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May 6, 1930

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JUDGESHIP OFFER FOR VOTE FOR PARKER IS CHARGED; NO POLITICS, SAYS MITCHELL; ASHURST STIRS UP STORM He Demands an Inquiry by Lobby Committee of Nominee's Backing. FESS SEES SLUR ON HOOVER But Arizonan Denies It--President Never Saw the Dixon Letter, Mitchell Writes. SENATORS' OFFICES RIFLED McKellar Accuses Secret Service--Smoot and Brock Robbed Too, They Assert. Fess Challenges Ashurst. Ashurst Centre of Debate. JUDGESHIP 'OFFERED' FOR PARKER VOTE Ashurst Defends His Vehemence. Caraway Tells of Lobbying. The Attorney General's Letter. Parker Widely Endorsed. Called an "Outstanding Judge" Fess Reproaches Ashurst. Ashurst Denies Involving Hoover. Fess Persists in Charge. Learned of "Offer" Friday.

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Hottest Day of Year Here With Mercury at 85; Weather Near Record, With No Relief in Sight

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Mercury near,record heat at 85

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RALLY LIFTS STOCKS AFTER ERRATIC DAY; Strong Opening Followed by a Sharp Break, but Most Issues Close Near Peak for Session. 8,272,260 SHARES HANDLED Broker Houses Clogged in Fifth Heaviest Day in History-- Tickers Hours Behind. Strong at Opening. RALLY LIFTS STOCKS AFTER ERRATIC DAY

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Torn by conflicting influences in the heaviest trading since last October, the stock market shifted yesterday spectacularly between weakness and strength, closing with a broad and vigorous rally.

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WHALEN'S RED DATA SOUGHT BY CAPITAL; House Immigration Committee Invites Him to Present Evidence of Soviet Activity. DOCUMENTS ARE EXAMINED Representative Fish's ProposedInquiry-Into Communist Activities Is Soon to Come Up. Whalen Accused Moscow. Amtorg Officials Deny Charges. WHALEN'S RED DATA SOUGHT BY CAPITAL

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Whalen Invited to appear before House of Reprs Com on Immigration and Naturalization to explain charges

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TROOPS HOLD INDIA, ALERT FOR ANY MOVE; SITUATION IS TENSE; European Civilians Carry Arms as Regular and Auxiliary Forces Take Posts. GANDHI SUPPORTERS MEET Many Stop Work and 100,000 Demonstrate in Bombay, Assailing British. LEADER WILLING PRISONER Expresses Gratitude for Comforts Provided in His Jail--Sends Letter to the Viceroy. Schools and Colleges Close. Mrs. Gandhi Keeps Up Fight. TROOPS HOLD INDIA; ALERT FOR ANY MOVE Situation at Peshawur. Precautions at Bombay. The Start for Jail. Quiet at Calcutta.

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Reaction to arrest; statement by Gandhi; wife cheers followers; Gandhi treated well; Brit action approved in Eng; troops again in Peshawur; Simla calm

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1930David Carpenter, American serial killer^[†]

David Joseph Carpenter, also called the Trailside Killer, is an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered various victims in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1979 and 1981. He was sentenced to death for seven murders and is believed to be responsible for several more.

Headlines from May 6, 1930

Hottest Day of Year Here With Mercury at 85; Weather Near Record, With No Relief in Sight

RALLY LIFTS STOCKS AFTER ERRATIC DAY; Strong Opening Followed by a Sharp Break, but Most Issues Close Near Peak for Session. 8,272,260 SHARES HANDLED Broker Houses Clogged in Fifth Heaviest Day in History-- Tickers Hours Behind. Strong at Opening. RALLY LIFTS STOCKS AFTER ERRATIC DAY

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