Flexible Tariff Plan Widens Presidential Powers
Conferees on a tariff bill approved a new flexible provision expanding presidential authority while curbing tariff commission power. The plan lets the commission propose up to 50 percent rate changes and the president approve or let lapse by inaction. A key change removes a mandatory 60 day approval window and restricts no altering commission findings. The measure mirrors current flexible tariff policy with small additions from the House bill, pending Senate debate.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
Senate
Commission
Presbyterians Close Seventieth General Assembly in Charlottesville
The Seventieth General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church adjourned in Charlottesville Virginia with delegates from seventeen states. A compromise on organic union was approved to be studied for twelve months with other Presbyterian bodies, leading to a report at the 1931 assembly in Missouri.
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General Assembly
School of the Ozark
Hollister
Thomas W. Currie
Austin
Texas
S. Parkes Cadman
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Southern Presbyterian Church
S. H. Chester
Montreal
N. C
Federal Council
EB. W. McCorkle
Ashland
W. L. Lingle
Davidson
Currie
Alabama
W. R. Dobyns
Birmingham
Appalachia
R. F. Campbell
Asheville
Arkansas
E. B. Tucker
Batesville
Florida
J. A. McClure
St. Petersburg
Georgia
W. M. Everett
Atlanta
Kentucky
H. H. Sheets
Louisville
Louisiana
George Summer
Tex
Mississippi
J. B. Hutton
Jackson
Missouri
J. M. Alexander
Columbia
North Carolina
B. R. Lacy, Jr
Richmond
Oklahoma
Christ Matheson
Shawnee
Snedscor Memorial
I. C. H. Champney
Montgomery
Ala
South Carolina
Robert A. Lapsley, Jr
Tennessee
J. I. Vance
Nashville
W. M. Anderson
Dallas
Virginia
Harris E. Kirk
Baltimore
West Virginia
Ernest Thompson
Charleston
Graf Zeppelin Nears West Indies on Atlantic Flight
The Graf Zeppelin, tracked by radio from the Wokingham, was 450 miles east of Cayenne French Guiana at 5 AM BST and moving about 60 mph. The airship had covered another thousand miles from Friedrichshafen toward Lakehurst and had less than a thousand miles to Trinidad before entering the West Indies.
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Wokingham
Associated Press
Salina
Greenwich
B.S. T
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
Cayenne
French Guiana
West Indies
Trinidad
Vote Set Monday Evening On Hoover Veto Override
Senate schedules a vote at 8 p m Monday on overriding President Hoover's veto of the Spanish American war veterans pension bill. Chairman Knutson says a substitute bill, approved after talks with the president, will be offered in both houses to meet objections. Connally sails a push to defeat the veto while Robinson hopes to defer action as the new measure is reviewed.
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Washington
APJ
Senate
Hoover
Knuston
House Pensions Committee
Connally
Texas
Iatson
Robinson
Senate Pensions Committee
Louisiana Flood Crest Passes Shreveport Area
New Orleans May 25 Six deaths and wide damage attributed to the Red river crest passing above Shreveport and lingering in Red River and Natchitoches parishes. Red Cross aids thousands of refugees issuing food tickets as flood pushes toward Alexandria. About 3000 refugees at Coushatta Red River parish receive supply certificates while camps at Coushatta and Fast Point await return to waterlogged homes. In all, about six thousand people homeless and 200,900 acres still inundated.
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Red River
Shreveport
Natchitoches
Ed Cross
Rapid and
Parish
Alexandria
Mississippi River
Coushatta
Red River Parish
Fast Point
Hoover Home Leased To Prominent Couple
SAN FRANCISCO May 29 The examiner reports President Hoover’s Stanford campus home has been leased to Dr and Mrs David Armstrong Taylor prominent San Franciscans. An agent for the property declined to confirm or deny the report.
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Hoover
Stanford University
Tere
David Armstrong-Taylor
Lynching attempt foiled in Elk Point bank case
A mob of 75 men tried to lynch John W. Elliott, accused of robbing the First National Bank last Monday. Sheriff Slocum reclaimed Elliott after a chase from Sioux City, aided by deputies and citizen deputies. A .88 caliber revolver tied Elliott to the robbery. Elliott and companions denied the charges.
