Ford Will Not Get Muscle Shoals Now
Washington May 27 reports show Senate Agriculture Committee voting 11 to 5 to kill Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals bid. Norris bill for government control of nitrate plants and hydropower proceeds, while Ford plan is deemed worst public bid.
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Norris
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Cherce
Army
Nitrogen Research Laboratory
Department of Agriculture
Congress
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New Immigration Law Upsets Waiting Aliens Plans
Washington May 30 President Coolidge backs the immigration bill causing confusion among thousands of aliens awaiting July 1 rush at European ports. Labor officials cite large backlogs in Russian and other national groups and warn delays as certificates and questionnaires are prepared.
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Labor Department
United States
Europe
Atlantic
Immigration
South Carolina Faces Farm Desertion and State Led Settlement
Governor McLeod’s Land Settlement Commission studies land desertion driven by boll weevil and migration. Former Gov. Manning says legislation next year will start actual programs after surveying needs. Dr. Long cites 9000 white families leaving farms. California style townships and long term credit cited as potential model.
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South Carolina
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R. I. Manning
South Carolina Land Settlement Commis
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W. W. Long
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Long
Land Settlement Commission
California
Wisconsin
Utah
Manning
Johnston Will Announces Reynolda Estate Trust Plans
The will of Mrs. Katharine Smith Johnston filed for probate values the Reynolda estate at several million dollars and names J. Edward Johnston and Safe Deposit and Trust Co of Baltimore as executors. The home place and grounds are to be kept in trust for the husband and children until the youngest child is 21, with future sale and development of Reynolda property possible.
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Johnston
W. N. Reynolds
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Mary Katherine
Nancy
Z. Smith Reynolds
J. Edward Johnston
J. Edward Johnston, Jr
Superior Court
Millionaires' Sons Confess To Murder
Chicago May 31 Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb two intellectually emancipated University of Chicago students and sons of wealthy families confessed to murdering 13 year old Robert Franks for adventure and ransom. They planned the act for seven months selecting four tentative victims and used a chisel and acid to kill and hide the body. Their alibis collapsed under police pressure leading to confessions after 30 hours of questioning. The case centers on their brilliant but disturbed minds and the motive of experiencing murder.
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Nathan Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
University of Chicago
Robert Franka
University of Michigan
Leopold
Loeb
Robert Franks
Savage
Nathan Leopold
Albert H. Loeb
Richard
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Julius Rosenwald
Jacob Franka
Willys-Knight
Sven Englund
Chum
Rarest 1804 United States Silver Dollar Found in Ohio
Coin collectors hail the discovery of an 1804 silver dollar in Lancaster Ohio known as the King of American Rarities. Only eight survive with values cited from 8000 to 12000 pounds, tied to a shipwreck that consumed nearly the entire 1804 mintage while bound for China.
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Lancaster
Ohio
United States
Coolidge and G. O. P Leaders Pulling Apart
Washington May 31. A rare split appeared between President Coolidge and Senate Republican leaders over U S entry into a world court. Coolidge backs the Harding Hughes plan tied to the League of Nations while Pepper backed alternative world court with no League link. Democrats push the Herding plan with Hughes reservations, aligning with the White House on a foreign policy split.
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League of Nation
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Pepper
Pennsylvania
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Capitol
President Opposed to Post Office Building
Washington May 31 Correspon dence shows President Coolidge currently opposes any legislation for constructing post office buildings nationwide even on a limited basis Senator Duncan Fletcher Democrat of Florida disclosed today Contains details of exchanges between Secretary Mellon and Senator Fletcher indicating the administration stance on the issue
Pay-as-you-go road scheme criticized in North Carolina
Governor Morrison told a Kentucky audience that North Carolina built roads from motor-vehicle revenue with no property tax. He cited $265,000,000 in bonds, a strong highway system, and improvements in education and penal institutions funded by state bonds. A Kentucky road bond proposal of $75,000,000 was discussed at the convention.
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North Carolina
Morrison
Republic
Kentucky Good Roads Association
Kentucky
Germans Explain Lusitania Sinking Again
The German official naval history will publish a new volume detailing the Lusitania sinking. It cites Commander Schweiger of U 20 and a New York customs officer's claim that the liner carried ammunition. The authors repeat post event arguments blaming Britain for the casualties.
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New York
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