Open Warfare Between White House and Capitol In Veto Clash
In Washington on May 24 the Senate overrode four presidential vetoes in quick succession. Postal bills granting extra pay to night workers and rent fuel and light allowances to fourth-class postmasters passed 70 to 9 and 63 to 17, respectively. The Oddie road program bill failed to pass the House yet, 57 to 22. The Tyson Fitzgerald bill for veteran officers retirement status won 66 to 14, while the fourth-class postmasters bill became law 63 to 17.
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Washington
White House
Capitol
Coolidge
McNary-Haugen
Senate
Oddie
Tyson-Fitzgerald
House
Veto of MacNary-Haugen Bill Draws Midwest Debate
Agricultural leaders across the middlewest react with disappointment to President Coolidge's veto of the MacNary-Haugen bill. Governors farmers and dairy groups voice mixed opinions urging lawmakers to act, while Wisconsin dairy leaders praise the veto as beneficial to farmers.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Coolidge
Claude H. Mackenzie
St. Paul
Frank W. Murphy
Minnesota
Resolutions Committee
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
Wisconsin
J. N. Tittemore
Wisconsin Dairy Association
Ben Fuelleman
the Agricultur
Sam H. Thompson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Tlinolls Agricultural Association
Farl C. Smith
Charles F. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Des Moines
Wallace
Farmer
Republican Party
Kansas City
Floor Leader Seeks Adjournment By 5 P M May 29
The House adopted a resolution to adjourn at 5 p m on May 29 with Speaker Longworth and Senate leaders indicating approval. Representative Tilson of Connecticut planned to push the adjournment move after a vote on the Swing Johnson Boulder Canyon Dam bill and before final action on conference reports for tax, Muscle Shoals, and other minor measures.
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Tilson
Connecticut
House
Congress
Longworth
Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Boulder Canyon Dam
Muscle Shoals
Senate Passes Tyson Fitzgerald Officers Retirement Bill
Washington May 24 The Tyson Fitzgerald emergency officers retirement bill was sent to the president after Senate approval. The House must act to complete the law. The measure passed the Senate and the House by a large margin, the House voting 245 to 101.
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Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Congress
Lawrence to Try to Prove a Good Alibi
Defense in the W. H. Lawrence murder case calls witnesses to establish his whereabouts on the night of March 24 the state contends the victim Annie B. Terry was thrown from Avents Ferry bridge. Witnesses Jesse Cannada and Jack Long say they were with Lawrence between 8 and 9 p m. while other testimony places the trio in a Durham area and at Duke University.
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Lawrence
Walker Blair
Long
B. 0
Rigsbee
Durham
Duke University
S. S. Best
Alphonsus Cobb
T. C. Worth
E. K. Powe
K. P. Lewis
Lawyer Opens Case for Contractor in Mrs Terry Murder Trial
Pittsboro May 24 The defense counsel for Herbert Lawrence moves to present evidence to a Chatham County jury in the murder case of Mrs Annie B Terry a Durham dressmaker. Judge Romulus A Nunn presiding then adjourned for the day.
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Pittsboro
Werbert Lawrence
Chatham County
Annie B. Terry
Durham
Romulus A. Nunn
Night clubs raided in London by police
Scotland Yard detectives raided the Forty-Three and Manhattan clubs owned by Mrs. Kate Merrick. A dressed inspector gained entry as a guest, followed by detectives who seized control. No arrests were made and attendees’ names were recorded. Both clubs were closed after questioning of Mrs. Merrick.
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London
Scotland Yard
Kate Merrick
Manhattan
Merrick
Police Action
Manhattan Club
Rescue Work Hampered By Bad Air In Kentucky Mine
In Harlan Kentucky rescue workers battled poisonous air to reach the eighth miner believed lost after the Black Mountain Coal Mine blast. Fred Romine 35 remained unaccounted for as search conditions worsened. his wife clung to hope noting his past survival. Officials valued mine damage at about 100000 dollars as crews paused until Monday.
