Early enactment of farm relief bill appears assured
Washington April 16 leaders in congress believe early enactment of a broad farm relief bill is assured as a unified program nears final form. The plan includes a strong federal farm board and cooperative stabilization agencies to buy store warehouse and dispose of surpluses, with the debenture option a remaining point of contention in the senate.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Federal Farm Board
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Committee
Atlantic Coast Line Officers and Directors Reelect at Richmond Meeting
Richmond Va April 16 Officers and directors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway were reelected at the annual stockholders meeting in Richmond. The report signed by George B Elliott president and Walters chairman showed net income for 1928 of 5973323 down 1412304 from 1927. Directors declared a cash dividend on common stock of 3 1 2 percent and an extra of 1 1 2 percent payable July 10 to stockholders of record June 12 at 3 oclock.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Anual Stockholders
George B. Elliott
Walters
Louisiana Senate Adopts Resolution to Hear Impeachment
Baton Rouge April 16 The Louisiana senate adopted a resolution to receive additional impeachment charges against Governor Huey P Long from the lower house and set that trial date for later. The house began an investigation into charges including misappropriation of public funds among the 19 counts.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
Huey P. Long
House of Representatives
Ten Million Spent For Ga Highways During Past Year
Atlanta, April 16. The state highway board spent 10 543 463.98 during 1928 for highway construction according to an audit filed with Governor Hardman by State Auditor Sam J. Slate. The report shows an encumbrance of 12 million as of December 31, 1928 to complete all contracts, with 5 million indebtedness by the highway department and 7 million to become due on contract completion.
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Atlanta
State Highway Board
Hardman
Sam J. Slate
Auditor State
Highway Department
Highway Board
Junior Baseball League Opening Tomorrow At Four
Daytona Beach Florida April 16. J M White of Philadelphia builder of the racing car that crashed here March 13 killing Lee Bible and Charles Traub faces a $150 000 damages claim from the widow and two sons of Traub. White informed Mayor E H Armstrong.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
J. M. White
Philadelphia
Lee Bible
Charles Traub
Traub
White
E. H. Armstrong
Hoover Addresses Congress To Start Special Session
President Hoover opened the second day of the special session with a brief message urging five bills prioritizing farm relief and tariff revision. He backs a federal farm board, limited tariff changes, immigration origination clause suspensions, and 1930 census taking with reapportionment. Dawes was confirmed as ambassador to Great Britain.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Messenger
Senate
House
Federal Farm Board
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Mr. Hoover
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Allied reparations offer rejected by German leader
Paris April 16 Dr Hjalmar Schacht head of Germanys reparations delegation rejected the Allied figures as beyond Germanys capacity to pay He will present counter proposals with a complete schedule of annuities at a plenary session tomorrow morning he reviewed the Allied totals and suggested what Germany could pay The Reichsbank president said he would transmit to the Allies what he termed suggestions tomorrow afternoon
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Schacht
Germany
Reichsbank
Tomorow
Fruit Fly Infestation Spurs Talk of State Troop Call
Tallahassee April 16. Governor Carlton may be asked to call out state troops to guard central Florida areas infested by the Mediterranean fruit fly. Adjutant General Vivien B. Collins cited the possibility today as she left.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Carlton
Florida
Vivien B. Collins
Rules Governing Rose Show by the Garden Club
Residents of Thomas County may exhibit. Roses must come from exhibitor plants owned for at least two months. Two or more cannot share a garden in a class except Class 53. Exhibits must be staged before 10 on show day. No removal until 10 with coupon. No sales inside building or grounds. Variety names required for any other color rose. Signs limited to 1 by 2 feet. No access inside ropes during exhibition.
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Thomas County
Fort Valley Man Elected Georgia Grand Master
F O Miller of Fort Valley was chosen Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons of Georgia at the 86th annual assembly in Macon. Other officers named include A G Miller as grand treasurer and grand recorder, with J G Standifer and several regional leaders elected to key posts. The session also marked the retirement of John T Waldrop, who received a past master's jewel.
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Macon
F. O. Miller
Fort Valley
Grand Council of Royal
C. W. Pidcock
W. T. King
Savannah
W.W. F Wells
Hapeville
Grand Marshall
John Swain
White Oak
C. S. Owens
Newnan
John T. Waldrop
Griffin
C. H. Jeffries
Atlanta
Frank Hart
Columbia
S.C
Grand Council of the United States
Waldrop
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Charles C. Davis
Centralia
General Grand Chapter
United States
Georgia
Second Day Sessions of Georgia P T A Meet
Savannah Ga April 16 The second day session of the Georgia conference of Parents and Teachers opened at the DeSoto Hotel with a gold star breakfast led by Mrs Lawrence Kelly Savannah Mrs Charles Center Atlanta state chairman in charge of the Child Welfare Magazine Mrs Joe Dan Miller state president and Mrs Bruce Carr Jones Macon addressed the gathering.
