Plenary session set for Tuesday morning
London dispatch reports a draft safeguarding clause for the London naval treaty nearing completion. Delegations prepare to transmit sections to home capitals while a final plenary session for signature is eyed for Tuesday at 10 30 AM.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Henry L. Stimson
MacDonald
Ossiemouth
Arthur Henderson
British Commonwealth
Geneva
D A R Endorses Broad Naval Defense at Washington Meeting
The Daughters of the American Revolution approved a sweeping defense resolution urging adequate appropriations for all military branches. Mrs. Fred C. Morgan of Saco Maine led the legislative committee in a speech warning against disarmament amid global unrest. President Hoover had spoken on London conference progress two nights earlier.
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D. A
Hoover
Body found in mountains near Lobe lia investigated for identity
Greenbrier county officers opened an inquiry to identify a man found dead in the mountains near Lobe lia last Saturday. They doubt the corpse is 65 year old P B E Sims of Quinwood, noting the body appeared 3 months dead and shows no identifiable tags. A notebook with illegible cover held names in New York state, but replies have been unlikely.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Greenbrier
Lobelia
P. BE. Sims
Quinwood
James H. White
J. H. Bowling
New York State
Stella Sims
Renick
Nicholas County
Sims
As County
Fire shuts five McKell coal camps in Kilsythe area
A fire destroyed McKell Coal company’s power plant at Kilsythe near Mount Hope West Virginia cutting power to five mining camps. The camps Kilsythe Oswald Graham Stiltix and Tamroy will be idle until the plant is rebuilt.
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Mount Hope
W. Va
McKell Coal Company
Kilsythe
Oswald
Graham
Stiltix
Tamroy
Navy board loses longtime leader as Long retires
Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long, a 47 year veteran of the United States Navy, retires as chairman of the General Navy board. Admiral Marl L. Bristol is named successor and is shown taking up new duties in Washington with Acting Secretary Ernest Lee Jahncke nearby.
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United States Navy
Andrew T. Long
Generals Navy Board
Marl L. Bristol
Washington
Navy
Ernest Lee Jahncke
Suit over alleged breach of contract targets coal firm
Western Maryland railway company sues Consolidation Coal for 10 million dollars claiming the coal firm repudiated a 1915 contract that would have guaranteed 3 250 000 tons of coal annually for fifty years. The suit cites a 1915 signatory team including J H Wheelwright and Carl R Gray. A related Baltimore filing also exists.
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Western
Maryland
Consolidation Coal Company
Philadelphia
Common Pleas
Western Maryland Railway Company
Coal Company
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Coal
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Frederick T. Gates
Western Maryland Railway
Baltimore
Railway Company
Brown urges air mail postage increase in deficit plan
Postmaster General Brown told the House Post Office Committee that air mail and regular letter postage should rise to address the mail service deficit. He endorsed the Watree bill to shift to a mileage basis for air mail payments, forecasting higher per ounce rates and noting a projected near 100 million dollar shortfall this year due to air and merchant marine mail aid.
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Washington
Brown
House Post Office Committee
House of the Watree
New York
Air Mail
Merchant Marine Mail
Defers Action On Bachmann Bills In House Judiciary
Washington April 16 action on two measures to ease federal court congestion was deferred for two weeks by the house judiciary committee. The Bachmann eight new judges plan is expected to pass at the next meeting, while the commission program faced a doubtful outlook amid deadlock. The Stobbe bill to amend the Jones law also came up but no conclusion was reached.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Commission
Bachmann
House Judiciary Committee
Commission
Graham
Committee On the Commission
United States
Carl G. Bachmann
West Virginia
Stobbe
Missing choir singer Elizabeth Hanzel found at home
Elizabeth Hanzel, 22, a Pittsburgh choir singer who vanished April 1, was located in Huntington, Pennsylvania, where she had been working as a domestic. She returned to her home suffering from amnesia, according to Huntingdon Chief of Police E L Rupert.
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Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Hanzel
Huntington
E. L. Rupert
Huntingdon
Rupert
Graf Zeppelin homeward from Seville in 1919 flight
The Graf Zeppelin resumed its return leg from Seville after a one hour layover at Tablada air field. It discharged and boarded passengers and mail for Friedrichshafen and was expected to fly north through Spain into France toward its transatlantic mission to South America and the United States. King Alfonso Queen Victoria and others witnessed the landing. The airship had arrived from Germany the prior afternoon and landed after 545 PM due to strong winds.
