Dawes Reviews Naval Talks With Hoover Ahead of London Delegates
Ambassador Dawes met with President Hoover and Secretary Stimson to discuss the London naval disarmament conference. He is expected to join two additional delegates, with Dawes, Stimson, and Senators Reed and Robinson already named. Dawes planned to hear Armistice Day remarks and then depart for New York en route to London.
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Washington
London
Dawes
Hoover
Stimson
Carolyn Ericson
White House
New York
MacDonald
United States
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Arkansas
State Department
Cotton
Castle
Johnson Hoover Dinner Snub Sparks Senate Rift
Washington speculates Hoover did not invite Senator Hiram Johnson to the Dawes dinner raising questions of a split with California’s Republican senator. The guest list included many leading officials and lawmakers, signaling tensions within party lines over foreign policy.
Arab man sentenced to death in Safed murder case
In Jerusalem on November 5, an Arab was sentenced to death for the murder of Attorney Toleidano amid the Safed disorders. Three others were acquitted while three Jews were wounded in Jerusalem by sporadic attacks.
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Jerusalem
Toleidano
Safed
Delaware & Hudson chief denied in control bid for BR&P
F. Loree, president of the Delaware and Hudson, had a bid to reopen for special arguments the petition by the Baltimore and Ohio for control of the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh railway, which the Interstate Commerce Commission denied.
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F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tariff Lobbyist and Senator Clash Over Receipts
Washington records from the senate lobby committee show $77 934 of $209 585 raised last year by the Southern Tariff association and the American Taxpayers league went to four employees. J A Arnold vice president contended most funds covered regular salaries and organizing work while Senator Blaine accused the groups of using contributors as a cucker list and claimed funds flowed to pockets. Several names including Ida Darden Vance Muse and W F Myrick appear with specific disbursements and current locations. Arnold is to testify again tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Southern Tariff Association
American Taxpayers’ League
Blaine
Wisconsin
J. A. Arnold
Tariff Association and
Taxpayers’ League
Arnold
Soe
Tariff Association
Ida Darden
Vance Muse
W. F. Myrick
Muse
South Carolina
Myrick
California
Arctic Explorers Marooned on Isle Await Rescue
Winnipeg dispatch reports Col. C. D. H. McAlpine and seven companions stranded on a frozen Arctic island. They halted at Cambridge Bay after departing Baker Lake on September 8 in two cabin planes. Their two planes lie on Melbourne Island ice, out of gasoline, awaiting ski salvage planes to reach them.
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Winnipeg
Man
Arctic Ocean
Col. C. D. H. McAlpine
Cambridge Bay
Victoria Island
Bathurst Inlet
Baker Lake
Hudson Bay
Melbourne Island
McAlpine
Cambridge
Brookhart Reveals Wall Street Booze Party Details
Senator Brookhart of Iowa recounted his eyewitness account of a 1923 Willard Hotel dinner with alleged liquor use among lawmakers, naming Walter J Fahy as host and noting no confirmed participation by Smoot or Gooding. Nebraska Senator Howell prepared an address on capital lawlessness as Brookhart prepared to testify.
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Washington
Brookhart
Iowa
Wall Street
Senate
Willard Hotel
Iowan
Smoot
Utah
Senator Gooding
Idaho
Walter J Fahy
New York
Howell
Nebraska
Willam
Kenyon
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Morris Sheppard
Moses
New
P. & W. Extension Work Presses On Despite Sale
Pittsburgh, Nov. 5 (4) Despite the sale of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia to Pennroad the thirty eight mile Cochran's Mills to Connellsville extension moves ahead. Railroad men doubt the P and W Va will join a new trunk line from Tidewater to Pittsburgh but offer no firm forecast on Pennroad's exact plans.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
Cochran’s Mills
Connellsville
Pennroad Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad Holding Corporation
Explosion at Mexican Petroleum refinery kills worker
In Destrehan Louisiana on November 5 a violent blast at the Mexican Petroleum refinery started a fire that threatened the plant. One worker Alex Roy a Black man from St Rose Louisiana was killed when two 5500 barrel asphalt tanks exploded. Flames were put out with steam and chemicals shortly after.
