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April 18, 1929

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PAINO QUICKLY CONVICTED OF HARVEY BRIBE ATTEMPT; FACES 10-YEARS, $5,000 FINE; HE OFFERED NO DEFENSE Counsel for Contractor Merely Insisted $10,000 Was Campaign Gift. SHAKEN BY THE VERDICT Wiil Appeal After Sentence Tomorrow--Court MeanwhileDenies Him Bail. THIRD BRIBE CONVICTION Jury 1 Hour and 22 Minutes inDeciding Paino Shared GuiltWith Berg and Levin. "Inclined to Give Him the Limit." Third Convicted in Bribe Cases. PAINO FOUND GUILTY IN QUEENS BRIBERY Testified Against Connolly.

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FARM DEBENTURES PUSHED IN SENATE DESPITE HOOVER; QUICK MOVE BY HIM LIKELY; HIS OPPOSITION KNOWN He May Give His Views Through Department of Agriculture. BACKING OF HOUSE CERTAIN Snell, After Call on Executive, Says the Measure Will Be Rejected. RELIES ON POINT OF ORDER But Senators Deny the Contention That Plan Is RevenueLegislation. Thinks Hoover Favors House Bill. Sharp Debate Is Likely. Board Could Call on Treasury. Material Clauses of Measure. House Report Filed.

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Repr Snell, after conf with Pres, says Sen debenture plan could be rejected by House on point of order

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1929Peter Hordern, English soldier and politician (died 2024)[†]

Sir Peter Maudslay Hordern, DL, PC was a British Conservative Party politician.