Farm Duties 10 Defeat Hoover Hard Predicts
Washington report by William Hard of the Canton Daily News notes a coming tariff revision will be limited but not restricted to agricultural goods as Sen Borah wishes. The piece discusses presidential power to adjourn Congress and speculates on political theater around Len Caraway and Sen Moses.
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William Hard
Canton Daily News
Washington
Sen. Borah
Congress
Senate
Len Caraway
Sen. Moses
New Hampshire
G. A. R Opens Encampment in Findlay Ohio
The Ohio department G. A. R. opened its 63d annual encampment in Findlay with Department Commander John McClay presiding. Attendance shows 2,262 active members on the latest roster versus 49,000 in 1890, the peak year. Secretary Miss Lida S. Lucas reported about 200 posts remain, many dissolving due to member deaths.
Bids on Fairmount Park sewer project opened
Bidders for lateral sewers in Fairmount Park NE were Clair S&S Reed Anthony Rich Canton P E Bickel Massillon W B Kester Akron F G Frobase Lima R D Thomas Co Pittsburgh Zullo Construction Co Pittsburgh Nero and Patrick Construction Co Cleveland Frank George Youngstown Nickles Bros Garaux Brothers Canton C W Farley Chicago Theodore Zappa Akron J M McLaughlin Jr Pittsburgh. Contract cost listed at 135000 dollars. City engineers will tabulate bids and the board of control plans to award within ten days.
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Fairmount Park
Gerald E. Mudge
Clair S
Anti scandal club formed in Exhall by Rev. Frank Melville
In London on June 18 a club against scandal is formed at Exhall by Rev. Frank Melville. The minister says many suffer from a miserable habit and members pledge not to speak ill of others. They agree to a few weeks of testing resolutions and set fines for rule violations.
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London
Exhall
Frank Melville
Garbled tale of bootlegger jails in New York
A garbled Prager Tageblatt report claimed nine story bootlegger jails were being built in New York. It said rooms would be provided by the leggers with board and baths, a sensational hotel like setup for lawbreakers.
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Berlin
Prager Tageblatt
New York
King Recovers and Palace Cleans Up Walking Sticks
London dispatch reports the king, convalescing at Bangor after illness, is well supported. While he rests, Buckingham Palace is thoroughly cleaned and more than fifty of the monarchs walking sticks receive polishing.
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London
England
Buckingham Palace
Bangor
Atlanta Owner Proposes Release Plan For Crackers Sale
Atlanta June 18. R J Spiller offers Clark Griffith a release from contract obligations if he strengthens the Atlanta lineup with players. If Griffith accepts Spiller keeps ownership. if not he likely will sue Washington president for damages.
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Atlanta
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Atlanta Crackers
R. J. Spiller
Spiller
Griffith
Washington
Poincare faces debt question in turbulent French debate
Paris June 18 Raymond Poincare will address finance and foreign affairs committees next week on ratification of the interallied debt agreement. The government faced criticism for an alleged decree method, sparking accusations of fascism in disguise. Parliament’s veto limits a foreign debt consolidation. Poincare must rally strong parliamentary support to pass the bill.
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Gerville Reache
Canton Daily News
Paris
Raymond Poincare
Commissions of Finance and Foreign Affairs
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Poincare
Six Men Steal $100 000 Gems in Pawn Shop Robbery
Six men bound and gagged two clerks and two customers at the Brooks pawn shop in Philadelphia and robbed the safe of jewelry and cash valued at more than $100,000. They escaped and were believed to have hidden in the jail overnight. Joseph Goodman, the shop manager, freed himself within a half hour, then freed others and alerted police.
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Philadelphia
Brooks
Joseph Goodman
Penn College graduates urged to avoid snobbery
Chester Pa June 18 The Rev Dr Charles Wesley Burns bishop of the San Francisco area of the Methodist Church urged the Pennsylvania Military College graduating class not to be snobs in his baccalaureate address. He contrasted a MIT professor who urged snobbery and urged students to pursue creative ideals.
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Chester
Charles Wesley Burns
San Francisco
Methodist Church
Pennsylvania Military College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ship Combine Proposed for Great Lakes Fleet
Otis & Co. proposes forming a giant Great Lakes ship combine with 40 to 50 million dollars capitalization. The plan would merge about twenty independent operators with 115 freighters totaling around 1.0 million tons into one operating company.
