Lower pension rates for World War veterans agreed by conference
President Hoover urged opposition to Senate additions as House and Senate conferees reached a compromise on the veterans pension bill. The House backed a maximum $40 permanent disability pension for those with tax liability. The Senate amendment extending compensation for venereal-disease related disabilities was dropped. The vote was 342 to 3 to adopt the conference report, with Hoover condemning the costly changes in a letter to Senator Watson.
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Watson
Senate
Washington
Hoover
House
Longworth
Hunter Brothers Endurance Flight Stays Air Over Chicago
In a receivership dispute the Hunter Brothers seek to remain aloft in a Sky Harbor endurance flight. At 11 40 a m they surpassed 524 hours aloft, 104 hours beyond the prior record, while court action and oil requests unfold.
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Chicago
Hunter Brothers
Sky Harbor
B. L. Majewski
Casey Jones
Ken
Beans
Feinberg
Circuit Court
Albert Hunter
Davidson Democrats May Adopt Primary at County Convention
Lexington notes a Davidson county democratic convention set for July 19 faces major issues. A move to switch nominating from convention to primary and to elect county commissioners by zones is discussed. Hot nominating contests and names like James A. Leonard Fletcher Lassiter E C Byerly W O Burgin and several potential county board candidates are highlighted.
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Lexington
Davidson County
al Smith
Cordell Hull
Davidson
Brinkley
James A. Leonard
Fletcher Lassiter
Thomasville
Curry Lopp
C. R. Redwine
G. W. Smith
FP. L. Mack
Curtis Hedrick
James Beall
W. G. Hinkle
J. Walter Lambeth
Charles R. Dodson
Democratic Platform Deliberations Delay After Keynote
Raleigh July 3 AP The North Carolina Democratic Convention paused after a lively keynote by L R Varser and a speech by Gov O Max Gardner without acting on the platform committee. Lindsay Warren was elected convention chairman as 2,500 attendees heard strong attacks on the Hoover era and Republican prosperity.
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Raleigh
L. R. Varser
Lumberton
O. Max Gaardner
Josiah William Bailey
Wake County
Gardner
Varser
Hoover
Lindsay Warren
Odus M. Mull
Shelby
Democratic Party
Judge Varser
Uchairman Mull
Max Gardner
French Veterans Reach Wimbledon Semi Finals in Doubles
In the British championships Cochet and Brugnon defeated Bill Tilden and Hans Timmer 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-3 to reach the doubles semi finals. Lott-Doeg and Allison-Van Ryn also advance as teams, with Borotra-Bousas eliminated by Gregory-Collins. Helen Wills Moody and Elizabeth Ryan move into the women’s doubles semi finals after a 6-2 6-9 6-? win over Henrotin-Sigart.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Henry Cochet
Jacques Brugnon
Davis Ecun
Bill Tilden
Hans Timmer
George Lott
John Doeg
Wilmer Allison
John van Ryn
Cochet
Brugnon
Tilden
Timmer
Big Bill
Jean Borotra
Christian Bousas
J. Colon Gregory
Ian G. Collins
Helen Wills Moody
Elizabeth Ryan
California
Madame Henrotin
Jeanne Sigart
Belgium
Southern Cross Heads to Oakland After Chicago Stop
The Southern Cross, a tri-motor Fokker, departed Curtiss-Wright Glenview airport at 6:45 a.m. bound for Oakland with Wing Commander Charles Kingsford-Smith at the controls. The flight continues its cross-country leg from New York as Capt. J. P. Sanl, navigator John W. Strannage, radio operator, and M. EB. Van Dyk co-pilot accompany.
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Chicago
Southern Cross
Carolinas Plan Quiet Fourth of July Observances
The Carolinas outline a restrained Fourth with few demonstrations. Charlotte schedules aerial stunts and local fireworks, Greensboro hosts a third annual horse show at Sedgefield with golf events, and Edenton bills many fire department races. Speakers include W. C. Hammer, R. L. Doughton, and C. L. Abernathy at various sites.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Great Britain
Charlotte
Greensboro
Sedgefield Country Club
W. C. Hammer
Guilford Battle Ground
R. L. Doughton
Statesville
C. L. Abernathy
Wayne County
N E A Frowns On Periodicals With Tobacco Ads
In Columbus today the National Educational Association approved limiting school periodicals to those that do not carry tobacco advertising despite strong opposition.
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Columbus
National Educational Association
Senate OKs Muscle Shoals power sale to towns
The Senate, in a voice vote with no debate, adopted the Norris resolution authorizing the sale of power generated at Muscle Shoals to municipalities. The action was swift and without a recorded vote.
