Sugar tariff schedule changes in tariff bill debate
United Press reports Hawley backers push a Me Cumber Act update in the House with sugar set at 3 cents a pound for 96 degree sugar and 25 percent ad valorem duty on Cuban sugar, while wheat and oil seeds also see adjustments, critics argue protectionism and cost shifts for American farmers.
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JOSEPH WASNEY
United Press
House
agav
Hawley
Ways and Means Committee
Cuba
United States
South America
Dudeslon
Hoover Boosts Geneva Naval Reduction Prospects
President Hoover voiced gratification at potential naval reductions from the Geneva conference. He noted powers agree to use reduction rather than limitation and cited Ambassador Gibson's statement as laying groundwork for concrete steps, with discussions to be started promptly.
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Hoover
United Press
Washington
Hugh Gibson
Geneva
Road crews push progress on highways 32 and 57 projects
Operations are under way on highways 32 and 57 with multiple crews. Harry Wilson reports favorable weather will finish the highway 32 section in late June while Ben Johnson’s team pours concrete on the 57 gap near the county sanitorium and relocates the highway path. John Johnson plans driveway work from highway 57 to the sanatorium and widening Rhine street in Elkhart Lake after the sanatorium approach is completed.
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Howards Grove
Mr. Wilson
Ben Johnson
Johnson
Rhine street
Elkhart Lake
No Statement By President On Farm Bill
Washington reports President Hoover declined to issue a veto threat over the debenture clause in the farm relief bill. Admin leaders feared the vote could slip to a narrow margin unless a mid western Republican shifted support. The matter hinges on Senate balance and presidential intrusion concerns.
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ly United Press
Washington
Hoover
senate
congress
Six Killed In Crossing Crash Near Sturgis
A Pennsylvania passenger train collided with a car carrying Earl Ward, his wife, three children, and his mother-in-law Mrs. Sarah Lee in Sturgis Michigan. Five persons died instantly. a sixth died later at a hospital. Three bodies were recovered five blocks from the scene. The auto was ground into splinters.
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Sturgis
Mich
Pennsylvania
Earl Ward
Sarah Lee
Funeral for Roland O Reinemann Explosion Victim
Funeral services for Roland O Reinemann, killed in an explosion at Gutsch Products while lighting a gas pipe, will be at 1 30 p m Wednesday from his home 2604 N Nineteenth St and at 2 p m from St Pauls Lutheran Church. Rev Edwin Schmidt to officiate and interment in Wildwood cemetery. Deceased, a longtime St Pauls member active in church affairs, belonged to Brewers Union and Lutheran Aid society. He leaves a wife and three young children aged three, and four months.
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Roland 0. Reinemann
Gutsch Products company
Nineteenth street
St. Paul’s Lutheran church
Edwin Schmidt
Wildwood cemetery
Brewers’ Union
Lutheran Aid society
Reinemann
Former Alien Property Man Freed Today
Atlanta Georgia former alien property custodian Col Thomas W Miller released on parole after serving 13 months of an 18 month term for conspiracy to defraud the government regarding return of alien property after the war. Acting Warden A C Aderhold declined to discuss his departure.
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Atlanta
Thomas W. Miller
federal penitentiary
A. C. Aderhold
Miler
Cigarette Tax Bill Signed By Michigan Governor
Governor Fred W. Green signed a cigarette tax bill in Lansing, adding one cent tax on ten cigarettes. State stamps will be affixed by distributors or dealers, with revenue projected over 1.5 million dollars yearly to support poorer school districts without property taxes.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Fred W. Green
department of state
Petition For Special County Board Session
A petition circulates for a special meeting of the county board of supervisors on Thursday May 17. Petitions must be returned by May 9 so the call can be sent eight days before the meeting as required by law. Snow removal for next winter is the main business, with other matters to be discussed.
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county board of supervisors
Wisconsin Cheese Freight Rates Cut By Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a reduction in carload cheese rates in Wisconsin effective July 15, shifting cheese shipments from third class to fourth class to lower costs for most routes. The ruling excludes changes to less than carload rates and to cheese in glass or earthenware, with repairs denied and some southern routes allowed fourth class add-ons.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce commission
Deny Dismissal Of Michaelson Liquor Action
Federal Judge Halstead Ritters denied a motion to quash the indictment against Representative M A Michaelson. The Illinois congressman’s trial was ordered to proceed for alleged unlawful importation and possession of liquor during a homeward trip from Cuba last January. The defense claimed the grand jury was illegally constituted, but the court sustained the prosecution demurrer and allowed the case to advance.
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United Press
Key West
Fla
Halstead Ritters
M. A. Michaelson
Illinois
Cuba
Sinclair the Oil Man Begins Jail Term For Contempt
Harry F Sinclair, No. 10 520, starts a three month sentence in jail after being convicted of contempt of the senate. The wealthy oil magnate, self described by his fellow prisoners, begins his day in the penitentiary dining hall and assumes duties in the drug supply room under jail physician Dr Morris Hyman. He will work 8 to 4, sleep to 7 if allowed, and remains a central figure in the Teapot Dome inquiry narrative.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
senate
Sinclair
William L. Peak
Morris Hyman
Katherine Wright
Albert
Teapot Dome
Wisconsin Senate Standoff Halts Legislation Amid Filibuster Row
Madison reports a coalition clash as conservatives and progressives clash over the Schmiege Inheritance Tax bill. Lieutenant Governor Henry A. Huber disciplines filibuster tactics while eight senate calls stall progress, ending in adjournment until Wednesday. key players Hunt Cashman Schuman Duncan ruled out of order as parties clash over procedure.
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Madison
Wis
assembly
senate
conservate
Henry A. Huber
Huber
Walter Hunt
John E Cashman
John C. Schuman
bloc
Thomas M. Duncan
Children's Bill Comes Up May 16
The Wisconsin assembly set May 16 for the children’s code bill revising laws on delinquent neglected and orphan children. The judiciary committee urged passage with amendments as Assemblyman Alvin Reis moved the date to May 16. Senator Duncan’s Yellow Dog contract bill passed twice but was not placed on final concurrence. The measure voids agreements not to join labor or cooperative marketing groups. debate was brief and votes 44 to 19 against killing, 56 to 15 for third reading.
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Madison
assembly
judiciary committee
Alvin C. Reis
Wis
Thomas M. Duncan
Huber
West Bend
house
Posse Hunts Assailant Of Wisconsin School Teacher
Near Rhinelander Wisconsin angry neighbors formed a posse of nearly 100 to search for a man who attempted to attack Bernice Bernstein a rural schoolteacher. The assault occurred as she arrived at the school early yesterday to prepare for the day.
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United Press
Rhinelander
Wis
here
Berniege Berstein
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