Hoover Attacks Garner Plan on Huge Public Works
President Hoover denounces Speaker Garner s proposed 2.1 billion public works program as useless extravagance and a gigantic pork barrel. He cites 3 500 post office and waterway projects as waste and predicts widespread political rift ahead of committee hearings. Garner replies with calm defiance and expects Republican support.
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Washington
Hoper
Garner
Congress
Treasury
Hoover
Orner
Proma
Congress Eyes Tax Davis Kelly Coal Regulation Bill
Senate committee continued hearings on a coal regulation measure tied to the Davis Kelly tax package. The focus remains on mining implications and potential industry impact as lawmakers review proposed controls.
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Senate
Davis-Kelly
Earl ordered to pay alimony to wife at $650 monthly
Chaffee Earl, 24, son of late Edwin T. Earl, former Los Angeles publisher, must pay Alice Bunch Earl, 22, $650 a month as alimony while her suit for separate maintenance proceeds. He testified his $3,500,000 inheritance has dwindled to about $194,000.
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Chaffee Earl
Eewin T. Earl
Los Angeles
Alice Bunch Earl
Bank superintendent Broderick acquitted in New York case
Joseph A. Broderick, New York state banking superintendent, is acquitted at 2 35 a m of willful neglect of duty for not closing the Bank of United States sooner. The eight weeks trial featured Governor Roosevelt defending him. Three more indictments await trial on related charges.
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New York
Joseph A. Broderick
Bank of United States
Broderick
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Max D. Stuer
Nat Browne Delayed by Winds for Tokio Nonstop Flight
Nat Browne the New York flier remains grounded at Boeing Field as a south wind fails to materialize for his planned nonstop flight to Tokio. An inclined ramp held his aircraft overnight and a light northeast breeze at 7 a.m. prevented the launch.
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Seattle
Wash
Nat Browne
New York
Boeing Field
Tokio
Economy Bill Ready for Senate Action Amid Secrecy
Washington May 28 guarded today in secrecy the economy bill is complete and ready for senate action as soon as the billion dollar tax bill passes. Six senators who shaped the measure fear disclosure and keep it sealed until approved by the full appropriations committee. The panel meets Monday with a vote expected by Tuesday or Wednesday. passage would clear the way for related appropriation measures and potential adjournment before the June 14 Republican National Convention.
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Washington
Senate
Ain
Harrison Leads Attack on New Sales Tax Issue
In Washington on May 28 Senator Harrison of Mississippi challenged sales tax advocates in the senate. He accused President Hoover of browbeating the chamber to back the levy and noted polls showing 46 of 96 senators in favor, short of the needed majority. Hoover's position was expected to be clarified soon.
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Gaerne
Senate
Washington
Harrison
Mississippi
Hoover
Walsh
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
Death Claims Swift Head as He Leaps from Sixth Story
Edward F. Swift Sr., 64, chairman of Swift and Company, died after plunging from a sixth floor window at 1650 North State Street Chicago. Brother Charles Swift said illness and planned Europe trip preceded the tragedy. He leaves three children and was a leader in the family packing empire.
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Chicago
Edward F. Swift
Swift and Company
North State Street
Charles H. Swift
Packing Company
Packer
Gustavus Franklin Swift
Swifts
Chicago House
Compania Swift Internacional
South America
Swift
Hortense Newcomer
Channon
Ill
Annie May
Huntington B. Henry
Theodore Philip
Edward Foster, Jr
City to Proceed with Tax Rehab Property Sales
Charlotte officials said a temporary restraining order was dissolved by Judge Cameron McRae allowing advertisement and sale of property within city and county delinquent tax districts to proceed on schedule.
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Charlotte
N. C
Cameron McRae
Bullet Used By Man In Taking Own Life Is Fatal To Mother
In Gerin Nebraska on May 28 Benton Johnson age 16 shot himself in the cellar. The bullet passed into his body and through the floor to the room above where it killed his mother.
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Gerin
Neb
Benton Johnson
Johnson
Debutante Helen Robbins resigns hostess duties
Society notes Miss Helen Robbins of Washington and New York sends regrets to hostesses. Daughter of Warren Delano Robbins, she is active in charity work. Her father serves as chief of the photo division in the Department of State.
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Helen Robbins
Washington
New York
Miss Robbins
Warren Delano Robbins
Charity
Division of Photocol
Department of State
Held Without Bond On Charge of Attacking His Sister In Law
Edenton North Carolina May 28 Watson White is held without bond after a preliminary hearing on charges of attempted criminal assault against his sister in law Mrs D P Lawrence and her sister Mrs Woodrow White. He allegedly attacked them and then knifed his brother when he intervened.
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Edenton
N. C
Watson White
D. P. Lawrence
Woodrow White
Lawrence
Mayor Walker Faces Fresh Scrutiny in Probe Reopening
New testimony is set for Tuesday before New York city investigators to challenge Mayor James J. Walker's memory and denials about stock dealings and deals tied to a bus franchise. Eight witnesses contradicted Walker's account. officials note stock tied to a loan fund backing backers of the Equitable Coach company.
