Cincinnatian Engineer Killed by Wife in Suspected Murder Suicide
In Rock Island Illinois May 11 police found government engineer Harry R. Dumont shot dead and his wife dying after a phone warning from a Methodist pastor. A note claimed poisoning caused headaches amid possible temporary illness. Their eight year old son drowned years earlier and the couple had reconciled in Cincinnati after a separation.
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Rock Island, Ill
Harry R. Dumont
A. L. Powell
Dumont
Cincinnati
Laura Dumont
Betty Warkman
Portsmouth
O. Dumont
United States Army
Canada Tariff Proposals Hit United States Goods
Canada plans higher import duties on 175 to 225 million dollars of U S products and extends British Empire preferences on about 200 million dollars of imports. The Commerce Department notes increased competition with the United States and adds many items to the British free list while countervailing duties rise for imports from other countries. A warning to Republicans says fight any repeal of presidential rate changing power if necessary.
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Washington
United States
British Empire
Canada
Commerce Department
Britain
Senate
Hoover
House
Bishops Tenure May Be Reduced by Methodists
Dallas May 11 The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will resume consideration of a proposed written constitution and an amendment to reduce Bishop tenure from life to eight years. The same session also weighs charges of political activity against four bishops, including Bishop James Cannon Jr. and Bishops Monson Moore and Dubose, tied to the 1928 election and stock market activities.
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Dallas
Tex
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Memphis
Tenn
James Cannon, Jr
Washington
Edwin D. Monson
North Carolina
John M. Moore
Dalia
P. M. Dubose
Tennessee
Ohio Road Work Receives Major Boost in 1930
Reports to Secretary Lamont from governors show rising highway activity in 1930. Thirty-five states report increases with sixteen announcing first quarter contracts at or above 1929 levels, totaling $114,101,383 versus $50,910,133 last year. Ohio and Idaho show the sharpest relative gains. Idaho up over ninety times.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Lamont
Ohio
Idaho
Buckeye
Pennsylvania
Solon's office ransacked twice in two nights
Washington May 11 In a second night of disturbances Senator John Solon of California reports his offices were entered again. He and his secretary found six file cases opened and correspondence disturbed as they had been the night before.
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Ashington
Senator Johnson
Californian
Train Derailment in Mississippi Kills Two Engineers
Derailment of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad planter south bound train near Dean's Spur Harrison Miss claims two lives. Engineer B. W. Maddux of New Orleans and C W Baker of near Vicksburg die. One passenger Rudolph Vorbusch of New Orleans injured. Wrecking blamed on vandalism with heavy timbers spiked on track and a jammed switch. Railroad offers reward of 10 000 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the wreckers.
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Natchez
Miss
B. W. Maddux
New Orleans
C W. Baker
Vicksburg
Dean's Spur
Harrison
Rudolph Vorbusch
Mississippi
Nationalist Chinese War Death Toll Reported
A May dispatch from London cites Northern Alliance headquarters saying 10,000 Nationalist troops were killed and 15,000 wounded or captured in heavy fighting near Peng Pu along the Lunghai Railway. Northerners advance toward Nanking.
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China
London
Peking
Daily Express
Northern Alliance
Peng-Pu
Lunghai
Nanking
Quits pulpit for romance in startling elopement case
Special dispatch from Concord New Hampshire reports Rev Ev Jewell Imhoff and Stacey Daigneau, both missing since March 15, believed to have eloped. A special delivery letter from Hamilton Ohio reached Imhoff's mother, with a Middletown telegram promising a letter on the way. Authorities and private investigators press for trace.
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the Commercial Tribune
Concord
Ev Jewell Imhoff
Reak Ladaeate
College of the Nazarene
Franklin
Stacey A. Daigneau
Hamilton, O
Daigneau
Pennsylvania
Miss Imhoff
Ohio City
New Hampshire
Middletown
Pilot Wins Fight With Drunk Passenger Aboard Plane
New York mass transit report: Tex Anding, a Jackson Heights pilot, fought for two minutes at 3000 feet to stop an intoxicated man from flying the plane. After uppercutting the attacker, Anding landed safely and the man fled, leaving six lives protected aboard with five passengers including two women.
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New York
Tex Anding
Gates Flying Service Field
Jackson Heights
Anding
Lobbyists Defend Proper Lobbying Amid Prohibition Debate
Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington of the Anti-Saloon League argues lobbying is legitimate in a representative government and that citizens must approach legislators on legislation. The Senate Lobby Committee resumes its inquiry into the league at Washington with F. Scott McBride to reappear.
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Washington
Ernest H. Cherrington
Anti-Saloon League
Cherrington
Salt Raid Leader Abbas Tyabji Arrested In India
Abbas Tyabji Gandhi successor and his closest followers were arrested at Naysari as they planned a raid on Dharasana salt depots. British authorities warned they would use force to prevent the attack, while Tyabji vowed to continue and appointed Mme. Sarojini Naidu as successor if needed.
