Illinois Pennyslvania primary probe yields one willing witness
Four witnesses faced the senate campaign funds committee over contributions to Illinois and Pennsylvania races. Robert E Crowe the Cook County state s attorney made a clean breast about his links to the local fund, while Samuel Insull and Daniel Schuyler refused to name the four recipients of two $20 000 payments. Thomas W Cunningham faced possible indictment in DC courts after refusing to cooperate.
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Washington
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Daniel J. Schuyler
Thomas W. Cunningham
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Republican State Committee
Senate
District of Columbia
Robert E. Crowe
Cook County
Insull
Schuyler
Reed
Missouri
Hes
Reckoning of Storm Toll Mounts Across Land and Sea
A grim tally shows about twenty lives lost as the winter blizzard raged from coast to coast. Coast guards, ships, and crews battled high seas off Ambrose Light, Cape Cod, and New Jersey while New Bedford reports the Natale schooner returning home minus one crew member.
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Coast Guard
Cape Cod
New England
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Light
New York
New Bedford
Mass
Natale
Joan Santos
Brescle
Suevier
Talbot
Ambrose Licht
Robert Roybuck
Sandy Hook
Italy Rejects Five-Power Naval Limitation Proposals
Washington reports Italy has rejected the American five power naval limitation conference proposals. The move likely ends hopes for a broader agreement among the five powers. France also rejected the plan while Britain remains to respond and Japan would discuss only after June 1. The US continues broader disarmament efforts.
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Washington
Italy
Great Britain
United States
Japan
London
France
Court rules on fixing of prices
Washington February 21 Supreme court declared price fixing by competitors unlawful. In a case against the Trenton Potteries and other firms accounting for 82 percent of sanitary pottery fixtures the decision was five to three with one justice not participating. The ruling upholds prior convictions of twenty individuals and twenty three corporations and clarifies that reasonable prices do not justify price fixing under antitrust law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Trenton
Stone
Taft
Holmes
McReynolds
Sanford
van Devanter
Sutherland
Butler
Circuit Court of Appeals
Kincaid Brothers May Have Escaped in Auto
Beckley West Virginia February 21 Possibilities that Wallace and Herbert Kincaid alleged slayers of George W Spangler railroad detective escaped in a stolen automobile were mentioned at State police headquarters after reports they were seen driving through Beckley in a small car following the murder Spangler tried to arrest them handcuffed one man while the other ran.
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W. Va
Wallace
Herbert Kincaid
George W. Spangler
Kincaid Brothers
Spangler
H. Spangler
Continued civil case of Hancock note dispute in Fairmont
In Fairmont West Virginia on February 21 the trial of Nathan J Hancock's civil suit to recover about 42000 dollars on a note drawn thirteen years ago by D N Snider to Hancock was continued to the next day in Marion county circuit court. Both parties and a key witness are dead. The case nears completion.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Nathan J. Hancock
Marion County
D. N. Snider
Hancock
Snider
Lindsey to be ousted as judge in Colorado case
The Colorado supreme court denied a rehearing for Judge Ben B. Lindsey of the juvenile court in Denver. A 45 day stay was granted to allow an appeal to the U S Supreme Court, after which Lindsey must leave office. The contest was led by the widow of Royal A. Graham, a Ku Klux Klan candidate. Lindsey said the case would be fought at the U S Supreme Court to expose alleged Klan conspiracy.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado Supreme Court
Ben B. Lindsey
Lindsey
United States Supreme Court
Royal A. Graham
Ku Klux Klay
Ku Klux Klan
McPherson Hailed by New York Clergy Amid Controversy
Aimee Semple McPherson, noted Los Angeles evangelist, met with Ther evangelista and ministers in New York. She described the city as very wicked yet found the visit intriguing and newsworthy.
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Ther Evangelista
Aimee Semple McPherson
Loss Angeles
New York
Aimee Is Regarded As Flop By Viewpoint Of Broadway
Broadway critics and managers label Aimee as a flop after her cross country revival tour fails to draw at Madison Square Garden or Carnegie Hall. The piece notes Broadway’s sharp, skeptical reaction to her publicity and scheduling.
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Aimee
Broadway
New York
Angelus Temple
Madison Square Garden
Carnegie Hall
Belne
Los Angeles
Variety
Plan for China treaty approved in House
Congress passed a resolution recommending that treaty negotiations with China be conducted independently from other nations. The measure, approved 259 to something, was sent to the Senate for consideration as President Coolidge would be advised to pursue a separate pact with China.
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China
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
House
Senate
Woman rises from poverty to near six-figure salary
Mrs Blanche R Green of Yonkers receives honors in New York after 15 years with Berger Brothers of New Haven. She started as a saleswoman to support an invalid husband and daughter and built a national sales force of 4500 with offices in major cities.
