Nominat ion of Judge Parker faces Senate defeat
News Review of Current Events reports Judge John J. Parker’s U S Supreme Court nomination rejected by Senate in a 2 vote margin. Hoover may name another Southerner. names linked include Booth Davis and Baker amid party loyalties and anti administration sentiment.
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Edward W. Pickard
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Washington
Hoover
Fenton Whitlock Booth
Court of Claims
John W. Davis
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Wilson
Judge Parker
Parker
North Carolinna
Felltien
Norbeck
South Dakota
Farmer-Labor
Supreme Court
John Rutledge
South Carolina
Wheeler H. Peckham
Hoover Victory in House Over Tariff Provisions
President Hoover wins a decisive House victory as 161 to 231 vote defeats the Senate expert debenture amendment he opposed. The chamber also rejects 4 to 232 motion to accept Senate amendments repealing flexible provisions. Both chambers send the tariff bill to conference with expected Senate concessions.
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Hoover
House
Senate
Tariff Commission
Cennote
Canadian premier hints at August election over tariff clash
In the Canadian house of commons Premier Mackenzie King announced a general election likely in August. The main issue will be retaliation against the United States for its planned tariff increase, following a three hour speech by Conservative leader Richard Bennett.
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Mackenzie King
Canada
United States Congress
Premiser
House of Commons
United States
Richard B. Bennett
Bennett
Anti-Saloon League Leader Testifies Before Senate Panel
Scott McBride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, testifies that the league runs a deficit and that leadership has shifted to the executive committee of about thirty city organizations. He says the league remains an active lobby, shaping federal appointments, surveilling judges, and briefing prosecutors in liquor law prosecutions.
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Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Senate Lobby Committee
League
Defensive Alliance
Ciry
Gandhi Arrest Triggers Nationwide Indian Unrest
British authorities arrest Mahatma Gandhi in Jalalpur and imprison him near Poona then Purandhar. Riots erupt across Bombay Delhi Calcutta Chittagong and Lahore with clashes between natives and troops. In London talks progress on dominion status as Wedgwood Benn signals possible concessions.
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India
Mahatma Gandhi
Jalalpur
Yeroda
Poona
Purandhar
Gandhi
Mahatma
Bombay
Delhi
Calcutta
Chittagong
Lahore
London
Wedgwood Benn
Pegu Seaport Destroyed by Tide and Fire
A tidal wave and conflagration wiped out the old Burmese seaport of Pegu, 58 miles north of Rangoon, killing about 600 and injuring hundreds. In Rangoon, unrest followed Gandhi’s arrest as police and troops diverted from rescue to quell a riot where foreigners' clothing was burned.
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Pegu
Burma
Rangoon
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Senate Panels Plan Hearings on London Treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee scheduled open hearings on the London treaty starting May 12 with Secretary of State Stimson as the first witness. The Naval Affairs Committee outlined its own hearing plans. Senator David A. Reed, the last delegate back from London, arrived in Washington and forecast the treaty would be ratified.
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Senate
Stimson
Naval Affairs Committee
David A. Reed
London
Washington
National Live Stock Marketing Association organized in Chicago
The National Live Stock Marketing Association formed in Chicago with a capital of 1,000,000 under the Farm Board program. Seventeen livestock cooperatives approved. Farmers Union and Central Live Stock Producers Association declined to join.
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National Live Stock Marketing Association
Federal Farm Board
Chicsco
Farmers' Union
The
Central Live Stock Producers’ Association
Fermers' National Grain plans five new branches nation wide
The Fer mers' National Grain Corporation led by president O E Hoff outlines regional expansion with five new branches. Kansas City Missouri covers the southwest, St Paul Duluth or Minneapolis the spring wheat area, Spokane or Portland the Pacific northwest, Buffalo the mill and export hub in the northeast, and St Louis or Indianapolis the soft wheat territory from Missouri to the seaboard. Henry W Collings of Pendleton Oregon named manager.
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HE Fermers
National Grain Corporation
O. E. Hoff
Kansas City
Southwest Territory
St. Paul
Duluth
Minneapolis
Spokane
Wash
Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Henry W. Collings
Pendleton
Buffalo
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Missouri
Seaboard
Western Newspaper Union
Married on a Dare in Maine Woods Village
In a Maine woods village a notorious daredevil named Bill Hunt falls for Minnie Adams after a boast by Tom Rausse. The couple marry despite gossip and threats, and Bill chooses steady family life over former bold exploits. Minnie confronts suspicion, while Bill reassures her and resumes ordinary work at home.
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Bill
Maine Woods
Tom
Minnie Adams
Minnie
Big Bill
Adams Place
Tom Rausse
Winnie
Tom Rowsee
Pill
Ormond
Richmond
Big Lake
Son
Comer's
Grand Liver
Teddy
Mr. Ormond
Grand River
Songwriter Stephen Foster Born in Pittsburgh
Stephen Collins Foster, American songwriter born in Pittsburgh on July 13, 1826, was educated at Athens Academy and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. He composed music and lyrics for over 125 songs including The Old Folks at Home Nellie Gray Sawanee Liver Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming and Old Dog Tray.
