Antisaloon Chief Denies Hoover Link
Washington May 8 United Press reports the Anti Saloon League denies any contact with President Hoover on legislation or public office appointments. McBride testifies before the senate lobby committee that the league is a restrained advisory body with limited Washington activity.
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United Press
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Hoover
F. Scott. McBride
Senate Lobby Committee
McBride
Tinkham
Rep. Mass
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
Association Against the Prohibition
Caraway
Blaine
Rep
Wis
Illinois
House Judiciary Committee
Volstead
Realtors Hear Talk by Tax Court Judge
Members of the Indian Real Estate Board heard Judge Lee Hecht of the Baltimore city tax appeals court explain a Baltimore plan for assessing real estate for taxation. He discussed factors like cost and market value and noted assessors under civil service with appeals before a bipartisan city court.
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Indian Real Estate Board
The
Lincoln Today
Lee Hecht
Baltimore, Md
City Tax Appeals Court
Baltimore
A Mother's Unyielding Hope for Charles Nungesser
May 8 Paris notices Madame Nungesser, mother of Charles Nungesser, weeping and praying in her home for her son believed lost after the White Bird aircraft went down over the Atlantic three years ago. The nation shares in her sorrow and stubborn belief he survived.
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Fiu
United Press
Paris
Madame Nungesser
Charles Nungesser
France
Francois Coli
My Son Lives in a Soldier’s Homecoming Tale
A mother keeps her son’s French army uniform pristine as she awaits his return. Her home echoes with tears, neat bed and laid-out belongings show his permanence. A two week old note from the French coast claimed Nungesser and Coli needed aid, signed Coli.
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Nungesser
Coli
Miss Hollins Leads Kettleman Oil Deal Buyout
Miss Marion Hollins of Pebble Beach organized the Kettleman Oil Corporation and led its sale to Honolulu Consolidated Oil and Standard Oil of California for about 10.5 million dollars. Her stake was around 2.5 million with other major shares held by Harold E. Talbot Jr., McKim Hollins, Payne Whitney estate, Walter P. Chrysler, Samuel McRoberts and others.
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United Press
OS Angeles
Marion Hollins
Pebble Beach
Hollins
Kettleman Oil Corporation
Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company
Standard Oil of California
Oil Bonanza
Kettleman Company
Miss Hollins
Harold E. Talbot Jr
McKim Hollins
Payne Whitney Estate
Walter P. Chrysler
Samuel McRoberts
Kettleman Hills
United States
Franklyn R. Kenney
Marland Oil Company
Maryland
New York
Payne Whitney
Ogden Mills Sr
Mexican Seaboard Company
Boys Die as Wind Ties Raft Off Buffington Harbor
A 14-year-old boy survived Lake Michigan drift after three youths tied to a raft were caught in a night gale. John Kordich 13 Mike Matlay 14 and Peter Yorich 14 were out on Buffington Harbor when high winds pushed them offshore. Kordich tried to swim for land to alert rescuers but failed as a wave sank Mike and Peter clung to the raft before being rescued.
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United Press
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Lake Michigan
Coast
John Kordich
Mike Matlay
Peter Yorich
Buffington Harbor
Kordich
Coast Guardsmen
Mike
Peter
H’mself
Coast Yards
Robbers Escape With About $10,000 From Maywood Bank
Three masked bandits robbed the Maywood Trust and Savings bank in Hammond Indiana taking about $10 000 in cash and forcing three employees and two customers to lie down. They fled toward Chicago Heights shortly after the bank opened for business. The bank had previously been robbed of $5 000 about a year and a half ago.
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United Press
Hammond
Ind
Maywood Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago Heights
Vaudeville veteran Wil Martin Cressy dies in St Purg
Wil Martin Cressy a veteran vaudeville performer died in St Purg Florida at age noted in the report. He authored about 200 vaudeville plays and formed the Cressy and Dayne duo with his wife.
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Burnited
ST. Purg, Fla
Wil Martin Cressy
Weather snippet from early hours and dates
Hourly temperatures recorded with times 6 0 Mam 7 7a m 65 11a m 78 8a m 69 12 moon 80 2 Bcc lp m 82.
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Bcc
Two Convicts Killed as Prison Fire Escalates
In Columbus Ohio on May 8 two long term convicts were killed and a third wounded when a machine gun mounted at the prison chapel fired accidentally as militiamen guarded a stockade tent area. The incident followed a midnight tent fire amid unrest after the Easter Monday cell block catastrophe.
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United Press
Columbus
State Penitentiary
James W. Ross
Cleveland
Albert Freeman
Roscoe Turner to Try Transcontinental Run From LA Friday
Colonel Roscoe Turner with a lion cub plans to depart Los Angeles at 12:01 p m Friday aiming to beat Charles Lindbergh’s transcontinental speed record. He announced the flight today.
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Roscoe Turner
Los Angeles
United Press
Cal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hoover eyes conservative pick after Parker rejection
President Hoover plans a Pacific coast nomination for a new associate justice after the Senate defeated John J. Parker 41 to 39. James Rudolph Garfield is considered favored, with Garfield's record to be compiled. Labor leader William Green lauds a working class moral victory.
