Hoover appeals for economy in government spending
President Hoover urged public support for limiting new expenditures while pressuring Congress to curb spending. Senate discussions followed the breakfast conference with Republican leaders as Glass said Hoover trimmed $20,000,000 in recommendations this session, while Watson defended the White House push to restrain appropriations.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate Coalition
White House
Senate
Glass
Virginia
Watson
Indiana
House
Queen Victoria Fights For Life In Rome
Queen Victoria of Sweden, gravely ill at the royal villa in Rome, fights for life as doctors call her condition grave and disquieting. King Gustave and relatives remain at her bedside, offering support, though a late medical bulletin notes no real improvement.
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Rome
Vicctoria
Sweden
Gustave
Day's News Highlights From Across The Nation
Pottsville gas blast at Lytle mine near Pottsville kills four. rescue team overcome by afterdamp. Waynesburg man Robert Cole confesses to slaying near Paw Paw West Virginia. Revolt against Vasquez government grows in Mexico as American minister seeks peace. Missing Western Air Express plane case in Los Angeles prompts inquiries. Hoover urges public support for economy. tariff amendment work nears action. Gun battle between gunmen and a patient in Chicago. Radical Socialist government toppled in Paris by large margin. Supreme Court declines to review Dr J H Snook conviction. I N Frantz is sentenced to ten years. Directors refuse to rent auditorium for boxing and wrestling. Detroit court case raises self-canteens poisoner questions. Mercer citizens named to new county welfare board. City officials start survey for improvement programs.
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Pottsville
Waynesburg
Robert Cole
Paw Paw
W. Va
Washington Birthday Parade Return to Historic Alexandria Scene
President Hoover presided over a celebration in Alexandria Virginia honoring George Washington on his 198th birthday. In the reviewing stand with Hoover were Mrs Hoover Gov John Garland Pollard of Virginia and his daughter Sue, on the same street Washington once reviewed a parade.
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George Washington
Hoover
Alexandria
Gov
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Sue
Rumors of Opis pilots searching upset senators for lost express
Washington reports threatening letters and rumors of spies unsettling the senate. Senator Copeland dismisses the letters as a crankish prank while officers deny heightened security. In Los Angeles, three Western Air Express crewmen and a steward vanish with a plane between Kingman and Alhambra as search planes scour the area.
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OPIS
Senators
Lost Express
Twin trials may take place at New Castle
In New Castle Pennsylvania District Attorney Powers and special counsel Margiotti prosecute Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague in case tied to Corporal Brady Paul murder near New Castle. A second murder trial against Charles Llewellyn William Grimm Jessie Martin and Jack McDevitt expected in courtroom No 2. Trials to begin March 10.
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New Castle
John 8. Powers
Charles Margiotti
Punxsutawney
Fisher
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Brady Paul
George W. Muse
Walter W. Braham
Charles Llewellyn
William Grimm
Jessie Martin
Jack McDevitt
Clark
Revolt Grows in Dominican Republic as Vasquez Government Faces Challenge
Insurgent movement expands across the Dominican north under a provisional government in Vega Real region. American minister Curtis seeks peaceful settlement while Santo Domingo braces for conflict. Vice President Alfonseca resigns amid antigovernment pressure. Assembly to discuss the crisis.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Horacio Vasquez
Charles B. Curtis
Vega Real
Sierra de Cibao
Dominican Guardia
National Assembly of the Republic
Jose Alfonseca
Vasquez
Maimed Chicago Man Refuses Names Of Gunmen
Frank McErlane, wounded and under guard, was attacked by two gunmen at the German Deaconess hospital in Chicago. He refused to name his assailants, police later moved him to a prison hospital and prepared concealed weapons charges.
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Chicago
Sly
Frank McErlane
McErlane
Bridewell
Charles Miller
Snook Lossed Review by Supreme Court Denies Plea
The U S Supreme Court refused to review the murder conviction of James Howard Snook, former Ohio State professor, in the Theora Hix case. His lawyers plan to seek a governor’s stay and ask the Ohio Board of Clemency to reconsider. The decision, announced by Chief Justice Hughes, leaves Snook facing possible execution Friday night pending further appeals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio
Cooper
State Board of Clemency
Hughes
Ohio Supreme Court
Snook
Three City Workmen Die Trapped in Sewer Flood
Minneapolis reports three city employees drowned when sudden rainwater flooded a sewer they were cleaning. Survivors include Earl Dillon, hospitalized with shock. the dead are August Anglade Arnold Bell and Gothard Carlson. Carlson left a widow and two children. Dillon previously survived a sewer incident in 1928.