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Seville
Spain
Tablada
Friedrichshafen
France
South America
United States
Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Germany
Wyoming County court vacancies to be filled
Pineville W Va April 16 B G Scott chairman Wyoming county Republican executive committee will recommend to Governor Connolly the appointment of J Albert Toler and Robert Perry to the Wyoming county court to fill vacancies created by a state supreme court decision. Toler and Bert Cook were removed yesterday for issuing orders for county funds after the levy revenue was exhausted. The appellate mandate will take about a month and Toler may seek a rehearing, which he says he will not do.
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Pineville
W. Va
B. G. Scott
Wyoming County Republican Executive Committee
Conley
J. Albert Toler
Robert Perry
Wyoming County Court
State Supreme Court
Toler
Bert Cook
Supreme Court
Cook
Queen of Blossom Festival Crowned in Ohio Valley
Miss Genevieve Carlyle of Point Pleasant high school was crowned queen of the Ohio Valley apple blossom festival in Point Pleasant West Virginia. Lieutenant Governor Brown of Ohio crowned her as 3 500 attend the parade and band concert with Ohio university band winning first prize. Attendants were Miss Alma Derenburger Ravenswood and Miss Helen Taylor Parkersburg.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Genevieve Carlyle
Point Pleasant High School
Ohio Valley
Carlyle
John T. Brown
Ohio
Mason City
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
Masons County Fairgrounds
Ravenswood
Ohio University
Athens
Alma Derenburger
Helen Taylor
Parkersburg
Brown
George W. Sharp
West Virginia
Miss Carlyle
Myers Y. Cooper
John W. Smith
Pomeroy Bend
Marshall College
Huntington
Logan Burdette
Brady brothers jailed in Maryland bomb deaths case
Herman Brady and his brother Leroy were jailed after grand jury indictments on first degree murder charges tied to a New Year’s Day bomb explosion in Seat Pleasant Maryland. Naomi Hall Brady was killed and two children died from injuries while others were wounded. Trial likely around May 1.
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Upper Marlbogo
Herman Brady
Leroy
Seat Pleasant
Maryland
Naomi Hall Brady
Samuel
Dorothy Hall
Brady
Kisses Girl and Slap as Police Take Pappa In
George Pappa, 30, kissed Catherine Decker, 18, at Eleventh and Market Streets claiming freedom, was slapped and taken to the police station. Decker testified he swept her into his arms and kissed her. Pappa said the kiss was justified for a free country and was to be arraigned tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
George Pappa
Market Streets
Catherine Decker
Pappa
Mitchell Urges Cure Before New Prohibition Statutes
Attorney General Mitchell told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the federal prison system is overcrowded and not ready for additional prosecutions. He cited a 6 277 increase in federal prisoners over nine months and urged prison relief legislation and shifting prohibition enforcement to the Justice Department. He also proposed higher pay and more district attorneys to strengthen enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mitchell
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Congress
Treasury
Justice Department
Third Suspect Arrested in Pittsburgh Rum Death
A third suspect Emil O Wenning 34 of Wilkinsburg was arrested in the slaying of William Gregory 23 whose decapitated body was found in a Penn township barrel. Wenning admitted hauling beer from Phillip Fazio's brewery but recalled few details of March 1 and April 1. Detectives say Gregory was killed after selling a truckload of beer at Akron Ohio and keeping the money.
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Pittsburgh
William Gregory
Penn Township
Emil
Wenning
Wilkinsburg
Phillip Fazio
Gregory
Akron
Census Coupon Aims Correct 1930 District Count
Census workers urge residents in the eleventh West Virginia district to check their 1930 enumeration. Persons unsure of being counted should complete the coupon and mail it to Philip T. Lilly, district census supervisor.
Census Enumeration Appeal for West Virginia District
A 1930 census appeal urges unenumerated residents in the Eleventh District of West Virginia to mail in the provided coupon. Supervisor Philip T. Lilly notes districts near completion and asks households to ensure all occupants including servants, boarders, and infants are counted in Mercer, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming, Monroe, and Summers counties.
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Lilly
West Virginia
Mercer
McDowell
Raleigh
Wyoming
Monroe
Summers
Lobby Committee Hears ALALP President on Anti Prohibition Push
Henry H. Curran, head of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, testifies before the Senate lobby panel that the group spent $427,213 last year advocating repeal. He describes voter information campaigns and support for candidates, and notes pivotal Illinois and Pennsylvania actions depending on Ruth Hanna McCormick. Curran cites salaries, donors, and office network while predicting repeal and cautioning against armed conflict.
