Parade Ends Confederates Veterans Caucus With Music
Parade participants and more than 10,000 spectators filled the area as veterans dined and danced in boxes with wives while the United States Marine Band played for those outside the big tent. Adj. Gen. Harry Rene Lee of Nashville was reappointed to the commander in chief's staff for a sixth year.
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United States Marine Band
Adj
Harry Rene Lee
Nashville
Tenn
Commander In Chief
Girl in Murder Tricked by Cop
A girl linked to a murder case boasted of involvement in the slayings of two other men, claiming a police officer tricked her into the confession.
Subpoena Bid Dropped In Bishop Contempt Dispute
A presidential candidacy clash features Alfred E. Smith’s defiance of a Senate committee. He walked out while examined and warned he would appear at his office if subpoenaed. The case hinges on whether the committee may probe political activities and how contempt is handled.
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Alfred E. Smith
Walsh
Senate
Cannon
Caraway
Harry F. Sinclair
Bonds Approved for Bank of International Settlement Issue
Washington reports the state department will not object to a New York bankers syndicate led by J P Morgan issuing Bank of International Settlement bonds worth £300 million. The US share is one third, with one third loaned to Germany and the rest used to commercialize German reparations bonds.
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Washington
State Department
New York
J. P. Morgan and Company
United States
Bank of International Settlement
Germany
Death of Mrs. G. W. Koonce at 89 in Louisiana
Mrs. G W Koonce aged 89 died at her Sulphur area home Thursday afternoon. She left three living descendants, five children, 62 grandchildren, great grandchildren and 10 eat great grandchildren. Born Talladega Alabama October 22 1841. Funeral services were held today.
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Lake Charles
G. W. Koonce
Talladega
Ala
House Approves Ruth Bryan Owen Seat Eligibility
Washington June 6 The House adopted a unanimous report from the elections committee finding Ruth Bryan Owen Democrat of the Fourth Florida district eligible and entitled to her seat. Owen was absent in Florida where she was renominated by a landslide for re election amid a contested bid alleging citizenship issues.
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Washington
House Today
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Beedy
Maine
Owen
William C. Lawson
William Jennings Bryan
First group of American mothers returns from France
New York June 6 AP reports 227 American mothers came back from battlefields and cemeteries in France aboard the U.S. President Harding. They answered a 12 year call and one woman said upon landing in Hoboken that she now knows where he is and what it is like there. This marks the first unit of a congressional act funded pilgrimage home.
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New York
Battle
France
Hoboken
U. S
Harding
Stomach Upset Then Headache Promoted by Black-Draught
Mrs Hannah Crook of 128 Hudson Street West Asheville North Carolina says she used Thedford's Black-Draught to ease recurring indigestion and headaches. She reports relief after taking a few doses and plans to start at first symptoms to prevent headaches. The ad promotes the medicine as effective and widely used, priced 25 cents.
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West Asheville
N. C
Hannah Crook
Hudson Street
Thedford
States Easier on Dry Law Violators
Representative Bachmann of West Virginia told the House that the federal government imposes harsher penalties on liquor law violators than the states. He cited federal prison rates and noted a rising national prison population since 1927, with about 66 percent of 1929 federal inmates violators of dry laws, drugs and auto theft acts.
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Washington
Representative Bachmann
West Virginia
Bachmann
Judiciary Committee
Women in Fight Sharply Disturbs Fifth Avenue Home
At 51 Fifth Avenue, former Governor Alfred E. Smith's building, two women clashed. Mrs Wilhelm Cohen was stabbed in the cheek while Mrs Daniel Sunderland, who had sought an explanation, was cut on the hand. Sunderland held on felonious assault charge.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Alfred E. Smith
Wilhelm Cohen
Daniel Sunderland
Sunderland
Cohen
Hoover Signs 1931 Legislative Budget Bill
President Hoover signed a supply bill allocating 26,557,767 dollars for the legislative branch for 1931. The action occurred in Washington on June 6, marking a funding decision for Congress and related Senate and House offices. The bill specifies the annual appropriation amount for legislative operations.
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Washington
Hoover
Legislative Branch
Southern Plants Prospects Good
Knoxville reports from the Southeast shippers advisory board show optimism for 1930 and a modest summer decline in product movements. Estimates put summer railroad car loadings at 855 489 versus 905 491 a year earlier, with gains in steel, cement and petroleum sectors and a 10 percent veg and fruit upswing projected. Private cotton acreage may rise slightly while brick, clay, lumber and textile output are seen falling. About 400 shippers attended the meeting led by Thomas J. Burke.
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Knoxville
Tenn
South
Southeast Shippers Advisory Board
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
T. M. Healy
Birmingham
Ala
Steel and Iron Industries
Heally
Healy
Cotton Co-Op Established Amid Market Stabilization Plan
The federal Farm Board announced the establishment of a cotton stabilization corporation. Formed on advice from the cotton advisory committee after an May 16–17 meeting, the Delaware articles of incorporation were filed yesterday. The board in Washington will meet next Monday to elect officers and approve procedures. The act empowers the firm to handle marketing, storage, processing, and merchandising for members, and to buy, store, or sell surplus otherwise than for member accounts. Reserves must be built from profits before dividends. losses come from reserves or the revolving fund loan if needed.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Cotton Advisory Committee
Delaware
Farm Board
Agricultural Marketing Act
Stabilization Corporation
Amy Johnson Skips Coast to Coast Radio Appearance
Radio fans in Schenectady expect Amy Johnson to speak from Sydney but the British aviatrix refused to appear. The Australia to America link was reported as excellent, yet no explanation was given for the no show.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Amy Johnson
London
England
Sydney
Australia
America
Dynamite Blast Destroys Home In Denver District
In Denver June 6 a dynamite blast in Park Hill killed 23 year old Dennis J Phillips of Denver and Garo. He was en route to a mountain site to dispose of the dynamite when the explosion occurred. Windows shattered and debris was thrown blocks away. Parts of the car and body were found 300 yards from the blast site. Phillips had warned his mother the dynamite was crystallized and dangerous. Police attributed the explosion to jarring of the car triggering the dynamite.
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Denver
Colo
Park Hill
Dennis J. Phillips
Denver and
Garo
Phillips
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Chief M'Graw Kills Himself Before Murder Trial
A. B. McGraw, chief of police at New Brookland near Columbia, shot himself at 9 15 AM before his murder trial was to begin for the killing of Henry Martin on April 8 1929 in a Columbia hospital emergency room. He died at once at his home.
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M’graw
Columbia
S. C
New Brookland
Henry Martin
McGraw
Martin
Hoover Leaves White House for Virginia Mountains
Mrs. Hoover departs the White House to the Virginia mountains to finish convalescence. The move follows her illness and signals a period of rest away from official duties as President Hoover remains occupied with recovery plans and public appearances are curtailed.
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Washington
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