Hoover Signals Debt Holiday as Europe Responds
The Associated Press reports President Hoover hinted the United States might ease war debts to revive Europe’s economy. Berlin stocks jumped up to 15 points amid a Hoover boom while London Paris and Washington reacted with high interest and continued weighing reparations links and German reconstruction.
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Froever
United States
Europe
Germany
Berlin
Washington
London
Paris
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
France
Hoover initiative in German aid sparks Berlin optimism
Berlin reports applaud President Hoover for taking the initiative to assist Germany. German officials sense a far reaching step as cabinet members convene and concentrate on the Hoover statement amid buoyant mood and guarded official comment.
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Louis P. Louchnor
Berlin
Hoover
Germany
Washington
London
Hoover Considers Broad German Reparations Statement
President Hoover plans a comprehensive statement next week after ongoing talks with Republican and Democratic leaders on German reparations. He continues conferences today and into next week with aides and lawmakers, while speculation grows about a possible one to two year moratorium on foreign debt payments conditioned on Germany suspending reparations.
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Hoover
Washington
White House
Castle
Mills
The
Treasury
Ashurst
Arizona
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Germany
America
Europe
Congress
First Glider Crosses Channel From England to France
Lieut. Lissant Beardmore, Canadian flier and inventor, becomes the first to glide across the English Channel from Lympne England to Sting Jevert near Calais France. He reached 12000 feet, endured intense cold, and credited a well-behaved machine and calm air. He beat rivals including Robert Kronfeld who sought the prize.
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Boulogne-Sur-Mer
France
Lissant Beardmore
English Channel
Lympne Airdrome
England
Sting- Jevert
Calais
Canada
Beardmore
Robert Kronfeld
London
Edwards in wreck near Cordele injures little
H B Edwards, Lowndes county representative, and Arthur Cogdell of Valdosta escaped injury in a crash six miles north of Cordele while returning to Valdosta from a trip. Their car overturned but occupants were extricated. L E Junter of Pitts drove the other vehicle, which was less damaged.
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Cordele
H. B. Edwards
Lowndes
Arthur Cogdell
Valdosta
L. E. Junter
Pitts
Junter
Junior
Edwards
Cogdell
Wayne County grand jury indicts fifty including two Detroit officers
Detroit June 20 Wayne county grand jury indicted fifty persons six true bills. Publicly named defendants were inspector Robert M C MacPherson and detective Lt Max Waldfogel charged with perjury obstruction of justice and neglect of duty. Inspector Norval Marlett previously named was cleared and relieved from active duty per jury request.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Robert &. MacPherson
Max Waldfogel
Grand Jury
Norval Marlett
MacPherson and
Waldfogel
Relief Movements Under Way For Next Winter
Acting chairman Croxton said the President's Emergency Employment Committee is coordinating local relief efforts to marshal additional resources for unemployment relief during the coming winter.
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Washington
Croxton
President’s Emergency Employment Committee
Rome businessman William S. Ennis dies at 63
William S. Ennis 63 former solicitor general of the Rome circuit and longtime attorney died at his Rome home after a long illness. He served in both houses of the state legislature and was a prominent figure in local legal circles. Survived by brother Clyde W. Bonis of Birmingham and two sisters Mrs Plumer Bonis of Rome and Mrs Boy Lumpkin of Lumpkinga.
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Rome
William S. Ennis
Supérior Court
Clyde ‘Wy. Bonis
Birmingham
Mise Plumer Bonis
Dnde
Danskip
Mits
Lumpkin
Federal crusade to curb foreign sweepstakes lotteries announced
Washington June 20 A federal drive against American participation in foreign sweepstakes lotteries was unveiled by Solicitor Donnelly of the post office department. He said the government will enforce drastic lottery laws and halt mailings promoting or listing lottery prizes, warning such actions may be prosecuted as violations of federal law.
