Vets Pension Bill Stalls in Senate Despite Substitutes
Senate Republicans failed to agree on substitutes for the finance committee veterans relief bill opposed by President Hoover. A letter from Hoover and Mellon warned taxes would rise to avoid a deficit. Lead proposals by Reed and Bingham add about 35 million more, with the House modified measure possibly delaying adjournment and risking a veto.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Finance Committee
Hoover
Watson
Mellon
Reed
Pennsylvania
Bingham
Connecticut
American Legion
House
Senator Reed
Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans’ Organizations
Shortridge
California
Legion
Philadelphia Debutante Weds Rockefeller Heir
Miss Mary Todhunter Clark, 22, daughter of the Clarks of Cynwyd, marries Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, 21, second son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. The ceremony at St. Aspath's Bala Cynwyd draws 700 social leaders from several cities and invites Cabinet members and diplomats. They plan a world honeymoon and reside at Pocantico Hills after the wedding.
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Philadelphia
Mary Todhunter Clark
Percy Hamilton Clark
Cynwyd
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
Washington
Baltimore
St. Aspath's
Protestant Episcopal Church
Bala-Cynwyd
Hoover
Senate
Diplomatic Corps
Benamin N. Bird
St. Aspath’s
John D. Rockefeller
Clark Home
Mrs. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N. Y
Mr. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
New York City
Miss Clark
Northeast Harbor
Cynwyd, Pa
Rockefeller
London naval treaty moved toward Senate ratification
The London naval treaty was presented to the senate by Senator Borah after committee approval by 16 to 1. Support was strong and ratification expected in a special session though a few Republicans opposed. Separate notes indicate possible immediate action if veteran relief bills deadlock, and earlier testimony on battleship modernization and parity with Britain.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Shipstead
Robinson
Indiana
Moses
New Hampshire
Idaho
Capper
Kansas
Gillett
Massachusetts
Reed
Pennsylvania
Fess
Ohio
Goff
West Virginia
la Jollette
Wisconsin
Vandenberg
Michigan
Swanson
Viginia
Pittsman
Nevada
Arkanas
Walsh
Montana
Harrison
Mississippi
George
Georgia
Black
Alabama
Wagner
New York
House
Stimson
la Follette
Hoover
United States
Great Britain
House Naval Affairs Committee
George H. Rock
Bureau of Construction
Lindbergh and Byrd Exchange Congratulations in Gotham
In New York on June 23 Charles A. Lindbergh and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd met at the Hotel Biltmore and exchanged congratulations. Lindbergh congratulated Byrd on his South Police conquest, while Byrd praised Lindbergh for the birth of a son.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Richard E. Byrd
Lindbergh
South
Admiral Byrd
Biltmore
Oregon voters to decide on cigarette ban measure
Oregon voters will decide next November whether cigarettes will be banned in the state. A petition with 15 733 signatures filed by the Anti Cigarette League of Oregon secures a place on the ballot. The proposed amendment would forbid manufacture and sale and bar import possession purchase or gifting of cigarettes or materials.
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Salem
Oregon
Anti-Cigarette League of Oregon
Secretary of State
Wealthy Farmer's Daughter Victim of Extortion Plot
Viola Holt 18 daughter of Ottertail County farmer was bound and cut with threats to extort 830 000 dollars from her family. She reported three men attempted the scheme at Jergus Falls Minnesota on June 23.
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Jergus Falls
Minn
Viola Holt
Ottertail County
Universe Near End Says Eddington At Conference
Sir Arthur Eddington told delegates at a world power conference that the universe faces self destruction as atoms shed energy and die. He described cosmic rays as born from countless self-slaughtered atoms and warned that only a vast supply of harnessed power could avert doom. He doubted that radiation could reform into new protons and electrons.
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Arthur Stanley Eddington
Berlin
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
Kohlhoerster
Robert Andrew Millikan
Sir Arthur
Allan Hoover Dons Overalls For Job
Allan Hoover, son of the president, started work in the Bayonne New Jersey plant of the American Radiator company. He is in his second year at the Harvard School of Business and spends the summer learning manufacturing from the ground up. He receives no special treatment and his pay was described as modest.
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New York
Allan Hoover
Bayonne
N. J
American
Harvard School of Business
Hoover
Rotary Observing 25th Anniversary at Chicago Convention
About 18 000 to 20 000 Rotarians and wives attend the silver anniversary and 21st annual convention in Chicago. Paul Harris founded Rotary 25 years ago to foster fraternal business ties, with 62 countries and 3 330 clubs now linked. International president M Eugene Newsom notes a proposed past service membership to retain retirees, a move likely to provoke debate on the convention floor.
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Chicago
Rotary
Rotary Anns
Paul P. Harris
Princeton
Harris
Harries
Seven Seas
Russia
M. Eugene Newsom
Durham
N. C
Prince of Wales Quietly Reaches 36th Birthday
The Prince of Wales celebrated his 36th birthday in a low key manner. He spent the morning at Fort Belvedere and in the afternoon drove to Buckingham Palace to meet King George and Queen Mary who had traveled from Windsor to join other royal family members in offering congratulations.
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Edward Albert Christian
George Andrew Patrick David
England
Prince of Wales
Dartmoor
London
Britain
Fort Belvedere
Buckingham Palace
George
Queen Mary
Windsor
Monarchists claim US communists plan September push
Russian monarchists in Berlin allege American communists coordinated with Moscow to intensify activities in September. They say a secret Chicago convention on July 3 will expand plans with South American Reds invited. They cite a June 17 allocation of $1 million by the communist international to spread the movement in the United States and note several American communists returning home.
