Merge To Solve Coal Ills. Lewis Tells Operators
Union leader John Lewis and F H La Guardia urged a senatorial probe into coal strike conditions in Pittsburgh. They argued investigations would expose funding and policies behind strikebreakers and called for mergers of many coal firms. Local officials reported attacks on schools and nonunion miners amid ongoing tensions.
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Lewis
Pittsburgh
John ‘. Lewis
United ‘Mine Workers of America
Ongreasman
F. H. la Guardia
New York
James A. Watson
In- Vana
Interstate Commerce Committee
Uaita
la Guardia
Tanight
Johnson
Johnon
Jacksonville
Ralph Holzhauser
Broughton Echopk Board
J. M. O'Rourke
John 8. Fisher
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
G. F. Osler
Terminal Concern
O'Rourke
Hampton Matthews
Matthews
Thomas
J. C. Mauk
State Police
Pan American Conference Approves Final Report in Plenary
Havana February 3 The sixth Pan American conference in plenary session approved the final report of the committee on social problems in full and accepted in part recommendations from the committees on intellectual culture and economic problems.
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Havana
House Approves Swing Johnson Boulder Canyon Dam Bill
Washington February 2 The House of Representatives approved the Swing Johnson Boulder Canyon dam bill with an unusual proviso delaying formal reporting to March 15. The vote count stood at 1.
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Washington
Johnson Boulder Canyon
Paris Authors Display Trouser Styles for Women
Paris spring fashion shows reveal lingering trouser ideas from famous Parisian designers. One house promotes pants in many forms while another presents ruffied lace trimmed pantalettes and panties under split skirts. Overall styles stay conservative with longer skirts and modest changes from winter.
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Paris
Parielan Dreesmakers
Dreasmaker
Coaree
Fall River Faces Massive Fire Losses in City Center
Fire destroyed much of Fall River's business district near city hall injuring no lives but causing estimated damage from 7 million to over 15 million dollars. Four banks burned and hundreds of stores were wiped out while rehabilitation funds and Red Cross aid moved in to restore operations and assist workers.
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Fall River
Mass
City Hall
Red Cross
Banka
Casey demands quiz of mining situation
Washington D C Feb 3 A resolution by Rep Casey Democrat Pa calls for the House Commerce Committee to probe wages and working conditions of bituminous coal miners in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia The inquiry would examine operator efforts to depress labor costs of coal and whether injunctions against unions violate miners constitutional rights
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Casey
Chilean film censorship tightens for minors and imports
Santiago Chile February 3 The minister of interior decrees motion picture censorship minors under fifteen may view only legends historical voyages and comedies crimes or love scenes are forbidden. Imports and screenings that ridicule authorities or offend national pride morals or foreign customs are barred. Films claiming to point a moral or incite crime are warned.
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Santiago
Chile
Prisoner Swain Dies By Hanging At West Virginia Prison
Wesley Homer Swain, 45, convicted of the assault of a 5 year old Parkersburg girl, was executed at the state prison here. He declared his innocence on the way to the gallows and in the death cell, and prayed with the prison chaplain. Swain’s last meal was a chicken dinner and he was witnessed by twenty people. The warden did not attend the hanging. His body will be sent to Parkersburg tomorrow.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Wesley Homer Swain
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Swain
Wood County
Ray H. Fought
Eee
L. M. Recone
Minter
Peo
Dr. Robinson
W C. Harold
Howard M. Gore
Three to Start Flights Today From Curtiss Field
Plans for a Dawn departure of the Columbia monoplane to Havana with Mable Roll as passenger stirred mystery. Davis Strother heads from Washington to place a barograph on the craft while Levine and pilot Wilmer Stultz prepare to carry 450 gallons of fuel, fueling talk of a possible distance record.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
Columbia
Charles A. Levine
Havana
Cuba
Mable Roll
Davis H. Strother
National Agronautical Association
Washington
Levine
Wilmer Stultz
Stultz
Moonlit plan for nonstop flight to Managua
Miami on February 3. Lieutenant George H. Towner intends a dawn departure powered by a brilliant moon, aiming for a nonstop flight from Miami to Managua, Nicaragua, early tomorrow morning.
