Four Crown As Steamer Is Rammed And Sunk
Fog shrouds tragedy as 32 crew members of the steamer Grecian are saved off Rhode Island after a collision with the Chattanooga near Block Island. The Grecian sinks in minutes. three bodies recovered, master among survivors. Coast guard Upshur aided search as news spreads via radio reports.
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New London
Conn
Gregian
Chattanooga
Block Island
Coast Guard
New York
Boston
Semcee
Radio Marine Corporation
City of
Rhode Island
Onario
Chattaooga
City of Chattanooga
Eck Island
Upshur
Merchant and Miners Transportationmpany
Batiore
Oston
Savannah
York
Bar Association Favors Repeal of Prohibition
The South Carolina bar association adopted a resolution urging repeal of the 18th amendment and favoring treating prohibition as a state issue. The convention approved the plan with little opposition as Thomas F. McDow of York was elected president and Spartanburg awarded next year’s convention.
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Greenville
8. C
South Carolina Bar Association
Thomas F. McDow
York
Spartanburg
Troubles Beset Bonus Army March to Congress
The Bonus Army of 400 World War I veterans faced delays as they tried to reach Washington D C. In East St. Louis merchants provided trucks and cars to move them to Washington Indiana. Railroad officials blocked freight car transport, and the campaign faced a new deadlock at Washington Indiana.
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East St. Louis
Washington, D. C
Washington
Ind
Ae Land
Ore
Congress
Chicago
Portland
W. W. Waters
Cincinnati
National Guard
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois National Guard
Ill
Evansville
Workers’ Ex-Service League
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Official Testimony on Walker Transactions Denied by Jimmy
Paul Block testified before the Hofstadter committee that Mayor James J. Walker sometimes received excess payments from a joint brokerage account set up after his son Billy asked how the mayor could live on his salary. The payments reportedly exceeded the accounts profits.
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New York
Paul Block
James J. Walker
Hofstadter Committee Today
Walker
Billy Block
Herrick
J. Norris Oliphant
Oliphant
Merrick
Edward Stanton
Seabury
Interstate
J. Allen Smith
Equitable Bus Company
Sulzer
Inter-State Trust Company
Stanton
J. Allan Smith
Presbyterians Ask to Rejoin Church of Christ Council
Montreat May 27 Presbyteries petition the 72nd assembly to reestablish relations with the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Seven other presbyteries urge withdrawal from the council over birth control stance. Petitions refer to Greenbrier Atlanta Transylvania North Mississippi Kanawha Suwanee Lexington Mississippi Potosi and five more. others oppose re-entry from West Hanover Mecklenburg Pedee Bethel Knoxville and Paris.
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Assembly
Greenbier
W. Va
Atlanta
Mecklenburg
North Carolina
Pedee
South Carolina
Bethel
Knoxville
Deaf convention to convene in Charlotte this weekend
About 200 people are expected to attend the North Carolina Association of the Deaf convention in Charlotte on Saturday and Sunday.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolna Association of the Deaf
Hearings Scheduled on Garner Relief Bill Next Week
Acting Chairman Crisp set hearings for next week before the House Ways and Means Committee on Speaker Garner’s 2.1 billion relief bill. Tuesday favors, Wednesday opposed, Thursday administration officials including Mills and Dawes to testify. Garner to testify first, marking his debut before the committee in this Congress.
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House Ways and Means Committee
Garner
Washington
Crisp
House
Ways and Means
Mills
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Coroporation
Tammany Laughs Off Walker Probe as Republicans Scandal Seekers
In Beverly Hills California on May 27 a letter writer says Jimmy Walker’s investigation should tour for admission fees. The writer mocks Republicans for always finding dirt on Old Tammany, suggesting Tammany is sly or GOP incompetence.
