Congress Aims for Summer Adjournment After Key Bills
Washington June 8 AP Congress stays at work despite vacation aims for early adjournment to September. Debates over the tariff bill and farm relief measures in conference shape plans. Senator Robinson leads opposition to the export debenture provision and seeks a House vote. Senate finance hearings begin Wednesday to set a tariff vote timing by two thirds majority.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate Finance Committee
Death at 10:20 a.m. of Gastonia police chief after tent camp clash
Chief of Police O L Aderholt died in a Gastonia hospital after being wounded in a clash between guards at the Loray mill strike tent camp and city police. Aderholt and several officers were shot. 59 others were jailed for assault to kill. Burial set for Monday at First Baptist Church with local clergy officiating.
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Gastonia
O. L. Aderholt
Loray
A. J. Roach
Thomas Gilbert
Joseph Harrison
National Textile Workers’ Union
Carter
George W. Carter
Gilbert
Louis McLaughlin
Ferguson
Chief Aderholt
First Baptist Church
Beey Bee
Lenoir-Rhyne College
B. A. Bowers
J. W. C. Johnson
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Labor cabinet heads to Windsor as MacDonald forms government
The Ramsay MacDonald labor cabinet assumed office in London on June 8 1924. Members traveled to Windsor Castle to pay respects to King George and receive seals of office from the retiring Conservative government. The ceremony included an audience with the king and a Privy Council swearing in for new labor ministers.
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Windsor Castle
London
Ramsay MacDonald
George
Mr. MacDonald
Labor Minsters
Laborite Party
Privy Council
Labor Department
National Federation of Music Clubs Opens 16th Biennial Convention
Leaders gather in Boston for the 16th biennial convention with large attendance. Today focuses on adjudication of contests for young students and artists, the eighth biennial competition. Formal sessions begin Monday with Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley presiding.
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Boston
National Federation of Music Clubs
Edgar Stillman Kelley
Oxford
Tully Blair Leads Fight for Carolina Title
Sedgefield standout Tully Blair held a one up edge over Johnny Bachman at the halfway point in the 36 hole Carolina golf championship at Sedgefield, as both struggled in the heat. Blair led early with a run of wins while Bachman surged to lead briefly on the thirteenth before Blair pulled ahead to two up at the eighteenth.
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Carolinas
Sedgefield
Sedgefield Country Club
Greensboro
N. C
Tully Blair
Sedgefield Club
Blair
Bachman
Rioters Storm French Jail After Life Term Verdict
In Limoges on June 8, a mob of about 10 000 rioters stormed a local jail after the life sentence for Charles Bartaud, son of a merchant, was announced. Twenty people were seriously injured as troops and police restored order.
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Limoges
France
Charles Bartaud
Bartaud
Leadville Residents Convicted in Prohibition Case
Denver report states six of twenty six Leadville residents indicted by a federal grand jury last winter for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law were convicted by a federal court jury. The case stems from the only major dry raid in the mining town's turbulent history.
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Denver
Colo
Leadville
G. O. P. Jubilee Marks 75 Years in Ripon
Secretary of War James W. Good hailed Republican leadership as the nation prospers after 75 years. Thousands gathered in Ripon Wisconsin for the 1854 birth anniversary with Bovay cited for uniting anti slavery factions into the party. The celebration featured campus guides from Ripon College and an outdoor address by Good.
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Country —Party
Tipton
Wis
Republican Party
Jas. W. Good
Republican National Committee
Ripon
Alvan Earle Bovay
National Committee
Wisconsin
Ripon College
Alvin Earle Bovayo
James W. Good
Exploring Party Goes Into Great Smokies
A four-member expedition with two newspapermen two boy scouts and a guide enters the last uncharted Smoky Mountains section for a month of exploration sponsored by the Asheville Times and New York Times A memorial tablet honoring Horace Kephart is unveiled by Bryson City citizens for erection by the party Officials civic clubs and scouts attend the sendoff A search for cliff writings of a vanished Indian nation will be conducted and carrier pigeons will signal between points of interest.
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Bryson City
N. C
Great Smoky Mountains
Asheville Times
New York Times
Horace Kephart
Smoky Mountain National Park
Aunt Kephart
Fliers Delayed By Weather On Transatlantic Plan
Old Orchard Maine reports that Monoplanes Green Flash and Yellow Bird face postponement as forecaster Dr James H Kimball notes a large storm area. Departure before Monday now unlikely due to adverse conditions.
