Whitney attributes share price shifts to public in Senate inquiry
Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange, testified before the Senate Banking Committee that the public inflated stock values in the pre 1929 inflation period and is now liquidating, denying bear raids and short selling caused recent declines. He offered data gaps on short accounts and described bear raid claims as ridiculous.
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Washington
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exe
Senate Banking Committee
Whitney
United States
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Fires on same night threaten two vacant buildings
Fire marshal to investigate two incendiary blazes in Richmond on Saturday night, both unpaid as criminal threats allegedly targeted the properties of Union Theological Seminary and J H McMullen Grocery. Estimated property damage stands at about 1000 dollars.
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Princeton Avenue
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Jimmy
Mere Street
J. H. McMullen
McMullen
Bluefield Avenue
Rogers Street
Harris of Georgia in critical condition after surgery
Washington April 11 Doctors said Senator Harris of Georgia is critically ill and in worse condition than at any time since his operation several weeks ago. Physicians attending him reported the seriousness of his case tonight.
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Washington
Senator Harris
Georgia
Journalists Travelled Unharmed Through Harlan Coal Fields
A group of journalism students from Marshall College Huntington West Virginia toured the Harlan Kentucky coal fields on an educational trip under guard by Deputy Sheriff Lee Fleenor. The party posed at the Harlan courthouse with professors and deputies present. Deputy Sheriff Gleenor faces accusations from five Arkansas students of beating them in Harlan County Sunday.
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Department of Journalism
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Harlan
John Henry Blair
Beasie MacLachlan
Virginia Lee
Jessie Mae Waldron
Mary Magee
Lee Fleenor
Candidates file certificates for 306 posts in Rock district race
Fourteen candidates filed certificates of announcement in the circuit clerk’s office over the weekend, with 306 total candidates across Rock district. Declared races include justice of the peace and constable nominations, while several incumbents face no opposition. The complete list names Democrats and Republicans for sheriff, prosecuting attorney, assessor, county court, circuit court clerk, House of Delegates, county surveyor, justice of the peace, constable, Board of Education, and executive committees with multiple towns such as Princeton Bluefield and Wickham.
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Rock District
Justice of Peace
E. M. Thorn
Princeton
Landon T. Reynolds
Walter V. Ross
Stock Exchange Chief Denies Bear Raids Behind Selloff
Richard Whitney of the New York Stock Exchange dismisses claims bear raids drove the market drop as the Senate banking committee opens a short selling probe. Congress battles over soldier bonus cash payments and federal salary cuts attached to the legislative branch budget. House leaders urge attaching cuts to federal salaries while farm groups push wartime tax changes for excise rates. Senate probes Farm Board activities and cotton and grain exchanges amid revenue debates.
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Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Senate Banking Committee
Democratic
House Economy Committee
Rules Committee
Legislative Branch
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Farm Board
Joseph Leiter Dies Noted Capitalist and Race Enthusiast
Joseph Leiter, 63, capitalist and horse fancier, died after a two week illness at his Chicago home following heart trouble and pneumonia. He gained early fame from his father Levi Leiter's mercantile fortune and was known for his long pilgrim-topped hats at race tracks.
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Chicago
Joseph Leiter
World of Commerce
P. D.” Armour
Joseph
Levi Leiter
Marshall Field
Louisiana
Leiter
Chicago Lake Shore
Germans Return Von Hindenburg Leaders Face New Election
Berlin reports that after reelecting Paul von Hindenburg president for seven years Germany shifts to next election. Nazi gains expected in April 24 diet elections across Prussia and other states, with Bruning offering to stay as chancellor after resignation.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Prussia
Bavaria
Wurttemberg
Hamburg
Anhalt
Reich
Hitler
von Hindenburg
Heinrich Bruening
Ejected Mena Group Identifies Suspected Official in Miners Beat
Five Arkansans linked to the ejection incident near Kentucky coal fields identified Lee Fleenor, Har lan county deputy sheriff alleged in miner killings, as one who beat Sam Sandberg. Koch, leader of Commonwealth College, questioned Fleenor’s role while vigilantes escorted residents from Harlan county.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Blair
Fleenor
Anderson
Indiana
Harlan County
Garry Weir
Joseph Schmidt
Church of God
Koch
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
Union
Bell
Harlan Counties
Lee Fleenor Denies Involvement in Harlan Beating
In Harlan Kentucky Arkansas college students identified Lee Fleenor from a photo as one of the men accused in the beating yesterday. Fleenor says he was in Tennessee when the delegation was ejected, returning from Kingsport this afternoon and visiting friends. he denies guilt and says he has been identified multiple times but not involved.
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Harlan
Lee Fleenor
Arkansas College
Harlan County
Heiag
Tennessee
Kentucky
Kingsport
Tenn
Inside story of ransom payment comes to light
April 11 Virginia men optimistic as Col Lindbergh awaits word. Col Schwarzkopf met Col Breckinridge and Dr Condon in New York. Greenwich police seek a green town sedan linked to a woman who paid with a marked bill. Breckinridge’s car fired at Condon’s home as Bronx district police visit with no new lead.
