Bonus bill clash shadows postwar lift in 1920s
In Washington on May 16 President Coolidge denounces the veteran gratuity plan as unsound and unnecessary while urging funds be used to reduce debt. The House moves to advance three privileged bills including McNary Haugen farm relief, postal pay, and national banking reform to aid state bank competition.
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Washington
Coolidge
House
Senate
McNary-Haugen
McNary-Haugen Export Corporation
MvtFadden National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Lurid graft tale unfolds in Prohibition era hearings
Washington May 16 Expenditure of nearly two million dollars for protection and liquor withdrawal permits was admitted before the Wheeler Brookhart Committee by George Remus the Cincinnati bootlegger now serving a federal prison sentence for violating the Volstead act He said he paid between 200000 and 250000 to Jesse Smith a confidant of former Attorney General Harry M Daugherty for protection and withdrawal permits He testified payments totaled about 1800000 in cash and checks for distillery and plant expenses He described permit fees 19 per case and delivery costs 250 per case noting the permits were signed by Hart and McConnell prosecutors of New York and Pennsylvania He questioned why he was convicted while the permit directors were not.
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Washington
Wheeler - Brookhart Committee
George Remus
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Remus
Jesse Smith
Harry M. Daugherty
Smith
Wheeler
Senator Brookhart
Iowa
Moses
New York
Rem
Hart
McConnell
Pennsylvania
Congress splits as Coolidge vetoes soldiers bonus bill
Washington May 16 Congress clashed over President Coolidge's veto of the soldiers' bonus bill. Democrats and Republicans condemned the attack on veterans while predicting House passage, Senate uncertainty, and a possible political fallout affecting Coolidge's bid for re election.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Molidge
House
Senate
White House
American Fliers To Hop Off Today
Mrs Rosalie Evans widow of H E R Evans an Englishman owns a 2700 acre Puebla Mexico farm. Armed villagers surround the estate after the government withdrew military guards despite a protection promise to the US ambassador. The property bought in 1906 has faced repeated raider attacks. Evans personally repelled trespassers on two occasions. In December troops burned her hair after killing caretakers.
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Chicago
Rosalie Evans
Puebla
Mexico
Chicago Tribune
United States
Realtors to Have Train to Florida
Two special trains will depart Jacksonville on June 2 carrying Florida realtors to the National Association of Real Estate Boards convention in Washington. Realtors from Tampa Miami Lakeland St Petersburg and other cities will ride in private cars hitched to the main train. The convention runs three days starting June 3.
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Jacksonville
Fla
International News Service
Washington
Florida
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Tampa
Miami
Lakeland
St. Petersburg
Senate Farm Bloc Breaks Filibuster In Gooding Bill Push
The senate farm bloc ended its fiftieth day filibuster against the army appropriation bill and moved to force a test vote on tagging the Gooding bill as a rider to slash short haul freight rates. Agriculturalists aided by Republican insurgents aimed to attach the rider during the day’s proceedings.
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Washington
Senate Farm Bloc
Half Holiday for Clerks Authorized
Post master General New orders postmasters to grant Saturday half holiday to postal employees nationwide this summer from June 14 to September 13. The policy requires no curtailment of service and imposes no cost to the government. Previously regulations barred off duty intervals on Saturday afternoons in warm weather.
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Washington
New
Overland Letter Service Speeds Asia Mail to Baghdad
Washington May 16. Letters to Bagdad Damascus or Beyrouth will be sped up by twelve days through a post office department and British postal agreement. The rate is six Cen tseans per ounce in addition to the international rate for mail marked by overland mail Halifax Bagdad. A new motor service will handle the mail.
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Washington
Bagdad
Damascus
Beyrouth
Asia Minor
Post Office
Department
Overland ‘Mail
Halifax- Bagdad
Mt Vesuvius Eruption Intensifies At Night
The continuous eruption of Mt Vesuvius was intensified during the night and caused great excitement among residents on its slope. A coating of red dust settled over the countryside.
