Good Roads Bill To Be Heard Next Week In Senate
Washington AP June 5 The Senate votes 64 to 9 to take up the federal aid good roads bill next week with limited debate after filibuster charges. Republicans Bingham Reed criticize the measure while Wadsworth drafts an amendment. The bill, already passed by the House, would extend federal road aid for two more years.
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Washington
Senate
Bingham
Connecticutt
Reed
Pennsylvania
Wadsworth
New York
House
Frazier
North Dakota
Senate stalls on sixteen tax board nominations
Washington reports the Senate could not vote on sixteen nominations to the board of tax appeals after an hour of discussion and delayed action until Monday. Senator Glass proposed a rule barring Internal Revenue Service employees from serving on the board until two years after leaving the bureau. Opposition centers on appointees who were IRS officers at appointment, with Senator Couzens opposing some nominees and Senator Smoot leading support after the finance committee reported favorable.
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Washington
Board of Tax Appeals
Senate
Glass
Virginia
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Smoot
Finance Committee
Politicians Attend Hodges Wedding in Maryland
Washington reports June 5 that President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge attended the wedding of William V. Hodges treasurer of the Republican National Committee and Mrs. Charles Thomas Lowndes at Glenelg manor in Howard County Maryland. Also present were Senator Butler of Massachusetts and other senators and House members along with Mrs. Alvin T. Hert vice chair of the committee. The president and Mrs. Coolidge remained for the reception and posed for a photo with the bride and groom after the ceremony.
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Washington
Maryland
Coolidge
William V. Hodges
Republican National Committee
Charles Thomas Lowndes
Glenelg Manor
Howard County
Senator Butler
Massachusetts
House
Alvin T. Hert
Kentucky
National Committee
Sanders
Wage Committees Meet Over Joint Wage Increase Demand
Wage sub committees of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will meet tomorrow to agree on a demand for a joint increase in wages. A. Johnston, grand chief engineer, says the engineers general chairman have decided on the amount to be asked but will not disclose the figure.
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The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
A. Johnston
Engineers
Canadian rum runner seized near Coronado Islands
San Diego reports the capture of a Canadian steamer off the Coronado Islands on Friday night as it tried to land 1,000 cases of whiskey for smuggling into San Diego by a fishing boat. The seizure was reported to the Mexican fish commission by the Tecate patrol steamer's commander.
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Coronado Islands
Mexican Fish Commission
Farm relief measures on a new track
Washington June 5 Forces supporting agricultural relief measures took a new lease on life as Vice President Dawes directed farm legislation. Senator Watson spoke after a farm leaders conference endorsing the McNary equalization fee with changes. They proposed lowering the revolving fund to 175 million with 75 million for surplus cotton and immediate operation of the fee on five basic commodities with producer referendum. The conference dropped embargo and tariff provisions from the Haugen bill. Remaining attendees included George N. Peek Chester Davis and several Republican senators and representatives. The day featured a senate debate over federal aid roads and farm relief, with speakers urging action to aid farmers facing bankruptcy and pledges from both parties cited.
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Dawes
Watson
Republican
Indiana
Congress
Senate
House
George N. Peek
Moline
Illinois
Chester Davis
American Farm Bureau Federation
McNary
Oregon
Cummins
Iowa
Gooding
Idaho
Purnell
Harrison
Mississippi
Fess
Ohio
Frazier
North Dakota
Earthquake Signals Reported by Several Seismographs
Seismographs at Reginal College Washington Georgetown and Fordham University recorded earthquakes of significant strength. Regi a College noted a 12:58 to 1:20 p m tremor centered within 1200 miles of Denver. Georgetown dated a 2:57 p m event with distance estimated at 2700 miles to the south. Fordham recorded 86 minutes of shocks centered about 1650 miles from New York with undetermined direction.
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Regia College
Forestall
Washington
Georgetown University
Tondorf
New York
Fordham University
Love Affair and Shooting Hit Austria
Details emerge of the tragedy surrounding Baroness Klinger's death by her own hand amid a duel between her husband Baron Klinger and Cyril Vladimir Orloff, a Russian nobleman. The Raab incident recalls Meyerling, with Orloff’s Crimean aristocracy and Bolshevik exile history, while Vienna watches as both men survive serious wounds. Philadelphia hosts 150th Independence Anniversary ceremonies with Mayor Kendrick, Secretary Kellogg, and Hoover pictured.
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Cyril Vladimir Orloff
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Vetsera
Prince Orloff
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Orloff
Baron Klinger
Klinger
Orloffs
Crimea
Catherine the Great
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Philadelphia
Kendrick
Kellogg
Coolidge
Hoover
Utah commencement exercises at University of Utah
Salt Lake City June 5 The University of Utah begins commencement exercises tomorrow at 4 PM with Dr J A Widtsoe former president delivering the baccalaureate sermon in front of the John R Park memorial building. More than 500 seniors will receive diplomas this year the seventh commencement. On Monday a reception to the graduates will be held and degrees conferred Tuesday. The annual alumni banquet will be held Tuesday night.
