Howell accuses Farm Loan Board slush fund misuse
Senator Howell, Nebraska Republican, charges former Farm Loan Board chairman Lobdell used a slush fund to grease political favors. He argues for investigation and for ceiling salaries, naming nominees including Fettijohn and Corey and pressing a floor vote this week.
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Charles E. Lobdell
Farm Loan Board
Howel
Nebraska
Howell
Anelson
Senate
Lobdell
Igeal
Senate Banking Committee
Lewis
Fettijohn
Kansas
Elmer
Law 3
Ohio
Merton L. Corey
Edward E. Jones
Pennsylvania
Committee On Audit and Control
New cantaloupe on the market from Imperial Valley
Brawley California May 21 A new cantaloupe variety with a small seed cavity crisp texture and high sugar content ripens two weeks to a month earlier than other types It is already making up two thirds of the first eight cars shipped from the Imperial Valley and will predominate the next ten days of shipments
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Brawley
Calif
Imperial Valley
Here
Altitude champ killed in auto accident in fog
Captain Andrew Lang, holder of the world's airplane altitude record, died when his car crashed into a fence in dense fog. He was driving in a twenty four test. He was nephew of English author Annie Lang.
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Andrew Lancs
Lang
Ann Lang
Pope receives archbishop with report on diocese
Archbishop Edward J. Hanna of San Francisco met Pope Pius XII in Rome on May 21 and presented a voluminous report detailing diocesan activities.
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Pius Joy
Dward J. Hanna
San Francisco
Ehdiocese
Klan Records Sought in Texas Senator Case
Washington May 21 AP Addl nal records of the Ku Klux Klan to be brought to Washington in an agreement for the Senate committee investigating Senator Mayfield of Texas. Attorneys for Mayfield and George Peddy agreed to examine Klan books in Atlanta or here. Witnesses expected to testify include Gossett Greer and Marria Mayfield, linked to the 1922 campaign.
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Ku Klux Klan
Senate
May- 1
Texas
George Peddy
Atlanta
Mayfield Campaign Fund
Gossett Greer
Dallas
Mayfield
Marriayfield
Farmer John O Connell Routed in County General Heapi ng
District farmer John O Connell of Filer was rushed to county general hospital after being struck about the head during a dispute over irrigation. EB Hy Johnson, a neighbor, allegedly inflicted the injuries in the incident on May 21.
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Win Falla
John h’Connell
EB. Hy Johnson
Ford Muscle Shoals bill defeated in Senate committee
Washington May 21 AP A motion to report the Ford bill for leasing Muscle Shoals failed ten to six in the Senate Agriculture Committee. Indications after the vote pointed to the Norris government ownership bill being reported instead.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Immigra tion Bill Action Forecast After White House Conference
Washington May 21 President Coolidge is expected to act on the immigration bill before week’s end following a conference between the executive and Senator Reed Republican of Pennsylvania who led the bill in the senate.
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Earl
Harding
Coolidge
Cummins
Iowa
Hoover
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
M’nary-Haugen
Washington
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate
Woman slips on soaped street amid movie scene
Los Angeles on May 21 Mrs Matilda Mclntowh aged 4 was brought to receiving hospital after slipping and falling while crossing a paved street smeared with soap preparations for a motion picture comedy featuring skidding automobiles.
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Los Angeles
Matilda Mclntowh
FLIERS HALTED BY FOGGY DAYS
The American army aviators circling the world are delayed at Hittokappu bay Kuriles by persistent fog and bad weather. An official dispatch says they will wait for clear skies before continuing to Minato with possible further delays.
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Hittokappu Bay
Yotorofu
Kuriles
John JD. Ford
Smith
Lowell H. Smith
Maat Ford
Kushiro
Hokkaido
Tokio Central Observatory
Srieze
Japan
Minato
American fliers’ world flight pause reported in Minato
From Minato Japan on May 21 AP reports that the American fliers did not depart as planned. They typically leave early and face a distance of 854 miles from their last stop on Yotorofu island, but this day showed no attempt to fly.
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Minato
Japan
Yotorofu Island
English Aviator Flies From Calcutta Reaches Akyab
British aviator Stuart Maclaren continuing world flight arrived at Akyab Burma today after leaving Calcutta. Dispatch from the route reported the progress of the circumnavigation by air.
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Shanghai
Stuart Maclaren
Akyab
Burma
Calcutta
French aviator overcomes setback in Tokyo flight
Shanghai May 21 AP Captain Pelletier D oiay damaged his plane yesterday on landing. He overcame disappointment over the interruption to his projected flight from Varie to Tokio.
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Shanghai
Pelletier D’oiay
Varie
Tokio
Conferees Agree On Tax Reduction Bill Details
Washington May 21 AP Conferees reach unanimous consent on tax reduction bill Senate amendments for publicity of tax returns and tax on undistributed corporate profits rejected House plans for estate tax rise and gift tax accepted Senate provisions cut earned income tax 25 percent with a $10 000 cap Jewelry tax cut compromise exempting articles up to $30 House and Senate agree to remove brokers tax and restore full levy on billiard tables Treasurer Mellon says revenue up $25 million per year. bill $100 million below treasury surplus per Smoot estimates. bonus bill and other needs add more costs.
