House Leaders See Victory For Tariff Bill In House Vote
In Washington the Hawley Smoot tariff bill neared final passage as Republican leaders predicted an 80 plus vote margin after a rule to limit debate. Democrats conceded victory, expecting losses of 18 to 20 votes, while Senate approval already secured 44 to 42 before sending the bill to President Hoover for signing.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
Nee Eee
Gti
Congress
Treasury
Watson
Maryland Election Committee faults Baltimore ward precinct
Washington reports a majority election committee finding fraud and irregularities in a 1928 contest for Maryland s third district seat. Palmisano seated but deemed not elected. Hill contends voting faults in fourth precinct, third ward. Tarver plans a minority report and questions print limits.
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Washington
House
Baltimore
Maryland
John Philip Hill
Vincent L. Palmisano
Pertins
New Jersey
Palmisano
Hill
Tarver
Georgia
Longworth
Asker
Mrs Peggy French Bond Set After Sentencing in Georgia
Atlanta June 14 Judge G H Howard set bond at 12000 for Mrs Peggy French after a Fulton superior court verdict finding her guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of John S Garmon. She was sentenced to 8 to 12 years and remains in Fulton county jail pending bond arrangements. Her attorneys expect release later today and plan to appeal to the state court of appeals.
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Atlanta
Peggy French
G. H. Howard
Fulton Superior Court
State Court of Appeals
Coffin Solves Problem Of Cast Away Autos
Howard Coffin of Glynn Island near Brunswick Georgia proposed disposing of worn-out cars by sinking them in a river. At a state hearing he described dropping rusted autos into the water where crustaceans mollusks and sea fungi would cover them, turning wrecks into fish habitats. He urged using used cars to improve fishing grounds though fishermen might mistake an eel for a crankshaft.
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Howard Coffin
Glynn Island
Brunswick
State Game and Fish Commissioners
Coffin
Steamer Slocum Survivors to Hold Reunion
New York on June 14 marks twenty six years since the General Slocum disaster when 1021 lives were lost. Survivors will hold memorial services tomorrow at Lutheran Cemetery in Queens.
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New York
General Slocum
Hast River
Lutheran Cemetery
Queens
World Champion Recognition by Boxing Association
Cincinnati June 14 Max Schmeling recognized as heavyweight world champion by the National Boxing Association after a foul decided the bout with Jack Sharkey. N B A president Stanley M Isaacs said both fighters gave their best and neither was to blame, acknowledging Schmeling as titleholder following prior announcement.
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Cincinnati
Max
Jack Sharkey
National Boxing Association
Stanley M. Isaacs
New York
N. B.A
Schmeling
Sharkey
Weather outlook across the South and Southeast states
A regional forecast shows South Carolina with tonight or Sunday showers and fresh east winds. Georgia expects cloudiness and showers in the southeast with fresh east winds. Florida faces showers tonight and Sunday with variable winds and possible strong gusts on the northeast coast. Alabama remains generally fair with possible coastal unsettled conditions Sunday. Northwest Florida sees partly cloudy to unsettled conditions with showers this afternoon or tonight.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Sunys
Hoover Faces Touchy Issues as June Deepens Divide
Washington in June 1930 tests President Hoover as tariff farm relief prohibition and foreign relations dominate debate within the Republican Party. Allies and enemies circle him amid internal party strife over policy and renomination prospects.
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Hoover
Kansas City
Congress
Borah
Norris
Lowe
Hoover Farm
Senate
Farm Board
White House
Florida Banking Fortunes Improve Says H E Black
Tampa, June 14. Governor H E Black head of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank after a week in Florida said the state has reached the end of banking troubles and only confidence is needed to move ahead. He noted Tarpon Springs depositor actions, St Petersburg bank capital increase, and $7,000,000 sent to Miami. He saw generally better conditions and equal opportunities to last year and promised Federal Reserve backing.
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Tampa
Fla
HE. R. Black
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Florida
Federal Reserve Bank
Tarpon Springs
St. Petersburg
Miami
Weather Outlook for the Week in South Atlantic States
The week starts with showers, followed by interior rainfall around Friday. Moderate temperatures persist through the period.
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South Atlantic States
Synchronization hailed for radio broadcasts by engineers
The Associated Press reports that engineers say Benchronized radio broadcasting is feasible after tests show two Iowa stations WHO Des Moines and WOC Cedar Rapids can air identical programs simultaneously without interference. They foresee more chains using shared wavelengths, wider reach, and reduced interstation noise.
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C. E. Betterfield
Associated Press
New York
Jane
Iowa
Des Moines
Sport
Central Broads
National Broadcasting Pany
Perm
WHO
WOC
Network Ag
Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
Hoover
Global power talks to link Berlin and San Francisco
Two meetings 5700 miles apart will be coordinated by radio on June 18 with the National Electric Light Association program. Edison and Marconi will speak from distant locations while Owen D Young and Mathew Sloan address the San Francisco control point and Berlin hosts the power conference speakers.
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Berlin
San Francisco
National Broadcasting Company
National Electric Light Association
World Power
Nela
Thomas A. Edison
West Orange
N. J
Lord Derby
England
E. Guglielmo Marconi
London
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Mathew Sloan
Karl Koettgen
Oskar von Miller
Power Conference
Hoover to Hear Crew Testimony in Ship Disaster Hearing
Boston June 14. Inspector General Dickerson N. Hoover said he would travel to Norfolk Virginia to hear testimony from the crew at the Fairfax Pinthis ship disaster hearing.
