Doran Praises State Aid to Prohibition Enforcement
Prohibition Commissioner Doran announced a nationwide survey shows strong state cooperation with federal officers. States with prohibitions aid enforcement more than expected, with gaps in New York and Maryland lacking state laws. Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania and Texas praised for high cooperation. In the first nine months of the fiscal year ending April 1 the bureau made 51,308 arrests versus 75,303 in all of 1928. The force numbers 2,170 agents, about 200 new hires since Congress boosted funding by 2.7 million dollars.
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Washington
Prohibition
Doran
Prohibition Bureau
New York
Maryland
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Texas
Congress
Administration Attitude Brews Internal Storm
Washington June 7 AP reports that Hoover administration stance on selecting judges and district attorneys roils Senate Republicans. Hoover and Mitchell intend close study of all appointees and will not be bound by senatorial recommendations, though weight will be given to them. No new judicial appointments have been made beyond last session nominees.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Mitchell
Mr. Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
French Film Plan Sparks Senate Protest
Senator Shortridge of California led a Senate protest against France requiring purchase of one French film for every four American imports. He called the plan an indefensible interference with American commerce and warned of actions to convince France of its unwisdom.
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Washington
France
Senate
Shortridge
California
Communication Co Merger Support From I T and T Chief
Sosthenes Behn, president of International Telephone and Telegraph, urged the senate interstate commerce commission to allow mergers among wire, wireless and cable firms. He testified on the Couzens bill proposing a federal communications commission and bans on mergers, calling consolidations vital to advancing telegraph, cable and wireless systems and benefiting the American public. He added that rates must not rise and urged fair competition with foreign systems.
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Washington
Sosthenes Behm
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Couzens
Federal Communications Commission
Deficit Down for Democratic Party After Smith Campaign
The Democratic national committee reduced its outstanding deficit from 1.5 million to 557,775 as of June 1. James W. Gerard filed a report showing 1,055,298 in contributions since March 1, with large gifts from John J. Raskob William F. Kenny Herbert Lehman and others in New York City.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Alfred E. Smith
William Tyler Page
House
James W. Gerard
Treasury
Democratic Group
J. R. Nutt
Republican National Committee
John J. Raskob
William F. Kenny
Herbert H. Lehman
New York City
M. J. Meehan
Bernard M. Baruch
William J. Todd
T. J. Mara
John F. Gilchrist
James J. Diordan
Parker Corning
New York
Marital Rift at Carmel Homes of Steffens
In Carmel California Joseph Lincoln Steffens and wife Ella Winters Steffens filed for divorce alleging extreme cruelty. Mrs Steffens, in her 40s, cites social restrictions and his lack of affection. They wed in Paris in 1924 and share a son Peter. Steffens, famed author and lecturer, is 65. The couple’s Carmel home has long hosted writers and artists.
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Salians
Cal
Carmel
Joseph Lincoln Steffens
Steffens
Ella Winters
Peter
Paris
Spanish American Veterans Meet in Memphis Encampment Opens
Spanish American War veterans from Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi began their annual encampment in Memphis Tennessee. Arrivals filled hotel lobbies with songs of the Cuba era as they await boats on this side of the gulf. Senator L D Tyson of Tennessee and former Senator Rice W Means of Denver addressed the gathering. The program runs through Saturday.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Cuba
Gulf
L. D. Tyson
Rice W. Means
Denver
Colo
Bar Association of Arkansas Considers Fort Smith Meeting
The Arkansas Bar Association winds up its two day session in Hot Springs on June 7 with debates on holding next year’s meeting jointly in Fort Smith with the Oklahoma Bar Association for the first time. The group also backs a World Court resolution urging Arkansas lawmakers to support any related treaty. Addresses by Cecil Warner and George B. Pugh, committee reports, officer elections, and next year’s meeting site are on today’s agenda, plus an invitation to attend the National Bar Association meeting in Memphis next October.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas Bar Association
Fort Smith
Oklahoma Bar Association
World Court
Arkansas
George Rose
Little Rock
Cecil Warner
George B. Pugh
Phil M. Canale
Memphis
National Bar Association
Black Cloud Hanging Over School's Prom
In Evanston NL on June 7, the junior prom at Evanston township high school faces cancellation after a dispute over whether 15 black students may attend. Clubhouse owner Thomas Lord warned the venue would be unavailable if those students are present, prompting discussions by class officers, teachers, and parents about a segregated event or a separate affair for the black students.
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Evanston
Evanston Township
Thomas Lord
Julian Goodhue
Parent Teachers Association
ONeill's Attorney Denies Tuberculosis Claim
Overnight News reports Eugene ONeill's attorney denies he has tuberculosis while other updates note Treasury offers 400 million dollars in certificates at 5 1/8 percent, Mrs. Lincoln Offens seeks divorce in Salinas, and peace conferences between church and state expected to begin in Mexico City.
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Washington
Treasury
Salinas
Calif
Lincoln Offens
Mexico City
Motion For New Trial in Strike Picketing Case
In Johnson City on June 7 AP reports a motion for a new trial as a preliminary step to appeal the Elizabethton chancery court case of convicted strike leaders and pickets. Chancellor S. E. Miller will hear the motion on June 29 while 45 defendants remain under bonds from 250 to 1,000 and fines from 50 to 100 dollars plus jail terms.
