Parker Battle Looms in Senate Confirmation Fight
Debates in the Senate over Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina for the Supreme Court begin with Senator Overman praising his character while Senator Borah attacks Parker over the Yellow Dog labor contract ruling. Fess will present administration defense tomorrow as the fight likely continues for days.
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Senate
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North Carolina
Supreme Court
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Dem
N. C
Borah
Ida
Parker
Yellow Dog
Fess
Rep
Judge Parker
Senator Borah
Hoover
Senator Black
Ala
Alabaman
Bailekried
Organized Labor
Senator Overman
National Association For the Advancement of the Colored People
United Mineworkers
Red Jacket Coal Company
West Virginia
Idahoan
Circuit Court of Appeals
Hitchman
Moon Eclipse Fails to Shine as Clouds Roast Cincinnati Sky
The Cincinnati Observatory reported the moon passed the sun on schedule but thick clouds blocked the view. A brief gap around 3:10 produced two photos, then rain and more clouds hid the event until sunset, leaving observers with only a rainbow as compensation.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati Observatory
Everett I. Yowell
Elliott Smith
Observatory
Ohio Penitentiary mutiny escalates with guardsEnter tunnel search and tear gas
National Guardsmen with loaded rifles and tear gas bombs entered the Ohio Penitentiary as convicts in a mutiny remained at large. Guards cut a roof hole to drop gas while searchlights scanned a tunnel containing power lines. Warden Thomas warned there would be no bargaining as authorities tightened control.
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National
Ohio Penitentiary
Robert Haubrich
Preston E. Thomas
H. E. Laukart
White City
Thomas
London
Col Haubrich
Hal M. Griswold
Walla
Law and Order
Ree
Bishop May Resign Over Velasco Verdict Considered
Lexington April 28 Rumor grows that Bishop H P Abbot of the Lexington diocese may resign after the Velasco verdict with a special Church Council meeting called at Christ Church Lexington. Velasco found guilty of defaming his bishop and reprimanded while other charges were dismissed. Attorney Stricklett says the bishop is deeply chagrined and weighing resignation as council convenes.
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Church Council
The
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
H. P. Almon Abbott
Episcopal Church
Julius A. Velasco
Dayton
Christ Church
James A. Gibson
Trinity Church
Covington
A. E Stricklett
Stricklett
Senate Approves Wagner Unemployment Measures
The Senate passed two Wagner unemployment bills to create a federal employment program and a Federal Employment Stabilization Board. The first bill would require monthly employment statistics including hours worked. The second would form a stabilization board and call for accelerated construction during downturns with up to 150 million dollars yearly in public works to avert unemployment.
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Senate
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Wagner
New York
Tod
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Federal Employment Stabilization Board
Secretaries of the Treasury
Commerce, Agriculture and Labor
War, Agriculture
the Treasury
Stabilization Board
Congress
House Won't Act On Senate Raps
The House today took no action on criticism from Senator George of Georgia regarding veterans legislation. Speaker Longworth ruled Luce's resolution to cite George’s remarks as not privileged and said Senate rules differ from House rules. George accused the House leadership of repressiveness, while Norris of Nebraska faulted Longworth for delaying action on a separate resolution ending the lame duck session.
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House
Senate
George
Dem
Longworth
Luce
Rep. Mass
Norris
Rep
Toronto girl robber sentenced to two years
Kathleen Doyle aged 17 from Buffalo pleaded guilty to armed robbery in Toronto and received two years less one day in reform school. Her brother-in-law Cecil Irving, 28, was sentenced to fifteen years in Portsmouth plus thirty lashes for the same robbery. The pair held up a bank on Thursday.
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Toronto
Kathleen Doyle
Buffalo
N. Y
Cecil Irving
Portsmouth
Seeing Nellie Home in Kalamazoo Car Crash
Nellie the cat rode with Leo Parks in Kalamazoo on an April day. A collision with C A Greenwald’s car caused property damage and police intervention. Greenwald billed Leo $75. Nellie returned home with her entourage after the wreck.
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Mich
Nellie
Leo Parks
Leo
C. A. Greenwald
Greenwald
Women voters near tariff war threat
Louisville April 28 A League of Women Voters convention focused on a tariff bill seen as a threat to world peace. Chester Rowell called London Disarmament Conference results a mixed step while Dr John Henry Gray warned the tariff would raise living costs and risk another world war, urging action to halt the madness.
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League of Women Voters
Chester H. Rowell
Berkeley
Cal
Rowell
John Henry Gray
Washington
Dr. Gray
America
Cuba
M. Briand
Chester Rowell
Man commits suicide in Liberty Center home
Charles Daum a 35 year old man committed suicide at his home in Liberty Center near Napoleon Ohio today, domestic trouble was blamed for the act.
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Charles Daum
Liberty Center
Here
The Terror of China Lai Choi San Heads Pirate Fleet
Hongkong cables report 40 000 Chinese pirates under Lai Choi San a woman pirate captain who rules a coastal region from South China to Indo China. Her modern war junks raid inland loot towns and seize ships while protecting the poor. Coastal cities face swift retribution for nonpayment.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Hongkong
Lai Choi San
China
South China
Indo- China
One City Votes Day and Eight Go Wet in Digest Poll
New York April 28 Santa Ana California stands alone among nine cities in The Literary Digest poll by showing a majority for enforcement. Macon Georgia and Bridgeton New Jersey favor enforcement while Knoxville Tennessee also tilts that way in a second report but overall repeal and modification votes exceed enforcement. Figures released today summarize the nationwide results.