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Rome
International News Service
Mt. Vesuvius
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The Weather Washington reports fair tonight and Saturday for Alabama and Mississippi. Warmer conditions prevail with interior areas experiencing clear skies tonight and into Saturday.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
New Credit For Stock Men Planned
The National Livestock Producers Association announced the formation of the Producers' Livestock Credit Corporation to provide a new credit line for livestock growers in Illinois Indiana Ohio Missouri and Arkansas. The Illinois based corporation is capitalized at 49000 dollars.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Arkansas
National Livestock Producers’ Association
Producers’ Livestock Credit Corporation
Woman Forger Receives Suspended Sentence
Mrs Myrtle B Hayes pled guilty to attempting to forge Charles M Schwab’s name on a $25000 note. She was given a suspended sentence ranging from one year and three months to two years and six months in a United States prison.
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New York
Myrtle B. Hayes
Charles M. Schwab
United States
Number of bishops not to be reduced debate ends in Springfield
At the Methodist Episcopal conference in Springfield Mass a motion to decrease the number of bishops failed 461 to 344. A committee report to reduce Episcopal areas by one was adopted by a large majority. The defeated motion asked not to fill five bishop vacancies from death or retirement in the last quadrennium.
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Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Committee
Ex-Service Men to Fight Bonus Bill
World War veterans from ten states form the anti bonus league plan a pilgrimage to Washington to urge Congress to sustain President Coolidge veto of the bonus bill.
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Washington
Exservice Men’s
League
Congress
Coolidge
Millionaires Only Expected to Have Their Homes Here
Chicago May 16 The Scott Durands Crab Tree farm north of Chicago reveals a luxury subdivision plan. 300 acres will host 150 residences averaging at least 100000 each, with buyers signing to fit plans into the landscape and personal review by Scott Curpirds.
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Chicago
Scott Durand
Scott Curpirds
Chorus Girl Killings Are Again Probed
Five former friends of Louise Lawson and Dorothy King will face the Lasser pair in a police line-up as detectives probe the Broadway murders. Police link Harry Lasser to the lawless gang suspected of the killings and the Johnson robbery. Mrs Lasser faces arraignment on accessory charges in the nine thousand dollar Johnson theft.
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New York
Louise Lawson
Dorothy King
Harry Lasser
Howard Johnson
Lasser
Lawson and King
Johnson
Mildred Intoe
Follies
Nellie Ford
Shirley
Postpone Count of School Tax Vote
Canvass of the school tax election held Tuesday was postponed to this afternoon at 5 o'clock due to election inspectors not filing outside-box certificates. The county canvass Thursday afternoon produced results for various offices with several judges of the peace and county officials named, including Judge N. R. Clarke leading the inferior court tally and George E. Stone as county treasurer.
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Tech
Circuit Court
Whistler
Joseph KE. Kentz
J. N. Seabury
Frank EF. Barnes
Toulminville
J. G. Bowen
Prichard
G. KE. Dixon
Grand
Bay
J. C. Jenkins
Bayou la Barre
Louis Meyer
N. R. Clarke
George E. Stone
John Mebuffie
American Women Distressed In Mexico Flight Drama
Comadova Alaska May 16 The Associated Press reports weather halted three United States Army airmen from making a dawn hop from Attu Island toward Paramashiro Island Japan. They are prepared to attempt the longest leg of their world flight once conditions improve.
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Comadova
Alaska
Associated Press
Attu Island
Aleutian
Paramashiro Island
Japan
United States Army Air Men
Six Young Orators Compete to Address President Coolidge
Six contestants from district contests across 15 states meet in Kansas City for the national oratorical contest on the Constitution. The winner earns the right to speak before President Coolidge in Washington on June 6. Albert Coyle of New Orleans is among the entrants.
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Kansas City
Washington
Coolidge
Niendorf Body Arrives for Burial in Delta Point Case
The body of Gustave Niendorf, 36, found dead last Tuesday in a lumber car at Delta Point, La., arrived here today and will be buried tomorrow from Roche funeral home. He was a former Chicago resident and is survived by his sister Mrs. Joseph Wragg of this city.
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Gustave Niendorf
Delta Point
Roche Funeral Home
Deceaved
Chicago
Joseph Wragg
Seneca and
Bascombe Streets
Pensacola Base Bill Passed by Senate
A bill authorizing the navy to accept lands near Pensacola Florida and assure water supply for the naval air station was approved by the Senate and sent to the House during a session aimed at clearing private bills from the calendar.
