Senate Votes to Retain Export Debenture Plan in Farm Bill
The Senate approved keeping the export debenture plan in the farm relief bill by a 47 to 44 vote. Thirteen Republican independents joined Democrats to defeat elimination efforts, while two Democrats and two paired senators altered positions. President Hoover had opposed the provision, and the issue moves to a Senate-House conference committee.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
House
Conference Committee
Wagner
New York
Ransdell
Louisiana
Walsh
Massachusetts
King
Utah
Shipstead
Farmer- Labor
Minn
Kendrick
Dem
Wyo
Borah
Idaho
Brookhart
Iowa
Bingham
Rep
Conn
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Eking
May Festival Concert Delivers Dramatic Bach and Williams Night
The second May Festival concert in Music Hall under Frederick Stock contrasted Bach Magnificat with Vaughan Williams arias, delivering a concentrated display of musical excellence. The chorus, assisted by Cincinnati Conservatory vocal ensemble, impressed with "Fecit Potentiam" and the grand "Gloria" ending. Jeanette Vreeland led the soloists with pristine tone and clear diction.
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Robert Aura Smith
Bach
Vaughan Williams
Music Hall
Frederick Stock
Williams
Cincinnati Conservatory
Jeannette Vreeland
Hypnotist Coroner Pursues Wright Murder via Psychic Seance
Coroner Virgil Fowler of Scioto County uses hypnosis to search for the killer of 18 year old Wheelersburg athlete William Wright. A mysterious woman named Mary, hypnotized in a private home, claims the shooter is older than Wright with motive of revenge and notes a young woman involved. Witnesses describe the shooting near a chopping block.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Virgil Fowler
Scioto County
William Wright
Wheelersburg
Mary
Wright
Jury fixing alleged in Liggett murder trial case
Two men were arrested in Nashville on allegations of bribing a juror in the Walter Liggett murder case. Liggett, jailed after bond was vacated, faced a fresh contempt citation as authorities said more arrests were possible. Rainey Creswell and P B Osburn confessed to offering and accepting bribes to fix the Osburn vote and hang the jury.
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Nashville
Tenn
Walter Liggett
Turney Cunningham
Liggett
Chester K. Hart
P. B. Osburn
Rainey Creswell
Osburn
Osborn
Creswell
Richard M. Atkinson
Atkinson
Former convict nominated for Gary mayoralty after pardon
In Gary Indiana on May 8, former Mayor Roswell O Johnson secured the Republican mayoral nomination after a federal prison term for conspiring against Prohibition. He led Floyd Williams 13 303 to 9 766 in returns and had his civic rights restored by a presidential pardon.
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Gary
Ind
Roswell O. Johnson
Floyd E. Williams
Johnson
Williams
William Dunn
Herman Key
C. M. Greenlee
Atlanta
Dunn
Coolidge
U P Leader Plan to Oppose Tariff Debate
Washington May 8. Democratic opposition to the tariff bill grows as Representative Garner of Texas labels several provisions vicious. Republicans plan general debate in the House tomorrow without a special rule, aiming to smooth differences during debate and avoid wide amendment access. Ways and Means members prepare to report the bill. full Republican caucus to decide on rule timing Friday.
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Washington
House
Garner
Texas
Ways and Means Committee
Hawley
Ordinances Move To Invalidate Police and Fire Pension Laws
Two ordinances introduced by City Manager Col Sherrill aim to render state laws on police and fire pension funds inoperative in Cincinnati. They seek to enforce a three tenths mill tax levy and declare two state measures invalid. The measure cites a yearly city cost of 496 476 over twenty years to cover a 7 million deficit and references a charter conflict ruling.
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General Assembly
Boards of Trustees
Col
Sherrill
Alexander
Cincinnati
Luter
Law Committee
Seasongood
Former Texas judge indicted for murder in Amarillo
R H Hamilton former judge on the Texas Supreme Court Commission of Appeals shot his son in law Tom Walton Jr 21 to death in Amarillo. The Potter County Grand Jury indicted him for murder.
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Amarillo
Tex
R. H. Hamilton
Texas Supreme Court’s Commission of Appeals
Tom Walton, Jr
Potter County
Grand
Honeymooners in Auto Slaying in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia May 8 two men and a fourteen year old bride gave conflicting stories after the dead man Franklin Bowen 38 owner of a filling station was found shot in the heel in a car shared with Millard Morrison and Mr and Mrs Walter E Willmot all residents of Elizabeth New Jersey The Willmots said they were on their honeymoon Morrison allegedly shot Bowen while being driven to a station after gas ran out Police say the trio moved their baggage to Bowens car and were headed to Kana wha where they were arrested Mrs Willmot denied knowledge of Bowens death claiming he was intoxicated
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Charleston
W. Va
Elizabeth
N. J
Frank Bowen
Millard Morrison
Walter E. Willmot
Willmots
Willmot
Morrison
Bowen
Kanawha
Hamilton Crash Kills Three Injures Three In Ohio
Three killed and three injured in a Hamilton crash when a car veered off Deer Field Pike into Grand Boulevard and hit a telephone pole. Victims named Nolan Schregge 22 Julius RoCar 21 and an unidentified woman about 21. Injured: Paul Snider 21 Mary Alexander 22 Romilda Reed 20. Snider drove. injured taken to Mercy Hospital. Police lack details.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Deerfield Pike
Grand Boulevard
Schregge
Nolan
Richlawn Avenue
Rocar
Julius
Paul Snider
Prytania Avenue
Mary Alexander
Romilda Reed
Mercy Hospital
Snider
Revenge Seen in Late Gang Slayings
Three Chicago gunmen. John Scalisi Robert Anselmi and Joseph Guinta were found slain near the Illinois Indiana line. Authorities link the killings to retaliation for the St Valentine’s Day Moran gang massacre as Cook County records rise to nineteen gang deaths this year.
