International Chamber tackles tariff cuts and war debt talks
The International Chamber of Commerce weighs policy on tariff reductions and reparations at its meeting. Dr. W H Coates urges cutting tariff barriers to revive trade under greener signals. President Theunis cautions the group against political actions while British and German delegates press for reparations and debt revision.
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Washington, May
International Chamber of Commerce
Ae Jrene
Resolutions Committee
George Theunis
Chammer
Bishop Cannon Will Not Talk
The Senate Campaign Expenditure Committee pursued testimony on Bishop James Cannon Jr. and anti-Smith funds from 1928 to 1929. Ada L. Burroughs refused to answer questions despite warnings of possible prosecution, with no subpoena for Cannon unless he testifies under oath.
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Washington, May
U.P
Senate Campaign Expenditure Committee
Lobby Committee
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
Souty
Ada L. Burhs
Ave
anti-Smith
Cannon
Nye
Women Start Counterpart Of Fess Shouse Argument
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, vice chair of the DNC, faces a GOP charge of misstatements over her Lima speech claiming 504 individuals reported averages above 2 million. Mrs. Jacob Baur rebutted with 504 incomes over a million each, noting Ross referenced averages while Baur cited total sums. observers note potential parallel to the Fess Shouse exchange.
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Jacob Baur
Nellie Tayloe
Ross
Washington
U.P
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Democratic National Committee
Republican National Committee
Illinois
Baur
Lima
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Fess
Shouse
Democratic Committee
Mr. Baur
Swope urges regularizing employment to prevent idle periods
Gerard Swope, GE president, tells the International Chamber of Commerce that each industry must regulate employment to smooth cycles. He stresses that prosperity rests on the 60 thousand million dollars earned and spent by American workers and cautions against unearned income absorbing output.
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Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
International Chamber of Commerce
Meyer's call for lower wages and living standards
Luxemburg's Aloyse Meyer heads a Europe steel cartel pushing wage cuts and lower living costs. He argues high wages hurt mood, claiming prosperity stemmed from buying and that wage cuts would slash workers' spending, a stance viewed as harmful to American employers.
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Aloyse Meyer
Luxemburg
Europe
Steel Cartel
Mr. Meyer
In 1929 optimism fades as 1930 promises miss
In 1929 thinkers urged brighter days for spring 1930. The piece notes a shift from excessive optimism to rising pessimism and hints at further discussion on another page.
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Vpage
Wife Held in Killing in Day to Day Gun Duel
Mrs Marie Reser, 30, of Dayton, held on suspicion of instigating the fatal duel that killed her husband, a wealthy college acquaintance. Across the street, her lover Arthur Payne, 27, lay wounded in hospital under police guard. the three daughters expressed hatred for their mother amid the tragedy.
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Detroit
May
U.P
Marie Reser
Dayton
Arthur “Bud” Payne
Martha
Helen
Betty
Stolen Plane Found Near Hartford Michigan
A plane stolen from Edwin G. Ewart of Newark Ohio in Columbus in February 1930 has been found near Hartford Michigan. Authorities believe the aircraft was used to transport liquor between Canada and Michigan. An unnamed flyer abandoned the ship after flagging a Watervliet auto for a ride claiming engine trouble and said he would seek a Detroit mechanic but did not return.
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Hartford
Mich
U.P
Edwin G
Ewart
Newark O
Columbus
Canada
Michigan
Watervliet
Detroit
Burke to Fight Extradition in Murder Trial
Burke, alleged to have killed nine men, will not be surrendered for trial on first degree murder charges. He is already serving a life sentence in Illinois State Prison for the slaying of a St Joseph policeman.
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Ansing, Mich
U.P
D Burke
Igan State
St. Joseph
Governor White to speak at Farm Bureau dedication program
Columbus reports Governor George White will be the principal speaker at the dedication of the new Farm Bureau building hour over Radio Station WAIU. The program is slated for Monday with emphasis on agricultural services and community progress.
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Columbus
George White
Farm Bureau
Waiu.cre
Marriage license issued for George W Brady and Wilma Cowan
George W Brady of Nelsonville and Wilma Cowan, 23, of Shade, a teacher, obtained a marriage license.
