Recess Until Autumn Wins Hoover Tariff Delay
Washington reports farm bill conferees seek a quick compromise for early senate action as Hoover agrees to adjournment if the farm bill clears and a tariff vote date is set. Debenture provisions loom. senate unanimity and protests shape the timetable for hearings and eventual passage.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Congress
Herbert Hover
White House
Senate
Robbess
Nator
William E. Borah
Jesar
Wesley Jones
Wader
House
Cers
Hoover
Finance Committee
State Department
Thomas
Dem
Okla
Henry L. Stimson
Reed Smeet
F. W. Simmons
North Carolina
Gypsy of Air Plans World Flight With Wife Co Pilot
German automotive engineer Werner A Gunther and his wife Andree Mathilda Meyer will pilot a small plane from New York to Seattle then to Alaska Asia Europe Newfoundland and return to New York aiming to circle the globe in a around the world itinerary.
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Werner A. Gunther
Andree Mathilda Meyer
New York
Seattle
Alaska
Asia
Europe
Newfoundland
War surplus shoes sale bids set for June 27
Bids for 150,496 pairs of World War II surplus shoes will be opened at the quartermaster general's office in Brooklyn on June 27 at 10 a m, the War Department announced.
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Washington
Quartermaster-General’s
Brooklyn
War Department
English party leaders confer on next move in hung parliament
London June 1 leaders of the three main British parties began talks with aides to map the next steps after Labour failed to win a working majority in parliament. Ramsay MacDonald at Hampstead ready to form a second Labour government if summoned. Baldwin at Chequers seeks options with Conservatives. Lloyd George at Churt to decide how to use Liberal leverage.
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Brees
London
Labor
Ramsay MacDonald
Hampstead
MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Ger
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Churt
Railway Taxes and Their Effect on Rates
Rail taxes rose sharply from 1913 to 1928 with per million ton miles costs doubling from 401 to 802. Tax payments to collectors grew faster than stockholders’ dividends, deepening the stakes for patrons. The Illinois Central System saw taxes per mile surge by over half of its 1928 freight revenue, highlighting taxes as a key factor in railway pricing.
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Illinois Central System
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