Hoover worries over Senate tariff revolt and its political costs
President Hoover reportedly uneasy about tariff bill boosts as Senate insurgents led by Senator Borah push changes. Democrats say higher rates would lift living costs by 600 to 800 million dollars annually, affecting next year’s congressional elections and the fate of the Hawley Smoot tariff.
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Washington
Miny
Altho
White House
Capital Hill
Hoover
House
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Detroit Leland Hotel Faces Receiver Over Debt
Detroit Leland hotel may pass to a receiver as the Continental Le Gand company reports three mortgages totaling 45 460 dollars. Edwin A. Sweet says the holding company owes 105 000 dollars and 149 625 dollars in interest on a mortgage. Judge Dingeman ordered an show cause why a receiver should not be appointed.
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Detroit
U.P
Detroit Leland Hotel
Edwin A. Sweet
Continental Legand Company
Detroit Hotel Company
Holstery
Sweet
Detroit Leland Corporation
Dingeman
French shift to American antique furniture craze
Parisers embrace American colonial era items while sending Empire and Directoire furniture to the United States. Ships to France carry chairs tables and bureaus from revolutionary days as Martha Washington tables and spinning wheels gain popularity in chic homes. The exchange centers on decorating a single room to evoke an American period with French interiors completing the look.
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Paris
France
United States
Martha Washington
Priscilla Dean
Almenda
Directoire
Hagen Wins British Open to Claim Fourth Title
Walter Hagen won the British Open at Muirfield Scotland on May 10 finishing with an aggregate 292 to lead Johnny Farrell 298 and Leo Diegel 299. Farrell took second place with 172 75 76 75 while Diegel finished third after a strong start. Hagen's four rounds included two great scores as gale conditions challenged the field.
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Muirngfield
Scotland
Walter Hagen
Johnny Farrell
United States
Haig
Farrell
Championship Muir
Leo Diegel
Hoe
Early Illinois liquor purchase charge reported as precedent
Elgin raids led to a charge against Mrs. Helen Ambrose for buying liquor, a move described as possibly the first in the country and a legal precedent by State's Attorney George D. Carbary. He noted Illinois law targets manufacturers sellers possessors and purchasers of liquor over half a percent, after a raid found a gallon of liquor in the Ambrose hotel. Chicago case involving Mrs Cecelia Black set for trial June 5 after police found liquor a car and a still in her home.
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Elgin
Ill
U.R
Helen Ambrose ‘Ho
Carbury
Ambrose
Maren 7
Chicago
U.P
Cecelia Black
Three Great Grandmothers Sing in Local Gospel Quartet
Marion Ohio May 10 A quartet of three great grandmothers and one grandmother from the Methodist Episcopal church claims to be the only group of its kind in the state. The members are Salina Reidenbaugh 79 Modesta Heister 78 Louise Wanner and Caroline Wolflinger 76. Formed a decade ago in the Ladies Aid society then German M E church the group started singing in German and later switched to English after Reidenbaugh joined from Lancaster Pennsylvania, enhancing the soprano section.
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Marion
Methodist Episcopal Church
Salina Reidenbaugh
Modesta Heister
Louise Wanner
Caroline Wolflinger
Songbirds
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Germaa
Reidhbaugh
Lancaster
Argentina Bans Corn Imports to Stop Insect Threat
Argentina prohibits the import of corn and seed corn to prevent potential entry of the corn borer, aiming to curb spread and protect local crops. The measure affects not only grain but related seed shipments and trading partners.
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Argentina
Belle Isle Rum Scandal Probed by Grand Jury
Detroit authorities report the federal grand jury found no sufficient evidence to indict anyone in the Belle Isle liquor smuggling scandal. Capt Burkheiser faced suspension and a police chief aide was discharged. probe considered Burkheiser linked to Canadian rum runners via Detroit Yacht Club harbor.
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Detroit
U.P
Federal Grand Jury
Way
Belle Isle
Joseph A. Burkheiser
Grand Jury
Burkheiser
Detroit Yacht Club
Charles CG. Simons
Frank Fr. Clark
Sergt. Edward Shaw
Body of dam break victim recovered in Lansing
The body of Fred Hock aged 39 from Ohio was recovered from a coffer dam pit under the South Logan street bridge in Lansing this morning, nearly a month after the disaster that killed five workers. A new coffer dam was completed earlier this week and drained, with Hock found pinned under timbers and debris. Recovery of remaining bodies expected by Sunday.