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Washington
Navy
Pensacola
Ila
Naval Air Station
Senate
House
Bryan Heads to Presbyterian Assembly Meeting
William J. Gryan left Miami for Grand Rapids via Washington. He will attend the General Assembly meeting of the Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Miami
Fla
William J. Gryan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Washington
Grand
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Harold S. S. Solberg Dies at 68 in City
Harold S. S. Solberg 68 longtime resident and ship chandler company president died at a local infirmary after a long illness. Funeral from the home 304 North Jackson then Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with burial in Catholic cemetery. Survived by wife Catherine four daughters Mary Blomberg in New Orleans and H H L Coodwin in San Francisco and Sister Mary Mercedes and son Herbert Solberg plus other relatives in Norway.
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Harold S. Solberg
H. S. Solberg Ship Chandlery Company
North
Jackson Street
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Mr. Solberg
Norway
Catherine Solberg
A. Blomberg
New Orleans
HH. Ix. Coodwin
San Francisco
Cal
Mary Mercedes
St. Mary's School
Herbert_ Solberg
Suspect Guarded in Attack Case
Sanford May 16 A former Orlando girl is hospitalized after an attempted assault by Jesse Cole 28. Cole is closely guarded by Seminole County sheriff after an attempted lynching in the incident.
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Sanford
Orlando
Jesse Cole
Cole
Seminole County
Negro Chauffeur Cleared of Blame In Man's Death
Albert Richardson, a negro auto truck chauffeur for the Underwood Coal and Supply Company, was acquitted in recorder's court of manslaughter in the second degree for the death of R. K. McGill of Nashville. Eye witness D. W. Henderson testified McGill walked on Water Street as the truck moved north to enter the yard. Richardson said he signaled to turn in and attempted to stop the truck but wheels struck a rail and the car struck McGill, throwing the steering wheel from his hands.
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Bila Cooney
Recorder’s Court
August Burband
Estelle
Conception Street
Barrett
George Bousson
Epai
Ph Bet
Pups
Ane
Burband
Collins
Estelle Barrett
Jackson Street
Monroe
Eslava Streets
Frenchy
Betancourt
Bouwsson
Bousson
Ella
Killa
Retancourt
S. F. Hale
Purband
Collings
John Lincoln
A. Bousson
Lincoln
Albert Richardson
Underwood Coal and Supply Company
R. K.mcgill
Nashville
Tenn
Madison Street
D. W. Henderson
McGill
Water Street
Henderson
Tme
Richardson
Exams for 100 government clerk positions planned
An examination to fill 100 new assistant examiner posts at the United States Patent Office will be held June 4 and 6 after word from the Civil Service Commission in Washington. The test period shortened to two days, with a starting salary of 1460 a year and potential increases to 5000. The exam covers mathematics, tech nics, physics, interpretation of mechanical drawings, and a branch of engineering. Both men and women eligible.
Mobile Urges Conventions As South's Most Entertaining City
Booklets prepared by Mobile Chamber publicity committee are mailed to state organization officials and convention holders. They promote Mobile as the Souths most entertaining city and aim to attract more and larger events to the city.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
South
Southern Tonnage Shows Big Gain Over Docks
A report by C B Hays shows rising tonnage handled over the Southern railway and the Mobile and Ohio docks. For the first three months of 1922 142 182 tons were moved, 248 708 tons in 1923, and 30 090 tons in 1924, compiled for the Mobile Chamber of Commerce.
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Southern Railway
Mobile & Ohio
C. B. Hays
Mobile & Oni
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Nationalization in England Defeated in Commons
London May 14 The House of Commons rejected the mines nationalization bill by a vote of 264 to 8. The Associated Press reports the narrow support and decisive defeat amid parliamentary debate on government ownership of coal resources.
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London
Associated Press
House of Commons Today
Slogan Contest Seeks Campaign Slogans for Springy Hill College
Campaign billboards for Springy Hill College are being received at the Office of Commerce. The contest closes Monday at noon with a five word maximum per entry. Four prizes are awarded to the first place slogan.
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Springy Hill
Er of Commerce
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