Ebert Laid To Rest As World Happenings Spark Echoes
The body of Friedrich Ebert, first president of the German republic, lies in repose at Heidelberg. A semi royalist attempt at the General Military Headquarters was repulsed with several rebels arrested. Lisbon remains calm. Mussolini to attend chamber reopening, with Federzoni to represent him. Ten dead in a Wittenberg factory explosion. Pope Pius and Cardinal O Connell met in Rome. Abd El Krim reported dead. Dawes and Coolidge gain power while Dawes becomes vice president. tobacco anti-use convention opens in Washington. Nathaniel Terry dies after inauguration. Coolidge omits holdover cabinet nominations except for New. House spends 150 hours in two sessions. 309 roll calls. Charity ball replaces inaugural ball at Mayflower. Many members plan trips during recess.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Interior
Federizoni
Messaggero
Anhalter Company
Wittenberg
Germany
Pope Pius
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Rome
Abd-El-Krim
Spain
Tetuan
North Africa
America
President Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Charles G. Dawes
Washington
Capitol
Nathaniel L. Terry
War Department
Coolidge
Senate
New
House
Washington Society
Mayflower Hotel
Washington House silent on extending inquiry into engr avering printing irregularities
Washington report notes that a house investigat ing committee will not be authorized to prolong its probe into irregularities at the bureau of engraving and printing. Other items include bridge approvals for a county bridge near Port Orange Florida and a Little River Florida rail bridge, Coolidge’s inauguration record, and various congressional actions on legislation and investigations.
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House
Bureau of Engarving
Weeks
Spruce Creek
Port Orange
Fla
Florida East Coast Railway
Little River
That
Historical News Snippets Span Medical, Rail, and Courts
A sweep of early 20th century items covers dental issues of George Washington, death notices including Edmund Barbour and Bishop William Murrah, and rail sale approval in Mississippi. Other notes cite sterilization proposals, liquor smuggling trials, a New Orleans birth sentence, a Philadelphia assault conviction, and Borglum’s Stone Mountain ties.
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George Washington
Henry Smith Pritchett
San Francisco
Cal
George
Edmund D. Barbour
United States
Buchanan
Boston
Mass
William B. Murrah
Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Millsaps College
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
State Railroad Commission
Jackson Miss
John Gibson
Springfield
Iainois
George R. Canada
Winward Islands
Texas
United States Circuit Court
New Orleans
Wilbert Washburn
Walter Rounds
Philadelphia
Lntent
Gutzon Borglum
Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Beaufort
Kittery
Stem
Stern
Norfolk
West Indies
Mae Allison
Hollywood
New York
Robert Ellis Rees
Connecticut
Alcorn
Thomas J. Hills
Gerald Chapman
Hartford
North Carolina
Hamilton C. Jones
Mecklenburg County
General Assembly of
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Shepherd
McClintock
Harry Olson
Chicago
Stokes
Ww. E. D. Stokes
Helen Elwood Stokes
Chicko
Masked robbers strike luxury Plaza apartment
In Fifth Avenue Plaza, three armed masked men in dinner garb invaded the studio of Mrs Fay Perkins and Milton Abbott. They bound gagged and beat the couple and escaped with about 25000 dollars worth of gems. Abbott identified a suspect after a mask slipped. Mrs Perkins 24 is estranged from her husband Benjamin H Perkins and known in cabaret circles.
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New York
Albiet
Lou” Lawson
Plaza
Fifth Avenue
Fay Perkins
Milton Abbott
Benjamin H. Perkins
Court Upholds Right of Press in Damages Case
In Nashville a federal judge ruled on demurrers by The Nashville Banner in suits by E I Du Pont and Dupont Engineering over a December 16 1923 article about the Hickory powder plant. The decision discusses press privilege and defamation liability for published public interest material.
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Nashville
Tenn
E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
Dupont Engineering Company
United States
John J. Gore
Life Term for Killing Girl in Birmingham Case
Robert Dewey Edwards twenty four was given a life imprisonment sentence for the murder of his sweetheart Miss Imogene Lee eighteen in Birmingham Alabama. The verdict followed a plea of guilty accepted by Solicitor Jim Davis after consultation with Miss Lee's mother and relatives.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert Dewey Edwards
Imogene Lee
William E. Fort
Jim Davis
Miss Lee
New German Ambassador Arrives in New York on Hamburg American Liner
Baron Ago von Maltzan arrives on the Albert Balin to assume the role of German ambassador in Washington succeeding Otto Wiedfeldt. He calls himself a messenger of goodwill and faith and says Europe has made great strides toward reconstruction under the Dawes plan.
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New York
Baron Ago von Maltzan
Hamburg
Albert Balin
Otto Wiedfeldt
Washington
Dawes
Europe
Seek U. S. Girl in Leipsic Germany Missing Student Feared
The American consulate announces Helen Reichert an American student of music is missing in Leipsic since mid February. Officials fear death by her own action due to nervous collapse.
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U. S
Leipsic
Germany
Helen Reichert
Millen man dies after pistol duel with brother
Angus Lewis, 21, died from gunshot wounds suffered in a pistol duel with his brother Ansley Lewis, 19, who is hospitalized with five abdominal wounds in Millen Georgia hospital.
