Social clash over hostesses rank at Washington dinners
Vice President Curtis protests a State Department ruling that his sister and official hostess Mrs Edward Everett Gann should rank below wives of foreign diplomats at official dinners. Secretary Kellogg reportedly informed the British ambassador about the seating decision, prompting Stimson to consider reversal as Curtis seeks official recognition for Mrs Gann.
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Washington
Curtis
State Department
Edward Everett Gann
Kelloga
Kame Howard
Diplomatic Corps of ‘Hie
Henry L Stimson
Stimson
Jackson
Peggy O'Neil
Department
Gann
Kellogg
Curtie
Kelloee
Bullets found in Columbus double tragedy
Howard A. Welsh auditor of Gwynn Milling and Eleanor Porter a stenographer were found dead in an auto near New Albany. Coroner John Murphy ruled murder and death by own action with Welsh likely shooting Porter then himself. Welsh married separated since last July as wife sought divorce. Porter had Ohio University ties.
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Columbus
Howard A. Welsh
Gwynn Milling Company
Eleanor Porter
New Albany
Here
Franklin County
John Murphy
Welsh
Mes Porter
Welch
Murphy
Miss Bowers
Hens
Ohio University
Mansfield
Lindbergh and Fiancee Enjoy Day in Mexico City
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow spent a quiet day at the American embassy garden and on picturesque roads outside Mexico City. They expect a five to six day stay while plans for an automobile excursion help them stay discreet. The monoplane involved in a prior mishap has been crated and shipped to Wichita for rebuilding as mechanics in Valbuena work to repair it after the outbreak limited repairs.
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Mexico City
Wichita
Kans
Valbuena UW
Gypsies Credited With Turning Water To Wine
In Pittsburgh on April 3 detectives held several Gypsies after inquiring into reports of miracles tied to water turning red by a raspberry addition. The group including Alex Thompson and family denied faith healing and mind reading, claiming copper smith work. Police linked the women to wanted descriptions from Wheeling and Cumberland for robbery and fortune telling.
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Pittsburgh
William Harkins
Miller
Frank
Lillian
Wheeling
W. Va
Cumberland
State University Faces Dilemma Over Funding For High School
Morgantown April 3 The West Virginia University board of governors will meet to review next two years prospects under appropriations and the impact of a Legislature rider forbidding state funds for the university high school and library building plans. University leaders may invite the state board of control and architect representatives to discuss the library project.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University Board of Governors
E G. Smith
Fairmont
John Roscoe Turner
University
State Board of Control
Davis Dunlap
Barney
Philadelphia
College of Education
Law
H B. Lee
Lee
Budget Commission
Day Investigator Missing After Deking Case
Aurora Illinois April 3 Eugene Boyd Fairchild county district investigator vanished after alleged perjured affidavit led to a raid in which Mrs William Deking was fatally shot by a deputy sheriff He had signed a search warrant claiming he bought liquor at the Deking home and testified he did so in coroner’s inquest A coroner’s inquest order for arrest of Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith was issued but service stayed as he lies injured in Elgin hospital The grand jury may consider murder charges next week Springfield legislators push a special commission to probe the killing targeting the Anti-Saloon League
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Aurora
Eugene Boyd Fairchild
William Deking
Reuben Anderson
Geneva
Fairchild
Chicago
Deking
Roy Smith
Smith
Elgin
Gerald Deking
John FP. Petit
Batavia
Springfield
Anti- Saloon League
Impeachment Hearings Reveal Long Pressure on Louisiana Officials
Witnesses before the Louisiana house impeachment grand jury testified that Governor Huey P. Long sought to influence lawmakers and a newspaper publisher with patronage offers and threats. Testimony described meetings offering jobs to Rep Adolphe Gueymard and Sen Calvin Schwing in exchange for support on the oil tax, and a dramatized claim that Long said he had bought and paid for like potatoes. The chamber voted to demand retract or names of bribed legislators.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House Representatives
Huey P. Long
House
Charles M. Manship
Long
Capitol
Hig
C. P. Liter
George J. Ginsberg
Jackson
Adolphe Gueymard
Calvin K. Schwing
Charlie Schwing
Gueymard
Louisiana State University
East Louisiana Parish
W. H. Bennett
East Feliciana Parish
Bennett
Senate
Standard
Liberated on Bail in Complex Jumping Case
Baltimore April 3 George Snyder was freed on orders of U S District Attorney Amos W Woodcock after six weeks in jail over a bail jump dispute involving Benjamin Hament who claimed Snyder was Clarence Williams Hament sought to forfeit a 1500 bail while authorities argued the man known as Williams was taller and Snyder had grown nothing since the jump National Guard records showed Snyder’s 1925 enlistment measurements matched his claim and he was released with Hament ordered to surrender the bail money to the court
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Baltimore
George Snyder
U. S
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Maryland National Guard
Coe
George
Huntaville
Ala
Benaimin Hament
Clarence Williams
Hament
Williams
Snyder
Prohibition
National Guard
Traction
Girl's Hair Caught in Engine Governor
Gloria June Study, 3, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Study, was pulled toward a gasoline engine on a farm near Deep Run Maryland when wind fouled her hair in the governor. She suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. Authorities fear the injuries could be fatal.