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Washington
Solicitor Donnelly
Post Office Department
Donnelly
Brown
Department
Congress
United States
High Free State
Canada
Newfoundland
Mexico
Do-X Flies Over Rio de Janeiro This Afternoon
The German flying boat Do-X completed its long flight from Altenrhein Switzerland arriving in Rio de Janeiro at 12:55 p.m. local time. The achievement marks a milestone in transatlantic air travel with the massive aircraft now in Brazil for further legs of its journey.
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Do-X
Rio’ ‘de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Altenrhein
Switzerland
German flying boat DO X reaches Rio after 7 and a half months
The DO X flying boat from Altenrhein Switzerland flew over Rio de Janeiro shortly before 1 PM ending a 7 1/2 month journey begun November 5, 1930. It halted at Amsterdam Calshot Lesbarges Lisbon and Fernando de Noronha with a Cape Verde crossing of 1400 miles and faced wing damage at Lisbon from a tank fire early in the voyage.
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Rio de Janeiro
Altenrhein
Switzerland
Amsterdam
Calshot
England
Lesbarges
France
Lisbon
Spain
Cape Verde Islands
Fernando Naronha
New Evidence Hinted in Starr Faithfull Death
Nassau County police pursue secret information in the Starr Faithfull case as the grand jury prepares to meet in Mineola. District Attorney Edwards plans to call witnesses including Stanley Faithfull, Sylvia Tucker Faithfull, Starrs mother, and Dr. G Jameson Carr who carried a letter Starr sent before she died.
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New York
Nassau County Police
Harold King
Starr Faithfull
Mineola
Edwards
Stanley E. Faithfull
Sylvia Tucker Faithfull
G. Jameson Carr
England
Starr
Greenwich Village
Beauty
Carr
Long ‘Beach
Funeral services set from family home with interment in Georgia
Funeral services will be held from the family residence at 10 a.m. Sunday with interment in Lyerly, Georgia.
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Columbua
Ohio
Lyerly
Tornadoes and Thunderstorms Sweep the West
Chicago reports a day of deadly weather as tornadoes and thunderstorms sweep northern plains with high heat. A drowning toll rises including John Smith of Kanawha Indiana near Hayfield Iowa. Hartland Minnesota suffers a destroyed Lutheran church as storms lash Iowa Minnesota and surrounding states.
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Chicago
Mercury
Arizona
Texas
New Mexico
Tennessee
John Smith
Kanawha
Hayfield
Iowa
Minnesota
Hartland
Minn
Weather Bureau
Tornadoes and Storms Sweep Minnesota and Iowa
Tangled reports describe tor nadic winds striking scattered Minnesota towns causing property damage but no confirmed loss of life. At Hayfield Iowa a man was killed by a tornado, and Hartland Minnesota saw a church blown down.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Hayfield
Iowa
John Smith
Kanawha
Smith
Hartland
Albert Lea
Synod Lutheran Church
Peter Hanson
Albert _ za
Forest City
Lawrence Tibbett Survives Son Drowning Scare
Beverly Hills reports Lawrence Tibbett endured 20 minutes of terror as his wife and 19 party children battled to save his son Larry who drowned and was pulled from a pool. Mrs. Tibbett described frantic efforts to revive him and relief when he opened his eyes.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Lawrence Tibbett
New York
Tibbett
Larry
Weather forecast for South Carolina Georgia and Florida
South Carolina and Georgia: generally fair tonight and Sunday with gentle variable winds. Florida: partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered thunder showers Sunday and moderate easterly winds. Extreme northwest Florida: partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, unsettled conditions expected.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Ang
Transatlantic joy flight planned from Harbor Grace
A flying photographer Otto Hillig and pilot Holrer Hoiris prepare for a 3100 mile fun flight from Harbor Grace to Denmark and Germany with a stop in Denmark first. They flew from Hasbrouck Heights to St John N B in four hours and twenty minutes. Hoiris known as Hold Your Horses piloted, Hillig 55, born in Steinbrucken Germany, resident in America forty years.
