Congress Opens Special Session and Farm Plans Debated
Congress to convene Monday in extraordinary session to fulfill farm relief pledges. The agriculture committee rejected the debenture export plan 17 to 4 and voted 17 to 3 against reviving the equalization fee, signaling House support for the decision. Senate considerations on the fee remain unsettled as leaders prepare for the farm relief push.
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National Grange
Calvin Coolidge
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Senate
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Francis
Stephenson
Associated Press
Hoover
Charges against Virginia fraternity disproved in investigation
A university inquiry into Beta Iota Delta Tau Delta at Charlottesville found no open defiance of authorities or illicit liquor in the chapter house. The committee noted alcohol was present only to individuals, with no organized drinking, and praised cooperation with university leaders to curb student drinking.
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Beta Iota
University of Virginia
Delta Tau Delta
Garee
Arch
National Society
Normal Macleod
Fred Moore
Frankis Hemmick
Saad
Alderman
Dean Newecomb
Wih
First 100 years prove too much for aged Indian
John Baker, said to be more than 100 years old and the oldest Indian on the Shoshone and Bannock reservation, died by his own hand on April 13. He had become despondent over ill health, his relatives in Blackfoot said.
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Blackfoot
John Baker
Bannock Indian Reservation
Turkey Implements Alphabet Certificates for Marriages in Angora
Turkey imposes new rule forcing marriage licenses to be signed only when applicants present government inspectors certificates proving knowledge of the Latin alphabet. The policy targets those without ABC literacy and threatens fines and prison for Turks aged 45 and older after May 30, 1929, as printed in Angora. A separate report from Baker Oregon notes Union Pacific stages considering through-service extensions from Pendleton to Spokane and Lewiston via Blue Mountain lines.
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Belle Henerforth
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Republic
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Ore
A C Spencer
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Interstate
Portland
Pendleton
Spokane
Lewiston
Boise
Silver-Tongued Orator of Texas Led Active Life
SHERMAN Tex April 13 former United Senator from Texas and one of the last of the state's old-time silver tongued orators and fiery political campaigners died in district court today amid a lawsuit. Death was caused by a clot of blood in the heart. Bailey was famed for his opposition to prohibition and woman suffrage and for state rights beliefs. He dressed in a black frock coat and slouch hat and counted William Jennings Bryan among his political ties. His first wife died years ago and he later married Mrs Prudence Rosengren of Austin. He is survived by two sons and a granddaughter.
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Tex
Weldon Batley
United
Texas
Beeley
Red River
McElhannon
Batley
Red States
Halley
William Jennings Bryan
Bailey
Prudence Rosengren
Austin
Domgh W. Bailey
Unconditional Surrender Sought as Rebel Leaders Drift
U S troops guard Crook tunnel near Naco after being fired on by Mexican forces with no casualties reported. Rebels under Generals Escobar Topete and others drift toward Nogales. Capt Maldonado defects to federals. Mexico's Portes Gil hears rebel leader Leopoldo Rebatte seeks surrender with life spared, conditional on federal prosecution.
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Ariz
Crook Tunnel
Southern Pacific Line
United States
Don Luis
Bisbee
Fort D A. Russell
Wyoming
Fort Blives
Texas
Sonora
Jose Gonzalo Escobar
Pausto Topete
Issuro Robeles Maldonado
Topete
Maldonado
Lamarith
Nogales
Lucas Gonzales
Pulpito Pass
Enasto
Juarez
Agua Prieta
Gonzales
Fausto Topete
Ricardo Topete
Manuel Aguirre
Escobar
Cananea
Hermosillo
Mexico City
Portes Gil
Leopoldo Rebatte
Francisco Manzo
Portes Gill
Monoplanes Crash at Detroit Aero Show Kill Two
Two monoplane crashes at Ford Airport Detroit kill A H Kreider instantly and injure William Nalor and Captain Alan E T Bruce. Kreider flew a Challenger. Nalor and Bruce piloted a Ranger. The planes collided midair during the All American Aircraft show.