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Savannah
Georgia Conference of Parents and Teachers
DeSoto Hotel
Lawrence Kelly
Charles Center
Atlanta
Child Welfare Magazine
Joe Dan Miller
Bruce Carr Jones
Macon
Governor's visit ties Tallahassee to Orlando plant board talks
The governor plans a meeting in Tallahassee with Orlando state plant board officials to confer on regulatory matters. The trip aims to align state agriculture policy with board actions and address pending regulatory questions.
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Tallahassee
Orlando
State Plant Board
Rebel Chieftains Stand Fast Await Federal Attack
In Naco and Nogales Arizona on April 16 rebel chieftains with about 3,000 troops refused to negotiate as two loyal federal armies closed in. Generals Manzo Urbalejo and Rodriguez pressed for talks with Ramon Yucupio and others, but conferences failed. Reports also noted American residents Ohensorgen and Berejarmo detained as rebels spies were released back to the United States amid unverified executions rumors.
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Naco
Ariz
Sonora
Francisco Manzo
Adelardo Rodriguez
Lower
California
Ramon Yucupicio
Bisbee
Francisco
Nogales
Arizona
Novales
United States
Joe Ohensorgen
Rafael Berejarmo
Ohensorgen
Joe Ebensorgen
Kingsford Smith and Ulm to Aid in Search for Missing Fliers
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and co pilot T Ulm aboard the Southern Cross join the hunt for Lieut. Keith Anderson and Robert Hitchcock missing nine days. They were last seen at Newcastle waters in the Northern Territory where they refueled before pursuing the Southern Cross.
Conciliator to help settle Carolina textile strikes
Charles G. Wood of the U S Labor Department will depart Charlotte for Elizabethton to aid in strike settlements. About 5,500 textile workers were idle for a second time in a month as talks between workers and mill management continued amid encouraging reports from the Carolinas.
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Charlotte
N. C
Charles G. Wood
Conciliation Service
United States Labor Department
Elizabethton
Carolinas
Woods
South Carolina
More Wives Emerge to Shadow Henry Campbell
Elizabeth New Jersey April 16 More wives have emerged to shadow the much married wife of Henry Campbell. Colin Campbell a confessed slayer identified by fingerprints from a past to Henry C Close. Campbell says Close is his right name and he has three more marriages. He also admits living with three wives at once and says he ran a sanatorium in Montclair.
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Abe J.david
Close
State Hospitals For the Insane
Campbell
David
Montclair
Soviet official presses disarmament at League of Nations
Maxim Litvinov, Soviet vice commissar for foreign affairs, urged broad worldwide partial disarmament before the League of Nations preparatory disarmament commission. He warned against downgrading the Kellogg pact and feared such moves could justify infringements and weaken disarmament as a starting point.
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Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
League of Nations
Engineer Dies After Ford Airport Plane Crash
Detroit April 16 William C. Naylor 29 chief engineer at Stout laboratories died at Henry Ford hospital from injuries suffered in Saturday’s airplane crash at Ford Airport. Knowns victims include H Kreider of Hagerstown Md and Captain Alan K. T. Bruce of Akron Ohio.
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Detroit
William C. Naylor
Stout Engineering Labratories
Ford
H. Kreider
Hagerstown
Alan KB. T. Bruce
Akron
Ohio
Henry Ford
Hoover calls special session to aid farmers and tariff reform
President Hoover asks Congress to act on farm relief and tariff changes amid agricultural depression. He cites high debt, marketing waste, evolving production, and foreign competition as causes, proposing a federal farm board to coordinate marketing, financing, and warehousing with farmer ownership.
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U P
Federal Farm Board
Hoover Faces Three Big Problems in Farm Relief Push
President Hoover concentrates on three major issues as Congress opens its first extraordinary session. Farm relief and tariff revision top the agenda, with administrative reorganization and a proposed law enforcement commission following. Officials foresee farm relief and limited tariff changes within three to four months.
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James L. West
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
White House
Soviet Russia
Seventy-First Congress
Law Enforcement Commission
Republican Party
State and
Commerce
State Department
Stimson
Commerce Department
Julius Klein
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Brookhart Criticizes Hoover on Farm Relief Stance
Senator Brookhart of Iowa blasts President Hoover for an inconsistent position on surplus agricultural products. He argues the message opposes government buying at cost and selling at any price, and tariffs would fail to protect farmers. He recalls Hoover’s wartime wheat price fixes and a billion dollar profit, challenging current policy.
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Washington, D. C
Brookhart
Iowa
Hoover
Congress
Mother of H. T. McIntosh Dies in Albany
Funeral services were held for Mrs. H. M. McIntosh widow of Henry M. McIntosh longtime Albany Herald editor and mother of H. B. T. McIntosh the current editor. She died Sunday night after a long illness following her husband’s death three years earlier. Rev. L. G. Henderson conducted the services at the First Presbyterian Church.
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Albany
H. M. McIntosh
Henry M. McIntosh
Albany Herald
HB. T. McIntosh
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