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Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Gangland
John Scalisi
Robert Anselmi
Joseph Guinta
George ‘‘Bugs
Moran
Clark Street
St. Valentine’s Day
St. Valentine's Day
Scalisi
Anselmi
Genesis of the American First Army in World War I
Army War College historians publish official account of Pershing resisting French and British pressure to use American troops as replacements. They detail the August 1918 meeting with Foch, the decision to form an autonomous American army, and the rapid Argonne offensive that followed.
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Foch
Pershing
Argonne
Army War College
Marshal Foch
Paris
Clemenceau
Tiger
First Army
Ligny-en-Barrios
First
St. Mihiel
Sedan
War College
Russia
Germany
Wilson
Washington
War Department
Charles Pally Granted New Trial On Liquor Case
Judge Thomas H. Darby reversed Municipal Court action over suppression of evidence and ordered a new trial for Charles Pally of 732 Betts Street on a liquor charge. The defense argued the police illegal tipped the evidence and that witnesses were unfairly barred from testifying.
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A. KL. Luebbers
Charles Pally
Betts Street
Thomas H. Darby
Pally
Luebbers
Common Pleas Court
Darby
150 Trains Daily at Proposed Cincinnati Terminal
City Council introduced three ordinances to enable construction of the Cincinnati Union Terminal. The plan shows a two block site with McLean avenue as the front line and President place extending west to the park. The design includes separate pathways for cars trains streetcars and buses and a large open lobby with extensive passenger facilities.
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Cincinnati Union Terminal
McLean Avenue
President Place
Lincoln Park
Union Terminal Company
C. & O. Railway Company of
Indiana
Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
City of
Cincinnati
Dalton Street
United States
Congress
American Railway Express Company
Henry M. Waite
Pulmans
Southern Railroad
Eighth Street
Big Four
Brighton
Horne Street
Baltimore & Ohio
Mill Creek
Ohio Dry Chief Removes Son as Aid In Probe
In Columbus New Ohio Prohibition Commissioner Rupert Beetham says his son Samuel K. Beetham will be relieved of duties as Deputy Commissioner. State Auditor Joseph Tracy will review legality of agents expense accounts including gambling debt claims. Acting Deputy Beetham explains his son only acted while a replacement was sought. The affair ties to suspensions of two agents and use of decoys in enforcement. Michaelson Acquitted In Key West Liquor Trial. The Illinois Congressman M Alfred Michaelson is cleared by a federal jury of liquor smuggling charges tied to Cuba. Testimony notes trunks claimed by Michaelson and revelations about official influence sought for release of seized liquor.
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Ohio
Michaelson
Columbus, O
Rupert R. Beetham
Samuel K. Beetham
Joseph T. Tracy
Ciry
Beetham
Tracy
Edward Little
John O. Cole
South
Young Beetham
Gov. Cooper
United States
Joseph W. Horner
Lancaster
Ogden Mills
the Treasury
Walter Gramm
Chicago
Gramm
Navy Dirigible Los Angeles Sets Coast Training Cruise
The United States Navy airship Los Angeles under Commander C. E. Rosendahl left Lakehurst New Jersey shortly before 9 PM for a coastal training cruise. On board were fifty two officers and men including Commander Garland Fulton and Commander M. Kraus of the Bureau of Aeronautics.
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Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N J
United States Navy
Dirigible
Los Angeles
C. E. Rosendahl
Garland Fulton
M. Kraus
United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Girl 13 acquitted in fatal shooting of brother-in-law
Laura Landino, 13, was acquitted of manslaughter for killing her brother-in-law Tony Bevelaqua. The jury in Criminal Court deliberated under twenty minutes after she fired twice through a door as he tried to enter the Landino home where his wife and two children had gone.
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Baltimore
Laura Landino
Tony Bevelaqua
Landino
Constance Talmadge Weds Townsend Netcher in Beverly Hills
Constance Talmadge, noted actress, married Townsend Netcher at the home of Mrs. Buster Keaton in Beverly Hills. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. James Lash with Norma and Natalie Talmadge Keaton as witnesses and Buster Keaton giving the bride away. Netcher recently divorced by Gertrude Selby. Talmadge had previous marriages to John Pialogiou and Capt. Alastair McIntosh.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Constance Talmadge
Townsend Netcher
Chicago
Buster Keaton
James Lash
Hollywood Congregational Church
Norma Talmadge
Natalie Talmadge Keaton
Walter Lohman
John Pialogiou
Capt
Alastair McIntosh
Netcher
Gertrude Selby
Longworth Claims Rank Next to President in Social Precedence
Washington notes a growing social clash over precedence among official hosts and guests. Speaker Nick Longworth asserts his office ranks immediately beside the President, backing Mrs. Longworth against Mrs. Dolly Gann in the Stimson Howard pact dispute. The feud implicates the three branches and their social prerogatives.
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Nick Longworth
The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Curtis
Dolly Gann
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Gann
Stimson
S Longworth
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Theodore B. McDonald
East Avenue
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Gillette
Ark
New Richmond
Theodore
National Tribune
Pension Department
B. U.P
Honeymooners
Trio
Herlin
Sinclair
Harry F. Sinclair
Heflin
Ala
Ih Sinclair
George S. Wilson
Board of Public Welfare
Illinois
Union Terminal
McLean Ave
Gen. Pershing
France
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