Hoover vetoes bill to aid Spanish American War veterans
President Hoover vetoed a second time a bill offering hospitalization and veterans' home privileges to former quartermaster corps members of the Spanish American War Philippine insurrection and Boxer uprising. He warned the measure could trigger broader veterans' legislation and lead to hundreds of millions in government expenditures.
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Washington
Hoover
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Representative Welch
Calif
Capitol
Two Candidates Loom in France After Doumer Assassination
Paris May 9 Two candidates to succeed President Paul Doumer who was assassinated were in the running with the election set for Versailles tomorrow Albert Le Brun president of the senate formally presented his candidacy Paul Painleve former premier was pressed by allies to run The new president will be chosen by a joint session of the chamber of deputies and the senate Thousands filed by the Elysee to pay tribute after lying in state until Thursday morning Doumer’s funeral services will be held at Notre Dame Cathedral The Soviet government sent sympathy noting the abominable outrage and saying Russia felt unanimous indignation.
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Paris
Paul Doumer
Versailles
Paul Painleve
Albert le Brun
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Elysee Palace
Notre Dame Cathedral
Tardieu
Soviet Union
Russia
U S Consulate at Nagasaki Bombed. No Casualties Reported
The American consulate at Nagasaki Japan was attacked by a passing automobile at 11 40 this morning causing a small fire. Police are investigating as no injuries were reported and firefighters extinguished the blaze with hoses.
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U. S
Nagasaki
Japan
Washington
Justice Hughes Coming to State Conference in Asheville
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes will visit North Carolina for a two day conference in Asheville starting June 8 with federal judges from the Fourth Circuit and district judges from NC SC VA WV and Maryland. Senior Circuit Judge John J. Parker will preside and panels include Elliott Northcutt Morris Soper plus NC SC VA WV MD jurists.
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Asheville
Charles Evans Hughes
North Carolina
U.S. Circuit’ Court of Appeals
North
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
John J. Parker
Charlotte
Elliott Northcutt
Huntington
W. Va
Morris A. Soper
Baltimore
EE. Yates Webb
Shelby
Isaac A. Meekins
Elizabeth City
Johnson J. Hayes
Greensboro
Ernest F. Cochran
Charleston
J. Lyles Glenn
Chester
Henry H. Watkins
Anderson
Luther B. Way
Norfolk
Henry C. McDowell
Lynchburg
William Eli Baker
Elkins
George W. McClintic
William C. Coleman
W. Calvin Chestnut
Bots
D'x'e Branch Seeks United Methodist Grouping
Atlantic City May 9 The Methodist Church South urged a united American Methodism at the general conference. Bishop A J Moore of San Francisco spoke for ending split over slavery era differences and pledged reunification against liquor and political efforts opposing the eighteenth amendment. He stressed shared ancestry faith and purpose.
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Atlantic City
North
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church South
A. J. Moore
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Moore
Arein
Yesteryear
Swift Trial Of Means Planned For Lindbergh Case
Washington authorities prepare for a swift trial of Gaston B. Means on larceny after trust charges over $100,000 paid by Mrs. Edward B. McLean to recover the kidnapped Lindbergh baby. Prosecutors expect a grand jury indictment soon and pursue possible confederates in the elaborate scheme.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Lindbergh
United States
Leo A. Rover
Rover
Edward B. McLean
Washington Post
Means
McLean
District of Columbia Grand Jury
Tardieu Defeated in Parliament and Plans to Quit
Paris May 9 Defeated by a decisive margin in yesterday's parliamentary election Prime Minister Andre Tardieu will resign tomorrow night. The left, led by Edouard Herriot, gained control with 358 seats to 244 for the current government. Herriot favored to succeed Tardieu. Blum and socialist left groups also increased seats.
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Paris
Andre Tardieu
Paul Doumer
Chamber of Deputies
Herrit
Edouard Herriot
M. Tardien
Herriot
Leon Blum
Socialists
Republican Socialists
Communists
Commun- 8
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States
Generally fair start and end of week with showers in the middle. temperatures mostly above normal with cooler readings north of Florida in the latter part of the week.
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South Atlantic States
Florida
Diary of a Senate tax plan satire from Santa Monica
A satirical diary attributed to WILL mocks U S Senate attempts to locate two billion spent funds. It lists weekly themes attacking Wall Street and the rich, followed by repeated shifts in stance and accusations of harming the common man. The piece ends with a cynical note on endless talk and no results.
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Santa Monica
Cal
U.S. Senate
Wall Street
Will
Naval Officer Blocks Police From Mrs Massie Departure
Mrs Thalia Massie and relatives left Hawaii aboard the liner Malolo as police sought a subpoena for a retrial in the Kahahawai lynching case. A senior naval officer intervened to keep officers from arresting or delaying the party during departure amid a highly publicized sequence and massed public reaction.
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Honolulu
Thalia Massie
Hawaii
Massie
Thomas H. Massie
Granville Fortescue
Malolo
Driver of Death Car Charged with Murder
Ralph Green 25 of Tryon North Carolina, driver in which Spartanburg nurse Margaret Montgomery was killed near Greer, was charged with murder in a coroner’s warrant. Green in custody after the crash that hurled Montgomery from the car. three others injured, all treated at Chick Springs hospital. An inquest was slated for later today.