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Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company
Hagerston
Alan E. T. Bruce
All-American
Akron
William C. Naylor
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Challenger
Nalor
Bruce
Ranger
Rangers
Kreiuier
Naylor
Dearborn
Henry Ford Kespits
Jones Law and Volstead Act Attacked in Missouri Speech
Former Senator James A Reed denounced the Jones law and the Volstead act during a Young Democrats gathering in Kansas City. He accused federal officials of blackmail risks, called 600,000 federal workers spies, and linked Prohibition laws to corruption and control over personal behavior.
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Jefferson Club of
Missouri
Reed
Thomas Jefferson
Wailstead
Jones
Jones and Volstead
Divorces With Same Wife Batter Than A Court Accepts
Mrs Caroline Middleton Gower Coker of Boise faced an inquiry after seeking a second divorce while not remarried. She said she married Alex Coker in England in 1901, then wed Thomas Middleton in America who claimed legal differences allowed it. She petitioned for divorce from Coker and requested her maiden name Gowers.
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Boise
Caroline Middleton
Gower Or Coker
Middleton-Gowers-Coker
England
Alex Coker
America
Thomas Middleton
Middleton
Coker
Gowers
Gridiron Club Satirizes Hoover Era Political Scene
Washington April 13 The Gridiron Club staged satirical sketches at its dinner lampooning President Hoover and key officials. Chief Justice Taft Governor Roosevelt and Vice President Curtis were among those depicted as figures in the "Hoover Machine." The spoof included quips about policy, leases and cabinet dynamics in a lively performance by newspaper men and guests.
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Taft
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New York
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Roy A. Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Coolidge
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Plymouth Rock
Corbett
John L
Work
Department of the Interior
Herbert Hoover
White House
Borah
Senate
Mr. Curtis
Herrick Returns Home for Ambassador's Funeral in Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick's body arrives in New York aboard the Tourville after his death as U S ambassador to France. A public tribute passes through New York and Grand Central before a funeral in Cleveland with Col Charles A. Lindbergh among mourners. The two day mourning leads to services at the cathedral Monday.
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France
Tourville
Grand Central Terminal
Cleveland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Herrick
Paris
County Attorney Fights Operation of Slot Machines
Twin Falls county prosecuting attorney E. V. Larson states readiness to prosecute operators of slot machines punch boards and similar devices once proper complaints are filed after warning is given to all operators. He mailed a circular to business houses outlining the approach.
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E. V. Larson
Idaho
Germany Hears Schacht Reparations Figures From Allies
Paris April 13 AP Dr Hjalmar Schacht president of the Reichsbank and reparations expert listened impassively as Allied figures on Germanys reparations totals and payment method were discussed He expected total demand to exceed 8 billion dollars with a present value likely between 19 and 12.5 billion dollars to be paid in 58 annual installments
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Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Germany
Dr. Schacht
Reich
Presbyterians Recommend Narrow Divorce Grounds
A Presbyterian committee proposes limiting divorce grounds to the seventh commandment violation. The report urges pastors to emphasize marriage training, to remarry only innocent parties, and to allow pastors to refuse marriages lacking divine sanction. The assembly meets May 16 in Montreal.
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Presbyterian Church
United States
Sixty
General Assembly
Montreal
N. C
Hungarian poet Lorant mobbed at club over trial marriages
In Budapest on April 13 Lorant, a Hungarian poet, faced a hostile crowd of angry women during a lecture at a fashionable club. He was booed and expelled after arguing in favor of trial marriages. The protesters shouted denials that such arrangements would ever be accepted in the country.
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Hungary
Lorant
Scouts and Leaders Rescued From Precipice in Washington
In Chewelah Washington on April 13 four boy scouts and two adults were rescued after clinging to a cliff while a seventh scout, Harold Steffanson aged 12, fell to his death as rescuers lowered a rope to the 309 foot precipice. Scoutmaster Don Hutchinson 21 and brother Paul 23 aided the others and were exposed to the cold.
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Chewelah
Wash
Harold Steffanson
Don Hutchinson
Paul Hutchinson
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