Hoover Tariff Signaling Battle Sparks Senate Attacks
The Smoot-Hawley tariff bill passed White House doors as Democrats denounced Hoover for a deceptive stance in his signifying statement. Senators Harrison and Simmons questioned the president’s facts and motives while Smoot defended the record. London press warned foreign reactions could curb U S trade.
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Senate
Hoover
Harrison
Simmons
North Carolina
Utah
Smoot
London
Congress
the Times
United States
Death Rides With Drunken Drivers On Carolina Roads
Six people died and at least 15 injured in Carolina highway crashes on Sunday. Police blamed two crashes on alleged drunken driving, including a collision near Jacksonville that killed Lillian Fergus, 2, and seriously hurt her father H W Fergus and mother. Harry Green of Trenton, NC, and two others had minor injuries.
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H. W. Fergus
Morehead City
N. C
Jacksonville
Harry Green
Trenton
Green
Ray Hazel
Johnston
8. C
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Graniteville Pond
Odell Thomas
Happersville
Mary Gillikin
Goldsboro
Florida
Anderson
Carol King For 10 Days Faces Strain and Divorce Questions
In Bucharest June 16 AP reports King Carol II, tiring after a flurry of events since returning, plans a rest at Pelesch Castle until Thursday. The divorce status of Carol and Queen Helen remains disputed as regional reactions unfold, with church and court opinions complicating legality. Princess Ileana heads home from Egypt via Athens as Queen Mother Marie plans a Black Sea retreat.
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Carol II
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Magda Lupescu
Pelesch Castle
Helen
Michael
Greece
Carol
Paris
Mme. Lupescu
Sinaia
Berne
London Daily Mail
Rumania
Bagden
Vienna
Scorbistea Castle
Mother Marie
Balchic
Black Sea
Ileana
Athens
Egypt
Root Formula Fated for Senate Clash Over World Court
Washington June 16 The senate will revisit foreign affairs after the London naval treaty is disposed of at a special session. The Root formula for American adherence to the world court has sat in the state department vault for over a year. President Hoover plans winter submission for ratification. The Geneva protocol remains blocked to avoid linking with the naval pact. Borah leads opposition with Moses and Johnson backing him in the committee battle.
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Hoover
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New Hampshire
Johnson
California
Wilson Farmer Attacked by Indian Near Sims
Wilson North Carolina June 16 Herman Batman a white farmer lies in critical condition after an early Sunday attack by S M Locklear an Indian following a dispute over attention to Batman’s sister The fight occurred near Sims Bek 9.
Wall Street Shares Plunge Amid Broad Selloff
New York traders faced a steep market drop as about 200 issues hit new lows for the year or longer. Major names like U S Steel and American Telephone tumbled to multi‑year lows before midday support briefly steadied prices.
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U. S. Steel
American Telephone
American Water Works
Westinghouse Electric
Union Pacific
General American Tank
Worthington Pump
Vanadium
American Toodacco B
Houston Oil
J. S. Case
Allied Chemical
Gastonia Riot Rumor After Alleged Attack By Negro
A 17 year old Hartssell Jackson and 16 year old Dovie Monteith report to police that a negro man and woman stopped their car near Clara Mill, forced them inside with pistols, then drove off and attacked the girl. The incident caused local unrest.
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South Gastonia
O. T. Sahms
Hartssell Jackson
Dovie Monteith
Martin Ratchford
Jackson
Eyewitnesses Testify On Ship Crash In Fog Off Boston
Norfolk June 16 witnesses in the Fairfax Pinthis collision inquiry describe fog conditions and actions aboard the Fairfax. George F. Farrell chief signalman of the Lexington testifies about sighting the tanker and attempts to fight the blaze. Edward Cullen aboard the Lexington corroborates sighting the Pinthis minutes before impact and the tanker blowing three times.
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George F. Farrell
S. Lexington
Boston
Farrell
Fairfax
Edward G. Cullen
U. S. S. Lexington
Cullen
YANCEY IN CHILE
Captain Lewis A. Yancey American aviator on a tour of Spanish American countries landed at Port Zuelo Auerdo dome at 4 20 p m after a four hour and a half flight from Arica He will fly to Santiago today
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Antofogasta
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Arica
Santiago
Much Robbed Chicago Lawyer Faces Gunmen With Compliance
Chicago lawyer Martin Callahan, repeatedly robbed over three years, endures a trio of gunmen who return for his cash and jewels totaling 5,277 dollars and a 19 dollar Sabbath provision. He notes the sentimental value of his wife’s wedding ring and offers no resistance.
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Martin Callahan
Callahan
Callahans
Raskob Gifts $100 000 to Warm Springs Foundation
John J. Raskob, Democratic National Committee chairman, announced a $100000 gift to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. The drive seeks $1250000 to enlarge patient accommodations at Warm Springs where Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt has been a patient intermittently for years. former Governor Alfred E. Smith sits on the finance committee.
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New York
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Foundation
Alfred E. Smith
Carol II to invite Allied leaders to coronation
King Carol II of Romania plans a grand coronation and will personally invite the crowned heads and presidents of WWI allied nations. General Prezan and Professor Jorga will deliver invitations, visiting Belgrade Rome Brussels Paris and London Washington. They start June 30.
