Wisconsin House Passes Tariff Bill In Prohibition Era Vote
The Ways and Means Committee written tariff bill passed the House 264 to 187. It raises duties on many manufactured articles and fern products. The measure moves to the Senate where Finance Committee hearings start around June 10 with testimony from previously absent parties. Chairman Smoot said Democratic members may participate.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Smoot
Senate’ Finance
House
Ways and Means
Willig
Will Defend Gene Tunney in $50,000 Damage Suit
Stamford Conn May 20 Homer Cummings former chair aoree the Democratic National dippear to Behalf of Gene Tunney in the $50,000 damage suit brought by Mrs Katherine Fogarty The suit will be contested to the smff His firm is preparing an answer to the charges expected to be filed June 24 Today's stock quotations New York May 29 Alaska Junenaming stock 54 American Smelting 96% Cudahy 504 General Motors 72% Gold Dust 54% Mack Trucks 93 Missouri 87 National Power and Light 48% Texts Corporation 61% U S Steel LiGk Bethlehem Steel 057 Continental Motors 18 Math leon Alkali 45% International Paper A 27 International Paper B to sale Standard Of California 73 Stewart Warner 66% American Tobacco A 168 American Tobacco B 169 Quotations Yesterday Ameka Juneau BA American Smelting 95% Cud ohy 40% General Motors 71% Gold Dust 55% Mack Trucks 94 Mis conic 212 Lexus Corporation 62 U C Steel 166% Bethlehem Steel 05% Continental Motors 18 Mathle pon Aikoll 44 International Paper A 25 Paper Bb 15% Standard OtL of California 74 Stewart Warner 474i American Tobacco A 170 To becca D 170
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Stamford
Conn
Homer Cummings
Aoree
Democratic National Dippear
Gene Tunney
Katherine Fogarty
Smff
Cummings
New York
Alaska
Jtunenaming
American Smelting
Cudahy
General Motors
Gold Dust
Mack ‘Trucks
Missouri
National Power and Light
Texts Corporation
Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Continental Motors
Leon Alkali
International Paper
Standard of of California
Stewart-Warner
American Tobacco
Ameka Juneau
Mis
Lexus Corporation
U. &. Steel
Mathlepon Aikoll
International Paper A
Paper Bb
Standard Otl
California
Tobecca
Plane Juneau Makes Sitka to Seattle Round Trip
The Juneau to Sitka airway carried passengers including M. Wilson for Blake Moffitt Towne Ar thur Van Mavern of West Coast Grocery and Peter Kostrometinoff. Miss Ora Kaykendall and Miss Iola B Van Vrauken, teachers at Sheldon Jackson School Sitka, also rode the flight. The trip began in Juneau at 9 20 arrived Sitka 10 40 stayed until 6 p m then returned to Juneau. The morning leg left Juneau at 6 o clock for Seattle with Kostrometinoff aboard. They plan to travel again next weekend. Chief Victor Griffin noted as the first short haired Quapaw Indian in Oklahoma visits the area regularly.
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M. 5. Wilson
Blake, Moffitt and Towne
Alaska
Arthur van Mavern
West Coast Grocery Company
Sitka
Juneau
Ansael Eckmann
Peter Kostrometinoff
Ora Kaykendall
Iola B. van Vrauken
Sheldon Jackson School
Seattle
Women Organize to Seek National Prohibition Solution
Chicago May 29—dirs. Charles F. Sabin announces a temporary women’s organization formed to work for changes in the national Prohibition laws. The group pledges to deal with facts, not fables, and to aid in a sane solution, asserting the law violates fundamental government principles.
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Chicago
Charles 4. Sabin
Republican National Committee of
New York State
Twelve Die in Typhoon Strikes Leyte
Manila May 29 reports confirm twelve dead from Friday's typhoon in southern Leyte. Communications have been restored, isolation remains in several towns, and the Red Cross leads relief efforts with funds allocated. Six villages were destroyed, with Bogod and Antiguo areas hardest hit.
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Manila
Leyte
Bogod
Antiguo
Chain Store Owner Approves Daughter’s Elopement Marriage
New York May 20 The Amer ican reports Rush Kress a chain store owner approved the marriage of his 17 year old daughter Sylvia to Charles Abry a $30 a week clerk. He initially felt a strong impulse to spank his son in law but praised him as a fine boy after meeting him.
