Washington Committees, Conventions and Hearings Outline
Senate and house meet as President and cabinet gather. Mayfield hearing resumes before the elections committee. Shipping board inquiry advances under a house panel. Real estate boards convene for the 17th annual convention. Rivers and harbors panel weighs Hudson river channel proposal. Irrigation committee to study fact finding commission recommendations.
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Senate
House
Senate Elections Committee
House Committee
Ee Shipping Board
National Association of Real Estate Boards
House Rivers and Harbors Comittee
Hudson River
House Irrigation Committee
Hina City Dependent on Hair Net Making for Prosperity
Low Beach California reports Chefoo China, population 100000, relies on hair net production as its chief industry. Chefoo exports nets worth millions to the US and France, with weaving done mainly by Chinese workers including in private homes and factories.
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Hina
Low Beach
Cal
Che
China
Milton Minnis
United States
Nant
Chefoo
France
Hptain Minnia
Vavy charts fish for the anglers
Los Angeles reports new thym metric charts compiled by the biographic office of the United Sea navy show fishermen how to locate flashing banks. Bauder deputy fish and game commissioner says the system has revolutionized the industry. Charts cover from San Francisco to Point Loma below San Diego and map about 384000 square miles off the California coast.
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Los Angeles
Biographic Office
United Sea Navy
Bauder
Fish and Game
South California
Union
San Francisco
Point Desaso
San Diego
Mondell Chosen G O P Chairman for National Convention
Frank Mondell of Wyoming is named permanent chairman of the Republican National Convention opening June 10 in Cleveland. Massachusetts Republican William M. Butler announced the choice, noting Mondell’s long service as a party figure and former Wyoming congressman. The appointment awaits radiating by the committee on arrangements.
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Cleveland
Frank Wondell
Wyoming
William M. Butler
Massausetts
Ldge
Mondell
War Rance Corporation
United States Watorship
Andrick
Butler
Committee On
Foley Pills Reach the Sore Spot
Mrs Ellen Reighard of South Fork writes she suffered kidney discomfort until Foley Pills provided relief. The advertisement touts Foley Pills as a diuretic to flush and cleanse kidneys and eliminate waste, claiming increased kidney activity and urging readers to try a bottle.
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Ellen Reighard
South Fork
Foley Pil
Foley
Impressive Ceremony Opens Central Federation of Women's Clubs Session
Los Angeles hosts the 17th biennial convention of the Central Federation of Women's Clubs with a world peace theme. More than 10,000 delegates from 18 nations attend as Mrs Thomas Gerald Winter seeks re election. candidates include Mrs W Jennings Mrs Wallace T Perham and Mrs John D Sherman. The opening features formal processions 200 officers in place a junior auxiliary dance and a keynote by Mrs Winter followed by receptions at the Biltmore hotel.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Central Federation of Women's Clubs
Federation
Thomas Gerald Winter
Minnesota
Winter
International Organization
W. §. Jennings
Jacksonville
Florida
Wallace T
California
Sartori
John ©. Urquhart
California Federation
Biltmore
The Tagus River Portrait of Spain and Portugal
A Washington bulletin describes the Tagus as a largely desolate river through central Spain with few towns or bridges. It notes Toledo as a historic landmark and Trajan's Bridge near Alcantara, the river's navigability after the Portuguese border, and Lisbon’s grand harbor at its mouth.
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Washington, D. C
America
Cumberland
Spain
Portugal
National Geographic Society
Tagus
The
Bulletin
Europe
Utah
Arizona
Aranjuez
Madrid
Talavera
Toledo
Alcantara
Lisbon
Hoover Sees No Real Recession Says Economy Hits a Fit
Secretary Hoover argues the downturn is due to reduced inventories and unemployment, calling the recession slight and not harming overall production. He notes business moves in fits and starts and is currently in a fit.
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Fits
Mr. Hoover
Washington
Hoover
Pray Aloud for Siepel's Recovery
Vienna reports Chancellor Seipel in serious but stable condition after Sunday's assassination attempt. Doctors hope the third day brings no negative developments while crowds gather outside the hospital praying for his recovery. the assassin Karl Jawerek is deemed a solitary, disgruntled actor with no organization behind the act.
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Vienna
Seipel
Karl Jawerek
Bishop Homer A. Tun Bishop Dies in Omaha
Homer A. Tun, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at Methodist Hospital in Omaha at 6 30 am. He had been stricken with paralysis in Miami Florida on February 12 and later transported to Omaha for medical care.
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Omaha
Homer &Tun
Methodist Episcopa Church
Methodist
Miami
Florida
Luckin telescope rod and pawned diamond ring sale
An advertisement offers a Luckin telescope steel rod for 3.50 and a 1.60 carat diamond ring pawned here for 500.00, claiming the stone cannot be duplicated for less than 650.00. It markets wedding rings in gold and platinum and trades for old watches.
Tidal Wave at Island of Lanai
Officials of the Hawaiian Pineapple company estimate $3000 in damage from a tidal wave at Kaaunalapau harbor tied to the Kilauea eruption. The wave, about fifteen feet high, overturned a pile driver on railroad tracks and washed out thirty feet of roadbed. US engineers report $1000 damage at Nawiliwili on Kauai where a large crane was carried away. Surf is quieting.
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Honowlu
The
Hawaiian Pineapple Company
Linai
Kaaunalapau Harbor
Kilauea
United States
Nawili
Earthquakes on Record and Major 1908 Disaster
The most disastrous quake on record struck China in 1556 killing about 830,000. A severe modern tragedy occurred in Messinia in 1908 with about 72,283 deaths.
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China
Messinia
Illusion of Surf Said Cause of Major Martins Wreck
Seward Alaska June 3 AP Lieutenant Clayton Bissell said searchers failed to find Major Frederick L Martins plane wrecked against a mountain on the Alaska peninsula. He noted the flier may have mistaken Lake Chignik for the sea due to surf illusion near Chignik, causing the crash.
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Major Martin
Alaska
Seward
Clayton Bissell
British Columbia
United States Army
Alaska Peninsula
Frederick L. Martin
Bissell
Haida
Port Moller
Ole Johansen
Starr
Aleutian Islands
Martin
Bering Sea
Johansen
Chignik
Lake Chignik
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