Admirals clash on London naval pact terms in hearings
Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones argued the London treaty harms the U S fleet and favors Britain and Japan while Admiral William Pratt defended it as the best possible outcome. Secretary Adams said the pact is a compromise and noted a more deliberate building program may follow.
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Washington
Senate
General Board of the Navy
Hilary P. Jones
London
Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Japan
William V. Pratt
United States
Naval Committee
Jones
Robinson
Dem
Ark
Adams
Johnson
California
Indiana
Pratt
America
Admiral Jones
Admiral Pratt
Arkansas
Johu Chase
House Naval Committee
Naval General Board
Camp Kearney
Dynamite Blows Truck to Pieces Near Ola Man's Cave
Neal Imboden, 24, a State Highway Department worker, survived an explosion that blew a loaded truck into many pieces near Ola Man's Cave in Logan County on May 15. About 300 pounds of dynamite and 700 percussion caps beneath the seat ignited, hurling him into a ditch as the truck zigzagged away and exploded, leaving the vehicle destroyed.
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Logan,co
Neal Imboden
State Highway Department
Imboden
Derby Ancestral Hall Put Up For Sale In Liverpool District
Knowsley Hall and its 2,500 acre estate, the ancestral home of the Earls of Derby, has been placed on the market. Liverpool corporation eyed as buyer, with discussions centering on figures in the millions. Tax burdens and heavy taxes reportedly pushed Lord Derby to sell his principal seat.
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Lord Derby
Liverpool
England
Knowsley Hall
Earls of Derby
Liverpool Corporation
Morgan Interests to Annex Fourth of Columbia Gas Go
United Corporation plans to acquire about 2.9 million Columbia Gas and Electric Company shares through an exchange, giving a premium to Columbia stockholders. The move aims to expand gas pipeline plans to New York and other East Coast cities as Columbia builds a 400 mile line from West Virginia fields to Baltimore and Washington. Exchange offers close June 10 with J P Morgan as depository, deposits capped at about 25 percent of outstanding shares.
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New York
United Corporation
Morgan- Drexel- Bonbright Utility Holding Company
Columbia’ Gas and Electric Company
Columbia
United Group of Companies
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Baltimore
Washington
United
J. P. Morgan & Co
Three Miners Die In Powhattan Coal Mine Blast
In Avella Pennsylvania on May 15 a gas explosion at Powhattan Coal Company No 2 mine killed three workers and injured four others. Among the dead were Clement and Sepres from Avella and Williams of Avella, with Andrew Rustic seriously injured and hospitalized in Washington Pennsylvania. Seventeen of 78 miners escaped after a slate fall knocked a trolley off its track, possibly triggering the gas explosion.
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Avella
Powhattan
Manley
Clement
New Cumberland
W. Va
John
Williams
Thomas
Andrew Rustic
Washington
Rustic
Former Gardener Takes Aim at City Shrubs
John Lang, 54, once a gardener at the Columbia Hotel, opposed city planting along Central parkway. He pulled up shrub after shrub from Central parkway to Mohawk street, prompting police intervention. Fifty holes marked where fifty shrubs once stood as investigators review his mental state.
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John Lang
Columbia Hotel
Central Parkway
John
Liberty Street
Mohawk Street
Dawes Imparts Wisdom to Americans in England
Charles G. Dawes American Ambassador addressed the American Chamber of Commerce in London noting President McKinley’s wisdom on adversity and prosperity. He said Americans engage in trade diplomacy with official diplomacy as a secondary role and reported a pleasing rise in British American contracts.
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London
Charles G. Dawes
American Chamber of Commerce
McKinley
Dawes
German Communists and Fascists Clash in Heidenau Riot
In Heidenau near Dresden on May 15 a riot erupted between about 130 Communists and Fascists. The clash injured twenty five people and overwhelmed the village police, as both sides battled in the streets amid growing tensions.
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Dresden
Germany
Heidenau
Oklahoma clothing buyer cashes two checks then vanishes
M Herbert Hermer of Oklahoma City visits Small and Ferrer Co wholesale clothing in Tulsa. He purchases a dress and coat for samples and pays with a $21 check. He returns to ask cashing a personal $50 check. Bank later bans the checks as counterfeit. local teller confirms the man is a long- sought crook.