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Berlin
Moscow
Danzig
America
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Communist International
United States
William Hood
George Holbrook
Boston
Marseilles
Woman enters race for California governor
Los Angeles reports the first female candidate in California gubernatorial history. Mrs Clara Shortridge Foltz of Los Angeles joins four aspirants as filing closes. Other contenders include Republican C C Young Mayor James Rolph Jr and Baron Fitts of Los Angeles County. Democrat Milton L Young of Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
California
Clara Shortridge Foltz
Foltz
C. C. Young
James Rolph, Jr
San Francisco
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles County
Milton K. Young
Dreiser Sees Russia Rising Over Western Capital
Moscow dispatch reports Theodore Dreiser, quoted by Izvestia, predicting Russia may overshadow Western capital in importance soon. He rejects conflict with the Soviet Union and cites it as an economic and political power poised to compete with and potentially surpass Western capitalism.
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Moscow
Theodore Dreiser
Izvestia
Russia
International Bureau of Revolutionary Literature
Soviet Union
United States
Lindbergh Heir Born In New Jersey Home Birth
Charles A Lindbergh and Anne Morrow welcomed a son weighing seven and three quarter pounds born at 2 15 p m EST yesterday in the Morrows home Englewood New Jersey No name was announced immediately and the event prompted rapid news across the country with radio stations breaking into programs for the arrival The family prepared for hospital admission but kept the birth at home with nurses and equipment in place and Mrs Lindbergh continued flying with her husband in the days surrounding the birth
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Englewood
N. J
Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Charles A
Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Dwight Morrow Lindbergh
Mrs. Lindbergh
New York
Teterboro
Hartford
Conn
Lindy Junior Hailed In France By Public Affection
Paris reports wave of public affection for Lindberghs. News papers front pages announce the birth of Lindy Junior. France warmly embraces the baby and the Lindbergh family as a symbol of family life and aviation glory.
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Lindy
France
Paris
Lindy Junior
Lindbergh
Myron T. Herrick
Penney Sees Bright Southern Business Outlook
J C Penney touring eight southern states reports a highly encouraging business outlook. He notes a contrasting south north attitude and urges farmers and merchants to unite on a common development program. He praises the cotton crop and comments on Florida banking showing deposits outpacing withdrawals.
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Macon
J. C. Penney
South
Florida
Penney
City National Bank
Miami
Fla
Tortois e Spends 37 Years In A Spot
J A P Lancaster, Pauline Magistrate, released a tortoise in 1893 with J A P L marked on its back. Found 37 years later Sunday afternoon by Lancaster’s son a bare quarter mile from the release spot.
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Spartanburg
8. C
J. A. P. Lancaster
Lancaster
Stocks Rally After Opening Weakness On Wall Street
New York stocks rebounded after a sharp morning slide, with U S Steel and American Tobacco among the fallers restoring losses. Grain in Chicago also slid to a 1904 low before modest recoveries appeared late trading.
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Chicago
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Radio
Bethlehem Steel
American Tobacco B
J. I. Case
American Can
Endurance Record Seeker Extends Flight Over Chicago
The refueling endurance plane City of Chicago exceeded 278 hours aloft over Sky Harbor at 6:40 a.m. CDT. To beat the world record of 420 hours 21 minutes 306 seconds held by St Louis Robin, Kenneth and John Hunter must remain airborne until after 5:01:30 a.m. CDT next Sunday.
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Chicago
City of Chicago
Sky Harbor
St. Louis
Kenneth
John Hunter
Spanish King Alfonso Expected in London
The King of Spain, Alfonso, is due in London as editorials debate the ramifications of his absence. The Manchester Guardian suggests the visit could spark political change in Spain within five weeks, possibly altering the monarchy or opening plots to seize power.
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London
Alfonso
Spain
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
Alfonso to confide premiership to Duke of Alba
Paris, June 23. Le Temps says the interview between King Alfonso and Santiago Alba holds more importance than seen. The paper deduces from the meeting that Alfonso is inclined to confer the premiership on the Duke of Alba along lines acceptable to the duke.
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Paris
Alfonso
Santiago Alba
le Temps
Duke of
Alba
Graf Zeppelin Buoyant Skimming The Sky Above Hamburg
The Graf Zeppelin lifted off unexpectedly after warming in sun at Hamburg, gaining buoyancy with few crew aboard. It drifted over the city, could not land, then headed to Berlin where Captain Hans Lehmann landed it safely at Staaken airfield with aides aboard. Three Hamburg crew members rode aloft as involuntary passengers.
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Berlin
World Power Conference
Hamburg
Hans Lehmann
Earth
Lehmann
von Schiller
Staaken Airdrome
Priest Gives Life To Save Girls From Drowning
Montreal dispatch reports Father Raymond Cloran a Loyola College prefect died after rescuing two girls from drowning in the St Lawrence river at Verdennes. The priest 46 leaped in to aid the girl in greatest danger as a boat approached then sank before aid could reach him.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence
Verdennes
Raymond Cloran
Loyola College
Father Cloran
Langston Habeas Corpus Hearing Delayed by Judge Sinclair
J M Langston of LaGrange, charged with murder of prohibition agent P L Flinchum, arrived in Wilson from Goldsboro for a habeas corpus hearing before Judge N A Sinclair. The session, initially set for 10 am, was postponed indefinitely due to other court business. a new time was to be determined. Flinchum was shot last Tuesday during pursuit of a suspected liquor running car.
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Wilson
N. C
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Francis M. St.phenson
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Gotham
Rotary Observing
Wales
U. 8
Cal
Charles, Jr
Dwight W
Grandpa Morrow
Lone Eaglet
New Jersey
Ambassador
Dwight W. Morrow
New York Stock Exchange
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Graf
Langston
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