling, then splitting the liquid after tests showing the alcohol undamaged.
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Houston
Texas
Buffalo Bayou
Sunny Brook
Theories vary in death of Miss Mary Baylis Lee
Detroit reports a dispute between police and the coroner over Miss Mary Baylis Lee's death in a hotel room. Coroner Burgess cites broken neck and bruises as evidence of homicide, while Inspector Frahm maintains heart disease and death during transport. A second post mortem is ordered.
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Detroit
Mary Baylis Lee
New York
James E. Burgess
Fred W. Frahm
Miss Lee
Columbus
Ohio
Burgess
Thomas Proposes Tariff Protests Reach Committee
Protests from other nations against the proposed tariff law would be referred to the Senate Finance Committee under a resolution by Senator Thomas Democrat Oklahoma. The issue has drawn protests since House approval. Senator Watson opposed immediate consideration.
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State Department
Senate Finance Committee
Thomas
Oklahoma
Department
The
Oklahoma Court Affirms Sentences in Garfield County Crimes
The Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals upholds Garfield County judgments. Joe Taylor convicted of killing Alberta Williams during a suspected dice game holdup must serve years. Luther Hall receives 60 days and a 250 dollar fine. Charles Keith jailed 18 months for public gambling nuisance. Nance and Jones fined 100 dollars each for liquor conveyance. Albert Fisher gets one year for assault with a dangerous weapon. Myrtle Dyer faces 60 days and a 150 dollar fine. Bill Davis listed with Garfield County finances.
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Oklahoma City
Alberta Williams
Joe Taylor
Garfield County
Criminal Court of Appeals
Luther Hall
Lattimer County
Charles Keith
Canadian County
J. F. Nance
L. M. Jones
McCurtain
Albert Fisher
Nowata County
Myrtle Dyer
Caddo County
Bill Davis
Oil field activity reports from Allen area wells
Allen area oil field notes list multiple wells with drilling depths and current status. Texas Co. Lucy No. 9 shows swabbed 337 barrels at 2625 feet while Magnolia Reed No. 4 reports 1000 feet of oil in the hole. Other wells are drilling at depths from 1200 to 4405 feet, with several rigs building or set. A separate quote recalls a kidnapping incident near Hammon, Indiana.
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Magnolia Reed No
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Smith
Magnolia Reed
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Texas Company No. 2 Reed
Hunton
Death of Prominent Couple Under Probe in New Jersey
In Moorestown New Jersey Miss Ruth Monday Wilson daughter of Camden financier John O Wilson and Horace Roberts Jr a member of an old Quaker Moorestown family died after a double shooting. Police theory holds Roberts shot Wilson then killed himself. Wilson was found dying at her father’s home after being shot twice in the head. Roberts was found unconscious with a pistol in his hand six bullets fired two bullets took effect near the back of his head and one entered his temple. Both died without regaining consciousness.
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Moorestown
N. J
Ruth Monday Wilson
Horace Roberts
South Jersey
Roberts
Wilson
John O. Wilson
Camden
Kidnapped Druggist Tortured by Chicago Gangsters
Matthew Zimmerman, a Chicago pharmacist, was kidnapped and tortured with glass and cigarette burns to reveal a liquor still. He was blindfolded, driven to a shack near Gary Indiana, and held by men who misidentified him as someone else. A gang member later criticized the captors and claimed they had the wrong man.
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Chicago
Matthew Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Matt
Gary
Ind
Matt Daly
Matt Diligo
Sinclair Faces Another Sentence In Teapot Dome Case
Washington June 3 United States Attorney Leo A Rover said oilman Sinclair would begin serving the six month sentence for criminal contempt after finishing a three month term for refusing to answer questions before the Senate oil committee. The Supreme Court upheld the sentences against Sinclair Day and Burns for shadowing the jury with Burns disapproved.
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Washington
Leo A. Rover
United States
Sinclair
Senate
Rever
Harry F. Sinclair
Henry Mason Day
W. Sherman Burns
Sinclair Teapot Dome
Supreme Court
William J. Burns
District of Columbia
Senate Oil Committee
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Burns
Court of Appeals
Owen J. Roberts
Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate Committee
Justice McReynolds
Justice Stone
Lindberghs Elude Pursuit on Long Island Sound Honeymoon
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and his bride Miss Anne Morrow sailed from Englewood New Jersey in a 38 foot Mouette for a Long Island Sound honeymoon. They cruised near Block Island and Montauk aiming toward Boston while authorities search for them.
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New London
Conn
Charles A. Lindlberth
Anne Morrow
Boston
Block Island
Louis Rounds
Elizabeth Ann
Rounds
Long Island
Sound
Oklahoma House Recommends Election Law Measure
In Oklahoma City May 31 the house committee of the whole backed H R 90 the coalition election law bill with one minor amendment and no opposition from the caucus Democrats most members voted while many walked the chamber. The measure sets five member county election boards with the county clerk as secretary and places appointment power with county party committees and state central committees replacing governor control including a Whitaker amendment allowing disqualification of board members and successors two year terms and court jurisdiction over state and district office contests. Passage delayed due to insufficient quorum with only 66 members present.
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Oklahoma City
House of Representatives
House
R. H. Stanley
Stanley
T. Tom Kight
Homer Paul
R. C. Graham
Frank Aarmichael
Richard Cloyd
Coalition Democrats
Senate
J. M. Whitaker
MclIntosh
Worries Tail Cassler Faces After Release in Soutar Death
Mrs. Catherine Cassler, freed after 27 months for murder, faces ongoing inquiries into Cammedia Soutar's death near Hebron Indiana. Police cite sightings, a threatening incident, and a trunk with .22 bullets tied to Cassler, while she denies knowledge as investigators question her movements and alibis.
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Chicago
Catherine Cassler
Cammedia Soutar
Hebron
Ind
Valparaiso
East Central State Teachers College Values Ada Community
The East Central State Teachers College is vital to Ada providing education and cultural resources. It attracts top educators and students, brings over a million dollars yearly in direct spending, and supports local families and businesses through salaries and maintenance. The college shapes Ada’s growth and offers irreplaceable educational benefits beyond finance.
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East Central State Teachers College
Ada
East Central District
East Central
Oklahoma Education Association
Southern Baptist Board Reorganized in Atlanta
The Southern Baptist Home Mission board reorganized with Dr. A J Barton acting as secretary and treasurer. Barton was chosen at a board meeting last night after Clinton S Carnes, now in prison for embezzlement, previously held the post. The board paid current bills, restored 160000 to the building fund, reduced notes payable from 1284000 to 882000, restored Bottoms funds of 50000, and held a treasury balance of 93000 with no new borrowing since Carnes defalcation.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Home Mission Board
A. J. Barton
Clinton S. Carnes
Barton
Treasury
Negro Is Hanged After Assault in Alamo Tennessee
A mob of about 100 men abducted Joe Boxley from Crockett county jail at Alamo and hanged him on a tree four miles from town after accusing him of assaulting the wife of a justice of the peace. The body and a cardboard note were found later.
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Tenn
Crockett County
Joe Boxley
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