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George W. Brady
Nelsonville
R. B
Wilma Cowan
Shade
Mildred Maston to Perform Piano Recital at Ohio U
Senior Mildred Maston of Ohio University School of Music will give a piano recital at 8 o'clock Sunday night in Music Hall Auditorium. Her teacher is Mrs. C C Robinson. The program includes Bach Prelude and Fugue in C major Beethoven German Dance No 2 Brahms Capriccio Opus 76 Chopin Nocturne in D flat Kaff La Filense Chasins Valse in A Griffes Night Winds MacDowell Sonata Tra gica first movement.
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Mildred Maston
Ohio University School of Music
Music Hall
Miss Maston
C. C. Robinson
Bach
Beethoven
Brahms
Chopin
Kaff
Chasins
Griffes
MacDowe
New Ohio State Office Building Urges Expansion and Funds
The Senate Investigating Committee will report that Ohio's new state office building cannot meet current needs without future expansion. Findings show a cost overrun of about 600000 beyond the 5 million appropriation, lack of attorney general ruling on spendable funds, no heating plant provision, and the need for extra funds for heating or alternative heat sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Senate
General Assembly
State Building Commission
Attorney General
Prisoners Escape Fairfield County Jail in Bridgeport
Two inmates fled Fairfield County Jail in Bridgeport after overpowering a guard and a trusty with a revolver. Lieutenant William H. Harkins of Memphis, Tennessee, is named among the escapees, who descended from the third floor using a bed sheet rope.
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Bridgeport
Conn
William H. Harkins
Memphis
Tenn
Fairfield County
Youth Won’t Tell How He Was Wounded
Paul Salser a 17 year old Racine High senior was wounded last night near the Morning Star Schoolhouse Sutton Township Meigs County. He refused to say who shot him or the motive as officers listed serious chest injuries but not fatal. The deflected bullet struck near the center of the breast, saved life, and he was sent to a Gallipolis hospital by ambulance. Ben Salser his father works for an oil and gas company in the Morning Star district.
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Pomeroy
Paul Salser
Racine High School
Ben Salser
Morning Star
Sutton Township
Upper Nease
Meigs County
Salser
Paul
Gallipolis
Racine
W. Brickland
Belame
Dodor
John Robinson, Jr
Democrats Challenged on Wee Day Issue at Jefferson Banquet
At the Jefferson Day Banquet in Cleveland on May 8, U S Senator Robert J Bulkley urged Democrats to back a constitutional convention to settle the national prohibition question and avoid a campaign on prohibition. Governor George White and Senator Cordell Hull attended as dry-favoring leaders as Hull emphasized economic issues ahead of the 1940 campaign.
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Cleveland
U.rka
U. S
Robert J. Bulkiey
Cuyahoga County
George White
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Congress
Atep
Bulkley
Democratic Party
Mull
Dornier DO X Seaplane Flies Toward Brazil
The German Dornier DO X seaplane continued its South Atlantic flight toward Brazil. It left Bubaque near Bolama in Portuguese Guinea this morning at seven o clock, with reports reaching St Vincent's Cape in the Cape Verde Islands.
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ST. Vincent’s Cape
Verde Islands
U.P
South Atlantic
Brazile
Bubaque
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Jury drawn to retry Arthur Worthen murder case
In Portsmouth on May 8 three women and nine men were chosen as jurors to retry Arthur Worthen of Lancaster and Wellston for the second degree murder of his wife who was killed in a car last Thanksgiving night.
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Portsmouth
Arthur Worthen
Lancaster and
Wellston
Mother's Day Program At Athens Elks Lodge
A Mother's Day program will be carried out Sunday at 2 o'clock at the home of the Athens Elks Lodge in the Cline Building. The exercises will be for the public as well as members of the lodge.
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Athens Elks Lodge
Cline Building
Eight-Year-Old Hero Alerts Teachers After Bus Tragedy
In Merced Col, an eight-year-old boy named Leland Belame crawled ten blocks with a fractured ankle to warn his teachers after a Santa Fe freight train struck a school bus. The collision near G Street killed five children and injured 23, six critically, as 44 students rode the bus.
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Santa Fe
Leland Belame
Merced
Col
May
U.R
G Stret Crossing
Two Men Held for Jury in Torch Hill Liquor Case
William Mullins and Howard Miller of Torch Hill face grand jury review on liquor manufacture charges. Both pleaded not guilty and posted bond or were jailed after failing to meet bond. Officers seized a 25 gallon still three mash barrels and two gallons of whisky in the raid, part of a two year effort to break a local liquor ring.
