Fund used by Chairman Huston in stock gamble
The Senate received the lobby committee report on Claudius Huston, RNC chairman, soliciting funds from Union Carbide for Muscle Shoals, using the money in margin stock trades. It details $22,000 solicited March 7 1929 and $14,100 in June of the prior year, with profits around $500 from margin trades and Huston denying interest on loans. The report notes checks from Union Carbide directed to Moore, a Huston confidant, and routed through Blyth and Bonner in New York City.
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Washington
Lobby
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Union Carbide Company
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Caraway
Huston
Hoover
Haggerson
Moore
Blyth and Bonner
New York City
Association
J. W. Worthington
The
Improvement Association
Worthington
Euston
French Troops Begin Return From Rhineland
Evacuation of the Rhineland progresses as French troops halt drilling in Landau and other garrisons. They pack and ship materiel to France by motor lorries and requisition a banquet hall for a ceremony. Brigadier General Blanchard arrives as final withdrawals loom. Many French officer families have already gone home with more to follow by week’s end.
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Landau
Rhineland
Palatinate
France
Blanchard
Army of Occupation
Roberts Confirmed as New Supreme Court Justice
Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia is authorized to take office as associate justice. Senate approval came unanimously following a bipartisan process, contrasting with earlier fights over Hughes and Parker. Roberts will replace the late Edwin Terry Sanford and is noted for national distinction as a special prosecutor in oil scandal cases. He has not previously served on the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Senate
Charles Evans Hughes
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Roberts
Edwin Terry Sanford
Parker
Giant Airship Off on Voyage to Americas
Idaho trade conference led by Governor Bald ridge travels from San Francisco to Oakland then to San Jose and Los Angeles. The visit includes a luncheon featuring Idaho baked potatoes and tours of Parkways districts, industrial plants, and an air circus at the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Oakland
Calif
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
H. C. Baldridge
San Francisco
San Jose
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Auto
Greater Oakland
Boulder Dam Spur Railroad Planned With Congressional Funds
May 21 Commission Mead said construction of a Las Vegas to Boulder Dam spur would start once Congress provides funds. The government likely builds the line while the Boulder Dam contractor operates it, with Union Pacific cooperating on the route.
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Cae Dam
MacDonald Regime Sharp Reproof By Chancellor
May 21 in London Sir Oswald Mosley Socialist criticizes MacDonald government in Commons amid silence. He reads a letter to Prime Minister MacDonald and states he resigned January 23 after advising data for unemployment policy plans.
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London
MacDonald
Oswald
Duchy of Lancastry
House of Commons
Philip
Mine Inspector Campbell to Seek Re Election Nomination
Stewart Campbell, state mine inspector for ten years, announced as a Republican candidate for re election. Halley resident Campbell, elected in 1920 following Robert N. Bell, is a mining engineering graduate of the University of Idaho. He made the announcement today.
Graf Zeppelin Noses Southwest Toward Cape Verde in Atlantic
The Graf Zeppelin passed the Canary Islands and moved southwest along a route near the African coast toward Cape Verde and Pernambuco Brazil. The airship’s position was about 500 miles northeast of Cape Verde and 200 miles west of Villa Cisneros as it traveled at roughly 50 miles per hour. The Accra recovered the message at 8 20 a m GMT and relayed it to London.
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Associated Press
Canary Islands
Cape Verde Islands
Villa Cisneros
Africa
Accra
Cape Verde
Europe
Britain to start ships under 1929 naval program
London May 21 AP A V Alexander first lord of the admiralty told the house of commons orders had been given to begin work on ships of the 1929 naval program. Submarines will be built, two destroyers at Portsmouth and a 6 inch gun cruiser Leader at Devonport dockyard. Tenders for remaining vessels are under consideration.
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London
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
Alexander
Devonport
Portsmouth
Naidu Pinched Second Time During Salt Raid
Dharasana India May 21 AP Mrs Sarojini Naidu arrested during salt depot raid for a second time since leading Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaign. About 2 000 volunteers faced police with 10 injured and many arrested as authorities battled the demonstrators at glistening salt piles. Gandhi's son Manilal also detained, V J Patel arrives to lead in Naidu’s absence.
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Dharasana
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Sarojini Naidu
Mrs. Naidu
Gandhi
Manilal
Mahatma
Dungri
V. J. Patel
Indian Legislative Assembly
Baseball scores from multiple games in tough road doubleheaders
Box scores show Detroit 10 Chicago 3 as Whitehill, Hargrave, Lyons and Riddle win. New York swept Philadelphia 7 12 3 in first game, and 15 4 9 in second. Boston beat the Elues 10 16 2 at home, Washington defeats Boston 6, St Louis topples area 6 10, and Cleveland edges St Louis 5 11. Other matchups include Philadelphia 48 1 over National and Brooklyn 12 130 over Boston 4, with Chicago 38 1 at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati 0 at St. Louis 2.
