Will Defend Executive Power in High Court Showdown
The administration plans a vigorous Supreme Court defense against Senate attack on the Presidents power to remove appointees. Solicitor General Beck will argue against Senator Pepper, contending that Congress cannot restrict the Presidents removal authority. The case stems from the 1920 Portland Postmaster Myers removal and back pay suit, highlighting executive independence versus legislative control.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Beck
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Congress
Frank S. Myers
Portland
Ore
Wilson
Myers
United States
Four Die At Grade Crossing Crash Near Centerville
In Richmond Indiana on April 12 an automobile was struck by an Indianapolis and Terre Haute interurban car near Centerville seven miles west of Richmond. William Lawhorn age 24 and Frank Bussen were killed instantly. Two others were seriously injured. The car’s view was blocked by a house at the crossing.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Ind
William Lawhorn
Frank Bussen
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Centerville
Auto train collision near Chesterton claims two lives
In Chesterton Indiana on April 12 a Chicago man J. J. Martin and an unidentified companion were killed instantly when their automobile was struck at a grade crossing by a New York Central train. The car was dragged about a quarter of a mile before stopping.
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Chesterton
Ind
J. J. Martin
Chicago
New York Central
Negroes Kill Texan Near SMU Campus Attack Victim Dies
In Dallas near the Southern Methodist University campus a man, Roy Atkins, 28, was beaten to death by two African Americans who also attacked his female companion, Mrs. Mary Starr, leaving her seriously injured. The assailants fled after ramming and wrecking their vehicle.
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Dallas
Tex
Southern Methodist University
Roy Atkins
Mary Starr
Helmont
Atkins
Neé
Scholarship for Ohioan Essay Contest
Akron Ohio April 12 a four year scholarship in any Ohio college or university will be awarded to the Ohio high school boy or girl who writes the best essay Forest Conservation announced tonight by W W Milar chairman of the Ohio Conservation Committee of the Ohio Women's Clubs.
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Ohioan
Akron
Ohio
Ohio High
W. W. Milar
Ohioan of Women’s Clubs
Bootleggers Targeted by Salvation Army Mission Work
New York April 12 The Salvation Army Training School announced a new field for missionary work the conversion of bootleggers. Cadets faced tougher reform challenges than with other “bad men” as they undertook a strenuous conversion program.
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New York
Salvation Army Training School
Salvation
Army
Paris to Cincinnati youth dies in high speed crash
John Victor Walsh, 22, of Cincinnati with a Paris residence was killed when his auto struck a tree near Mandelie while en route from Cannes to St. Raphael. A French woman with him injured, his sister Susanne Walsh, 18, aided by officials, and Walsh's family in Cincinnati mourn his death. His body to return for funeral services. he studied at the Sorbonne and Milford School.
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Nice
France
John Victor Walsh
Cincinnati
Paris
Susanne W. Hinkle
Frederick W. Hinkle
Walsh Place
Edwards Joan
Nicholas J. Walsh
Sorbonne
Susanne Walsh
St. Xavier High School
Milford School For Boys
Milford
Conn
Oxford University
Hinkle
Cannes
Andrew Jones
Howard Hollister
Eva Keys
Young Crouch
Couch
Statesville
CN. C. Sentinel
Russia
Tariff Policy Split as Butler Faces Opposition
Washington reports division among high tariff advocates over Senator William M. Butler and President Coolidge. New England and Pennsylvania manufacturers favor higher duties on textiles and factory goods. Butler faces ouster from state manufacturers groups and scrutiny for killing the Republican Publicity Association linked to Senator Bourne. Republican leaders warn of shifts if Fordney McCumber provisions stay.
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New York World News Service
Washington
William M. Butler
Rep
Mass
Coolidge
New England
Pennsylvania
Butler
Republican National Committee
Republican Publicity Association
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Bourne
Will H. Hays
Congress
Woman Slayer Recaptured After Jail Escape in Memphis
Mrs. Winona Green, serving a life term for killing her husband's parents, was recaptured near Union Station in Memphis after escaping from the Little Rock jail. She reportedly rode by train from Kensett to Memphis, later being seen on Missouri Pacific tracks by Officer English.
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Memphis
Tenn
Winona Green
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri Pacific
Union Station
Rock
Arkansas
English
Green
Robert Green
Kensett
Death by his own hand in Nice for his unnamed son
Henry Huntley, a man born to Countess Tyzskiewicz and linked to British nobility, died by suicide beneath Princess Hubert Radziwill's window after her refusal to acknowledge him. The Riviera tragedy centers on his quest to legitimize his son and secure a family name, leaving his estate to Count Alfred Tyszkiewicz.
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Henry Huntley
New York World News Service
Nice
France
Petit Nicols
Cimiez Vila
Hubert Radziwill
Huntley
Tyzskiewicz
Marie Radziwill
Lord A
Constantine
Jean
Tyszkiewicz
Riviera
Alfred Tyszkiewicz
Lithuanian Polish nobles in early 20th century politics
A Rome dispatch from 1919 placed Count Alfred Tyszkiewicz as Lithuania’s envoy to the Vatican. The text notes Radziwill and Tyszkiewicz as wealthy Polish nobles in the Russia-turned-Lithuania region, with Tyszkiewicz famed for nationalist activity challenging Polish nobility.