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Senate
Muscle Shoals
Washington
Weather man predicts cool Fourth of July in capital
Washington expects a cool comfortable Fourth of July with possible light frost in northern Vermont mountains. Fireworks set for tomorrow night, while President Hoover plans a Rapidan camp visit with invited women guests for the first time this summer as Mrs. Hoover recovers at the lodge.
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Washington
Capital
Vermont
Hoover
Rapidan
Virginia
Mountain Lodge
Chrysler Salaries Cut Ten Percent
Detroit July 3 Chrysler corporation announced a ten percent pay cut for all salaried employees. The move is described as part of a general retrenchment due to the current business mood with labor having already reduced hours. The policy applies uniformly from Walter P. Chrysler downward and is presented as fair and morale boosting.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Walter P. Chrysler
Senate Votes For Full $250000 Law Enforcement Study
The senate accepted the house provision of 250000 for the Hoover commission inquiry into enforcement of all laws, overriding an earlier cap and enabling a broader probe beyond prohibition. The vote was 37 to 23, with the deficiency bill sent to conference for remaining differences.
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Washington
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Senate
House
Hoover
Congress
Coste May Be On Ocean Flight From Europe
Le Bourget reports Coste and mechanic Bellonte possibly continuing toward America after a 15 hour test flight. Officials at Valley Stream prepare to receive Coste if he begins a rescue route to the United States.
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Coste
New York
Curtiss-Wright
Valley Stream
L. L
Dieudonne Coste
Atlantic
LE Bourget
France
Maurice Bellonte
America
United States
Villacoublay
European
Nationalists reportedly crush southern rebels in Hunan clash
Shanghai dispatches say government troops won a three day battle near Hengcehow in Hunan killing about fifteen thousand rebels and five thousand nationalists. Rebels were trapped as nationalist forces closed in from north and south. Government reports promise to deploy fifty thousand nationalist troops to fronts in Hunan and Shantung against the northern alliance and insurgent armies.
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Shanghai
Hengcehow
Hunan
Shantung Province
Northern
Congress Nears End of First Hoover Session
The 71st Congress, marked by conflict between the Hoover administration and the Senate, closes its first regular session with the Smoot Hawley tariff law and major measures in rail, roads, and public works. Nominations to the Supreme Court face party opposition. deliberations on wartime nitrate and power plant assets stretch over to December.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Hoover Administration
Hoover
House
Law Enforcement Commission
Tistecongress
Smoot-Hawley
Federal Power Commission
Treasury
Justice Department
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
White House
Supreme Court
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Charles Evans Hughes
John J. Parker
North Carolina
High Tribunal
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Parker
Band of Seminole Indians Driven From Everglades by High Water
A group of 30 Seminole Indians led by Josie Billy sought refuge in Immokalee, Florida, after high waters in the Everglades left them short of food and medical aid. Western ally W. Stanley Hanson and Red Cross officials urge Fort Myers residents to donate staple foods as the community faces an acute relief need.
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Everglades
Fort Myers
Fla
Josie Billy
Immokalee
W. Stanley Hanson
Margaret Shepherd
Red Cross
DN George &. Stone
Milton Thompson
Hanson
Evergiades
Immokalte
Italian Trains Collision Kills 15 Near Bologna
A Milan to Bologna passenger train collided with a freight train at Sasso Station eleven miles from Bologna at 6 40 a m. The crash derailed the locomotive and several coaches. An updated count reported 15 dead and 36 injured due to a signaling defect.
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Sasso
Italy
Milan
Bologna
Earthquakes Rock West Assam and Shillong India
Shocks measured near Assam and Meghalaya caused panic in Calcutta and Shillong. Officials report two strong tremors around 2:30 to 2:36 am with subsequent moderate aftershocks and damage to bridges along the Eastern Bengal Railway. Local observatories could not record full data due to equipment disruptions.
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Calcutta
India
Alipore
Assam
Bombay Observatory
Shillong
Eastern Bengal Railway
Ex Bootlegger Put On the Spot by Machine Gunners
In St Louis on July 3 machine gunners forced a former bootlegger into danger near Wood River Illinois. The victim, George Williams 8, of Woodriver, died at a morgue after an examination showed 40 bullets pierced him.
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ST. Louis
Woodriver
Ill
George Williams
Supreme Court Issues Delayed Ruling In Aderholt Slaying Appeals
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not decide seven appeals from prison sentences tied to the slaying of Gastonia Chief of Police O F Aderholt until at least August. In other actions the court upheld state condemnation for an inland waterway but halted a Buncombe County land case involving Suncrest Lumber for the Great Smoky Mountain park, and ordered a new trial for George Sauls over a concealed weapon conviction due to instructional error.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Aderholt
Wilmington
Supreme Court
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Lambeth Ride
Warren
Southern Cross Hops
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Calif
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Florence Tidlund
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