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St. John
New Brunswick
Otto Hillig
Holrer
Hoiris
Denmark
Harbor Grace
Germany
Hillig
Newfoundland
St. Joan
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Hobbs
Nick
Horris
Steinbrucken
America
Moirtis
United States
Liberty
N. Y
Health of German People Imperiled by Economic Crisis
The German Medical Association adopted a resolution saying the health of millions is imperiled by the economic crisis. It appeals to the world for solidarity as unemployment families face hunger due to heavy reparations taxes.
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Cologne
Germany
German Medical Association
Interstate Commerce Board to Hear 15 Percent Freight Increase Appeal
Washington June 20 The Interstate Commerce Commission announced that members of state railroad commissions would join in hearing the appeal of railroads seeking a 15 percent freight rate increase.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tax Valuation for Georgia Power Company Agreed
Arbitration settles Georgia Power and Light Company tax value at 31 618 994, up about 134 000 from last year. Agreement reached in Atlanta after a conference with Perry Knight and George W Barn. no umpire required. Company operates in south and southwest Georgia with county-by-county changes listed.
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Atlanta
William B. Harrison
Georgia Power and Light Company
Valdosta
Perry T. Knight
Georgia Public Service Commission
George W. Barn
Georgia
Cook
Grady
Lowndes
Pierce
Miller County
Wayne
Ware
Thomas
Seminole
Berrien
Brooks
Lanier
Echols
Decatur
Clinch
Charlton
Tariff Commission May Open Sugar Controversy Again
The tariff commission prepares to decide if it will reopen the sugar duty question from the 1930 act. Beet growers in six western states petition the inquiry as data is gathered. Current Cuban sugar duty is 2 cents per pound, with Cuban refined at 2.12, while 1922 law had 1.91. Growers say beets yield only about $5 a ton, about $2.50 below 1927 prices, making sugar beet production unprofitable below $7 per ton.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
Colorado
California
Idaho
Montana
Nebraska
Wyoming
Commission
Schmeling and Stribling Prepare for July 8 Heavyweight Show
Edward J. Neil reports Schmeling and Stribling push grueling training at Conneaut Lake and Geauga Lake as they near a July 8 title bout in Cleveland. Schmeling, goal is ring readiness and perception as challenger, while Stribling trains at night to align with the match timing.
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Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
Cleveland
Mid-West
Ohio
Jack Dempsey
Jess Willard
Toledo
Conneaut Lake
Pennsylvania
Max Schmeling
Tex Rickard
Dempsey
Willard
Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
New York
Stribling
Bill
Lake Erie
Sharkey
New York State Athletic Commission
Miami
Fla
Otto von Porat
Chicago
London
Phil Scott
Oil boom town blaze destroys Arp businesses
Fire swept Arp Texas early today wiping out thirteen business establishments and causing an estimated loss of seventy five thousand dollars in the oil boom town of Yler County.
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Yler
Texas
Arp
Moratorium on Reparations Proposal Echoes Washington
White House expects an early proposal to suspend all war debts and reparations payments for one year. Hoover holds backing from Democratic and Republican lawmakers as Congress contends with approval requirements. Negotiations proceed with Secretary Mellon in London to coordinate with foreign governments.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Hoover
Mellon
London
World War Debt Holiday Could Be Declared
President Hoover weighs a world debt holiday to ease European finance for one or two years as Congress discusses relief strategies. He restricts public comment while focusing on options to strengthen Germany and curb global economic instability, ruling out immediate debt cancellation.
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Frances M. Stephenson
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Germany
Hoover Plans Aided Germany Faces Uncertain Path
President Hoover awaited to present proposals aimed at reviving economies in the United States and abroad with a focus on Germany. Talks with bipartisan leaders discussed possible steps, including debt moratoriums and wartime debt relief, though no firm plan was announced and any changes require congressional approval.
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Washington
Hoover
Germany
United States
Central West
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