Rubber restrictions to be lifted in Malaya and Ceylon plan
Premier Baldwin announced in the house of commons that all export restrictions on rubber from British Malaya and Ceylon would be removed November 1, 1928. The Stevenson plan remains in effect pending the change with debate to follow and full information to be provided to parliament. The move faces opposition and concerns over market control amid falling prices and growing Dutch planter influence.
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Commons
Baldwin
Stevenson
London
House of Commons
British
Malaya
Ceylon
House
Colonial Office
Neil McLean
Jaborite
Joseph Kenworth
Laborite
Malay
Singapore
Colombo
Singapore Chamber of Commerce
East Ceylon Estate Proprietors Association
United States
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
School Board Opposes Routing Highway No 10 by Elm Street Site
High Point officials unanimously adopt a resolution opposing State Highway No 10 being routed along Jones and Church streets near the Elm Street and High School sites. The board cites long standing policy to place schools away from heavy traffic and urges cooperation to avoid the routing.
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Church and
Jones Streets
J. Elwood Cox
High Point
C. F. Tomlinson
Cox
Elm Street
Tomlinson
Jones Street
Mr. Cox
W. A. Davis
City Planning and Zoning Commission
T., Wingate Andrews
D. A. Stanton
John W. Hedrick
C. L. Amos
E. K. Ingram
High Point High School
Asheville Honors Governor Smith Visit Plans
Asheville prepares a warm welcome for Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York with mayoral telegrams and county officials inviting varied activities. He may attend golf club events, the Biltmore Forest horse show, trout season opening, and a Smoky Mountains trip, with Coolidge possibly visiting later. Negotiations include hosting at Zealandia or Overlook residences.
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Asheville
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Gallatin Roberts
K. M. Lyda
Buncombe County
Biltmore Forest
Great Smokies
Great Smoky Park
Coolidge
Senate Finance Committee Considers Corporation Tax Cut
Washington April 4 The Senate Finance Committee votes on reducing the 13 percent corporate tax to 12 percent amid party lines. Senator Edge Corks 12 percent rate 12 to 6 while Simmons and Barkley push for 11 to 14 percent. Reed Shortridge Couzens vote with Democrats for mixed results. Committee plans to report a tax reduction bill sticking to about $201 million limit as Mellon urged.
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Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Simmons
Edge
New Jersey
Reed
Pennsylvania
Shortridge
California
Couzens
Michigan
North Carolina
King
Utah
Mellon
Senate
Smoot
Commttee
Treasury
Fess Named Keynoter of His Party
Senator Simon D. Fess of Ohio was named temporary chairman and keynote speaker for the Republican national convention in June. Party leaders said the selection reflects his administration ties and standing as the best available to outline party principles. Moses of New Hampshire was discussed as an alternate possibility.
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Kansas City
Simon D. Fess
Ohio
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Butler
Senator Fess
Moses
New Hampshire
Gillette
Fess
White House
Washington
New York Delegations Set for National Conventions
New York state completed its delegations to both major parties with minimal primary contests. The Republican slate includes 190 delegates with 83 chosen yesterday and seven delegates-at-large led by Cornelius Bliss and Charles Ains. Notable district winners include Nicholas Murray Butler and Robert P. Levis in the 19th district.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Kansas City
State Committee
New York City
Cornelius N. Bliss
Charles H. @ain
Nassau County
Charles D. Hilles
George K. Morris
Amsterdam
Coolidge
Bertrand N. Snell
St. Lawrence County
United States
James W. Wadsworth
Liv ‘Ston County
Florence Wardwell
Federal grand jury probes Chicago bombings linked to Deneen case
Chicago officials report a federal grand jury was instructed on bombings at Deneen and Swanson homes as authorities widen the probe. Federal investigators question Lorenzo Juliano and four associates for twelve bombings and three murders, amid a guarded inquiry into Chicago politics and a hands off stance on policing.
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Chicago
J. Wilkerson
United States
Deneen
Swanson
Wilkerson
Lorenzo Juliano
Bhidgo
Juliano
Lindbergh's Rest Guarded With Shotguns
Guards and sawed off shotguns surround Colonel Charles A Lindbergh at Mrs. Harry F Knight's house in Santa Barbara to ensure rest. Two guards stood at each gate and blocked all callers including philanthropist Harry Guggenheim of the Guggenheim Foundation.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Harry F. Knight
Lindbergh
Harry Guggenheim
Guggenheim Foundation For the Advancement of Aviation
Insane Durham Father Kills Family With Axe
Ray Roberson, a northern Durham county mill worker, suddenly murders his wife and three children with an axe after years of odd behavior. He mutilates the bodies, destroys a horse and car tires, and is captured near his home, then placed in a padded cell at Durham county jail.
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Durham
Ray Roberson
Durham County
John Harward
Roberson
Harward
Cecil
Lois
Joseph
Otto Copeland
Mangum
Rains End Fire Crisis in Ouachita Reserve
Heavy rains across the Ouachita national forest ended the most serious fire situation in the government reserve. Foresters in Fort Smith Arkansas report the downpour relieved crews battling fires and reduced danger across the area.