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Lindbergh
Virginia
Hopewell
N. J
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
New York
Henry Breckinridge
John F. Condon
Col. Schwarzkopf
Col. Breckinridge
Dr. Condon
Jassie
Greenwich
Conn
Col. Lindbergh
J Col. Breckinridge
Bronx
Edward P. Mulrooney
Inside story of Lindbergh ransom contacts revealed
Hopewell New Jersey April 11 an inside view shows Col Charles A Lindbergh awaiting renewed talks with kidnapers after paying 50000 in mixed bills. He had seven more notes and a signature pattern linking to the original note while Washington Star reports detail meetings on Long Island Sound with Dr John Condon and Henry Breckinridge present.
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Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Addi‘ton
Washington Evening Star
John F. Condon
New York
Jassie
Ae Folowe
Long Island Sound
Lindberghs
Dr. Condon
Henry Breckinridge
British Novelist Chooses Secluded Arcadia In New York
John Cowper Powys, prolific British novelist and lecturer, leaves New York to live as a hermit near an old upstate farm. He plans lifelong seclusion, visiting civilization rarely, to pursue laziness as happiness and avoid English acquaintances. He has lectured in forty eight states and seeks a solitary life in his Arcadia.
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John Cowper Powys
Upstate
New York
Arcadia
America
Derbyshire
England
Andes Volcanoes Erupt. Ash Darkens Cities Across Andes
Severe eruptions of Tinguiririca and nearby cones blanket Chile and parts of Argentina with ash and gas. Wind drives ash to Buenos Aires and Montevideo while towns like Talca and Molina panic and cattle are moved to shelter. Oxygen drums rush to Mendoza for gas victims.
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Santiago
Chile
Cordillera
Andes
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Montevideo
Uruguay
Colchagua
Quisapu
Descabezado
Maulino
Talca
Concepcion
Aconcagua
Curaco
Mendoza
Ministry of Interior
Malargue
San Rafael
Pampas
Bluefield Chamber Opposes Davis Kelley Bill Open Forum Planned
The Bluefield chamber of commerce opposes the Davis Kelley bill to license and regulate the coal industry. A second open forum is set for April 25 after a board meeting, with a one hour thirty minute program and a protest resolution to be drafted.
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Davis-Kelly
Federal Commission For
Chamber
Frank 8
Easley
Bluefield Coal and Coke Company
Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Mines and Mining
H. D. Hatfield
United States Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Calif
Wholealers
Pardons Issued by Bilbo Declared Illegal
Jackson Mississippi April 11 The attorney general ruled that 217 pardons granted under Gov Theodore G Bilbo were illegal and void calling the clemency escapes from the penitentiary He said the pardons lacked publication of pardon applications and other technical requirements Twenty four murder convicts were among the beneficiaries with others convicted of manslaughter prohibition offenses criminal assault and grand larceny across a range of lesser crimes.
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Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Greek Rice
Son of Du Pont Official Missing
Wilmington reports Charles Chickering 16 son of a du Pont Powder Company employee vanished from home after leaving with a shotgun. Police investigated false telegrams claiming a du Pont president’s son had been kidnapped. Chickering, a Tower Hill junior, left in a light roadster.
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Wilmington
Del
Charles Chickering
du Pont Powder Company
du Pont Company
Associated Press
du Pont
Tower Hill
Charles
Delaware
Lammont du Pont
FB. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Roosevelt Supporters See Strength Boost
New York April 11 Roosevelt backers project 80 national convention votes will join his column this week boosting strength to 235 pledged or instructed delegates. In Kentucky NE and Illinois count 134 delegates vote this week while Michigan votes Thursday. Louisville Roosevelts seek Kentucky convention chair. Roosevelts hold 1645 of 1906 votes with 52 uninstructed and 59 favorable.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt Camigs
Newark
Democratic State Committee
Roosevelt
Kentuck
Kentucky
Nebraska
Ilinois
Michigan
Louisville
State Central Executive Committee
Adair County
Melvin A. Traylor
Chicago
Hand Grenade Explodes Injuring 10 Year Old in Uniontown
A World War relic grenade exploded in Uniontown Pennsylvania injuring 10 year old Norman Smitley. He had brought the grenade from France to a backyard and tossed it against a stone. when he picked it up again it exploded. He is gravely injured.
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Uniontown
France
Norman Smitley
Democrats Seek Early Action On Revenue Bill In Senate
Senate Democrats at a four hour conference agreed to seek early enactment of the revenue bill and limit tariff debate to oil coal and copper. Senator Robinson said hearings should close soon and passage be expedited while no senator is bound by the conference on tariff amendments. President Hoover and leaders push to stabilize the economy as talks touch loans to states and public works.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Hoover
Tariff Commission
House
Congress
United States proposes ban on tanks and gases at disarmament talks
Geneva April 11 the U S delegation urged abolition of aggressive land weapons including tanks mobile artillery and poison gases with broad backing from Britain and cautious approval from Germany France and Italy the plan to be debated by a conference committee as lawmakers discuss broader disarmament steps and bombing planes may follow later
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Geneva
United States
Great Britain
Hugh Gibson
Germany
France
Italy
Gibson
John Simon
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J. H. Gadd
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J. Mack Belcher
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Sam Wyatt
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F. M. Steele
J. C. Brennan
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R. H. Lambe
W. E. Powell
W. R. Bray
J. H. Davidson
W. L. Eastburn
W. W. McNeal
H. B. Kitts
J. B. Hambrick
C. G. Williamson
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H. T. Riddick
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J. L. Kersey
G. R. Lowder
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