World News Briefs From 1930s Era Dispatches
Reports from the Reichstag show Dr Walter Simons acting president of Germany after a third reading on the bill. Sun Yat Sen dies in Peking despite Rockefeller Hospital prognosis. US farmers receive 60.8 million dollars in federal credit loans. Ambassador Houghton says Germany lacks arms and reserves. German state police are poorly equipped. one in three armed. Senate honors flyers Ogden and Harding for service. US agriculture denies boll weevil fears on cotton. Irish Free State wins nine seats except Sligo district. Mussolini gains interior policy support. opposition absent due to strikes. Cadiz dispatch notes Wood sails toward Tampa. Zagloul Pasha elected to Cairo parliament. Stella Maris crew rescued after ice crush. Tokyo faces water famine. foreigners protected. Dr John Logan shot in Epirus while traveling with archaeology students. Richborough finds Roman coins and artifacts in Kent.
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United States
Treasury
B. Houghton
Great Britain
Germany
Houghton
Deportation ruling targets Emir of Kurdestan in New York
Federal judge orders Prince Zerdeche no Mohammed Said known as The Emir of Kurdestan to leave the United States under a prior government deportation order. The decision was filed amid other federal actions and political developments across the nation.
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Hand
New York City
Prince Zerdeche No Mohammed Said
Kurdestan
F. Uchida
K. Abe
Fukui
Japanese Military Commission
United States
Langley Field
Newport News
United Stats
Mexico
Pan-American
Edward L. Doheny
Pan-American Western
Pan-American Eastern Petroleum Companies
Michigan House of Representatives
Charles B. Warren
James Couzens
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Gasoline Tax and License Fees Move Through Senate
The Senate backed a compromise on gasoline tax and auto license fees after heated debate. The plan cuts automobile licenses by 25 percent and imposes a five cent gasoline tax with two cents funneled to counties and two to the highway program. A refund will be issued to those who already bought licenses this year.
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Columbia
Senate
Duncan
Union
Padgett
Cotteton
Searson
Allendale
State Highway Department
Senate Republicans push to remove insurgents from committees
Washington report notes GOP conference action to replace insurgents with regulars on key committees. Coolidge plans to offer some federal judge appointments to Democrats and to keep partisan politics to a minimum in judging choices. The piece also covers other federal and state notes including a Texas amnesty bill and local incidents.
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Coolidge
Ger
Soft Drink Tax Hearing in South Carolina Senate
In an open hearing before the Senate finance committee representatives of the South Carolina Bottlers' Association argued against a proposed tax on soft drink sales. They warned the measure would force small bottlers out and hand market share to Coca Cola and other national firms.
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South Carolina
House
Coca Cola Company
Senate Finance Committee
Bill to prohibit warrantless car searches urged in House
W. M. Reynolds introduces a bill in the House aimed at barring searches of automobiles for intoxicants without warrants, except when whisky is in plain sight. The measure follows a Supreme Court ruling upholding such searches and was reported back by the Judiciary Committee, which largely opposes the bill.
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Senate
Texas
James E. Ferguson
J. W. Glynn
Switchman
Mamie Herbert
Moose Hall
Glynn
Miss Herbert
House of Representatives
W. M. Reynolds
United States Supreme Court
House
Judiciary Committee
Confesses Giving Typhoid Germs in Sham Plot
Chicago physician Charles C. Farman admitted to assistant state attorneys that he gave typhoid germs to William D. Shepherd, alleged foster father of the so called millionaire orphan William Nelgon McClintock. Farman said Shepherd planned to inoculate someone and that both men would gain if the deal succeeded. Shepherd denied the accusation, while State's Attorney Crowe indicated the grand jury would be asked to indict Shepherd for murder and Farman could become a star witness.
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Chicago
Charles C. Farman
William D. Shepherd
William Nelgon McClintock
Grand Jury
Farman
Shepherd
Faiman
John Scarbaro
Robert E. Crowe
Snd
Record Baptists in South Carolina exceed 200000 members
The 1924 statistical report from the South Carolina Baptist State Convention shows 207 536 present members, 1 189 churches, and 145 133 Sunday school pupils. Increases over 1923 appear in associations, funds, and property values, with total contributions topping 2 248 180 dollars. The report was released after the Spartanburg meeting.
Prohibition Bible Criticized By Stockton Professor
Stockton California professor George Colliver of the College of the Pacific condemns a so called prohibition Bible as unscholarly and untrue to biblical history. He argues it omits wine references and misrepresents Nazarites and other issues, calling it a biased shorter Bible.
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Stockton
Calif
George Colliver
Department of Religious Education
The
College of the Pacific
German Scientist Dies in Berlin Hierarchy
Professor August von Was Sermann, director at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Experimental Therapy and internal medicine professor at the University of Berlin, originator of the Wassermann blood test, has died.
