Ford Says Hoover Must Veto Hawley Smoot Tariff
Henry Ford calls the Hawley Smoot tariff needless and iniquitous and predicts President Hoover would veto it if sent to him. He argues high tariffs slow industry, kill world trade, and harm employment, urging free global competition and mass production to boost jobs and wages. Ford insists Congress should dump the bill and reject backing from a small, rich group.
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Henry Ford
Hoover
Dearborn
Mich
Scripps-Howard
Automobile King
Congress
Ford
America
Stark Ouster Sought in Vote Fraud Probe by Grand Jury
Marion county grand jury demands removal of Prosecutor Judson L. Stark from a primary election fraud probe and calls for a special prosecutor. Judge James A. Collins will decide Wednesday. The petition also seeks impounding of election records, poll books, tally sheets, and recapitulation sheets for review.
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Marion County Grand Jury
Judson L. Stark
Criminal
James A. Collins
Stark
Charles G. Fitch
Foreman
J. M. Beggs
O. F. Mill
Collins
Vinson H. Manifold
Manifold
Manifold Fitch
Fitch
Thomas E. Garvin
Raymond F. Murray
Claudia B. Ripley
East Thirty-sixth Street
Ripley
Census totals inch toward final Indianapolis figure
Census officials expect final 1930 Indianapolis population to rise over 1920 with ward tallies now in for twelve wards totaling 322 599. Projections place city total near 350 000 with three wards still to report and corrections possible, especially in Fifth, Sixth and Thirteenth wards.
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Indianapolis
Thirty-eighth Street
Tenth Street
White River
Speedway Avenue
Riverside Park
West Street
Fall Creek
Garfield Park District
The Times to Run The Real Life Story of A Famous Showman
The Times prepares a Wednesday feature in a series on broadcasting, promising the real life story of the renowned showman known across the land and seas. It notes Roxy Radio fans recall his music and fame, with more columns to come.
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Roxy
Hoover Views Fleet Parade at Old Point Comfort
President Hoover watched a naval review off Virginia Capes as the U S fleet passed Salt Lake City and Lexington. The Salt Lake City escorted by the fleet, with the presidential flag, joined hundreds of planes and airships in a staged war demonstration.
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United Press
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Capes
Hoover
United States
Salt Lake City
Lexington
Los Angeles
Baby Wounds Mother in Accidental Gun Incident
Chicago woman Margaret Mitchell, 27, was shot by a revolver her 13 month old daughter found under a bed. The weapon discharged when the mother grabbed it, leaving her fatally wounded, authorities said.
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United Press Chica
Margaret Mitchell
Harold Lloyd Ill After Appendicitis Attack
Hollywood star Harold Lloyd is recuperating from appendicitis as fifty Feet First cast members wait to begin their Hawaii trip. The final scenes will be shot in the islands after recovery.
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United Press
Hollywood
Cal
Harold Lloyd
Feet First
Hawaii
Islands
Valentino Estate Built Up by Gullible Public
S. George Ullman, once executor of Rudolph Valentino's estate, describes how he manipulated debts into a $500,500 estate by creating Valentino clubs worldwide to exploit two owned films. He claimed Valentino items valued at $16,000 were enhanced by $35,000 spent on myths and legends.
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United Press
OS Angeles
Rudolph Valentino
S. George Ullman
Sheik
Ullman
Valentino
Allman
City Wife Admits Funeral License Not Legal
Charlotte Dunn, widow of George Dunn, agreed to settle the estate out of probate after withdrawing a petition to remove Arilla Dunn as administratrix. The affair centers on a marriage license read at the funeral that bore Dunn’s name but was deemed invalid due to his prior marriage.
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George Dunn
Charlotte Dunn
North Riley Avenue
Arilla Dunn
Dunn
Washington
Ind
North Gate Street
George Richard
Lillian June
Loretta Johnson
Wierton
Seco
Fort Riley Avenue
Arif. Dunn
Sausage Models Stolen in Milwaukee Burglary
Burglars broke into the Pelikan Bros. Sausage Company safe and stole blue prints for new sausage models. The loss endangers upcoming product designs and may halt planned Paste tiga streamline types.
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United Press
Chicago
Pelikan Bros. Sausage Company
Labor Racketeer Prisoner Ends Life in Noose
Charles Davis forty seven Detroit resident arrested on vagrancy charges tied a silk shirt to cell bars in the city jail and hanged himself Monday night. Initially misidentified as a intoxication prisoner named John Doe, authorities later linked him to forged checks and a prior fraud conviction in Ohio and Indiana. He had an office at 407 Bankers Trust building and was found about an hour after death by Coroner C H Keever.