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Washington
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the
Senate Lobby Committee Today
Curran
United States
Association
Liberal Civic League of
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Francis M. Bohlen
Thomas W. Phillips
Charles Dor Tance
Illinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
James Hamilton Lewis
Caraway
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Pierre du Pont
Lam
Missing Student Flyer Safe
Valley Stream New York April 16 officials said Ralph White a missing Curtiss Wright student flyer had been picked up by a fishing boat off the Long Island coast. Fifty planes had scoured the Atlantic for him since Sunday afternoon as fog hid landmarks.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Curtiss-Wright
Ralph White
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island
Frank Ambrose
Norman Winston
New York City
Winston
White
William Winston
Curties-Wright Flying Schools
Heavy timber damage from Hardy county forest fires
Moorefield West Virginia April 16 Considerable damage to timber resulted today from several forest fires in Hardy county At the request of Fire Warden Charles Harper high school boys were dismissed from classes Monday to assist in fighting fires George Whetzel of M’Neill who in clearing off a field Friday with fire allowed it to get beyond control was arrested and fined 25 dollars
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Moorefield
W. Va
Hardy County
Charles Harper
George Whetzel
M‘neill
Mrs Hoover Fractures Back After Fall at White House
Mrs Hoover suffered a painful back injury after a fall in the White House living room while receiving the Children of the American Revolution. White House physician Dr. Joel T. Boone said the injury was slight, though kept her from standing. she reclined to accept flowers as she recovers from a fifteen day cold.
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Washington
Death of Seaman Solves Mystery in Drowning Case
Norfolk Virginia telegraph reports Bailey Van Wagenen 82, Confederate Navy veteran, died today in Maryland hospital, 27 years after believed drowning aboard the Marie Ashby near Cape Hatteras. Son Walter L Van Wagenen seeks explanation of admission timing. widow Mrs. Mary Alexander Van Wagenen survives in Stanton Virginia.
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Norfolk
Walter L. van Wagenen
Bailey van Wagenen
Marie Ashby
Cape Hatteras
Maryland State Hospital
Sykeeville
Urbana
Middlesex County
David van Wagenen
van Wagenen
Charleston
Virginia
Confederacy
Maria Ashby
Hatteras
Baltimore
Mary Alexander van Wagenen
Stanton
Absence of Lawyers Delays Lewis Citation at Illinois Hearing
In Springfield Illinois on April 16 the absence of attorneys handling the clash between State President Harry Fishwick and International President John L Lewis delayed a contempt citation against Lewis for alleged injunc tion violations. Judge Frank W Burton postponed the order until tomorrow in Sangamon county circuit court.
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Springfield
Ill
Harry Fishwick
International
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Lewis
Frank W. Burton
Sangamon County
Riots and bloodshed spread across India in 1940s surge
Civil disobedience escalates from coast to coast with arrests and violence. One civilian killed and about fifty injured in riots at Karachi Calcutta and Poona. Nine Europeans among the injured, seven seriously at Karachi. Mob storms city magistrate court near arrests of nationalist leaders. Poona sees stone throwing at police HQ over Nehru verdict. Bombay reports contraband salt sale by Gandhi followers and railway worker strike called off.
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Bombay
India
Karachi
Calcutta
Poona
Jawarhalal Nehru
Mahama Gandhi
Verdict of life for Baren Harman in Freeda Bolt case
Salem Va April 16 A jury returned a life sentence for Baren Harman charged with murdering his 18 year old sweetheart Freeda Bolt. Two alienists recommended the verdict saying Harman has the mind of a 12 year old. The trial spanned nine days with alienist testimony and competing constitutional arguments.
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Salem
Baren Harman
Freeda Bolt
Defense Council
Harman
Thurston L. Keister
L. G. Pedigo
Roanoke
Opal Bolt
Lillie Vaughan
Gile Harris
Floyd
Miss Bolt
Freeda
Gardner
Richmond
Vaughan
Bent Mountain
Roanoke County
Giles Harris
Pedigo
Keister
Oil Deal Worth 20 Million Falls to Niagara in Five States
Bradford Pa April 16 An oil deal totaling about 20 million dollars was completed as the Niagara Oil corporation bought 14 000 acres of producing territory across Pennsylvania Oklahoma Indiana Ohio and Illinois The land was purchased from Thomas H Kennedy S P Kennedy Homer G Barcroft and E H Kennedy The acquired region formerly belonged to the William C Kennedy company It includes 1 000 wells producing more than 1 000 barrels of oil per day.
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Bradford
Niagara Oil Corporation
Thomas H. Kennedy
S. P. Kennedy
Homer G. Barcroft
E. H. Kennedy
William C. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
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Stimson
Parker
North Carolina
John J. Parker
Overman
Patterson
Missouri
B. G. Voorhees
Republican Party
Judge Parker
Graf Zep
Senate Committee
Bluefield
Philip T. Lilly
Cemsus
Bailey Bridge
Alalp. A. Clique
Seaman
Maryland Hospital
Floyd County
Pennsy
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