Congress Leaders Face Embarrassing Predicament
United Press report from Washington outlines Congress struggling to resolve two census and reapportionment amendments affecting voting seats and to halt a potential filibuster over the debenture plan in farm talks. Senate and House leaders seek parliamentary fixes to avert a protracted adjournment while immigration and short-session proposals proceed.
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Paul KR. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Sen. Reed
Pennsylvania
Forest fires devastate Manitoba towns prompt aid airlift
Canada hit by forest fires in northern Manitoba forced 1,000 residents from Cranberry Portage and Mile 83 to flee by raft on Lake Athapapusk. Government planes and ships carried food clothing and fire rangers to support settlers and backfire surrounding areas.
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Man
Manitoba
Cranberry Portage
Mile 83
Lake Athapapus
Reparation Conference Ends With Ready Report
Paris June 4 Delegates prepare distribution of the finished reparations report for expert perusal while sub committees finalize minor details before formal signing expected tomorrow. Nations seek secrecy on annuity repartition amid political concerns.
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Paris
Mehan
Hoover trims public receptions to one weekly
President Hoover has reduced public receptions at the executive offices from about 6000 weekly to 400 since March 4. White House aides say the change saves time and energy, ending the noon receptions once common under Coolidge.
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Jashington
Moover
White House
Coolidge
Hoover
Sinclair Unworried By More Jail Time
Harry F. Sinclair, confined for contempt of the senate, has finished one month of a 90 day sentence and shows little concern over an additional six months in district jail after the Supreme Court ruling on jury shadowing. He remains in good health, wears fine clothes from his estate, and has minimal prison contact, with overlap of sentences possible.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Baron
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
William Peak
Peak
United Press
Sinclair
Major Peak
Long Island
Supreme Court
Day Denies Fight On His Jail Term
Henry Mason Day an associate of Harry F Sinclair must spend four months in jail for jury shadowing activities and today denied via his secretary that he fled to dodge the sentence. He said he has not been in Europe for two years and denied attempts to escape authorities.
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New York
Henry Mason Day
Harry F Sinclair
Europe
Contention Over Apportionment Bill Heats Up In House
Washington June 6 Administration leaders seek to save the census reapportionment bill as two amendments face votes. One denies counting citizens over 21 who cannot vote. the other excludes aliens from apportionment. Southern Democrats push to curb southern representation. farm bloc and allies back the alien exclusion.
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Washington
House
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Farm Bloc
Ex-Day Agent Sentenced In Cleveland Impersonation Case
Louis Wilcox, former state prohibition agent, begins an 18 month term in Atlanta federal penitentiary for impersonating a federal officer. He admitted dropping appeal after Stayanchi trap led to his arrest and was jailed with Stayanchi, who faced liquor law charges from a raid.
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Louis Wilcox
Cleveland, O
Atlanta
Wilcox
State Dry Corps
Joseph Stayanchi
Stayanchi
Federal
Vesuvius lava flow abates. one death reported
Mt Vesuvius eruption eases after three days as lava cools turning black. one farmer dies near submerged land after returning to his farm. Front of flow stands about 49 feet high and half a mile wide. Pa gina di Sotto area four houses destroyed while flow briefly speeds toward Terzigno. Residents ask Pope Pius for prayers for Don Bosco beatification.
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Naples
Mt. Vesuvius
Terzigno
Pagina di Sotto
Pope Pius
Don Bosco
Rumor Houston Named GOP Leader for Hoover Era
Lawrence Sullivan reports Tennessee figure Claudius J. Houston as a leading candidate for the Republican National Committee chair, with broad backing from President Hoover and the southern wing. Houston is praised for campaign work and alignment with Hoover’s reorganization plans while sources say the chair will not come from the cabinet, Senate, or House leadership.
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Lawrence Sullivan
United Press
Washington
Claudius J. Houston
Tennessee
Hoover
Republican National Committee
Houston
South
White House
Senate
Rep
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
House
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
National Committee
Blackmail Plot Revealed in Sandusky Kidnapping Hoax
In Sandusky a staged kidnapping hoax led to two men being detained in Cleveland. One man found bound near Sandusky recounted the tale of abduction to Cleveland. The victim claimed Mantua origins and a wealthy merchant's involvement as the plot unraveled.
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Cleveland
Sandusky
Geret
Frank Perrell
Hhe
Mantua
Sergt. Perrell
Banned by U S Candide in Good Company
Rodney Dutcher reports U S customs ban Candide and about 300 other books under the 1922 tariff act. The chief censor, Seymour Lowman, reviews examples including Lady Chatterley’s Lover, showing how obscenity rules vary by port and language.
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U.S
Rodney Dutcher
Canton Daily News
Washington
United States
Customs Service
Seymour Lowman
Mr. Lowman
America
Lowman
Congress
Wife of Judge Farr Dies in Pittsburgh Hospital
Lisbon June 6 Mrs Edna Farr 54 wife of Judge Farr of the circuit court died suddenly last night in Pittsburgh Hospital where she had been moved from Lisbon. Born Pearl Edna Byers March 24 1875 she lived in Lisbon area most of her life. Surviving are her husband brother A G Byers Lisbon sister Mrs George H Hy Rogers. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Edna Farr
Farr
Circuit Court of Peals
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Ming
A. G. Byers
George H. Hy
Rogers
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