Hoover meets 39 publishers to back reconstruction effort
White House reports President Hoover won unanimous publisher support for a city wide reconstruction committee network. The talks touched on reviving a sales tax as a budget balancing lever, though Hoover did not commit to any tax plan. Publishers urged non partisan quick enactment of essential budget measures.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Banker-Businessmen
New York
Owen D. Young
Capitol Hill
Grand jury begins Curtis case in Lindbergh kidnap hoax
Hunterdon County grand jury hears details of John Hughes Curtis fake negotiations tied to the Lindbergh kidnapping. State Police Captain J J Lamb testifies on March 1 events at the Lindbergh residence as Curtis remains jailed on obstructing justice charges with bail set at ten thousand dollars.
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Flemington, N.,. J
Hunterdon County
Grand Jury
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
J. J. Lamb
New Jersey
Anthony M. Hauck
Lamb
Hauck
Curtis
Norfolk Boatbuilder
Araki Named War Minister to Sustain Manchurian Policy
Tokyo May 26 General Sadao Araki was reappointed war minister as Admiral Saito formed a national coalition government. The move confirms Japan's Manchurian policy including pacification campaigns, support for Pu Yi in Changchun, and economic integration with Manchuria.
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Tokyo
Japan
Manchuria
Sadao Araki
Saito
Araki
Mancchuria
Pu-Yi
Ex-Follies Girl Helen Worthing Divorces Negro Doctor Husband
Former Follies star Helen Lee Worthing was granted an interlocutory divorce from Dr Eugene C. Nelson, a Negro physician. She charged physical attacks and threats to kill, with police called for injuries. They wed in Tia Juana, Mexico on June 28 1927 after meeting in 1927.
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Los Angeles
Follies
Helen Lee Worthing
Eugene C. Nelson
Miss
To Be In Session or Not Congress Faces Conventions
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Congress and the Senate ponder their timetable for conventions. The writer jokes that lawmakers will endure public displeasure rather than miss gatherings, comparing the strain to keeping ice cream from a child.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Congress
Senate
Will
Market Ends Higher After Sudden Rebound
New York stocks firmed in late trading after earlier losses, with several leaders up $1 to $2, and trading volume nearing two million shares. Allied Chemical rose about $3 to around $53, National Biscuit topped $30, American Telephone near $95, and Steel gained around $1 while Dupont fell $2.
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New York
Crisp
Senate
Allied Chemical
National Biscuit
American Telephone
Steel
Dupont
American Tobacco
Wadesboro Youth Wounds Parents Then Fails Suicide
Philip Jordan, 24, attacked his father W H Jordan 62 with a razor, then wounded his mother as she defended him. The father nearly bled to death but was saved. the mother sustained multiple cuts. Jordan, detained in jail, attempted to harm himself but was stopped. Police plan to seek commitment to the state hospital for the insane.
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Wadesboro
N. C
Philip Jordan
W. H. Jordan
Jordan
Physi
Walker Sees Probe As Movement To Oust Him
New York May 26 Mayor James J Walker angrily denounced his Hofstadter committee examination as a prelude to removal from office. He charged the inquiry is a political move while Seabury, the chief counsel, called his remarks a cheap political stump speech. Walker detailed joint brokerage accounts and a $10 000 profit from an investment handled for him and described a Atlantic City dinner that led to a Colden Oil stock pool with $26 000 in bonds returned.
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New York
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
James J. Walker
Avanag
Secveu
Walker
Samuel Seabury
Seabury
Paul Block
Esmond O’brien
Atlantic City
Presbyterians Open 72nd Assembly Meet
The 72nd general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States opens at Montreat North Carolina with selecting a new moderator to replace Dr. R A Dunn. Likely candidates include Dr William Crowe Rev J L Mauze and Rev Ernest Thompson. Crowe preaches opening sermon and warns against tying evangelical work to politics.
