Dry League Births Of God Faces Senate Probe
Anti-Saloon League superintendent Dr. F Scott McBride tells a senate lobby committee the league is led by God while Sen Blaine questions the claim as sacrilegious. The exchange touches on league birth in a Oberlin prayer meeting and its political reach cited by Blaine and Robinson.
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Oberlin
Justin Steuart
Wayne B. Wheeler
United States
Steuart
Fire spreads as Gulf refinery blaze nears tanks
Bayonne New Jersey May 9 Firemen struggle to control a five million dollar Gulf Refining Co blaze in the yard after winds shift directing flames toward undamaged Gulf tanks and Tidewater Oil Co yards.
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United Press
Bayonne
N. J
Gulf Refining Company
Gulf Company
Tidewater Oil Company
Bishop's Son Indicted in Second Degree Murder Case
James M. Maxon Jr., son of the Tennessee Episcopal bishop co adjutor, was indicted by a grand jury on second degree murder. He allegedly beat to death 73 year old David Paynter last month in New York.
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New York
James M. Maxon Jr
Episcopal Diocese of
Tennessee
Maxon
David Paynter
Broadway Stars Revealed in Skolsky Tintypes
Broadway columnist Sidney Skolsky has published Times Square Tintypes exposing idiosyncrasies of Rudy Vallee Irving Berlin Paul Whiteman Fanny Brice Jim Tully Tex Guinan and more. The spoof notes Vallee’s screams and cursing and Bernl’s piano ear while listing quirky habits of performers from Whiteman to Cantor and Cohan.
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United Press
York
Rudy Vallee
Irving Berlin
Paul Whiteman
Sidney Skolsky
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Vallee
Skolsky
Denver
Fanny Brice
Jim Tully
Tex Guinan
George White
White
Tricycle Collision Injures 5-Year-Old Boy
Sanford Pittman Jr. was riding a tricycle on the sidewalk when he fell and was struck by an ice truck driven by Trever Stiles. He suffered a brain concussion and was listed in critical condition at city hospital.
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Eugene Street
Trever Stiles
Congress Street
City Hospital
Workman burned in boiling bath at veneer plant
Charles Harris, 47, of 1946 Olney Street, fell into a boiling solution while rolling a log at B. L. Curry Veneer Works at 3724 East Thirteenth Street. He was burned critically and transported to Indiana Christian Hospital. James Iverson Hylton, 80, died at home near Bainbridge, Indiana, after arteriosclerosis.
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East Thirteenth Street
Charles Harris
Olney Street
Indiana Christian Hospital
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Bainbridge
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James Iverson Hylton
Virginia
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Actress warned on parole violation in New York
Olga Eide Edwards, an actress convicted of extorting money from Nathan Amster by threatening to reveal his paternity of her 6 year old son, was arraigned in general sessions on violating probation. She claimed the boy was ill and needed medical care while Amster reported to the probation bureau. Judge Rosalsky urged strict adherence to probation terms.
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New York
Olga Eide Edwards
Nathan Amster
Traction Magnate
Probation Bureau
Miss Edwards
Rosalsky
Amster
Moody to Enter Race for Re election in Texas
Governor Dan Moody announced in Austin that he is contemplating seeking a second term. The statement signals Moody’s plan to run for re election, aligning with a formal entry into the campaign.
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United Press
Austin
Tex
Dan Moody
Hall defeats Holmes for Congress seat in Marion primary
In Marion County Indiana the Republican primary produced Hall a dry manufacturer winner over Ira M. Holmes by 706 votes with unofficial totals showing Hall 9,433 Holmes 8,727 Schuyler A. Mowrer 8,052 and Asa J. Smith 8,516. Holmes claims he was counted out and may seek a recount as canvassing continues.
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Ira M. Holmes
Wet
Holmes
Schuyler A. Mowrer
Asa J. Smith
Ward B. Hiner
Marion
Hiner
George O. Hutsell
Jesse J. P. McClure
McClure
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Hutsell
Charles H. Keever
Passion Play Stars Welcome Tourist Money
An Oberammergau patch reports actors welcoming the play as economic aid during the annual event. Principal players hope for better pay while villagers balance work between the production and trades. Alois Lang says he aims to earn more as Christ. Anni Rutz notes her Virgin Mary duties and plans to stay local.
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Oberammergau
Germany
London Daily Herald
Alois Lang
Christ
Christus
Hugo Rutz
Caiphas
Municipal golf expert to study course supervision plan
A committee of golf experts to be appointed by park board president Adolph G. Emhardt will consider replacing individual course managers with a single supervisor next year. Charles Sallee says no changes until next year’s budget. the aim is standardized operation and increased efficiency across municipal courses.
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Adolph G. Emhardt
Park Board
Charles Sallee
Salee
Dedicatory Exercises for Hansen Memorial Unit
The dedication of the Julius A Hansen Memorial Unit at Methodist hospital will be held Monday at 2 PM. The nine story, 250 bed wing was funded by a donation from Mary Hansen Carey. Governor Harry G Leslie and Mayor Reginald H Sullivan will speak.