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New York
The
American Today
Rush Kress
Sylvia
Charles Abry
Fe” Kress
Mrs Oldfield to Retire From Congress After Current Term
Washington May 29 Mrs Pearl P Oldfield representative from Avatasas widow of William Oldfield and former Democratic Whip said she will not return to Congress after her present term ends. She joins the feminine bloc in the House and will retire to the home sphere after two years in office following her husband’s death.
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Washington
Pearl P. Oldfield
Avatsas
Willian Oldfield
House of Representatives
Memorial Day Delays Chamber Meeting After Holiday
The Chamber of Commerce will not meet tomorrow due to the Memorial Day holiday. President H. L. Faulkner announced the cancellation since offices and businesses will be closed for the day. A separate note mentions Siamese twin frogs found near Baden, Pennsylvania hopping together.
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Chamber of Commerce
H. L. Faulkner
Chamber For Action
Baden
Willebrandt to Retire From Government Service
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt Assistant Attorney General in charge of Prohibition prosecutions will retire from the Government service on June 15 She will become Washington Counsel for the Aviation Corporation at a salary greatly exceeding Government pay Officials declined to name her successor after seven years in service under Harding Coolidge and Hoover
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Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Willebrandt
Aviation Corporation
Wold
Willebrendt
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Wanda Hawley Sued for 50 000 After Show Incident
Los Angeles May 29 Hunter Keasey author of Legitimate sues Wanda Hawley for 50 000 alleging contract breach. He claims on April 24 Hawley was intoxicated forcing him to close the show and dismiss the audience to vent the star's behavior.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hunter Keasey
Wanda Hawley
Keasey
Miss Mawley
TWO STEAMERS COMING NORTH FROM SEATTLE
Steamer Mameda sailed at 9 for Southeast Alaska with 117 first class passengers and 107 steerage. Booked for Juneau are N J Nelson J Brandork Walter Merells G W Morgan Mae Erickson Mrs E Breshears and 20 steerage. Steamer Admiral Watson sailed at 10 forenoon for Alaska ports with 48 first class passengers and 1 steerage. Booked for Juneau are P V Rath B P B DeGrace P J Krostrometin off N G Nelson and one steerage.
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Seattle
Mameda
Alaska
Juneau
N. J. Nelson
J. Brandork
Walter Merells
G. W. Morgan
Mae Erickson
Mra. E. Breshears
Admiral Watson
Tor Juneau
P. V. Rath
BP. B
DeGrace
P. J. Krostrometinoff
N. G. Nelson
Man lynched after jail raid in Aloma Tennessee
A mob of about 100 men removed Joe Boxly, 19, from the County Jail in Aloma, Tenn., and hanged him to a tree four miles from town. His body was found after 4 am, with a note near the corpse stating to hang until 4 pm Thursday.
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Aloma
Tenn
Joe Boxly
American pens and pencils sell worldwide
American pens and pencils are used to write in every language. The United Kingdom is the top customer for U S writing tools, followed by Canada, Cuba, and Argentina. Denmark buys more American fountain pens than any country except Great Britain.
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Washington
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Cuba
Argentina
Denmark
Great Britain
Teach Furniture Makers News Educational Book Plan
The National Committee on Wood Utilization under the Department of Commerce plans a public education book on chairs tables and beds to uplift consumer knowledge. It aims to balance household discussion of automobiles with furniture literacy for average homeowners.
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Washington
Furniture Makers
America
Department of Commerce| Enterprise
Canadian Plans Tacoma to Tokyo Nonstop Flight
Lieut. Harold Bromley of Canada prepares a Lockheed Vega monoplane for a solo non stop flight from Tacoma to Tokyo in 33 to 35 hours. He aims to pioneer jet mail link between America and Japan, flying the Great Circle route above the Aleutians with 800 gallons of fuel and continuous position reporting.
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Los Angeles
Pacific
Harold Bromley
Tacoma
Wash
Tokyo
Japan
Bromiley
Lke
Bromsey
America
Bromley
Aleutian Islands
Asia
Xirut
Inset
Theory of Mergers Carefully Studied in New York
Industrial economist Dwight Farnham argues seven forces drive the current era of large scale mergers. He cites postwar overcapacity, mass production, rising equipment costs, better technical practice, new research inventions, high distribution costs, and mass purchasing shaping chain stores. Also report on two halibut boats. The Sunset carried 17,000 pounds sold at 11.5 and 6.15 cents. the Bonanza 10,000 pounds bought at 11.0 and 20 cents.
