Muscle Shoals bill wins final congressional approval
The Norris Morin Muscle Shoals measure passed the conference report in a 211 to 116 House vote after a protracted filibuster led by Senator McKellar. The bill provides government operation of property for nitrate production and power, with a Cove Creek dam provision and fertilizer manufacture removed. Senators King and Tydings spoke for a short time as the filibuster collapsed from exhaustion.
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Washington
House
Coolidge
McKellar
Tennessee
Tydings
Maryland
Burns
Tennnessee
Arrns
Wright
Georgia
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Cove Creek
Senator King
Jones Given Boost For Presidency
In Huntsville Texas May 25 a Texas sombrero owned by Jesse H Jones Houston publisher and Democratic National Committee treasurer is tied to a possible presidential bid Admirers interpret a Texas convention resolution as an endorsement While Governor Dan Moody says Jones would likely be nominated the statement remains noncommittal Jones backed by the party on prohibition principles aligns with the platform leading to potential national leadership consent
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Huntsville
Tex
Jesse H. Jones
Houston
Democratic National Committee
Jones
Dan Moody
Moody
Texas
Harmony
Schwab urges study of cross hauling to cut costs in steel
President Charles M. Schwab told the American Iron and Steel Institute that eliminating cross hauling could yield economies without wage cuts or price increases. He urged a committee of experts to present a plan, noting the industry’s 5 percent return on a $5 billion investment is too low. He warned reductions in costs are needed and that price hikes might be avoided by cutting distribution waste. He favorable on business conditions and a likely larger 1928 volume.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
American Iron and Steel Institute
Schwab
America
Peggy Joyce to wed fifth husband Count de Janze
London reports the American actress Peggy Hopkins Joyce engaged to Count Frederick de Janze. He is to become her fifth husband after divorces from Count Gosta Morner and Alice Silverthorne. The Paris tribunal had earlier split de Janze from the Countess de Janze, linked to the Calais boat incident.
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London
The
Evening Standard
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Frederick de Janze
Count de Janze
Alice Silverthorne
Chicago
Paris
Gosta Morner
Atlantic City
de Janze
Chisago
Raymond Vincent de Trafford
Calais
Gare du Nord
Lawrence's Defense Is Bit Stronger
Lawrence's defense gained some momentum as Raymond Hall the Durham county home superintendent disputed prosecution claims of blood stains in Herbert Lawrence's car. Hall a fingerprint observer noted a single mark possibly blood or cigarette scorch compared with earlier testimony of seven to nine spots on the parcel shelf. Evidence also tied to a bill fold found on a highway corridor bearing Mrs. Terry's name. Lawrence appeared stronger but remained under nurse care after a self-inflicted throat wound.
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Pittsboro
Raymond Hall
Durham County
Herbert Lawrence
Durham
Annie Terry
Hall
Lawrence
Aubrey Wheeler
State Highway Commission
J. F. Brinkley
Highway Commission
Sanford
Terry
Italie Faces Setback in Alsace Plot Trial and Italia Flight News
In Colmar France two deputies Dr Eugene Ricklin and M Roose were convicted of plotting to make Alsace Lorraine a separate republic with five others jailed. eleven others acquitted as crowd saluted the autonomy leaders. In Spitzbergen the Italia dirigible, hindered by fog and southwest winds, was about 100 miles north of Moffen Island and unlikely to reach Kings Bay before late today.
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Colmar
France
Eugene Ricklin
M. Roose
Alsace and
Lorraine
Schall
Fasshauser
Germany
Schutzturppe
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Moffen Island
Pole
Automatic Train Control Devices Fail in Danville Wreck
The Interstate Commerce Commission report finds Southern Railway Danville Kentucky wreck on April 10 defeated by automatic train control. One killed and 23 injured as train No 42 crashed into an engine stand. switch left open and brake was negligent.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Danville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
Pav
Senate seeks cloture in push for tax bill amid conferees
In Washington on May 25 senators moved to limit debate on a $222,495,000 tax cut after conferees agreed the revenue reduction bill should move quickly to a House vote. The measure backs a corporate levy cut from 13 1/2 to 12 percent and raises the earned income credit, with individual relief at only a $10,000 increase in exempt income before credit.