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Millen
Angus Lewis
Ansley Lewis
Woman to Die on Gallows in Atlanta After Reversal
Mrs Ida Hughes is resentenced to death for the murder of her mother in law Mrs M C Hughes. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the sentence, setting an April 24 date for execution after the method changed from hanging to electrocution.
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Atlanta
Ida Hughes
Inlaw
Theoman
Georgia
Statewide education group sees record membership gain in SC
South Carolina led the nation with the highest percentage gain in National Education Association membership. Secretary C. M. Wilson reported SC now has about 600 members, up 400 percent from 120 last year, at a Cincinnati convention with 24 SC attendees among 12 000 school officials.
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South Carolina
National Education Association
C. M. Wilson
South Carolina Teachers Association
Chari O. Williams
National Association
Cincinnati
Wilson
Department of Superintendents
Association
Edmund Wroe
Greer
Frank Evans
Spartanburg
L. P. Hollis
Parker School
Bessie Owens
Brandon
Alberta Fox
Judson
Greenville
Margaret Morrison
Clemson College
Co. K. Wright
Belton
E. A. Montgomery
York
E. H. Hall
Great Falls
W. H. Ward
Walterboro
W. C. Sullivan
Rock Hill
T. C. Jolly
Union
R. D Shrader
J. C. Rogers
Marian Hanckel
Mary McBee
Charleston
W. H. Hand
W.S. Wertz
Patterson Wardlaw
C. M. Lockwood
M. P. Henry
J. D. Fulp
B. L. Parkinson
C. W. Wilson
Columbia
Governor Praises Baruch Plan to Aid Weak Banks
Governor McLeod endorses Barnard Baruch's offer to establish a 3 to 4 million dollar fund to restore working capital for weak banks in boll weevil affected areas of South Carolina. He expects banks statewide to join, notes Baruch's genuine interest, and recalls earlier discussions at Hobcaw Barony about the agricultural loan fund.
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Baruch
McLeod
Barnard M. Baruch
New York
Mr. Baruch
Abe
Aloddar
South Carolinia
Georgetown
Hobcaw Barony
Assembly Faces Money Demand for State Bills
The eighth week of the session sees the general appropriations bill and revenue measures as top issues. The Senate Finance Committee plans resumed hearings on each item after input from affected institutions. Chairman H H Gross notes rapid progress on the supply bill and expects a report before weekend adjournment as the Senate eyes early consideration.
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Assembly
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee
H. H. Gross
Legislative Protest Gets Responses From State Officials
Letters to the senate from Ohio Utah officials respond to protests by the South Carolina General Assembly against laws banning sale of cotton seed oil products in western states. Utah Governor G H Dern says the concurrent resolution was received and notes the bill was killed in Utah's lower house.
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Senate
Ohio
Utah
General Assembly of
South Carolina
G. H. Dern
Uta
Rum Chasers Strengthen Charleston Coast Guard Presence
Two Coast Guard motor crafts numbers 2346 and 3347 arrive at Charleston with Boatswain W Westling in command. The 36 foot, two foot draft vessels carry four crew and use Sterling Six engines to intercept smugglers and curb liquor landings along the Atlantic coast.
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Charleston
Custom House Dock
Uncle Sam
Coast Guard
W. Westling
ABS
Atlantic
United States Coast Guard
Piedmont and Northern Link Aimed at Spartanburg Gastonia
Local business voices grow confident that the Piedmont and Northern railway plans a connecting link between Spartanburg and Gastonia with Southern Power Company involvement. Confirmations are limited but deeds and site discussions hint at a power line to serve the未 linked railway, while Piedmont and Northern revenue trends fuel speculation.
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Southern Power Company
Piedmont & Northern Railway
Spartanburg
Gastonia
Sion
Piedmont & Northern
Greenville
Hainey Kills Rural Officer in Marlboro County
Bennettsville reports rural policeman C A Hargrove of Marlboro County shot twice on a lonely road. William J S Hainey, a white man, surrendered to Sheriff Weatherly claiming self defense after finding Hargrove with his wife in his car. Hargrove was found dead behind the steering wheel.
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Hainey
Bennettsville
C. A Hargrove
Marlboro
William JS
Weatherly
Ife
Charles Peele
Mr. Hargrove
Rotary District Meets in Columbia This April
Rotarians of the Thirtyeighth district covering South Carolina and western North Carolina will convene in Columbia April 16 and 17 for the district convention. Homer Rodenheaver will lead song. Columbia Rotary Club plans elaborate entertainment. 31 clubs are represented with many delegations and large attendance expected from Rotary Anns.
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Rotary
Columbia Columbia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Columbia
Homer Rodenheaver
Rotary Club of
Rotary Anns
South Carolina Conference of Social Work Meets in Hartsville
The 15th annual meet of the South Carolina Conference of Social Work will be held at Hartville June 4 5 and 6. The event, announced by C W Coker president, will take place at Coker College after its commencement on June 2. Delegates stay in college dormitories at a nominal fee. W B West is the local chairman of arrangements.
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Hartsville
South Carolina
Harts
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