President Hoover urged to veto Hawley Smoot tariff bill
A Newark 1928 campaign speech and a Boston address are cited to urge President Hoover to veto the Hawley Smoot tariff. The editorial argues the tariff threatens jobs, wages, and American prosperity, warning that foreign trade and mass production depend on a maintained balance with other nations. It stresses Hoover’s past defense of a protective tariff and calls for action to protect labor and the economy.
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Newark, N. J
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Britain
France
Switzerland
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Washington
Henry Ford
Alfred Sloan
America
Herbert Hoover
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the Statesman
Speedway Classic Set to Star 33 Cars Friday
Indianapolis car scene totals 33 definite starters for the eighteenth annual 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 24 qualified, nine more contenders inch toward the field as trials continue, including notable runs by Bill Cummings and Pete De Paolo’s Duesenbergs. A collision near the Big Four crossing barely dents the drama as De Paolo escapes unharmed and Cummings impresses in first bricks starts.
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Norman E. Isaacs
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
America
Bill Cummings
Indianapolis
Peter de Paolo
Joel Bleu
Pete
Cummings
Bill
Melvin Kenealy
Jimmy Gleason
Waverly Oil
Kenealy
Gleason
William Denver
Julius Slade
Slade
Speedway
Railbirds
Meyer
Cantlon
Hartz
Sampson
Borzacchini
Louie Meyer
Cars Await Speedway Trials With Noted Drivers Listed
A set of drivers including Wilbur Shaw Babe Stapp and Deacon Litz are named for upcoming speedway qualification trials. Other entrants include Bill Gardner Zeke Meyer Dave Evans and Rick Decker with several Maserati and Duesenberg entries and multiple notable teams mentioned.
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Wilbur Shaw
Babe Stapp
Deacon Litz
Bill Gardner
Zeke Meyer
Dave Evans
B. Borzacchini
Rick Decker
James Klemos
Joe Huff
G. D. McKenzie
Aries Trexler
Roland
Iar
Fred Fansin
Harry Butcher
Unnam
William Denver
Dentist Tarred and Feathered by Four Men in Hammond
United Press reports Dr. S. L. Newsum a 30 year old Hammond dentist was tarred and feathered today by four unidentified men. They warned him to end his friendship with a Hammond married woman.
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Hammond
S. L. Newsum
Newsum
Cafeteria Worker Scalded By Steam Near Meridian Circle
AGuaranty cafeteria employee, 21 year old Pieper of R. R. 4 Box 556, Meridian street at Monument Circle, was scalded early today when a steam cooker overflowed. He was removed to Methodist hospital for treatment.
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Guaranty
Meridian Street
Monument Circle
Methodist Hospital
Ten Die As Coliseum Fire Collapses Walls
Oklahoma City dispatch reports a stockyards coliseum fire that started near sawdust and engulfed the arena within an hour. At least ten died as embers and burning debris rained on spectators and crowds pressed toward exits, with walls collapsing and the building destroyed. The blaze caused extensive damage and threatened surrounding packing houses. Alfred E. Smith had spoken at the venue two years earlier.
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Oklahoma City
Stockyards Coliseum
Alfred E. Smith
Annex
Packing House
Packingtown
Girl pilot Margaret Ferguson dies in Colorado crash
Margaret Ferguson 17, one of the youngest girl pilots in the United States, was killed when her solo flight from a Colorado Springs airport crashed in a field four miles northeast of the city.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Margaret Ferguson
United States
Here
Jail Death Sparks Demand for Medical Aid for Inmates
F E Sparks, 37, auto salesman, died after eleven hours in a city lockup cell from cerebral hemorrhage following a drunken driving arrest. Police say jail prisoners should have access to city paid surgeons, not just examination of candidates, and note current rules limit surgeon duties. Ernest Smith, 62, was later found in distress, prompting renewed calls for on site medical care at the lockup.
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East St. Clair Street
Sparks
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City Hospital
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Fire Department
Frank Dowd
Frederick Crurk
City Police
Jerry E. Kinney
Ernest Smith
Ernest Ray
Day Referendum Urged By Western Senator
Senator Jones of Washington urged a state referendum on repealing or modifying the eighteenth amendment. He said the Washington state Republican convention vote did not reflect the state and suggested a vote to let people express themselves on legalizing liquor sales. He also defended Roy C. Lyle, William Whitney, and others from indictments, stating they deserve the presumption of innocence.
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Washington
Jones
Rep
Wash
Washington State
Republican Convention
Senate
Roy C. Lyle
William M. Whitney
New Yorkers Walk On 23000 Cash Scatters Citywide
Residents and office workers found about $23000 in 1000 and 500 dollar bills scattered in the street near the Commodore hotel. Police recovered the money. A man claimed a 1000 dollar bill, another 1000 was found on a roof. The incident is linked to a woman and four men arrested with 300000 in allegedly stolen jewelry.
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United Press
New York
Commodore Hotel
Commodore
Pilot Roscoe Turner Lands in Wichita on Record Flight
Lieutenant Colonel Roscoe Turner, aiming to set a new east west continental speed record from New York to Los Angeles, refueled in Wichita after nine hours and forty one minutes in a Lockheed cabin monoplane from Roosevelt Field. His lion cub Gilmore traveled with him. the current record is Frank Hawks’s 18 hours 10 minutes 32 seconds nonstop from Roosevelt Field to Los Angeles set last June.
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United Press
Wichita
Kan
Roscoe Turner
New York
Los Angeles
Roosevelt Field
Gilmore
Frank M. Hawks
Rioting in Rangoon Leaves Dozens Dead and Hundreds Injured
Widespread clashes between police and dock strikers in Rangoon resulted in 52 dead and about 1746 hurt as troops and police fought the mob. Violence spread from Rangoon to Dacca Bombay and Peshawar with repeated firefights and a partial hartal in Bombay.
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United Press
Rangoon
Burma
Cameron Highlanders
Punjab Regiment
British Fire on Mobs in India Clashes Renewed
Police clashed with Moslem rioters in Bombay at Bhendi bazar and Sandhurst road bar racks. Guns fired on mobs, and rioters hurled stones as Red Cross volunteers of the Indian Congress report six dead and forty five wounded since Monday night. The nationwide casualty toll rose over the last two days.
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Dacca
Bombay
Preshawar
Bhendi Bazaar
East Lancashire
India
Bhendi Bazar
Sandhurst Road
Red Cross
Indian Congress
Gandhi tribute march ends at Battery salt gathering
Raymond Duncan high priest of the simple life led a sea water salt gathering in New York in a Gandhi sympathy protest. Fifteen allies followed with ten cent store buckets as a curious crowd watched the procession from Fiftieth Street to the Battery.
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York
Raymond Duncan
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Dogs on Negro Hunt in Caswell County
A large posse with bloodhounds searched Caswell county today for a trace of a young Black man accused of attacking Miss Annie Thomas, 19, a white girl, as authorities pursue leads and firearm reports.
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Reidsville
N. C
Caswell County
Annie Thomas
Tariff Bill Made for Farmer by Smoot
Senate debate opens on Hawley Smoot tariff with Smoot saying the bill favors agriculture and raises duties. Projected tariff revenue would total 630 million dollars versus 523 million under existing law, with most increases benefiting farming.
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United Press
Washington
Hawley-Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
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