Senate Approves Army Strength Amid Tariff Delay
The Senate approved an annual army appropriation of 41.76 million dollars fixing next year’s force at about 12 530 officers and 133 000 men, increasing enlisted by 18 000 and officers by 1 590 from the House. The tariff bill was laid aside to speed funding before July 1, with naval and air service provisions also advanced. An officer travel allowance was cut to four cents per mile for short active service, and upgrades to Alaska repairs and War contract auditing were approved.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wadsworth
Military Affairs Committee
McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Alaska
War Department Finance Bureau
Robinson Democrat
Arkansas
Watson Charges Frame Up in Durbin Case
Senator Watson of Georgia charged in the senate that an effort exists to frame and railroad Andrew T. Durbin, son of Ohio Democratic state chairman William Durbin, into prison for providing information on Attorney General Daugherty and New York lawyer Thomas B. Felder. Durbin was arrested in Washington for allegedly obtaining money under false pretenses and held for a June 7 preliminary hearing after extradition to Ohio was requested. Separately, New York miners and operators proposed a presidential strike tribunal to end the coal dispute, a plan miners leader Philip Murray labeled objectionable and to be sent to the war scale committee.
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Daugherty
Washington
Andrew T. Durbin
William Durbin
Ohio
Thomas B. Felder
New York
Senate
Watson
Georgia
Young Durbin
Presmont
Corbin
Cleveland
Harding
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers of America
Cuban Congressman Stain Died in Havana Home
Havana June 2 Gabriel Roman head of the provincial department of public works and Popular Party candidate for representative from Havana province in congress died at his home in Vibora a Havana suburb. Victor Miranda de la Torre a contractor is held in connection with the king break roads. Washington June 3 the deadlock over federal aid for road development ended as the conferees reached a compromise providing 56 006 00 over five years for continuing federal and state cooperation in roads.
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Stain
Havana
Gabriel Roman
O Public Works and
Popular Party
Congress
Vibora
Havena
Victor Mirands de la Torre
Osadiock
Washington
Senate
Hhoee
Hoover to fix Penna coal price
Secretary Hoover says operators producing six percent of Pennsylvanias bituminous coal have agreed to a maximum price of 3.50 a ton at the mine for the strike duration. Conferences with Pennsylvania operators are set for next week. The limit has been accepted by Virginia West Virginia Tennessee and eastern Kentucky. Hoover urges consumers to check freight rates and retail costs and appeals possible for unfair treatment.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Western
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Department of Commerce
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate
Blooded gamecocks seized for humane sale turned into food
In Mochester New York on June 3 eighty two blooded gamecocks valued at hundreds of dollars were gillotined at the city pound and slated for distribution to diath rite institutions for chicken pie. State troopers and Humane Society agents seized the birds during a mass raid in Ogden that led to 132 arrests at a cooking mall.
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Mochester
N. Y
Humane Society
Ogden
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Cumberland Mother
Mrs. Joan Heier of Cumberland Maryland credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving back pain during pregnancy and aiding her after childbirth. She says the product enabled her to work for seven children and perform housework easily, and she is willing to answer letters from other women seeking similar relief.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan Helier
Dilley St
Cumberland, Md
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Reed
Hoosier
Royal” Electric Cleaners
C. E. Cline
Mike
Ieor
Palm Beach
Patrick Street
Beau
C. Thomas Kemp
Frederick
Maryland
Doll Bros
Muslik
Fancy
Doll Brothers
N. Market ST
Frederick, MD
Fox
E. Patrick St
Phare
Charles Segaloff
Li Ee Reet
iMen
Zants
Georgette
Bisack
Brown Navy
Toof
Carty
Carty's
Carty’s Furniture Store
Patrick Stast
Mel
Burson Hose
Markell & Ford
Seeger & Company
South Market St. Frederick
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