Pope 9 expected to recall papal nuncio to Rome
Rome reports that Pope Pius XI may sever diplomatic ties with Italy after Mussolini dissolves Catholic youth organizations. Observers say the pope views the concordat as violated and could return to Vatican life while Osservatore Romano editors end anti fascist campaigns. The move follows a decree and Vatican actions signaling a clash over church policy and state.
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Pontiff
Rome
Vatican
Mussolini
Italy
Pius XI
Osservatore Romano
Government Allows Reopening of Knights of Columbus Playgrounds
Rome reports the government permits reopening of the American Knights of Columbus playgrounds closed last Saturday. Announcement came as Edward Hearn, papal count, was mentioned before turning to Page Two.
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Rome
Edward Hearn
Doumergue Weds at Elysee Palace
Paris reports President Doumergue married secretly at the Elysee to Mme J Graves. The ceremony, described as modest, occurred at 11 45 in privacy with only two witnesses and a breakfast at the palace. The couple plans to travel south for residence after the seven year term ends.
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Paris
Gaston Doumergue
France
Elysee Palace
Mme. J. Graves
President Doumergue
Frances
Mme. Graves
M. Doumergue
Doumergue
Drucker
New York Prison Population Hits Record High
Walter N. Thayer commissioner of correction reported on June 1 that New York state prison population reached a record 6,000 inmates across state penal institutions.
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Napanoch
N. Y
Walter N. Thayer
Commissioner of Correction
New York State
Canada Changes Coal Schedules
Berlin reports that flights from New York to Berlin in eight hours by rocket planes through the stratosphere could be possible soon, said Professor Auguste Piccard in a Munich radio interview. Piccard, who recently rose about ten miles in a balloon, noted his interest in rocket flying and described experiments though not advanced.
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Berlin
New York
Auguste Piccard
Munich
Kirkland faces heavier sentence hearing in murder case
Virgil Kirkland, jailed on an indeterminate reformatory term for the Arlene Draves death at a November party, is slated for a new sentencing hearing. Judge Grant Crumpacker will consider increasing the penalty to five to twenty-one years as the state seeks a sterner term. Attorney General Ogden argued the term should be twenty-one years, contending the juvenile act of 1927 does not apply. No date for the hearing was set, but it was to occur within ten days.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Virgil Kirkland
Kirkland
Reformatory
James M. Ogden
Robert Eatill
Pinchot Eyes 1932 Presidential Run
Washington dispatch reports Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania may seek the Republican nomination in 1932. Western senators were approached to sound out support, while the White House gave no comment. The move comes as former Senator France of Maryland announces candidacy against Hoover. Pinchot’s past claims of White House backing were not confirmed.
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Washington
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Hoover
France
Maryland
Philadelphia
Republican
White House
Valley Forge
State High Court Grants Two Writs in Civil and Criminal Matters
The West Virginia Supreme Court granted two writs of error, denied two others, and handled appeals in compensation cases. Notable items include Ohio Valley Industrial Corp vs H L Seabright over a $19,000 subscription, Noah McCallister’s unlawful wounding case, and cattle sale litigation involving C E Maxey.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Ohio Valley Industrial Corporation
Ohio County
H. L. Seabright Company
Noah McCallister
Putnam County
Canada’s tariff schedule changes target US-derived goods
Ottawa reports Premier Bennett announced extensive tariff revisions aimed at reducing unemployment impact. The changes raise duties on anthracite coal, coke, bituminous coal, coal screenings, charcoal, and leather products, plus boosts for iron and steel items, prepared roofing, wallboards, insulating materials, wallpapers, containers, and building materials.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
R. B. Bennett
Three Rates in Ottawa Tariff Schedules
Ottawa announces three tariff rates: British preference for most of the empire, intermediate for Canada trade partners, and general for other nations. General rates cover the United States. Tariff changes take effect immediately when announced in the House of Commons budget unless stated otherwise. Not otherwise provided appears as N. O. P. in schedules.
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Ottawa
Ada
Great Britain
Canada
United States
House of Commons
Two new members join state road commission
Charleston June 1 Two new members of the three man state road commission take office today. Harry P. Henshaw of Martinsburg Democrat former state senator and Harold P. Tompkins Charleston Republican fill unexpired terms. Both had taken oaths earlier and begin work with chairman C P Fortney outlining plans for the year.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Harry P. Henshaw
Martinsburg
Harold P. Tompkins
Henshaw
Martinsbrug
Tompkins
C. P. Fortney
Commission
Conley
C. EB. McCoy
Putnam County
State Senate
Senate
Floyd E. Cunningham
Tompkins Fuel Company
Mrs Herbert Hoover Visits Hollidaysburg
Mrs Herbert Hoover arrives unannounced in Altoona Pennsylvania by train before dawn. She attends the graduation of her niece Janet Large from Highland Hall in Hollidaysburg then travels by car to Washington as the California girl is to be a White House guest.
