Farm Bill and Congress Open in 71st Session
The 71st Congress convened to consider Hoover farm relief and tariff plans. Speaker Longworth urged quick action on farm relief and reapportionment, while Senate debate loomed over prohibition, immigration, and monetary disputes. Oscar De Priest was sworn in as the first Black member in 28 years, amid low Democratic strength and Republican gains.
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Washington, D. C
Seventy-First Congress
Hoover
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Waller
Washington
House
Coolidge
Watson
Indiana
Henry Allen
Kansas
Charles Curtis
Curtis
Mr. Allén
Bronson Cutting
N. M
Robert LaFollette
Wis
Confidential ad offer from The Commercial Tribune office
The notice promotes private sales via confidential ads in The Commercial Tribune. It urges readers to place an ad, request a box number, and have replies mailed to that box while withholding name and address. It suggests private sale of property that may concern occupants, ending with a call to place an ad.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Three Realty Officials Indicted in Florida Land Fraud Case
Three Dixie Bay Shore Realty executives from Volusia County Florida were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Jacksonville on a ten count land fraud scheme totaling about 10 million dollars. Ray L Selden Abraham Gratz and Frank Andrew Bennett were named as officers. two others are listed with multiple aliases and were believed residing in Miami. All three face bonds under five thousand dollars.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Dixie Bay Shore Realty Company
Volusia County
Ray L. Selden
Daytona Beach
Abraham Gratz
Abraham Gratch
Frank Andrew Bennett
David Kramer Grats
David Gratz
Robert Williams
David Gray
Pittsburgh
Miami
Breck Lutes Given Life Term For Dumele Slaying
Breck Lutes, 29, of Middletown, sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after being convicted of complicity in the murder of Peter Dumele, former North College Hill marshal, during the Pelican Club robbery. Judge Thomas H. Darby overruled a defense motion for a new trial and noted the trio of related sentences in the case.
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Breck Lutes
Middletown
Thomas H. Darby
Lutes
Peter Dumele
North College Hill
Pelican Club Peoolroom
Robert Marx
Nicholas Hoban
Nelson
Darby
Marshal Dumele
Pelican Club
Dumele
Rodney Ford
West Eighth Street
John “Todd
Messner
Hamilton
Robert Zwick
Norwood
Crusaders Begin Campaign For Community Chest Drive
Three thousand one hundred volunteers gathered at Music Hall for Cincinnati 1929 Community Chest opening rally. W H Albers urged diners to pledge, with labor leader James A Wilson and C M Bookman among speakers highlighting equal opportunity and civic duty as Cincinnati aims for a 2 056 964 goal.
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Music Hall
Cincinnati
Community Chest
United States
the Chest
W. H. Albers
America
Albers
James A. Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Charles P. Taft Jr
William J. Shroder
C. M. Bookman
The
Chest
Franklin Leach
Queen City
Mr. Albers
Torch Slayer Old Embezzler Campbell Identified in New Case
Police announced finger prints match Henry C. Campbell the Cranford slayer of Mildred Mowry to Henry C. Close who in 1905 was sentenced to seven years for a $10 000 embezzlement from Folmer Lachraum Company. Campbell earlier fled after embezzlement leaving a destitute wife and child and was later found to have multiple marriages to Sarah Phelan Marie Becker and Mrs May Parkinson.
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New York
Henry C. Campbell
Cranford
N. J
Mildred Mowry
Henry C. Close
Campbell
Mexico City
Folmer Lachraum Company
Sarah Phelan
Marie Becker
Montclair
May Parkinson
Pawtucket
Ae. Ee
Seattle Pilot Completes First Alaska Nonstop Flight
Pilot A. C. Eckmann of Seattle completed the first nonstop Seattle to Alaska flight in a Lockheed-Vega seaplane. He circled Juneau at 2 48 p m Pacific Coast Time and landed in the harbor five minutes later.
