Congress faces House and Senate troubles over census bill
Washington reports Congress may adjourn for the summer if leaders solve two House amendments to the census and reapportionment bill that would count noncitizens for seat allocation, while Senate debates debenture plan filibuster risks amid farm conference talks. A vote on the Norris resolution to abolish short sessions is planned for tomorrow.
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U.P
Congress
Senate
House
Athens Messenger Publishes Red Cross Swimming Booklet
The Washington Bureau distributes a Red Cross booklet on swimming and life saving through the Athens Messenger. It offers beginner and advanced instructions plus tests, stressing that drowning risk exists in all seasons and that swimming knowledge can save lives.
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Washington
American Naional Red Cross
Frederick J Haskins
The
Athens Messenger
Information Bureau
Ee Pee I
Alley Cat Freed From Dry Law Padlock in Kansas City
Tom the alley cat, held in a dry law padlocked venue since May 23, was released after detective Harry Hirsch secured a court order. The feline, once hungry and jailed, was treated to liver and bacon by Hirsch and posed on his fence declaring freedom from prohibition.
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Kansas City
Tom
Merrill Otis
Harry Hirsch
Hirsch
Alteration of Speed Laws Across Ohio Cities Forged by Court Ruling
Columbus June 6 State Supreme Court overturned a Lakewood speeding conviction clarifying that speed alone is not a law violation. The ruling requires cities and villages to align with state limits under Boden Law and may erase many local speed traps.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio City
State Supreme Court
Lakewood
Es Eshner
Eshner
Garfield Heights
Mayfield Heights
Baldwin Out MacDonald In As Britain Form Government
A political column notes Baldwin’s removal and Ramsay MacDonald’s push to form a government as Hoover considers a US Britain arms stance shift. It cites MacDonald’s role and timing amid debates on disarmament and imperial policy. The piece also marks the June 4 anniversary of the woman suffrage amendment and reflects on mental slavery versus abolition.
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Rameau MacDonald
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Labor Party
British Empire
United States
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Great Britain
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Heroine Evelyn Meredith Rescues Girl in West Virginia Creek
Evelyn Meredith, 14, lacking expert swimming skills, fought a drowning grip and swam the girl to a shore ledge in eight feet of water near Salem West Virginia. Friends then aided both to safety. Evelyn is noted for outdoor life and scholastic success. father named DeWSpaperimaa.
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Salem
W. Va
Evelyn Meredith
Evelyn
Buckley Seeks to Reinstate Court Appeal
Former State Treasurer Bert B. Buckley, serving 2.5 years for conspiring to offer a bribe, appeared in Cincinnati Federal Circuit Court to reinstate his appeal filed after conviction but not perfected. The judge scheduled arguments for both sides with a possible immediate penitentiary commitment if the appeal is deemed out of time.
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Upi
Bert B. Buckley
Atlanta
Federal Circuit
Buckley
Haroth EK. Main
Hoover Reduces Public Handshakes at White House
President Hoover has sharply cut his weekly handshaking from about 1,000 to 400 since March 4 by limiting public receptions at the executive offices. The noon public receptions, once a daily event under Coolidge, have been reduced to three a week then two and now one on Wednesday. Senators and Congressmen were informed that lines were too long for the President to manage without affecting his energy.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Coolidge
Goodyear VP Clifford Stone Resigns
Akron June 6 Clifford FP Stone resigns as vice president of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company today.
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Akron
Clifford FP. Stone
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Ziegfeld Show Girl Leaps to Death in Chicago Hotel
Diary reveals love story as Barabara Cole, a Ziegfeld show girl in Rose Marie and Blue Boy, steps from a North Side hotel window after warning to Ed Page of 1209 Astor Street. Page, a broker, confirms a broken off affair and a late phone call.
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Barbara Cole
Miss Cole
Northside
State Street
Ed Page
Astor Street
Edwin Page
la Salle Street
Robber with Toy Pistol Fatally Injures Gas Station Attendant
In Cleveland, a gas station attendant, Alfred Therman, 25, was attacked by a robber who used only a toy pistol. During the struggle the thief struck Therman with an oil bottle, injuring his left eye and leaving him unconscious.