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Miami
Fla
George H. Towner
Managua
Nicaragua
Chamberlin to Try Again Set to Break Endurance Record
At daybreak tomorrow a Martin-Bellanca plane will lift from Richard E. Byrd airport in Richmond to begin a flight by Clarence D. Chamberlin and Roger Q. Williams. The crew carries 60 hours of fuel oil water and food hoping to establish a new world endurance record for aircraft.
Business Men Praise Stewart for His Stand
Telegrams poured in from business leaders nationwide praising Standard Oil official Robert W. Stewart for refusing to answer certain questions before the senate Teapot Dome committee. No other comment for publication was provided.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Senate
Standard Oil
Defiant Oil Executive Stewart Arrested Faces Senate Question
Robert W. Stewart chief of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana was arrested by the Senate for defying the Teapot Dome committee. He remained at the Willard hotel under guard and faced possible habeas corpus as the panel prepared to compel his testimony on disposal of Continental Trading profits. The episode followed a swift Senate action with a warrant signed by Vice President Dawes and served at the Willard.
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Standard of
Company of
Indiana
Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Senate
Willard Hotel
District of Columbia
Harry Sinclair
Walsh
Montana
Teapot Dome
Chicago
Stewart
Dawes
Capitol
Committee On Public Lands
Waleh
Nye
Smoot
Utah
Interior Department
Ellence
Etunnel
Vid S. Barry
John
Ture
Ohio Republicans endorse Willis for president in primary feud
In Columbus Ohio the Republican state committee endorsed Senator Frank B Willis for president 19 to 1 amid rival Hoover supporters. State Chairman Fred W Warner called Hoover sentiment manufactured and the party set a June 26 27 convention in Memorial Hall Columbus to organize delegates. Senator Fess urged support for Willis while pledging loyalty to his colleague as party harmony faces a possible Hoover challenge in April’s Ohio primary.
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Columbus
Frank B. Willis
Republican State Committee
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Hoover
Ohio
Washington
Burton
Cleveland
Fred W. Warner
Willis
Cincinnati
Willie
Oho
Memorial Hall
Fess
Coolidge
Willia
Hoover Candidacy Boosted in Ohio Primary Fight
Representative Burton of Ohio urged Secretary Hoover to enter the Ohio Republican primary. Senator Willis quickly accepted the challenge and vowed a tough contest. The Ohio Republican central committee had earlier endorsed Willis by 19 to 1, intensifying the battleground.
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Washington
Hoover
Ohio
Burton
Willis
Willie
Wieh
Capitol
Senator Willis
Ohio Battleground
Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
Wills
Recount of Pennsylvania Senate votes to begin Monday
The recount of Pennsylvania votes from the last senatorial election will start Monday after differences between the sub committee and the campaign funds committee were resolved. The move was requested by defeated candidate William B. Wilson and by William S. Ware who remains unseated. De Reed of Missouri, head of the campaign funds committee, secured consent from the elections committee to inspect ballots and election paraphernalia in contested counties at any time.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate
William B. Wilson
William 8. Ware
de Reed, Miesour
Elections Committee
State rests Hill case in death of employer
Ottawa Illinois February 3 An aged gardener's shrill denial of guilt in the death of his wealthy employer Mrs Eliza Hill. Cross examination reveals the crowding in the court room as the state rests its case against Harry Hill accused of killing his mother.
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Hill
Ottawa
Eliza Hill
Harry Hill
Hickman Counsel Ends His Insanity Defense in Parker Case
William Edward Hickman's counsel concluded the insanity defense for the Marian Parker killing. The state pressed its challenge with alienists and handwriting expert testimony, asserting Hickman was sane. A note from Hickman to a fellow prisoner hinted at plans to disrupt the trial.
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Hall of Justice
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman Mexle
Marian Parker
Jerome Walsh
Hickman
R. O. Shelton
Asa Keyes
Shelton
Keyes
Clark Sellers
Perry M. Parker
Sellers
Waleh
Hickmen
A. L. Skoeg
Kansas City
Bis
William FE. Hickman
the Fox
Cosgrave and De Valera Avoid Meeting in New York
Irish Free State President Cosgrave and rival De Valera both under the same roof at the Waldorf Emerald room plan to avoid a face to face encounter. Cosgrave attends as he prepares to sail at 3 am while De Valera says he was not invited and would not have attended if invited.
