Senate Committee Closes Investigation of Wheeler
The Senate special committee neared completion of its inquiry into charges against Senator Wheeler of Montana. Witnesses described attempts to influence oil permits and alleged assurances of favorable action in Washington. Wheeler’s associates and the National Republican Committee figures were questioned, with statements about a Rainbow hotel meeting and potential forthcoming documents from the Department of Justice.
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Washington
Sentnor Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Blair Doan
George B. Lockwood
Republican National Committee
Wheeler
Daugherty Committee
Coan
Senator Walsh
Gordon Campbell
Interior Department
Department of Justice
Stone
W. W. Rhea
Idaho Springs
Colo
Phil McGowan
Campbell
Rhea
Borah
Spry
General Land Office
Land Office
Senator Wheeler
Rainbow Hotel
Great Falls
Mont
McGowan
Lockwood
National Republican
H. G C. Glosser
Denver
Glosser
Senator Borah
Chairman Borah
Swanson
Virginia
National Committee
Sterling
South Dakota
D. Bingaman
J. B. Watson
Watson
Canada
Bingaman
O. M. Lanstrum
Removal of foot and mouth disease quarantine in California counties
Washington May 2 Complete removal of the foot and mouth disease quarantine in Marin Sonoma Santa Clara and San Mateo counties and from all but a small area of Napa and Solano was announced by Dr John R Mohler chief of the bureau of animal industry A portion of San Joaquin county was freed and quarantine rules altered in Alameda San Joaquin Stanislaus Merced Mariposa Madera Kern and Los Angeles where the disease had not appeared within 30 days
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Washington
California
Marin
Sonoma
Santa Clara
San Mateo
Napa
Solano
John R. Mohler
Bureau of Animal Industry
San Joaquin
Alameda
Stanislaus
Merced
Mariposa
Madera
Kern
Los Angeles Counties
Responsibility for spread of foot and mouth disease blamed on travelers
Secretary Wallace said ninety percent of infections come from careless people traveling from infected farms to non infected areas. He cited Orange County quarantine after cattle buyers visited Los Angeles County farms, warning that curbing travel could wipe out the disease quickly with California officials' help. He urged infected districts to stay away from healthy herds and praised California cooperation.
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Washington
California
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Orange County
Los Angeles County
Harding And Calvin Honored At Lincoln
Nebraska Democrats in Lincoln praise Governor Bryan and nominees in a convention endorsing the Bryan administration and the Democratic platform criticizing the national administration. They urge repeal of the Fordney McCumber tariff and a soldier bonus while denouncing currency deflation.
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Omaha
Charles W. Bryan
Democrats of
Nebraska
United States
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Bryan
J. J. Thomas
George W. Norris
Senate
Daugherty and Oil
Federal Reserve System
Lincoln
Neb
Harding
Coolidge
Adam McEllen
Beatrice Attorney
A. J. Weaver
Falls City
Resolutions Committee
Congress
Norris
Coolidge Opposes Bursum Fuller Pension Bill Veto
President Coolidge vetoes the Bursum Fuller omnibus pension bill over its projected taxpayer cost. The measure would raise pensions for veterans and widows from earlier wars including the Spanish American War, while excluding most World War veterans. Senate debate follows with expectations of sustenance from party leaders.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Bursum
New Mexico
Fuller
Illinois
Bruce
Maryland
House
Congress
Harding
Roy Walsh Is Identified in Missouri Penitentiary
After seven months of pursuit across twelve western states Roy Walsh the Montana slayer known as Don Stewart has been identified in the Missouri state penitentiary. Sheriff Mountjoy will seek extradition to Jefferson County as Walsh faces impending execution for the Renova storekeeper murder.
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Butte
Roy Walsh
Boulder
al Johnson
Renova
Missouri State Penitentiary
Don Stewart
Montana
Missouri
Walsh
Jefferson County
Jack Mountjoy
Helena
Jefferson City
Melrose
Nevada
California
Armstrong
San Diego
Mountjoy
Penitentiary
John C. Crawford
Missouri Penitentiary
State
Fortune
Atlanta Death Toll Surpasses 100 in Southeastern Tornadoes
The storm system across seven states left 108 dead, 500 injured, and widespread destruction. Red Cross relief and state officials organized a coordinated recovery with aid to homeless communities in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and neighboring states under Governor Mcleod’s plan.
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Atlanta
North Carolina
Virginia
American Red Cross
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Columbia
Mcleod
Red Cross
T Robertsonville
South Carolina Hit Hard by Storm Toll and Aid
Red Cross from the southern division dispatched tents bedding and cots to stricken areas in South Carolina where the disaster caused 73 deaths across 13 counties. Officials report at least 200 injured and nearly a thousand homeless while survey teams work to assess the widespread damage. Similar relief efforts were underway in six other states.
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Atlanta
American Red Cross
Gov
South Carolina
Southern Division
The
Red Cross
Adjutant General’s Department
McLeod
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Enate
Uncle Sam
Calvin
Deer Lodge
Aaron Smith
Bell System
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Michigan
Ford
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