British War Report on Indian Repression and Martial Law
In Sholapur under martial law 100000 residents see 1000 troops and crackdowns while authorities seize 200 to 500 natives. Gandhi followers push resistance as Abbas Tyabji faces prison terms. Peshawar returns to absolute control as Mehebaleshwar hosts a high official conference after Sholapur seizure.
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Bombay
India
Sarojini Naidu
Sholapur
Mahatma Gandhi
Abbas Tyabji
Gandhi
Peshawar
Allahabad
Congress Committee of Workers
Mehabaleshwar
Bombay Presidency
Presidency
Frederick Sykes
Capone Jailed by Miami Police After Second Arrest
Al Capone and three companions were jailed in Miami for investigation after police renewed enforcement of the Chicago plan to arrest him on sight. They were arrested at the American Legion fight arena by Chief Guy C. Reeve and two officers. Capone carried $700. companions Circella $108 Prignano $15 and Agoglia $35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Alphonse
Scarface
al” Capone
Chicago
Capone
Guy C. Reeve
American Legion
Nick Circella
Albert Prignano
Sylvester Agoglia
Vincent C. Giblin
Giblin
Capome
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Palms Island
Miami Beach
Florida
Circella
Prignano
Agoglia
Circuit Court
Aly 0. Thompson
Philadelphia lawyer Owen Roberts named to Supreme Court
Washington May 13 A Philadelphia lawyer in both figurative and literal senses Owen J Roberts was nominated by President Hoover to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by Justice Edward T Sanford's death and following the party's rejection of Judge John J Parker Roberts is famed for untangling complex legal problems and had risen to national prominence after serving as a government prosecutor in the Teapot Dome cases He is described as tall with iron gray hair and a brisk direct manner and enjoys big game hunting in his spare time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
Owen J. Roberts
Hoover
Supreme Court
Edward T. Sanford
Senate
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Roberts
Coolidge
Teapot Dome
Owen Roberts
Harry Sinclair
Sinclair
Senate confirms John P Hallanan as marshal
The Senate today confirmed the nomination of John P Hallanan as marshal for the western and southern district of West Virginia.
Hallanan Named U S Marshal for Southern District of W V
Charleston WV May 13 John P Hallanan won Senate confirmation to serve as United States marshal for the Southern district of West Virginia replacing Serge Workman whose eight year term expired April 20 Workman had prepared to turn over the office but no definite date for the change was set Hallanan is brother of state senator and GOP committeeman Walter S Hallanan and was recommended by Senators Hatfield and Goff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
John P. Hallanan
United States
West Virginia
Senate
Serge Workman
Workmen
Hallanan
Walter S. Hallanan
Henry D. Hatfield
Guy D. Goff
Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty in Liquor Transport Case
Jeff Berry of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to transporting liquor and was sentenced to one year and one day in Atlanta. He was arrested at Maysville West Virginia.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Jeff Berry
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
Maysville
Revenue Freight Loadings Rise Week End May 3
The American Railway Association reports total revenue freight loadings for the week ended May 3 at 942,899 cars, up 35,725 from the prior week but down 109,036 from the same week last year. Coal loadings for the period total 148,135 cars, a decline of 7,867 from the prior year segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Railway Association
Methodists vote against changes to church government
The quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South defeated a proposed constitutional rewrite by 188 to 205. The plan sought to switch from Episcopal to congregational governance, limiting bishops’ powers and term lengths. Dr. F J Prettyman of Baltimore warned bishops would become conference presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
F. J. Prettyman
Baltimore
Charges Prepared Against Bishop Cannon Jr in Church Convention
Dallas May 13 Josephus Daniels and twenty others plan charges against Bishop James Cannon Jr for stock market activities. The group, including G T Fitzhugh and J G Mee Gowen, await a hearing by the episcopacy committee and will not discuss details. Names of signers include Peg ram Davis Castle Hammett Sarver Cooper Moss Crouch Zimmerman Weakley Gardner Wiseman Stackhouse and others from multiple conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
James Cannon Jr
Daniels
Fitzhugh
Thomas FE. Pegram
North Mississippi
J. Lee Davis
Virginia
C. B. Castle
East Oklahoma
E. A. Hammett
C. W. Sarver
John T. Cooper
North Alabama
B. H. Moss
South Carolina
B. W. Crouch
Upper South Carolina
Orville Zimmerman
St. Louis
Ewell T. Weakley
Memphis
J. D. Gardner
South Georgia
W. H. Wiseman
Tennessee
Will Stackhouse
Fridtjof Nansen Dies After Long Arctic Ambitions
Oslo reports the death of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen at 68 from heart failure after a period of illness. The famed explorer and humanitarian planned a final drift across polar regions with Graf Zeppelin and sought to locate his friend Roald Amundsen lost in 1928.
