Ames told Davis wins Senate nomination in Pennsylvania race
The report outlines Edward W. Pickard and Ames Davis detailing Republican results in Pennsylvania. Edward W. Pickard notes Davis secures the Senate nomination amid a split and Pinchot triumphs in the governor race. It discusses party dynamics, Prohibition stances, and tariff debates tied to national figures and state contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Ames J.davis
Labor
Pennsylvania
Joseph R.grundy
Gifford Pinchot
Upstate
Francis Shunk Brown
Brown
Pinchot
William BE
Ware
Philadelphia
Davis
Alter
Washington
Hoover
Grundy
F. H. Bohlen
T. W. Phillips, Jr
Sedgwick Kistler
Lock Haven
John H. Hemphill
West Chester
Dark horse Green nominated for South Dakota governor at convention
Jarren E Green of Hazel became the Republican nominee for governor at the South Dakota convention in Pierre. He defeated four rivals including Gladys Pyle who led ballots before Brooke Howell withdrew. Green won on the eleventh ballot with a majority exceeding the 55,995 threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarren E. Green
Hazel
Dark Horse
South Dakota
Pierre
Gladys Pyle
Miss Pyle
Brooke Howell
Frederick
Howell
Green
Roberts Confirmed as Associate Justice by Senate
Without discussion or record vote the Senate confirmed Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by Justice Edward T. Sanford's death. The Judiciary Committee had unanimously approved, and Senator Robinson did not object to immediate consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Supreme Court of the United States
Edward TI. Sanford
Judiciary Committee
Joseph T. Robinson
Tariff Bill Sent to Congress After Months of Work
After months of work the tariff bill was submitted to Congress for final action. Conferees from the Senate and House reached agreement on the remaining items after export debenture and flexible tariff features were settled. The debenture clause was eliminated as the House demanded. A compromise on the flexible tariff provision was adopted, closer to the House plan, leaving the President with retained powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
House
President Hoover Reviews Navy From Salt Lake City Cruise
President Hoover sailed aboard the Salt Lake City off Virginia Capes to review a large portion of the American navy. Fifty three battleships cruisers aircraft carriers destroyers and submarines participated in a program that included an aerial strike against capital ships from Lexington and Saratoga and a mock naval engagement highlighting the nation’s cruiser shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Salt Lake City
Virginia
Capes
Lexington
Saratoga
Bishop Cannon Cleared of Stock Speculation Charges
The episcopacy committee at a Dallas conference found charges of stock market speculation against Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Church South unsubstantiated. Cannon said he was misled by a group of sharpers, expressed regret and vowed not to repeat the conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Church
South
Josephus Daniels
Dallas
Texas
McBride Testifies as Blaine Attacks Liquor League Witness
Scott McBride of the Anti Saloon League testified before the senate lobby committee. Senator Blaine of Wisconsin harassed him during sessions but McBride held his ground and was cheered by the audience at times as Blaine raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Senate Lobby Committee
Senator Blaine
Wisconsin
McBride
Blaine
Senate panel revises rivers and harbors bill report
The commerce committee and the house rivers and harbors panel revised the bill and reported it to the senate. It is believed to become law before Congress adjourns with authorizations totaling upward of 125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Commerce Committee
House
Congress
PiAnkrorp MacNider Named Minister to Canada by Hoover
PiAnkrorp MacNider of Town and former assistant secretary of war and national commander of the American Legion, nominated by President Hoover to be minister to Canada to succeed the resigned William Phillips. He is forty, a banker, and won the D. C. during service with the Second Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PiAnkrorp Macnider
Town
American Legion
Hoover
Canada
William Phillips
MacNider
House judiciary panel backs eleven new federal judges
The committee favorable report proposes eleven new federal judges to ease court congestion. Allocation includes New York Southern two, New York Eastern one, California Southern one, Texas Southern one, Missouri Western one, Oklahoma Western one, Michigan Eastern one, Louisiana at large one, and District of Columbia Court of Appeals two. Earlier, separate bills were reported for the Supreme Court and for West Virginia Kentucky Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Judiciary Committee
New York
California
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Michigan
Louisiana
District of Columbia
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Kentucky
Minnesota
German airship Graf Zeppelin makes Atlantic flight
The Graf Zeppelin under Dr Hugo Eckener completed a long journey from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro with a stop in Seville. The return plan includes Pernambuco Havana Lakehurst N J and then Germany. Winds slowed speed to 50 to 60 miles per hour.
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Ermany
Hugo Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Pernambuco
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Seville
Spain
Havana
Lakehurst
N. J
Germany
Nationalists raid salt works amid police clashes in Dharasana
Indian nationalists attacked government salt works with violent clashes leaving about 600 injured. Poetess Sarojini Naidu and many leaders were arrested. V J Patel resigned as speaker of the legislative assembly. London India Office said the worst was over and reconstruction would start, possibly optimistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dharsana
Sarojini Naidu
Mahatma Gandhi
V. J.patel
Legislative Assembly
India Office
London
House authorizes sweeping congressional investigation
A motion by Representative Bertrand H. Snell of New York led to the House authorizing a sweeping congressional investigation of Communistic activities in the United States. A five-member committee will likely hold hearings in major cities during the summer, with power to spend freely and to subpoena witnesses and documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
House of Representatives
Congressional
United States
Western Newspaper Union
Fort Aubrey Marker Proposed to Memorialize Plains Trail
The article recalls Fort Aubrey on the Santa Fe Trail near Syracuse Kansas, its 1856 establishment, its role as a safe haven for wagon trains, and the mysterious 1863 death of 22 Missouri militiamen during a blizzard. It also recounts related frontier legends from North Dakota and Ohio, including the fate of a cavalry party and a buffalo wallow massacre theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Aubrey
Sunflower
Col
Flon. Ambres
Felix Navier Aubrey
Santa Fe
N. AL
Independence
Aubrey
Syracuse
Kaw
Fort Dodge
Kan
Fort Lyon
Colo
Santa Fe Trail
Plains
Missouri
Kansas
H. Helfrich
R. T. Goans
Goans
Helfrich
Goodwin
Arizona
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Union
N. M
Arizona Historical Society
James A. Phillips
Peter I. Clark
John H. Butcher
Daniel. Rice
Fort Lyons
Company I
Fort Riley
Company J
United States
North Dakota
Geauga Republican Record
Chardon
Ohio
Arthur E.towne
Towne
Dakotas
West
Republican Record
United States Cavalry
Dickey County
James River
Aberdeen
South
Confederate States
The
James
Bufilte Wallas
Prairies
King Winter
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Antwerp
Malden
Mass
James J. Davis
Claude A. Swanson
Great Britain
Foreign Relations Committee
Navy General Board
Committees On
Foreign Relations and
Naval Affairs
Japan
America
England
A. St. Vanderberg
Tlinois Waterways
Upper
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Oswego
New York State
Tennessee River
Vanderberg
Ilinois Waterway
Chicago
Elmo Scott Watson
She
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