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New Yor
Dwight Farnham
American Management Association
Farnham
Conrad Cas- Person
Alaska Fish Brokerage
R. A. Ringstad
San Juan
Lindbergh and Bride Secretly Enjoy Privacy After Wedding
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his bride eluded reporters while they spent yesterday and last night in hard won privacy. Investigators and brigades of newspapermen failed to reveal their whereabouts.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Connors Jr. Returns From San Clara University
J J Connors Jr. returns home aboard the Admiral Rogers after completing his sophomore year at San Clara University in San Jose. He will spend the summer assisting his father at Connors Motor Company.
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J. J. Connors, Jr
Admiral Rogers
San Clara University
San Jose
Tal
The
Connors Motor Company
E Gallagher Passes Away In New York
Edward Gallagher of the famed Gallagher and Shean duo is dead in New York after a struggle with mental disorder and poverty. He entered a sanitarium in February after an unsuccessful comeback attempt. The pair rose to fame in 1920 but were shorted wages by Ziegfeld in 1925. Gallagher’s first wife Helen Gallagher helped pay hospital costs and was by his bedside. A separate item notes a fisherman Frye died on the Tanana River during break up. A Richmond applicant for a motor truck license listed botlegger as his occupation.
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New York
Edward Gallagher
Gallagher and
Shean
Gallagher
Ziegfeld
Helen Gallagher
Rae
Frye
Tanana
Tanfina
Unenforceable Laws To Be Reported By Commission
Washington May 29 George W Wickersham chairman of the National Law Enforcement Commission said if any Federal law is found unenforceable it will be reported Prohibition is one angle to our work and the attitude of the American people toward the law is not bounded by Prohibition
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Washington
George W. Wickersham
New
National Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Kidnapper Arrested in New Bedford Case
Austin swim instructor Jack Preith is charged with kidnapping Fannie Lee Minter, a Texas University student and prominent family member. Gov Moody announced the arrest in New Bedford on May 29.
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Austin
Texas
Jack Preith
Fannie Lee Minter
Young Texas University
New Bedford
Gov
Moody
Kohler signs repeal of Wisconsin liquor enforcement act
Gov. Walter J. Kohler signs the bill repealing the State Prohibition Enforcement Act after a spring election majority for repeal. The measure passed the Assembly a month earlier and the Senate two weeks ago, ending local and state enforcement and placing liquor enforcement under federal agents.
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Madison
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin Assembly
State Senate
Wisconsin
Gots Kohler
Miss Crosson Sets Altitude Record for Woman
Miss Mapvel Crosson of San Diego and former Alaska mail flier appears to set a new altitude record for a woman. She piloted a Ryan monoplane to 24 000 feet with the altimeter sealed for calibration by the Bureau of Standards in Washington. She is sister of Joe Crosson and related to Alaska Mer and Capt. George H. Wilkins associates.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mapvel Crosson
San Diego
Alaska Maili
Miss Crosson
Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
Joe Crosson
Aliska Mer
George H. Wilkins
Forest fires devastate southern Japan killing dozens
In the Tometaka region in southern Bosaghalien fires have killed at least 25 people and injured many. Esutori village with 7100 homes was wiped out and eight bodies were recovered in another ruin. Other localities are believed damaged as Havana cigar workers face disruptions and readers report erratic signals.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tometaka
Bsaghalien
Esutori
Havana
Big pools take unusual losses in Wall Street
Violent gyrations in call money rates and stock price swings forced curtailment of bull pool operations on the New York Stock Exchange. Sessions dropped to 2.5 to 3 million shares from prior 5 to 6 million as federal credit curtailment took effect. Whispered reports say some pool operators suffered heavy losses while claims of market manipulation circulate.
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Wall Street
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
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Olahoma
Associated Press
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Phillippines
Mrs. Oldfield
Pearl Peden
Tacoma-Tokyo
E. Gallagher
Frank
Richmond, Va
Gov. Kohler
Stanley W. Prenosil
A. P. Financial
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