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York Pa
Gloria June
Lee
Deep Rup
Hoover’s First Month Progress Marks Policy Shifts
Washington reports President Hoover closes his first month in the White House with key decisions. He pushes conservation, calls Congress into extraordinary session on farm relief and tariff revision, opens tax refund disclosures, reshuffles federal offices in the South, and reviews law enforcement plans while discouraging open prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Congress
Mr. Hoover
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Alleged Plotters Held After Bowling With Body Dump Attempt
Ravenna Ohio April 3 An indictment charges Nicholas alias Frank Dunn 33 and Mrs Mary Bryant of Akron with assault with intent to kill in a plot to kill Horace Bryant 31 and dump his body in Wingfoot lake They confessed to beating Bryant and jettisoning him into the lake to hide an affair They planned marriage and Bryant survived by a post and wire keeping his head above water
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Ravenna
Maynard Nichols
Frank Dunn
Mary Bryant
Akron
Wingfoot Lake
Everett Foote
Horace Bryant
Nicholas
Portage County
Grand Jury
Ferry
Nichola
Bryant
Akron City Hospital
Dunn
Wisconsin Dry Vote Spurs Push to Repeal Enactment
Milwaukee and statewide results show 277,404 to 145,299 in favor of repealing the enforcement law with total votes claiming a dry majority. Supporters rally to push repeal through the legislature with bills to remove penalties for home brew and end enforcement.
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Milwaukee
Vicc
Wisconsin
Thomas M. Duncan
Milwaukee Sociallst
Duncan
Warren G. Brown
Wis
Tragic Wilton Shooting Ends in Double Death
In Wilton on April 3, Edwin J. Melhuish 41 shot and killed Mary Yates 17 after a struggle in a car that crashed through a wall. Melhuish then killed himself after firing at witness A Thorp, who escaped.
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Wilton, Conn
Edwin J. Methalsh
Wilton
Mary Yates
A. Thorp
Melhuish
Thorp
Hs Elf
Action of Grand Jury Is Secret
Charleston West Virginia April 3. Kanawha county prosecuting attorney J Blackburn Watts said grand jury actions are secret until its report to the court. The budget bill case was sent to the jury after investigations by Governor Conley and Watts into unauthorised items totaling 1700 dollars in the biennial appropriations measure.
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Charleston
W. Va
Pb J. Blackburn Watts
Kanawha County
Conley
Watts
Grand
Burglar Hurls China At Kentucky Proprieter
In Fullerton Kentucky on April 3 George Miller awoke to a ringing cash register. A burglar hurled china in the shop and shots were fired as the intruder smashed all china. The thief identified himself as Harry Blake of Alabama and was captured.
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Fullerton
George Miller
Miller
Harry Blake
Alabama
Northern State Coal Operators to Fight New Tariff
George K Goodwin of the Monongahela Coal Operators Association says the Interstate Commerce Commission rejected a request to suspend a new coal freight rate. The Pittsburgh district plan lowers a tariff that favored Northern West Virginia and Central Pennsylvania shippers, prompting meetings to organize opposition with invited shippers from Central Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and West Virginia.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Interstate Commerce Commissoin
Pittsburgh
George K Goodwin
Mononcahela Coal Operators’ Association
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Monongzabela Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers’ Association
Fairmont Coal Operator’ Association
Keystone Coal & Coke Company of
Greensboro
Goodwin
Ohio
Maryland
Pittsburch
Consolidation Coal Elects New Officers
At its annual meeting in New York on April 3, Consolidation Coal officers and directors were elected. Robert Hill became chair of the board and George J Anderson was re elected president. New directors include Raymond Fosdick Arthur Woods F W Shibley Walter Teagle Barton Turnbull Thomas Parkinson F W Wilshire Pike Waldrop Robert Gumbel W Bladen Whes Brooks Flewce Jr Frank Lyon H H Snoderly Wilshire Flem ig Beachley H H Warfield J W Comer and G W Krats with Lyon named vice president in charge of operations.
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New York
Robert Hill
Consolidation Coal Company
George J Anderson
Raymond B. Fosdick
Arthur Woods
F. W. Shibley
Walter C. Teagle
Barton B. Turnbull
Thomas [. Parkinson
F. W. Wilshire
Pike P Waldrop
Robert W. Gumbel
W Bladen Whes
Baltimore
Brooks Flewce Jr
Fairmont
W. V. Frank R. Lyon
H. H. Snoderly
Wilshire
Flemig
KB Beachley
H. H. Warfield
Girl Held on Shooting Charge in Baltimore Case
Laura Landine aged 12 was presented by a grand jury on a charge of killing her brother in law Anthony Bevalaquaang. She said he made threats and forced entry after being refused admittance. police arrested her at the scene. Family members testified before the grand jury.
