Farm Bill Debate Focuses on Alien Population Count
Congress moved toward vacation while farm relief talks continued. The House toned down the census reapportionment bill by excluding aliens from the population count used to allocate House seats, aiming to shield rural states from losing representation. Debate also targeted those over 21 ineligible to vote, a measure tied to civil rights concerns in southern states.
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Diploma finally awarded to Georgia Military College graduate
Milledgeville Georgia June 5 W Hamilton Burch 55 received his diploma from the Georgia Military College after it was denied 30 years earlier for disobeying marching orders during a Memorial Day parade He later graduated from the University of Georgia and built a legal career in Valdosta The college trustees granted the diploma at a reunion event yesterday.
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Milledgeville, Ga
W. Hamilton Burch
Georgia Military College
Burch
University of Georgia
Valdosta
Atlanta Baptist Church Faces Court Over Property Deeds
June 5 report from Atlanta notes Cameron Street Baptist Church entangled in legal actions over ownership of church property and pulpit doctrines. Carl Meier as church board chairman filed trover actions to seize deeds. J. L. Smith secured a Superior Court order halting those proceedings and asserting he is the rightful board chair.
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Cameron Street Baptist Church
Carl Meier
J. L. Smith
Harmony Ties to Unhorsing Raskob Stirs Democratic Dinner
Washington report notes Senator Simmons demands the unhorsing of James Raskob to preserve party harmony ahead of a Jefferson Democratic Association dinner. Simmons accuses Raskob of aiding liquor views and opposes a Republican as party chair. Several senators have prior engagements and will not attend.
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Jouett Shouse
Raskob
National Committee
Simmons
North Carolina
Alfred Smith
Ithe
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Jefferson Democratic Association
Robert N. Harper
Congress
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Swanson
Virginia
Senator Harris
Georgia
Smith
Civil War Veiled Economic War Declared by Command
Gen. A. T. Goodwyn, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, urges veterans to write their war experiences to counter prevailing histories. He portrays the Civil War as a veiled economic conflict and condemns 1861-65 actions as products of greed and political tyranny.
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Confederate veterans open reunion with Goodwyn address
Charlotte hosts the annual reunion as General A T Goodwyn treks in from Elmore Alabama to speak at opening ceremonies. Governor Gardner welcomes attendees and Senator Harrison outlines states rights as a war cause while about four thousand veterans gather potential turnout nears five thousand. The Confederated Memorial Association led by Mrs M D Wilson of Atlanta also begins its convention as the Sons of Confederate Veterans start their sessions.
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Ala
North Carolina
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Pat Harrison
Mississippi
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Confederated Southern Memorial Association
M. D. Wilson
Atlanta
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Iowa to Leave the Big Ten Next Year
Chicago reports the Big Ten may become the Big Nine after January 1 next year if Iowa fails to curb proselyting and subsidizing of athletes. An investigating committee, after five hours of talks with Iowa representatives, voted to uphold the ouster and require faculty control of athletic activities.
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Big Ten
Iowa
University of Iowa
Reconsideration Demanded Over Census Bill Changes
Washington June 5 A group of members urged reconsideration of changes in the census bill dealing with aliens and disenfranchised citizens. House leaders adjourned to discuss the parliamentary question. Representative Tilson of Connecticut noted the two amendments adoptedcreated a situation leaders want ironed out before final passage.
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Tilson
Connecticut
Grant ham Freed of Charge in Shooting Husband
Americus dispatch reports Mrs Idell Grantham was acquitted of shooting her husband while he slept and facing life imprisonment was not pursued. The trial cited financial and marital troubles as motives but a physician testified the wound could not have been self inflicted. Judge A Littlejohn presided as Grantham left custody to return to her two daughters.
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Idell Grantham
Grantham
Hollis Fort
A. Littlejohn
South Carolina
Police Chiefs Discuss Public Relations At Conference
Delegates at the International Association of Chiefs of Police meeting in Atlanta discussed police public relations. Topics included prosecutor relations, support of the identification bureau in Washington, and cooperation between state and city police and the public. Noted chiefs included C J Scavarda of Flint and Robert T Hurley of Hartford.