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Beverly Hilia
Calif
Jimmy Walker
Jimmy
Tammany
Will
Senate presses revenue bill amid holiday clash
Senate leaders opt to skip Decoration Day to speed budget balancing legislation. A 1.75 percent general sales tax is introduced by Senator Walsh as a dozen tax provisions advance. heritage ruling strikes estate revaluation from inheritance tax, with a decisive vote 72 to 3. A showdown is not expected before Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
Mass
Finance Committee
Presbyterians hear fellow townsman charged for Sunday work
F M Ramsey, a ruling elder from Laredo Texas, lodged a formal complaint with the Presbyterian church in the United States alleging Fritz Werner a deacon kept his hardware store open on Sundays. Ramsey's complaint, against the Texas Synod, came after his Presbytery and the Laredo church declined to discipline Werner. The matter was referred to a committee.
Party Leaders Seek Unified Prohibition Platform
Republican Senator Reed and Democratic Leader Robinson support a joint prohibition platform. Meetings in New York and Washington aim to lift the issue from partisan fights amid economic debates for 1932. It remains unclear if Hoover or any presidential candidates participated.
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New York
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Arkansas
Dill
Washington
Roosevelt
Hoover
Bonus "Armies" Sprout Up Across Nation
Amid nationwide protests for veterans’ bonuses, multiple new groups form and move toward Washington. The Portland led convoy travels in state trucks to Cincinnati, joining by Indiana groups. Chicago and San Francisco contingents organize and plan advance by rail and foot.
Bank Robbery Endangers Hostage In Morris Oklahoma
Three masked men robbed the First State Bank of $700 in Morris Oklahoma took bookkeeper Miss Claire Aggas hostage and wounded her before fleeing in an automobile. One bandit was later found dead along a highway near Coalton while Forrest Bradley fired from a nearby window and Charles Floyd was suspected by officers.
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Morris
Okla
First State Bank
Claire Aggas
Coalton
Oklo
Miss Aggas
Forrest Bradley
Bradley
Thompson
Charles
Pretty Boy" Floyd
Lindbergh May Be Called as Witness in Curtis Trial
Col Charles A Lindbergh offers to testify for the prosecution of John H Curtis in the Lindbergh baby hoax case. Prosecutor Anthony Hauck will lead the case with Curtis as intermediary. The Hunterdon county grand jury has not announced actions, but reports say Norfolk boatbuilder Curtis faces an obstruction of justice charge for aiding the false lead about the kidnapping. The confession reveals he sought money from newspapers after promising to reveal the baby's location.
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Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
John H. Curtis
Curtis
Anthony Hauck
Hunterdon County
Norfolk
Lindbergh
Snow Returns in Dakotas Amid Grasshopper Battle
In St Paul on May 27 farmers faced ten inches of snow in North Dakota. The storm dimmed new crops but provided a seasonal ally in the war against grasshoppers as spring waned and winter made a curtain call.
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ST. Paul
Northwest
North Dakota
Mysterious Note From Car Signals Kidnapping Case
Authorities investigated a new kidnaping mystery after a note was found at an oil station six miles east of Chariton Iowa. The message claimed a 15 year old girl named June Stone is in trouble and in the hands of five men and three women, bearing a Des Moines firm letterhead.
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Chariton
Iowa
Here
June Stone
Des Moines
Famous Explorer Held In Jail By Hickory Cops
Craft, a 52 year old Hickory resident linked to polar exploration and government geodetic work, was arrested after resisting a federal search and allegedly threatening officer John Dickson. He clashed with Dickson in a drug store before the raid, was jailed in Newton, and bail was discussed with U S officials as the case moved forward.
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Explorer
Hickory
N. C
Craft
North Pole
John Dickson
Asheville
Eugene Lentz
Newton
Louis Shrum
U. S
Lentz
Dickson
Centenarian Lucy A Cowles Dies in Wilmington
Mrs Lucy A Cowles a Magnolia native who lived in Wilmington North Carolina passed away at her home just 13 days short of her 101st birthday.
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Wilmington
N. C
Lucy A. Cowles
Magnolia
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