Dawes Opens Talks With MacDonald In Britain
Charles Gates Dawes, new American ambassador to Great Britain, traveled to the Scottish highlands to meet Premier Ramsay MacDonald after presenting credentials at Windsor Castle. British sentiment expresses hope the meeting could pave the way for disarmament talks with President Hoover and lead to world peace.
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London
Charles Gates Dawes
Great Britain
Scottish Highlands
Ramsay MacDonald
King George
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Dawes
Scotland
Hoover
MacDonald
Washington
Yellow Bird Repaired for Final Hop to Paris
The Yellow Bird crew led by Assolant Lefevre and Lotti prepared in France for the final Atlantic crossing, stopping at Cazaux near Bordeaux for fuel and Le Bourget near Paris. A carburetor hiccup was fixed by Spanish mechanics after their trans Atlantic flight.
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Paris
Comillas
Spain
France
Assolant
Lefevre
Lotti
Atlantic Ocean
America
Chambo
Bay of Biscay
Chambre
Cazaux
Bordeaux
le Bourget
Burgos
Getafe
Jean Asselant
Rene Lefevre
Armeno Lotti, Jr
Young Schreiber
Atlantic
Brilliant Driver Keech Dies In 200 Mile Race Crash
Ray Keech leading the 200 mile Altoona speedway race at Tipton was killed in a four car crash on the east turn. Cliff Woodbury Ernest Triplett and Bob Robinson survived with Woodbury badly injured but recovering. The tragedy followed Keech’s long three quarter lap lead over Lou Meyer and occurred as cars hit a hole in the boards and burst into flames.
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Ray Keech
Altoona Speedway
Tipton
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Cliff Woodbury
California
Ernest Triplett
Bob Robinson
Los Angeles
Woodbury
Keech
Lou Meyer
Pacific Coast
Meyer
Robinson
Selecting Personnel Of Federal Farm Board
President Hoover signs the farm relief bill and will seek 150 million dollars from a 500 million revolving fund to aid stabilizing cooperatives and former controlled corporations. He moves to fill eight positions on the Federal Farm Board, targeting experienced cooperatives and commodity experts.
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Federal Farm Board
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hyde
Hoover
Communists rally in Grant Park clashes with police
Chicago on June 15 saw several hundred communists marching in Grant Park to protest alleged mistreatment of cotton mill strikers in North Carolina. Police dispersed the crowd after orders were ignored. 27 communists were arrested for disorderly conduct, including several women.
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Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Grant Park
Workers’ Communist Party
North Carolina
Gastonia
Farmer-Labor
Young Pioneers
Young Pioneers’ League
Young Communists Workers League
The
International Labor Defense
Evan L Hous er to be deputy prohibition officer in WNC
The Charlotte Observer reports from reliable sources that Evan L H ous er of Dallas NC will succeed the late B C Sharp as deputy prohibition administrator in charge of enforcement in western North Carolina.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
Evan L. Houser
Dallas
N. C
B C. Sharp
North Carolina
Professor Held In Death Of Pretty Ohio State Co-Ed
Ohio State University veterinary professor Dr James H Snook and graduate student Marion T Myers were detained as police investigated the hammer slaying of co ed Theora Hix. Seized articles include stained gloves a hammer umbrellas hairpins and strands of hair believed linked to Miss Hix.
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Ohio State
Columbus
Ohio
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Snook
Marion T. Myers
Miss Hix
Dr. Snook
Youngs Son Marries Danish Girl in Cleveland
Charles C. Young son of the American delegation head to the Paris reparations talks wed Miss Esther Marie Christensen daughter of the Danish consul in a late day ceremony. Owen D. Young rushed from New York to attend then left for a honeymoon in Honolulu. The couple will reside in Schenectady after travel.
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Cleveland, O
Charles C. Young
Paris
Esther Marie Christensen
Owen D. Young
New York
Thomas McWilliam
Western Reserve University
Utica
N. Y
Morrow and Gil Discuss Church Settlement in Mexico City
United States Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow held a one hour meeting with President Portes Gil to discuss settlement talks with the Catholic Church. Observers noted a possible turning point despite lingering dissension and opposition on both sides.
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Mexico City
United States
Dwight W. Morrow
Portes Gil
Morrow
Mexico
Leopoldo Ruiz
Pascual Diaz
Stockingless Girls Barred From School
Hackensack New Jersey June 15 1930 principal Edward T Marlatt forbids girls at Hackensack high school to attend wearing stockingless outfits or sunback frocks. Violations will be punished by dismissal and the line would be drawn to prevent students attending in bathing suits.
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Hackensack
N. J
Hackensack High School
Edward T. Marlatt
Dry Enforcement Costs Exceed Enforcement Expenditures
Washington reports Commissioner Doran cites studies showing nine year prohibition spendings at 141,178,485 with fines and liquor revenues at 460,502,792. He says even adding 72,000,000 for Justice Department enforcement leaves a net balance of 247,324,307.76 in favor of revenues over costs.