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Destreban
Mexican Petroleum Company
Alex Roy
Negro
St. Rose
Man convicted on charge of robbery near Moundsville
Frank Howell, 33, of New Martinsville, was convicted today of robbing a filling station near Moundsville. His wife Norma was acquitted on a similar charge. They were tried separately. Mrs Howell was rearrested on a detainer from Cadiz Ohio, charging she and her husband held up the W A Willett inn near Cadiz a few weeks ago taking 150 dollars.
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Moundsville
Frank Howell
New Martinsville
Here
Norma
Youngquist Picked as Hoover Prohibition Attorney General
In a decision announced by President Hoover, A Youngquist of Minnesota is selected to become the United States attorney general in charge of prohibition enforcement, succeeding Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt.
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A. Youngquist
Minnesota
Hoover
United States
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Trial testimony in Amarillo murder case ends
Weatherford Texas Nov 5 Testimony in the trial of Amarillo lawyer R H Hamilton for the slaying of his son in law Tom Watson Jr was completed after the defendant testified in rebuttal and the state rested its witnesses The case moves to closing arguments with jurors to decide if Hamilton killed Watson in his Amarillo office earlier this year
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Weatherford
Texas
R. H. Hamilton
Amarillo
Tom Watson Jr
Grace Walton
Hamilton
Amar-llo
Mary Wright
Dexter Hamilton
Dallas
Miss Wright
Senate rejects cut on China Clay. potters urged aid
Chairman OMODT calls for a ten tariff debate amid a split in groups. Goff, West Virginia, presses protection for potters as the Senate rejects a proposed cut on China clay used in pottery manufacture.
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Senate
Goff
West Virginia
Senate Defeats Fast Move to Speed Tariff Bill Action
In Washington the senate failed to rush the tariff bill, tabling a plan to delay until December. Debate narrowed to tariff details with Smoot urging quick passage while Dill resisted procedural changes. The chamber split along party lines as amendments to China clay duties and rates were rejected, signaling no swift consensus.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Smoot
Finance Committee
Dill
Walsh
Montana
Norris
Nebraska
Brease
South Carolina
Jones
Republican Committee
Fletcher
Democrat
Florida
Pittman
Nevada
Trio on Trial in Mingo in Cigarette Slaying
Williamson date Nov 5 jury likely tomorrow in Mingo circuit court for Woodroe Pemberton Ira Farley and Mrs Garnet Farley indicted for murder over a July Ragland shooting. Evidence shows the fatal quarrel began over a package of cigarettes.
State Supreme Court Rules On Foreign Charter Taxes
The West Virginia Supreme Court held the foreign corporation charter license tax constitutional overall but invalid when computed on authorized capital stock in state property, violating the Fourteenth Amendment. The 50 percent higher rate for foreign firms was upheld, with the Wheel ing Steel case defining the dispute over tax basis and equal protection. The ruling emphasized the tax is a charter license fee, not a property tax.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Kanawha County
Steel Corporation
Flecal
Com ‘O
West Virginia
Pollard Defeats Brown in Governor Race Walker Wins in Gotham
Democratic victories sweep Virginia and New York City as Pollard defeats Brown in Virginia governor race and Walker wins in New York City. Kentucky GOP setback. Democrats gain five New York mayors and elect Indianapolis mayor while leading in Boston. Republican contest in Manhattan district shows strong GOP showing.
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Pollard
Brown
Walker
Gotham
York State
Indianapolis
Boston
Virginia
New York City
Kentucky
New York
Chicago
Twenty
Manhattan
Louisville
John Garland Pollard
Old Dominion
S.411
J. J. Walker
F. H. LaGuardia
Norman
Chester Opposes Snook Trial Plea
Columbus Ohio November 5 Prosecutor John J Chester denied defense claims of jury bias in Snook murder case appeal. He argued jury selection proceeded fairly, trial judge Henry Scarlett stated the jury would be fair, and defense had adequate time to prepare and examine Snook despite prior publicity.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora K. Hix
John J. Chester
Snook
Chester
Henry Scarlett
Road Commission Eyes Centralized Control Plan
Charleston Nov 5. The state road commission said plans discussed with Governor Conley could lead to centralized control but no action or decisions on scope were made. Chairman C P Fortney and Floyd E Cunningham disclosed the ideas while noting construction and maintenance engineer roles were among possible reorganization items.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
Conley
C. P. Fortney
Floyd E. Cunningham
River drag planned after man’s disappearance near Williamson
State police believe Jim Evans, 50, from Sprigg near Williamson, likely fell into the Tug River Sunday night. Authorities planned to drag the river as waters recede after recent rains.
