City Charter Committee to field nine council candidates
The City Charter Committee's board decided to nominate a full nine member ticket and run a campaign to support them, pledging mutual allegiance and service to the city rather than party ties. Mayor Seasongood said he remains undecided about running again, citing his alignment with the Charter group even if not endorsed by Republicans.
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City Charter
City Council
Henry Bentley
Council
Bentley
City Charter Committee
Charter Committee
Charter
Ingalls Building
Seasongood
Doheny Loses Leases Oil Reserve Case Stirs Navy Policy
Washington reports that Edward L. Doheny will lose about 21 million dollars from the Elk Hills oil leases after a Supreme Court ruling. Of this amount 9.9 million is tied to receivers who operated the reserve, reflecting royalty oil payments and expenses for mining and fuel tank construction at Pearl Harbor. Navy Secretary Wilbur says the department will conserve all oil and seek fringe benefits from adjacent wells if drilling continues outside the reserve.
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Pan-American Company
New York
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Navy Department
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve Development
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Supreme Court
Elk Hills
Cal
Doheny
Wilbur
Nationwide store looters arrested in hotel raid
Detectives and private investigators arrested three New York theatrical men in a downtown hotel, recovering stolen goods valued at thousands. The suspects, Murray Kay, Sam Druskin, and Moe Seingersman, allegedly entered stores as salesmen and were linked to a nation wide thieves ring. The men claimed affiliation with Battling Butler and had been traced via recovered samples.
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Joseph Schaefer
Henry Thoman
Cal Crim
New York
Murray Kay
Marcy Place
Sam Druskin
West Eighty-seventh Street
Denial of Internal Revenue Claim on Cincinnati Handbooks
Col Sherrill disputes Col Dean’s charge that handbook operators are more active in Cincinnati. Dean claims enforcement would curb income taxes. Sherrill cites police records, noting raids reduced complaints. He questions government reporting and cites cooperation with Cincinnati Bell in raids.
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Charles M. Dean
Internal Revenue
Cincinnati
Col. Sherrill
Dean
Deang
Bell
Telephone Company
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Tribune
Bank Robbery Ends in Banker’s Death at Verona North Dakota
In Verona North Dakota March 1 bank robbers killed cashier H C Boone of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank and fled with nearly all the vault money. Boone found beaten to death locked in the vault as assailants jammed the vault door and fled taking funds. 300 residents surrounded the scene as authorities investigated.
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Verona
N. D
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
H. C. Boone
Boone
N. J. Cruden
B. G. Ribble
la Moure
Rinna
G. C. Bjone
Hans Bjone
H. C. Bjone
Stalin Dying With A Cancer In Soviet Leadership
Paris dispatch reports Russian Premier J V lin suffering from advanced cancer making operation useless. His withdrawal from affairs may remove moderate influence in Soviet policy though Trotsky unlikely to return to power. Stalin's line enjoys Communist party support and would hinge on England tensions and world revolution pressures.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
J. V.lin
Russia
Leon Trotsky
Stalin
Brothers Quel With Canel Ove Affair Of Honor
In New York a midnight duel sighted between Col Edward Codrington Carrington and his brother Campbell Carrington over an alienation suit and divorce matters. The Col, 55, faced bail of 1000 dollars for assault while Campbell, 52, lay in hospital with facial lacerations. He denied a duel, claiming he was struck from behind and planned to seek mental-observation for his brother.
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New York
Carrington
Col
Edward Codrington Carrington
Campbell Carrington
Seventy Fourth Street
Col. Carrington
Chicago
Whisky Bill Passes House as Senate Considers Treasury Reorg
The Ways and Means medicinal whisky bill clears to the Senate to permit private whisky manufacture under Treasury supervision to replenish stocks. Debate in the Senate and House highlights cloture limits and wet dry divisions. The bill allows two to three million gallons annually with a 100 percent retailer profit cap and a ten cent distillery profit limit.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Prohibition and Customs Bureaus
Treasury Department
Treasury
Copeland
Dem
N. Y
Bruce
Maryland
Edwards
N. J
New Jersey
Mellon
Howard
Neb
Daugherty Miller Jury Sealed After 103-Hour Deliberation
New York March 1 Jury in the Daugherty Miller trial reportedly reached a verdict for Miller after 103 hours of deliberation. Judge Knox ruled that a President Harding letter to Daugherty was not evidence. The jurors sent a sealed note asking weight of character witness testimony.