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Roald Amundsen
Oslo
Norway
Fridtjof Nansen
Nansen
Dr. Nansen
North Pole
Arctic
Ronnald Amundsen
Italia
Polar
League of Nations
Froen
Christiania
Royal University of Christiania
Viking
Greenland
Alienation Suit Awarded Two Thousand Dollars
Middlebourne West Virginia May 13 An alienation of affections suit involving a neighbor dispute ends with a $2000 award to plaintiff Nicholas Singer against defendant William Gorell after the defendant pays the amount. Mrs Linger died before trial.
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Middlebourne
W. Va
Nicholas Singer
William Gorell
Gorell
Linger
Prohibition Debate Highlights Home Liquor Controversy
Washington May 13 The Anti Saloon League official F Scott McBride testified before the Senate lobby committee on home liquor production under prohibition arguing some conditions could allow it. The hearing touched on Forts NJ speech and potential 1927 prohibition shifts as McBride discussed political endorsements and an apparent Coolidge Mellon agreement. A separate Texas requisition sought return of Mrs Palmer to face forgery charges in Tarrant County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Caraway
Representative Fort
Republican
New Jersey
McBride
Fort
Anti- Saloon League
Doys
Dwight Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Pene
Frelinguysen
Morrow
Coolidge
Mellon
League
Blaine
Wisconsin
Wayne B. Wheeler
Austin
Texas
West Virginia
R. O. Palmer
Ann Allen
Tarrant County
Alderson
W. Va
Bids Opened for 178 Miles of State Highways and Bridges
The West Virginia Road Commission opened bids for 178 miles of improvements and three bridges with total estimated cost about 2 million dollars. Unofficial low bids cover paving grading drainage surface treatments and widening across Mingo Raleigh Wayne Hardy Lewis Lincoln Mason Kanawha Wetzel Morgan Barbour and Putnam counties with firms from Huntington Louisville Richmond Weston Shinnston Point Pleasant and Atlanta among bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
Mingo County
Willamson-Nolan
Billups and
Wellman
Huntington
Putnan
Poca- Kanawha
Raleigh County
Harper-Cameron
R. B. Tyler Company
Louisville
Wayne County
Bull Creek
Southern Oil and Tar Company
Southern Asphalt
Richmond
Hardy County
Gilbert Construction Company
Fairview
Baker
Lost River
J. J. Battershall and Sons
Lewisburg
Lewis County
Walkersville
Braxton County
Fucey Brothers
Weston
Sam E. Finley
Atlanta
Intrepid Flyers Conquer Storm in Atlantic Hop
Rio de Janeiro celebrates as Jean Mermoz and two companions complete a 1,975 mile oversea flight from St. Louis Senegal to Natal Brazil in 20 hours 16 minutes amid a fierce electrical storm. The Aeropostal mail run now cites three day St Louis to Natal and four day transatlantic times.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
South Atlantic
Jean Mermoz
Paris Mail
St. Louis
Senegal
Africa
Natal
Mermoz
Aeropostal Company
Buenos Aires
Hoover signs extension for Ohio River bridge at Cannelton
President Hoover today signed a bill extending the time for beginning and completing a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cannelton Indiana. The measure allocates new deadlines and authorizes continued construction work.
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Washington
Hoover
Ohio River
Cannelton
Ind
Stimson Defends London Naval Parity Before Senate Panel
Secretary Stimson argued the London naval treaty ensures parity between American and British fleets in all ship categories. Senator Robinson pressed questions on why five heavy cruisers were abandoned, while Stimson cited overall reductions of 175 000 tons for the U S and 430 000 tons across the three powers. He noted protection of commerce was considered and pledged to return for further questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
London
Indiana
Arkansan
America
Congress
Great Britain
Japan
Hughes
Borah
Swanson
Virginia
Commission to Hear United Zinc Complaint
The public service commission heard United Zinc Smelting's complaint against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad over car rates for sulfuric acid shipments between Benwood and Moundsville following a hearing today in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
United Zinc
Charleston
Public Service Commission
United Zinc Smelting Corporation
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Benwood
Moundsville
Mack WilliamsGets Life Term in Prison
Logan county jury convicts Mack Williams of a six year old murder and recommends mercy. Judge Naaman Jackson imposes life imprisonment for the killing of French Ellis, 66, during a quarrel at Barnabus. Williams was seized in Burgettstown, Pa., and brought back for trial. Ellis was a noted figure in the Hatfield McCoy feud history, officers said.