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Harlan
Black Mountain
Fred Romine
Pennsylvania
Mine Disaster Toll Reaches 190 in Mather Area
In Mather and nearby towns dozens of funerals were held for mine disaster victims. Rescue work paused as widows and orphans receive aid plans. About 39 bodies remain underground, with no recovery soon due to heavy slate falls. Ventilation started as the blast investigation set for Monday. Company officials vow to cover funeral costs and seek rapid compensation for families.
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Mather
Efort
Pickhands- Mather Colleries Company
State Compensation Board
Government 10 erect stations at Atlanta
Two government departments plan to build weather and radio stations in Atlanta after July 1 to aid aviation. The commerce department will install a radio station for mail and commercial flyers while the weather bureau will set up equipment for general notation of weather elements.
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Washington
Atlanta
Commerce Department
Weather Bureau
Collection of Statistics Is Near Complete
Raleigh May 24 The collection of statistics for the 1927 census of manufactures in North Carolina is near completion with most eastern districts finished and some piedmont districts done. Tabulation will begin after reports are finished. Wade H Phillips director said the department expects to have state output values and other manufacturing features ready six to nine months before the census bureau’s biennial tabulations in the past.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Piedmont
Conservation Department
U. S. Bureau of the Census
Wade
Phillips
Census Bureau
Gulf Mobile and Northern declares quarterly dividend
New York May 24 Directors of Gulf Mobile and Northern railroad declare a regular quarterly dividend of 1.50 a share on the preferred stock with 16.50 a share in back dividends. Payment is due July 1 to shareholders of record June 15. Coca Cola International raises annual basis to 12 a share with a 3 quarterly payout, record June 12.
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New York
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Coca Cola International Corporation
New Boston High School Strikes Over Principal Rehire
In Portsmouth Ohio on May 24 1948 pupils of New Boston High School refuse to attend classes after the board of education declines to rehire the principal and two teachers. About 150 students stay away as the strike goes into effect.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
New
Boston High School
Board of Education
Lindbergh Prepares for Aviation Roles Beyond Duties
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh says his new post as chairman of the technical committee for Transcontinental Air Transport will be a large job but not limit his involvement in non commercial aviation matters. He denies plans for a new trans Atlantic flight, but shows continued interest in future flying, passes on northern routes, and hints at possible different approaches for any trans Pacific venture.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
C. M. Keys
Europe
Labrador
Greenland
Investigation of Explosion Being Conducted Today
Berlin May 24 The federal ministry of economy is conducting an official probe into the Hamburg phosgene gas disaster while the Reichswehr reportedly has no stock of the poison. No restrictions on phosgene commerce in Germany were cited. Police Chief Schonfelder criticized the Reichswehr for handing over war remnants to industry instead of destroying them.
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Berlin
Federal Ministry of Economy
Hamburg
Reichswehr
Germany
Schonfelder
Platform Must Be Approved by the State Convention
The tentative Democratic state platform calls for undivided backing of Governor Alfred E. Smith, support for amending the Volstead act to permit light wines and beer, and a referendum on the 18th amendment. It also pledges a compulsory motor liability insurance law and limits on campaign expenditures at state and federal levels.
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Trenton
N. J
Alfred E. Smith
Editor Jailed for Refusing to Retract Editorial
Lancaster Ohio May 24 William Lewis News Editor of the Lancaster Gazette was sentenced to ten days in Fairfield County jail and fined 20 dollars for contempt of court after refusing to retract an editorial. The piece criticized a local sentence for an alleged attack on a girl and targeted Justice EF W Boerstler. Lewis planned to seek a writ of habeas corpus.
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Lancaster
Ohio
William Lewis
Lancaster Gazette
Fairfield County
Lewis
Justice of the Peace
Eleventh hour bid to save Charlotte man ends in failure
Raleigh May 24 An eleventh hour effort to delay the electrocution of John Clyburn a Charlotte negro who is to die in the electric chair tomorrow failed after state pardon commissioner Edwin Bridges refused a thirty day stay Clyburn confessed on death row to shooting Cyrus Fink and robbing him with Dave Devlin who was executed in March for a Rowan county officer’s death Devlin’s testimony helped convict Clyburn. the stay was sought on commutation grounds but rejected.