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Detroit
Chicago
Whitehill and Hargrave, Lyons and Riddle
New York
Philadelphia
Ruffing
Sherid
Johnson
Edwards
Dickey
Bengough
Earnshaw
Quinn
Grove
Scang
Perkins
Gomez
Hargrave
Walberg
Boston
Elue
Russell
Shields
Cooney
Berry
Jones
Ruel
Washington
Area
Heving
Liska
Elliott
Koupal
Spencer
Davis
Fitzsimmons
O'Farrell
Brooklyn
Vance
DeBerry
Grimes and Cronin
Pittsburgh
Teachout
Nelson and Hartnett
Kremer
Meine
Bool
Cincinnati
St. Louis
May Erect Memorial Auditorium In Salt Lake City
Utah Attorney General George P. Parker ruled that the state can permit Salt Lake City to erect a memorial auditorium armory on the current state armory site. Col. W. G. Williams submitted the inquiry. Plans call for a million dollar city bond issue to build the facility, to be maintained by the state, with joint use as an auditorium.
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Salt Lake City
George P. Parker
W. G. Williams
Pocatellans Spread Gospel of Good Will
A Pocatello Chamber delegation and fifty seven home members toured Bannock and Bear Lake counties visiting Montpelier Bancroft Soda Springs and McCammon. The aim was to foster regional cooperation, share information, and promote mutual prosperity among Southeastern Idaho communities.
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Tribune
Montpelier
Ida
Bannock
Bear Lake Counties
Burgoyne Hotel
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Paris
Grace
Lava Hot Springs
Pocatellans
McCammon
Bancroft
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
Soda Springs
H. D. MacCosham
Bannock County
Idaho
Pocatello
Walter Edwards
Bishop Cannon Jr Exoneration Sparks Formal Protest
At the Methodist Episcopal church south quadrennial conference in Dallas, delegates debated protesting Bishop James Cannon Jr’s exoneration over stock market speculation. Judge Fitzhugh of Memphis plans to file a legality challenge, citing new telegram evidence between Cannon and Kabe Co. and noting broader church consolidation efforts. Josephus Daniels commented Cannon escaped due to mercy.
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Dallas
Tex
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James Cannon Jr
Cannon
G. T Fitzhugh
Memphis
Washington, DC
Bishop
Fitzhugh
Kabe & Co
New York
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Gold Star mother sails to visit stepson grave in France
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Hutchins, 92, of Oakland, California, travels aboard the U S George Washington with 262 other Gold Star mothers. She quips about doctors chasing her pulse and recalls traveling five days to depart, en route to France to visit her stepson Creighton Hutchins’s grave.
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New York
Elizabeth G. Hutchins
U. S. George Washington
France
Oakland
Logansport
Ind
Agreement Reach in Tariff Bill Negotiations
Washington May 21 Republican senate leaders predicted agreement by nightfall on all tariff bill provisions with possible exception of the flexible clause. A compromise flexible provision allowing the president to adjust duties after tariff commission review was under discussion.
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Washington
Senate
Brown Holds Lead Over Pinchot In Pennsylvania Primary
AP dispatch from Philadelphia reports partial returns from 1706 of 8701 districts showing Francis Shank Brown leading Gifford Pinchot by 8518 for governor with 572,996 to 564,478. Thomas W. Phillips trailed with 244,727. Davis leads Grundy by over 220,000 as upstate districts still outstanding.
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Philadelphia
Francis Shank Brown
Gifford Pinchot
Brown
Pinchot
Thomas W. Phillips
Upstate
Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis
Joseph R. Grundy
MacNider Named Minister to Canada
Han ford MacNider of Iowa has been selected by President Hoover as minister to Canada. A former assistant secretary of war and ex national commander of the American Legion, he resides in Mason City. The appointment awaits Senate confirmation and follows prior Iowa political clashes with Senator Brookhart.
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Washington
Hanford Macnider
Iowa
Hoover
Canada
Macnider
American Legion
Mason City
Macnnder
Brookhart
Legion
Senate
War Department
Idaho Good Will party in San Francisco
Governor Baldridge reported from San Francisco that the Idaho Good Will party is enjoying a great trip. He said the City of the Golden Gate and Sacramento are both on the job entertaining the delegation and that he is having an immensely enjoyable journey.
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Boise
Idaho
Good Will
H. C. Baldridge
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Sacramento
Japanese Buyers Seek Return of Baldwin Stock Sale
Six lawsuits filed in a Utah state district court allege Intermountain Sales Corp sold Japanese plaintiffs what was described as Baldwin treasury stock. The complaints claim misrepresentation of a $1,225,000 treasury, upcoming dividends, five Baldwin factories, and a 500,000 radios annual output with NYSE listing, but the stock was actually Nathaniel Baldwin's personal shares.
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Salt Lake City
Nathaniel Baldwin Corporation
State District
Intermountain Sales Corporation
Frank I. Imamura
Treasury
Baldwin Corporation
New York Exchange
Nathaniel Baldwin
Plans to make Ricks Academy a Idaho junior college
Boise May 21 AP Three plans for state board consider transfer of Ricks Academy Rexburg from the Latter Day Saints to the state outlined by education commissioner W D Vincent The proposals include a half supported junior college with district tuition and a full state supported integration into the state system The Rexburg enrollment trend declined and Rexburg High School records were cited
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Boise
State Board of Education
Ricks Academy
Rexburg
Latter Day Saints Church
W D. Vincent
Joseph F. Merrill
Church
Board of Education
Idaho
Mererill
Rexburg High School
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Muscle Shoals Project
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Coast
Britain
Naval
Naidu
Missouri University Beauties
Eleanor Jefferey
Frances Patterson
Catherine Sharp
University of Missouri
Grundy
Quaker State
Junior College
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