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Altoona
Herbert Hoover
Hollidaysburg
Janet Large
Palo Alto
Qualif
Highland Hall
Fall Denied Review by Supreme Court in Doheny Bribe Case
Former interior secretary Albert B. Fall must report for commitment after the U S Supreme Court refused to review his conviction for taking a $100000 bribe from Edward L Doheny linked to naval oil reserves. He faces one year imprisonment and a $100000 fine amid health concerns and possible executive clemency.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
District of Columbia Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Fali
Edward L. Doheny
Naval
District of Columbia Court of Appeal
Fall
Harding
Harry F. Sinclair
Doheny
Indictments Sought in Fatal Shooting by Three Boys
Chicago, June 1. The state's attorney seeks indictments for three boys under 16 in the fatal shooting of Patrolman Edward Smith. Warmer Corry 15, Earl Corry 13, and Schuyler Pearson 16 faced grand jury action after a coroner's jury recommended it. The trio, detained at the county jail, attacked a swimming tank at John Marshall High School. Warmer shot the patrolman when ordered to leave.
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Chicago
State’s Attorney's Office
Edward Smith
Warmer Corry
Smith
Earl Corry
Schuyler Pearson
John Marshall High School
Corry
Governors Discuss Taxation Problems at Conference
At French Lick Indiana on June 1 more than twenty state chiefs executives attended the twenty third conference of governors. Governor Gifford Pinchot said four groups control over ninety percent of electrical power and Mellon Morgan interests control 57 percent. He called the utility question the biggest problem before the country.
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French Lick
Ind
Conference of
French Lick Springs Hotel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Mellon-Morgan
Young President of Chicago U is Honored
Berea Kentucky June 1 Dr Robert Maynard Hutchins president of the University of Chicago received an honorary doctor of laws from his father Dr William J Hutchins Berea college president at the institution's seventy fifth anniversary commencement The ceremony marked the first time a college president honored his own son with such a degree The moment drew a grave yet warm reaction as the hood was placed and both men shared a restrained smile and gaze
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Berea
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
William J. Hutchins
Chicago University
The
Mountain College
Hutchins
Gray
Hutching
Quake Reported Across Persian Region With Lightning Toll
A severe earthquake and heavy thunderstorms swept Teheran area over the weekend. Damavand and Shahpoor felt the strongest tremors but damage was limited. Seven people were struck by lightning at Hamadan, adding to this week’s perilous weather.
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Teheran
Persia
Damavand
Shahpoor
Hamadan
Pilot Ash Abandons Proposed Pacific Flight Attempt
Thomas Ash Jr., American wartime aviator, abandons his monoplane Pacific as unfit for a nonstop Pacific crossing. Seiji Yoshihara, backed by Hachi Shimbun, plans a new 6,268 mile attempt from Kurile islands to San Francisco via Kamchatka and the Aleutians on June 25 using a seaplane after damaging the first machine.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Thomas Ash Jr
Hachi Shimbun
Seiji Yoshihara
San Francisco
Yoshihara
Kurile Islands
Japan
Kamchitka Peninsula
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Mercer county Delays State Health Unit Plan
Mercer county commissioners announced they will not accept federal aid to establish a county health unit now. The state board had promised substantial funds and an additional local levy, but the county cites its financial condition and opposes extra taxation at this time.
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Mercer County
U. S. Public Health Service
State Board of Health
Public Health Service
United States
West Virginia
A. H. Hoge
Bluefield
State
Sing Omy Council
West Virginia Medical Association
France Sets Deadline On Guinan Departure
Havre France June 1 Texas Guinan must leave France by 1 PM Wednesday an official order states. She plans to go to Paris despite government ban while other destinations like Germany or Austria appear unlikely without formal work contracts. The labor department has not approved her French working contract delaying any visa options.
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Havre
France
Texas
Guinan
Paris
Austria
Counsal
Broadway Intertainer
Department of Labor
Ouster Proceedings Introduced in Tennessee Senate
Senator A B Broadbent was elected speaker of the Tennessee senate to oversee impeachment proceedings against Governor Henry H Horton as the house considers seven impeachment articles. The process requires a majority in the house and a two thirds vote in the senate to sustain charges. Broadbent opposes Crump of Memphis, leader of Horton's faction.
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Nashville
Tenn
A. B. Broadbent
Clarksville
Tennessee Senate
House of Representatives
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee
Senate
Broadbent
Congre Crump
Memphis
Horton
Dynamite Blast Fails to Aid J. T. Robinson Store Robbery
Explosion at the J. T. Robinson general store rocked nearby homes and damaged the building. Authorities estimate 15 to 20 sticks of dynamite were used before the robbers fled in a loaded truck with loot. total loss pegged at about 3000 dollars. Richlands police chief W. R. Kitte and Deputy Sheriff J. B. McGraw investigated.
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Tazewell County
J. T. Robinson
Robinson
W. R. Kitte
Richlands
J. B. McGraw
Oldest White House employee retires after 43 years
Washington June 1 William Strauss, the White House's oldest employee by tenure, retires after forty three years of service. He began in 1888 as a gardener's assistant under Grover Cleveland at a starting pay of 1.50 per day.