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Carol II of
Romania
General Prezan
Professor Jorga
Prezan
Belgrade
Rome
Brussels
Paris
Jorga
London
Washington
Vermont University Honors Mrs Grace Coolidge
The University of Vermont conferred an honorary doctor of laws on Mrs Grace Goodhue Coolidge wife of former president Calvin Coolidge at the Burlington commencement today.
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Burlington, Vt
Grace Goodhue Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
University of Vermont
Governors race entry doubles as Lexington and Columbia names
S C governor race adds two contenders as Frank Lever of Lexington and John McMahon of Columbia file pledges before deadline. The total candidates reach eight.
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Columbia
Frank Lever
Lexington
John McMahon
Primaries On In Minn. And Maine
Newark N J June 16 Prohibition dominates the Republican senatorial race as voters prepare to decide among Dwight W Morrow Joseph S Frelinghuysen and Franklin D Fort. Morrow seeks repeal of the eighteenth amendment and state liquor control while Frelinghuysen favors federal modification and Fort runs on a dry platform backed by the Anti Saloon League and other groups.
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N. J
White House
Dwight W. Morrow
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Franklin D. Fort
Morrow
Frelinghuysen
Fort
State Anti- Saloon League
Stokes
Hibben
Princeton
Treasury Getting New Gold Flood
Washington reports a massive influx of revenue as the treasury collects more than a half billion dollars from the second 1929 income tax payment. Authorities also pay $459 million in maturities and take in $450 million from securities sales, with interest near $90 million, aiming for a near two and a half billion annual income tax total despite the prior Wall Street collapse.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Treasury
Hoover
Wall Street
Yacht Fire Destroys Vessels in New Orleans Losses Near $97,000
A yacht fire in the engine room of the Cintil 10 severely injured a watchman and damaged nine yachts and seven boat houses. Estimated losses reach about $96,909. Three boats were saved and investigators review the blaze.
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New Orleans
Massive munitions dump blast kills hundred in Hunan
A June 10 explosion at a Chuchow munitions dump near Changsha in Hunan Province left about 100 people dead and 300 injured. Dispatches say invading soldiers from Guangxi captured the dump and mishandled explosives triggering shell and bullet fire across the area.
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Chuchow
Changsha
Hunan
Kwangsi
Woman's death traced to Chicago gangdom incident
Miss Ida Siegal a 28 year old from Chicago died by suicide six months after a traumatic experience when a car carrying hoodlums sped past pursued by police. Police fire shots during the chase allegedly triggered a lasting hallucination of police pursuing her. On Memorial Day she visited a cemetery and again saw policemen, and yesterday she leaped from a third story window.
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Ida Siegal
Miss Siegal
Aimee McPherson Says She Is Real Hurt By Duty
New York June 16 Evanglist Aimee Semple McPherson returned from a Catskills trip and learned customs officials had assessed 277 in duty and fines for undeclared merchandise. Officials found a French address and embroidered pajamas in her baggage. She said the pajamas were a present for her daughter Roberta who remained abroad.
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New York
Catskills
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Evangelist
Roberta
John Ratliff Granted New Trial By North Carolina Supreme Court
In Raleigh on June 16 John Ratliff Anson County man convicted of first degree burglary and sentenced to be electrocuted was granted a new trial by the state supreme court. The decision accompanies 14 other opinions including upholding a tax on corporate income. The case centered on circumstantial evidence and jury instruction issues.
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John Ratliff
Anson County
State Supreme Court
High Court
Ratliff
B. F. Gulledge
Emma Gulledge
Stack
Hans Rees’ Sons, Incorporated
Buncombe County
North Carolina
Kate Teasley
H. M. Teasley
H. W. Burwell
Mecklenburg County
Sailor Drowned as Two Yachts Collide Off Greenwich
Two yachts collide off Greenwich Connecticut leaving a sailor dead and ten people rescued including actress Claire Windsor. The Lolita owned by Phillip N Plant sank rapidly while Chandwan III towed wreckage and aided in rescues with state police support.
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New York
Claire Windsor
Phillip N. Plant
Greenwich
Conn
Miss Winder
O. Chatfield Taylor
Miss Windsor
Retirement Of Russell No Surprise To Public
Chicago dated report on June 16 states William F. Russell resigns as police commissioner amid strong public criticism of gang crime handling. John Stege is demoted to Irving Park captaincy while John H. Alcock is expected to lead the department temporarily. Russell would appear before the police committee to discuss a seven day roundup after Tribune reporter Alfred Lingie’s killing.
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William F. Russell
Russell
John Stege
Irveing Park
John H. Alcock
William Hale Thompson
Chicago Tribune
Alfred
Jake’ Lingie
City Council
Linkle
Arthur F. Albert
Germany Receives Gilbert Warning On Budget Reforms
S Parker Gilbert the Dawes plan official warned Germany that major budget reform is necessary to meet both Young plan payments and other obligations. In his five year report he said deficits arose from weak expenditure control though revenues could support a balanced budget. The 1929-30 budget was called the most unsatisfactory since stabilization.
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Berlin
S. Parker Gilbert
Reich
Gilbert
Germany
Hoover and Watson Breakfast Talk on Tariff Outlook
Washington June 16 President Hoover and Senate Republican leader Watson met at breakfast to discuss the legislative outlook as the new tariff nears statute status. Watson said there is slight hope for adjournment before mid next week, but the rivers and harbors fight has ended that aim for Saturday night.
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White House
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Senator Watson
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