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New York World News Service
New York
Santa Ana
Cal
Macon
Bridgeton
N. J
Knoxville
Tenn
Huston Stands Pat Refusing to Quit Post
Claudius Huston, chairman of the Republican National Committee, declares he cannot resign despite Senate Lobby Committee testimony. He disclosed soliciting 36100 from Union Carbide during private Muscle Shoals power lease interests and used the funds in a brokerage account before turning them over to the Tennessee River Improvement Association. Republican leaders face fundraising strains. no immediate move to oust Huston is noted.
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Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Senate
Iton
Senate Lobby Committee
Union Carbide Company
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Muscle Shoals
Capitol
Huston
Indian Troops Mutiny During Peshawar Riots Revealed
London reports reveal that during Peshawar disturbances last Wednesday two platoons of the Second Battalion of the Eighteenth Royal Garhwal Rifles mutinied. The unit, recruited from Garhwal in the Himalayas, is to be investigated after being sent to Abbottabad.
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India
Peshawar
Northwest Frontier Province
Eighteenth
Royal Garhwal Rifles
Abbottabad
Garhwal Rifles
Garhwal
Himalaya
Agra
Oudh
India Office
Community Chest Campaign Opens Tonight for 1930 Drive
About 3 000 workers gather at Music Hall for a 6 30 p m rally to launch the 1930 Community Chest drive aiming to raise 2 076 894. Leaders include Robert K Rogan James A Wilson Ralph R Caldwell and C M Bookman. Campaign runs to May 14 with HQ at Union Central Annex and luncheons at the Linton Hotel. A two minute sound film shown in downtown theatres features Rogan and is presented with Boy Scout Charles Marsh and Girl Scout Betty Morrissey. WLW provides music for the Chest theme by Clark Firestone.
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Music Hall
Robert K. Rogan
James A. Wilson
Ralph R. Caldwell
Lewis E. Skinner
C. M. Bookman
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Chest
Union Central Annex
Daily Report
Linton Hotel
Roger K. Rogan
Cincinnati
Rapid Film Company
Central Parkway
Rogan
Betty Morrissey
Hyde Park
Charles Marsh
Wyoming
England
WLW
Clark Firestone
Hoover Urges Quick Action on Prohibition Enforcement Plan
President Hoover tells Congress that enforcement of the dry law depends on rapid passage of the Wickersham Commission program approved by the White House. He urges prompt action on several pending bills to speed up enforcement nationwide.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Wickersham Commission
Senate
House
Curtis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Law of Pistol Holds Sway in New York City
In a Chicago Chicago Detroit focused report, gun use dominates crime in New York with pistols in 182 of 357 homicides and 333 of 2,490 felonious assaults. Sub-machine guns are popular in Chicago and Detroit, though New York reports few seized and no proven machine gun murders.
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Chicago
Detroit
The
Commercial Tribune Today
Underworld
York
Institution of Police
Whalen
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Frankie Yale
Scientists Study Solar Eclipse Across California Belt
In San Francisco on April 28 the rare total solar eclipse was observed along a narrow swath across northern California. Researchers noted atmospheric effects and noted the event drew observers from multiple institutions.
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California
San Francisco
North
Gotham Plans Wild Greeting for Delegates
The Leviathan carrying the U S delegation home from the London naval talks arrives off Ambrose Light and is due to reach Quarantine at dawn. New York officials plan a ceremonial welcome at the Battery and a procession to City Hall for Secretary Stimson, Secretary Adams, Senator Robinson, and Dwight Morrow.
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Leviathan
United States
Ambrose Light
New York Harbor
New York World News Service
Washington
Hoover
New York City
Grover A. Whalen
Pennsylvania Station
Whalen
Stimson
Navy
Charles Francis Adams
Joseph T. Robinson
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Battery
Broadway
City Hall
Welcome to Naval Delegates Broadcast by NBC
New York will broadcast tomorrow morning the welcome to American delegates returning from the London naval conference aboard the Leviathan. The NBC network will carry the event starting about 8 o clock Eastern standard time.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
Cincinnati Gift Home Contest At Armory Show
Cincinnati area residents are invited to visit the Home Show at the O N G Armory Freeman and Armory avenues to win a Gift Home valued at about 10 000. Attendees guess the home's cost on an official ballot. the closest estimate wins on the closing night.
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O. N. G. Armory
Freeman and
Armory Avenues
Homewood Subdivision
Mariemont
Sary
Regional Showers and Warming Temps Across States
Ohio and Kentucky report local showers Tuesday and possibly Wednesday with little temperature change. Indiana Tennessee and West Virginia may see showers with mainly steady temperatures. The regional table shows current highs from the mid 50s to mid 70s and scattered rain amounts, with winds from SE to NE.
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Land
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O'S. S. Marie
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Oane
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