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Boston
Dickerson N. Hoover
United States Steamboat Service
Fairfax-Pinthis
Norfolk, Va
Chicago Officials Targeted as Crime Ties Erupt
In Chicago the hunt for reform intensifies after the slaying of Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle. Aldermen push for a police department investigation and removal of Police Commissioner Russell and Chief Detective Stege for sixty days. The Daily News estimates weekly gangland cash from speakeasies and rackets at about 5.785 million, with thousands of outlets. A meeting of business leaders under Colonel Robert Isham Randolph may prompt a citizen cleanup under a shared concern for civil order.
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Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Tribune
Arthur Albert
William Hale Thompson
William Russell
John Stege
The
Daily News
North Shore
Chicago Medical Society
Lingle
Huntington
West Va
Robert Isham Randolph
Association of Commerce
Randolph
Business Men's
Only One Fireman Admitted To The Mint
Philadelphia June 14 The Philadelphia fire chief became the sole fireman admitted to the United States Mint early today after an alarm inside the basement smelting room. Firemen extinguished the rubbish fire with hand extinguishers and were let in only after internal consultation to confirm all danger was over.
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Philadelphia Fire Department
United States Mint
Uncle Sam
Mint
Ross J. Davis
Four Founders of Anti-Saloon League to Hold Reunion
Oberlin Ohio June 14 The four surviving founders of the Anti Saloon League planned a reunion to celebrate the organization’s birthday and review its success in creating a dry nation. The living organizers are Dr J T Henderson Dr A S Cummings Dr Howard A Russell and Rev Henry M M Tenny.
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Ohio
Anti- Saloon League
J. T. Henderson
A. S. Cummings
Howard A. Russell
Armour Institute
Chicago
Henry MM. Tenny
LaGrange
Ill
Frank
League
Hoover Signs Bill Creating Narcotics Bureau
President Hoover signed legislation to establish a bureau of narcotics under the Treasury Department, centralizing enforcement duties and oversight in a new government agency.
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Washington
Hoover
Bureau of Narcotics
Treasury Department
Hearings Set to Open Monday in City
Testimony of survivors is expected in the vicinity as hearings begin in the city on Monday.
Two Marines and Mrs Ivans Convicted in Evans Case
Lester Underdown and Hattie Ivans were found guilty of murder in the Evans case in Toms River New Jersey. The jury gave no mercy recommendation and Underdown with Mrs Ivans face the electric chair. The trial revealed a plan and a cottage confrontation near Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
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N. J
Lester Underdown
Hattie Ivans
Robert Evans
Navy
Chappel
Carmichae
Underdown
Ivans
Duffy
Brooklyn
Davis
Naval Air Station
Bodine
Isvans House
Norris to Seek Senate Inquiry on Goldhurst Commutation
Senator Norris said he will introduce a resolution asking the justice department for any correspondence about efforts to commute the five year sentence of Harry Goldhurst, former head of the stock brokerage tied to Bishop Cannon. The measure would not name Bishop Cannon.
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Washington
Norris
Depart of Justice
Harry &. Goldhurst
James Cannon
Goldhurst
Bishop Cannon
Justice Department
Senate
Richards Refuses to Commute Two Death Sentences
Governor John C. Richards in a formal statement announced he would not commute the death sentences of May Coleman II and Paul Johnson, convicted of first degree murder of Earle Blue, a Spartanburg payroll clerk killed during an attempted holdup.
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Columbia
D. C
John C. Richards
May Coleman
Paul Johnson
Earle Blue
Spartanburg
Richards
Too Many Vegetables Coming Into New York
New York reports a glut of fresh vegetables from Virginia and the Carolinas. Carloads of string beans beets cucumbers pickles cabbage and squash were refused by commission merchants unable to cover transport costs. The market atmosphere was demoralized by the abundant supplies.
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New York
Virginia
Carolinas
Tornadoes Leave Minnesota Wisconsin in Deadly Swath
A series of tornadoes across southern Minnesota and Wisconsin left five dead and hundreds injured. The hardest hit areas were Menomonie Eau Claire Randolph and surrounding towns with extensive property damage and mobilized National Guard units.
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Associated Press
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Wisconsin
Menomonie
Wis
Randolph, Minn
Randolph
Eau Claire
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St. Paul
Manamonie
Austin
Oslo
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Munson Hill
Blisworth
LaCrosse
Charles Wolbert
Ice Company
Wolbert
Louis Haines
Carl Kaiser
William Drappe
Chicago Great Western Raiload
Wolbert Sarm
Pioneer Furniture Company
Breauregard
Fau Claire
Security State Bank
Theodore Iverson
Dunn County Asylum
National Guard
Man Sought for Murder Is Captured Near Blytheville
Fletcher Hodges thirty, former baseball player, sought since his wife was shot Thursday night, was captured near Blytheville after resting at Tom Long's Dundette farm. Mrs Long fed him and he left. her husband notified the sheriff. Hodges was arrested while strolling along a railway track.
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Ark
Fletcher Hodges
Hodges
Tom Long
Dundette
Sheriff Shaver
Mississippi County
Hodge
Shipping Board Told to Go to Hell by House Panel
Washington June 14 A New Jersey representative denounced the shipping board for denying information on ship sales. Acting Chairman Lehrbach urged House rules committee approval of a resolution to probe the board. He warned of foreign interests and disclosed ugly rumors about J. W. Chapman and Company, bidder for multiple lines.
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Shipping Board
House
Merchant Marine Committee
Lehrbach
Rules Committee
New Jersey
Leblbach
Congress
J. W. Chapman and Company
New York
United States Lines
American Merchant Lines
The
American Diamond Lines
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