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Salt Lake City
University of Utah
J. A. Widtsoe
John R. Park Memorial Building
Washington Day in Review and Political Moves
The treasury post office building program was announced. The senate adopted the Borah resolution to investigate Panama concessions. Army engineers urged more rigid off pollution legislation. Six senators urged Iowa voters to support former Senator Brookhart in Monday’s primary. President and Mrs. Coolidge attended the Maryland wedding of William V. Hodges and Mrs. Charles Thomas Lowndes. A senate judiciary subcommittee said Coolidge order federalizing state officers as city agents was legal. Vice President Dawes met farm bloc leaders on agricultural bills. Railroad brotherhood officials told Coolidge of wage demands before the new employment board.
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Panama
Congress
Army
Towa
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Coolidge
Maryland
William V. Hodges
Charles Thomas Lowndes
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Dawes
Congressional
Railroad Brotherhoods
Educators Meet in Salt Lake for 11th Extension Convention
Salt Lake City hosts the eleventh annual convention of the Nation University extension opening Monday. More than two dozen advanced institutions will be represented as the conference runs three days with three sessions daily. Leon J. Richardson of UC Berkeley will give the annual message and Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall of the University of Oregon will deliver an address at the Mormon Tabernacle.
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The
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University Extension
Chamber of Commerce
University of Utah
Leon J. Richardson
University of California
Arnold Bennett Hall
University of Oregon
University of Wisconsin
Mormon Tabernacle
Prohibition Split Deepens In New York Politics
Dr. Butler, departing for Europe, says electoral victory hinges on a party offering a solution to the prohibition issue. He blasts the anti saloon league as a money driven group and urges repeal of the Volstead Act and the 18th Amendment with a Quebec system for New York.
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Butler
New York
Republican Party
Smith
Dr. Butler
Antisaloon League
Durkin's Bride Stands By Her Sheik Husband
Irma Bulli van Durkin returns to Martin Durkin in Cornell Illinois after his murder trial opens. Durkin is charged with killing a federal officer and has been deserted by his first wife Betty Werner. Only two jurors have been tentatively accepted.
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Chicago
Irma Bullivan Durkin
Cornell
Martin Durkin
Durkin
Betty Werner
Willard Wiehe Passes Suddenly in Salt Lake City
Willard Wiehe a 70 year old Utah violinist died this afternoon while waiting to consult his physician Dr. H C Lund. A native of Norway Wiehe came to Utah at age ten and organized Utahs first orchestra he directed several such groups for many years. His only survivor is his widow.
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Willard Wiehe
Utah
Wiehe
H. C. Lund
Norway
Radicals Detained After Uruguay Legation Bombing
Twenty men in Montevideo are detained and grilled by police after a bombing at the American legation. Authorities say the detainees deny knowledge of the attack, which followed a prior plot against the American embassy in Buenos Aires and occurred while police guarded the legation.
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Uruguay
Buncos Aires
Brookhart Drives Fight in Iowa Senate Race
In Des Moines on June 5 AP reports candidates in the Republican senatorial contest focus on farm relief, tariffs, farm credits and road issues. Incumbent Cummins, Brookhart, and Clark campaign amid party tensions while Brookhart seeks reinstatement after ouster and Stock pressures for nomination.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
Smith W. Brookhart
Howard Clark
Utah Governor Rejects Coolidge Plan On Prohibition Officers
Governor George H. Dern denounces President Coolidge's order to deputize local peace officers as ex‑officio federal prohibitions, calling it an invasion of state rights and a threat to self government. He supports Utah's referendum option and notes state law allows patient expression on liquor questions.
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Utah
George H. Dern
Dern
New York World and Times
Coolidge
The
New York World
New York Times
New York
Overnor Dern
Congress
Insurgent Republicans Back Brookhart in Iowa Senate Primary
Five Republican senators and one former labor member urge Iowa voters to nominate Smith W Brookhart for the Senate in the upcoming primary. They argue the race will influence national questions including the Senate’s power to expel a seated member and stress the farm claim must be vindicated by electing Brookhart. They say unseating Brookhart defies the will of Iowa voters and denies representatives seated without outside censorship.
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Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
Senate
Dabor
Shipstead
Minnesota
Norris and Howell
Nebraska
Frazier
Nyco
North Dakota
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Cummins
Brookhart
Brockhart
Detroit Explorer Arrives in Fairbanks From Arctic Expedition
An AP report notes the Detroit aircraft and crew reached Fairbanks from Point Barrow after a May Arctic flight. The three engine monoplane Detroit er of the Detroit Arctio expedition completed its northern journey and arrived tonight.
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Alaska
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Point Bar
Arctic
Albany Nuptial A Society Event
In Albany New York June 56 Emily Josephine Smith eldest daughter of Governor Alfred E Smith married Major John Adams Warner commandant of the state constabulary. The ceremony was in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with Pope Pius XI blessing and Cardinal Hayes officiating. Fifteen hundred guests attended the ceremony and over a thousand joined the reception.
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Emily Josephine Smith
Alfred E. Smith
John Adams Warner
State Constabulary
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
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Andrew J. Warner
Joseph A. Delaney
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Major
Mrs. Warner
Alutomobile
Knoxvi llag Wire Threat Hits City Store
Knoxville authorities reported a wire threat targeting the heart of the downtown business district. The warning disrupted operations at the P Wisely company’s main building and nearby offices this morning.
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Tenn
No Business Distriet
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P ! Wisely Corporation
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