Senate still unsure on Parker confirmation vote
After a week of debate in Washington the fate of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina remained uncertain with eight doubtfully supported members and a possible Tuesday vote. Senator Norris led a three hour attack criticizing injunctions restraining labor, while Senator Fess defended some actions and Senator Simmons urged Parker’s confirmation.
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Norris
Nebraska
Fess
Ohio
Washington
Senate
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Parker
Borah
Idaho
Republican
Federal
United Mine Workers
Congress
Simmons
North Carolina Bar Association
Pinehurst
Senator Blaik
Alabama
Circuit Court
Black
Judge Parker
Red Jacket
Senator Norris
Declares Hoover Not Day At Heart
Washington May 2 testimony before the senate lobby committee questioned memoranda in correspondence files listing gin Scotch and other alcohol. William H Stayton head of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment testified he had no personal knowledge liquor was served at a dinner for a 1928 presidential candidate. Senator Blaine pressed questions but did not name the candidate or the dinner location.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
William H. Stayton
The
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Blaine
Wisconsin
Receiver Named for Clinchburg Bank
Richmond May 2 An order authorizing M E Bristow chief of the division of insurance and banking to proceed with receivership action in the Bank of Clinchburg was issued today by the state corporation commission Clinchburg Washington county Cashier Doland R Wright killed himself on April 29 State examiners inquiry led to recommendation for a receiver ship
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Richmond
M. E. Bristow
Division of Insurance and Banking
Bank of Clinchburg
State Corporation Commission
Clinchburg
Washington County
Doland R. Wright
Farewell for D L and W railroad veteran in Hoboken
RS. Hugh Locke of Hoboken New Jersey present a bouquet to her husband on his last run for the D L and W rail road. The 70 year old man has served the railroad for fifty two years as friends and officials observe the farewell ceremony.
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Hugh Locke
Hoboken
N. J
Locke
Soviet Trail Alleged in U S Strikes and Riots
Police in New York released photostats claiming papers show the Communist Internationale of Moscow financed U S unrest. Documents allegedly name Amtorg official G Grafpen and officials Bogdanov and Skvirsky, who deny the forgeries and say Amtorg is commercial.
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New York
Grover Whalen
Communist Internationale of
Moscow
United States
Amtorg Trading Corporation
G. Grafpen
Amtorg
Bogdanov
Skvirsky
Washington
Whalen
Hoover seeks extra funds for prohibition enforcement panel
Washington May 2 President Hoover asked Congress to provide an additional 250000 dollars for the law enforcement commission to continue its inquiry into enforcement of federal prohibition laws. The 1930 appropriation was 250000 with about 75000 remaining by year end. The extra funds would cover fiscal year 1931 and the panel has so far submitted a preliminary report.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Law Enforcement Commission
United States
Roop
Budget Bureau
Senate Maintains Sugar Tariff, Postpones Parker Nomination
The House upheld the Senate tariff of two cents on sugar. The Senate postponed voting on Parker's nomination until next week. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee split on the Couzens railroad merger bill. The Senate lobby panel finished its probe of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment.
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House
Senate
Parker
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Couzens Railroad
Senate Lobby Committee
Association Against the Prohibition
Hyde urges five member power regulation board
Secretary Hyde testified before the House Interstate Commerce Committee in favor of Hoover's Parker bill to create a five member independent power commission. He called for a broad reorganization and said current accounting for investments is far in arrears, uncertain if due to funds, staffing, or disputes.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Hyde
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Hoover
Hoch
Kansas
FUGITIVE SHOT BY OFFICER KILLS FELLOW DEPUTY
May 2 in Smyth county Virginia deputy sheriff George Gullion shot and killed Charles Gullion at Nebo after arresting him on a liquor manufacture warrant. Charles Gullion shot the deputy in the abdomen before George Gullion fired twice, killing him. both men were involved in the Nebo incident.
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Marion
George Gullion
Smyth County
Charles Gullion
Nebo
Gullion
Florida streams overflow banks near Lake Okeechobee
Flood waters from unprecedented spring rains flood fields up to three feet deep as streams spill from banks into Lake Okeechobee. Mrs. Will Austin, wife of the local Church of God pastor, drowns when her car plunges from a Misssissippi river bridge railing into 18 feet of water. husband Mr. Austin escapes. The Kissimmee River rises rapidly.