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New York
Daugherty
Miller
Harry M. Daugherty
Knox
Handcuffed Wedding Ties Couple at Courthouse
Edward Waxman, 24, and Beatrice Bell, 21, wed in the county sheriff’s office with a pair of handcuffs used as the rings. Waxman, held as a witness in a Norwood auto theft case, will be sent to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary after testimony. He escaped custody years earlier en route to Atlanta. Bell plans to join him in Omaha after his term, promising to wait.
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Love
Edward Waxman
Dayton
Beatrice Bell
East Court Street
William M. Anderson
Woxman
Charles Stagnaro
Norwood
Atlanta
Kentucky
Lexington
Miss Bell
Harry McGrew
Diplomatic Message From U S to Mexico Reported
An unusually important communication from the United States Government to the Mexican Government was delivered to the Mexican Foreign Office by Arthur B. Lane, First Secretary of the American Embassy. President Diaz of Nicaragua pledges safe passage to a Liberal General in a new peace effort. Mexico City date given as March 1.
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Mexico City
United States
Arthur B. Lane
Diaz
Jose’ Moncada
Matagalpa
Juan Sacasa
Porto Cabezas
Julian Latim
Sun Chuan-Fang Forces Withdraw From Shanghai Area
Shanghai March 12. Defenses of the city fell to Nationalists as Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang withdrew his forces from Sunkiang and the Shanghai area leaving allied troops as the sole barrier to Cantonese advances.
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Sun
Shanghai
Cantonese
Sun Chuan-Fang
Sunkiang
Hankow Port Tied Up by Labor Union Strike
The U S S Pigeon towed the seized Meihung from Hankow as 100 Chinese troops were disembarked. A day of city-wide stoppages halted outdoor work, rickshas, autos, telephones and lights amid protests against British troops in Shanghai. Canton faces a mass demonstration and possible union-led labor unrest under Communist influence.
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Hankow
Shanghai
General Labor Union
Canton
Bluejackets Clear Vessel of Chinese Interfering With Refugees
In Peking on March 1 the evacuation of Anglo Americans from Western China faced delays from pickets and agitators. Protests to Eugene Chen Sch Canton Foreign Minister yielded no result. On the upper Yangtse several incidents occurred including efforts to crowd a US vessel to block foreign refugees. Bluejackets from the gunboat Monocacy boarded the steamer and cleared space for the foreign passengers.
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Bluejackets
Peking
China
Eugene Chen
Yangtse
China factions endorse Porter resolution in Washington cables
Cablegrams from Eugene Chen and Wellington Koa, foreign ministers of the Cantonese and Peking governments, endorse the Porter resolution proposing independent action in dealing with China. The messages were made public by Dr. Alfred Sze, the Chinese Minister to Washington.
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Washington
Peking
Canton
China
Alfred Sze
Eugene Chen
Wellington Koa
State Department Silent On Mexican Note Sparks Speculation
The State Department refused to discuss the American note to Mexico City, fueling speculation about friction between the two governments. Officials said the note did not relate to oil or land cases, while Mexico called it unusually important. Possible topics cited included Mexican regulatory changes for insurers, direct calls from Calles to senators, or talks to expand the Claims Commission.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico City
Calles
Boreh
Té&Vo
Mexico
Six American planes arrive for scouting in Nicaragua
Six American airplanes under Maj. Ross E. Rowell arrive by special train from Corinto to a prepared field near marine headquarters in Managua. Planes will be used for scouting and maintaining communications as practice flights begin. Fighting is scattered in the Jinotega district while peace efforts unfold.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Ross E. Rowell
United States Marine Corps
Corinto
Marine Headquarters
Jinoteja
W C T U Opposes Cigarette Ads and Smith Visit
At the annual spring W C T U institute held at the YWCA the group approved a anti tobacco resolution opposing cigarette ads showing women and girls and denounced plans to invite Gov Al Smith to visit on St Patrick’s Day. Mrs George H Davis led the push noting prominent women endorsing tobacco ads reduce restraint. The meeting also backed Dr F M Swinehart against fears of Smith as a wets leader and viewed his visit as a test of prohibition resolve.
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P. H. Conroy
Gov
al Smith
New York
George H. Davis
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Ah Grand Opera
Davis
Attorne
F. M. Swinehart
Madisonville
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