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Dunn
Dr. Crowe
Montreat
N. C
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In the
William Crowe
D. D
Westminster Presbyterian
F. G. Brooke
Buffner Memorial Church
Charleston
W. Va
George Summey
Austin Theological Seminary
Austin
Tex
St. Louis
R. A. Dunn
Charlotte
Church of Jesus Christ
United States
Lone Flier Plans Pacific Flight From Boeing Field
Nathan C. Browne, New York pilot, aims to launch the mono plane Lone Star from Boeing Field between 6:30 and 8:30 A M Pacific time. He seeks a $30,000 prize flying north and west toward Tokyo with favorable south winds and clear weather reported south of the Aleutians.
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Seattle
Nathan C. Browne
New York
Boeing Field
Pacific
Tokyo
Aleutians
Japan
Browne
A. C
Man trades leg for gas in odd deal at Centralia
A Centralia gas station owner, H. C. Gildehaus, agreed to take a customer's leg as payment for gasoline. The visitor offered a right leg, the owner accepted, and the customer left promising to reclaim his leg later.
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Centralia
Ill
H. C. Gildehaus
Gildehaus
Grist reports $1 268 spent in Senate campaign
Raleigh May 26 Frank D Grist one of five candidates seeking the democratic nomination for United States senator has spent 1 268 39 in his campaign thus far his report filed today shows Contributions include 275 from Hugh G Miller of Raleigh 100 from A A Cashion of North Wilkesboro and 75 from L L Mallard of Raleigh Others report small donations while D F Giles running for lieutenant governor listed 5 in contributions and 47 in expenses Fifty four entrants had filed expense sheets today
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Raleigh
Frank D. Grist
United States
Nis G. Brummitt
Grist
Hugh G. Miller
A. A. Cashion
North Wilkesboro
L. L. Mallard
J. Q. Gilkey
Congress
D. F. Giles
A. H. Graham
Bank Cashier Family Kidnapped in Portland Robbery
In Portland Arkansas yesterday two men robbed the Bank of Portland, rifling nearly $10,000 from the vault and kidnapping cashier R. P. Harvey, his wife, an 18 year old son, and a guest, Ellen Vann. They were held until the bank opened at 8 30 and ferried away before being released after a 150 mile drive. The bank president J W Pugh found the bank closed and the house abandoned later that morning.
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Portland
Ark
R. P. Harvey
Bank of Portland
Harveys
Ellen Vann
Harvey
Vicksburg
North Little Rock
J. W. Pugh
Beer tax plan defeated in Senate vote
The beer for revenue proposal to legalize beer with 2.75 percent alcohol and levy a two cent per pint tax was defeated in the Senate by a 55 to 26 vote. Senator Bingham of Connecticut offered the amendment to substitute the tax for all excise in the billion dollar revenue bill.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Bingham
Conn
Mystery Jake Stabs Children in Cleveland School Area
A knife attacker called Mystery Jake wounded and killed children near St Cecilia's school in Cleveland. Elaine Mackin, 8, died. Lena De Sand, 12, and Rose Marie Parker, 8, were injured. Patrolman Chas Mischely captured the suspect, Jake Gordon, 40, who claimed a killer’s calling.
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Cleveland
Jake
Chas Mischely
Elaine Mackin
Lena de Sand
Rose Marie Parker
St. Cecelia's School
East 51St Street
Kinsman Road
Jake Gordon
Mackin
Mischell
Senate Restores 10 Percent Tax on Cosmetics and Toiletries
Washington May 26 The Senate restored the ten percent tax on cosmetics and toilet articles to the revenue bill adding about 20 million dollars in revenue. The panel also restored a five percent tax on mechanical refrigerators and expanded use taxes on pleasure boats. Senate action targeted funding the budget balance plan amid tax increases and exemptions debates.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Connally
Tex
Evangelist Haggard Stays In Gastonia After Kidnapping Threats
The Rev. A. A. Haggard, ex-Baptist minister and traveling evangelist, reported he was kidnapped by 10 masked men and beaten with a board before being released. He remained in Gastonia to continue services at the Free Will Baptist church despite threats, with police in attendance but no warrants or clues.
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Gastonia
A. A. Haggard
Free Will Baptist Church
Haggard
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