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Washington
Hoover
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Senate
Hughes
Parker
James Rudolph Garfield
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Garfield
William Green
American Federation of Labor
President Garfield
Hiram
Williams
Columbia
Pittsburgh
Ohio
United States Civil Service Commission
Department of Commerce and Labor
Secretary of Interior
Tariff Bill Stalled Amid Low Backing in Congress
Washington May 8 With scarce support the 1930 tariff bill sits as a legislative orphan as senate and house conferees resume work. Smoot blocks a partial report while Reed and Grundy show indifference. Key fights over sugar cement lumber and the debenture shape a prolonged struggle.
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Times
Washington
Senate
House
Smoot
Grundy
Pennsylvania
Reed
London
Congress
Reed- Grundy
Wickersham Urges Prison Reforms Before Law Institute
George W. Wickersham, chairman of the President's law enforcement commission, told the American Law Institute that prison conditions cry aloud for immediate improvement. The remarks were delivered in Washington on May 8.
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United Press
Washington
George W. Wickersham
President
Law Enforcement Commission
American Law Institute
Separation suit ties Helen Morgan to Martin Freed
In New York on May 8, Helen Morgan is named in a separation suit filed by Pearl Freed against her composer-husband Martin Freed. Pearl Freed alleges Freeds obsession with a famed actress led to divorce offers, neglect of the family, costly gifts, and eviction after a Christmas purchase.
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Bu United Press
York
Helen Morgan
Pearl Freed
Martin Freed
Freed
Paps
Poll Loser Kills Self Over Primary Loss
William J. Fulton, a Republican candidate for Lake County commissioner, shot himself at his home after losing the primary. Despondency over the election result and concern over his campaign manager’s arrest on conspiracy charges were cited as likely causes.
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United Press
G. R
Ind
William J. Fulton
Lake County
Harvard Pajama Riot Sparks Cambridge Police Clash
About 1,500 pajama clad Harvard students clashed with forty police in Cambridge. Two freshmen were hospitalized and Carroll Parker was arrested for disturbing the peace as officers and students fought in the street. The melee followed a dormitory water battle and ended after arrests.
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Harvard
United Press
Cambridge
Mass
Crimson Gold Coast
Samuel C. Davis Jr
St. Louis
John K. Bottomley
Boston
College Infirmary
Davis
Bottomley
Carroll H. Parker
Phillips Brooks Association
East Cambridge
Charles Bradley
Bradley
Parker
Baby Rose Marie on Page Seven Stories
The Times introduces life stories of radio headliners beyond the big program. Today features Baby Rose Marie and promises upcoming profiles of other famous artists with a fascination worthy of readers.
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Baby Rose Marie
the Times
Baby Rose
Hall claims victory in Congress race amid missing precincts
Archibald M. Hall declares victory over Ira M. Holmes in a Fort Wayne Indiana congressional contest based on unofficial counts from 326 of 331 precincts. Holmes contests the result while other local races for prosecutor probate judge and treasurer show close margins and ongoing tabulations.
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Hall
Holmes
Congress
Ira L. Holmes
Archibald M. Hall
Herbert E. Wilson
Herbert Spencer
Wilson
Spencer
Seven Cats Advertise Dance in New York Fine Cruelty
Truett Jordan, 24, a Black man, used seven cats with canvas placards to advertise a dance. Police arrested him outside a dance hall as the cats sat around. He was fined ten dollars for cruelty to animals.
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United Press
New York
Truett Jordan
Tie in Sixth precinct committeeman race prompts lot
In the Sixth precinct of the Ninth ward the Republican committeeman race ended tied at sixty three ballots for H W Brooks and W T Hargon. By law a lot would settle the tie in the presence of the canvassing board, though Hargon objected and Brooks favored the method. County chairman Martin Hugg said the tie would be ironed out.
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Claypool
Keach
Thomas A. Riley
Charles Sallee
Park Board
Martin M. Hugg
Knights of Pythias
George Denny
Republican Organization
Hugg
George W
Cap) Coffin
Coffin
Uhl
Albert E. Uhl
Marion Club
James A. Collins
Citizens Republican League
L.stark
Ninth Ward
Lot
H. W. Brooks
Citizens Reform League
W. T. Hargon
Martin Hugg
Publicity Trustee Sought for Indiana Utility Sale
William Martin ran Patriot Electric in Patriot and Florence, Indiana for four years and did not know of the state public service commission. Switzerland County Utilities Company petitions to buy his plant, citing required PSC supervision and rate approval. Martin claims he learned of the commission only when approached.
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William Martin
Patriot Electric Company
Patriot
Florence
Ind
Public Service Commission
Switzerland Ity Utilities Company
Martin
Switzerland
Seven Die in Plane Crash Between Mexico Cities
Seven persons were killed in a plane crash between San Jeronimo and Zacatecas Mexico according to dispatches received today.
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EL Paso
Tex
San Jeronimo
Zacatecas
Mexico
Dispatches Receivere
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Paul R. Mallon
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