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Washington
Senate
Muscle Shoals
House
Coolidge
Congress
Mellon
Smott
Utah
Consolidation Coal to close ten mines amid overproduction
The Consolidation Coal Company, with John D. Rockefeller Jr. as a major shareholder, orders ten mines shut to curb overproduction. Four Somerset Pennsylvania mines and six Fairmont West Virginia mines will close, affecting about 2,500 workers, roughly 20 percent of employees in the two fields.
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New York
Consolidation Coal Company
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Robert C. Hill
Somerset
Pennsylvania
Fairmont
West Virginia
Cornish Held on Slaying Charge in Davidson County
Winston Salem on May 25 reports Jim Cornish of Hampton township Davidson county is jailed on a murder charge for killing Fred C. Davis age 25 near Davis home yesterday. Sheriff Sink says Cornish claims self defense.
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Cornish
Winston-Salem
Jim Cornish
Hampton Township
Davidson County
Fred C. Davis
Sink
Italian dirigible Italia faces harder return from North Pole
Rome reports General Nobile says the Italia must endure tougher conditions on the voyage back from the North Pole. The ship is using only two motors to save fuel and fights a strong wind, risking a late arrival at King's Bay as the base ship Citta di Milan loses track of its position.
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Rome
Aeronautic Department
Nobile
North Pole
Italia
King’s Bay
Citta di Milan
Moffin Island Near Spitzbergen Northern Edge
Moffin Island stands among the northernmost points of Spitzbergen’s archipelago, located about 75 miles from King’s Bay.
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Moffin Island
Spitzbergen
King’s Bay
Chinese Armies Contact Along 100 Mile Front
Report from Hong Kong says northern and nationalist Chinese armies faced each other along a 100 mile front south of Peking. The line runs from Tingchow on the Peking Hankow rail line east to Kok enful and Tsangchow on the Tientsin Pukow rail line. Japan moves troops to Chinchonfu to guard Manchuria entry as hostilities continue.
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Hong Kong
Peking
Tingchow
Hankow
Kokenful
Tsangchow
Tientsin-Pukow
Chinchonfu
Manchuria
Wethered and Perkins Reach British Amateur Final
Prestwick, Scotland May 25. Roger Wethered former British amateur champion and T P Perkins current English champion will play for the British amateur title at 36 holes tomorrow. Wethered won his way to the final by defeating E B Tipping in the semi finals four up with three to play. Perkins progressed by beating William Tulloch six and five.
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Prestwick
Scotland
Roger Wethered
T. P. Perkins
Wethered
E. B. Tipping
Perkins
Wiliam Tulloch
Clyburn Executed in Electric Chair for Murder
John Clyburn, a Charlotte man, died in the electric chair at the state prison after a 2 minute 15 second shock for.f killing Cyrus M. Fink, a Mecklenburg county mechanic. He entered the death chamber with a spiritual adviser and recited the 23rd Psalm. confes sion traced the shooting to Devlin and Clyburn during a hold up. Bridges, the parole commissioner, said Devlin had earlier confessed to the act.
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Raleigh
John Clyburn
Charlotte
State’s
Cyrus M. Fink
Clyburn
Mecklenburg County
Dave Devlin
Rowan
Bridges
Fink
Devlin
Hailstorm Leaves Alabama Families Destitute
About 200 families in west central Alabama facing hunger after a Tuesday hailstorm. Unofficial losses exceed 500000 dollars with 600 square miles of farmland wrecked, including 16000 acres of cotton and 6000 acres of corn ruined. Red Cross aid appeals filed through the local chapter.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
National Red Cross
Charlotte Picked as 1929 NC Insurance Agents Convention City
Greensboro May 25 Sam Ruffin of Raleigh was elected president Charles T Mason of Pinehurst was vice president and W S Markham of Durham treasurer at the North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents final session Charlotte chosen as the 1929 convention city by the executive committee The convention was described as the most successful in the association's history.
