House To Be First To Resume Action On Tariff
Washington April 24 Congress leaders at a White House breakfast agreed the House will first take up the conference report on the tariff bill. The Senate has already acted on disputed sections and the House vote will follow after initial proceedings. Hoover opposed certain provisions, while leaders from both parties discussed procedures and recedings for final disposition.
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Washington
Congressional
Hoover
House
White House
Senate
Legislative
Watson
Indiana
Longworth
Democrats
McNary
Oregos
Jeader
Tilson
Connecticut
Eehiace
Smoot
Utah
Shortridge
California
Hawley
Oregon
Bacharach
New Jersey
Treadway
Massachusetts
Milnor to Replace Kellogg as Grain Stabilizer Chief
Washington April 4 George S Milnor of Alton Illinois named general manager of the Farmers National Grain Corporation by Federal Farm Board Chairman Legge Milnor will head the grain stabilization corporation continuing marketing policies Kellogg resigned ten days ago Legge noted the grain storeage situation is satisfactory and expects more direct selling of the new wheat crop to millers to curb congestion
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Milnor
Kellogg
Washington
George S. Milnor
Alton
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Mglner
W. G. Kellogg
Seaboard
Leviathan Sets Direct Course for New York
The Leviathan is on a direct course for New York aiming to bring the American delegation to the London naval conference to the home soil quickly as possible. A swell in the sea is expected to aid the voyage and beneficial weather is anticipated. Berlin reports malnourished school children and food shortages amid ongoing crises.
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New York
Precautionary Steps Kept After Ohio Penitentiary Fire
Ohio officials led by Governor Myer Y Cooper take precautionary measures as the fire at the Ohio Penitentiary remains under investigation. Plans include transferring short term convicts to London prison farm and speeding two new cell blocks, with extinguishers added and guards placed on top tiers. Witnesses debate fire cause, with some blaming wiring and others suggesting a room without wires as origin.
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Columbus
BHP
Ohio
Myera Y. Cooper
Preston E. Thomas
London
Téfay
Board of Inquiry
A. E. Nice
Columbus Fire Department
Werden Thomas
H. H. Griswold
Union of Presbyterians Consider Organic Church Merger
Philadelphia reports a plan for an organic union of the Presbyterian Church in the U S with the Church of America Dutch Reformed and related denominations. Dr J Ross Stevenson heads the department proposing a 1931 assembly plan. The Reformed Church in America and Dutch Reformed Church join talks ahead of June meetings with approx 160000 and 241000 communicants respectively and over 2000000 in the Presbyterian Church in the U S AL.
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Philadelphia
Amplete
Church of America
Presbyterian Assembly
Cincinnati
Department of Church Cooperation and Union
The
Presbyterian Church In
U.S
J. Ross Steveson
Princeton
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Dutch Reformed Church
United Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
U. S AL
Atlantic City
Sredigteriin Senate
Eni
Dupont Challenges Prohibition Benefits In Judiciary Testimony
Pierre S. Dupont of Dupont Interests testifies before the House Judiciary Committee rebutting dry claims that prohibition increased prosperity. He argues gains post law are coincidental and many elites secretly drink while praising the law. Dupont urges a vote on repeal after ten years of experience with the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Washington
House “Judiciary Committee
Congress
Pierre S. Dupont
Dupont
Delaware
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Judiciary’ Committee
Association Agsine
Golf Regarded As Asset By Banker
Chicago April 24. David R Forgan banker says he would rather pay an employee more for the same job if he plays golf because golf makes him better equipped physically mentally and morally. He spoke at a meeting of the Association of Commerce. Born in St Andrew he regards golf as the greatest thing invented by a Scotchman.
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Chicago
David R Forgan
Atve
The
Association of Commerce
St. Andrew
Order Officials To Probe Wreck Attica April 24
Inspectors were ordered to probe an airplane accident near Attica in which Major Lionel M Woolson the Packard chief aeronautical engineer and two companions were killed. The Diesel powered Verville plane crashed into a hillside in a snowstorm after leaving Detroit for New York.
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Attica
Department of Ecommerce
Lionel M. Woolson
Packard Motor Company
Major Woolson
Carl 8. Knight
Verville Aircraft Corporation
Desort
Harold B. Scott
Douglaston
N. C
Detroit
New York
Buffalo
N.Y
Attica and Arcade Railroad
House members to oppose Erie Canal provision in rivers bill
Twelve of fifteen midwest and northwest state representatives head to a conference to strategize against including a federal acquisition of the Erie Oswego canal from New York in the pending rivers and harbors bill. The meeting aims to coordinate campaign plans and influence the legislation.