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Juneau
Alaska
A. C. Eckmann
Seattle
Nickel Plate seeks control of Wheeling & Lake Erie via resale
The Nickel Plate petitions the Interstate Commerce Commission to buy all Wheeling stock held by Allegheny Corp for 21 362 638 and issue new stock to cover the cost. Nickel Plate would reach 53 percent control, despite prior orders to divest, after a transfer of Wheeling stock.
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Washington
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nickel Plate
Wheeling Capital
Wheeling
Allegheny Corporation
Wheeling Company
van Sweringen
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio Systems
Pittsburgh & West Virginia
Commission
Death in a Drunken Brawl At Hotel Marguery
Baltimore oil man Samuel Bell said he did not hit Arthur Morgan Smith, a Cleveland businessman, claiming he only pushed him as a drunken party at Hotel Marguery ended in a fatal fight. District Attorney Banton questioned Tessie Brown and released her. witnesses named including Mrs. Beineke and Mr. Barbee.
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New York World News Service
New York
Tessie Brown
Kentucky Society
Banton
Arthur Morgan Smith
Cleveland
Marguery
Samuel O. Bell
Baltimore
Smith
Bell
Mrs. Brown
Hotel Plaza
Hudkins Knocks Out Emanuel in Ten for Coast Title
At Wrigley Field Los Angeles on April 15 Ace Hudkins from Nebraska defeated Armand Emanuel a young San Francisco heavyweight over ten rounds. The bout argued against the saying that a bigger man always wins.
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Hudkins
Victor
Emanuel
Wrigley Field
Los Angeles
Ace Hudkins
Nebraska
Wildcat
Armand Emanuel
San Francisco
Train Hits Truck Wrecks Express in I selin
A Washington express on the Pennsylvania Railroad struck a stalled truck at a grade crossing in Iselin New Jersey. The crash wrecked the engine overturned the first coach derailed four others and left four people slightly injured.
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Iselin
N. J
Washington Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Babe Ruth to wed New York actress linked to him years
George Herman Ruth known as Babe Ruth obtained a marriage license to wed Mrs. Claire Hodgson a widow and former actress whose name had been tied to his for years The license was issued by City Clerk Michael J Cruise Ruth said the wedding would be some day this week as the season opens tomorrow Hodgson 28 described herself as without an occupation born in Jefferson Georgia and daughter of Mr and Mrs Merritt Ruth noted his wife Helen Woodford Ruth had died in a fire three months earlier and he said he had not lived with her for three years.
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New York World News Service
New York
George Herman Ruth
Babe
Claire Hodgson
Michael J. Cruise
Cruise
Ruth
Ebbett’s Field
Yankees
Alamac
George H
Catherine Ruth
Helen Woodford Ruth
Edward H. Kinder
Watertown
Boston
Churchill
Astor
Virginia
House of Commons
Tea Tax Abolished as Churchill Addresses Parliament
London April 15 Winston Churchill declaring tea duty abolished effective May 22 outlines budgetary figures with a projected surplus. The Prince of Wales attended, yawning and fidgeting as Churchill lampooned opposition while noting repeal of betting and beer taxes amid a balanced forecast.
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Wales
Churchill
Miss X a Carmel hoax witness in McPherson case
In Sacramento April 15 the trial of Superior Judge Carlos Hardy heard Mrs Lorra ine Wiseman Sielaff identify Miss X as Rachel Wells of San Francisco linked to the Carmel episode. She said the Miss Wells affidavits and related statements were false and Woolley did not originate the plan. The testimony aimed to show the hoax to mislead investigators about Mrs McPherson.
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Sacramento
Cal
Miss X
Carmel
Kenneth Ormiston
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff
Carlos S. Hardy
Rachel Wells
San Francisco
Miss Wells
Hardy
Jack Woolley
Oakland
George McIntyre
WSAI to Broadcast Tonight on New Frequency
WSAI will air tonight marking the first evening performance since last November. The Federal Radio Commission tentatively approves 1330 kilocycles. An Indianapolis crystal maker will grind and deliver a new crystal by airplane for Cincinnati reception amid an experimental license through May.