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Lansing
U.P
Fred? Hock
Ohio
Logan Street
Hock
Abingdon Youth Killed by Deputies Sparks Fund Drive
Public outcry rose in Abingdon Virginia as three law officers were held for murder in the shooting death of J W Kendrick 17 a Emory and Henry college student after a car chase. A volunteer fund for prosecuting the officers grew as residents donated. Kendrick died at Memorial hospital hours after being shot in the head from the rear. Deputies James Crowe and J T Worley and patrolman James Mc Reynolds faced $6000 bonds. Governor Byrd said he would seek a report from city officials on the shooting.
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Abingdon
Vaa
U.R
J. W. Kendrick
Henry College
Memorial Hospital
Paul Phelps
B. Dutton Sa
James McReynolds
Washington County
James Crowe
J. T. Worley
Trichmond
U.P
Harry Byrd
Emory
Henry Colter
United Press Today
Eclipse Disappoints Savants Expedition
After years of prep and a voyage around the world, British and German savants near Patani Siam returned home empty handed. The May 9 eclipse was obscured by clouds, totality unseen, leaving observers unable to record findings and frustrated by overcast skies.
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Pattani
Siam
U.P
Butler Driver Held Responsible For Fatal Bellevue Bus Crash
Edward Butler, bus driver in the Bellevue crash near Lake Shore railway crossing on January 23, was deemed responsible in a safety bureau report to the interstate commerce commission. The crossing lacked protection but Butler knew the location and could have prevented the collision, which killed 20 and injured 14.
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Washington
U.P
Edward Butler
Lake Shore
Bellevue
Bureau of Safety
Interstate Commerce Commission
Butler
New Trial Date Set for Coast Guardsman
Glenn Jennings coast guardsman faces a retrial for second degree manslaughter in the death of Jacob D. Hanson an Elk of Niagara Falls. Judge John R Hazel ordered the trial moved to May 20 during the Rochester trial of federal court. The earlier January Elmira trial ended with a hung jury and Jennings was indicted after Hansons fatal head wound.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Glenn Jennings
Coast
Hanson
Governor Byrd Seeks Abingdon Report On Incident
Governor Byrd stated he will write to Abingdon officials to obtain a report on the incident and will decide his course of action after reviewing the findings. He emphasized that officers are not under his direct control.
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Abingdon
Byrd
Explosion demolishes National Fireworks plant in Brockton area
A massive explosion at 2 20 PM today wrecked the National Fireworks plant at South Hanover about 13 miles from Brockton Massachusetts. Early reports said many deaths or injuries with 75 to 100 workers present. Fire followed the blast and hindered assessment of casualties.
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Brockton
Mass
National Fireworks Company
South Hanover
Brockton Enterprise
Lindbergh and Morrow Wedding Date Reported
New York Daily News reports Col Charles A Lindbergh will marry Miss Ane Spencer Morrow on June 15 at the Morrow home in Englewood New Jersey. The date was moved from May 23 to accommodate Ambassador Dwight W Morrow away in Mexico City.
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New York
U.P
New York Daily ‘News
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ane
Spencer ” ‘Morrow
Morrow
Englewood, Way
Morrows
Daily News
Counla
Dwight W. Morrow
Miss Morrow
Mexico City
Goodrich Adds Lansing Capital News to Chain
Frederick H. Goodrich of Mt. Pleasant announces the purchase of the Lansing Capital News subject to stockholders approval on May 20. He already owns the Mt. Pleasant Daily Times Greenville Daily News Wyandotte Daily Record, building a four-paper Michigan chain. He began in journalism as a reporter at the Albion Evening Recorder, served in World War I, and later expanded with Greenville Independent to daily status before forming the current group.
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United Press
Lansing
Mich
Capital News
Frederick H. Goodrich
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan
Goodrich
Associated
Greenville
T. O. Huckle
Cadillac Evening News
Wyandotts Daily Record
Albion Evening Recorder
U. S Army
France
Detroit Thugs Crack Safe for $20,000 Jewelry Haul
On May 10 thieves blew a safe door in a Gratiot avenue jewelry store and escaped with diamonds and jewelry valued over $20,000. Owner Harry J. Kahn discovered the break when arriving to open the shop, finding a large hole cut in the wall from an adjoining vacant store.