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Logan
Logan County
Mack Williams
Williams
Naaman Jackson
French Ellis
Barnabus
Burgettstown
Ellis
Air Hearse To Carry Hero Dead In Mexican Airman Search
A large amphibian plane from Yucatan will act as an air hearse for Col. Pablo Sidar and Capt. Carlo Rovirosa if Rovirosa’s body is found after a crash near San Jose. U S Marines planes from Nicaragua join the search aided by Mexican officers and pilots.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Col
Pablo Sidar
Mexico
Argentina
Sidar
Carlo Rovirosa
Rovirosa
Yucatan
Brett Williams
George M. Keightley
Juan Azcarate
Mexican Military Air Service
Jose Leon
Cuba
Jorge Hegremes
United States Marine
Nicaragua
Lieuts. C. S. Pike
P. P. Sehgider
United States
Automobile overturns kill three near Scranton
On the Morgan highway near Scranton, Pa, a car overturned killing George Begley 26, his wife Anna 24, and Mrs Amna Dougher 25 of Pittston Luzerne county. Thomas Dougher 25, husband of one victim, escaped with minor injuries. Begley drove the vehicle and reportedly braked suddenly in a curve.
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Scranton
Morgan Highway
George Begley
Anna
Amna Dougher
Pittston
Luzerne County
Thomas Dougher
Begley
Convicted Man Faces Killing Probe in Morgantown
William Fane of Morgantown was found guilty in federal court of violating prohibition laws in Wheeling. Sentencing was delayed as authorities investigate alleged connections to a Morgantown killing. Fane was arrested on December 10 on the Morgantown highway with liquor found in his car. The jury deliberated for an hour before the verdict, then resumed and reached a decision after four in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
William Fane
Morgantown
Fane
Muaidsville
Bad Luck Trails West East Airman Roscoe Turner
Capt Roscoe Turner forced land at Curtiss field after a 15 hour 10 minute flight from Los Angeles. He aimed for Roosevelt field where a large crowd awaited, but a broken wheel ended the stopover. Turner also ferried a lion cub aboard.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Pacific Coast
Roscoe Turner
Curtiss Field
Charles A. Lindberga
Roosevelt Field
Los Angeles
KE. S. T
Wichita
Kans
River Power Case to Resume in Capital Today
Hearing on the Cheat river water power case continues in Charleston with Governor Conley and the public service commission presiding. Senators Hugus and Reynolds are urged to attend for cross examination as editor Robert Permar seeks to question lawmakers about the 1929 water power bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugus and
Reynolds
Wheeling
Charleston
Cheat River Water Power
Conley
Public Serve Ice Commission
I. Wade Coffman
West Virginia Power and Transmigerion Company
Cheat River
A. Spates
Robert Permar
Wheeling Intelligencer
Permar
Opponents Prepare to Press WV Power Permit Hearing
Morgantown reports opponents of the Cheat river power project plan travel to Charleston for a reconvened Public Service Commission hearing on the West Virginia Power and Transmission permit. Publisher Charles E Hodges and A Bates Brady will attend. Opponents say the 10 dollar per 100 horsepower fee undercompensates the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia Power and Transmission Company
Cheat River
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Charles E. Hodges
A. Bates Brady
Elkins
Warnings Tacked On Sherman Homes Riot Aftermath
A threat circulated by a mob blamed for the Sherman courthouse riot warns Negro residents to leave within 24 hours or face fire. A separate note to a contractor orders firing Black workers within 36 hours. Officials reassure protection, with guardsmen authorized to shoot to kill if needed as Rangers widen arrests to thirty three.
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Sherman
Tex
George Hughes
National
Dan Moody
Col. L. S. Davidson
Military Court of Inquiry
Texas Rangers
Martinsburg High School Principal Moves to Parkersburg Post
Parkersburg West Virginia May 13 announced by the city board of education that E B Church principal of Martinsburg high school was named principal of the combined senior and junior high schools in Parkersburg. He succeeds H W Piggott who becomes Parkersburg superintendent. John A Davis Jr Charleston was named assistant principal of the combined junior and senior high schools.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
E. BE. Church
Martinsburg
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