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Elk Point
John W. Elliott
First National Bank
Elliott
Sioux City
N. G. Slocum
B W. Freeman
Tennessee Legion Posts Pass North Carolina In Membership Gap
GOLDSBORO May 29. American Legion posts in North Carolina were urged by Commander George Ek Freeman to renew membership campaigns as Tennessee moved ahead in department standings. North Carolina’s position in the national convention Big Parade will depend on memberships by June 10. Tennessee now has 600 more members than North Carolina.
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Goldsboro
Tennesee
North Carolina
American Legion
George Ek. Freeman
Tennessee
Jones and Voigt Reach British Amateur Quarterfinals
In St Andrews on May 29 two Americans Bobby Jones and George Voigt advanced to the quarterfinals of the British amateur championship. Voigt faces William Sutton while Jones meets Eric Fiddian. an all American final is possible with Douglas Grant in the lower half. Grant beat Kenneth Grieg and Hon Michael Scott to reach the quarters. George Von Elm lost to Michael Scott at 20th hole.
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Scotland
United States
Bobby Jones
George Voigt
London
Douglas Grant
Voigt
William Sutton
Jones
Eric Fiddian
Tony Torrance
Britain
Grant
Harrison R. Johnston
G. O. Watt
William Campbell
W. L. Hope
Kenneth Grieg
Michael Scott
George von Elm
Scott
Merchant Dies In Pineville After Illness
Captain William Eldred Younts, 71, longtime local merchant, died at his Pineville home early today after months of illness. Surviving relatives include his sons Charles R. Younts of Charleston and Paul S. Younts of Charlotte.
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Pineville
N. C
William Eldred Younts
Charles R. Younts
Charleston
S. C
Paul 5. Younts
Charlotte
Hidden Corpus Delicti in Chicago Gang Killing Baffles Police
In Edgewater a gang gunfight left a man dead though the body vanished before officers arrived. Three youths saw masked shooters leap from a striped sedan and fire as the victim fled. A suspect, Sam Hunt, 27, was detained. police believe the victim may have later died in the car.
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Chicago
Edgewater
Sam Hunt
Hunt
Bailey Campaign Expenditures Total $7 963 11 in Senate Bid
In North Carolina May 29 report filings Josiah William Bailey shows campaign spending of 7963.11 dollars, $551.11 more than incumbent F M Simmons. Cameron Morrison donated 2000 to Bailey. Estep has not filed. Republicans report low spending with Butler 597 Tucker 142 Pritchard 285 29 Dorsett 140 40.
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Raleigh
N. C
United States
Senate
Josiah William Bailey
F. M. Simmons
Cameron Morrison
Charlotte
Bailey
T. L. Estep
Stratford
George E. Butler
Clinton
Irvin B. Tucker
Whiteville
Secree. M. Pritchard
Asheville
Rev. H. Grady Dorsett
Wake Forest
Harlem River Finds Woman in Water Near Yankee Stadium
The body of a woman was recovered from the Harlem River near the Yankee Stadium area. Police said she had been in the water for about two months, and she wore a diamond studded ring, a copper wire necklace, a white gold wristwatch, and a ring with nine diamonds and two sapphires.
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New York
Harlem River
Yankee Stadium
Pullman Bandit Robs Film Stars on California Train
On a Sante Fe Los Angeles to Chicago train a masked robber entered a Pullman car near Pasadena and robbed Marion Nixon and Edward Hillman of jewelry worth 7500 and 575 in cash. Nixon and Hillman were en route to Chicago. Ruby Keeler witnessed the incident but was unmolested. Hillman lost 400 plus two rings including a 4.5 carat diamond solitaire valued at 6500.
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Pasadena
Cal
Marion Nixon
Edward Hillman
Robert G. Lehman
Detroit
Ruby Keeler
al Jolson
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Hillman
Miss Nixon
Chicago
Railroad Train Collision Injures Agent at Crossing
Fayet teville May 29. P L L Dempsey general agent for the Aberdeen and Rockfish railroad was injured when his automobile was struck at a grade crossing here by an Atlantic Coast Line train. The car suffered heavy damage.