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Charles Davis
Detroit
City Jail
John Doe
Arthur Lowe
Illinois Street
William Block Jr
Olin Chevrolet Company
C. H. Keever
Bankers Trust
Wilbur Robinson
Plaza Hotel
Columbus
Hamilton
Indiana State Farm
Lafayette
Fragmented Weather Readings and Times
A jumble of times and numbers likely from a weather or schedule list. Readable items include early morning readings such as six a m and nine a m with values around mid to high fifties, plus noon and eleven a m entries.
Long Ocean Hop Starts Zeppelin Tour to South America
Graf Zeppelin begins sixty hour flight from Seville to Pernambuco on a new commercial route across the South Atlantic. Stops include Cuba and the United States with Infante Alfonso aboard and five American passengers joining the voyage at Seville. George Crouse and Laura Durston of Syracuse, Harry Shoemaker, and Karl von Wiegand are among the Americans listed.
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Spain
South Atlantic Ocean
South America
Pernambuco
Brazil
Cuba
United States
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Infante
Alfonso
Alfonso XIII
Maryeg
New York City
George Crouse
Syracuse
N. Y
Laura Crouse Durston
Harry Shoemaker
Karl von Wiegand
Probe probes medical air programs from Milford station
The Federal Radio Commission investigated Dr. John R. Brinkley broadcasts on station KFKB Milford Kansas during license renewal hearings. D. D. Denver Jr. linked the station to Brinkley hospital and its glandular treatments. He denied knowledge of the four phase compound operation and said goats from Arkansas are brought to Milford monthly for this purpose.
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United Press
Washington
John R. Brinkley
KFKB
Milford
Kan
Federal Radio Commission
American Medical Association
D. D. Denver Jr
Brinkley Hospital
Denver
Brinkley
Ira Robinson
Arkansas
City Co Ed Luana Lee Missing In Indianapolis Search
City wide search for 17 year old Butler University student Luana Lee daughter of Wallace O Lee assistant vice president of Indianapolis Power and Light Company. She left home Monday noon after saying she could not keep up with studies. Police and students comb campus and homes. Lee has ill health and has shown despondency in the past.
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Butler University
Luana Lee
Wallace O. Lee
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Central Avenue
Miss Lee
Indianapolis
Butler
Columbia Club
South America
Lee Bome
Lee
Two Found Slain in Roadhouse Near Green Bay
Police report a double murder at the Golden Pheasant Inn after a string of slot machine burglaries in Green Bay area roadhouses. Victims are John Van Veghel, owner, and Lucille Birdsall, employee, both beaten. slot machines broken and rifled. Two Indiana men Kenneth Hunt and W H Masten are in custody in Greenville, charged with causing the death of Mrs. Sarah Biffle who was struck by a car allegedly driven by the pair.
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ByTnited
Greenbay
Wis
John van Veghel
Lucille Birdsall
van Veghel
Greenville, O
Indiana
Kenneth Hunt
W. H. Masten
Coatesville
Sarah Biffle
Greenville
Final Passage Likely in Tariff Bill Debate
In Washington on May 20 the tariff bill looked likely to pass within two weeks if a Democratic filibuster does not block it. Debenture and flexible-provision votes split, with four Democrats switching to support administration aims, while Vice President Curtis and others backed defeat of debenture and repeal.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Curtis
Dill
Fletcher
Trammell
Broussard
Louisiana
Harrison
Hoover
House
English actress proposes vivisection of criminals at conference
Miss Constance Collier, English actress, urged vivisection of criminals instead of animals during the International Conference for investigation of vivisection at the Hotel Biltmore New York May 20. She asked why experiments should be limited to animals when lawbreakers could serve as subjects.
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United Press
New York
Constance Collier
International Conference For Investigation
Hotel Biltmore
Miss Collier
BEBE Daniels to Wed Ben Lyon
Noted film stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon filed notice of intention to wed at the county marriage license bureau in Los Angeles on May 20. The couple, prominent in motion pictures, announced their plans to marry.
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United Prear
Los Angeles
Cal
Bebe Daniels
Ben Lyon
County
Schoolboy Kills Three Tigers in Indian Jungles
John Morse, 14, returns to Chicago after a five month tiger hunt in India. He claims three tigers and a man eating tiger were killed, along with a leopard and other skins. He attributes shaky knees to limiting his shot count and recalls taking the leopard with three shots.
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India
Hicago
John Morse
John
Robert H. Morse
Chicago
London
Robert
Will
Gold Coast
Morse
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