President Coolidge moves to pass farm bill without equalization fee
President Coolidge seeks passage of the McNary Haugen farm relief bill without the controversial equalization fee before the summer recess. He plans a veto and aims to keep the measure from becoming law with the fee, while Senate factions debate strategy and timetable. The White House may push for a longer session to advance revised legislation despite likely defeat on adjournment. The Senate also rejected the Export Debenture Proposal 53 to 2.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
White House
McNary
Oregon
t+ative Haugen
Towa
Congress
Sargent
Brookhart
Iowa
Tofay
Supreme Court
Haugen
Agriculture Committee
Capitol
Senate
House
Reed
Missouri
Laredo Banker Found Guilty Receives Two Year Sentence
Royle K. Mims former president of First State Bank and Trust company was found guilty of misapplication of bank funds in Laredo Texas. A jury convicted him after thirty eight hours deliberation and sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary. Notice of an appeal was filed.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Royle K. Mims
First State Bank and Trust Company
Hold Up on the High Drive to Colorado Beauty
Passengers along the Manitou to Colorado high drive are treated to a spectacular bluff sight near the Continental Divide. The curve around a mountain top reveals vast cliffs, evergreens, rainbow rocks, and floating mists, turning the ride into a rich scenic hold-up rather than a robbery. Fort Worth & Denver Road advertises low summer rates to Colorado.
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Manitou
Colo
Fort Worth
Denver
Colorado
Zemo Liquid Promises Clear Skin and Relief
An antiseptic Zemo Liquid advertises relief from itching and skin irritations. It claims to banish pimples blotches and rashes and to keep skin clear, offering 350 6c and 1.00 price points.
Tel Aviv honors Ahad Ha'am house as national library
The Tel Aviv council designated the modest Tel Aviv home of Ahad Ha'am Asher Ginsberg as a national Jewish library and museum. A world society to spread Hebrew culture was proposed at the ceremony by Ch N Bialik.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Ahad Ha’am
Council of
Zionism
Asher Ginsberg
Ch. N. Bialik
Ahad Ha‘am
Hungary dedicates monument to unknown soldier
In Budapest on May 22 a national monument to the unknown soldier was dedicated in the city park opposite the Academy of Science amid old-time pageantry. Separate item notes an Angeles Camp amphibian rodeo with a frog leap of three and a half feet among fifty one frogs competing.
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Prese
Budapest
Hungary
Academy of Science
Angeles Camp
Calif
Loan Ten Million To German Electric Company
National City company of New York arranged a ten million dollar loan to the German General Electric company of Berlin. Public offering of twenty year bonds at six percent is expected soon.
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German Electric Company
Associated Press
New York
National City Company of
General Electric Company of
Berlin
Senate Passes Indian Coal Asphalt Lease Bill
The Senate bill to extend leases on coal and asphalt deposits on Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian lands in Oklahoma was passed today by the Senate and goes to the president. The Chicago item notes a 21 story extension due to a deed clause for a runway for a former owner’s cow. The Tarrytown note describes the Rockefeller family moving to a cottage on Long Island.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Oklahoma
House
Tarrytown
N. Y
David Milton
Abby Rockefeller
Long Island
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Chicago
68 Year Coal Fire Soon To Be Put Out
Harrisburg officials predict the 63 year coal fire at the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Summit Hill mine will be extinguished with a solid concrete wall across the shaft. Deputy secretary Frank Hall cites new methods and long study as key steps toward ending the stubborn blaze that has consumed millions in coal.
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Harrisburg
Lehigh Coas and Navigation Company
Summit Hill
Frank Hall
Hall
Mine Department
Wall Defies Efforts to Halt Mine Fire Spread
Hall reports a fire started when a worker emptied hot coals from a stove into a wooden mine car. The coal car ignited timber supports and spread to the coal, despite efforts to stop it. A new concrete wall is seen as a possible solution to end the blaze.
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Hall
Nicaraguans veteran of two revolutions killed
Managua May 22 United Press reports that Raul Lowlt Mena a veteran of two Nicaraguan revolutions was killed while dealing with a cattle dealer at Palo Verde yesterday. The circumstances suggest a cover up of a failed deal atmosphere.
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Managua
Nic
Eral Lowlt Mena
Palo Verde
Hasbrouck Heights Band Tests Noise Levels
In Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey a band test used two tare phones a piccolo two cornets and a trombone played beside a plane to compare loudness. Jara Won.
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Associated Press
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Jara
Purification Health Ad Promotes Calotabe System Cleansing
A classified style promotion urges purifying the entire system for better health. It claims physicians endorse purification and recommends Calotabe weekly courses, offering a family package for 35 cents at drugstores.
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