Hoover Economy Drive Gains Ground In Congress
President Hoover’s push for an orderly economy shows signs of progress as the rebuilt tax bill clears Senate Finance Committee and moves toward quick action. Lobbyists are blamed for delays while Hoover insists the program is non partisan and in the people’s interest.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House Ways and Means
House
United States
Kidnap Victim Returns Home Unharmed No Ransom Paid
JOILET May 7 Gustav Miller age 22 was kidnapped April 29 and held for a $50,000 ransom. He returned home this morning and his parents said no money was paid.
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Joilet
Til
Gustav Miller
Ship Magnate Stricken Ill Near Joliet Abduction Update
Gustav Miller, ship magnate, was abducted while leaving his fiancee Miss Katherine Mesirow’s home near Joliet. He was kept in a basement within hours’ drive, treated well, and released after a family led search. A ransom started at 50 000 dollars, later down to 7 500 dollars, with no payment made.
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Fannie Miller
Martin
Deer Park
Starved Rock
Joliet
Miller
Chicago
Martin Miller
Doumer Dies From Assassin Wounds In Paris
President Paul Doumer died at dawn after being shot by a crazed Russian journalist at a fashionable gathering. The 76 year old leader lingered in a coma despite four transfusions and an emergency operation. Police tagged the assassin, who wounded two would be captors before arrest. The nation mourns its venerable Pere.
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Amey
United
Bat Guat
Paris
Paul Doumer
France
Doumer
Andre Tardieu
Paul Gorgouloff
Gorgouloff
Gosset
United Press
Beaujon Hospital
Solomon Rothschild
Elysee Palace
Congress May Be Forged On Bonus
A campaign to keep Congress in session until a vote on full bonus payment was threatened after the Ways and Means Committee reported the Patman bill unfavorably. Rep. Patman and Connery urged a special status for the bonus, while Rainey dismissed prospects for action this session.
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Washington
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Patman
D. Tex
Connery
Rules Committee
Representative Rainey
Rainey
Ways and Means Committee
Sach
Flashes of Life Booze Blowout Ends in Dynamite
In Wilmington Delaware federal prohibition agents wrecked a quarry party by tossing contraband bottles into a pit. Hardy revelers descended to salvage glass as the scene turned chaotic with the blasting of pounds of dynamite ending the event.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
Prohibition
Whitney Entry Forges To Fore In Derby Bets
Churchill Downs crowds shift support to Whitney entries Stepenfetchit and Overtime as odds tighten on Tick On the favorite. Buddy Ensor and Earl Sande ride for Mrs John Hay Whitney with Stepenfetchit seen as best upset hope. Weather at 80 degrees for the 58th Kentucky Derby with $50 000 purse.
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Whitney
Derby
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Kentucky
Stepenfetchit
Buddy Ensor
Earl Sande
John Hay Whitney
Bradley
Burgoo King
Brother Joe
Liberty Limited
Wilkesboro Man Cowles Seeks State Superintendent Seat
Charles H. Cowles of Wilkesboro will run for state superintendent on the Republican ticket. Professor Holland Holton of Duke University declined the nomination after being named by the state convention in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Charles H. Cowles
Wilkesboro
Holland Holton
Duke University
Honolulu Tense After Massie Trial Ruling Riles Navy
Tensions flare as Massie related convictions spark a civilian navy rift in Honolulu. Merchants fear a navy personnel boycott while Pearl Harbor signals possible branch stores. Retrial of the Hawaiians linked to Mrs Massie’s fate hinges on her willingness to testify and sail to the mainland.
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Honolulu
United States Navy
Massie
Fortescue-Massie
Granville Fortescue
Thomas Massie
Albert C. Jones
E. J. Lord
Joseph Kahahawai
Thalia Massie
Pearl Harbor Naval Station
Pearl Harbor
Navy
John C. Kelley
Japanese butler shoots wealthy employer in Somerset county
Mrs. Dorin Boice owner of show horses and ex wife of Nelson B. Boice was shot and seriously wounded by her Japanese butler Isamu Yanashita in her Somerset county home. He used an automatic pistol and also shot groom Larry Daly in the head, who died later. Police view motive as unclear and suspect possible sudden insanity.
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Princeton
N. J
Dorin Boice
Nelson B. Boice
Somerset County
Sourland Hills
Isamu Yanashita
Larry Daly
Daly
Two Hurt in Crash Near Manteo
Miss Ruth Joliffe of South Mills and Miss Jessie Raeford of Seven Springs, both teachers in South Mills, were seriously injured when an automobile overturned near Manteo.
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Two Hurst
Manteo
Ruth Joliffe
South Mills
Jessie Raeford
Seven Springs
Accountants Gather in Charlotte for CPA Program
The North Carolina Society of Certified Public Accountants met in Charlotte with Henry Miller of New Orleans, national society president, delivering the principal address on the program.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Society of Certified Public Accountants
Henry Miller
New Orleans
National Society
Storm Moving Northward From Caribbean region
A tropical disturbance of unknown intensity was reported moving northward. Earlier reports placed it hundreds of miles east or southeast of Jamaica, with heavy rains in Santo Domingo and the eastern tip of Cuba. Officials said it probably would not affect South Florida within forty eight hours.