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Detroit
Gratiot Avenue
Yeggs
Harry J. Kahn
Kahn
Central State Beats St. Marys in Weekend Baseball Clash
Central State defeats St. Marys 5 to 1 at Tambling Field after postponement. Blood pitched eight innings with only two hits allowed. Hutchinson, captain and catcher, relieved in the ninth. Ferris Institute to meet Central State Saturday at four o clock, likely a tougher test for Big Rapids squad.
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St. Mary's
Central State
Ferris Institute
Tambling Field
Blood
Hutchinson
St. Mary
Hutchin
Bellinger
Lodewyle
Central
Big Rapids
Michigan Flag Presented to Mt Pleasant High School
The class of 1928 will present the Michigan flag to Mt Pleasant High School on Monday at 10 45 am in the high school auditorium. Webster H Pearce superintendent of public instruction will speak. Gaylord Canzatt class president delivers the presentation. The program includes The Invader march America the Beautiful flag salute Michigan pledge Michigan My Michigan and remarks by Pearce.
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Michigan
Mt Pleasant
Webster H. Pearce
Gaylord Canzatt
Michigan Flu
Gaylord Cassatt
Webster H.pearce
Amorida
Textile strike violence erupts in Elizabethton Tennessee
In Elizabethton Tennessee May 10 violence flared when the home of Mack Elliott a key textile union leader was dynamited. Troops guarded American Glintstaff plant sites at Stony Creek as Elliott his wife and baby avoided harm. Earlier a dynamite stick injured no one as Elliott drove along the highway. Local sheriff J M Moreland said arrests are expected in connection with today’s bombing and noted Elliott has led union efforts at the Glintstaff plant.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
U.P
Mack Elliott
American Giantstaff Corporation
W. G. Boyd
Stony Creek
Elliott
J. M. Moreland
United Press
Moreland
Textile Workers
Glinzstoff
Paris Sect Audaciously Targets Calendar Reform
Paris sect of Positivists led by adherents of Auguste Comte plans a campaign to replace the Christian calendar with a Chronology of Humanity. They mark Archimedes 141 as the current year and note the 88th anniversary of Clotilde de Vaux’s death, with temple services at Rue Monsieur le Prince and Rue Bayennie.
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N. Reynolds Packard
United Press
Paris
Archimedes
Auguste Comte
Gclofilde de Vaux
Comte
Beatrice
Dante
Monsieur-le- Prince
Gutenberg
Bayennie
Clotilde
Gointe
M. T. Kenney Dies Suddenly in Mt. Pleasant
The Mt. Pleasant community mourns the sudden death of M. T. Kenney a longtime resident and prominent businessman. He died at 3:00 a m at his Locust street home after complaining of heart pain. Born April 8 1878 in Lincoln township he led local business and civic life including presidency of Exchange Savings Bank and earlier tenure as Mt. Pleasant mayor. Funeral arrangements will be announced tomorrow.
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Mr. Pleasant
M. T. Kenney
Mr. Kenney
Locust Street
Lincoln Township
Kenney
Kenney Brothers Wholesale Grocery Company
West Broadway
Mt. Pleasant
Pan American Trade Flight Planned for Latin America Visit
A giant multimillion amphibian air mission planned by the American Manufacturers Export Association will launch in October from New York for 27 000 miles visiting 34 trade centers in 22 Central and South American countries. The tour aims to boost trade and show feasibility of an extensive US Latin America air service. Harry W Pascoe will liaison with authorities and business groups as receptions are held and a talking film about US industries shown.
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New York
Central
South America
American Manufacturers Export Association
South American
Latin America
Harry W. Pascoe
United States
Smoking Rules For Indian Girls At Glacier Park
A Montana story notes that at Glacier National Park Indian girls may not smoke until marriage. Mothers smoke for daughters until widow or husband passes the pipe, after which the woman may choose cigarets. The transition from pipe to cigarette varies among families.
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Goagier Park
Mont. Bay
Glacier ‘National Park
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