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Old Orchard
Maine
James H. Kimball
New York
Bliss Carman Dies In New Canann Home At 66
Bliss Carman the noted poet and poet laureate of Canada collapsed and died of heart disease at the home of Dr. and Mr. Thomas Tumney in New Canaan Connecticut this noon. He was 66 years old.
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New Canaans Conn
Bliss Carman
Canada
Thomas Tumney
Experts Leaving for Their Homes After Reparations Work
Paris reporters say the reparations experts depart for home after four months of labor hoping the Young plan will be accepted by creditor nations and Germany. Many expect ratification though with opposition, as Moreau of the Bank of France calls it not entirely satisfactory but highly satisfactory to all. A fall conference among diplomats and financiers may map plan application and Rhine demilitarization steps.
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Paris
Germany
Emile Moreau
Bank of France
Rhine
King George Considers Slovakian Hotel Stay
King George of England asked his doctors if a well known Pistyan hotel near the Slovakian Hungarian frontier could accommodate him for a sulphur bath visit this summer. An affirmative reply was received.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
George of
England
Pistyan
England's First Woman Cabinet Member Earned Her Place
Miss Margaret Bondfield, minister of labor and Britain's first female cabinet member, has earned praise for her steadfast political faith. A veteran labor advocate and parliamentarian, she will also be the first woman on the privy council, titled right honorable Margaret Bondfield.
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England
London
Margaret Bondfield
Labor
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Lady Astor
Maggie Bondfield
MacDonald
Shop Assistants’ Union
Northampton
Congress of Labor Unions
Washington
General Council
Trades Union Congress
Privy Council
Fearless Dr. Ozora S. Davis Reflects On Life And Faith
Chicago interview with Dr. Ozora S. Davis, 62, emeritus president of the Chicago Theological Seminary, who faces an incurable illness with calm humor. He recalls rising from a penniless newsboy to church leader, planned future writings, and remarks on religion, youth, and war’s impact.
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Congregational Church
Chicago Theological Seminary
Victor K. Lawson
President Coolidge
America
Dr. Davis
Vermont
Ozora
Dartmouth
Hartford Conn
German University
Leipsig
Hoover in Virginia to Spend Weekend
President Hoover leaves Washington for a fishing weekend in the Rapidan area of Virginia's Blue Ridge. He will stay in Shenandoah Park country with Mrs. Hoover, Secretary Hyde, Dr. Kellogg, and Lt. Commander Boone. He plans trout fishing and a return to Washington tomorrow.
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Washington
Hoover
Rapidan River
Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah Park
Old Dominion
Hyde
Vernon Kellogg
Joel T. Boone
Virginia
Farm Relief Action Moves Toward Final Approval
Washington June 8 Final disposition of farm relief legislation was taken up in the Senate with doubt over Debenture plan acceptance. The House approved the conference agreement and if the Senate does so the measure goes to President Hoover. McNary said Senate conferees tried to defend the debenture plan but yielded to pass the bill to aid agriculture.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hoover
McNary
Oregon
Caraway
Arkansas
Robinson
Evanston High School Prom Cancelled Over Racial Admission
Evanston township high school will hold no junior prom this year after 15 black students refused to stay away. The June 14 event was scrapped when the country club refused use of its clubhouse if the Negroes attended. Faculty, officers, and the prom committee could not deter the group. 700 students in the junior and senior classes would have been eligible.
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Evanston, Ills
Evanston Township High School
Evanston
Riot Ties Up Gastonia As Textile Union Row Escalates
Four men were hospitalized and 44 National Textile Union members jailed after a night clash between guards strikers and police over a tent colony. Chief O L Aderholt suffered the worst birdshot wounds with 50 pellets in his lungs. a patrolman also injured as deputies rounded up suspects and officials sought troops before calming the city.
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Gastonia
National Textile Union
Gardner
O. L. Aderholt
A. J. Roach
Trotzky seeks permission to travel to England for medical care
In Constantinople on June 8, Leon Trotzky former Red Army leader in exile asked Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald for authorization to visit England for urgent medical treatment and to pursue scientific work and the English publication of his autobiography. His son delivered a letter to the British consul in Peru requesting a visa on medical grounds and to survey his autobiography in English.
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Constantinople
Leon Trotzky
Red Army
MacDonald
Great Britain
Labor
England
Trotzky
Peru
Helen Wills Considers Stockings Despite Bare Leg Trend
London June 8 A Berlin dispatch reports Helen Wills American tennis champion says she will not adopt bare leg play at Wimbledon unless public demand is strong. She will wear stockings unless weather or peers push her to bare legs.
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Berlin
Daily News Today
Helen Wills
Billy Tapscoot
Mise Wille
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