Mellon Watson defend tariff amid Democratic opposition
Washington report cites Secretary Mellon and Senator Watson defending the Smoot Hawley tariff. Mellon says it eliminates uncertainty and supports business stability, while Watson argues higher agricultural rates boost prosperity and purchasing power for a third of Americans. They rebuke foreign protests and insist the law benefits the United States.
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Washington
Mellon
Watson
Indiana
Treasey
Harrison
Mississippi
New Jersey
Fort
Morrow
Senate
Nance Committee
Hoover
Mr. Morrow
Deneen
Illinoias
Grundy
Pennsylvania
Schall
Minnesota
McMaster
South Dakota
Dillon
Columbia Broadcasting System
Jeweler's Mongrel Dog Sounds Fire Warning
Eureka Cal June 20 A mongrel dog named Nipper owned by jeweler R H Lake gave the alarm when a neighboring building caught fire. Lake woke to loud barking and discovered the blaze, preventing greater damage to local business.
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Eureka. Cal
M&s
R. H. Lake
Lake
Hunter Sentenced Five Years on Mann Act Charge
The court sentenced Hunter to five years on a Mann Act violation. The proceedings covered multiple cases related to federal prohibition laws with numerous defendants pleading guilty. Sentences and fines totaled twenty one years and six hundred dollars, with more cases awaiting judgment.
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Hunter
Miss Mann
Asheville
South
Man
Atlanta
Martinique
Princeton
Miss Manon
Anthony T. Stevens
John H. Peery
Tom Waldron
Charles Adkins
Robert Farley
Chillicothe
Arthur Perkins
Floyd Frailey
Logan County
Willie M. Pitts
Greenbrier
W. W. Hagan
Mabel Grady
Alderson
Virgil
Everett Karnes
Lawrence Karnes
Burl Tolbert
John Rowe
Lincoln County
Jlry
John Hicks
Ndward Lewis
Walter Gentry
Jack Hubb
Weaver Blankenship
Jake Wiley
Virgil Thompson
Fred C. Johnson
James John Farmer
Tol Tugle
Lucile Perkins
Town revives old curfew law in Eureka
Eureka California June 20 192? The curfew law passed in 1908 and unused for years will be revived says Mayor Emily L Jones. City acts after numerous complaints of youths running wild at night require all children under sixteen to be home by 9 30 unless with parents or guardians.
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Eureka
Cal
Emily L. Jones
Ball Player to Quit Cumberland Team
Nelson W. Ruseler president of the Cumberland Colts in the Middle Atlantic league announced that John J Byrnes the regular first baseman from Elkhart Md will resign after the Cumberland Fairmont game Saturday. Byrnes said he would quit baseball rather than accept a salary reduction. Club officials said they will grant his release.
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Cumberland
Nelson W. Ruseler
Cumberland Colts
Middle Atlantic Baseball League
John J Byrnes
Elkhart
Local ads and notices echo through Bluefield shops
Listings show a city meeting in the Moose building hosted by United Commercial Travelers with secretary W C Easley, plus ads for Pedigo's clothing and shoe polish bargains, West Virginia Business College offerings, a dress sale at Weinberg's, and Hankla Grocery Co. featuring fresh produce and Swiss cheese. The page also notes a pricing error correction for Angora Tams.
Georgia poet's rare Chivers collection added to Duke Library
Duke University library in Durham, North Carolina, acquires the largest known collection of manuscripts from Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, a Georgia poet and contemporary of Edgar Allan Poe. Professor Lewis Chase, who is compiling the poet's biography, organized the acquisition.
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Durham
N. C
Thomas Holley Chivers
Georgia
Edgar Allan Poe
Duke University Library
Chivers
Lewis Chase
Resort offers free physical culture at Baltic coast
Swinemuende Germany June 20 Physical culture has attracted many devotees in Germany with free courses for guests at the Baltic sea resort and nearby Ahlbeck. Certified gymnastic instructors lead the strand exercises.
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Swinemuende
Germany
Baltic Sea
Ahlbeck
Tinkham Fights Immunity Shield Over Bishops Dare
The debate centers on Representative Tinkham charging Bishop Cannon with violating the law and embezzlement. Representative Shaffer defends Cannon, condemning the charges as slander and a bid to attack prohibition. Shaffer argues the controversy strengthens prohibition and Cannon in the southern public mind.
