Veterans march to Capitol push for cash bonus
More than a thousand veterans with 2240030 signatures delivered petitions to Senate and House leaders at the Capitol seeking immediate cash payment of the soldiers bonus. Leaders promised hearings begin Monday before the Ways and Means Committee as veterans press for a force vote via a discharge petition.
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Congressional
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House
House Ways and Means Committee
Peace Monument
Capitol Hill
Capitol Plaza
Representative Rainey
Representative Snell
Senator McNary
Oregon
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rainey
Snell
McNary
Paul C. Wolman
Senate of the United States
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Hoover
Local Operators Oppose Davis Bill in West Virginia
The Pocahontas Operators association passed a resolution in Bluefield opposing the Davis Kelly bills now before Congress. It condemns federal bureaucracy in coal and asserts operators and labor require independence under the Constitution. The group, 27 members producing 10 million tons annually, notes broad opposition across West Virginia coal interests.
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Pocahontas Operators Association
Davie-Kelly
Bluefield
Congress
Davis-Kelly
United States
Pocahontas Coaleld
Pocahontas
Thurman
Logan
Logan Operators Association
West
Pauletta family seeks clemency after 18 year murder case
In Clarksburg West Virginia Frank Pauletta was sentenced to death for a miner murder but escaped and was recaptured after 18 years in Coverdale Pennsylvania. The Paulettas appeal to the West Virginia governor for clemency as they stand with Mrs Pauletta Angelina Yank and children in a family photo.
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West Virginia
Pauletta
Clarksburg
W. Va
Frank Pauletta
Coverdale
Angelina Yank
Frank
John
Helen
Catherine
Hoover to View Economy Cuts Across Eleven States
Washington reports Hoover plans to meet with the house economy committee to discuss retrenchment proposals totaling about 200 million dollars amid proposed salary reductions for federal workers. The Senate faces further cuts in naval spending and enforcement funding as part of a broader 12.4 million dollar reduction plan.
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Bureau
Appropriations
Senate
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Department
Hoover
House Economy Committee
White House
House
Congress
McDuffie
The
Economy Group
Adams
New Orleans
Key West
Senate Committee Appropriations Committee
Senator Jones
Robinson
Arkansas
Local Man Faces Tax Dodge Charge
J. Harvey Call of 423 Raleigh Street was arrested on a warrant by US Commissioner Thomas H. Scott after a deputy internal revenue collector charged him with failing to file income tax returns for 1929 and 1930. Call is jailed in $2,500 bail awaiting a preliminary hearing. Witnesses from three of four local banks are summoned for the municipal court hearing.
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J. Harvey Call
Raleigh Street
United States
Thomas H. Scott
C. Frank Wright
Internal Revenue
Call
Scott
Senator Davis Says Prohibition Fails to Enforce Law
In Pittsburgh on April 8 United States Senator James J. Davis urged that prohibition cannot be enforced and urged a tax on liquor to realize vast economic possibilities. He argued hundreds of millions are spent yearly to enforce a law that cannot be enforced.
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United States
James J. Davis
Davis
Will Speed Up Trial Of Accused Americans
Honolulu April 8 A swift trial for Mrs Granville Fortescue and three navy men charged in the lynching of Joseph Kahaha Wai seemed likely as prosecutors plan to present their case in three days. Defense hopes for a directed verdict of acquittal were voiced by Montgomery Winn leading Clarence Darrow’s society group.
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Granville Fortescue
Joseph
Kahahawai
John C. Kelley
Montgomery Winn
Clarence Darrow
Poultry King Cohen Fatally Shot in New York
Joseph Cohen known as the Poultry King of New York was shot four times at his Brooklyn home as three men attacked him on the porch. The 60 year old dealer died later in hospital. Police suspect revenge for rival Barnett Baff or recent poultry market competitors.
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New York
Joseph Cohen
Cohen
Brooklyn
Barnett Baff
Sing Sing
Baff
Washington Market
Olice
Smith 15 Willing To Be Nominee Of Party Declares
Alfred E. Smith denies a whispering campaign and says he will accept the Democratic presidential nomination if tendered. He rejects claims he is a stalking horse and notes no difference from 1928. Letters to supporters in Connecticut California and Pennsylvania are included.
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New York
Alfred B. Smith
Connecticut
California
Pennsylvania
P. M. Abbott
al Smith Tial League of
Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Connécti
Farm Board Gets Fund for Next Year’s Work
The farm board secured a $1 million appropriation for next year amid strong opposition to abolition. A prior bid to grant $1.38 million failed 152 to 23, while a $1,000,000 ceiling was upheld. Debate continued over salaries and loan practices as the panel faced German wheat issues and credit arrangements.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Germany
Byrne
Woodrum
House
Agriculture Committee
Representative Jones
Texas
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Vengeance Theories Rob Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Hopewell New Jersey April 8 assistant police chief Charles Williamson suggested vengeance as a motive for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping tied to a brush fire near the estate. State police superintendent Col H Norman Schwarzkopf said the fire was not believed to be vindictive or tied to the crime though investigation continued. Norfolk Virginia reported no new developments in negotiations with intermediary figures as efforts to recover the child remain in a watchful stage after a contact mission.