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Spartanburg
Ralph Green
Tryon
N. C
Margaret Montgomery
Greer
Johns. Turner
Miss Montgomery
Green
J. T. Green
Sam M. Henry
Hazel Holcombe
Harry Justice
C. W. Connelly
Chick Springs
Central
8. C
T. O. Walker
Wickersham Seeks Vote On Prohibition Change
George W. Wickersham urges a referendum on altering the 18th Amendment through state conventions. He argues a public vote would crystallize informed opinion and reflects on mixed views within his crime study commission. He notes six members favored revision, four saw enforcement issues, one wanted to send the question to states.
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Washington
George W. Wickersham
Notable Crime Study Commission
Wickersham
Sions
Newton D. Baker
Congress
United States
Labor leader warns of revolt over unemployment
Edward F. McGrady for the American Federation of Labor told a Senate committee that without federal action on relief, unemployment will drive revolt. He warned the Costigan relief bill must pass to prevent starvation and rising unrest.
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Washington
Edward F. McGrady
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Manufactures
Costigan
Costello Divorce Trial Cites Drinking and Obscene Books
In Los Angeles May 9 percent, Helene Costello and Lowell Sherman testified in their divorce case. Sherman alleges Costello’s drinking caused bitter quarrels and cruelty. He cites her regular evening routine of wine and liquor, noting five or six glasses with dinner and multiple highballs.
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Los Angeles
Helene Costello
Lowell Sherman
Sherman
Warden Swope Plans Release of Albert Fall Today
Santa Fe New Mexico May 9 Warden Swope of the state penitentiary announced the release of Albert B Fall from prison some time after noon today The action ends a long legal saga surrounding the former cabinet member and senator credited with major land and oil policy influence.
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Santa FE
Ba Swope
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Albert B. Fall
Kidnaped Boy Found in Abandoned Car
Four year old Otto Runge Jr. was found unharmed in the abandoned stolen car in Brooklyn after thieves kidnapped him with his father’s vehicle. Police reported the safe recovery today in New York City.
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New York
Otto Runge, Jr
Brooklyn
Silver Rehabilitation Talk Boosts Prices Plan
After a conference with President Hoover Chairman Somers of the house coinage committee said the administration might support a definite program for the rehabilitation of silver prices. Reserve board.
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Washington
Hoover
Somers
House Coinage Committee
Reserve Board
Senate to vote on silver price stabilization plan
Senator King of Utah announced tentative Senate agreement to vote this week on a resolution urging the president to summon an international conference to discuss stabilizing silver prices.
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Washington
King
Utah
Senate
Two Killed and Others Wounded in Robeson County Shootings
In Robeson county two men died after separate shootings. Isom Bizzelle was killed by Rob Edwards during a Barnesville brawl. Edwards is jailed awaiting inquest. A separate late-night quarrel left Braddy Pittman dead in his bed as his wife Sylvester Pittman is held. Mrs Luke Solis was shot in the temple and her husband is charged. she is expected to recover.
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Lumberton
Robeson
Isom Bizzelle
Rob Edwards
Barnesville
Edwards
Bizzelle
Braddy Pittman
Fairmont
Sylvester
Luke Solis
Boardman
Solls
Notable Hollywood Doctor Dies in Suspected Suicide
Dr. George T. Boyd, 49, a prominent Hollywood physician, injected drugs into his left leg and left a note blaming a low mood. Found in his car near Pacific View, he told his wife his insurance would take care of her and described feeling the poison and a dry throat before the note ended in a blur.
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George T. Boyd
Hollywood
Pacific View
Boyd
Landslide Buries Two Lyons Apartment Houses. 30 Missing
A cliff along the Rhone river in Lyons France collapsed burying two apartment blocks. Edouard Herriot mayor of Lyons narrowly escaped death as a rescue party faced danger from further slides. Authorities evacuated a dozen houses as fires from gas pipes hampered efforts and no bodies were yet recovered.
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Lyons
France
Edouard Herriot
Lyofis
Rhone
Herriot
Fourviers
Congress Debates Banking Reform and Tax Bills
The Senate debates Glass banking reform while the Finance committee weighs tax legislation ahead of committee reporting. The manufactures subcommittee hears social workers on Costigan unemployment relief. The House considers District of Columbia measures and the banking committee reviews a home loan bill.
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Finance
Manufactures
Costigan
House
District of Columbia
Banking
Senate Eyes Billion Dollar Tax Bill Amid Savings Push
Washington reports the Senate hones a $1.01 billion revenue measure with a goal to balance the 1933 budget. Senate finance committee rejects reopening the rate section as it presses the bill forward with bipartisan support. House economy panel aims to cut government costs and save over $200 million while Hoover pursues a joint tax compromise and a $237 million economy plan.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Economy Committee
Hoover
Senate
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Favoring the Favorite Sons in Democratic Delegate Battle
Two governors Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland and George White of Ohio will win their states' delegates this week. Roosevelt gains votes from Arizona Wyoming then West Virginia as Hoover faces primary strength in Ohio West Virginia and Tennessee while Coxey and France contest delegates in Ohio.
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Associated Press
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
George White
Ohio
White
Ritchie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Arizona
Wyoming
Roosevelt
West Virginia
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Hoover
Tennessee
Joseph S. France
Jacob 8. Coxey
Massillon
Akron Airship Akronbound for Pacific Fleet join
The airship Akron, world's largest aircraft with eighty crew and two airplanes, traveled from Lakehurst toward Texas and the Pacific coast heading for California to join the U S fleet off San Francisco. Commander Rosendahl stated it functioned perfectly as radio contact remained with Washington and weather stayed suitable for the voyage.
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Washington
Akron
Texas
Pacific Coast
Lakehurst
United States
California
Carolinas
Navy Department
C. E. Rosendahl
Sunnyvale
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