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Minneapolis
Mississippi
August Anglade
Arnold Bell
Gothard Carlson
Earl Dillon
Monay
Dillon
Carlson
Two More Deaths Linked to Pharoah Curse
London reports two additional deaths tied by superstition to Tutankhamen tomb opening. Lord Westbury died in a car collision as his coffin was moved to a crematorium, and his son Richard Bethel had died last year after serving Howard Carter. Edgar Steele of the British Museum, who cared for Luxor relics, also died. Carter dismisses the curse as myth.
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London
Lord Westbury
Creamatorium
Joseph Greer
Richard Bethel
Howard Carter
Edgar Steele
British Museum
Luxor
Steele
Carter
Radio Aerials Save Youth From Injury
New York report recounts James Nieland, 25, plunging from a fifth floor window, striking two radio aerials on the way down and bouncing into a yard off a leaning fence. He escaped with only minor injuries.
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New York
James Nieland
Boy Wins Pie Contest at Colonial Fair in Willows
Harold Hoskins a grammar school student won first prize for a apple pie in a contest with more than fifty women held as part of a colonial fair and food competition in Willows California on February 25.
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Willows
Cal
Harold Hoskins
Yale and Princeton Men Victims in Con Game
New York report details George Strome alias John Prescott arrested on unlawful entry charges after posing as a lucky classmate to swindle Yale and Princeton graduates. Detectives say he drew up a sucker list and sought funds from alumni while planning a honeymoon financed by the schemes.
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New York
George Strome
John Prescott
Yale
Princeton
Strome
George W. Johnston
Johnston
Peggy Berson
Conviction Upheld In Cabell County Bank Embezzlement Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed the 10 year sentence for L. N. Frantz former president of the American Bank and Trust Co Huntington upholding embezzlement charges involving 2800. The court found fraudulent intent based on timed checks between the American Bank and Mullens Bank and Mullens Bank. Convictions in two Cabell county cases were also sustained including William Gordon Newman for armed robbery and Albert Johnson for voluntary manslaughter.
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Charleston
L. N. Frantz
American Bank and Trust Company
Huntington
State Supreme Court
Frantz
Cabell County
Supreme Court
Bank of Mullens
Commission of Banking
William Gordon Newman
Albert Johnson
Frank Cyrus
Marion County
Nola Clise
Fairmont
Uniontown
Cabell County Circuit Court
Chicago Towel Company
C. T. Reynolds
Sanitary Towel and Linen Supply Company
Lincoln County Circuit Court
Central Trust Company
E. M. Harless
Tax warrant sales near seventeen million in Chicago drive
Chicago reports the second day of tax anticipation warrant sales bringing in almost 17 million dollars to fund city operations until July when tax receipts resume. Twenty five industrial groups, led by banking with a 25.9 million target, have begun active fund raising. counterfeit scrip and arrests of three men are tied to the effort.
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Chicago
Blazing Fire at Hat Factory Kills Six in Luton
A worker whose clothes caught fire while heating beeswax sparked a blaze that gutted a three story hat factory in Luton Bedfordshire. The blaze killed at least six and left about 150 people inside with many hospitalized. Names of the dead include Phyllis Jones Grace Deller Doris Holt Mary Betts Edward Hucklesby and Kenneth Soper.
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Luton
Bedfordshire
England
Phyllis Jones
Grace Deller
Doris Holt
Mary Betts
Edward Hucklesby
Kenneth Soper
France’s Chautemps Government Defeated In Chamber Vote
France’s leftist cabinet suffered a defeat in the chamber of deputies by 292 to 277, with Camille Chautemps resigning after the confidence vote. Observers expect Andre Tardieu or Aristide Briand to be invited to form a new government, as thousands gathered outside the Palais Bourbon to witness the moment.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Camille Chautemps
London
Tardieu
M. Chautemps
Radical- Socialist
Andre Tardieu
Aristide Briand
Doumergue
M. Briand
Palais-Bourbon
Seine
Chautemps
Former Navy Man Killed in Leap
New York reports Richard Howland Jones a 35 Annapolis graduate and former naval lieutenant leaped to his death from an eighth floor Park Avenue apartment after striking his wife who tried to restrain him. Mrs. Jones Louise Hill Conkey, of Kansas City, and Washington, D. C., struggled with him as he pushed her away and destroyed the scene with a statuette. Police and doctors declared Jones dead at the courtway. neighbors heard screams. Jones resigned as assistant sales manager at Tidewater Oil of New Jersey last month after a nervous breakdown and had recently taken a sea voyage.