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Washington
William Strauss
White House
Grover Cleveland
Fatal Wound Ends Burkes Garden Farmer's Life
Ben Moss, 45, a prominent Burkes Garden farmer and Emory and Henry College alumnus, died at St Luke's hospital after a skull fracture allegedly caused by neighbor Clint Goodman during a hog dispute. Goodman was jailed on $5,000 bond. preliminary hearing set June 11 before Magistrate C. T. Patton. Funeral services were held at Burkes Garden.
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Ben Moss
Burkes Garden
St. Luke's Hospital
Clint Goodman
Mose
Goodman
N. Clarence Smith
Commonwealth
Tazewell County
Shields Harman
Arthur Lewis
Tazewell
R. M. Goodman
C. T. Patton
J. F. Fox
Christiansburg
Goodmans
Fox
Moss
Gratton
Emory and Henry College
Hunt Million Year Old Horse Herd In Idaho
Washington June 1 Two expeditions depart to track big game roaming Montana fifteen million years ago and to gather a fossil horse herd in Idaho Dr Charles W Gilmore of the United States National museum leads the Montana search for bones of ancient ancestors of camels and rhinoceroses Also sought are skeletons of animals long extinct including the dog bear a flesh eating giant and a rhinoceros sized pig from a time when the Rocky mountains were rising and volcanoes were common in the region
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Washington
Montana
Indaho
Charles W. Gilmore
United States National Museum
Rocky Mountains
Gilmore
Mercer County Election Set Across Three Towns Today
Voters in Oakvale Matoaka and Princeton start polls for two year terms selecting a mayor recorder and council members. Princeton features Republican Democratic and Citizens tickets with strong turnout anticipated while Matoaka eyes a tight race and Oakvale shows lighter interest. Notable candidates include Dr S T Bird and Arthur McKinney among others.
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Mercer County
Oakvale
Matoaka
Princeton
J. Sam Bennett
Recorder
E. King
Bee Peck
Neliie Macintosh Noel
Sam Priddy
S. T. Bird
J. B. Shrewabury
Ehiia
A. 8. Fortune
Diamond Makes Third Court Appearance On Coercion Charges
Catskill New York June 1 Jack Diamond the taciturn gangster made his third Greene county supreme court appearance to deny guilt on two charges coercion and violation of the pistol law. He was brought from the county jail after discharge from an Albany hospital to answer the two latest charges and will go to trial on June 8 with others from his gang.
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Catskill
N. Y
Jack Diamond
Greene County Supreme Court
Albany
Diamond
Crowley Begins Death House Stay Ahead of July Execution
Francis Crowley, the young “bad man” who killed a policeman, was locked in Sing Sing’s death house tonight ahead of an anticipated July execution. A knife fashioned from a spoon handle was found in his stocking during undressing, and keeper John O’Connor confronted the inmate. Crowley had earlier listened to the Nassau county judge sentence him to death at Mineola. Attorney Charles Weeks, assigned to meet him, filed notice of appeal.
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Ossining
N. Y
Francis Crowley
Sing Sing
Crowley
John O'Connor
Mineola
Long Island
Nassau County
Charles Weeks
Montreat unit votes break with church council
The Presbyterians of Montreat vote to sever relations with the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America after debate over birth control. The Charleston delegates argued against the report and a speaker labeled the council unChristian, as the assembly passed the motion 175 to 79 to end ties.
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E. A. Dillard
Charlotte
Federal Council
8. Parkes Cadman
New York City
Presbyterian Church Rejects Birth Control in Marriage Report
Pittsburgh notes the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States agrees with the commission that the birth control recommendation was eliminated. It laments Hollywood and secular trends eroding marriage and urges fundamental studies in marriage to teach youths how to achieve lasting unions. The assembly carries the report with emphasis on responsible family life.
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Pittsburgh
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Ita
Hollywood
Nevada
Assembly
Commission
Press Suspension Law Held Void by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a five to four decision, struck down Minnesota's 1925 press suppression law used to halt the Saturday Press, Minneapolis. Chief Justice Hughes led the majority, calling the statute a censorship and an unconstitutional infringement on press liberty under the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Butler dissented with Justices McReynolds, Vandevanter, and Sutherland joining.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Minnesota
Saturday
Minneapolis
Hughes
Holmes
Brandeis
Stone
Roberts
Butler
McReynolds
Vandevanter
Sutherland
Indiana
Saturday Press
Hennepin County
State Supreme Court
Mayors Tour French Fronts and Cemeteries in Nancy Visit
Visiting American mayors toured battlefront sites and cemeteries near Filrey and Thiancourt, met the American Expeditionary Force, and arrived in the Lorraine capital for a round of receptions including an entertainment at the city hall.
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Nancy
France
Filrey
Thiancourt
Lorraine
Elately City Hall
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O. D. Epling
C. J. Thompson
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J. R. Boyd
James Brennan
C. E. Lucado
D. H. Tiller
Blair Honaker
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