Public attention grows as Cannon case hinges on witness calls
Washington reports the senate lobby panel may reveal new Cannon case documents from 1928 amid disputes over recalling Bishop James Cannon Jr. Rep George Holden Tinkham vows to expose the truth if the committee balks, while Tutle and others note the coffee shipments tied to the broader political finances.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee
James Cannon, Jr
House
George Holden Tinkham
Massachusetts
Tinkham
Cannon
Bishop Cannon
United States
Lobby Committee
Senate
E. C. Jameson
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Dallas
Texas
Kable & Co
Cosmopolitan Fiscal Corporation
U. S
Tuttle
New York
Caraway
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Blaine
Wisconsin
President elect Julio Prestes arrives in New York
The Brazilian steamer Almirante Jace guay docks in New York bringing President elect Julio Prestes for his current tour. The arrival marks a notable visit as Prestes tours the United States following his electoral victory.
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International News Service
New York
Almirante Jaceguay
Julio Prestes
Floating Plant To Serve Coast Towns With Electricity
Newport News, June 10 A shipbuilding company wins a contract to convert the Jacona into a floating power plant. A 20 000 kilowatt generator will power coastal cities from Maine to New Hampshire, with delivery by November 15 1930 at a cost near $750 000. The project serves industries lacking land power.
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Newport News
Shipping Board
Jacona
Maine
New England
New Hampshire
Paris Observes Kindness Week
Paris hosts its annual Week of Kindness with widespread giving to the poor and disabled. Citizens donate small amounts earmarked to specific families or individuals. A new feature is the Prix Littéraire award of five thousand francs for a children’s book author.
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International News Service
Paris
Horseshoe Found Deep In Tree Trunk Near Grand Rapids
In Grand Rapids on June 10 a local report describes a horseshoe embedded in a tree trunk that stood for about 60 to 70 years. The oak was cut down last week and a saw stopped at the wood around the artifact revealing 54 yearly growth rings surrounding the horseshoe. Experts estimate the rings formed over roughly 6 to 15 years before the object was encased.
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Grand Rapids
John Ball Park
Welcome Return Of Women To Curves
International News Service reports in London that corset makers, athletic instructors, and candy vendors welcome women adopting curvier silhouettes. Designers note belts, bodices, and flowing skirts create the new curves, and alterations can adjust figures to fit the latest models.
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Ilternational News
London
Fish Leaps From Water For Food
Willows California June 10 local merchant J H Stringer feeds fish in his ornamental pool. Fish two and a half to three inches leap from the water to snatch house flies from between his fingers, showing bold feeding behavior in the store display.
Man Hugs Wife Breaks Shoulder in Kalpmont Incident
KALPMONT Pa June 10 Mrs Anna Merdock Braby's husband is an inebriated man who hugged his wife tightly causing a broken shoulder in a domestic incident witnessed by neighbors. Police filed no charges, awaiting medical reports.
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Kalpmont
Anna Merdock Braby
Pasadena aviator plans world flight aboard City of Tokyo
Zensaku Azuma, 37, of Pasadena, aims to fly from New York to Japan via London and Paris and Berlin Moscow Siberia Northern China and Korea. His plane City of Tokyo was bought with chop suey profits funding three years of training. He will begin once regulations and Los Angeles test flights are cleared. Azuma has one year as expert mechanic in the US Army.
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Zensaku Azuma
Pasadena
Cal
Azuma
Los Angeles
United States Army
Bearlike hug breaks shoulder in domestic incident
A husband embraced his wife with force causing her pain. Mrs. Brady reported shoulder injury and an X-ray showed a broken shoulder resulted from the hug.
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Brady
Rhododendron Queen Named for Asheville Festival
Miss Julia Webb of Asheville North Carolina is chosen Rhododendron Queen for the festival to be held late in June. Five Southern states participate in the Rhododendron festival events.
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Julia Webb
Asheville
N. C
Woman Minister Admits She's 57 And Can't Cook
London June 10 Margaret Bondfield minister of labor defies norms by admitting she is 57 and cannot cook. Speaking at the Abbey Road Building Society annual meeting she recalled its 1874 founding and urged use of labor saving devices to ease household chores for women.
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London
Margaret Bondfield
Abbey Road Building Society
Book Returned After Fifty Years On Loan
Kingston officials reported a volume titled Beauties of English History once borrowed from the Midland district circulating library and later held by H. P. Robinson. The 1840 Harper edition edited by J. Frost was found to have been on loan for more than half a century, but no overtime fines were computed. The item belongs to Kingston public library records.
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Kingston
Ont
Kingston Public Library
H. P. Robinson
J. Frost
LL. D
Harper & Brothers
New York
Robinson
Midland District Circulating Library
UC funds 1500 for Athletic foot research
Berkeley June 10 The executive committee of the UC student body votes 1500 from football receipts to fund a study on epidermomycosis known as Athletic foot. Dr. Robert Legge will direct the research, which targets fungus spread in public gymnasiums and baths.
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International News Service
Berkeley
Cal
Associated
University of California
Robert Legge
Chicago Bell Donated to Historical Society
Chicago’s City Hall bell from the 1871 fire has been given to the Chicago Historical Society by the Chicago Board of Trade. The 800 pound bell bears a record of its melt and recasting in 1871 and 1873, and notes it rang to mark market hours for 55 years until the Board of Trade moved in 1928 and replaced it with electrical devices.
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International News Service
Chicago
Chicago Historical Society
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Exchange
Man Lives On $17 Weekly For Charity Trips To India
London June 10 Fred Cardinal a London postman lived for charity. From about $17 a week he saved $10 each payday for years and used the funds to make three trips to India to construct leper wards at local hospitals. He plans further work in India and continues saving from his wages.
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London
Fred Cardinal
India
Manamadura Provides for Lepers Despite Personal Denial
A figure named Manamadura denies himself all comforts to supply relief to afflicted lepers. His self sacrifice is noted as a gesture of charity and devotion amid hardship.
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Manamadura
Festival presents old plays in Marburg lineup
Marburg festival runs from Whitsunday June 8 to July 6 featuring Hofmannsthal Everyman Shakespeare Merchant of Venice and Goethe Gotz von Berlichingen. Cast includes Lindich Wueller Friedrich Kayssier and Helene Fehdmer with Kayssier’s wife among performers.
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Marburg
Germany
Bezen
Whitsunday
Hofmannsthal
Shakespeare
Goethe
Goetz von Berlichingen
Lindich Wueller
Friedrich Kayssier
Helene Fehdmer
Kayssier
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