Congress Debates Tariff Revision Amid House Debate
The House opens general debate on the tariff bill with Hawley set to start the discussion. Republican and Democratic leaders frame the partisan clash as a matter of principle and sectional interests as state delegations plan further conferences to shape their positions.
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House
Ifer
Dace
Hawley
Ways and Means Committee
Garner
Texas
Raps
Theeti
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Curse of Fellow Ship Woe and Gangland Killings
A historical commentary discusses Chicago gang violence linked to the Capone era, noting triple murders and retaliatory killings outside the city. It contrasts law enforcement restraint with public concern over gun violence and includes critique of a farm relief debenture plan amid political maneuvering.
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Chicago
Capone
Decline in Lynchings Noted Across the Nation
The article remarks that in recent years many citizens feel a growing satisfaction as lynching incidents decline nationally, noting it has become rare for such events to appear in news columns, with only a few isolated reports occurring in distant places.
Prohibition era violence and mob justice in Charleston
The piece describes a murder in Charleston with two killers and a woman, a push for swift mob justice, and a separate highway shooting near the West Virginia border where deputies killed a 17 year old student in a car pursuit. It links these events to the broader fight over prohibition and bootlegging, noting a federal grand jury indicting 81 people for conspiracy to violate anti liquor laws and a major illegal liquor operation valued at $36 million.
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2 Village Ladies Sid
Charleston
Kanawha County
W. Va.Va
Chiddl
Col. Leonard
J.P. Ayres
United States
Chamber of Commerce Critiques Rapid Check Payments
A Chamber of Commerce figure calls rapid check payments a new form of credit inflation likening it to a national poker game. He argues the chips move faster as the game speeds up and says the pace is too quick for many, suggesting a slowdown mainly for speculative check-writing.
Textile Troubles Highlight Strikes and Shifting Roles
The southern textile industry faces decline due to strikes framed as arising from deplorable conditions. Critics blame absentee ownership in the North and commission men in the South, plus a critique of women’s influence. The piece notes a drastic drop in typical female dress weight from nine pounds to about nine ounces, questioning women’s responsibility for the trend.
Tariff debate opens as leaders weigh farm bill pact
In Washington on May 9 Associated Press reports Senate leaders clutch to whether the Democratic Republican independent coalition that upset the Republican majority in the farm bill will stay united to craft the tariff measure.
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Senate
House
Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington
Notice to Lienholders in Saucer Real Estate Case
Legal notices inform all lienholders by judgment or otherwise on Thomas J Saucer real estate to present and audit claims for adjudication. Claims must be filed at the Office in the Loar building Gratton before May 20, 1929. Commissioner My Musgrove signs the notice for J Frank Wilson attorney for the plaintiff.
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Thomas J. Saucer
Taylor Countty
Thomas
J. Saucer
Loar
Gratton
Musgrove
Trustee's Sale in Taylor County West Virginia
Trustee W Merle Watkins will sell on June 1 1929 at 1 pm at the Taylor county courthouse front door the southern part of Lot 91 in the Fetterman Plat Grafton facing Boyd street. Sale is cash. Property already behind the Baptist church with a large dwelling and garage. includes back line between rear of current dwellings on Lot 91.
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Taylor County
West Virginia
Starcher
W. le Watkins
Fetterman
City of
Grafton
Boyd Street
Washington Street
Baptst Church
W. Merle Watkins
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