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Charlotte
Greensboro
North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents
Sam Ruffin
Raleigh
Charles T. Mason
Pinehurst
W. S. Markham
Durham
Seven Mine Workers Die in Pennsylvania Explosion
In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, seven miners were killed and several others missing after a gas explosion at the Conyngham colliery of Hudson Coal. Two bodies were recovered by noon, and rescued workers reported five more deaths. Five men were hospitalized with burns and injuries from the blast in the red ash vein pocket.
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Wilkes-Barre
Conyngham
Hudson Coal Company
North Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital
R C A Charged With Unlawful Trust Ties in Vacuum Tube Case
The Federal Trade Commission charged the Radio Corporation of America with violations of the Clayton Act and FTC Act for restraining trade by compelling about 25 vacuum tube manufacturers to buy only from RCA. With expired patents open to the public, the case alleges substantial lessening of competition and monopoly tendencies and cites unfair competition methods. A hearing is set for July 23.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Radio Corporation of America
Commission
Hoover Secures 134 Republican Support for Nomination
Herbert Hoover wins pledges from 134 Republican House members including 24 from Pennsylvania. The Willard Hotel gathering at a pre convention meeting backed Hoover as the June Kansas City nominating convention approaches.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
House
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Willard Hotel
Commerce
Hoover
Woodin Injured in Fall at New York Hospital
William H. Woodin, president of American Car and Foundry and American Locomotive, is recovering from a fractured kneecap at a private sanitarium in New York after a fall from his car at the entrance. He was admitted about three weeks ago and expects to return to his office soon.
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New York
William H. Woodin
American Car & Foundry Company
American Locomotive Company
Woodin
Accidental Death Verdict In Chambers Case
A coroner's jury ruled accidental death from gunshot wounds in the death of 46 year old Charles Marshall Chambers. He was killed when a shotgun he handled at Grover C. Hailey's farm near Old Town discharged.
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Winston-Salem
Charles Marshall Chambers
Grover C. Hailey
Old Town
Senate probes reveal $2 million in oil profits taxes
Senate inquiry into the Continental Trading Co profits from Liberty bond oil sales shows more than $2,000,000 in income taxes. Of that sum $606,097 was recovered from H. M. Blackmer of Denver James E. ONeil former Prairie Oil and Gas president and the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co. Also $151,597 from Blackmer $151,301 from ONeil and $246,033 principal plus $57,160 interest from Sinclair. Remaining items totaled $1,398,900 with penalties for non payment. Individuals still owe personal tax on their shares. Senator Walsh notes this progress.
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Washington
Senate
Liberty Bond
Continental Trading Company
Mellon
H. M. Blackmer
Denver
James E. O'Neil
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Walsh
Montana
Lines Drawn In Battle Over veto Of The President
The House seeks to override Coolidge vetoes on several measures with the Oddie bill for 10.2 million for western post roads under Senate consideration. The Senate passed three vetoed bills, two postal pay and rent measures and the Tyson Fitzgerald retirement pay, each sent to law after swift votes. The Bingham bank rank of drum major bill barely failed to override, while Bruce and other Democrats blocked the override on that measure. The Sproul postal workers bill and the postmaster pay measure gained two thirds and became law. One veto upheld on the emergency officers bill with King of Utah crossing party lines.
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Washington
Coolidge
House
White House
Senate
Oddie
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bruce
Maryland
Sproul Postal Night Workers
Phiest Post- Master
King
Utah
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Bertier de Sauvigny
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Douglas
Peggy Joyce
R.C. A
Federal Trade Commission Claims Radio Corporation
M. CS
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