Fire Ruins Ellington Building in Cleveland Tragedy
Eight dead and many missing after an explosion and fire at the Ellington apartment building in downtown Cleveland. Fire crews fought smoldering ruins from midnight to dawn as investigators probe blast origin. Identifications were hampered by a destroyed tenants list, with two bodies identified as Mrs. Anna Mitchell and W. Warnicke.
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Ellington
East Ninth
Superior Avenue
Micky Cochrane
Philadelphia Athletics
Ivan H. Peterman
Philadelphia Bulletin
Hollenden
Euclid Avenue
Anna Mitchell
W. Warnicke
Sit Tight Veterans Rally in Washington for Bonus Vote
Veterans gathered along the Anacostia near a river camp to lobby for full bonus payments. They described long service overseas, shared hardships, and projected bonuses around 500 dollars as they appeal to officials and the public.
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Washington
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Berlin
Illinois
Northwestern University
Joseph T. Angelo
Camden
New Jersey
Pas
Senger
Yonder
George Kleinholz
Oregon Marchers
Anacostia River
K. P
Eight Die in Cleveland Downtown Explosion and Fire
Eight persons were known dead and two missing after an explosion and blaze tore a six story downtown apartment building in Cleveland. Fire officials said four bodies were recovered and two more were found today, with search continuing five hours after the blast as residents fled through flames and fire nets.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James Nimmo
James E. Granger
C. F. Warnicke
Anna Mitchell
Home Loan Banking System Approved by House Rules
The House Rules Committee approved and gave legislative preference to the administration plan for establishing a home loan banking system. Washington action occurred on June 7.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Six Die as Ambulance Collides With Car in New Jersey
Six people were killed and another seriously injured when an ambulance carrying a three year old girl collided with a car at a street intersection in Collingswood New Jersey early today. Dead include Richmond J Bloemaker 40 Emma Bloemaker 3 and others. Police Officer John Knorr and William Rodecker were involved. Frank B Tucker was injured with skull fractures. Bodies were severely burned delaying identification.
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Collingswood
N. J
Richmond
J. Bloemaker
Haddonfield
Emma Bloemaker
John Knorr
J. A. Rodecker
Perth Amboy
William Rodecker
Public defender suspect surrenders in Hughes murder case
San Francisco police announced Frank J. Egan, a suspected public defender, surrendered to face a murder charge. Egan had been missing since Saturday when he and two employees were named in the death of Mrs. Jesse Scott Hughes, a friend and benefactor. His failure to surrender prompted official furor and talk of a police shakeup.
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San Francisco
Frank J. Egan
Regan
Jesse Scott Hughes
Short Selling Would Be Crime Under Bill
Senator Wheeler of Montana urged the banking committee to probe stock market manipulation in a Senate session. He advocated a bill to make short selling and participation in stock market pools a crime.
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Washington
Senate
Wheeler
D., Mont
Banking Committee
New Tax Bill Signed By President Hoover In Washington
The new revenue bill becomes law as President Hoover signs it, with most rates taking effect on June 21. It aims to raise about $1.119 billion in the next fiscal year and mirrors a companion plan to cut government expenditures to match revenue. Major contention centered on electric power taxes, but passage was pursued to end prolonged rate battles.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Passage on preventing future incidents shapes reform debate
Wheeler remarked that the priority is not punishment but enacting legislation to stop the recurrence of the incident. He emphasized the need for laws that guard against a similar debacle in the future.
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Wheeler
Dawes Resigns as F C President After Hard Work
Charles G. Dawes will quit the Reconstruction Finance Corporation next week to return to Chicago and his bank. He told President Hoover he would be released after the budget-balancing tax bill and praised the government’s progress and his cooperation in major problems of the past years.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago
Hoover
London
Central Trust Company of Chicago
Dawes
Reconstruction Corporation
Ely to Present Al Smiths Name Before Convention
New York June 7 Former Governor Alfred E Smith will be placed before the Democratic national convention in Chicago as a presidential candidate from Massachusetts Governor Joseph B Ely announced after a closed strategy meeting of the stop Roosevelt faction. Spellacy said several others will second the motion including Mrs Mary Norton Congresswoman from New Jersey.
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New York
Alfred In. Smith
Chicago
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Thomas F. Spellacy
Smith
Connecticut
Board of Strategy
stop-Roosevelt
Spellacy
Mary E. Norton
New Jersey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rockefeller Jr Renounces Stand On 18th Amendment
John J Rockefeller Sr a lifelong dry says repeal of the 18th Amendment should be considered. In a letter to Dr Nicholas Murray Butler he cites rising speakeasies, lawbreaking and eroding respect for law as reasons, while maintaining he remains a teetotaler. He urges Republican platform action and time for states to adjust liquor control. Reactions come from Mrs Ella Boole, Bishop James Cannon Jr, Dr D Leigh Colvin, Dr Butler, and Mrs Charles Sabin.
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New York
John J. Rockefeller
Nicholas Murray Butler
Rockefeller
Anti-Saloon League
Ella A. Boole
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
D. Leigh Colvin
Prohibition National Committee
Butler
House Nears Showdown on Garner Bill
Congress moved toward a clash over the Garner plan as Democrats press a $2.3 billion relief bill. Senate panels advanced a $300 million loan provision for states facing destitution while the House weighs a broad bond program. Mayors endorsed a $5 billion employment bond request for stricken cities amid ongoing economic relief debates.
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Garner Bill
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Murphy
Detroit
Senate Rejects Hoover Furlough Plan
Washington reports the Senate rejected Hoover proposed furlough as a substitute for a ten percent pay cut. The vote was 41 to 36. The plan would have placed officers and annual-paid workers on unpaid leave for one month next fiscal year. Senate George and Cohen of Georgia opposed the furlough plan.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Moses
Ro No Lo
George and
Cohen
Georgia
Senate Today
Atlanta Youth Shot in Street Shooting Incident
Atlanta youth W. J. Bicknell was hospitalized with a bullet wound to the side after a late night shooting. His elder brother recovered a single barrel Derringer from the youth's pocket and could not explain the motive. Nearby residents reported hearing the shot as a woman cried out, and Bicknell ran to the home of J. G. Phillips shouting that he had been shot.
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Atlanta
W. J. Bicknell
W. L. Bicknell
Bicknell
J. G. Phillips
Police Watch for Reds in Veterans Parade
Police brace for a veterans parade in Washington as thousands converge to press for a two billion dollar bonus. A communist plot was alleged and streets were roped off to keep the display peaceful. A bonus expeditionary force from Los Angeles and groups from the South traveled toward the capital amid food and lodging concerns and warnings to city officials.
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Associated Press
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Los Angeles
W. J. Phill
Philadelphia
Delaware
Columbus
Greenville
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Culpepper
Southern Railroad
District of Columbia
D. H. Boyter
Ss. C
John L. Talbert
Pelham LD
Glassford
Herbert B. Crosby
White House
Congress
Crosby
Vader
Weather Forecast South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama
Weather forecast warns fair conditions in South Carolina with a cool northeast, and partly cloudy skies across Georgia Florida and Alabama. Showers possible in parts of Georgia and Florida, with scattered thundershowers in central Alabama, and generally warm to hot across the region.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
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