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Washington
House
Middle West
Northwest States
Erie Oswego Canal
New York State
Ware
Roper Favors Repeal View On Prohibition In Colleges
Princeton football coach Bill Roper told the House Judiciary Committee that the current dry regime creates a false psychology among students and may endanger his own children. He and Western coaches Yale and Princeton figures argued prohibition benefited college students, while Ontario premier Drury testified against the Canadian liquor distribution system.
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Princeton
Judiciary Committee
Coteges
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
W. W. Roper
Roper
Senate Lobby Committee
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the
Jones
Yale
E. C. Drury
Ontario
Drayton
Dispatches
Toronto
Ferguson
Danforth Begins West River Swing In U.S. Senate Bid
George J. Danforth of Sioux Falls heads east after a western campaign tour to wage a radio driven drive for the Republican nomination against Senator W. H. McMaster. He plans a Buffalo Wool Growers meeting and stops in Pies Belle Fourche and Hot Springs with an estimated 3000 to 4000 ranchers expected.
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West Rivee
George J. Danforth
Sioux Falls
W. H. McMaster
U. S
Huron
Danforth
Buffalo
Harding County
H. O. Chapman
Minnehaha County
Danforth Club
Pies
Belle Fourche
Buack Hills
Senator McMaster
South Dakota
University of
Wisconsin
America
England
Ful in wei der to Head Stamp Drive for State Chamber
Fuillinweider, president of the National Bank of Huron, was named chairman of the state Chamber of Commerce campaign committee to oversee the sale of national advertising poster stamps in Huron next week. He urged business leaders to join and use the stamps to showcase South Dakota’s opportunities and attract capital and people.
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George
Tullinweider
National Bank of Huron
State Chamber of Commerce
Huron
George Sherman
Paul Myers
Huron Chamber of Commerce
Fullinweider
South Dakota
Ifr
Indiana
East
State Chamber
Coast Gasoline War Nears End on Pacific Coast
The gasoline price war on the Pacific coast appears to end as Standard and Union set a tank wagon price of 1534 cents a gallon in Los Angeles, yielding 214 cents to consumers. Other firms plan to match the move while independents lag slightly at 19 ½ cents. The item cites San Francisco region reporting dated April 1.
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Pacific Coast
Standard and Union Oil Companies
Los Angeles
Standard and Union
San Francisco
Wisconsin Governor Kohler testifies in 1923 campaign trial
Governor Walter J. Kohler testified for about forty minutes under sharp cross examination as prosecutors argued he spent excessive sums in his 1923 primary campaign and should be removed from office. The report also notes the Town Sheep and Wool Growers' association joining the Federal Farm Board's national cooperative marketing program with state members invited to participate.
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Wisconsin
Sheboygan, Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Federal Board
Des Moines
Amociation
Federal Farm Board
National Cooperative- Marketing Program
Riots in Peshawar and Calcutta Clash With British Troops
In Peshawar, British and Gurkha forces quell massive anti-government protests as 20 natives are killed and several soldiers injured. in Calcutta, crowds demand to see Mayor Sen Gupta, who is reported dead or fatally harmed in prison amid mounting unrest. Police clash with insurgents across Burma Valley and Chittagong regions as troops pursue suspects and seize weapons.
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Bombay
India
Peshawar
Khyber Pass
Lahore
Wibesmen
Sen Gupta
Calicutta
M. Sen Gupta
Avil
Calcutta
Chittagorg
Burma Valley Light Horse
Feni
Lost Civil War era photos aid Custer Battlefield road drive
Newly found government photographs from the 1874 expedition, taken on wet plates, have resurfaced after 55 years. The images promote a 2,500 mile Custer Battlefield highway tour from Des Moines to Glacier National Park. Exhibits travel in a custom truck led by W. D. Fisher with Max Big Man, son of a noted Indian scout.
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Mitchell
S. D
Plains of the Wild West
General Custer
Custer Battlefield High
Des Moines
Glacier National Park
Custer
Lite Big Horn
South Dakota State Historical Society
Pierre
W. D. Fisher
Custer Battlefield Highway Association
Max Big Man
Flames Consume Oil From Gusher in Chapman Field
A gusher at the Chapman oil field near Austin caught fire after spouting oil from a depth of 1871 feet. The No 1 Simons well, owned by R L Marts, burned as 3000 to 5000 barrels may be lost daily, with twelve boilers connected to the line as workers attempt to extinguish the blaze.
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Austin
Texas
Simons
Chapman
R. L. Marts
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Union of Presbyterians
Bill Roper
West River
McMaster
George C. Fullinweider
Fuillinweider
Bank
of State Chamber of Commerce
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