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William Mullins
Howard Miller
Torch Hill
Athens County
H. Porter
Porter
Athena County
Wayne Wingett
George Rasp
Matt Wilson
Tom Bush
Wingett
Toreh
Ohio Coal Schools Asked Use Ohio Coal
State Director of Industrial Relations Thomas A. Edmondson appealed to Ohio school boards to use more Ohio coal to boost demand amid low industry mood. He sent letters to boards contracting coal and offered Ohio State University Engineering Experiment Station coal analyses on request.
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Columbus
U.P
Thomas A. Edmondson
Ohio
Edmondson
Engineering Experiment Station
Ohio State University
Palm Springs Fascination for Mayors of Country
Palm Springs California attracts many mayors from small towns as they roam the desert. An elderly note mentions Jimmy Walker’s old hideout and a cheeky ad promising tans that conceal identities. The writer claims more than a hundred mayors are visiting and socializing, with his wife and him observing the scene.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Jimmy Walker
Weather outlook favors warmer spell with showers inland
Yesterday's highs ranged from 88 in El Paso to 96 in Phoenix while Calgary and Yellow Stone posted lows near 22 and Lander 25. Over the next 36 hours expect increasing clouds tonight with showers late tonight or Saturday, then fair and cooler conditions Sunday.
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Phoenix
el Paso
Jacksonville
Calgary
Yellowstone
Lander
Princess Keana to Wed Archduke Anton von Hapsburg
Rumors of a royal match end with a June wedding announced by Keana of Romania and her mother. The groom is Archduke Anton von Hapsburg, aviator and Vienna motion picture worker, with ties to the Austrian royal line.
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Princesa Keana
Romania
Marie
Count von Hochberg
Archduke Anton von Hapsburg
Vienna
Bank Robbery in Winnipeg Leaves Banker Dead
Three bandits entered a Dominion Bank branch in Winnipeg Manitoba and shot dead manager P B R Tucker after he did not raise his hands. The robbers escaped with thirty six thousand eight hundred dollars.
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Winnipeg, Man
May
U.R
Dominion Bank
P. B. R. Tucker
Wheat knee high after rain across Meigs County farms
Meigs County farmers report wheat knee high to a man with Emmett Mayhew on the old Colonel Brooks farm at Harrisonville noting rapid growth. Meadows and pastures are likewise advanced due to soil moisture and warm weather, though farmers fear overly rank straw may fail to head and fill properly.
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Emmett Mayhew
Colonel Brooks
Harrisonville
Rates favor southern coal as ICC considers Northern losses
Examiner Bardwell ruled the Lake Erie freight differentials between Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania versus Southern coal fields are not prejudicial. He recommended dismissing the joint complaint by Ohio Lake Cargo Coal Commission and Western Pennsylvania Coal Traffic Bureau. The decision notes the complex balance of routes, traffic, and prior 1927 rate structures amid shifts in tonnage and strikes.
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Washington
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Charles M. Bardwell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Erie
Bardwell
Commission
Ohio-Lake Cargo Coal Commission
Western Pennsylvania Coal Traffic Bureau
Great Lake Ports
Fairmont
Sandusky
Jacksonville
Dawes Son Marries in Massachusetts Harbor
Dana McCutcheon Dawes, adopted son of Ambassador Charten G. Dawes, wed about three and a half weeks ago in Provincetown Massachusetts to Eleanor Dillingham of Honolulu. The pair sailed from San Francisco for an assignment abroad, with Ambassador Dawes notified. Dawes left Williams College as a freshman on the 26th. Dillingham had studied two years at Honolulu University and was a sophomore at Mt Holyoke.
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Williamstown
Mass
Dana McCutcheon Dawes
Charten G. Dawes
P Town
Eleanor Dillingham
Honolulu
San Francisco
Dawes
Young Dawes
Williams
Miss Dillingham
University of Honolulu
Mt. Holyoke
Raymond Wingett Fined for Intoxication in Athens Court
Ray Wingett of Athens was fined a fine and costs by Mayor Robert S. Wee in Athens City Court Thursday on a charge of intoxication.
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Ray Wingett
Athens
Robert S. Wee
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Bing Features, Inc
Burke
Ohio State Office
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Oliver J. Francis
Glendale
Avis Francis
Beau
Racine High
Ferson
Republican Party
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Do-X
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