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Washington
Doran
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Department of Justice
Tennessee Guardsmen Used Army Gear Illegally
Washington reports that Tennessee national guardsmen wore army uniforms and used army equipment while serving as state police during a textile strike. Secretary Good said the actions were unlawful after independent War Department investigations prompted by labor leaders' charges.
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Washington
Tennessee National
Southern Baptists Reach Out to Northern Division
Dr. J B Lawrence of Kansas City presented greetings from the Southern Baptists to the Northern Baptist Convention in Denver. He proposed the two groups convene in Washington in successive weeks two years from now to foster closer ties between the branches.
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Denver
Southern Baptists
J. B. Lawrence
Kansas City
Northern Baptist Convention
Hera
Lawrence
Southern Baptists For
Missouri
Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac to Spend 78 Million on Improvements
President Berry of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone companies announced plans to invest about 78 million dollars in Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia over the next five years for additions and improvements.
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Washington
Berry
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Walsh of Montana supported farm bill corrected vote
An examination of the record shows Senator Walsh of Montana voted for the farm bill yesterday correcting an earlier report that he voted against it. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts voted against the measure. The Associated Press makes this correction.
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Walsh
Montana
Washington
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
Associated Press
Strikers Plan Self Defense Plea In Police Shooting Case
Juliet Stuart Poyntz of International Labor Defense announced that 11 strikers charged with the murder of Gastonia police chief O F Aderholt will press habeas corpus hearings next Tuesday. She said witnesses will support that Aderholt fired first in the June 7 clash, and that guards at National Textile Workers Union headquarters acted in defense of themselves and families.
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Juliet Poyntz
Gastonia
Aderholt
Charlotte. N.C
Juliet Stuart Poyntz
International Labor Defense
O. F. Aderholt
Miss Poyntz
Foreign nations pay the United States over eighty million
Treasury receipts today total $50,199,355.95 from eleven nations as regular semi annual installments on war debts plus interest. Bulk comes from Great Britain at $66,795,000 with the rest from Italy Belgium Czechoslovakia Estonia Finland Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania and Yugoslavia. Cash nearly $859,000 with the remainder in treasury notes.
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Treasury
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Esthenia
Finland
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Jealousy Blamed in Priest Slaying at Winona Home
Police said jealousy motivated Joby Gira to shoot and kill Father Nicholas Brommenschenkel, 65, a La Crosse Diocese priest on leave, after he allegedly clubbed Gira’s wife with a baseball bat. Gira was wounded in the thigh by his own pistol.
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Winona
Minn
Nicholas Brommenschenkel
Joby Gira
Prist
Gira
Father Brommenschenker
Hong Kong Faces Deep Water Shortage Despite Rain
Hong Kong’s water shortage remained grave as rainfall limited to a few hours failed to improve supply. Authorities intensified emergency measures and planned rainmaking experiments using aircraft to disperse a cooling chemical above the clouds.
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Hong Kong
China
Weather Bureau
Weather Observatory
Royal Air Force
Tea Party Cost G O P Votes in Virginia Claims
Suffolk, June 15 A statement by J C Trotman of the anti Smith committee says entertainment of the wife of a negro congressman at a White House tea cost the Republican party at least 25 090 Virginia votes. He released telegrams to Mrs Hoover demanding denouncement of the event and threatened to resign from the Roanoke convention if not addressed.
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Suffolk
White House
Republican Party
Virginia
J. C. Trotman
anti-Smith Committee of Ten
Roanoke
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Church urged to run daily papers for moral betterment
Bishop James Cannon Jr spoke at the Florida Methodist conference in Miami urging churches to establish chains of daily newspapers to promote truth and righteousness. He condemned secular press as aiding vice and urged strategic placement in population centers to support moral improvement.
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Miami
Fla
Church of Chains
James Cannon, Jr
Florida Methodist Conference
Cannon
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Church of Jesus Christ
Hoover
United States
Associated Press
New York
Bids Received On Cruiser Building
Washington June 15 The administration moves ahead with the cruiser expansion program for five of fifteen 19 000 ton ships to be started in three years. The president has no authority to stop the build unless a new limitation treaty is agreed before completion.
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Washington
Navy Department
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Hoover
Plane crash at Buffalo kills two pilots during test
Howard Jones of Wichita Kansas and William J. Schults of Buffalo were killed when their plane dived and crashed at the Buffalo airport. Schults held a commercial pilot license and was testing for a transport license. Jones was a U.S. Commerce Department inspector.
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Howard Jones
Wichita
Kas
William J. Schults
Jones
United States Department of Commerce
Schults
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