Lake Cargo Coal Rates Hearing Opens Before I C C
The Interstate Commerce Commission began evidence on lake cargo freight rates with Pennsylvania and Ohio coal producers seeking rates more than 35 cents below Ohio plans. Southern operators oppose any rate change amid long interventions by Anthracite Institute railroads and civic groups.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lake Erie
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
The
Anthracite Institute
Great Lakes
Northwest
Minnesota
Lakes
A. B. McElvany
McElvany
Sandusky
Toledo
Midtown Manhattan Radio Center Planned
New York announces a $250 million Midtown project by John R. Todd for Rockefeller Jr and RCA. The plan covers three square blocks between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and 48th to 51st Streets. Rockefeller interests will finance four theaters twenty seven studios and many offices including a sixty story tower. the opera house site was rejected by the Metropolitan Opera.
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New York
Midtown Manhattan
John R. Todd
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Radio Corporation of America
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
48Th
51St Streets
Rockefeller
Metropolitan Opera House
Opera Company
Fire in Morgantown business district injures firefighter
A major blaze in Morgantown West Virginia confined to one building after all city firefighting units battled the flames. Fireman Homer Zearly was injured. The fire began on the second floor in the Louis Melnicoff block with losses estimated at 6000 to 8000 dollars and the cause undetermined.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Homer Zearly
Louis Melnicoff
Second Victim Of Desert Tragedy Found Near Cadiz
Cadiz California June 16 The body of Salvadore Morenas 34 the second victim of a dual desert tragedy was found near the little desert railway station settlement today. A coroner s jury ruled Morenas died of heat and exhaustion and his mother was found yesterday in a small automobile nine miles east of here. The two bodies were buried side by side in the desert sands.
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Cadiz
Cal
Salvadore Morenas
Here
Morenas
Desert
Ids
Schall Leads Minnesota Republican Senate Primary
St. Paul Minn June 16 Thomas D Schall the blind U S senator led the Minnesota Republican primary vote over Governor Theodore Christianson with 16 497 to 11 502 from 202 precincts mainly in Minneapolis where Schall is from Christianson backers rely on rural areas John F Selb on the prohibition repeal platform trailed with 1 762 votes A GOP total of about 400 000 was forecast Democrats faced minor contests Schall and Christianson clashed over tariff issues while both supported prohibition and attacked each other on national matters
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St. Paul
Minn
Thomas D. Schall
Minnesota
United States
Schall
Theodore Christianson
Minneapolis
Christianson
John F. Selb
Thomas I. Schall
John F. Selba Wet
Maine Republicans battle in Senate race as returns come in
In Portland on June 16 Representative Wallace White Jr and former Governor Ralph C. Brewster traded leads in the Republican Senate primary as returns from about two thirds of Maine precincts showed White ahead by nearly 3,000 votes while Brewster closed gaps. Governor William Tudor Gardiner led John Wilson by about 12,000 and seemed assured of renomination. Dugald B. Dewar, the first wet candidate in six years, also ran.
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Maine
Portland
Wallace H. White Jr
Ralph C. Brewster
United States Senate
White
Brewster
William Tudor Gardiner
John Wilson
Bangor
Dugald B. Dewar
Beer Baron Gets a Year Pen Term
Chicago report on Ralph Capone facing three years for income tax fraud with Leavenworth prison time and two years in Cook County Jail plus fines. Judge Wilkerson sentenced him after confirming the charges, while Al Capone faced separate outcomes in related cases. Ralph’s defense suggested minor involvement, but government witnesses testified to major bootlegging and large asset deposits.
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Ralph Capone
Scarface
Chicago
Capone
Ralph J
James H. Wilkerson
Ralph
Cicero
United States
Wilkerson
Leavenworth
Cook County
Lenders Ready to Enforce Tariff Policy in Election Year
Washington June 16 The tariff bill is expected to be signed by Hoover tomorrow and take effect Wednesday Treasury officials are prepared to administer the new tariff structure. Republican leaders embrace the issue as Democrats denounce Hoover’s stance amid election-year rhetoric.
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Hoover
Treasury
Washington
Democratic National Executive Committee
Congress
Watson
Indiana
People of
Harrison
Mississippi
Robinson
Arkansas
Jouett Shouse
Shouse
Taft
White House
Curtis
Senate
House
Smoot
Finance Committee
Hawley
Ways and Means Committee
Continental United
Dog Aids Police In Bandit Chase In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on June 16 a bank messenger was robbed of 2337 by two men in Mount Washington. One suspect Harry Andricini, 38, was captured in the McKees Rocks basement after a dog’s noise exposed his hiding place. Companion fled. police stopped pursuit later.