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Julius A. Hansen
Methodist Hospital
Hansen
Mary Hansen Carey
Harry G. Leslie
Reginald H. Sullivan
Fire destroys multiple Quincy businesses and hall
A early morning fire in Quincy Indiana destroyed the post office and several stores including Stewart's and Duncan's general stores, Ray Herbert's store, and Red Men's hall. Only Duncan and Herbert had insurance, likely insufficient to cover losses. Cloverdale firemen aided efforts.
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Quincy
Ind
Postoffice
Stewart
Ronald Duncan
Ray Herbert
Red Men's Hall
Duncan
Herbert
Cloverdale
United World to Face 0. S. in Tariff War
Canada admits anger as it plans brick for brick retaliation to the pending super tariff bill in Washington. England and Europe consider similar steps while the United States braces for economic impact on trade, employment, and prosperity.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Congress
Hoover
Dunning
United Kingdom
Great Britain
England
Europe
America
Spectators Killed as Car Skids Into Crowd at Brookland Track
London May 9 Two spectators were killed and a dozen others injured when a racing car skidded into a group of spectators at the Brookland race track.
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United Press
London
Brookland Race Track
Italians Willing to Resume Sea Parley
Rome May 9 Italy ready to resume naval limitation talks interrupted at London. Foreign Minister Dino Grandi told the chamber of deputies he seeks an understanding with France and reviewed positions that stalled a broader limitation treaty.
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Italy
London
Dino Grandi
Chamber of Deputies
France
Grandi
Hoover Picks Owen J. Roberts for Supreme Court Seat
President Hoover selects Owen J. Roberts a government prosecutor tied to naval oil scandals as his nominee for the vacant U S Supreme Court bench. Roberts is noted as Hoover's choice for the high court.
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Owen J. Roberts
President Hoover
United States Supreme Court
Eleven Die in Armour Plant Blast at St. Joseph
Smoke blackened ruins of a six story Armour & Co. plant smokehouse after an ammonia fumes blast. Eleven killed, seven believed buried, twenty two workers escaped unharmed while fire raged for about thirty minutes. Eyewitness E. E. Johnson recounted the crushing collapse.
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United Press
ST. Joseph
Armour & Co
E. E. Johnson
American District Telegraph Company
Big Four building opens with band concert at Meridian Street
The Big Four building at Meridian and Mary land streets opened this afternoon with a roof band concert by the railroad’s employer band. Women employees welcomed visitors on each floor as executives hosted tours. The nine story structure was erected by Leslie Colvin with D. A. Bohlen and Son as architects.
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Maryland Streets
Leslie Colvin
D. A. Bohlen and Son
Man Injured Placing Awnings Falls From Stepladder
Melvin Conner, 34, of 415 East Ohio Street, fractured his leg after falling from a stepladder while installing awnings at 3264 Buckle Street this afternoon. He was taken to City Hospital.
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Ohio Street
Buckle Street
City Hospital
Earthquake kills 2000 in Urumiah region Iran
An earthquake near the Urumiak lake area, Teheran dispatches report, killed about 2000 people and caused widespread destruction. Urumiah, an Armenian town of over 30 000 residents, sits about sixty miles southwest of Tabriz and hosts a missionary headquarters.
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United Press
Teheran
Persia
Urumiah Lake
Urumiah
Tabriz
City Home Brewing Threatened by Malt Raids
Federal prohibition agents raided a malt store in the loop as part of actions to curb home brewing supplies. In Chicago and Indianapolis authorities target bottles corks and other gear used for making alcohol. The raid involved a $75 000 stock though the proprietor was not arrested and items may be forfeited.
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E. C. Yellowly
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Roberts Nominated to Supreme Court in Naval Oil Case Ties
President Hoover sent the nomination of Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia to the Senate to be associate justice. Roberts, famed for prosecuting the naval oil cases and the Teapot Dome matters, has strong Republican support and broad legal acclaim. He is 55, with a career in Philadelphia court work and academia, and serves as a director for Bell Telephone and the Equitable Life, among others.
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Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Hoover
John J. Parker
North Carolina
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Supreme Court
Naval Oil
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Robinson
Dill
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Reed
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Vandenberg
Mich
Allen
Kan
Jones
Norris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Borah
Idaho
Judiciary Committee
Albert B. Fall
Internor
E. L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Doheny
Sinclair
Fall
University of Pennsylvania
Bell Telephone Company
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Paulina Longworth Declines Pony Ride at Show
By order of her mother Paulina Longworth daughter of the speaker and Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth will not ride her new pony in the horse show Saturday. Mrs Longworth objects to publicity fearing it may spoil her daughter.
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Washington
Paulina Longworth
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
John Masefield Named Poet Laureate of England
London reports poet and writer John Masefield has been chosen as Poet Laureate of England following the death of Robert Bridges. Details confirm his appointment and national recognition for literary service.
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John Masefield
Robert Bridges
United Press London
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