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Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Charles Williamson
Lindbergh
Williamson
Schwarzkopf
Norfolk
Guy H. Burrage
John Hughes Curtis
Offer Harris a Job at Denver Post
Reed Harris, expelled editor of the Spectator at Columbia University, New York, was offered a position today by F. G. Bontfile, publisher of the Denver Post. The telegraphic offer praised free speech and asked Harris to join the editorial staff with a salary ample for comfortable respectability.
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Harris
Denver
Reed Harris
The
Spectator
Columbia University
New York
F. G. Bontfile
Denver Post
Telegraphic
Greater Love Shown In Coal Mine Rescue at Charleroi
In Charleroi Pennsylvania April 8 Charles Rumbaugh a miner survives after a pit wreck while fellow miner Otho Davidson dies a hero. Davidson warned Rumbaugh as the roof collapsed and freed him but died in the crash. Rumbaugh later told doctors the story of his buddy’s greater love and survival.
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Charleroi
Charles Rumbaugh
Buddy
Otho Davidson
Davidson
Rumbaugh
Baugh
Senate Orders Whitney to Face Capital Stock Probe
The Senate banking committee in emergency session ordered an immediate stock market inquiry. It issued a subpoena for Richard Whitney of the New York Stock Exchange to appear Monday with all short sale records, as prices and foreign dollar campaigns trigger scrutiny.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Richard Whitney
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Ace Exchange
Walcott
Connecticut
Hoover
France
New York
Brookhart
Towa
Banking Committee
Norbeck
Senate
Paris
Stock Exchange
Belgium
Ehadea
Whitmey
John J. McGrain
Carter Branch
Providence
Rhode Island
Aet
Investigton
Senator Glass
Virginia
Iowan
Mr. Whitney
Bears
Washington notes on finance and veterans protests in 1930s
The Senate banking panel ordered an immediate stock market investigation while the appropriations subcommittee cut 10 percent from four department bills. Veterans marched to the Capitol with petitions demanding cash payment of soldiers' bonuses. House blocked abolition of the farm board and tariff issues were debated as currency depreciation affects trade. Senators Tydings and Pittman spoke on tariffs and Alfred E. Smith remarks.
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Senate Banking Committee
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Capitol
Senate
House
Farm Board
Tariff Commission
Tydings
Maryland
Senate weighs ban on tariff levies in tax bill
In Washington the Senate debates removing all import levies from the revenue bill to quicken action on the budget. Senator Tydings proposes striking import levies and warns tariffs would slow excise tax gains by 90 million dollars monthly. House already includes duties on oil and coal.
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Washington
Senate
Tydings
Maryland
Finance Committee
House
Robinson
Arkansas
Couzens
Michigan
Connally
Texas
Industrialist Found Dead in Montreal Garage
William C. Cottingham 33 a managing director at Sherwin-Williams Company of Canada Ltd was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in his Montreal garage. He began with Sherwin-Williams in Cleveland 12 years ago.
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Montreal
Que
Willam C. Cottingham
Sherwin-Williams Company of Canada, Ltd
Cottingham
Sherwin-Willams Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Bachmann Named Republican Whip in House
West Virginia lawyer Carl G. Bachmann of Wheeling was named to succeed the late Albert H. Vestal as Republican whip in the House. He had served as whip after Vestal's death and previously held the post of 1st assistant whip. Bachmann's party leadership roles and strong reelection margin propelled the promotion.
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West Virginia
Carl G. Bachmann
Wheeling
Albert H. Vestal
Indiana
Representative Snell
New York
Vental
Bachmann
House
Ohio County
Judges Clash as Special Grand Jury Is Impaneled
In Chicago a turf war among judges unfolds as Circuit Judge Michael Feinberg, a Republican state's attorney candidate, impanels a special grand jury to probe vice gambling prostitution racketeering and alleged terrorist tricks aimed at influencing the primary. Chief Justice Harry M. Fisher orders a new venire and voids Feinberg actions while Feinberg defies orders and keeps his panel.
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Chicago
Capone
Langland
Michael Feinberg
George Seif
Harry M. Fisher
Feinberg
Fisher
Louis Hart
Hart
Floyd E. Thompson
Supreme Court of Illinnois
Stimson Sails to Join Arms Parley in Geneva
Secretary of State Henry L Stimson sails for Geneva to attend the disarmament conference hoping to limit war risks. Former secretary Kellogg and financiers Lamont and Davis also sail aboard the Tre r de Francé. Davis optimistic on practical results while Kellogg cites economic recovery prospects.
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Henry le Stimson
Geneva
Stimson
Frank B. Kellogg
World Court
Tre de Francé
Thomas W. Lamont
Norman H. Davis
Stimeon
Davis
Hugh Gibson
Evea
Lynn
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