Morgan Inquiry Seeks Expanded Powers in Senate Hearing
Senate investigators on June 6 pressed to extend authority to examine stock dealings of J P Morgan & Co partners including Lamont and Ewing, as O P Van Sweringen testified about rail ventures and Morgan involvement. The room showed listlessness while the Morgan group faced questions over income tax connections.
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Washington
Senate
J. P. Morgan &Co
Morgan
van Sweringen
Banking
Thomass
Lamont
William Ewing
Harold Stanley
John W. Davis
O. P. van Sweringen
M. J
Morgan Bank
Robinson
Indiana
Woodin
J. P. Morgan
Marchers fail at Ford plant near Dearborn
A few hundred of an original 3000 protesters, led by suspected Communist sympathizers, were repulsed by Dearborn police after camping near the Ford Motor Co plant. Police had prepared for a longer stand, but the marchers left after six hours with no entry gained. Their stated demands included higher wages and other worker relief measures.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Naciaig
Dearborn
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Tv le
Parm
Ford Company
Glass-Steagall Bill Threatened in Dispatch Report
A Washington dispatch notes the Senate and House leaders discuss the Glass-Steagall reform bill. The report claims President will veto the measure and mentions possible amendments to preserve a deposit insurance framework.
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Associated Press
York
Washington
Ork
Times
Representative Steagall
Temperatu r Omerver Selah One Year Age ei a
The fragment references a temperature related item and marks a one year age note at Selah with uncertain OCR words. It lacks clear events or entities to confirm a full report.
Love stronger than kingdoms for European royals
In a span of days Prince Asturias of Spain plans to wed Edelmira Sampedro a Cuban commoner defying royal expectations. His father King Alfonso reportedly disapproves while the former Queen Victoria is expected at the ceremony after June 12. The couple filed a notice of marriage in Lausanne and the prince seeks citizenship status as a private citizen.
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New York
Asturias
Sweden
Lennart of
Mr. Bernadotte
Karin Nissvandt
Prince Charming
Prince Wilhelm
Prussia
Germany
Prince Asturias
Senorita Edelmira Sampedro
Lausanne
Alfonso of
Spain
Queen Vic
Supreme Court Ruling May Decide White Case
The state vs Marshall R White case at issue involves assault in Portsmouth with a pivotal trial question on jury waiver. The common pleas court paused its proceedings awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on a similar matter from Akron.
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Supreme Court
White
M’curdy
Akron
Common Pleas Court
The
State
Marshall R. White
Highland Avenue
Sigmund Burkhardt
Offaere Street
Wwe
Eee
N. B. Gilliland
Horace Small
Gilliland
Common Pleas and Appeals Court
McCurdy
Aronhold Schapiro
Municipal
Justice of Peace
Mayor's Court
Schapiro
Burkhardt
Portsmouth High School
Chester P. Fitch
Seven Children Drown in Ohio Rivers and Ponds
A string of tragedies in Ohio leaves seven youths aged 10 to 18 dead this Monday. Causes include drowning in a mill pond at Burton, a quarry pool at Fostoria, the Blanchard river near Findlay, a gravel pit at Hamilton, and the Hocking river at Logan. Lifesavers attempted resuscitation but failed in most cases.
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Uarry
Associated Press
Ohio
Junior Hurst
Malcolm Bond Jr
Burton
Eileen Sheets
Lois Sheets
Fostoria
Lis
Milton Copeland
Lima
Blanchard
Findlay
Evelyn Miles
Robert Atkins
Hamilton
John Wlotz
Rock Ridge
Hocking
Logan
Convicts Fail to Loot Town in Arkansas Morning Incident
A band of five to seven armed men, believed fleeing Kansas convicts, attempted a dawn raid in Bison Arkansas after kidnapping night watchman Deputy Sheriff Fore and two others. Citizens patrolled streets after the alarm, and suspects fled in a car with an Oklahoma plate. The men aimed to loot safes at Harry Thomasson's store.
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Bison
Ark
Roy Morrison
Kansas
W. A. Fore
J. R. Perkins
Sam Rogers
Harry Thomasson
Thomasson
Perkins
Rodgers
Oklahoma
President Signs Gold Measure Ends Gold Clauses
Washington reports the president signed a law voiding the gold clause in government and private securities. The measure, adopted in ten days, stabilizes payments in paper money as gold was unavailable since March. It relieves the treasury from pledging gold in new bond issues and confirms legal settlement in paper currency.
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Washington
House
Senate
Drunk Driving Charge Against Prohibition Agent
A man claiming to be R. L. Meredith, a Louisville prohibition agent, was held on charges of driving while intoxicated and assault and battery after police arrested him last night in Cincinnati. He told officers he was a prohibition agent.
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Cincinnati
R. L. Meredith
Louisville
Ackerman to push inquiry into Ohio beer sales racket
State Senator Joseph N. Ackerman of Cuyahoga proposes a six member Senate committee to investigate alleged gangster involvement in the 3.2 beer business. He says illegal licenses, inflated prices, and substitution of alley beer have defrauded Ohio of beer taxes, with bootleggers using fictitious names and pressuring permit holders to buy large quantities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph N. Ackerman
Cuyahoga County
Ackerman
Senate
Schneller to resign as Hamilton county GOP chairman
Fred B. Schneller announced he will step down as chair of the Hamilton county Republican central committee to aid party harmony after the county executive committee debated reorganization and stripping powers from the central committee. He told associates at a dinner he aims to keep the party solid and avoid losing votes amid controversy.
