Pennsylvania Wet-Dry Issue Looms as Dark Horse of Race
In Pennsylvania primaries on May 20, voters faced a wet-dry issue and a crowded slate of races for U.S. senator, governor, and other offices. Early results from Philadelphia showed minor shifts, with confirmations that Senator Geary may align with Pinchot, and Philadelphia activity noted by observers as polls closed.
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Bristol
Pinchot
Philadelphia
Emalleat
Secretary of Labor
James J. Daevis
U.S
Francis Mr. Bohlen
Francis Shunk Brown
Gifford Pinchot
Thomas W. Phillips
Philadelphia Republican Organization
Pitiladeuphiapa
Pennsylvania
Palls Toe
Lays
United States
Congress
Pvery
Weather Summary For Tennessee And Virginia
Fair tonight and Wednesday in Tennessee with cooler northeast and warmer extreme west. Virginia sees fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with cooler night and moderate northwest winds shifting to variable Wednesday. Readings note high and low yesterday and rainfall comparisons from a 65 station record by OG I Bunn U.S. Weather Service.
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Tennessee
Virginia
OG. I, Bunn
U.S. We
Wisconsin senator adjourns lobby hearing over witness questions
Washington May 20 AP reports F Scott McBride superintendent of the Anti Saloon League in Wisconsin faced a tense lobby committee session. Senator Blaine pressed for answers on a score card used to evaluate candidates, while McBride refused to answer certain questions citing witness protection. Upshaw, a former Georgia Democrat, defended McBride as applause rippled through the audience. The hearing adjourned without a quorum as the witness held firm on questioning.
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Washington
F. Scott McBrita
Handi
Reepublican
Wisconsin
Senate
Tie
McBride
South Dakota League
Tefaiteem
Blaine
William D. Upshaw
Georgia
Dty
Upshaw
Audi
Congress
League
Tariff Bill Faces Conferees as Deadlock Is Averted
Senate tariff conferees meet with House managers in Washington to settle differences over export debentures and emergency rate changes. A late afternoon session aims for a compromise with final action expected by week’s end. The dispute centers on the export debenture plan and the presidents authority to alter duties, with House and Senate plans diverging on flexible provisions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Arkansas is hardest hit flood image across four states
The 1927 flood devastates Arkansas as creeks and rivers swell. Red and Ouachita rivers flood large areas, with entire towns like Calion submerged and thousands displaced. Refugees stream from Louisiana and Mississippi join Arkansans seeking safety while smaller watercourses widen the disaster.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Mississippi
Red
Ouachita
Smackover
Eldorado Oil Field
Calion
Ark
Bishop Cannon Vindicated in Church Charge Exonerated by Panel
In Dallas Texas Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington DC was cleared of gambling in stocks and undue political activity in 1928 after the committee on episcopacy of the Methodist Episcopal Church South overruled earlier accusations. Cannon had admitted dealing with a defunct brokerage, saying he fell into the hands of sharpers and cancelled contracts. The panel’s exoneration moves to final church action.
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Dallas
Tex
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
Alfred B. Smith
F. PB. Culver
Cisco
G. T. Fitzhugh
Memphis
Tenn
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Cannon
Daniels
Fitzhugh
Bishop Cannon
Kable and Company
Brokerage House of New York
Temperance Committee
Partial hartal rises after salt depot raids in Bombay
May 20 In Bombay a partial hartal protested the arrest of nationalist volunteers who raided salt depots at Wadala and Dharsaana. Over 50,000 joined a funeral march for a nationalist killed yesterday when boarding a fast moving train. Dispatches from Karachi report a British police superintendent and eight Indian constables injured by a bomb in Mullin bazaar, with forty arrests. Local shopkeepers faced water tax protests. The Indian merchants’ chamber urged a high court judge led public inquiry into rioting at Sholapur. similar calls echoed by The Times of India. An official inquiry into riots at Peshawar, to be led by Sir Muhammad Sulaiman and R. H. Panchkridge, is expected to start May 26.
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Bombay
Wadala
Dharsaana
All-India National Congress House
Karachi
Mullin
Punjab
Lord Irwin
High Court
Sholapur
The
Times of India
Simla
Peshawar
Shan Muhammad Sulaiman
R. H. Panchkridge
Trio Found Shot to Death in Brooklyn Hoodlum Warfare
Three young men were found shot to death in Brooklyn on May 19. One man, Jack Valenti, 25, lay in a vacant lot while two others were killed on a street corner. Police found no link between the cases but blamed hoodlum feuds. Authorities had not identified the other two victims.
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New York
Brooklyn
Jack
Valenti
Capone Freed By Bond In Miami Vagrancy Case
In Miami on May 20 AP reports Chicago racketeer Al Capone arrested for vagrancy and released on $100 bond after being detained at least three times in ten days. Albert Prignano also posted $100 bond. both men described themselves as astute. A new vagrancy ordinance threatens up to 90 days in jail, with continuation noted on page six.
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Capone
Miami, Fla
al Capone
Chicago
Cherres
Albert Prignano
John W. Watson, Jr
Frank B. Stoneman Roth
Prignano
Miami
Fla
Scarface
al” Capone
Cas
Naval treaty debate grips Bristol hearings in Washington
The House foreign relations committee recalls Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol to testify on the London naval pact. Bristol opposes the treaty while supporters expect a near term committee vote and Senate consideration. Swanson seeks notes with Britain on cruiser armament limits as carriers of eight inch weapons divide expert opinion.
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Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Mark L. Bristol
Navy
General Board
Bristol
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Swanson
Virginia
Great Britain
Foreign Relations and
Hilary P. Jones
William V. Pratt
London
Slics
Hote
Naval Committee
America
Graf Zeppelin Heads Toward Brazil on 3758 Mile Crossing
Seville May 20. Graf Zeppelin departed on a 3,758 mile Atlantic crossing toward Pernambuco and Rio Janeiro Brazil. Nineteen passengers aboard include Mrs Mary Fierce and Prince Alfonso of Orleans. First leg from Friedrichshafen to Seville took 25 hours 22 minutes with a planned stop at Tenerife and Cape Verde Islands. Weather may alter route as it flies over the Therian Peninsula toward the Canaries and Atlantic.
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Seville
Spain
Atlantic
Friedrichshafen
Brazil
Rnysna
Lakehurst
N. J
Mary Fierce
New York
Prince Alfonso
Orleans
Emilio Herrera
Spanish Military Air Air Service
Tablada
Tell
Pemm
T. Joy Ester
Germany
Pernaluco
Recife
Equator
Therian
Friedrit ‘Shafen
Gibraltar
Eckener
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India
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Givenavy
Graf
Americas
South America
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