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New York
Radziwill
Tyszkiewicz
Russia
Lithuania
Rome
Alfred Tyszkiewicz
Vatican
Lower
N. Y
Private Crouch Sentenced Forty Years in Honolulu Case
North Carolina friends describe Private Paul M. Crouch as a bright but unconventional youth. He faces a forty year hard labor sentence for radical activities after a Honolulu court martial. He studied languages and worked in journalism before enlisting.
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Crouch
North Carolina
New York World News Service
Wilkesboro
N. C
Paul M. Crouch
Honolulu
Blue Ridge Mountains
Younng Crouch
Moravian Falls
I. M. Crouch
Delaware
Florida
Pay’s
Gagging of Karolyi and Sentencing of Baldwin Assailed
New York reports Samuel Untermyer denouncing government gagging of Count Karolyi and Roger Baldwin's six months in prison for speech. He blasts labor union policies and warns of a reckoning for arbitrary union officials amid a four day convention in New York.
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Baldwin
Untermyer
New York World News Service
New York
Count Karolyi
Roger N. Baldwin
Samuel Untermyer
National Association of the Jewish Baking Industry
Broadway Central Hotel
Thomas H. Moore
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Merchants’ Association of New York
Mr. Untermyer
Count Karo
Watc
Gove
State Department
Tragic Fire Destroys Holden Home Near Miami Station
A kerosene explosion in the Holden farm home near Miami Station set a century old house ablaze. 11 year old Raymond Holden Jr and 3 year old Jane Sylvia Holden died, Beatrice Holden 12 and mother Alice Holden were seriously burned as neighbors fought flames and the floor collapsed revealing the baby in the cellar.
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Raymond Holden
Miami River
Harrison Pike
Miami Station
Raymond Holden, Jr
Jane Sylvia Holden
Beatrice Holden
Alice Holden
Holden
Kiefler
Colerain Avenue
Niser Ice Cream Company
Sixth Street
Beatrice
Walter Woods
Holdens
Woods
Elock
Mrs. Holden
Raymond
E. J. Neidhardt
Couple Found Slain in Auto Near Elkins
Erma L. Frank twenty from Elkins and James L. Maury thirty from Parsons were found dead in a car four miles from Elkins WV. The girl was shot twice through the heart and the man by a self inflicted wound. A revolver with three empty shells and a note signed E L and J L stated they would die together and gave burial instructions. Miss Frank was a schoolteacher and Maury was said to have a wife in Parsons. Police investigated.
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Elkins
W. Yva
Erma L. Frank
James L. Maury
Parsons
E. L
J. L
Frank
Maury
Investigato
Auto Used 16 Years by Capitalist Hauls Body to Cemetery
Glendale, Cal, April 12. An automobile that served Leslie C. Brand for sixteen years carried his body to the Verdugo hills cemetery. The car was driven by Fletcher Pomeroy, Brand’s chauffeur since the 1909 purchase.
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Glendale
Cal
Leslie C. Brand
Verdugo Hills
Here
Fletcher Pomeroy
Brand
Electrical engineer and wife slain in Lakewood suite
H B P Wrenn assistant electrical engineer for the Cleveland Union Terminals Company and his wife Isabel Norma Wrenn were found dead in their Lakewood home. Police say Mrs. Wrenn shot her husband and then herself in a jealous act after a strained marriage. The couple had married 27 months earlier and left behind a confession-like letter and other personal notes.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
H. B. P. Wrenn
Cleveland Union Terminals Company
Isabel Norma Wrenn
Lakewood
van Sweringens
Wrenn
Erie
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Miller
Briand Poised to Form French Cabinet as Painleve Refuses
Paris April 12 Aristide Briand likely next Premier after Painleve declines. Doumergue asks Briand to form a government with Socialist backing, Cartel des Gauches support, and a plan to include Socialists in key posts. Briand aims for a balanced program, wary of overreach and eager to secure social and fiscal backing.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Aristide Briand
France
Doumergue
Paul Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Briand
Louis Loucheur
Anatole de Monzie
Rene Renould
Camille Chautemps
Elysee
RE Darre
Cartel Des Gauches
Senate
Painleve
Herriot’s
Bank of France
World News Sérvice
Italian Ship Afire In Delaware River Sends Aid Call
The Italian steamship Vadrossa bound from Genoa to Philadelphia is afire in the Delaware River between the breakwater and port. Wireless aid requests brought fire boats from the city and navy yard. The blaze was reported in No 3 hold with unclear severity. The vessel was seen off Boy Hook and moving slowly upriver toward Wilmington, Del.
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Vadrossa
Genoa
Delaware River
Delaware
City
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Boy Hook
Valrossa
Wilmington
Del
Home in Herrin damaged by bomb blast
In Herrin Illinois on April 12 the two story home of John Pisoni an Italian was damaged by the second explosion in a week and third in a month He escaped injury and is under bond for bootlegging on Ku Klux Klan charges A $1500 reward is offered by Williamson County and Herrin citizens for the arrest and conviction of the dynamiters of the McCormack Store on Friday morm
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Associated Press
Herrin
Ill
John Pisoni
Littl
Pisoni
Ku Klux
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