Tanker sinks after fog collision off Scituate
The steamship Fairfax carrying 71 passengers collided with an oil tanker off Scituate Mass in dense fog. The tanker sank with unknown crew fate, while the Gloucester assisted and passengers were transferred to the Gloucester or the Fairfax. Ambulances and medical staff were summoned as injured were to be taken to hospital. exact details remained scant hours after the crash.
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Boston
Fairfax
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Scituate
Mass
Gloucester
Archibald Brooks
Massachusetts Bay
Brooks
A. CG. Bunting
Senate Sets Friday Vote on Tariff and War Veterans Bill
The senate fixed Friday afternoon for a final vote on the tariff. The finance committee approved a modified house bill liberalizing World War veterans compensations. The foreign relations committee prepared a resolution asserting 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 in Cincinnati
The state banking department closed Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust and its seven branches after Shafer of Henry L. Doherty Co caused a capital impairment. Examiners cite Shafer shorting his account by 623,000 and Doherty connections amid alleged embezzlement and stock manipulation.
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Cincinnati
State Banking Department
Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company
A. W. Shafer
Henry L. Doherty Company
New York
Shafer
Doherty Company
Doherty Cincinnati
Liberty
Doherty
Cities Service
Doherty Books
Cincinnati Better Business Bureau
Senate to Assert Rights to Notes on London Treaty
Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans a formal resolution asserting its constitutional right to review secret papers on the London naval treaty. President Hoover's withholding of notes prompts deferral calls on ratification discussions, with signatures sought on petitions urging delay or postponement vote.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
Alabama
Borah
Johnson
California
Longworth says House will quit next week
Speaker Longworth stated the House would adjourn by the end of next week after the Senate acts on the tariff Friday. The House plans Saturday for disposing of the measure and may adopt a resolution Saturday requesting adjournment the following Saturday contingent on Senate action.
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Longworth
House
Washington
Senate
Weather delays Kingsford Smith U S flight from Ireland
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and three companions delay departure of the Southern Cross from Dublin as Atlantic weather forecasts hinder takeoff. Extra precautions are in place for a risky crosswind start at Curragh runway. Smith may receive about $50,000 from accessory firms if successful. partners get $5,000 each.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Charles Kingsford Smith
United States
Southern Croes
Atlantic
Curragh
Kingsford- Smith
City adopts first reading of tightened license tax code
Bluefield West Virginia directors introduced a sweeping license ordinance tightening fees and penalties to align with state law. The measure targets hawkers peddlers and itinerant merchants defining transient merchants and expanding registry and enforcement while removing unused old taxes. The bill awaits final reading next Tuesday with aim to take effect upon passage.
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City Board of Directors
Bluefield
W. Va
Probe orders on traffic in ginger product misrepresented as Jamaica extract
Senate agriculture committee demanded the agriculture department records on bootleg ginger traffic dubbed a prohibition problem. Senator Wheeler cited thousands of paralysis and death cases from the product sold with standard labels across the country. W G Campbell promised to return with files to address lax enforcement of foods and drugs standards and related charges.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wheeler
Montana
W. G. Campbell
Prohibition Bureau
H. W. Ambruster
New York
Ambruster
Supreme Court Grants Appeal in Logan County Coal Lease Case
The state supreme court granted an appeal to plaintiff Mrs. Mary Chafin in the case against Gay Coal and Coke Company over a lease on 151 acres of coal land in Logan County.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Mary Chafin
Gay Coal and Coke Company
Logan County
Tariff Bill Vote 5 Set For Friday By Consent
Washington June 10 The tariff bill fate hinges on one or two votes as senators set Friday at p.m. for a decisive test by unanimous consent amid hopes Democrats seek Reed and Grundy assistance. Blaine hovers over cheese conference participation, and Brossard defends the agriculture protection analysis amid partisan critique.
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Washington
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Reed
Grundy
Hawley
House
Ways and Means Committee
Blaine
Wisconsin
Smoot
Utah
Tariff Commission
McCulloch
Republican
Ohio
President
Congress
E. B. Brossard
Knutson
Minnesota
Commission
Brossard
Dancing in Greenwich Village Love Story Opens on Page Three
Judith Grant a charming Greenwich Village dancer faces a torn choice between loyalty to a friend and love as her ch e moon sweetheart asks her to marry him. The Bohemian Cafe scene and artist life set the backdrop for the new serial on page three.
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Chum
Judith Grant
Greenwich Village
Tony
Senate panel weighs further probe into Cannon defiance
Washington reports show the senate lobby committee split over possible action after Bishop James Cannon Jr. refused to answer questions on his 1928 anti-Smith activities. Investigators tracked contributions from E. C. Jameson, noting Cannon’s undisclosed $48,300, with Cannon stating the funds were distributed among Virginia districts.