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Okeechobee
Fla
Lake Okeechobee
Will Austin
Church of God Here
Missimmee River
Austin
Kissimmee River
Sugar tariff cut passes House to 2 cents a pound
The House voting 229 to 160 adopted the Senate’s 2 cent per pound sugar levy on Cuban imports, down from 1.76 cents, with the bill sent to President Hoover. The vote split along party lines, with Republicans Bachmann Bowman Shott Wolverton and Democrats Gambrill Goldsborough Linthicum Palmisano Smith voting for the rate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
Farmer-Labor
Kvale
Minnesota
Louisiana
Florida
Colorado
Congress
Tariff Commission
White House
Bachmann
Bowman
Shott
Wolverton
West Virginia
Gambrill
Goldsborough
Linthicum
Palmisano
Smith
Zehrman
455 State Prisoners Work On Highways
Charleston May 2 455 prisoners are on highway projects with 100 more to be sent out next week Warden A C Scroggins reports 299 at Braxton county camps 154 at Arnoldsburg and 72 with McDowell county crews The new population peak at the prison reaches 1860 inmates exclusive of road camps and a renewed contract for convict labor is approved.
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Charleston
A. C. Scroggins
Board of Control
Road Commission
Scroggins
Braxton County
Arnoldsburg
Calhoun County
McDowell County
Not Guilty For Elyria School Teacher In Whipping Case
Mrs Myrta Bradley a 22 year old teacher in New Oberlin district school was found not guilty of assault and battery after a jury heard that the whipping of 6 year old Mary Gerhartinger with a wooden paddle was not severe Parents of Mary had charged the teacher with assault and battery claiming revenge for sending Mary's cousin to another school
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Elyria
Ohio
Myrta Bradley
New Oberlin
Mary Gerhartinger
Mary
Prison Fire Drill Shows Fast Cell Departure
At Manndeville West Virginia the overcrowded prison cleared 1600 inmates from two cell halls in six minutes. Guards timed the north tier vacated in five minutes and the south in six, sending prisoners to the courtyard in an impromptu demonstration.
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Manndeville
W Va
West Virginia
Board of Inquiry Finds Blame in Ohio Prison Fire
The inquiry board cites negligence for delaying cell doors and fire alarm response in the 320 inmate deaths on April 21 at the Ohio Penitentiary. It lists three possible causes: defective wiring, incendiary action, or spontaneous combustion, with strong signs pointing to temporary wiring in I and K blocks. Government officials weigh the fire marshal and inspection bureau findings, while guards and National Guard patrol the stockade as a suspect, with Michael Dorn captured after disguising as a doctor.
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Columbus
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper
Special Board of Inquiry
Cooper
Ohio Inspection Bureau
Marshal’s Office
Inspection Bureau
Board of Inquiry
J. C. Woodard
Michael Dorn
Cleveland
Holy Man Arrest Expected as Gandhi Prepares Bombay Entry
In Bombay on May 2, Gandhi outlined demands for followers to enter Bombay under a disciplined banner. The Bombay Congress Bulletin notes a call for handspun khaddar wearing pledges and one hour of takli spinning, with Gandhi pledging to lead 100,000 such men if produced.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
All India
Bombay Congress Bulletin
Bombay Provincial Congress Committee
LILAC 10 GAMBLE WITH LIFE IN COURT BATTLE
Jila Jimerson known as the Red Lilac of the Cayuga Indians faces a second murder trial after collapsing in court during the first trial. Her new attorneys challenge the hospital courtroom as illegal while District Attorney Moore push es for trial on May 5. Judge Thorn expects the defense to maintain not guilty plea.
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Buffalo
Jila Jimerson
Clothilde Marchand
Henry Marchand
Degee
John F. Rogers
Corning
John S. McGovern
United States
Lila
Guy P. Moore
Bret Thorn
Moore
Lila Jimerson
Thorn
Fokker aircraft workers hurt in hangar blast
Nine mechanics were injured in a Hangar blast at the Fokker Aircraft plant in Teterboro New Jersey. One man William McQuinn 25 of Hackensack died of burns and four others were not expected to live. Fire followed the explosion and the men were taken to Hackensack hospital with serious burns.
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Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Fokker Aircraft Corpotation Works
Teterboro
Here
Hackensack
William McQuinn
Greenbrier College sale action deferred by West Virginia synod
The West Virginia synod of the Presbyterian church deferred action on selling Greenbrier Junior College for Women at Lewisburg. A commission led by Rev. Ernest Thompson will continue negotiations and set a new sale date. Purchasers include Dr. French Thompson and Lewisburg businessmen. The announced price was $100,000.
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Charleston
W. Va
Greenbrier
Lewisburg
West Virginia Synod of the Presbyterian Church
Ernest Thompson
Thompson
French Thompson
Miner acquitted in death of brother in Morgantown case
Antony Tarle, a Scott's Run miner, was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of his brother Eli Tarle following a January 24 fight. The court found the evidence showed Eli was the aggressor and died two days later from a fractured skull after being struck with a lump of coal.