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Ueveland
Great Lakes
Otis & Co
One Big
Ory
Man Held in Murder of Four in Detroit
Detroit police sought Paul Chpinski common law husband of Mrs Joseph Podolski in connection with ax murders of Podolski and her three children. Bodies of the mother Margaret 4 and Pauline 2 were found. Josephine 10 died hours later. House in disorder with broken furniture curtains torn and dishes smashed. neighbors said a drinking party had been under way.
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Detroit
Paul Chipinski
Joseph Podolski
Margaret
Pauline
Josephine
Woman ends life in New Miami after a tragedy
Mrs Bertha A Simpson of New Miami shot herself in Hamilton on Sunday after health problems were cited as the motive. Police say she awaited a thunderclap before firing the gun.
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Hamilton
Berto A. Simpson
New Miami
French women gamble in Paris casinos stirring concern
Paris officials voice alarm as a new wave of young women gamblers frequents licensed clubs after late dinners. Reports describe nocturnal play, high risk bets, and syndicates banking hundreds of thousands. Women also bet heavily at race tracks and on horse races.
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Monte Carlo
Paris
Rebels Flee Toward Colombia as Venezuelan War Presses
In Apure Venezuela, rebel forces led by Gen Babaldon flee toward the Colombian border after a federal crush by Gen Jurado. Gen Rafael Urbina is reported defeated after the attack on Fort Amsterdam Curaçao, with 400 rebels forced onto an American steamer and fled toward Colombia.
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Bogota
Colombia
Venezuela
Apure
Venezulean
United Press
Babaldon
Jurado
Legation
Rafael Urbina
Fort Amsterdam
Curacao
Dutch Island
Urbina
May labor boom boosts construction and defense plants
The Labor Department reports May saw rising employment as construction workers gained work and airplane plants and shipyards hired skilled laborers. Textile jobs lagged with few mills in the Middle Atlantic active while Southern plants stayed slow. Steel, autos, and building kept steady demand, though a shortage of skilled pattern makers machinists tool and die makers and other metal workers was noted.
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Washington
Labor Department
Middle Atlantic
Trotzky Granted Permit to Britain Report Denied
Constantinople dispatch claimed Leon Trotzky was allowed to reside in England but Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Home Secretary J. R. Clynes denied the report. McDonald said he knew nothing of it and Clynes called the report untrue. The claim appeared in Son Saat via telegraph dispatches.
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London
Constantinople
Leon Trotzky
England
Ramsay MacDonald
Home Affairs
J. R. Clynes
McDonald
Lossiemouth
Scotland
Clynes
Son Saat
Solons to Seek New Posts in 1930 Election
United Press reports a new wave of candidate declarations from Congress members for the 1930 elections. Maine’s Wallace White seeks the Senate, with Senator Gould aiming for reelection, and Rep. Dickinson of Iowa eyeing a race against Steck. Also listed are Ruth Hanna McCormick of Illinois and Rep. Schafer of Wisconsin planning Senate runs, LaGuardia and Owens seeking mayoral or Senate bids, plus war-injured Laguardia and Johnson headed to Hot Springs for treatment.
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Joseph 8. Wasney
United Press
Washington
Congress
Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
White
House
Arthur R. Gould
Bert M. Fernald
Senate
Rep
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Daniel F. Steck
Smith W. Brookhart
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Tlliois
Charles S. Deneen
McCormick
Mark Hanna
John C. Schafer
Wisconsin
John J. Blaine
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
William Jennings Bryan
Duncan VA. Fletcher
F. H. Laguardia
New York
James Walker
Laguardia
Rep. Laguardia
United States Army Hospital
Hot Springs
Ark
Johnson
South Dakota
Richard Elson Greer Dies at 64 in Magnolia
Magnolia resident Richard Elson Greer died yesterday aged 64. Born April 3, 1865, he spent his life in Magnolia and was a pioneer in clay and bank businesses. He leaves wife Wi nona B. Greer and brother W. G. Greer. Funeral from the home tomorrow at 2:30 with burial in Wellsville, Ohio.
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Magnolia
Richard Elson Greer
Winona B. Greer
W. G. Greer
Wellsville
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Britain
Solons
Ruth H. McCormick
Richard Green
Pennsylvania
Cities Service Oil Company
Canton
Chipso
F. & P. Brand
York State
Widlar’s Olives
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