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Cincinnati
Fred
Schneller
Hamilton County
Republican Central Committee
Central Committee
Union Mission drive opens with strong first day haul
The kickoff luncheon at All Saints Guildhall reports $3,127.55 raised on day one toward a $17,000 goal. City Manager Frank Sheehan praised the Union Mission as a vital relief group and urged continued worker participation, with Mrs. Robert Moore seeking volunteers for hilltop districts.
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Union Mission
All Saints Church
Lawrence Wagner
Frank Sheehan
Sheehan
Portsmouth
Relef
Robert Moore
All Saints
Bigelow M. E
Central Presbyterian
First Evangelical
Franklin Avenue
Manly M. E
First United Brethren
Second Presbyterian
Donald Timerman
George White
Homer C. Selby
Vaughn Talbott
John Salladay
Hugh Allen
Wheeling Steel Corp
B. F. Stewart
Shoeworker Hit By B and O Train At Court Street Crossing
Walter Smith 42 of 705 Court streets suffered severe facial and body injuries when a gasoline powered passenger train struck him at 6 10 am Tuesday at the Court street crossing just north of Ninth street. He worked at Selby shoe factory and was walking to the Scioto river to check trot lines. Witnesses say the train was barely moving when it struck. He was taken to Dr George Martins office for treatment after X rays revealed head and shoulder injuries.
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Walter Smith
Court Streets
Court Street
Ninth Street
Smith
Selby Shoe Factory
Scioto
George Martin
R. F. C. Turns Down Akron Bank Plans
Washington June 6 Reconstruction Finance Corp officials told Akron rubber manufacturing representatives that the corporation had discarded all previously presented plans for rehabilitating Akron’s banking structure and was determined to start anew.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Akron Rubber Manufacturing
Akron
Revised Ohio tax plan hits a snag in committee
The Ohio taxation committee killed Rep Spaght 15 to 12 mill real estate cut and then moved away from the consensus program. Governor White backs a two-step plan with a one year sales tax to fund schools and relief until an income tax takes effect. The plan projects about 30 million dollars from income tax and 35 million from the sales levy.
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Associated Press
Columbus
House
Frank Ward
Monroe County
Oakley Spaght
Summit County
Spaght
White
Congress
Peace Looms In Ohio Mines
Settlement of southern Ohio coal wage dispute hinges on Dr. William M. Leiserson of Antioch College and Dr. George W. Rightmire of Ohio State University to appoint a third arbiter. A Tuscarawas district wage scale was agreed with 1,200 miners voting. three arbitrators to set the Hocking district scale by June 15 and add 3 1/2 cents per ton for cutting and lead to a statewide wage effort.
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Columbus
Ohio
William M. Leiserson
Antioch College
George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
Roosevelt
Leiserson
Board of
Urichsville
Tuscarawas
Hocking
Lava From Vesuvius Reaches Valley In Brief Fallout
Italian news notes lava from Mt Vesuvius spurting toward the Valley of the Inferno. The report says the eruption sped and caused concern but was of short duration with no lasting impact mentioned.
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Naples
Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Robbers Steal About 1700 From Salem Restaurant
A Salem restaurant was robbed of about 1700 dollars by two men who threatened a female clerk and fled the scene. Police described the incident as a bold daytime robbery and were investigating the motive and suspects.
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Salem
James
There Mee
Mre
Anna Lbiat
Mattern Tries to Narrow Record Gap in Siberia Flight
James Mattern, American round the world flyer, rests in Omsk to recover before continuing toward Irkutsk. He held a 54 minute lead over the Post Gatty record up to Omsk but lost the edge when they stopped there. Weather ahead favors smoother progress with light head winds forecast after Omsk.
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Moscow
James Mattern
Omsk
Mattern
Siberia
Gotham
Post
Gatty
Floyd Ben
West Field
Siberian
Post and Gatty
Novo-Sibirsk
Irkutsk
Post- Gatty
Irku
Weather Bureau
Global aviation rush toward trans Atlantic hops grows
Aviators from Spain, Britain, and Italy prepare for cross Atlantic flights. Capt Mariano Barberan and Lieut Joaquin Collar aim to depart Seville for Havana in two or three days. James Mollison and Amy Johnson plan London to New York then to Bagdad and back to England, weather permitting. Italy's 100 pilots ready 20 plus planes for staged Chicago flight in a few days.
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Jimmy Mattern
Mariano Barberan
Joaquin Collar
Seville
Spain
Havana
Mollisons
James A. Mollison
Amy Johnson
London
New York
Bagdad
England
Orbetello
Italy
Cme
Chicago
Roosevelt orders higher veteran pay and 25 percent limit
President Roosevelt signed an executive order raising compensation for service connected disabilities and issued revised veterans regulations. The Connally 25 percent cap may guide house action on the independent offices bill, with a possible alternate proposal from the President.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Democratic Steering Committee
Rainey
House
Independent Offices
Roosevett
Lewis Douglas
Frank T. Hines
Veterans
Connally
Senate
Mr. Roosevelt
Rainey Sees July 1 Quitting Date For Congress
Speaker Rainey told newspapermen plans for early adjournment have failed and the special session will likely not end before July 1. He dismissed guesses of an earlier finish as unfounded while Roosevelt urged a June 10 adjournment and others fear June 17 may be needed.
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Washington
Rainey
Congress
Roosevelt
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