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Fayetteville
P -L. L. Dempsey
Aberdeen and Rockfish
Atlantic Coast Line
Divorce By Death Within the Law in Court Odd Case
Winston-Salem May 29 AP Walter Sweet faced municipal court over non support and bigamy. He claimed a South Carolina divorce from his first wife, the judge doubted the divorce’s legality and Sweet quipped it isn’t against the law to die. The court ordered four dollars weekly to wife No 2.
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Winston-Salem
Walter Sweet
South Carolina
Sweet
Capone's Hand In Gem Theft Suspects Target Chicago Loot
New York police report a safe deposit box held by Robert Nelson containing jewels valued at about 200000 in Chicago. Gems valued at a million dollars were found in Nelson's boxes in New York. Police consider Capone gang links to the Chicago robberies. An application to open the Chicago box will be made to the superior court. Two men sought by Hot Springs authorities for jewel theft are George Cole and James Watson.
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Robert Nelson
First National Bank of Chicago
Nelson
Oliver
Chicago
Superior Court
Hot Springs
Ark
George Cole
James Watson
Trio of Men Die in Abilene Rooming-House Fire
Three men died in a May 29 fire that destroyed a rooming house in Abilene Texas. Harvey Sprinkle Bernard Love and Roy Thomas were found on a second floor sleeping porch. Two children and others escaped as flames and smoke blocked access.
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Abilene
Texas
Harvey Sprinkle
Bernard Love
Melrose
Roy Thomas
Sprinkle
Love
Thomas
Maude Parker
Presbyterian general assembly opens in Cincinnati debates marriage report
In Cincinnati the Presbyterian assembly began with ballots for moderator candidates led by Hugh Kerr Samuel Craig Henry Buck Master and Howard Johnston. A widely discussed marriage report by Ralph Davis faces protests for its liberal stance on matrimonial issues and sex questions drawing strongest opposition in Philadelphia Presbytery.
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The
Presbyterian Church In
U. S.A
General Assembly
Cleland Boyd McAfee
Chicago
Hugh Thompson Kerr
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
James Clement Reid
California Synod
MacDonald Survives No-Confidence Vote With Liberal Aid
In London on May 29 the labor government of J Ram say MacDonald retained power after 50 liberal defections and its own dissenters. A Conservative motion to cut the salary of J H Thomas lord privy seal and unemployment minister was defeated 270 to 241.
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London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
J. H. Thomas
Capone Hosts Studio Dinner at Palm Island Estate
Invites from "Mr Alphonse Capone" drew many guests to his Palm Island home for a good will spaghetti dinner and musical program. Police guarded the gates as visitors, addressed as citizens and business men, exchanged R S V P cards for lapel flags and toured a tropical mansion lit for the evening. Capone thanked visitors for a fountain pen gift and the soprano performer encores drew applause.
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Miami
Fla
Alphonse Capone
Palm Island
Scarface al
Miami Beach
Capone
Insurance Against Kidnapping Offered in Kansas City
A London firm offers kidnapping insurance through Kansas City agent Cliff Jones with a 1 percent premium for a 50 000 policy. Buyers must keep ownership secret and sign a statement they have no reason to fear kidnapping. The move follows recent KC kidnappings and the Katz ransom case in which 100 000 was paid.
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Kansas City
United States
London
Cliff Jones
Michael Katz
Willie Lewis Charged With Auto Steal and Hold Up
Goldsboro man Willie Lewis was arrested after being identified as the man who held up a filling station in Wilson. He is charged with stealing a car in Laurinburg and with another auto theft here. Officers seek links to a Baltimore shooting tied to a failed car theft.
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Goldsboro
Willie Lewis
Laurinburg
Wilson
Lewis
Baltimore
Booze Hounds Bootlegging Raid Dogs Warn Agents
Texarkana Arkansas May 29 federal prohibition agents testified in court about bootlegger activity in Pi Miller county. Agents said a dog attacked them during a raid on a still near Artex as two still attendants fled. They claimed dogs had spotted raids before.
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Ark
Miller County
Federal
Prohibition
Artex
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