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Baltimore
Laura Landine
Anthony Bevalaquaang
Bevalaqgua
Dlstriet
Girl charged with killing infant daughter in Virginia
Bloomsburg Virginia April 3 State Police Corporal John Carr swore information charging Miss Charlotte Horsefield 17 of Plymouth a student at Bloomsbore Teachers' college with killing her infant daughter The warrant will be served when she is discharged from hospital where she has been since the baby's death was discovered The information alleges Horsefield killed the infant by cutting its throat with a sharp instrument and fracturing its skull with a blunt instrument
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Bloomsburg
John Carr
Charlotte Horsefield
Plymouth
Bloomsbore Teachers’ College
Mike Horsefield
Rebel Plane Drops Bombs on U S Side Near Naco
A Mexican rebel monoplane crossed into the border area at Naco, dropping three bombs. One fell about twenty feet from the international line on American soil, another near a federal machine gun. no damage was reported.
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Naco
Arizona
Sonora
U. C. Government Frees Mexicans at Fort Bliss
The United States ordered release of more than 200 Mexican federal troops held at Fort Bliss near El Paso after the Juarez capture. President Hoover and State Department officials coordinated with Mexican authorities to arrange their disposition. The report also notes concerns over Americans joining the Mexican rebel forces and the risk of U.S. government non assistance if trouble arises.
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Washington
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Hoover
Symeon
State Department
War Department
United States
Moseley
John E. Jones
Agua Prieta
Mexico
Fausto Topete
Sonora
Naco
Stimson
Break in Man’s Divorce Case Over Wife’s Beauty
New York April 3. Walker Y. Inman, a wealthy New Yorker, testifies in a contested divorce that he broke his wife Helen Inman’s nose in a quarrel after altering her appearance. Irene Patton Schioss, sister to Mrs. Inman, recounts the incident and his remark that Helen was once the most beautiful woman he’d seen but is now less attractive with a broken nose and a damaged name.
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New York
Walker Y. Inman
New Yorker
Inman
Irene Patton Schioss
Irving Schloss
Inman l
Helen
Dead American ambassador honored in France in grand funeral
The body of Ambassador Myron T Herrick will lie in state at the embassy reading of funeral rites by Dean Beekman. A state funeral procession includes Premier Poincare and General Pershing with pallbearers Briand Quinones de Leon and others. The coffin travels from Paris to Brest then aboard the Tourville to New York.
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Paris
Myron T Herrick Atake
Honora
France
John J. Pershing
Count Quinares de Leon
Poincare
Briand
Count Quinones de Leon
Owen LD Young
General Pershing
J Pf. Morean
Thirty-First Infantry
Dean Beekman
Montparnasse Station
Brest
Tourville
New York
Cavalry and Planes Used in Harassment Claims
Revolters accuse forces of using cavalry and planes to harass opponents as General Calles proclaims the revolt’s dead end after the battle at La Reforma. Thirst and torture of soldiers reported amidst ongoing conflict.
Mexican Rebels Fall Back After Two Day Battle at Jimenez
Reports from Mexico City say insurgents beaten by federal forces near Jimenez and Santa Rosalia. General Escobar’s infantry wiped out, trains captured, rebels retreating by rail and road with federal cavalry and airplanes in pursuit.
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Jimenez
la Reforma
Escobar
Almazan
Jimines
Santa Rosalia
Mexico City
Jiminez
Bachimba’ Pasa
Corralitos
Bacalon
Almazon
Toeurgente
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Hyde presses farm bill with broad powers for stabilization
Secretary Arthur M. Hyde testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee in favor of a McNary Haugen style farm bill. He urged a federal farm board with authority to loan treasury funds to stabilization corporations to buy surplus crops and maintain price levels, while backing land waterways, tariff revisions, and rural credit improvements. He noted his statements reflect personal views, not official White House policy.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur M. Hyde
Agriculture Committee of the Senate
Agriculture Committee of the House
Hyde
Senator McNary
Oregon
Treasury
Livde
White House
Appointment of Graham to Broaddue College Chemistry Head
Gordon B. Graham of Charleston was named head of the chemistry department at Broaddue College Philippi. President W. W. Trent announced a year’s furlough until September 1930 so Graham can pursue a master’s degree at Cornell University.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Gordon B. Graham
Charleston
Broaddue College
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Douglas
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Republic of Mexico
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Consolidation Coal
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J. P. Morgan
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Secretary of Agriculture
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