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New York
James J. Walker
Russell T. Sherwood
Sherwood
Walker
Hofstadter
City Hall
Walter R. Herrick
Herrick
Interstate Trust Company
Edward Stanton
Interstate Trust
Samuel Seabury
Equitable Coach Company
Europe
Election of officers at North Carolina Disabled American Veterans meet
Wayneesville N C May 28 More than 200 delegates attended the annual convention of the North Carolina Disabled American Veterans opening sessions were presided over by R C Kivett state commander from Raleigh to direct business and officer ballots.
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Wayneesville
N. C
North Carolina
R. C. Kivett
Raleigh
Rescue and tragedy mark Grecian sinking and crew heroism
Boston reports tell of survivors from the steamer Grecian sunk after a collision with the freighter City of Chattanooga near Block Island. Vernon Parker, trapped in the engine room, battled water and delirium before rescue. Captain Borum and a Grecian lookout saved many as the Grecian went down. Four seamen died, eight injured, and 29 survivors were saved from the wreck and its immediate aftermath.
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Boston
City of Chattanooga
Vernon Parker
Block Island
Marine Hospital
Martha's Vineyard
Chattanooga
C. G. Borum
Tom Nottage
Baltimore
Niagara Falls
Nottage
Borum
Tariff Authors Facing Defeat in Key Senate Race
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah seems threatened as Senator Willis Hawley of Oregon appears defeated in the primary. Observers link Smoot Hawley tariff act backlash, western anti-prohibition sentiment, and anti Hoover mood to Smoot's faltering bid.
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Reed Smoot
Utah
Willis C. Hawley
Oregon
Smoot
Presbyterians Blame Parents and Wet Press for Prohibition Breakdowns
The Presbyterian Church in the United States assembly at Montreat North Carolina adopts a unanimous resolution faulting parents and older generations and the wet press for law breakdowns. It denounces bootleg liquor purchases and liquor service by respectable people and urges boycotting obscene films to curb moral erosion.
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Montreat
N. C
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In
United States
E. T. George
New Orleans
Hoaxer Curtis Faces Trial Over Lindbergh Hoax Indictment
An indictment charging John Hughes Curtis with obstructing justice in the Lindbergh kidnapping case was returned by a Hunterdon County grand jury in Flemington. Curtis admitted a hoax claiming contact with the Lindbergh family and their missing son and has been jailed since his arrest as the grand jury heard testimony from three witnesses.
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Hopewala
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Grand
Flemington
Hunterdon County
Lindbergh
Curtis
Garner Defends 2300 Million Relief Plan Against Hoover Criticism
Speaker Garner rebukes President Hoover for calling the relief program pork barrel and insists aid should extend to all in distress. He notes the program totals 2.309 billion with 1.209 billion for public works and 730.99 million for new projects amid ongoing Reconstruction Finance Corp debate.
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Texan
Reconstruction Agency
Washington
Garner
Hoover
Téxars
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rainey
Curtis to Plead Not on Tuesday Indictment Likely
Prosecutor Hauck said Curtis would not be arraigned Tuesday as earlier stated but would probably plead on Saturday June 4. The remark implied Curtis had been indicted. Curtis began fake negotiations after the Lindbergh baby kidnapping on March 1 and continued to supply false clues while Col Lindbergh was at sea. Curtis confessed May 17 and was jailed awaiting grand jury action.
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Hauck
Curtis
W. C. Pender
Norfolk
Lindbergh
Col
Charles A. Bom
Adsean Gay W. Burrage
Col. Lindbergh
Patton Nominated for North Carolina District Attorney
In Greensboro on May 28 Frank C Patton of Morganton was chosen by the Republican executive committee as the recommended district attorney candidate to succeed Charles Allen. He won on the eighth ballot 42 to 36 over Fred Hamrick, with Hamrick, Lewis Hamblin, and G W Klutz previously in the race. The senate later rejected Jonas nominations after hearings. Patton's recommendation will go to President Hoover. James S Dugan led the meeting with about 150 attendees.
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Greensboro
Frank C. Patton
Morganton
North Carolina
North Carolina Republican Executive Committee
Charles Allen
Fred Hamrick
Rutherfordton
Lewis Hamblin
Brevard
G. W. Klutz
Lenoir
Patton
Hamrick
Hamblin
Jonas
Senate
Hoover
James S. Dugan
Dry Agents Raid Chicago Speakeasies in Large City Sweep
Federal prohibition agents conducted 28 simultaneous raids across Chicago and suburbs aiming to curb illicit liquor ahead of June political conventions. More than 40 arrests followed as officers entered venues including the Wabash Grilllinked to Capone gang activity. raids extended to Calumet City and far south suburbs with liquor seized at nearly all sites.
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Chicago
Prohibition
Malachi L. Harney
Loop
Harney
Wabash Grill
Capone
Denny Comney
South Side
Calument City
Ill
Chicago Stadium
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Presbyterian Assembly
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Hunterdon Teace
Norfolk Man
Frank C. de Ree
Jonas Held
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