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Drag River
Williamson
W. Va
Jim Evans
Sprigg
Tug River
Lone Resident Casts Vote In New York Race
George Schrader the sole voter in the thirty eighth election district of the tenth assembly district cast the city appointed ballot late in the day after a long wait. An election board of four clerks and one policeman waited nine hours to receive the single ballot and three more hours to count it until closing time at six.
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New York
George Schrader
Schrader
Russians Plan Atlantic Hop After New York Flight
Four Russian aviators who flew from Moscow to New York seek permission to cross the Atlantic west to east. If allowed, they aim to fly Harbor Grace Newfoundland to England within three weeks, with stops in England and France, then back to Moscow to complete a world flight. Commander Sehyon Shestarov leads the crew with Bolotov Sterligov and Furayev as members.
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New York
Moscow
Russian Air Ministry
Atlantic
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
England
France
U. S. Army
Sehyon Shestarov
P. &. Bolotov
B. V. Sterligov
D. V. Furayev
Santa Maria Eruption Reignites With Fatal Fury
Guatemala City reports the Santa Maria volcano erupting again with renewed force. Officials fear nearly 300 killed and about 200 injured though only 37 bodies recovered. Extreme heat and lava hinder damage assessment. bodies observed on lava streams and a man found on a tree branch above a flow.
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Guatemala City
Santa Maria
Republicans Favor Phil Lafollette for Wisconsin Governor
Progressive Republican legislators gathering in Marshfield Wisconsin expressed support for Philip Lafollette for governor in 1930. No formal endorsement was pledged.
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Phil Lafollette
Marshfield
Win
Philip Lafollette
United States
Robert M. Lafollette
Wisconsin
McCulloch Named to Fill Senate Vacancy in Ohio
Governor Cooper appoints Roscoe C. McCulloch of Canton as United States Senator to succeed the late Theodore E. Burton. McCulloch, former three term congressman and former head of the state utilities commission, serves a one year interim and must seek election in November 1920 to complete Burton’s unexpired term.
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Columbus
Cooper
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Canton
United States
Theodore E. Burton
McCulloch
State Utilities Commission
Hoover
Congress
Pollard Wins Virginia Governor Race in Landslide
John Garland Pollard, Democrat, defeats Dr. William Moseley Brown, Coalition candidate, by a wide margin as returns from Virginia precincts come in. Brown headquarters concede victory as Pollard leads in early tallies and signals solid Democratic control in Virginia.
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Brown
Battle
Virginia
Richmond
John Garland Pollard
William Moseley Brown
Pollard
College of William and Mary
Aes
Natron
Herbert Hoover
James Cannon, Jr
Methodial Episcopal Church
South
Prime Minister Reports Anglo American Talks Progress
Prime Minister Rameau MacDonald reported to the House of Commons on his mission to the United States and Canada. He praised open reception by President Sloover and the American people and said discussions covered belligerent rights fortified bases and war debts with no commitments made.
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London
Reeding
Rameau MacDonald
House of Commons
United States
Canada
MacDonald
Sloover
House
Soy
George
Hoover
J. M. Kenworthy
Labor
Lloyd George
Mace Donald
Lady Astor
Traveling salesman awarded damages in sidewalk case
Henry E. Burton of Wheeling won 10000 dollars from the town of New Martinsville in a federal court jury ruling over a defective sidewalk that left him permanently disabled. A defense motion for a new trial was overruled and a notice of appeal was filed.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Henry E. Burton
New Martinsville
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Foreign Relations Committee
Guggenheim
Borah
Pitman
Hale
Isle
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Tory
Nebraskan
Commission
Omodt
DPD
Harold Oliver
Mingo
High Tribunal
Enright
Laguardia
Associated Press
Ohio State
Road Commission
Aussian
Graf Zep
McUllogh
Ohio
Theodore Burton
DR. Pollard
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