Sugar and Shoes to Center Tariff Fight
Washington June 21 Sugar and shoes are set to headline the senate tariff contest as hearings open Monday in the senate finance sub committees. Independent forces plus key figures from La Follette Norris Howell Brookheart Wheeler Dill Nye and Frazier gather material to counter the regulars while Smoot Reed Bingham and Edge direct committee action.
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Senate
League of Nations
Smoot
Utah
Reed
Pennsylvania
Bingham
Connecticut
Edge
New Jersey
la Follette
Wisconsin
Norris and Howell
Nebraska
Brookheart
Iowa
Wheeler
Montana
Dill
Nye
Frazier
North Dakota
Body of Man Found Near Amarillo Identified as Elderly Local Resident
An unidentified man about 70 was found in a vacant house eight miles east of Amarillo. He wore work clothes and had no ID. A nearby farmer found the body. a coroner's jury ruled natural causes. The Griggs Funeral Chapel held the body pending recognizance.
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Amarillo
Griggs
Bolivian pilots plan Berlin to Lapaz flight in five legs
Bolivian Aviation corps Captains Vasquez and Luizaga, in Berlin for preparations, plan a five leg Berlin Lapaz transatlantic flight via Seville, Senegal, Natal, and Rio de Janeiro. They say no new records are sought and refueling stops are for safety and future air traffic.
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Luizaga
Sevilla
Spain
Senegal
Natal
Rio de Janeiro
Atlantic
Foreign Mission Board Announces Appointments
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions names Rev. Harwood B. Catlin of Johannesburg South Africa as candidate secretary for men and Miss Grace E. McConnaughey of Fenchow Shansi China as assistant secretary in the home department.
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International News Service
Boston
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
United States
Harwood B. Catlin
Johannesburg
South Africa
Grace E. McConnaughey
Fenchow
Shansi
China
Home Department
Georgia Tech Head In Position For 44 Years
Georgia Tech's Nat E. Harris, 83, signs diplomas for the 1929 graduates, marking 44 years of involvement with the school since its 1885 founding. Harris, former Georgia governor, has long served as chairman of the board of trustees.
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Georgia Tech
International News Service
Atlanta
Nat E. Harris
Georgia
Tech
E R Martin Cash Grocery Ad Highlights Prices
Local grocery ad lists E R Martin Cash Grocery at 619 West 6th Avenue offering Great West 24 TBs Red Star 24 lbs Spare Ribs per pound Honey in 5 lb bucket Corn No 2 St 13c Two for Libby's Milk tall and powdered 1 lb raisin bulk at 73c per pound The ad notes a reduced price line as part of the sale listing.
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Libby's
First Wheat Brings 85 Cents Per Bushel In Amarillo
The first 1929 wheat brought into Amarillo sold Wednesday to Kearns Grain Co by John Moody on the J. W. Crudgington farm seven miles southeast for 8 5 cents a bushel. Moody received a $5 premium. The sample tested 59 pounds to the bushel and yielded over 25 bushels per acre as harvest runs through the South Plains.
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Amarillo
Kearns Grain Company
John Moody
J. W. Crudgington
Moody
South Plains
Panhandle
Chicago women jailed for loud speaker nuisance
Chicago's Ella Liner and Cecile Ashworthy were jailed for ten days after repeatedly keeping loud radio speakers blasting from their North Side apartment despite neighbors warnings. Both women disregarded officials and continued the disturbance, leading to the sentence.
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International News Service
Chicago
North Side
Ella Liner
Cecile Ashworthy
Harvard Grants 15 Fellowships for Humanities Studies
Harvard University professors receive fifteen grants totaling 25900 from the General Education Board for studies in the humanities. Projects span six languages and literature of many names with diverse aims. George L. Kittredge earns three grants for witchcraft and Shakespeare materials, sailor songs, and printing a volume in Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature.
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International News Service
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
General Education Board
University Hall
George L
Theaters in New York Reach 850 thousand Seat Capacity
New York officials report the combined seating capacity of the city theaters at 850,993. The survey counts 800 theaters in the greater area with 252 devoted to spoken drama and 58 to movies, detailing the distribution of venues by use.
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International News Service
New York
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