Tanker Sinks After Fog Collision Off Scituate
The steamship Fairfax carrying 71 passengers collided with an oil tanker in fog off Scituate Massachusetts and sank the tanker. The Gloucester rushed to aid and began transferring passengers to return to Boston as doctors were summoned.
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Gloucester
Boston
Fairfax
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Scituate
Mass
Archibald Brooks
Massachusetts Bay
Brooks
A. C. Bunting
Senate Favors Resolution on Right to Notes in Treaties
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans a formal resolution asserting its right to secret papers about the London naval treaty. President Hoover withholds the documents, sparking protests and petitions for delay or action until the papers are released.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
Black
Alabama
Borah
Johnson
California
Senate
Moses
Senate sets Friday for final tariff vote
The senate scheduled a Friday afternoon final vote on the tariff. The Senate Finance Committee approved a modified House bill to liberalize World War veterans' compensation. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee prepared to assert its rights to London treaty papers withheld by the president.
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Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bank and Seven Branches Closed Over Shafer Defalcation
The state banking department closed Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust and its seven branches after a deficit tied to A W Shafer. Examiners found Shafer short about 623000 in his account and revealed further losses from Doherty company dealings. Investigations show embezzlement charges and a grand jury subpoena underway.
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Cincinnati
State Banking Department
Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company
A. W. Shafer
Henry L. Doherty Company
New York
Shafer
Doherty
Doherty Cincinnati
Liberty
Cities Service
Doherty Books
Cincinnati Better Business Bureau
Cities
Longworth Says House Will Quit Next Week
Washington June 10 Speaker Longworth announced the house would adjourn by the end of next week. With the senate to vote on the tariff Friday the house will set aside Saturday to dispose of the measure. After tariff action the house may adopt a resolution Saturday seeking adjournment the following Saturday. He noted it depends on the senate and passage of the second deficiency bill and miscellaneous legislation.
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Washington
Longworth
House
Senate
Weather delays Kingsford Smith flight to United States
Dublin reports Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and three companions delaying takeoff of the Southern Oroge due to a forecast of bad Atlantic conditions. Precautions are stepped up for the crosswind start on Curragh runway. success would earn Smith about $50,000 from necessary firms with $5,000 promised to each partner.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Charles Kingsford Smith
United States
Atlantic
Curragh
Kingsford- Smith
City approves first reading of new transient license tax
Directors update the ordinance to align fees with state law, cutting unused taxes and tightening controls for hawkers, peddlers and itinerant merchants. The measure defines transient merchants and outlines licensing, registration and penalties in Bluefield West Virginia.
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City Board of Directors
Bluefield
W. Va
Senate probes ginger traffic in bootleg drink
Washington June 10 The senate agriculture committee demanded records of the agriculture department on bootleg traffic in ginger jake a misrepresented Standard Jamaica ginger extract sold for beverages. Senator Wheeler warned thousands of paralysis and deaths were linked to the product. Campbell said actions were taken but the issue is a prohibition problem and he would return Thursday with files. Ambruster pressed lax enforcement of drugs including ergot digitalis and other crude substances.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wheeler
Montana
W. G. Campbell
Prohibition Bureau
Campbell
H. W. Ambruster
New York
Ambruster
Supreme Court Grants Appeal in Coal Lease Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court granted an appeal to plaintiff Mrs. Mary Chafin in her suit against Gay Coal and Coke Co. from Logan County. The dispute centers on a lease covering 151 acres of coal land.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Mary Chafin
Gay Coal and Coke Company
Logan County
Tariff Bill Vote Set Friday as Senate Maneuvers Continue
Senators prepare for a Friday 2 pm vote on the tariff bill with leaders hedging on outcome. Democrats seek Reed and Grundy from Pennsylvania to help defeat the measure while Blaine and Smoot clash over cheese duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Reed and Grundy
Brossard Defends Tariff Analysis On Agriculture Share
Washington report says E B Brossard Republican tariff commission chair rejects charges of propaganda in releasing a study showing agriculture would receive 68 percent of the proposed tariff increase. He explains the analysis was prepared by an advisory board, approved by the commission, and distributed to the public.
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Washington
E. B. Brossard
Tariff Commission
Knutson
Minnesota
Commission
Senate
Brossard
Dancing Can Begin in Greenwich Village Serial Tale
Judith Grant, a charming Greenwich Village dancer, faces a love dilemma when her friend’s sweetheart asks for her hand. Set against Bohemian cafes and tiny garret apartments, the new serial story opens with a swift-moving plot and urban romance.
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Chum
Judith Grant
Greenwich Village
Tony
Split over Cannon probe grows after senator clash
Washington reports the senate lobby committee remains divided over how to handle Bishop James Cannon Jr. refusal to answer about 1928 anti Smith activity. A formal meeting is set as investigators consider further inquiry aided by a New York trip to trace $6500 contributions and undisclosed funds.
