Radical Plan to End Crime Wave Urges sweeping reforms
New York reports the American Bar Association committee on Law Enforcement heard radical proposals to overhaul criminal law. Endorsements include scrapping existing rules of evidence, allowing prosecutor use of defendant failure to testify, and appointing judges to preside Grand Jury rounds. Some urged abolishing lawyer interviews about clients before trial.
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New York
The
Bar Association
Committee On Law Enforcement
Supreme Court
John W. Goff
Norman Dike
Brooklyn
Thomas C. T. Crain
Court of General Sessions
Crain
Gaff
Taft
London Times
Lenden
St. Instrict
Banton
United States
American Bar Association
Naval Civilian Reserve Sought by Ex-Service Men
Plans to create a naval civilian reserve to rival the army National Guard were presented to the Senate Appropriations Committee by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt and former service men. The proposal calls for 38,000 officers and 10,000 enlisted men at an estimated cost of 85.4 million dollars compared with 50 thousand dollars previously appropriated.
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Washington
National Guard
Army
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Cacus Votes for Closure in Senate Rules Amendment
A Republican senatorial caucus approved a proposal to apply closure to all revenue and appropriation bids with a majority vote. Senator Lodge appointed a five member committee to study and report on the best path to enact the change amid strong opposition.
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Washington
Cauces
Senate
Lodge
Senate approves 133000 army bill amid tight debate
The Senate passed the annual Army appropriation of 841.75 million dollars setting the next year’s force at 12 500 officers and 132 000 men. The action followed a recordless vote after a prior 10 to 2 approval of committee figures raising enlisted strength to 723 000 from 715 000.
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Washington
Senate
House
Agricultural Committee
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River
War Department
Rail unions vote on strike as wage cuts loom
Detroit and Chicago dispatches report the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees orders strike ballots for 478000 members amid a 13.2 percent wage cut effective July 1. Union president EB Grable says a majority vote against cuts could trigger a walkout by July 5 and signals other unions may follow.
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Detroit
United States Railroad Labor Board
Executive Council
The
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Labor Board
EB. F. Grable
Grable
Brotherhood
Sle
Chicago
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Washington Latest Events Focusing on Labour Reform and Legislation
A permanent group forms to press abolition of child labor. Senator Edge's bill on New York harbor development passes the Senate and goes to the House. House Rules blocks the Johnson Woodruff war fraud probe, triggering heated floor debate. McCumber and Robinson clash over tariff. Navy yards and arsenals urged to bid on government supply contracts to save taxpayers 100 million a year. Mondell bill would share 25 percent of rents and royalties from U S petroleum reserves with states. Attorney General Daugherty seeks ex Governor Deenen for fraud prosecutions. U S rejects Allies invitation to Hague conference. Woodruff and Johnson press anew for DOJ probe. DOJ chief accused of stalling prosecutions.
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Edge
Republican
New Jersey
New York Harbor
Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Johnson-Woodruff
Department of Justice
McCumber
Robinson
Navy
House Naval Committee
International Association of Machinists
Mondell
United States
Daugherty
Deenen
Illinois
Hague
Woodruff and Johnson
United States Customs Halts Drug Traffic
Washington reports drastic enforcement orders by the U S customs service stopping all drug traffic while regulations are drawn up under the Jones Miller anti narcotic law. The move aims to end non medical drug use and curb international traffic with strict controls.
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Washington
United States Customs Service
British Poisoner Hanged Armstrong Executed for Murder
London reports Major Herbert Bowes Armstrong a prominent Welsh solicitor hanged in Gloucester jail for poisoning his wife. Convicted April 13, his appeal to the House of Lords was denied. He becomes the first member of the English bar to be executed for murder.