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New York
Richard Howland Jones
Annapolis
Park Avenue
February's Hottest Day Brings Heat Prostration in Washington
In Washington on February 25 the heat reached 84 degrees, the hottest February day since 1871. A 68 year old man, C Newton Bear, collapsed on Pennsylvania Avenue and received hospital treatment with non serious prognosis.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania Avenue
Newton Bear
Arms Conference Faces New Delay
London reports the London naval conference likely to pause for another week after the French cabinet fell. Prime Minister MacDonald plans to summon delegations including Colonel Stimson, Wakatsuki, and Grandi to Downing Street to reassess the situation. Admiral Jones ships out to the United States while Stimson battles a cold.
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London
Chautemps
France
MacDonald
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Stanmore
Stimson
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Japan
Dino Grandi
Italy
Downing Street
Grandi
Rome
Wakatsuki
A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Japan Society
Hilary P. Jones
Waterloo Station
Southampton
Sunday Movie Ordinance Presented in Wheeling District
Representatives from 32 Wheeling area church congregations presented a draft ordinance to ban Sunday motion pictures. The council approved first reading in title only and will debate it at the next meeting. Church leaders said the draft was prepared by the laymen's assembly after two mass meetings.
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Wheeling
Senators Complete Action On Individual Amendments
Washington notes the Senate finished action on most tariff bill amendments and prepared for further votes on free list items. Key changes include reinstating duties on silk wear, silk yarn, cotton shirts, and sponges, with debate over crude oil, refined fuels, and other articles on the free list.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Finance Committee
Blaine
Republican
Inde
Four Die In Lytle Mine Blast Near Pottsville Pa
A gas pocket ignited in the Lytle mine causing a major explosion on the sixth level near the west dip. Four men were killed and three injured. rescuers were overwhelmed by after damp but recovered and were treated in Minersville. Officials expect a local burst with limited mine damage and will investigate to determine the cause.
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Pottsville
Lytle
Lytle Coal Company
Charles Cook
Russell Hubler
Phoenix Park
William Kowazchicki
Lost Creek
Minersville
Snow and Warm Weather Split Across Regions
Snow and sleet hit the western states while a warm wave moved into the east. Northern Minnesota and North Dakota saw heavy snow with near zero temps. Minot recorded 4 above. New York reported a historic warm spell with 73 degrees at 3 p.m. Huntington and Charleston in West Virginia reached 80 and 79 degrees respectively.
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St. Paul
North Dakota
Minnesota
Minot
New York
Weather Bureau
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Huntington
Two Day Extension For Prohibition Debate In House
Washington February 25 Two additional days have been allowed the wets advocating modification and repeal of the eighteenth amendment to present their argument before the house judiciary committee The witness lists are large and may exceed available time as Rep Linthicum and D F W Buck doubt all can be heard The first half of the all day session tomorrow is set for witnesses supporting the Sabath resolution to modify the amendment to permit federal dispensaries to distribute liquor in packages.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Linthicum
Maryland
House
D. F. W. Buck
Federal Dispensary Tax Reduction League
Judiciary Committee
Edwin Dinwiddie
Graham
Tullys Win Divorce After Brief Suit in Las Vegas
Mrs. Margaret Tully widow of James A. Tully known as a Hollywood author, won a divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty scarcely twenty hours after filing. Her maiden name Margaret R. Myers was restored. She requested no alimony or costs. Tully did not contest.
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Las Vegas
Margaret Tully
James A
Jim” Tully
Hollywood
Tully
Margaret R. Myers
Cinderella Bandit Strikes Again in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh reports the so called Cinderella bandit has robbed Miss Francis Sobiesczuk, slipping up behind a woman to steal a slipper before fleeing. police note the thief has committed 12 such unexplained thefts in the period.
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Pittsburgh
Francis Sobiescuz
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