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Bureau of Identification
Washington
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Chiefs of Police
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Flint
Mich
Robert T. Hurley
Hartford, Conn
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Altoona
Tariff bill eyed to curb stock market speculation
Washington June 5 The tariff bill is seen as the vehicle to curb stock market speculation by restricting credit use. Sen Couzens proposes rediscount rate changes while Sen Glass commends the Fed Board for opposing a rate rise. Glass to offer 5 percent tax on stock trades held under 60 days and repeal of the 15 day U S bonds loan provision.
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Couzens
Michigan
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Glass
Virginia
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New York Reserve Bank
Pope denounces Mussolini speeches on Lateran accords
The Vatican publishes an open letter from the Pope to Cardinal Gasparri condemning Mussolini's May 13 and May 25 lateran accord remarks as worse than heretical. The Pontiff defends the church's universality and rejects the claim that Rome saved Christianity.
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Duce
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St. Paul
Peter
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Christianity
Roman Empire
Monsignor Duchesne
Panels Prepared for Visiting Chiefs by Pa and H E B French
Pa and H E B French of Columbus prepared panels on the top ten for visiting chiefs from 35 states and several foreign countries.
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H. EB. French
Columbus, C
Vacationless Summer in Store for Hoover Cabinet
Washington reports a vacationless summer for President Hoover’s cabinet and the foreign diplomatic corps. Most officials plan to stay in the capital to work on state problems, with only Interior Secretary Wilbur planning a brief West Coast trip for an oil conference and park inspections. Mellon may travel to Europe if conditions permit.
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Associated Press
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Hoover
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Clouds of smoke over Naples from Mount Vesuvius eruption
Naples sees huge smoke plumes from Mount Vesuvius as ash darkens the day. AP reporters describe desperate evacuations in Terzigno with families, cattle, and fear. Troops guard villages to curb marauding as locals compare the eruption to the 1906 event.
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Gennaro
Vesuvius Lava Destroys Farm Dwellings Near Pagani
Molten lava from Mount Vesuvius engulfed a Pagani Terzigno area hamlet at 3 a.m. moving along a 650 foot front and 23 feet high. The fiery torrent advanced westward at about 500 feet per hour, destroying 40 farm dwellings.
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Italy
Pagani
Terzigno
Molten lava from Vesuvius menaces Neapolitan villages
Molten lava from Vesuvius threatens Barre and Terzigno and surrounding vineyards in the Neapolitan countryside. Columns of smoke rise three miles as lava erupts from a southeast crater began Monday. experts expect gradual subsidence with limited damage.
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Lava waves retreating near Mt Vesuvius reported
Naples reports lava flows around Mt Vesuvius are diminishing after warnings that villages faced engulfment. Vesuvian observers said the waves had begun to subside by late today, easing the danger to nearby communities.
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Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Government in Hands of Labour for Second Time
London reports that Ramsay MacDonald and the Labour Party will form a new British government after winning a historic election. King George VI invited MacDonald to form the administration at Windsor Castle, following Stanley Baldwin’s resignation. The Labour Party now holds 288 seats in the Commons.
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Great Britain
Labor Party
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
King George
Windsor Castle
Stanley Baldwin
MacDonald
Senate and House Conferees Agree on Farm Relief Measure
Senate and House conferees reached agreement on a farm relief bill after more than a week of talks. They eliminated the export debenture plan and framed the measure as the agricultural marketing act with a 1.5 million dollar admin fund and a 500 million dollar authorization.
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Capper
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Louisiana
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Nebraska
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South Carolina
Hoover
Haugen
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Triangle murder puzzles Los Angeles police
Police investigated a mysterious triangle murder in Los Angeles. The victim was Mrs. Virginia Patty, 28, wife of a Portland broker, found beaten and hanged in a Union Street apartment closet. Suspect William Tallman, a radio operator, was arrested aboard the steamship Admiral Benson en route to San Francisco.
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Portland, Ore
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W. C. Johnson
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Citizens and Southern Bank to Increase Capital Stock Today
Stockholders at Citizens and Southern National Bank in Savannah vote to raise capital to 5 million dollars via 10 thousand new shares of 100 dollar value and approve a stock split of ten old shares for one new share.
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