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Miami
Fla
Miami Weather Bureau
Santa
Richard W. Gray
Jamaica
Santo Domingo
Cuba
Gray
Florida
Pickett Under House Fire Over Perjury Charge
Representative Tinkham accuses Deets Pickett research secretary of the Methodist Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals of perjury. He cites a 1930 freight bill suggesting 11 packages were removed from Boston and sent to Baltimore, implying incriminating documents.
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Washington
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Deets Pickett
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Pickett
Senate Lobby Committee
Methodist Board
Baltimore
Dog benefits by will in Los Angeles
Lee A. McConnell a bank director left his fox terrier a monthly $20 stipend in his will. The provision assures ongoing care and includes dog biscuits and knuckle bones as part of the terrier's care plan.
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Los Angeles
Shaggy
Lee A. McConnell
Man Charged in Lindbergh Baby Case Awaits Bond
Washington May 7 Justice department investigators began searches of safety deposit boxes in the capital seeking $100,000 linked to Gaston B Means in the Lindbergh baby case. Means faces possible indictment for larceny after trust tied to money from Mrs. Edward B. McLean. Meanwhile he waits in DC jail for bond actions.
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Washington
Justice Department
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Edward B. McLean
Washington Post
Means
Chevy Chase
Concord
N. C
John Kendrick
District of Columbia Grand Jury
Release of Fall Ex Secretary Expected Sunday
Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, serving a year and a day for bribery in the New Mexico state penitentiary, may be released after Justice Jennings Bailey amended his commitment to end jail time upon payment of the $100000 fine. Telegraphic orders were sent to the warden, but officials were unsure if he would honor them and free Fall on Sunday.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico State
Jennings Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Fall
Bailey
Swope
New Mexico
Mother Of Clarke Seeks Autopsy In Murder Case
Ida Clyde Clarke, mother of Haden Clarke, says she believes her son was murdered in a house with fiancée Mrs. J. M. Keith-Miller and Captain W. N. Lancaster. She cites a skull fracture and head bumps, urging an autopsy as reporters linked to the Lancaster case are subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating leaks in evidence.
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Ida Clyde Clarke
Haden
Keith Miller
Miami
Fla
Haden Clarke
J. M. Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Hawthorne
Captain Lancaster
Clarke
University of Miami
Carleton Deederer
Lancaster
Keith-Miller
Death of Major General Enoch Crowder at Walter Reed
Major General Enoch Crowder, former ambassador to Cuba and noted Army legal expert, died at Walter Reed Hospital at age 73 after a sudden illness. He aided the World War I judge advocate general system, drawing 2,000,000 into service, and had been ill in Cuba before returning to the United States for treatment.
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Enoch WH. Crowder
Washington
Enoch Crowder
Cuba
Walter Reed Hospital
United States Army
Ann Harding to divorce Harry Bannister in Reno
Reno hearing set for a private divorce between Ann Harding and Harry Bannister after a sudden airport elopement and return flight from Hollywood. Custody of their 4 year old daughter Jane sought in the Nevada suit filed yesterday.
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Reno
Nev
Hollywood
Harry Bannister
Ann Harding
Miss Harding
Bannister
Nevada
Jane
Hoover to call silver conference if concrete remonetization plan offered
Senator Jones said after a White House meeting he was confident President Hoover would invite an international silver conference if Congress presents a concrete remonetization proposal. Jones, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, noted West Coast interest and Borah's studied plan as possibilities for a world recovery path.
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Washington
White House
Jones
Hoover
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Masked mob seeks two accused slayers at Gaston jail
A 75 man masked mob gathered at Gaston county jail in the early hours hoping to seize two accused slayers of Harold Warter. They dispersed when officials proved the pair, Alex Grier and Clyde Smith, were not in custody. Grier reportedly confessed complicity and robbery motive, with only a few dollars taken.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
Harold Warter
Alex Grier
Clyde Smith
Charlotte
Carter
Grier
Quaker president vents on government economy in congress
Hollywood May 6 Our once docile Quaker president criticized Congress and the Senate over government economy. He accused lawmakers of fearing voter retaliation when firing staff and urged decisive action. The tirade suggested strong support for his political stance.
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Hollywood
Calif
Congress
Senate
Herbert
Two Million Dollar Dock Fire Put Out By Gotham Fire Force
A massive blaze at the Cunard line pier on West 13th Street in New York caused over two million dollars in damage and killed a worker. Firefighters battled for more than 20 hours, with about 300 injured, as seven fireboats fought flames that gutted the wooden piles beneath the concrete deck. the last pier section collapsed and ships were moved to safety.
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New York
Cunard Line
Hudson River
West 13Th Street
California
de Grasse
Berengaria
Mauretania
Aquitania
John J. McElligott
Thomas
Ocala
Aandser
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