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Berlin
August von Wassermann
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute For
The
University of Berlin
Wassermann
Dies Singing Favorite Hymn in Williamsville Church
J P Turley 70 long time choir director at Williamsville Christian church collapsed and died in the crowded hall after the first stanza of Where He Leads Me I Will Follow. Death attributed to apoplexy.
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Springfield
J.P. Turley
Christian Church Choir
Williamsville
Aircraft contracts awarded by army air service
Washington announces contracts totaling over 1 million dollars for new aircraft types. The Curtiss company of New York and the Douglass company of California receive awards for development under the army air service program.
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Washington
Curtiss Company
New York
Douglass Company of
California
Army Air Service
Hold-Up Men Steal $11500 From Baltimore Messenger
Four armed men held up John W. Holtman, a messenger for the American Bank, on Chilton Street in northern Baltimore. They robbed him of $6500 in cash and $5000 in checks and escaped in an automobile.
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Baltimore
John W. Holtman
American Bank
Chilton Street
Assignment of Captain Brotherton to New Orleans
William J D Brotherton now commands the battleship Mississippi and serves as commandant of the eighth naval district in New Orleans. The New Orleans post had been vacant for some time.
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F. O. Heller
Bessemer, Ala
Presbyterian Church
New Orleans
Washington
William JD. Brotherton
Mississippi
Eighth Naval District
Three Firemen Hurt in Scranton Blaze
Three firemen were injured in a fire that swept the wholesale produce house of John T Porter Co on Laykaine Wanna Avenue causing $259 0600 in damage. Fire crews battled the blaze through the night and were assisted by city departments.
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Scranton
John T. Porter Company
Lay Kaine
Jap Statesman Dies Tokio
Viscount Goro Nira aged 79 former minister of war and house of peers member died at Atami after a long illness. He was described as a statesman who was trusted to form multiple cabinets.
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Tokio
Viscount Goro Nira
House of Peers
Atami
Baptists to Hold Myrtle Beach Assembly in June
The South Carolina Baptist executive committee decided to hold the summer assembly in Myrtle Beach from June 13 to 19. After a policy of retrenchment, leaders from eastern South Carolina offered financial aid to ensure the event proceeds.
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Myrtle Beach
Columbia
South Carolina
State Baptist Board
Baptist House
Jaw
Retrenery
Farm Club Formed by McCormick County Farmers
The McCormick County farmers organized a Farm Club at the courthouse with enthusiasm. Officers elected include President W. E. Sheppard, Vice President J. M. Bussey, Secretary Thomas W. Morgan, Treasurer John M. Bell, and directors Calhoun, Charlie, Creatham, Fooshe, Langley, Morrah, Rowland, Schrimp, and White. Morgan named fair committee chair and empowered to appoint up to six assistants from county sections.
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McCormick
Madne
Genery Farmers’ Club
Court House
W. E. Sheppard
J. M. Bussey
Thomaa
W. Morgan
John M. Bell
G Calhoun
W. K. Charlies
M. C Creatham
Prp Fooshe
L. Langley
Methodist Women Rally in Rock Hill District
Miss Ora Durham of Scarritt College spoke at the annual spring rally day conference for all Methodist women auxiliaries in the Rock Hill district. About 75 delegates attended at St. John's Methodist Church with welcomes by Mrs. EE. Clond and a response from Mrs. J. Cross. Mrs. Holler of Clemson urged forming more young people's groups as Rev. R. B. Truesdale presided.
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Rock Hill
Ora Durham
Scarritt College For Women
Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Church
St. John's Methodist Church
EE. Clond
J. Cross
7Ie Holler
Clemson
R. 8. Truesdale
St. Johns
Lint Sale in Bulk Ties York County Cotton to Charlotte Brokers
About 2,500 bales of York county unit cotton from the South Carolina Cooperative Cotton Marketing Association were sold to Cooper & Griffin of Greenville for an estimated 225000 to 250000 dollars. 1,464 bales are stored in Rock Hill and a little over 1,000 in York. shipment will start March 16.
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Rock Hill
York County
South Carolina Cooperative Cotton Marketing Association
Charlotte
Cooper & Griffin
Greenville
Paul Neely Moore
York
Williams Cooperative
People’s Warehouse
More
Cook Given Fines in Chester Automobile Case
J B Cook of Chester driver of the automobile in which Dewey Simpson of Chester 27 and two other Chester residents were riding when shot by traffic officer R M McFadden of Rock Hill. McFadden chased the car along Saluda and later pleaded guilty to cost after acting under the influence of whiskey. Fine set at 100 dollars or 1 day.
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Rock Hill
J. B Cook
Chester
Dewey Simpson
R. M. McFadden
Saluda
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