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New York
Willem T. Cosgrave
Kremer Backs Prohibition View Against McAdoo
Montana national committeeman J Bruce Kremer says prohibition is an economic issue and should not be a national convention test for presidential candidates. He predicts Governor Smith as Democratic nominee and argues the prohibition stance will not drive the campaign.
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New York
J. Bruce Kremer
Montana
McAdoo
Kremer
Smith
Explosion Shatters Luhrig Mine Near Athens Ohio
A blast at the Luhrig mine six miles west of Athens Ohio injures no one as police and guards prevent access. Mine superintendent cites union sympathizers. stakes tied to cooperative reopening proposed by New York Coal Company.
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Athens
New York Coal Company
Here
Honses
Charles Fitner
Page Morris
Parker
William Wiliams
Luhrig
Pitzer
Maher Sails To Settle Career Friend's Estate
N. D. Maher, Roanoke retired president of the Norfolk and Western, travels to Toms Creek Va to settle the affairs of the late R. V. Phelan, N W agent at Toms Creek and Maher's boyhood friend from Pennsylvania. Phelan died suddenly about three weeks ago at age sixty eight. He was a lifelong bachelor.
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N. D. Maher
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Toms Creek
Norfolk and Western
Mr. Maher
Phelan
Government Demands Prison Sentences in Pall-Sinclair Case
Washington reports the government seeks prison terms for Harry F. Sinclair William J Burns W Sherman Burns and Henry Mason Day over their roles in the Pall Sinclair trial surveillance as it opposes defense motions to dismiss contempt charges The prosecution says it has proven all charges against the four while two associates face different rulings The judge overruled a defense objection and recessed the court until Monday
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
William J. Burns
W. Sherman Burns
Henry Mason Day
Pall-Sinclair
Sheldon Clark
Chicago
C. L. Veltech
Burns
Baltimore
James J. O'Leary
Sinclair
Day
O'Leary
Baltimore and Ohio to Rebuild Connellsville Shops
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad shops at Connellsville Pennsylvania burned yesterday causing about 100000 in loss and will be rebuilt, according to a report today from Daniel Willard president of the railroad.
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Connellsville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Daniel Willard
Surveys Begin for Smokeless Coal Merger Properties
Howard N. Eaven son leads an eight engineer corps across Mercer McDowell and Raleigh counties to survey unmined coal, production costs, equipment and property across Pocahontas Tug River Winding Gulf and New River districts as part of the smokeless coal merger plan. More than twenty million tons have signed, with about six million remaining, and the merged company could exceed 150 million dollars in value.
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Pocahontas
Tug River
Winding Gulf
New River
Howard N. Eavenson
Pittsburgh
Mercer
McDowell
Inleigh
Bluefield
Welch
Beckley
Hiuefield
Keckley
Boissevain
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Carver
Bkavenson
United States Coal and Coke Company
Isaac T. Mann
Cirty
Dill Urges Broader Radio Chain Control
Washington Feb 3 Senator Dill urged greater regulation of chain radio broadcasting during a Senate commerce committee hearing on O H Caldwell's nomination to the commission. Caldwell disclosed he received 7000 dollars yearly from McGraw Hill in addition to a 10000 dollar government salary, a point that sparked a clash between Republicans and Democrats over potential conflicts of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dill
Senate In Commerce
O. H. Caldwell
New York
Caldwell
McGraw- Hill
Cousens
Republican
Michigan
Wheeler
Iana
Republicans Seek State Office in West Virginia Race
Charleston West Virginia February 3 The John M Wolverton Republican Richwood today announced his candidacy for representative from the Third district He was a congressman in 1925 27 An announcement for state senator was made by Harvey B Martin Can Elkins Thirteenth with William Woodyard Spencer Fourth district
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Charleston
W. Va
John M. Wolverton
Richwood
Congress
Harvey B. Martin
Can
Elkins
William Woodyard
Spencer
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