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Morgantown
Antony Tarle
Scott's Run
Eli Tarle
Parents Visit Triple Slayer in Death House
Walter Crabtree, who killed three people in Romney, West Virginia, is to be hanged at the state prison in Moundsville next Friday night. He was visited today by his parents and a sister and brother, who spoke with him through an iron grating for half an hour and urged a quick end to the ordeal.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Walter Crabtree
Romney
J. Crabtree
Crabtree
Crabtrees
Roanoke Official Injured In Bluff City Auto Crash
A. P. Strother of Roanoke connected with the internal revenue department was badly hurt in a car crash at Bluff City near Pearlsburg on Wednesday when the vehicle driven by R. H. Woods struck a railway signal post. He suffered chest injuries with possible rib fractures but is improving and expects to return home in a few days.
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Pearlsburg
A. P. Strother
Roannoke
Internal Revenue Department
Bluff City
Here
R. H. Woods
Woods
Mrs. Strother
Savoy Hotel
Scalded Bank Ex-Employee Die In Charleston Hotel Shower
A. C. Orcutt a former Charleston bank employee died in a Charleston hospital after being scalded in a hotel shower. He had visited friend R. L. Groves in the hotel room yesterday and announced his plan to bathe. Groves awoke to find Orcutt on the floor with hot water pouring over him.
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Charleston
W. Va
A. C. Orcutt
Charleston Bank
R. L. Groves
Groves
Senate committee ties on Couzens bill curbing rail consolidations
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, by a tie vote, ordered reported the Couzens resolution to curb railroad consolidations. Six members were absent, with Couzens predicting a 9 to 9 final tally. The measure would suspend ICC authority until March 4, 1931 and require conditions to authorize consolidations including protecting employees from dismissal or uncompensated losses.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Couzens
Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Former Williamson officer acquitted in McGuire slaying
Logan W V May 2 A former Williamson police officer was acquitted on a murder charge in the slaying of Harvey McGuire. Another indictment was nolle pressed as James Kirkpatrick testified that McGuire fired first, in a case moved to Logan county for trial.
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Logan
W. Va
Williamson
Nolle
Harvey McGuire
Logan County
Julius Lawson
McGuire
James Kirkpatrick
French girl sets new flight endurance mark
Mile. Lena Bernstein, flying from Le Bourget, established a women’s endurance record of 35 hours 46 minutes 55 seconds, surpassing Maryse Bastie’s 26 hours 46 minutes 30 seconds and Elinor Smith’s 26 hours 41 minutes 32 seconds. She took off at 7 18 am and landed about 7 04 pm after fuel exhausted.
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le Bourget
Lena Bernstein
Mlle
Maryse Bastie
Elinor Smith
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Bernstein
Destructive Midwest Tornado Outbreak Hits Nine States
Storms and tornadoes swept nine Midwestern states on Thursday leaving 23 dead and many injured or homeless. Tekamah Nebraska and Norborne Missouri report multiple fatalities while towns in Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Illinois Kansas and the Dakotas suffered extensive damage. Livestock losses and crop damage accompanied collapsed structures and scattered debris.
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Chicago
Middle West
Widley
Teckamah
Neb
Westby
Wis
Norborne
Russell
Iowa
Tekamah
Lake City
Minn
Duluth
Kickapoo
Kas
Lawton
N. C
Rockford
Ill
Galesburg
Antioch
Nebraska
Minnesota
Kansas
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Dakotas
Tornado Toll Rises Across Kansas and Missouri
Relief organized as storms hit northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri with seven dead and about forty injured. Property losses run around half a million dollars amid last night's tornadoes.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Canada to Appoint High Commissioner Vincent Massey
Ottawa May 2 Premier Mac Kenzie King announced the government plans to appoint Vincent Massey as Canadian high commissioner to London. Massey will stay in Washington as Canadian minister until the summer vacation.
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Ottawa
MacKenzie King
Vincent Massey
London
Massey
Washington
Lindbergh arrives in Miami after 899 mile Latin American mail flight
Col. Charles Lindbergh lands at Pan-American airport Miami at 5 03 p m Eastern Standard Time after an 899 mile flight from Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua aboard air mail for the Latin American Express service. He carries 211 pounds of mail on the seven day schedule and is three minutes behind schedule due to an east cross wind.
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Miami
Fla
Americas
Charles Lindbergh
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
Buenos
United States
Lindbergh
Pan-American Airport
Havana
BE. S. T
Pan-American Airways Radio Central
Grand Cayman
Baltimore Census Figures Show City Population Rise
Baltimore reports a 1930 population of 789,921, a gain of 56,095 since 1920, when the count was 733,826. The ten year increase is 7.1 percent, reflecting steady growth as enumeration closes.
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Baltimore
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Clinchburg Bank
U. S
Hyde Ageg Change IN Power Bureau
Parker Bill Hearing
Fokker
Greenbrier College
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Roanoke
Mile
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