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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
Longworth Wins Virginia City Council In Bluefield Vote
In Bluefield Virginia the 519 ballots produced Robert L Longworth 350 and K C Petty 161 for mayoral council at large. C P Painter defeated Laura F Davenport for treasurer by 80. R K Crockett led East ward council with 494 votes, C W Pierce 471 in West ward, H C Broyles 285, J S Dudley 290. The new five member council and treasurer will take office Sept 1 under the towns first 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
S. Vernon
J. W. Leedy
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Finance Panel Endorses Vet Compensation Expansion
The Senate Finance Committee approved a revised bill to liberalize World War II veterans compensation adding about 74 million dollars yearly. Democrats and Republicans debate veto prospects while supporters push for prompt enactment and potential presidential signature. Senator Shortridge noted the measure’s passage would rely on substantial terms and presidential approval.
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Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Rankin
Mississippi
Senate
Shortridge
California
Finance Committee
Chant Spirituals As Chair Beckons Five Doomed Men
Four Negro prisoners join in singing Swing Low Sweet Chariot and The Evil One in the death cells at Western State Penitentiary Eddyville Kentucky as the electric chair is tested for Balard T Ratcliffe and four accomplices. Ratcliffe awaits execution for a 1928 murder in St Louis while the others, all Louisville murder convicts, face Thursday night transfer to the death chamber. Ratcliffe has written long letters to his mother and denies guilt.
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Sweet Chariot
Eddyville
Ballard Ratcliffe
Mother
Williamson
W. Va
Western State Penitentiary
Ballard T. Ratcliffe
Cella
Ratcliffe
Will
Richard Edmonds
Louisville
Lloyd Williams
John Keller
James Grigsby
William A. Muse
St. Louis
Young King Carol Reorganizes Army in Romania
King Carol II of Romania restructured the armed forces naming Prince Nikolaus inspector of water land and air forces and elevating Av erescu and Presian to field marshal. He met with officers vowing allegiance while seeking a new government and a potential reconciliation with Princess Helen.
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Bucharest
Romania
Carol II
Nikolaus
Averescu
Presian
Carol
Helen
Park Avenue Heiress Marries For July Wedding
New York on June 10 announced a marriage license for Mary Davis Landstreet 28 social register dancer daughter of Fairfax Stuart Landstreet president of Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Co. The German marine groom and the couple plan a July ceremony.
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New York
Park Avenue
Mary Davis Landstreet
Fairfax Stuart Landstreet
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
Broadway
Hoover testifies on 1924 suspension of Communist watch
J Edgar Hoover told the House Communist Investigating Committee the justice department halted monitoring Communist activity in 1924 due to insufficient laws and funds. Rep Hamilton Fish cited Hoover alleging a Third Internationale plan to incite Negro unrest and send leaders to Moscow. Other officials are slated to testify at a secret session 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. Luhring
Robert F. Kelly
Lieut Apollo Soucek to Try for Mark Today
Washington June 10. With favorable weather Lieut Apollo Soucek will attempt tomorrow to break his world altitude record for airplanes. He rose to 10000 feet today to test the motor after wind cleared the skies, returning once he verified the engine and propeller setup from last week’s record.
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Washington
Apollo Soucek
Raids target poison liquor dens in New York
Dozens of so called smoke joints, speakeasies, drug stores and other venues were raided by fifty prohibition agents led by Major Maurice Campbell to seize denatured and synthetic wood alcohol believed responsible for thirty two deaths in thirty days. Bartenders and owners were arrested as derelicts were removed from locations. Authorities said colored alcohol sold for about 15 cents a drink.
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New York
Prohibition
Maurice Campbell
Campbell
Bowery
Chicago Press Unites Over 55000 Reward for Slain Reporter
Chicago newspapers push a 55000 reward for the killer of Alfred Lingle a veteran police reporter. Editors frame the slaying as a war on gangsters and pledge united action to end crime in the city.
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Chicago
Press of Chicago Tonight United
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Triune
The
Tribune
Lingle
Tribura
Herald and Examiner
United States
Silk glove found for left hand in June Chicago clue
Clues point to a silk glove for the left hand and a short-bar pistol linked to a June Chicago case. Police note the odd find may relate to a larger investigation and urge readers to turn to page five for more details.
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Chicago
Logan men held in street fight after clashes in Logan
Justice of the Peace J F Copley was arrested on a charge of attempted assault after a jailyard altercation with plumber H E Duncan. Duncan and five others including ex sheriff Don Chafin faced felonious assault or minor charges as state police from eight posts arrived amid street fighting in Logan County.
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Logan
Justice of the Peace
West Virginia
H. E. Duncan
Copley
Logan County
Duncan
Naaman Jackson
Don Chafin
L. B. Hatfield
Chafin
Hatfield
Williamson
Kenova
Matewan
Barbourlyville
Welch
Hamlin
Chapmansville
Logan Post
Oil Pioneer Isaac N. Hinderliter Dies at 84
Isaac N. Hinderliter 84 a prominent early oil industry figure in this region died today. He began as a contractor boating oil on Oil Creek and the Allegheny River during the oil excitement.
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Oil City
Isaac N. Hinderliter
Oil Creek
Allegheny River
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Charles Kingsford-Smith
Jake
Reed and Grundy
Longworth Wing
J. 8. Dudley
H. C. Broyles
Press of Chicago
U. S
Mark
City Post
Gunster
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