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Johnson City
Chancery Court
Elizabethton
S. E. Miller
New Labor Cabinet Announced in London
Ramsay MacDonald remains premier and first lord of the treasury as the Labour Party unveils its new British cabinet. Key appointments include Philip Snowden as chancellor of the exchequer, Arthur Henderson foreign secretary, Sydney Webb secretary for the Dominions, Wedgwood Benn secretary for India, and Margaret Bondfield minister of labor.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Treasury
Exchequer
Philip Snowden
Arthur Henderson
Dominions
Sydney Webb
Wedgwood Benn
J. P. Thomas
Council
Lord Parmoor
Sir John Sankey
Scotland
W. Adamson
John R. Clynes
Lord Thomson
Tom Shaw
George Lansbury
A. Greenwood
Margaret Bondfield
Noel Buxton
Board of Education
Sir C. Trevelyan
Board of Trade
William Graam
Former Marshal Slays Brother in Florida House Conflict
Gainesville Florida June 7 AP W G Richardson former United States deputy marshal for the northern district of Florida shot and killed his brother in law George F Mason in Mason's office. Officers said the men quarreled over money matters and a fight followed with the shooting.
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Gainesville, Fla
W. G. Richardson
United States
Northern District of Florida
George F. Mason
Youth Kills Self In Accidental Shotgun Incident
June 7 report from Memphis about 17 year old Elton Jones a Collierville high school athlete who died when a shotgun discharged during a fishing trip. He was buried at Collierville as high school baseball teammates served as pallbearers.
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Memphis
Elton Jones
Collierville
Colliersville
Jones
Spanish War Vets Hear Means Speak
Former Senator Rice W Means of Colorado told the tri state encampment of Spanish American war veterans that men over 50 deserve a pension or government job for their service. He said many veterans over 55 face unemployment and economic ruin as railroad and corporate hiring blocks hinder them. Means stated the veterans organization aims to prevent bread line dependence.
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Memphis
Rice W. Means
Colorado
Tri-State
Means
Veterans’ Organization
Senator Black Improves After Thyroid Surgery at Walter Reed
Senator Black of Alabama underwent thyroid surgery at Walter Reed Hospital yesterday and will be unable to resume duties for six weeks to two months. His office says he is showing some improvement. Mrs. Black visited the hospital but was not allowed to see him.
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Washington
Senator Black
Alabama
Walter Reed Hospital
Capitol
Senate Passes Lame Duck Bill Reform Initiatives
Senator Norris resolution to abolish lame duck sessions was adopted by the Senate in a 64 to unknown vote and sent to the House. The measure would also shift presidential and vice presidential inauguration from March 4 to January 15. Norris of Nebraska authored the bill as a proposed constitutional amendment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Norris
Nebraska
Scientist Takes Own Life While in a Delirium
CHICAGO June 7. Russell W. Hendee of Brooklyn New York zoologist with the William V Kelly Roosevelt expedition to eastern Asia died by his own action June 6 in a hospital at Vientiane French Indo China while delirious with tropical fever. He was 29 and had a record in expeditions to Peru Alaska Arctic and Colorado. A graduate of the University of Iowa.
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Russel W. Hendee
Brooklyn
N. Y
William V. Kelley-Roosevelt
Eastern
Asia
Vien Tiane
Hendee
Field Museum Today
Waterman
Saga
Peru
Alaska
Arctic
Colorado
The
University of Iowa
Strike threat looms in Manchester cotton trade
In Manchester on June 7, AP reports a possible strike affecting about 200,000 workers as wages were discussed for a 12 percent reduction. The Federation of Master Cotton Spinners met in session and announcements were pending, with the market showing a flat tone and limited sales of yarns and cloth.
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Manchester
England
Wealthy Memphis Woman Dies in Pneumonia Battle
Mrs. Charles Duncan Mann, regarded as one of Memphis lay largest fortunes and famed for charity work, died today of pneumonia. Sole beneficiary of the estate of her first husband John Gaston, who gave Gaston Park to Memphis and ran the Gaston Hotel. She had married Charles Duncan Mann a few years earlier.
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Memphis
Charles Duncan Mann
John Gaston
Gaston Park
Old Gaston Hotel
Forest Fires Ravage Manitoba Camps Leaving Hundreds Homeless
In The Pas area on June 7 AP reports fires in Mile 83 and Cranberry Portage destroying about 300 residents at Mile 83 and a score of homes at Cranberry Portage. By Friday fires still burned on three sides of Cranberry Portage but were under control.
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Man
Mile 83
Cranberry Portage
Livestock market report East St. Louis June sale
Livestock prices mixed as hogs rise up to 25 cents and most 160 to 260 lb hogs trade around 1095 to 1115. Cattle and calves offerings small with vealers up about 50 cents and cows mostly 875 to 1050. Sheep steady with fat lambs to packers 1525 to 155 and yearlings around 1100. ewes 500 to 600.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Troubled with Gas After Meals
Kansas City Missouri railroad engineer Peter Seeger describes distress after meals with gas and stomach bloating. He credits a pinch of Black-Draught taken after each meal for relief over weeks, allowing normal eating. He now uses it to prevent constipation and urges others to try it at 1 cent a dose.
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Kansas City
Peter Seeger
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Elmwood Street
Seeger
Passenger John Chchardy Dies Aboard Majestic
John Chchardy, a passenger from Independence Louisiana, died suddenly aboard the liner Majestic. The body was disembarked at Cherbourg and will be shipped to the United States on the Aquitania due to sail tomorrow morning.
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Shipcherbourg
France
John Chchardy
Majestic
Independence
United States
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