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Crosley
WSAI
Federal Radio Commission
J. A. Chambers
Crosley Radio Corporation
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Radio Commission
700 Clubhouse Steward Gets Job At Coney Island
Emanuel Sammet, longtime manager and steward of the Zoo Clubhouse, was appointed to a similar post at the Coney Island Clubhouse. He will oversee all catering on the island as part of an expansion plan led by George F. Schott. Sammet is noted for a record dinner at the Zoo serving 3,900 people in under two hours.
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Emanuel Sammet
Zoo
Coney Island
George F. Schott
Up-The-River
Sammet
Girl with note robs Citizens National Bank for $2000
A girl armed with a pistol presented a note reading give me money in big bills to a teller at a Citizens National Bank branch in Los Angeles. She accepted $2000 and fled on foot. Police compare her to a Denver robbery dated April 11 where a woman matching the description used a nitro glycerin bottle.
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Los Angeles
Citizens National Bank
Denver
Herrick’s Body Laid To Rest In Cleveland
The body of Myron T. Herrick, ambassador to France, was laid to rest in Cleveland amid a rain soaked ceremony at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Dignitaries including Gov. Myers Y. Cooper and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh attended, with flags draped over the coffin and French honors present. Low attendance outside matched the somber mood as the nation mourned a diplomat revered in two nations.
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Kenneth FE
Sanders
Associated Press
Cleveland
Lake View Cemetery
Myron T. Herrick
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
France
Paris
Hoover
Myers Y. Cooper
Charles A. Lindbergh
Brance
Gov. Cooper
Stimson
Parmely Herrick
The
Statesman
Parmely Herrick, Jr
Orin Herrick
Col. Lindbergh
Cincinnati men held in Indiana amid scarlet fever quarantine
A. R. Kennedy and James Allen Sweeney, both salesmen for Ault and Wiborg Printing Ink Company, were arrested in Richmond Indiana on drunken driving charges. Police found liquor in their car as they allegedly chased officers near a bridge. Seven Reds Cardinals tickets were found as they claimed to drive to Muncie for a customer outing. Kennedy’s wife said she cannot leave their Norwood home due to quarantine rules.
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A. R. Kennedy
Woodmont Avenue
Norwood
Ault and Wiborg Printing Ink Company
Richmond
Ind
Kennedy
James Allen Sweeney
Woodburn Avenue
Sweeney
Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Muncie
Giant Union Terminal planned for Cincinnati area rail system
The Cooperative Engineer notes a $39.6 million Union Terminal project at Lincoln Park featuring a no stairs pull-through design with continuous train flow. The plan includes a $5.5 million terminal building, a sunken plaza, three semi circular tunnels for traffic, and ramps instead of stairways to ease passenger movement.
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Union Terminal
Co-Operative Engineer
College of Engineering and Commerce
University of Cincinnati
Western Hills
Henry M. Waite
Lincoln Park
Militia Quells Disturbance at North Carolina Textile Plant
A detachment of the North Carolina National Guard was sent to the Pinkney cotton mill in South Gastonia to quell a disturbance tied to a textile walk-out earlier in the day. In Tennessee, Ameri can Glanzstaff Corporation workers halted operations as about 2,000 employees walked out after union leaders called a second strike in a month.
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N. C
Gastonia
North Carolina National Guard
Pinkney
South Gastonia
Elizabethtown
Tenn
American Glanzstaff Corporation
Marine Library Seeks Books for Sailors Aid
The American Merchant Marine Library requests books and magazines of all types for sailors at sea. Donations may be left April 15 to 23 with conductors on Cincinnati street cars, at the Public Library and branches, the Merchants Library, and river-crossing libraries. Textbooks travel histories biographies science works and fiction are welcomed.
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American Merchant Marine Library
Public Library
High Seas
Cincinnati
Mercantile Library
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