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Cleveland
Alfred Therman
Therman
Thormans
Missionary Society Meeting At First M E Church
The Foreign Missionary Society of the First M E Church will convene Friday afternoon at 2 20 o clock in the church parlors. Mrs EF Ash will lead and V Adams, a student in the foreign field, will speak.
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Foreign Misionery Society
M. EB
Ash. V. Adama
Five Men Escape After Bombing Cacioppo Home
Akron residents report five men who bombed the home of Charles Cacioppo were shot at by Cacioppo's wife during the escape. No injuries reported as assailants flee amid gunfire.
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Akron
Charles Cacioppo
Cacioppo
Dance Marathon Prize Tops Diploma For 17 Year Old
Fremont story reports Miss Alice Grohe, 17, favored the dance marathon prize over a diploma but officials intervened. Sheriff forced break from floor and she returned to Tiffin to receive her diploma amid school supervision. In a separate item, Miss Ruth Timmons is replaced after a statewide attention case.
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Alice Grohe
Rainbow Gardens
A. Kreut
Cal Shue
Sheriff Shue
Tiffin
ST. Clairsville
Ruth Timmons
Charleston
Lena Higginbotham
Miss Timmons
White Oak
Three Districts Weigh Union At Mineral Public Meeting
A public meeting in Mineral discussed joining New Marshfield Mineral and Waterton Township districts. Officials McVay Chappel and Porter spoke about funds and facilities, with plans to repair Mineral schools and add teaching equipment while giving Mineral residents a voice in New Marshfield High's governance. A union could double the tax base and enable a bond issue with state aid.
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Chappel and Porter
Gathering In Mineral
New Marshfield High
Marshfield
Mineral
Waterton
New Marshfield
Marshfield Board of Education
AID RUSHED TO CANADIAN AREA
Airlift carries food and clothing to homeless in Northern Manitoba as forest fires devastate Cranberry Portage and Mile 83. Government planes and commercial ships push northward to aid settlers and combat fires with swift action and water storage ready. No casualties reported yet.
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Frantorty Dertage
Detroit to get new border chief in liquor crackdown
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lowman announced an intensive summer campaign to curb smuggled liquor across the Canadian border near Detroit. Norwood, transferred from Northern New York, will head the special Detroit agents and coordinate Customs Prohibition and Coast Guard efforts.
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Detroit
Seocretary
Treasury Lowman
KE. & Norwood
New York State
Lowman
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Norwood
Customs
Prohibition
Coast Guard
Ford borrows two cents for Edison jubilee stamp
Henry Ford buys the first Edison jubilee stamp in Atlantic City during the National Electric Light Convention marking Edison’s lamp Golden Jubilee. He cannot make change for a large bill, so J. F. Quinlan lends him two cents and Ford promises prompt repayment.
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N. J
Henry Ford
National Electric Light
Thomas A. Edison
Post Office Department
Ford
J. F. Quinlan
Jubilee of Light
Resigns in Detroit Admit Faulty Customs Enforcement
Carey D. Ferguson resigned as collector of customs for the Michigan district saying he has no apologies for not stopping rum smuggling from Canada. He cited lack of funds equipment and personnel as serious handicaps despite his admission of failure.
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Mids
U.R
Canada
Carey D. Ferguson
Michigan
Ferguson
Athens Country Club appoints Josephine Fisher stewardess
Josephine Fisher, Athens most popular cateress, engaged as stewardess of the Athens Country Club for the remainder of the golf season. She succeeds Mr and Mrs Guy Hale who resigned effective June 16 after not finding the work to their liking.
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Josephine Fisher
Athens
Athens Country Club
Guy Hale
Bank Bandits Shot by Cashier in Central City Hold Up
James M. Miller the cashier of the Central City National Bank shot and wounded two of four masked bandits who forced him to open the vault. The thieves took about $5,000 and escaped with some of the money. two wounded bandits were captured. The total amount recovered could not be determined.
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Central City
U.P
James M. Miller
Central City National Bank
Heflin Case Ties to Ship Master Resignation
New York June 6. Captain A W Haynes resigns as master of the steamship Accon amid reports the Heflin incident involving Tom Heflin Jr influenced the decision. Panama Line says the retirement was not forced and part of routine changes.
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U.P
A. W. Haynes
Accon
Tom Heflin, Jr
Panama
Heflin
Panama Line
Haynes
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