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Pittsburgh
Mount Washington
Harry Andricini
McKees Rocks
John B. Stauff
South Hills Trust Company
Morris French
Andricini
Blackie
Loyalist Forces Halt Southern Rebels Drive
Shanghai June 16 government forces today halted the five of the southern rebels near Wuchang's walls but were reported thrust back by northern rebels as fighting raged toward Wuchang Hankow and Hanyang in central China. Fifty thousand Nationalists repelled the southerners who retreated after recent losses at Changsha and Yochow. The northern alliance rebels were said to have pushed back the nationalists north of Hankow. Weakened by withdrawals to face the southerners, the government army pulled back to Chumatien, 125 miles south of Chengchow, along the Peiping Hankow railway.
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Shanghai
Wuchang
Hankow
Hanyang
China
Changsha
Yochow
Northern Alliance
Chumatien
Chengchow
Honan Province
Peiping-Hankow
Nomination Confirmed for Edward T. Franks to Board
Washington reports the Senate confirmed Edward T. Franks of Kentucky to succeed himself as a member of the federal board for rotational education. The action was taken on June 16.
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Washington
Edward T. Franks
Kentucky
Federal Board For Rotational Education
Senate
Lindbergh Eyes Round Trip US Europe Flight Experiments
The Daily News reports Col Charles A Lindbergh at the Morrow estate Englewood New Jersey conducting experiments with a inflatable sailboat craft behind a swimming pool. The craft is designed to fit a cockpit and keep a person afloat for hours as Lindbergh contemplates a US Europe transatlantic flight.
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New York
Daily
Newa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Englewood
N. J
Anne Morrow
Colonel Lindbergh
Morrow
Lindbergh
The
Newe
United States
Europe
New Jersey Senate Candidates Close Campaign Ahead of Polls
Newark June 16. Republican hopefuls Dwight W. Morrow Joseph S Frelinghuysen Franklin W Fort and John A Kelly bid for the long and short terms in a tight primary. Morrow advocates repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment while Frelinghuysen now seeks liquor control. Fort runs as a dry, Kelly bills himself soaking wet. Democrats nominate Alexander Simpson for long term and Thelma Parkinson for short term.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
United States Senate
B.S. T
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
United States
Franklin W. Fort
Congress
National Republican Committee
Morrow
John A. Kelly
Kelly
Walter Edge
France
Alexander Simpson
Thelma Parkinson
Vineland
Five die in Interurban crash near Norman Oklahoma
Five people were killed and three seriously injured when an interurban car struck a Norman to Moore area automobile at a grade crossing north of Norman. Victims include Ernie Reynolds 17 Reva Reynolds 11 Eugene Reynolds 4 Mildred Shelton 20 Dale Heneger 15. The Reynolds children were all related to farmer Jim R Reynolds.
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Norman
Okla
Here
Oklahoma City
Ernie Reynolds
Reva Reynolds
Eugene Reynolds
Mildred Shelton
Dale Heneger
Carl Reynolds
Leona Reynolds
Martha Reynolds
Reynolds
Jim R. Reynolds
Moore
Oklo
Trials Set for July for Death of Nurse Mary Ferrell
In Charleston on June 16 three defendants Fred Oliver Bonnie Oliver and Tom Jordan are indicted in the death of Mary Ferrell Ironton Ohio nurse. Trials in the intermediate court are scheduled for July 8. The trio remain free on bonds posted at the last term.
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Charleston
Mary Ferrell
Ironton
Ohio
Fred Oliver
Bonnie Oliver
Tom Jordan
Plan to merge five railroads eyed as hearing proceeds
Witnesses at an interstate commerce commission hearing described a plan to merge the Wabash Lehigh Valley Wheeling and Lake Erie Western Maryland and Pittsburgh and West Virginia railroads into a single trunk line. Frank E Taplin said he would lease or exchange stock to gain ownership while H H Lee of Pennroad backed the idea.
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Washington
Wabash
Lehigh Valley
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Maryland
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frank E. Taplin
Pittsburgh and
H. H. Lee
Pennroad Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad
Taplan
Pittsburgh and West Virginia
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Nickel Plate Railroad
van Sweringen Group
Taplin
Commission
Counsil
Nickel Plate Company
Lee
Pennroad
Norfolk and Western and Seaboard Air Line
Explosion in Perth Amboy Leaves Two Women Dead
An all day inquiry failed to determine the blast cause that ripped a building front in Perth Amboy New Jersey. Police weighed bomb gas leak or exploding still theories but evidence burned away in the fire. Two women, Mrs Agnes Kent and Mrs Margaret Sourat, were killed as eight others were injured. Fire units fought the blaze and the damage reached 235000 dollars.
