Hoover to meet publishers on nonpartisan budget plan
Washington dispatch reports President Hoover preparing a nonpartisan conference with 30 publishers to rally support for quick economic relief. Congress debates reconstruction loans and public works funding while Speaker Garner backs a 1.6 billion bond issue and House hearings loom.
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Borah Skips June Republican Convention Itinerary
Idaho senator William E. Borah will not attend the next month’s Republican convention to renominate President Hoover. The quietist stance follows years of influence at the party’s platforms and campaign activities, though Borah and Hoover have not aligned on major issues since the administration began. Hoover faces opposition from Senator Norris and talk of a third party, while Roosevelt pushes a strong bid for the Democratic nomination.
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House votes down beer legalization and tax proposal
The U S House, by 228 to 169 with party lines split, defeated a motion to discharge the Ways and Means Committee and bring a Hull O Connor beer bill to a roll call. The measure would tax 2 75 percent beer at 3 cents a pint, first such vote since 1919.
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Second Jap Official Dies From Shanghai Bomb Wounds
General Yoshinori Shirakawa, supreme commander of Japanese army forces at Shanghai, died of wounds from the April 29 Hongkew Park bombing during emperor birthday ceremonies. The blast injured six high officials, including Major General Kenkichi Ugeda, who succeeded Shirakawa, and Kawabata, Shanghainese-Japanese association president, who died April 30.
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Pritchard and Bailey Agree to Release Ballot Boxes
In Asheville on May 23 Senator J W Bailey and George M Pritchard who contests Bailey s election reached a plan to transfer impounded ballots to proper receptacles under supervision of court clerks and party chairmen The agreement covers ballots from 1700 precincts and aims to prevent the need for alternative balloting facilities before the upcoming primaries
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Roosevelt Hints at Wealth Redistribution Critique
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt warned at Oglethorpe University of social revolt unless national income distribution is equalized. He urged social planning to conserve production, insure basic needs, and urged bold experimentation while criticizing Wall Street and the Hoover administration for the mood.
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Term Against Mercy Slayer Is Modified To Three Months
Mrs Else Wille Bang a Denmark defendant in the mercy slaying case was convicted on a modified charge of assisting her mother to commit suicide by overdosing on medicine. She was sentenced to three months in prison. The case drew wide controversy over the right to kill. Her mother Baroness Von Dueben died in November. Bang confessed to administering a lethal narcotic dose to end her mother's suffering from an incurable disease.
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Jatsie Arrives in New England to Lead Lindbergh Case Search
Great Barrington Mass May 205 eke FP Con don the Jassie who paid 50 000 in an attempt to recover the kidnapped Lindbergh baby arrived today and said he would organize a search in this area Dr Condon left New York early in the morning and planned to visit Pittsfield. The Hunterdon county grand jury was in session with testimony on murder and manslaughter delaying the Curtis negotiations. Schwarzkopf said he had not been subpoenaed and any further action would come from Prosecutor Hauck.
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Hoot Gibson and Sally Eilers Reunite in Hollywood
Hollywood reports that film cowboy Hoot Gibson and star wife Sally Eilers reconciled after a two week separation. Eilers said they are very much in love and will do what is needed to stay happy together.
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Playwright Vicki Baum Hurt After Horse Scare In New York
Miss Vicki Baum, author of Grand Hotel, remained in a hospital with broken ribs and a severe scalp wound after her horse bolted when a squirrel crossed a bridal path. The incident occurred yesterday in New York as the writer traveled by carriage.
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Walker Seabury clash nears climax in New York probe
New York May 22 A heated legislative probe into Mayor James J Walker intensifies as Samuel Seabury readies another assault. Walker testifies today while Seabury cites a 1927 Europe trip costing about 23000 with 13000 tied to a coach company promoter. Historian Dr Herbert Adams Gibbons ties travel expenses to Wanamaker.
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Hoover Opposes Bond Driven Public Works Plan
President Hoover attacks large bond financed public works as ineffective and warns of log rolling and unneeded projects. He urges budget balance and expanded credit tools while favoring productive enterprise and targeted relief rather than broader government bond issuances.
Tomas Again Is Named Candidate for President
Norman Mattoon Thomas, a 47 year old socialist leader from New York and ordained Presbyterian minister, was nominated by acclamation at the national socialist convention to be the party’s candidate for president. James H. Maurer from Harrisburg will be his running mate as the party prepares to draft its platform.
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Robeson County Man Held As Slayer of Indian In Shooting
Luther Mercer is jailed in Lumberton as Robeson County Coroner D W Biggs prepares to hold an inquest into the fatal shooting of J C Hunt a 26 year old Indian near Pembroke. Police say a quarrel sparked the incident after Hunt visited Mercer's home and Mercer followed Mercer's wife to fetchUsr. Hunt was shot in the face while in bed and died instantly.
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Maxwell to Address Raleigh Tonight on Radio and Courthouse
Allen J. Maxwell, a Democratic primary hopeful for June 4, will speak at the Wake County courthouse in Raleigh at 8 pm tonight. His 8:45 pm remarks will be broadcast by WPTF for 45 minutes before he continues with further appearances in Carthage Concord Albemarle and other towns through Saturday.
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11 Die In South Over Week-end In Traffic Accidents
Traffic accidents over the week end killed eleven people across the south, with Louisiana suffering five deaths in a sugar truck and car crash that burst into flames near Natchitoches. Four victims died in Florida, four in North Carolina, and one in Alabama.
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World's largest flying boat lands in Southampton after Atlantic flight
The DO X arrived in Southampton at 7 15 p m after a leg from Vigo and crossing the Atlantic in stages from New York. In Alabama seven black men sentenced for assaults on two white women had their cases filed with the state supreme court. In New York a man linked to a diary suggesting involvement in Lord Kitchener’s WWI death was arrested.
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Governor Moore confirms Capone agents offered help in Lindbergh case
Governor A Harry Moore said four alleged Capone agents approached him at night offering aid to recover the Lindbergh baby in exchange for full credit to Capone. He noted he felt uneasy and planned to alert Colonel Lindbergh with the information.
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Women life savers open women operated station at Coney Island
New York reports a life saving station at Manhattan Beach Coney Island operated exclusively by women has been opened, promising efficient rescue service and a novel leadership model for the coast guard.
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Ex-Ambassador Forbes Opposes Lower Island Import Restrictions
Wa. Cameron Forbes former Philippines governor general and ambassador to Japan urged the senate territories committee not to reduce island import restrictions below current levels. He backed the Hawes-Cutting plan with caveats, proposing government intervention during transition and a financial supervisor for the insular audit.
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