London treaty fate to be sealed in June special session
Senate and House leaders plan a June 15 special session called by President Hoover to wrap up business and decide the London naval treaty. Opposition argues against a rushed vote while naval officials warn the pact endangers trade routes and cruiser counts. The session also tackles tariff, rivers and harbors, and veterans measures.
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Edward W. Pickard
Senate
Hoover
Congress
House
Johnson
Navy General Board
Havy
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Naval Affairs
United States
America
Japan
Tariff Bill Conference Report Delayed By Point of Order
Debate on the tariff conference report stalled when a point of order upheld by Vice President Curtis sent the measure back to conference. Final action will be delayed at least a week as timing concerns grow over a flexible provision allowing duty changes if the president does not act within days. Republicans fear more points of order could arise, causing additional delay.
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Senate
Curtis
Tariff Commission
Senate campaign costs disclosed in Pennsylvania race
Figures before the senate campaign expenditures committee show Senator Grundy spent 291.00 of his own funds in a losing bid for renomination, with total campaign costs at 922,076. Secretary of Labor Davis reported 10,541.45 spent and pledged from his own funds and about 10,000 in contributions he forwarded to the committee. Francis E. Bohlen, allied with Against the Prohibition Amendment, cited totals around 200,600 with 10,000 contributed by the association.
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Senator Grundy
Davis
Association
Indictments in Seattle Hit Prohibition Administration
A federal grand jury in Seattle returned indictments against Roy C. Lyle prohibition administrator for Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and Alaska and several associates on corruption and bribery charges. Named defendants include William M. Whitney Lyles assistant and legal advisor Earl Corwin a prohibition agent M L Fryant a deputy sheriff famed as a wire topper in the Olmsted case and O T McKinney a Kentucky lawyer who led the Olmsted liquor gang prosecution.
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Seattle
Roy C. Lyle
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Alaska
William M. Whitney
Mr. Lyle
Earl Corwin
M. L. Fryant
O. T. McKinney
Kentucky
Olmsted
Methodist temperance board called before senate lobby panel
Officials of the Methodist board on temperance and public morals were summoned to explain alleged reporting failures. Deets Pickett testified that the Hoover 1928 campaign activities were nonpolitical and noted DOJ declined to prosecute the board. He cited widespread circulation of Volcom and Clipsheet attacking Al Smith and that the board used energy to help Hoover and Curtis win.
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Methodist Boards
of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Senate Lobby Committee
Deets Pickett
Clarence Tree Wilson
Hoover
Department of Justice
Fickett
Volcom
al Smith
Lsve
Voice
Rioting in India Surges Amid Colonial Tensions
The text describes escalating rioting against British rule in India with clashes involving police and troops. It notes Muslims and Hindus sometimes join forces in some areas, while in others sectarian violence flares between the two communities.
Italian war prep speeches disrupt France Italy talks
Premier Mussolini gave fiery addresses urging Italy to be ready for war. Negotiations with France on naval limits broke off temporarily. Some French papers hint at war risk, while Deputy Gray urges France to ally with Italy for a united European stance against America.
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Mussolini
Italy
France
Gray
Chamber of Deputies
Europe
America
Nationalist Forces Halting Advance Before Chengchow
In Henan province government troops have been stopped and forced to dig in after heavy losses to a northern alliance led by Yen Hsi-shan and Feng Yu-hsian. About 900,000 rebels clashed with government forces along the railway south of the Yellow River since May 8, delaying the march on Chengchow.
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Henan
Northern Alliance
Yen Hsi-shan
Feng Yu-hsian
Chengchow
Yellow River
Supreme Court Upholds Injunction Against Company Union
Organized labor won a notable victory as the Supreme Court upheld an injunction restraining the Texas and New Orleans railroad, a Southern Pacific system subsidiary, from organizing a company union and from interfering with the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks among its employees.
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Rganized
Supreme Court of the United States
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Southern Pacific System
The
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Hoover Vetoes Bill Expanding Spanish War Veterans Pensions
President Hoover rejected a bill that would widen pension eligibility for Spanish war veterans, arguing it would raise annual government costs from 11 million to 12 million dollars and misalign with public and veteran interests while upholding wartime obligations.
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Hoover
Record Flight Sets East to West Transcontinental Mark
Ca Roscoe Turner piloted a Lockheed Vega from New York with a Wichita stop to Glendale California in 18 hours 43 minutes 4 seconds. He faced strong head winds to Wichita and was accompanied only by a ton cub. Zeppelin's next legs included Buenos Aires Pernambuco Havana Lakehurst with nineteen aboard. Amy Johnson tours Australia after flying England to Australia and was feted by admirers. Several notable deaths marked the week including Cardinal Lacon Mrs Katherine Keith Adler Baron Ashton and others.
