Hoover vetoes hospital bill for veterans
President Hoover vetoed a bill granting hospitalization and soldiers home privileges to quartermaster corps veterans from the Spanish-American war Philippine insurrection and Boxer uprising. He argued the government must first aid all service members and warned against special treatment for a single civilian group. The measure, pushed by Representative Welch of California, was sent back to the house.
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Washington
Hoover
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Navy
Representative Welch
Calif
Doukhobors Stage Second Parade Near Nelson
More than 200 Doukhobors were jailed in Thrums after staging a nude parade yesterday. The 209 detainees, including women and men, were brought to Nelson by mobile trucks after a peaceful protest, facing potential three year penitentiary sentences like last week’s 118 arrestees.
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Nelson
B. C
Thrums
Bombs Thrown at Consulates in Nagasaki
A crude incendiary device was thrown through the window of the United States consulate in Nagasaki at 11:30 AM. The burner set curtains on fire but was extinguished with little damage. Consul Henry B. Hitchcock reported no political motive and police opened an investigation.
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Tokoy
United States
Nagasaki
Rengo
Washington
Japan
Henry B. Hitchcock
State Department
Hitchcock
Akron Enroute Utah Youth Is To California Fatally Hurt
Akron, the world’s largest air ship, flew over Texas toward the Pacific coast for naval maneuvers. A navy report warned of rain and squally weather over Texas and the southwest. Keith Corry, 19, of Ogden Utah, was killed in a San Francisco car crash that injured four others including Marjorie Evans and Janet Evans. Corry died from a fractured skull two hours after the collision.
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Akron
Utah
California
Beaumont
Tex
Texas
Lakehurst
Pacific Coast
Washington
Navy Department
Ute
Southwest
Charlese Rosendahl
San Francisco
Keith Corry
Ogden
John Christensen
Corry
University of California
Harold E. Olson
Joseph Johnson
Keir Corry
Marjorie Evans
Ruben C. Evans
Federal Land Bank
Berkeley
Janet Evans
Johnson
Blaine Corry
Navy Akron Set for West Coast Arrival at New Base
Sunnyvale California May 9 AP reports the U S navy Akron moves west to join a new Pacific coast dirigible base. Officials plan safe mooring to a temporary mast and highway patrol readies for about 200000 spectators expected to gather.
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Sunnyvale
Cal
U. S. Navy
Akron
Pacific Coast
Navy
Landslides bury apartments near Lyons France May 9
Fifteen bodies were pulled from the ruins of two apartment houses after a landslide near Lyons. Officials feared about 30 more could be buried. Rescue teams fought to reach victims as more slides followed the initial disaster.
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Lyons
France
Utah Baptists Convene in Salt Lake City Convention
Utah Baptists will hold their annual convention in Salt Lake City on Wednesday through Friday. Speakers include Charles A. Wells from New York City, noted cartoonist for Baptist publications, Esther Bush missionary to Crow Indians in Montana, and Dr. W. A. Shanks of Boise.
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Utah Baptists
Salt Lake City
Charles A. Wells
New York City
Esther Bush
Montana
W. A. Shanks
Boise
Massies Leave Honolulu Amid Police Pursuit
Mrs Thalia Massie Lieut Thomas Massie and Mrs Granville Fortescue sailed from Honolulu aboard the Malolo under naval escort as police sought to serve a subpoena for a retrial of four men accused in the September assault case. The departure followed a tumultuous affair in which Fortescue Massie and two navy enlisted men were convicted in a related outcome.
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William H. Ewing
Honolulu
Thalia Massie
Hawaii
Massie
Thomas H. Massie
Granville Fortescue
Malolo
Indictment in murder case and political notes headline
Miami reports Captain W N Lancaster charged with first degree murder in the Haden Clarke death as a grand jury indictment is announced. The wire also notes Garner for President headquarters planned in Chicago and temperance and labor remarks from Washington. Governor Dern weighs calling a Utah legislature special session after the governors conference.
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Miami, Fla
W. N. Lancaster
Dade County Grand Jury
Haden Clarke
Jessie M. Keith- Miller
Lancaster
Army Recruiting Office in Pocatello Closed
As part of a government economy program, the United States Army Recruiting station in Pocatello will be discontinued by June. Major J. F. Torney, in charge of recruiting in the district, announced the move. The Ogden Recruiting office will shift to the federal building on June 1.
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Salt Lake City
United States Army
Pocatello
J. F. Torney
Ogden
Federal
Paris Chooses Between Painsleve and Le Brun for President
May 9 report from Versailles notes two candidates to succeed assassinated President Paul Doumer. Paul Painleve formally consents. Albert Le Brun presents his candidacy as senate president. Funeral plans set. Doumer to be buried in Vaugirard family vault. Detectives seek more clues from two men tied to assassin Gouglov.
