Britain Retains Anglo-Persian Oil Holdings Sparks Senate Echoes
British Labour government announces it will keep control of the Anglo Persian Oil Company, a move seen as mirroring past Baldwin policy. Burmah Oil condemns the decision, suggesting a planned Anglo American group would give Britain total oil control, while Navy needs and Admiralty contracts influence the stance amid fears of wartime supplies.
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London
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
U. S Senate Committee
Labor
Stanley Baldwin
MacDonald
Burmah Oil Company
Burmah Company
British Isles
New Group
Admirality
Polygamy Splits Turkish Society in Constantinople
Turkish deputies debate polygamy as the Family Rights bill nears assembly discussion. Women in educated classes largely back abolition while attitudes among men split. arguments cite prostitution fears and population concerns amid high infant mortality.
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Constantinople
Ku Klux Klan Plans Easter Service in Youngstown
Thousands of Ku Klux Klan members from Mahoning County will attend an Easter Sunday evening service at Pleasant Grove United Presbyterian church grounds in Youngstown. Rev. A H Griffiths will lead the event according to Klansmen.
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Youngstown
Mahoning County
Pleasant Grove United Presbyterian Church
A. H. Griffiths
Ex-kaiser Wilhelm Amid Domestic Strife in Exile
A Door dispatch reports domestic unhappiness in the ex Kaiser’s household. Wilhelm and his second wife Hermine occupy separate suites and rarely meet. The former ruler is said to be failing mentally at times.
Flashlight Saved Seventeen Men From Sea Disaster
Captain L W Vatcher of the Obernai recounted how an ordinary nickel flashlight saved his crew and sixteen others when the Obernai foundered on March 8 between Louisburg and Port au Basque. The beacon helped signal the Kungsholm about 200 miles away, guiding rescuers through a gale as lifeboats drifted and darkness closed in.
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L. W. Vatcher
Obernai
Louisburg
Cape Breton
Port Au Basque
Newfoundland
Halifax
Vatcher
Kungsholm
Jack Guhde
Rescue at Sea Delivers 17 Men From Stranded Ship
Oil was spread over the water and ladders tossed as lifeboats reached the Kungsholm after fifteen hours at sea. Seventeen crew members were taken aboard in a freezing, exhausting ordeal and were revived with hot coffee and biscuits to restore spirits as hundreds of passengers watched the rescue unfold.
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Upernai
Kungsholm
Rescue at Sea as Obernal Sinks Beneath Cold Atlantic
The Obernal sprang a leak and sank after gathering water in heavy fog off Cape Race. Kungsholm and Kyle raced to aid, raising boats in frigid seas. Survivors praised Captain and crew for swift rescue and care aboard the liner.
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Obernai
Kungeheim
Kyle
Cape Race
Chernal
Kangsholm
Obernal
Kungsholm
Simeral Elected Rotary District Governor in Steubenville
Charles L D Simeral of Steubenville was elected district governor at the closing session of the 22nd Rotary District annual conference in Steubenville April 11. It was also decided to hold the next conference in Steubenville.
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Steubenville Land
Columbus
Charles LD. Simeral
Steubenville
Rotary
Coolidge Defends Mellon Amid Senate Tax Records Fight
President Coolidge backs Secretary Mellon as Senate committee probes his private business interests. He objects to the panel seeking treasury records of tax cases involving Mellon linked companies, calling the committee action excessive.
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Washington
Coolidge
Unidentified vessel reports Maid of France wreck off North Carolina
A radio message picked up at Wilmington, North Carolina, says the small British schooner Maid of France was wrecked off the North Carolina coast and two crew members were seen floating in the water.
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Norfolk
Wilmington
N. C
Caroline
Snoring Cure via Air Passage Operation Advocated
A renowned scientist claims snoring can be cured by an operation on the air passages. The statement highlights a surgical approach as a potential remedy for habitual snorers.
William Bartell Swallower Undergoes Emergency Surgery
William Bartell underwent an emergency operation after an attack of acute indigestion. Dr. Max Thorek of Chicago removed 275 swallowed objects from Bartell’s stomach including 110 nails, 65 safety pin parts, 33 thumb tacks, and 22 paper clips.
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William Bartell
William
Max Thorek
Chicago
Ahd & Beer
Death of Hugo Stinnes Not Affect World Finance
Secretary of the Treasury Melion said in Washington that Hugo Stinnes death will not alter the German or world financial situation. He noted Stinnes was among the wealthiest people globally and his passing would not be felt materially in international finance.
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Washington
Hugo Stinnes
Germany
Treasury
Melion
Victims of Liquor Raids Fight to Supreme Court
The victims of county wide liquor raids last January seek acquittal as they file a motion with the Ohio Supreme Court asking for Athens County appellate court to certify its record in the Slaughter v. State case. Twenty three men were convicted in common pleas court last February for illegal selling and possessing intoxicating liquor and 79 of 81 appeals were affirmed.
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Athens County Appelate Court
Ralph
Mike) Slaughter
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Appelate Court
Latins Resort to the Use of Air Bombs
A US dispatch reports a revolutionary airplane in Tegucigalpa Honduras dropped four bombs near American sailors during morning exercises. Bombs scattered through the city killing many women and children as the Milwaukee cruiser crew narrowly escaped harm in the incident.
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Washington
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Navy Department
United States
Milwaukee
Government probes allege Du Pont influence on fraud inquiry
J W Towler of the Justice Department told the Daugherty committee that government officers investigating alleged fraud at The Old Hickory Powder plant in Nashville were directed to work with attorneys representing Du Pont interests. The statements came in Washington on April 11 as the inquiry continued.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dupont
Daugherty
J. W. Towler
Department of Justice
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