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Washington
James Cannon Jr
Senate Lobby Committee
Cannon
New York
John Holland
E. C. Jameson
Walsh
Montana
Holland
Blaine
Wisconsin
Senate
Jameson
Congress
Lobby Committee
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee Approves Vet Compensation Bill
The modified bill to liberalize World War II veterans compensation gains Senate Finance Committee approval with an estimated annual expenditure of about 74 million dollars. Supporters expect presidential approval, while critics warn of a possible veto or conference delays delaying enactment. Senator Shortridge led the discussion and expressed confidence the bill would pass this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Rankin
Mississippi
Senate
Shortridge
California
Finance Committee
Five doomed men await execution in Western State Penitentiary
In Eddyville Kentucky on June 10 four Negro inmates joined by a white man BalLard Ratcliffe in the death cells to hear electric chair testing. The men Lloyd Williams John Keller James Grigsby Richard Edmonds and Ratcliffe face execution Friday morning for murders in Louisville and the Muse murder in St Louis. Ratcliffe has long written to his mother in Williamson West Virginia and denies guilt.
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Sweet Chariot
Eddyville
Ballard Ratcliffe
Mother
Williamson
W. Va
Western State Penitentiary
Ballard T. Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe
Will
Richard Edmonds
Louisville
Lloyd Willams
John Keller
James Grigsby
William A. Muse
St. Louis
Longworth Wins Virginia Election in Bluefield Council Contest
In Bluefield Virginia 519 votes were cast with Robert L Longworth winning the council seat at large 350 to 161 over K C Petty and C P Painter elected treasurer 80 vote margin. Crockett Pierce Dudley Broyles also won council seats under the new non partisan charter.
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Bluefield
Robert L. Longworth
K. C. Petty
Longworth
C. P. Painter
Laura F. Davenport
Walter J. Fink
J. S. Dudley
G. B. Stevens
R. L. Longworth
R. K. Crockett
C. W. Pierce
Patty
I. Vernon
J. W. Leedy
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
King Carol II Reorganizes Romanian Army
In Bucharest on June 10 King Carol II reorganized Romania's armed forces naming Prince Nikolaus general inspector of all services and elevating Av erescu and Presian to field marshal. He aimed for a stable government and sought a premier by tomorrow while pursuing reconciliation with Princess Helen amid public calls for unity.
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Bucharest
Romania
Carol II
Nikolaus
Averescu
Presian
Carol
Helen
Park Avenue Heiress and German Marine Prize License
New York on June 10 reports Mary Davis Landstreet 28 daughter of Fairfax Stuart Landstreet president of Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Co obtained a marriage license. The couple said they planned to wed in July. The bride is a social register dancer.
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New York
Park Avenue
Mary Davis Landstreet
Fairfax Stuart Landstreet
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
Broadway
Hoover testifies on Communist watch suspension in 1924
J Edgar Hoover told the House Communist Investigation Committee that the Justice Department halted monitoring Communist activities in 1924 due to insufficient laws and funds. He argued the Third Internationale, based in Moscow, controlled the American Communist Party and urged actions against counterrevolutionary efforts. The hearing, including Father Edmund Walsh, covered confidential department files and planned further secret testimony on Wednesday.
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Washington
Justice Department
House
J. Edgar Hoover
Hamilton Fish
Republican
New York
Hoover
Communist Party of America
Moscow
Edmund Walsh
Georgetown University
Justice Department of Communists
Fish
Third Internationale
Communist Party In
America
American’ Legion
Boy Scouts
American Federation of Labor
Oscar R. Lubring
Robert F. Kelly
Soucek to Challenge World Altitude Mark Today
Lieut Apollo Soucek will attempt to break his world altitude record for airplanes tomorrow with favorable weather. After not securing an official barograph in time, he climbed to 10 000 feet to test the motor and adjust the propeller angle from his prior record flight.
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Washington
Apollo Soucek
Raids Target Poisoned Liquor Joints In New York
Fifty prohibition agents led by Major Maurice Campbell raided dozens of alleged speakeasies drug stores and other venues suspected of selling poisonous liquor. They seized denatured alcohol synthetic wood alcohol home brew and other beverages while arresting bartenders and owners.
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New York
Prohibition
Maurice Campbell
Campbell
Bowery
Chicago Press Declares War on Gangsters Over Lingle Killing
Chicago papers unite in a war on gangsters after offering 56000 in rewards for the killer of Tribune reporter Alfred Jake Lingle. Editors call the act a reprisal and vow to end crime’s grip as citizens demand accountability and action.
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Chicago
Press of Chicago Tonight United
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Tribune
The
Lingle
Tribura
Herald and Examiner
United States
Logan Men Held in Street Fight
In Logan June 10 Justice of the Peace J. E. Copley was arrested on a charge of attempted assault after a brawl at the Logan county jail during a night of clashes that drew state police from eight posts. Plumber H. E. Duncan, Don Chafin and four others faced various penalties, with Chafin fined $1,000 and Duncan cited for assault and battery.
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Logan
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Copley
West Virginia
H. E. Duncan
Plumber
Copley
Logan County
Duncan
Naaman Jackson
Don Chafin
L. B. Hatfield
Chafin
Hatfield
Williamson
Kenova
Matewan
Barboursville
Welch
Hamlin
Chapmansyville
Logan Post
Oil man dies prominent in early oil industry
Isaac N. Hinderliter aged 84, a longtime figure in the region’s early oil boom, died today in Oil City. He began as a contractor boating oil on OL creek and the Allegheny River during the oil excitement.
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Oil City
Isaac N. Hinderliter
OL Creek
Allegheny River
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