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Roscoe Turner
New York
Wichita
Glendale
Calif
Turner
Graf Zeppelin
Buenos Aires
Pernambuco
Havana
Lakehurst
X. J
Everal
Cardinal Lacon
Reims
Katherine Keith Adler
Chicago
France
Lord Handall Thomas Davidson
Canterbury
Daniel M. Lord
Baron Ashton
England
Werters
Unies
Mechanical Display Rivalry Sparks Studio Court Battle
De Luxe Displays fights for priority over World Studios in a legal clash sparked by a new movable figure mechanism. Dave devises a timed compression pump linking diaphragm units to animate limbs, while Mabel's sketches reveal party dates, and Le Mond's experts claim a September 28 priority date.
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Jim Collins
de Louse Displays
Wayne Duval
Dave King
Frank Weber
Mabel Taylor
Dave
Mabel
Miles
Jim
Republic Mechanical
Sony
World Studios
Julia le Mond
de Luxe
le Mond
LeMond
Wewark Brother Plans Marital Tragedy After Wife's Affection
In Newark New Jersey Henry Keller feigned devotion and staged his own suicide to prevent his wife Florence Wolfert Keller from marrying his brother Edward who had learned of their love. Henry documented his death in a diary and letters detailing his plan and last moments.
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Wewark
N. J
Henry Keller
Florence Wolfert Keller
Fitward
Edward
Henry
Florence
Glenny
Marine Corps
Philadelphia
Newark
Taxi Drivers Protest "Four-Flush" Customers
London taxi drivers plan a petition to traffic authorities to curb what they call twelve cent snobs. They say couples leave theaters, hire a taxi, ride to a bus stop, pay 12 cents, and finish home by bus.
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London
Kansas University Wars on Cheating Students
Lawrence Kan Cheating in examinations at the University of Kansas has become so prevalent that the college faculty has recommended to Dean J Brandt that appointing faculty committees meet with student representatives to seek a possible solution to eliminate crib bing.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
J. @. Brandt
Lights and Lessons From a Gilded Show Girl Contract
A show girl's costly contract warns that weight changes beyond a set range can cancel her deal. The piece also surveys radio range, New York crime rates, Paris jewelry smuggling, and fashion trends as light, social column items from 1930.
Couple Divorced After 51 Years of Marriage in Liverpool
In Liverpool a decree nisi was granted to Mrs Maud Mary Imlach seventy for the dissolution of her marriage to Charles Imlach seventy five. They wed in May 1879 and had five children. Imlach the husband did not defend the suit.
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Liverpool
Maud Mary Imlach
Charles Imlach
Imlach
Typhoid Victims File 11 Damage Suits in Helena
Helena faces 11 damage suits totaling 100000 dollars from victims of a fall epidemic. Plaintiffs allege municipal negligence caused their typhoid illness after contracting the fever while in the city.
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Helena
Mont
Windsor youths face charges over attempted train wreck plot
In Windsor Ontario two thirteen year olds were charged after authorities found they placed a broken tie plate on railway tracks. The youths admitted they acted to see what would happen, sparking a court appearance.
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Windsor
Ont
Fuur
Freak furniture fads on decline at NAFM meeting
New York reports fewer fads and eccentric designs as designers shift toward beauty and proportion. Al Haake notes England’s Georgian and Queen Anne styles rise in popularity with colonial pieces and maple wood gaining favor for recreations of early American furniture. Modernism may prevail with time, as home backgrounds adapt to new lines and colors amid a building boom.
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New York
al. Haake
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Doctor Haake
England
Pew Construction
Russians Entering America After Seven Year Wait
London reports that 20 Russians from Riga who left in 1924 and had seven years as stateless migrants will soon enter the United States via Ellis Island as the final group of 80 receive visas. They waited because of a tightened Russian quota and technical barriers, living temporarily at Atlantic Park hotel Eastleigh before departure.
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London
Ellis Island
Riga
United States
Atlantic
Ecaugst
America
England
Atlantic Park Hotel
Eastleigh
Serbia Considers Saint Czar Nicholas II Among Yugoslav Saints
In Leskovatz, Serbia, a proposal is before the Synod to canonize Nicholas II as a Serbian saint. Supporters call him devout and concerned for Serbia, aiming to make him the first Yugoslav saint alongside Simeon, Sava, Lazar, and Stephen.
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Belgrade
Nicholas II
Serbia
Leskovatz
St Simeon
St. Sava
St. Lazar
St. Stephen
Czar
Bamboo Trees May Give Newsprint for America
Seattle reports bamboo trees could supply newsprint if American mills adopt Japanese bamboo pulp methods. Japan has built three large bamboo pulp factories and bamboo grows to usable size in a year. Newspaper tests on bamboo paper show excellent results.
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Seattle
Japan
Woman Shows Strength in Tulsa Fire Rescue
Mrs BR T Richards displayed notable strength when a fire damaged her Tulsa apartment. She carried a large trunk from the home, and two men had to help lift it back inside after the blaze.
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Tulsa
Okla
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