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Berth Amboy
N. J
Agnes Kent
Margaret Sourat
Eight Toledo Men Missing After Pelee Island Speedboat Trip
Airplanes and boats scoured Lake Erie from Toledo to Pelee Island for eight men who disappeared Saturday while riding in a speedboat. The recovered speedboat showed a severed tow rope and damaged windshield as investigators search for survivors or a fatal accident.
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Toledo
Lake Erie
Peelee Island
Charles H. Nants
Internal Revenue
Herbert
Franklin B. Jones
Lucas County
Board of Elections
Arthur Kruse
Kruse-Berman Mortuary Company
Frank Miller
Henry Heinbush
John Myers
John Hipcock
Pelee Island
Chicago Chiefs Quit as Gangs’ War Intensifies
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson loses two police chiefs amid gang violence. Commissioner William F. Russell and Captain John Stege resign, as a council inquiry and grand jury probe launch to purge City Hall and police of crime influence. Judge Denis J. Normoyle urges action following the Lingle murder.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
City Council
William F. Russell
John Stege
Police Department
Arthur F. Albert
Albert
Thompson
Stege
Russell
Denis J. Normoyle
Criminal Court
Normoyle
United States
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Association of Commerce
Delays in Vet Bill Cloud Senate Adjourment Pace
Washington lawmakers clash over sending the veterans relief measure to the White House before adjournment. Senate leaders pressed to finish the rivers and harbors bill while House members push for a week end closeout. Leaders seek a vote on the veterans measure amid veto risk and swift harbor bill changes.
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Senate
White House
Hoover
Watson
Indiana
House
McNary
Oregon
Longworth
Robinson Arkansas
Congress
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Johnnson
California
Rivers and Harbors
Chicago Flight Aims For New World Record
John and Kenneth Hunter piloted an endurance plane from Sky Harbor in Chicago. At 4:40 p.m. CDT on June 16 the craft had been aloft five days totaling 120 hours, matching the St. Louis Robin’s 120-hour record set last year.
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Chicago
Judge sentences Kathleen Arnold in West Virginia court
Judge George W. McClintite of the US district court in Charleston presided over sentences after a busy term. Kathleen Arnold, a former Elbert post office worker, received two years in Alderson federal facility for embezzlement of 1382 dollars.
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George W. McClintitc
United States Court For
Southern District of West Virginia
McClintite
Kathleen Arnold
Elbert
McDowell County
Federal Institution For Women
Alderson
Elliott Blankenship
Mercer County
Atlanta
Horace M. Lee
Nicholas County
Ruby Boyd Spencer
Jay Lilly
Haywood Thompson Edwards
A. L. Calhoun
Sug Hatfield
Oliver Smith
Henry Gibson
William E. Zofer
James G. Akere
Everett Boyd
Ernie Boyd
Wallace Grayson
Stewart York
Albert Perdue
Leslie Earl Snead
John Snead
Nelson Robb
Bond
Nathan Walker
Joe Debost
J. T. Howard
Hawton Davis
W. H
E. W Keaton
George Cole
Juda E. Cole
Grover Pack
Foster Auvill
King Carol Plans Coronation Fete in Alba Julia
Bucharest reports King Carol II has moved to crown himself with a grand coronation set for October 11 in Alba Julia the site of the late King Ferdinand II. He intends to invite all crowned heads and allied presidents, with invitations to be personally delivered by General Prezan and Professor Iorga who will tour London Washington Belgrade Rome Brussels and Paris.
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Bucharest
Carol II
Rumania
Carol
Carol Caraiman
Helen
Alba Julia
Ferdinand
Ferdinand II
Balkan
Prezam
Nicholas Iorga
Jorga
London
Washington
Prezan
Belgrade
Rome
Brussels
Paris
West Virginia Power projects approved for Cheat and Blackwater
The Public Service Commission and Gov. Conley approve eight of the 13 proposed hydroelectric developments by West Virginia Power and Transmission on the Cheat watershed. Approval covers Blackwater and Cheat river sites in Tucker and surrounding counties with costs and deadlines, while projects on Big Sandy Creek Grady Fork Shavers Fork and Dry Fork are denied. A 12‑point license framework and protestant meeting set for June 24 accompany the ruling.
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Charleston
West Virginia Power and Transmission Company
Cheatives
Nor Conley
Public Service Commission
Conley
I. Wade Cox
Commission
C. E. Nethken
Alex Mahood
Cheat River
Tucker County
Big Sandy Creek
Grady Fork
Shavers Fork
Dry Fork
Blackwater
Beaver Hole
Monongalia
Preston
Midddle Cheat
Preseton County
Middle Cheat
Preston County
Albright
Erwin
Tucker Counties
Big Sandy
Faye ‘Ette County
Pennsylvania
Randolph County
Randolph
Cheat and Blackwater
Blackwater River
Glady Fork
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