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Simmons Democratic
Senate Reublican Organization
Coolidge
House
Senate Democrats
Treasury
Mellon
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Fair Return Not Earned by Railroads
President Carl R. Gray of the Union Pacific system told a Missouri Kansas bankers conference that railroads have not earned the fair return since the transportation act. He linked rate cuts to the cost of living and noted substantial railroad investments since federal control ended, totaling over 2.067 billion dollars in four years with 14.12 percent of tentative valuation spent on additions and equipment.
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Kansas City
American Airways
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific System Today
Missouri and
Kansas Bankers
Interstate Committee Commission
Gray
Oe Commerce Commission
Murder suspect caught at lake near Salt Lake City
Pete McCormack 82 and Allan Con ley Wan were arrested by federal officers in Salt Lake City. They are suspected in the four year old killing of a U S customs guard on the California Mexico border. Details of the border murder remain unclear.
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Salt Lake City
Pete McCormack
Aling McConte
Allan Conley
Tim
United States
Cormack
San
Aged Couple Try Matrimony Again
William Wells aged 71 and Mrs Mary A Littlefair aged 85 from Richmond California were married in Oakland California yesterday. Mrs Wells has 15 children 30 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Wells has four children six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Oakland
Calif
William Wells
Mary A. Littlefair
Richmond
California
Veterans note lower policy values under bonus bill changes
Washington reports that veterans bureau actuaries informed Congress the new factors used to compute insurance payouts under the bonus bill include the extra 25 percent for adjusted service. The change lowers policy values across the board while preserving total cost estimates.
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Washington
Veterans Bureau Actuaries
Congress
Pub
P. Brown
Veterans Bureau Actuary
Sympathy and tensions over Japanese immigration policy
Chicago report cites Illinois publisher Thomas Rees urging sympathy for Japan's need to expand while supporting continued exclusion of Japanese from the United States. He warns of future risks but urges cooperation to address Japan's overcrowded, arable-land-scarce population.
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Japan
Thomas Rees
Illinois State Register of
Springfield
Inland Daily Press Association
Far East
Rees
Philippines
Hawaii
United States
Washington beats Idaho 6 to 4 in ball game
University of Washington defeated University of Idaho 6 to 4 in a baseball game played in Moscow Idaho yesterday afternoon. Washington advanced with strong hitting and solid defense while Idaho struggled at the plate and in the field.
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Moscow
Idaho
University of Washington
University of Idaho
Washingtoniana
Idaho Democrats Endorse McAdoo at State Convention
St Maries Idaho May 21 AP Idaho Democratic state convention endorses McAdoo for the presidential nomination without binding eight votes. Elder of Coeur d Alene loses bid for national committeeman to Asher B Wilson after protracted rounds. Teresa Graham reelected national committeewoman amid tense credentials fight.
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Idaho
Wm. Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
Robert H. Elder
Coeur d’Alene
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Sahih
T. A. Wallera
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Teresa Graham
W. Orr Chapmann
C. O. Stocklager
Lincoln County
Noble
G. L. Tyler
Bannock County
Oneida County
Lewis M. Williams
Darwin Thomas
Moscow University
Six Heifers Swim Nine Miles in Canals
Pendleton Oregon May 2 AP four heifer calves belonging to Sam Carson Hermiston swam nine miles in a deep concrete lined canal after slipping from the herd. A farmer nine miles below the Carson place rescued four. The other two apparently drowned in the canal.
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Pendleton
Ore
Sam Carson
Hermiston
Carson
Carson Place
Vandals Try to destroy Los Angeles aqueduct
An attempt to dynamize the Los Angeles water system near Matway in Inyo county 200 miles away aimed to cripple the supply. Detectives rushed to the scene as the city council posted a $10,000 reward for the apprehension of those guilty.
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Low Angeles
Los Angeles
Matway
Inyo County
Worm
Means shadowed by operatives in department in Daugherty probe
Washington May 21 description of extensive detective operations by the department of justice regarding Gaston Means, star witness in the Daugherty investigation, given to the investigating committee by special agent R. P. Burrus. Burrus said a five person shadow group tracked Means with a woman among them. Mrs Alaska P. Davidson testified she drove the car and joined the shadow group after March 18 when intensified supervision began. Means sat and grinned as the shadowers testified. Other witnesses linked Means to Jess Smith and to W. T. Underwood, with Palm Beach visits in January 1924 and pay envelopes observed. Continued on page six.
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Department of Justice
Gaston B. Means
Senate
Daugherty
R. P. Burrus
Department
Means
Alaska P. Davidson
Jess W. Smith
Duckstein
Gaston Means
McLean
Underwood
Palm Beach
Wheeler
Watson Flays Party Outlaws At Indiana GOP Session
Indianapolis Indiana May 21 AP Senator James E Watson as temporary chairman at the Republican state convention denounced what he called destructive forces in control of Washington and restated Republican principles He attacked Senate investigators as seeking political advantage and praised Republican Civil War era achievements while criticizing Democratic Party records and the Coolidge administration in international relations.
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Ind
Washington
James E. Watson
Indiana
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Benator Watson
Democratic Party
Hara
Coolidge
Republican Party
Tenge
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