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FT. Smith
Ark
Ouachita National Forest
Debates on Mc Nary Haugen bill and related measures
Senate continues debate on the Mc Nary-Haugen bill while the House takes up secondary consent calendar items. Senate Finance weighs public hearings on tax reduction. Agriculture panels consider cotton and grain, waterways, immigration, copyright, and irrigation. Mayfield and Brookhart clash over subsidies. Gallivan dies prompting House adjournment. Teapot Dome witnesses include Birch Helms and Learoot. Mellon previews revised tax cut proposals. Senate GOP factions back Boulder Canyon and migratory bird refuge futures. Baker urges La Guardia bill to curb stolen interstate goods. House to bypass Jones flood bill until April 12. Porter resolution seeks conference on arbitration in 1928/29.
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Senate
House
Agriculture Committees
McNary-Haugen
Mayfield
Texas
Brookhart
Iowa
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Senate Agriculture
Boulder Canyon
Migratory Bird Refuge
Newton D. Baker
Judiciary Committee
Laguardia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Washington
Presbyterian Assembly Set for Atlanta Meeting
The 68th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States will convene in Atlanta on May 17 with opening sermon by Dr. R. F. Campbell of Asheville. Twenty standing committees will report on missions education relief and other church work as a new moderator is chosen.
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Atlanta
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In the
Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
Another Bomb Explodes in Chicago No Politic Significance
Chicago police report an explosion early today marked as the 63rd since October 11 but officials say it carries no political significance. The incident adds to a wave of blasts in the area with routine investigations underway.
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Chicago
Monarch Club Backs Route Change Through City Center
Monarch club members meet and approve a plan to reroute Route 10 from English Street to Ward Street. The proposal envisions Route 10 entering via Greensboro highway, then along Main Street through downtown, turning west at Ward Street, passing under the railroad to connect with Thomasville Road near the city line. Merchants argue the route through the heart of town will boost tourist business.
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Monarch Club
English Street
Ward Street
Monarchs
Greensboro
Main
Thomasville
Governor Al Smith Plans Two Week Asheville Golf Trip
Albany AP report says Governor Smith will vacation in Asheville North Carolina to enjoy golf in warm weather rather than politics. He aims to depart by Monday night with no family accompanying him and a stay likely to last about two weeks.
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AL Smith
Asheville
Albany
N. Y
Smith
N. C
Postponement Likely in Sinclair Teapot Dome Case
Harry F. Sinclair faces a likely postponement of his second trial for conspiracy to defraud the government over Teapot Dome leasing. George Hoover asked Justice Jennings Bailey to delay until April 9, arguing defense teams need time to study Fall deposition taken in El Paso and returned by the commission.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Albert B. Fall
District of Columbia Supreme Court
George P. Hoover
Jennings Bailey
Fall
Sinclair
el Paso
Association
Interior
Smiths Daughter Named New York Delegates Alternate
Twenty two Republicans and thirty two Democratic women were chosen to attend national conventions. The list includes Governor Smiths daughter Mrs Emily Smith Warner named as an alternate from New York s 28th district. seven delegates overall, three Republicans and four Democrats, with the rest alternates.
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Smith
New York
Emily Smith Warner
28Th
Germans Prepare Artificial Runway at Baldonnel Airdrome
Despite ongoing rain, German trans Atlantic flight contenders work on an artificial runway at Baldonnel Airdrome in Dublin. Captain Herman Kaehl and the baron keep plans private while rumors say Col. Fitzmaurice may serve as relief pilot for Arthur Spindler.
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Air Dublin
Baldonnel Airdrome
Herman Kaehl
Col. Fitzmaurice
State Air Force
Arthur Spindler
Heflin Ransdell Clash Shifts Senate Cotton Probe
In Washington the clash between Senator Heflin of Alabama and Senator Ransdell of Louisiana redirected the cotton market inquiry as William L. Clayton, the Texas cotton dealer, faced questions on his firm’s finances under pressure from Representative Rankin. Chairman Smith and others resisted diverting the hearing.
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Washington
Heflin
Alabama
Ransdell
Louisiana
Senate
William L. Clayton
Texas
Rankin
Mississippi
Clayton
Houston
Smith
South Carolina
Cotton Inquiry Progress Hits 1927 Market Slump
Washington reports the Senate cotton slump inquiry focusing on 1927 price breaks. Anderson Clayton & Co. head William L. Clayton denies manipulation charges and presents market position figures while Arthur R. Marsh’s statements are challenged as false.
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Washington
Senate
New York Exchange
William L. Clayton
Anderson Clayton & Co
Houston
Texas
Arthur R. Marsh
Clayton
Marsh
Depew Improves After Illness
New York April 4 The physicians attending Chauncey Depew 94 year old railroad executive reported he had a good night and rests comfortably after a lingering cold since returning from the south.
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Depew
New York
Chauncey 3
South
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Buchanan
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Big Bill Haywood Is III
William D. Haywood
Big Bill
Kremlin Hospital
Moscow
Haywood
America
Kuzbas
Siberia
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U. S
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Presbyterian Assembly
Harry Sinclair
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