Britain’s Labour Wins Confidence Vote in Commons
London march 13 labor government defeats Conservative censure motion by 308 to 235 after six hours of debate led by Winston Churchill. Liberal support pledged to resist the motion as Baldwin’s attack focuses on safeguarding duties to reduce unemployment. Prime Minister MacDonald’s government stands firm against opposition.
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India
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Prohibition Hearing Breaks Up in House Judiciary Panel
The House Judiciary Committee session on prohibition ends in a heated exchange over alleged coaching of witnesses. Mrs. Henry B. Peabody is cited as coaching. Sumner labels it an insult, and Chairman Graham adjourns to cool off with hearings to resume next morning.
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Vitale Removed From City Court By Appellate Court
Five Justices of the Appellate Court unanimously remove Magistrate Albert H. Vitale from the bench for gross carelessness in inattention ignorance and incompetence. The case centered on a dinner party held in a Bronx restaurant last December where gunmen held guests and a police detective was disarmed. The panel also cited a $20 000 loan from Arnold Rothstein as impairing public confidence in the courts.
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Rothstein
Mrs Anderson of Gingin nat Dies in Paris
Mrs. Charles Anderson a Cincinnati lineage figure died suddenly in Paris while on her annual European visit with daughter Mrs George Lester of England. Surviving are Mrs Lester Catherine Longworth Anderson and a third daughter Mrs Hugo de Fritsch plus a brother John W Herron and five sisters including Mrs William Howard Taft.
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Hindenburg Signs Young Plan and German American Reparations
In Berlin on March 13 President Paul von Hindenburg signed the Young plan approval bills and the separate German American reparations agreement. He urged unity across parties to rebuild Germany as urgency clauses set the plan to immediate effect. A statement stressed his heavy but steadfast resolve.
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U S Aviator Breaks World Speed Record
Capt Boris Sergievsky a naturalized Russian flier set a new seaplane 100 kilometer world speed mark at 143.3 mph over Long Island Sound, burdened by 2000 kilogram payload. The Sikorsky amphibian, with wheels removed, was timed by the National Aeronautical Association.
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National Aeronautical Association
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Richard Wagner
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Put on the Spot Bayonne Bootlegger Shot
Henry Engel, tied to bootlegging and hijacking and linked to Hoboken beer king Frankie Dunn, was shot by four attackers near his Bayonne speakeasy. He died in Bayonne Hospital forty minutes later. The assailants fled the scene.
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Engel
New Planet Found Beyond Neptune at 1.78 Billion Miles
New planet located far beyond Neptune lies about 1 782 800 000 miles from the sun. Observers led by Prof Shapley note its orbit and size remain undetermined, it shines only with the strongest telescopes and receives minimal solar energy. The discovery marks the greatest astronomical find since Neptune.
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Shapley
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Lowell
Convict Gunfight Kills Guard in New Jersey Penal Institution
In Trenton New Jersey Charles Evans a 29 year old convict known as a trusty at the state prison staged a lone battle for freedom lasting about an hour. During the fight guard Frank Butcher was killed and two other guards Ernest Gordon and Thomas Loren were wounded. Evans was killed and another guard T P Lydon helped subdue the situation.
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N. J
Charles Evans
Frank Butcher
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Cancer treatment praised as successful yet experimental
San Francisco surgeon Walter Coffey and Dr John Humber told a Senate committee that their extract had reduced cancerous tissues in 1300 patients at Pacific Hospital. They stressed the work is theoretical, that patients came from afar, and that about twenty of the treated died while the hospital accepts only scientifically validated cases with short life expectancy.
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Walter B. Coffey
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California
Humber
Uhrichsville Plans Labor I O U City Store Swap
Ohio town launches a plan where unemployment relief uses labor IOUs. A municipal store on Third street, donated by Ed Lukes, offers food and clothing in exchange for signed labor promises. Mayor J W Lytle says work can be done in odd hours and charity cases may enter the infirmary if unable to work.
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J. W. Lytle
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Ed Lukes
Widow contests Erlanger will and seeks probate void
New York March 13 A widow filed a legal challenge to probate of Abraham L Erlanger theater magnate. She claims he was of unsound mind when the will was written October 18 1917 and that he was unduly influenced by his attorney Saul J Baron and others. The filing names Charlotte Fiscal known as Charlotte Leslie as the widow and cites heirs and executors including Mitchell Erlanger and Miss Ray Erlanger.
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Max D. Steuer
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Zara the Turk Says He Has Only One Drink in 156 Years
Paris report says Zara the Turk, claimed oldest man alive aside from one, plans to visit America with Anti Saloon League interest in presenting him as a marvel of longevity. He recalls taking a single drink in 1798 at age 20 while serving against Napoleon near Acre amid heat and Turkish cavalry.
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New York World News Service
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Mediterranean
Sugar Duty Retained as Hawley Smoot Debate Persists
In Washington the Republican protec tionists kept an increased sugar duty and a cement import tax in the Hawley Smoot bill. The Senate rejected a motion to reconsider the sugar rise 47 to 38 and kept a six cent per hundred pounds cement duty. Cuban raw sugar is set at two cents a pound, above the current 1.76. House and Senate conferees must resolve two cents versus 2.40 cents sugar and eight cents per hundred pounds cement. A 44 to 32 vote sustained a seven cents per pound duty on long staple cotton.
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Ford Denounces Hidden Money Behind Bootleggers Near Dearborn
Detroit March 13 Ford charges hidden money interests based in New York City back bootlegging and lobby scandals in Washington as he repeats claims of covert methods used by cooperatives aiding Henry Ford against rum runners near his Dearborn plant. He hints at using targeted actions over sweeping raids while asserting firm factory control over Dearborn.
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Kenneth Campbell
New York World News Service
Detroit
Henry Ford
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Dearborn
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Washington
Rom
Ford Factory
Clyde Ford
Periodical Finds Kans Slight Majority for Crile 9 Other Commonwealths
New York World News Service reports a Literary Digest poll indicating strong support for repeal of prohibition with ten states tabulating results. Wet advocates lead in repeal and beer and light wine options, while enforcement remains favored by fewer. Kansas shows a close result, with New Jersey the last to ratify.
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Minnesota
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Nebraka
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Hoover
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Mysterious Paralysis Afflicts 160 Across Three States
Health officials in Mississippi Georgia and Tennessee race to find cause and treatment for a sudden paralysis outbreak that has paralyzed about 160 people. Tennessee cites unknown cause while Mississippi links cases to Jamaica ginger and Georgia notes nine patients with others under observation. Authorities stress non communicability and urge isolation of affected individuals.
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Mississippi
Georgia
Tennessee
E. L. Bishop
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Felix J. Underwood
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Miss
H. C. Ricks
Mississippi Board of Health
T. F. Sellers
State Board of Health
Winter Weather Forecast Across States Grows Colder
Ohio shows increasing cloudiness and colder air with rain possible as weekend approaches while Kentucky expects more clouds and mixed showers. Indiana trends fair Friday then unsettled at times with slightly warmer Saturday and rain in the south. Readouts list current highs and lows for March 13 1980 with temperatures around Eastport Boston and other stations, plus observed wind and precipitation.
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