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New York
Blanche R. Green
Yonkers
Berger Brothers Company
New Haven
Berger Company
United States
Block Action on Veterans Loans in Senate Filibuster
Washington reports a senate filibuster blocked action on a house bill to authorize loans to veterans tied to adjusted service certificates. The debate focused on two riders Bratton amendment and Tyson retirement measure. Bratton would cut temporary disability compensation by half after July 1. The loan bill returns to the senate calendar for possible later consideration.
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Washington
House
Veterans’ Bureau
Senate
Tyson
Tennessee
Bratton
New Mexico
Supreme Court Upholds Railroad Final Valuations
The Supreme Court ruled final valuations set by the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot be challenged in court until the commission uses them for rate making or other official acts. Justice Brandeis delivered the opinion in a Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad case, stating the valuation order is an investigative record, not a court reviewable decision.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Supreme Court
Los Angeles and
Salt Lake
Justice Brandeis
Los Angeles
Brandeis
Death of juror's son halts Daugherty Miller trial
New York February 21 court adjourned the Daugherty Miller conspiracy trial after juror No 12's son Arthur Zinn died of pneumonia overnight. Attorneys tapped notes as Judge John Knox postponed proceedings to Thursday. The case concerns alleged kickbacks and the release of seven million dollars in impounded American Metal assets.
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New York
Daugherty
Daugherty and Miller
United States
American Metal Company
Miller
Richard Merton
John T. King
National Republican
Connecticut
Hawaii Supreme Court Declares 1920 Language School Law Unconstitutional
Hawaiian law of 1920 licensing teachers and supervising text books for foreign language schools was ruled unconstitutional by the state supreme court. The decision held the measure defective as a whole, with the court declining to assess the validity of individual provisions. The case followed a temporary injunction obtained by Japanese challengers.
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Washington
Islands
Supreme Court
Marines Ready to Strike the Trail in Nicaragua
United States marines prepare to move from Managua toward Masaya as Conservative and Liberal forces clash. Force protection along the Managua to Granada railroad includes 400 bike jackets, 200 marines at Managua, and detachments at bridges and water tanks. Diaz government withdraws troops to shift defense to Masaya and Granada.
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Managua
Diaz
United States
Nicaragua
Corinto-Managua
Chinadega
Leon
Marine Guard
Legation Guard
Matagalpa
State Department
Masaya
Granada
Corinto
Chinandega
la Pag
Eikees Pereira
Libe Party
Campto
Salvador
Liberal Party
Latimer
Rudner Case Nears Jury in Canton Murder Trial
Canton Ohio February trial of Ben Rudner Massillon hardware merchant for murder of Don R Meffett Canton publisher moves toward jury as rebuttal and surrebuttal testimony concludes. State witness Brumme says Rubin threatened him and links Rudner to Patrick McDermott life term inmate. Rudner admits talks with former Canton police chief Lengel but denies intimacy or murder detail discussions.
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Canton
Ohio
Ben Rudner
Massillon
Don R. Meffett
William Brumme
Herman Rubin
Rudner
Brumme
Rubin
Patrick McDermott
McDermott
S. A
Longworth Unanimous Republican Speaker Nominee
Washington Feb 21 Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio was chosen by acclamation as the Republican candidate for speaker in the next Congress. The caucus also unanimously re elected John Q Tilson as floor leader and nominated William Tyler Page as clerk J G Rodgers as sergeant at arms and Bert W Kennedy as doorkeeper.
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Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Longworth
Madden
Illinois
Burton
John Nelson
Wis
Bercause
la Follette
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
Treetney Massachuetta
Tileon
Johnson
William Tyler Page
J. G Rodgers
Bert W. Kennedy
Subcommittee Fails to Forge Coal Wage Pact in Miami
In Miami on February 21, the second stage of soft coal wage talks between miners and operators failed to produce a new contract replacing the Jacksonville draft of 1924. The joint sub committee adjourned without agreement, promising to report its failure to the full conference and leaving open the possibility of last minute concessions or resumption of talks.
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Miami
Fla
Jacksonville
Ume
Herman ‘Co. Perry
Umnola
Washington to honor Washington's birthday with nationwide broadcast
President Coolidge will address a joint session of Congress to mark George Washington's birthday. A record radio hookup via more than thirty stations will carry the speech to all regions, with KDKA Pittsburgh and WGY Schenectady aiming to transmit across oceans. The address inaugurates plans for the 1932 Washington bi centennial celebration.
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House
KDKA
Pittsburgh
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Schenectady
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