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Tinkham
Representative Shaffer
Virginia
Cannon
Massachusetts
Bishop Cannon
Wisconsin
Representative Schafer
Masachusetts
Prohibition
South
Old Yukon Trail Swallows Hikers
Vanderhoof British Columbia June 20 A couple from Carmel California William H Albee and his wife vanished while trekking the old Yukon trail used during the 1898 gold rush They left Fort George on May 26 and disappeared after Deserters canyon near the water trail Last seen by trapper Jack Weisner they faced a harsh wilderness with only a rifle and limited supplies police estimate survival chances are slim and months may pass before they are found The Albees planned to spend next winter in Fairbanks Alaska teaching school
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Vanderhoof
B. C
Yukon Trail
William H. Albee
Carmel
Cal
Albees
Fort George
British Columbia
Jack Weisner
Canyon
W. J. Service
Albee
Gardner
Fairbanks
Alaska
Rumored Pittsburgh Pipe Merger Spang Chalfant National Supply
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports financial circles claim National Supply of New York is negotiating to acquire Spang Chalfant of Pittsburgh, a major steel pipe maker. Spang Chalfant has assets about 28.7 million while National Supply holds about 342 million, suggesting a deal around 80 million. The merger would be based on roughly three shares of National Supply for one Spang Chalfant share.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
National Supply Company
New York
Spang, Chalfant & Co., Inc
United States
Spang-Chalfant
National Supply
Post-Gazette
Spang, Chalfant
Rum Rebellion case ends with jurors in Wallace
In Coeur d'Alene Idaho on June 20 federal jurors heard closing arguments in the rum rebellion case. Deputy District Attorney S S Griffins labeled the defendants guilty of a corrupt trail from Last Chance Bar to city hall and the sheriff. Defense contended no conspiracy and described Wallace as a booming mining town with long standing levies and receipts for city park rentals.
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Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Wallace
S. S. Griffins
Sheriff's Office
Bailey
Speakeasy
Cambling Hall
Free and Easy West
H. H. Parsons
Bie
R. Be, Weniger
W. D. Herrick
W. J. Bailey
Parsons
George Walker
Chicago
Women Time Housework for More Efficiency
Berkeley California June 20 Several hundred women are using time schedules in their housework with a midday rest period. Miss Harriet G Eddy reports from the University of Nsype extension service showing cooking breakfast cleaning the house preparing lunch rest and recreation dinner dishes and details all by the clock. The schedule helps the home maker spot efficiency and waste of time and energy.
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Berkeley
Cal
Harriet G. Eddy
University of Nsype Agricultural Extension Service
Miss Eddy
Rockefellers Aid German University
Through a large donation from the Rockefeller foundation the University of Munich will build a new zoological institute and a combined physical and chemical institute. The gift allows abandoning plans to retrofit the Wilhelminum palace in Neuhauserstraße for these departments amid opposition from artists and art supporters.
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Munich
INS
Rockefeller Foundation
University of Munich
Zoological Institute
Wilhelminum
Neuhauserstrasse
Schroeder Held in Mobile Prison on Murder Charge
Schroeder, arrested by F C Dykes, says he befriended a hiker near Terre Haute Indiana. He claims both slept in a moving car which wrecked in a ditch, leaving the man dead. He asserts he hid in Mobile for five days traveling from Indianapolis with one cent and a knife.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Schroeder
F. C. Dykes
Mobile
Indianapolis
Union Trust Company To Buy Paragon Assets
Cincinnati June 20 An offer by Union Trust company of Pittsburgh to purchase most assets of Paragon Refining company will be considered by Class B Paragon stockholders Tuesday. E W Edwards Cincinnati manufacturer offers to buy all Paragon held Valvoline Oil stock.
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Cincinnati
Union Trust Company of
Pittsburgh
Paragon Refining Company
Paragon
E. W. Edwards
Valvoline Oil Company
Tazewell Motor Company Burns In Major Fire
A three story brick structure housed the Tazewell Motor Company caught fire causing heavy losses. Citizens recalled a similar fatal fire at the courthouse site twenty five years earlier and noted past incidents at the Central hotel.
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Tazewell Motor Company
Tazewell
Surface and White
Telephone Crew To Replace Dial Phones At Capitol
A night crew of thirty workmen began replacing 811 dial telephones in the senate wing and senate office building with manual equipment after a senate order. The effort followed the local telephone company's compliance as its grace period expired at midnight despite last minute attempts to amend the order.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate
Deficiency Bill Allocates Funds for Government Operations
The House passed a second deficiency measure totaling 67.7 million dollars for contingencies in government operations including Boulder Canyon dam and public buildings. It moved to the Senate with line items for war claims settlement, penal institutions, veterans bureau, forest roads, national parks, federal jails, and various memorials and land purchases.
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Washington
Boulder Canyon
House
Senate
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
la Guardia
Republican
New York
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Mount Vernon
Great Falls
Roosevelt Memorial
Montana
Continental Divide
George Washington
Wakefield
Panama
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Navy Department
Post Office Department
Neighbors Compliment Lawn Care With New Mower
A humorous exchange notes improved lawn upkeep after the Robinsons acquire a new lawn mower. The neighbor credits the tool upgrade for a tidier yard and playful digs about the previous borrowed mower.
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Robinsons
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Weinberg
Harry Weinberg
Princeton Avenue
New York City
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Miss Kirk
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Paul Clark
Rockefellers Aid German University
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Tim McCoy
Woming
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Union Trust Company
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Nchard
Lord
Charles Kaley
Cliff Cowards
Marion Swills
Bluefield Ice
Coldstorage CO
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