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Stephen Collins Foster
Pittsburgh
Athens Academy
Jefferson College
Nellie Gray
Fire walking across cultures and history
A Washington National Geographic piece surveys fire walking traditions worldwide from Kedah to Fiji and Japan. It notes ceremonies often involve bare feet over hot stones, with varied beliefs in healing, protection, and spiritual renewal, detailing practices in Persia India Fiji and Tokyo.
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Polynesia
Bulgaria
Fiji Islands
Japan
Straits Settlements
India
Bombay
Persia
Marquesas Island
Tahit
Trinidad
Kublai Khan
China
Muchado
Banda
Tokyo
Cape Hatteras Claims Three-Masted Vessel
Ocracoke North Carolina Cape Hatteras claims the three masted schooner Levinia M Snow pushed ashore by a sou eyster. The ship will not sail again and sold for 450 dollars to four Hatteras residents who bid it in at auction. Captain John A Stevens and the five man crew were rescued by breeches buoy. the vessel will be stripped by its new owners.
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Coast Guard
Norfolk
Levinia M. Snow
Ronaldo Is Only Pupil in Cloverdale School
In Cloverdale California Ronaldo Albin is the sole student at Sinestn grammar school as families move away leaving teacher Miss Mary Ziller and Ronaldo alone in the room. After term end Ronaldo will transfer to another school and Lincoln school will close.
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Cloverdale
Calif
Ronaldo Albin
Sinestn Grammar School
Mary Ziller
Ronaldo
Lincoln School
Electric light death shocks Southbend victim
An accident in Southbend, England leaves Andrew Berry dead after an electric bulb incident. The 46 year old sat under a foreign light and sustained fatal injuries in hospital.
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Southbend
England
Andrew Berry
Man Arrested After Bigamous Marriages Unearths Church Link
New York man John Willis, 76, is jailed after a church rector identified a prior marriage while Willis faced a wedding at Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal church. He admitted a 1917 marriage to Mrs Molly Smith and a 1928 union found to be bigamous, leading to arrest and a complaint from the latest wife.
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New York
John Willis
New York Methodist Episcopal Conference
Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Eighty-sixth Street
Park Avenue
L. B. Haines
Willis
Ellm Acker
S55 West One Hundred and
Anesthetic in Capsules Being Tested by Doctors
New Orleans doctors report a capsule anesthetic under trial that induces a long sleep after a five to six hour slumber. The drug, mixed with ether and older agents, counters spasmodic awakening and reduces post operative nausea.
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New Orleans
Ketors
Militant Pastor Intervenes as Flaming Cross Is Captured
A Presbyterian minister, A. M. Wilson, faced masked assailants carrying a flaming cross near his Mont. city home. He rushed the intruders, who dropped the cross and scattered after renewed lights revealed their approach.
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Fiery Cross City Bank
Mont
A. M. Wilson
Martial Music Played at Wedding in Pittsburgh
At a recent wedding in Pittsburgh the Lohengrin wedding march was replaced with Sousa’s The Star Spangled Banner march to speed the ceremony. The musicians provided a faster martial music for the procession and exit.
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Pittsburgh
Scotville Ends Debts Among Western Michigan Towns
In Mason County Scotville, the county's second city, with a population of 1 045 per the last census, has no outstanding municipal debt.
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Ludington
Mich
Scotville
Mason County
Michigan
Dog saves man from bus by barking in gutter
In St Louis, Charles Durand, 30, owes life to his dog after a drunken stumble in a gutter. The dog barked and pranced, stopping a bus driver from hitting Durand. Durand was brought before a judge on a drunkenness charge and paid a $5 fine.
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St. Louis
Charles Durand
Charles
Durand
Old-Timer Recalls Stage Coach Days in Glacier Park
Glacier Park guide Jack Brown recalls horse drawn Concord coaches on Montana routes in 1891. He describes seven ty-two mile round trips Ravalli to Polson Landing eight and a half hours, changing horses four times, and fellow drivers, with tales of stage life, drinking, and frontier travel.
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Glacier Park
Mont
Jack Brown
West
Montana
Helena
Corrine
Utah
Allard
Ravalli
Polson Landing
Driver
Montgna
Teddy Roosevelt
Fountain Pen Pistol Warns Gotham Police
A fountain pen pistol found on Yee Kim in the Bronx could fire a 2 caliber lead slug. Detective Butts tested it and showed the exit holes and spring mechanism. Police plan to bar the weapon in New York as Yee Kim faces trial in Bronx special sessions.
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New York
Harry Butts
Police Department
Whalen
O'Brien
Chicago
Yee Kim
Bronx
Herman Raye
Butts
Holder of Nine City Jobs Has Lots of Work
Bell California employment replaces unemployment as J A Hartman holds nine official city posts including license collector warrant officer bailiff city hall senior traffic officer official chauffeur court investigator court clerk and assistant switchboard operator for the Bell fire department. He says outside city work he has nothing to do.
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Bell
Calif
J. A. Hartman
Hartman
Bell Fire Department
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