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Paris
Paul Doumer
Versailles
Paul Painsleve
Albert le Brun
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Elysee Palace
Five Hundred Die in Storm Across Annam Coast
Reports from Hanoi indicate a hurricane swept from the China sea into southern Annam last Wednesday, killing about 500 people including several Europeans. The worst impact hit Phanthiet and Bangoy with Cana and Dran reported wiped out, communications wrecked and floods following the hurricane.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
China Sea
Annam
Phanthiet
Saigon
Cochin-China
Bangoy
Cana
Dran Wer
Student lives on $79 a year in Minnesota
Arnold Samuelson a University of Minnesota senior lives on a tight budget of 79 dollars for the year after a 200 dollar loan. He walks two miles to campus spends eight cents per meal and covers lodging by night shifts for firemen. He saves on transportation and keeps food costs extremely low with careful planning despite a paused study period due to a storm.
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Minneapolis
Arnold Samuelson
University of Minnesota
North Dakota
Hedwig Samuelson
Phoenix
Ariz
Agnes LeRoi
Stratton and Kessler Plan Debates in Boise Series
Boise attorney and United States Senate hopeful Harry S. Kessler proposed a statewide debate series on the prohibition issue in accepting a challenge from Dr. Owen T. Stratton, a Salmon physician and candidate for the same office. Stratton invited debates at any time and place, with Kessler proposing sessions in four regions including the southeast, Twin Falls area, southwest, and north.
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Boise
Harry S. Kessler
Owen T. Stratton
Salmon
Idaho
Stratton
Scores and Postponements Amid Wet Grounds Across Cities
Major league games listed with postponements due to cold wet grounds include Chicago at Philadelphia, St. Louis at New York, Detroit at Boston, and Washington routing Cleveland 42 to 6. Parked pitches Ferrell, Sewell, and Brown feature in the box scores with Betts and Hargrave among noted New York hitters.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Captain Dollar Improves After Illness at 88
Captain Robert Dollar, 88, famed steamship magnate, has weathered another storm of illness. Dr R G Duffiey said the veteran ship owner was taken ill days ago and at one point was critically ill but has since shown near normal recovery.
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San Rafael. Cal
Robert Dollar
R. G. Duffiey
Gray to Hear Utah's Protest Against Move
Carl R. Gray president of the Union Pacific System expressed optimism about agriculture in Utah Idaho and the Pacific Northwest after touring Utah and Idaho. He said conditions are the best he has known and noted an optimistic attitude in Idaho as his party continued to Los Angeles via Hoover Dam en route.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific System
Gray
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Japanese Beat Chinese Rebels in Northern Manchuria
Tokyo dispatches report four hundred Manchurian Rebels killed in two battles with Japanese troops in northern Manchuria. Rebels included seven Russians. Japanese casualties tallied 20 dead and dozens wounded across the encounters. General Nakamura’s brigade took Fengcheng after a two day fight with 5,000 Rebels. General Yoda’s brigade defeated another Rebel force at Moutanking with about 100 Rebels killed.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
Rengo
Harbin
Nakamura
Fengcheng
Yoda
Farge
Moutanking
Will Rogers Cartoon Diary Satirizes Senate Spending
Santa Monica column quotes Will Rogers lampooning a Senate effort to find two billion dollars already spent, portraying weekly cycles of listening to the rich, Wall Street stock talk, campaign contributions, and a fatal conclusion for the “little fellow.” The piece ends with Rogers’ mock diary entry and a closing signature.
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Santa Wonica
Calif
U.S. Senate
Wall Street
Sook
President Hoover rallies support for tax and economy measures
President Hoover drives support in the Senate for a spring push of the $1.01 billion revenue measure and a $237 million savings program. Senate Finance Committee rejected reopening rate details but affirmed a bipartisan effort to pass the tax bill. Appropriations and economy panels target over $200 million in cuts to balance the budget.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Economy Committee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hoover
White House
Fall Leaves Prison Today After Nine Months Behind Bars
Albert B. Fall former interior secretary under Harding was released from the New Mexico state penitentiary at 1 22 p m nine months after starting a year and a day sentence for accepting a bribe. A dispute over amended commitment papers delayed the release until Washington officials and Warden Ed Swope settled the matter. Fall’s family followed in a car as he left by ambulance. He spent most of the term with time off for good behavior and laughed at reporters requesting interviews, asking what they wanted to know.
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Santa FE
N. M
Albert B. Fall
Harding
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Washington
Ed Swope
New Mexico State Prison
Fall
Swope
C. C. Chase
Jouett Elliott
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J. Wesley Holden
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Edouard Herriot
Cecelia Mitchell
Quail Lake
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Somers
House Coinage Committee
Edward F McGrady
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
N. J
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General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
A. J. Moore
Richmond
Dern
French
Indo- China
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Cleveland
Ferrell and Sewell
Brown
Berg
Spencer
Detroit
Boston
Bostone
Pitligh
Betts
Frankhouse
Zachary
Hargrave
Cantwell
Brenzel
Cincinnati
Holley and McCurdy
Davis
Carroll and Lombardi
Brooklyn
Clarke and Lope
Rhem
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Captain Dollar
Henry Gusman
Prance
Paul Gouguloof
Will Rogers
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New Mexico
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Pocatello Tribune
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