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Raleigh
John Clyburn
Charlotte Negro
State’s
G. A. Smith
Charlotte
Clyburn
Edwin B. Bridges
Bridges
State
Cyrus Kink
Dave Devlin
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for May 22
Treasury receipts on May 22 totaled 4 842 895 01 dollars while expenditures reached 34 513 998 31 dollars. The remaining balance stood at 86 361 525 84 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Merger of Brandon Poinsett and Woodruff Mills Completed
In Greenville South Carolina on May 24 stockholders approved the Brandon corporation formed from Brandon Poinsett and Woodruff Mills with authorized capital of 9.59 million dollars. The merger takes effect June 1 with Brandon stock issued for the three mills and includes control of Brandon Duck mill and the Renfrew mill under construction at Traverest.
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S. C
Brandon, Poinsett, and
Woodruff Mills
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Woodruff Mill
Brandon Duck
Renfrew
Traverest
One Man Killed In Collision of Two River Boats
A Cincinnati passenger steamer and the tug Belfont collided on the Ohio River near Madison Indiana. One man was fatally scalded and two others burned. the Cincinnati sustained damage and would be out of service for weeks. No Cincinnati passengers were injured.
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Cincinnati
Louisville
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Belfont
Here
Faris Accused By Dry Workers
A Clinton Missouri grand jury indicted three federal prohibition agents and accused H. P. Faris, a 1924 prohibition ticket presidential candidate, and W. M. Goodwin of withholding information about the agents alleged misconduct. Lawasan and Fisher face liquor transport and giveaway charges while Dienst is charged with a worthless check.
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Kansas City
Clinton
H. P. Faris
W. M. Goodwin
Arnold A. Lusehen
Everett Fisher
Ben D. Dienst
Eight Women Die in Storm At German Farm
In Landsberg Germany lightning struck a group of women farm workers seeking shelter under a tree during a storm. Eight were killed, three seriously injured and five others slightly injured.
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Landsberg
Germany
Henry Ford Second In Foot Race At Chester
Henry Ford finished a close second to W. W. Mitchell in a 100 yard foot race at Wallingford after a seven mile hike on the Spring Haven club golf course. Mitchell urged his best effort and Ford admitted he would need it to win. Hats off and goat tails flew as workers watched the chief lag slightly behind the younger manager.
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Chester
Henry Ford
W. W. Mitchell
Ford
Mitchell
Spring Haven Club
Wallingford
Suspects In Buenos Aires Are Arrested
Buenos Aires on May 24 reports say one hundred suspected extremists were arrested after a bomb killed seven and a second device was prevented. Police hunt the man with the poncho as flames and injuries overwhelmed the Italian consulate area.
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Buenos Aires
Passport Bureau
Pampas
Dante Mastronardi
Bomber Attack on Italian Consulate Newsled Global Outrage
Rome reports the bombing of the Italian consulate in Buenos Aires. Premier Mussolini condemned the act, sent a message of horror and sympathy to Argentina, and called for justice for the victims.
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Rome
Buenos Aires
Mussolini
Dirigible Italia Returns to Kings Bay After North Pole Flight
At Kings Bay Spitzbergen on May 24 the Italia reported return from the North Pole flight. General Umberto Nobile expected to reach base after midnight. Ice covered the airship and a strong southwest wind limited speed to about 40 kilometers or 25 miles per hour.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Genera Umberto Nobile
Italia dirigible reaches North Pole with cross from Pope
General Umberto Nobile’s Italia expedition reports success at the Pole with a six foot cross bearing a Latin message from Pope Pius X. The cross and Italian flags were dropped, a Vatican message follows, and Nobile signals gratitude to King Victor Emmanuel and Mussolini as the crew to return to Kings Bay.
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Citta Pi Milano
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Pius
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