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Armstrong
London
Herbert Bowes Armstrong
Gloucester
House of Lords
Poincare Policy Maintained by French Chamber Vote
Paris The Chamber of Deputies backed Prime Minister Poincare 426 to 1483 to continue directing foreign policy after Genoa talks. The session emphasized the premier's control over international affairs and loans, with Herriot accusing him of delaying debt questions linked to Germany.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Drenner Poincare
France
Genoa
Prence
Gretaheny Ua Vase
Poineire
Aszainst Herriot
World News in Consolidated Form Highlights Global Turmoil
In Detroit Henry Ford accuses Wall Street of opposing his Muscle Shows project. Chicago faces a court-ordered surface fare cut by June 15, reducing to 7 cents cash or three tickets for 20 cents, saving riders about 7.0 million annually. Paris defends Genoa conference policy in the chamber. Premier Poincare says efforts aimed at peace. Bologna sees 30,000 Fascists threaten civil war, burning Busch Commune and holding the city square. Berlin reports Inter-Allied martial law in Silesia and press censorship. Carson Nevada notes Mary Pickford divorce from Owen Moore upheld by Nevada Supreme Court. New York reports a 15,000 dollar armored car heist with two fake license plates and three gray-haired bandits.
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Henry
Ford
Wall Street
Chicago
Paris
France
Genoa
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
Bologna
Italy
Fascisti
Busch
Berlin
Beuthen
Upper Silesia
Inter-Allied Commission
Kattowitz
Gleiwitz
Hindenberg
Rybnik
Silesia
Carson
New
Mary Pickford
Owen -Moore
Nevada Supreme Court
Rank BP
Lungan
Powler Ty
New York
Buva Av v
Long Island
First Presbyterian Church
Merchantville
Samuel W. Wilbraham
Jennie Wilbraham
Charles T. Wolverton
Camden
American Legion
Collingswood
John S. E. Pardee
South Jersey
James Palminari
Vinelam
Wheat Road
George Cunningham
Martin Ehlers
Bergen County
Ehlers
John Vacchiano
Asbury Park
Vacelciano
Passaic
Clften Palice
Unionville
Thhomas Ragan
Jersey City
Tee
Center Anisement Company
Newark
Uh Com.pany
New Central Theater
Central Avenue
Soul Ereath Street
Toetner
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad Company
Public Utilities Commission
Mount Holly
Camden and Burlington County Railway Company
New Jersey
Erie
Tunnel Commission
Livingston Street
Three slot machines confiscated in Pensauken shop
Police seized three slot machines from John Thomas’s Pensauken store. Other briefs note bids for Salem armory, Brooklawn school contract to Penn Construction for 520,000, and a Woodbury court verdict of 515,000 for Franklin W Driver after his wagon hit by a trolley in 1920.
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Cox
John Thomas
Pensauken Township
Salem
Trenton
Center Township Board of Education
M. Mayne
Brooklawn Schools
Penn Construction Company
Philadelphia
Franklin W. Driver
Mullica Hill
Public Service Trolley Company
Woodbury
Atlantic City
William L. Dill
John Enright
Department of Education
Enright
Lakewood Grammar School
State House
George H. Holler
Fureka
Hackensack
James 2B. Gareer
Rahway
Richway Post
American Legion
Legion
Wharton
Frank Hornick
Joseph Thornick
Boonton
Stephen Bitzak
Wallington
Main Street
Harris Lyceum
Bitzak
Phillipsburg High School
Board of Education
Board of School Estimate
Board of
Newark
Boetner
Murray
Robert P. Harris
Princeton
Lake Superior
Harris
Arthur R. Wendell
Ralway
James 2. Purcher
Sinking Fund Commission
Wendell
Wendel
Bayonne
Federal Shipbuilding Company of
Kearney
William H. Speer
Supreme Court
Joseph Brady
Creighton Conklin
Charles W. 3Rvan, Jr
John Milton
Jersey City
Lindnnburg
Depue & Faulks
Roland B. Roberts
Brewer Hospital
Edward Steward
Nevin Heusted, Jr
Camden
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Charles Scanlon
Presbyterian Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare
U.S. Senate
Federated Shop Crafts
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
U. S
Pauline M. Floyd
United States Supreme Court
District of Columbia
New Jersey State
Joseph R. Hawkins
Howard Street
New York Volunteers
Ouaves
Delaware Bay
Pitman
Fortescue
Harmon Dils
Marshall F. Lummis
George Kirschner
Albert Johnson
India
Lawrence Stiles
Heislerville
Cumberland County
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