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Bombay
India
Abbas Tyabji
Mahatma Gandhi
Naysari
Dharsaana
Bombas
Gujarat
Mahatma Gand
Dharasana
Gandhi
Tyabji
Braham
Surat
Baroda
Mme
Saropini Naidu
Mme. Naidu
London
Tile
Ageee Lee
Daily Mail Today
Inge Ehnment
Turangzai
Northwest
Frontier
Peshawar
Afghanistan
Roberts 1923 Speech Attacks Prohibition as Government Overreach
New York May 11. Supreme Court nominee Roberts described inserting the prohibition amendment into the Constitution as the height of absurdities in governmental regulation. He said he spoke for neither side on prohibition and criticized overreach by police statutes into the Constitution. He argued government should govern least, noting past founders’ beliefs and warning against extensive legislative tinkering.
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New York Worldly Service
New York
Roberts
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Senate
New York World News Service
American Banking Association
Trust Companies of
United States
Fire destroys plane in Lunken Airport hangar
An Em bry-Riddle Company airplane housed in Lunken Airport hangar was completely destroyed by fire early yesterday. Firemen under Marshal Ferguson found the plane a total loss with about 10 000 dollars estimated. Sparks from a short circuited storage battery started the blaze and the plane was wheeled outside before flames spread to another craft. Insurance covers the loss.
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Embry-Riddle Company
Lunken
Ferguson
Skull of 1812 actor Cooke may be reunited with body
Philadelphia attorney William S Lapetina seeks to reopen the old grave at St Pauls Churchyard in New York to reunite the missing skull of George Frederick Cooke with his remains. The skull is reportedly in the possession of Dr Ross V Patterson dean of Jefferson Medical College, with documentary proof of authenticity from Dr George McClellan.
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New York World News Service
New York
George Frederick Cooke
London
New York City
Cooke
St. Paul’s Churchyard
John W. Francis
William S. Lapetina
Philadelphia
Duse Art Theater
Philadelphia Record
Ross V. Patterson
Jefferson Medical College
George McClellan
Medical School
George B. McClellan
Union Army of the Potomac
Looted cleaner’s truck valued at three thousand
Thieves stole clothing valued between two and three thousand dollars from a Teasdale Dry Cleaning Co truck parked at Burnet avenue and Reading road. The loaded truck was found abandoned an hour later at Snyder and North Bend roads. Items included four overcoats, four women’s coats, twelve men’s suits, fourteen dresses and suits, and five pairs of trousers.
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Teasdale Dry Cleaning Company
Burnet Avenue
Reading Road
Snyder
North Bend Roads
Albert E. Anderson
Hardesty Avenue
Anderson
Frank Wolland
Lowry Avenue
Wolland
Boy Sets 3 Air Records on Transcontinental Flight
Frank Goldsborough 19, son of Bryce Goldsborough who perished in 1927 Dawn crash, lands at New York Airport after a 28 hour 18 minute West-East flight setting three junior records. He began in Los Angeles and completed a 62 hour total round trip with stops for fuel in six cities. He greets mother and grandmother on Mother's Day before a crowd of 5000.
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New York
Frank Goldsborough
New York City
Bryce Goldsborough
Florence Grayson
Atlantic
Los Angeles
Frank
Gertrude Goldsborough
Anna Jacobi
Jackson Heights
Dick James
Heights
Flushing
el Paso
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Abilene
Tex
Tulsa
Okla
Springfield
St. Louis
Columbus
Newark
N. J
British Aviatrix Leaves for Allahabad to Beat Record
Amy Johnson aged twenty three, the British aviatrix aiming to break Bert Hinkler's fifteen day England to Australia record, took off for Allahabad today in Karachi. She arrived here last night a day ahead of Hinkler's pace.
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Karachi
India
Amy Johnson
Bert Hinkler
England
Australia
Allahabad
Hinkler
Governor Cooper Boosts Community Chest Drive at Lunch
Governor Myers Y. Cooper will bolster the Community Chest campaign with a noon speech at Hotel Linton as Cincinnati hosts a final three day push. Columbus Mayor will attend as spectator to glean fundraising insights. About 533000 remains to be pledged with two days left, and organizers hope recent reports will surge results.
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Myers Y. Cooper
Hotel Linton
Cincinnati
Columbus
C. M. Bookman
Community Chest
Ohio
Sidar Flight Tragedy Ends With Two Drownings
Col Pablo Sidar and co pilot Lieut Rovirosa died in a non stop attempt from Mexico to Buenos Aires. Morelos crashed three miles off Porto Limón after a storm forced the monoplane down. Sidar body recovered. Rovirosa wedged in wreckage.
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Pablo Sidar
Carlos Roviroso
Porto Limon
Costa Rica
Mexico City
Buenos Aires
Sidar
Col
Mexico
Department of Communications
Col Sidar
Lieut
Rovirosa
Col. Sidar
Lieut. Rovirosa
Morelos
Cerro Loco Ranch
Oaxaca
South America
Pacific
Central America
Atlantic
Salvador
Cerro Loco
Latin America
Emilio Carranza
Mount Holly
N. J
New York
Mexican Army Air Corps
Kansas City
Escobar
Sinaloa
Ace
Temperature and weather table for May 11 1930 regionally
The report lists temperatures and conditions for Ohio Kentucky Indiana Tennessee West Virginia and others. It notes generally fair and partly cloudy days with scattered showers and thunderstorms in various regions and provides a table of highs lows averages and precipitation for major cities including Eastport Louisville Boston Nashville Albany Cleveland New York Chicago Denver and more.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Tennessee
West Virginia
Eastport
Louisville
Boston
Nashville
Albany
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
Atlantic C
S.S
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Middlemon
Hamilton
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Supreme Court
America
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