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M. Herbert Hermer
Small and Ferrer Company
West Fourth Street
Mr. Hermer
M. Herbert Hermér
Oklahoma City Bank
Herbert Hermer
House Honors Deceased Members In Memorial Session
The House paused legislative business on May 15 to hold an hour long memorial service for twelve Representatives and three Senators who died in the prior fourteen months. Flowers filled the dais as a Navy Band played sacred music and Clerk William Tyler Page read the roll. Mrs Mary T Norton of New Jersey dropped carnations as each name was called, followed by a devotional moment and a widow’s song. Senators named were Tyson Burton Warren. Representatives included Weller and Charles W.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Navy
William Tyler Page
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Oregon
Nicholas J. Sinnott
Lawrence D. Tyson
Tennessee
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Francis E
Trial of Negro Charged with Attack Opens in Kenton Court
The trial of Anderson McPerkin, 19, a Negro from Waco Georgia, began in Kenton Circuit Court with a seven women and five men jury. Mrs Margaret Kolar testified she and her family of six faced an assault on March 6 in Crescent Springs, detailing a doorway confrontation and threats. The proceeding continued on the second page.
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Anderson McPerkin
Waco
Margaret Kolar
Crescent Springs
Leslie T. Applegate
Kenton
Joseph Kolar
Vera
McParkin
Will J Locke Dies Noted Novelist In Paris
Paris May 15 William J Locke renowned English novelist died at his Paris home at 9 35 pm in his daughter's presence after a relapse following a recent operation. He wrote The Beloved Vagabond and Perella among thirty two books. He studied at St John's Cambridge and Queen's Royal Trinidad.
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New York World News Service
Paris
William J. Locke
Locke
Perella
Florence
Englis
Europe
America
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Henry Adsworth Longfellow
Carl van Véchten
P. G. Wodehouse
John Isworthy
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Barbadoes
John Locke
Trinidad
England
Queen’s Royal College
France
Royal Institute of British Architects
Holland
Spain
Portugal
United States
Samaria
Percy Hamilton Close
Jury exonerates Gov Kohler in oyster case
In Sheboygan Wisconsin a circuit court jury exonerated Governor Walter J Kohler on charges of violating the state corrupt practices law by answering negatively eight questions in a special verdict. Judge Gustave Gehrz will craft a final verdict and may hold motions in Milwaukee. The crowd celebrated the decision and pressed toward the Governor.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Gustave Gehrz
Gehrz
Milwaukee
Civil resistance contest at Dharasana pits Sarojini Naidu against police
In Dharasana a salt law protest led by Mrs. Sarojini Naidu halted traffic as she and followers squatted on the road while police formed a cordon. They spun cloth and chatted, with leaders predicting a second party. Elsewhere in Bombay a long Youth League Red procession marched through the fort area.
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Bombay
All India
Dharasaana
Sarojini Naidu
Dharasanna
India
Dharasanna Road
Youth League of Bombay
All-India Congress
Harold T. Jones Favored for New Prohibition Director Post
Harold T. Jones, aide to Assistant Attorney General G. Aaron Youngquist, is favored for the new prohibition director post created by the Williamson transfer bill. The measure shifts enforcement units from the Treasury to the Justice Department, effective July 1, with final approval by Hoover. Jones's background with Willebrandt and Youngquist bolsters his candidacy as the director would be paid 9000 dollars annually. Dr. James M. Doran to stay in Treasury as commissioner of industrial alcohol.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Harold T. Jones
G. Aaron Youngquist
Prohibition
Department of Justice
Senate
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission
Treasury
Cretary Mellon
House
Hoover
Attorney General
Jones
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Department
Youngquist
Willebrandt
James M Doran
Commission of Industrial Alcohol
Anti-Saloon League receipts fall from 1919 peak
The Anti-Saloon League of America shows a steep decline from a million-dollar annual business in 1919 to about a quarter of that in 1929. The release lists individual donors of 1,000+ for 1927 to 1930, highlighting Sebastian S. Kresge as a major contributor via the Kresge Foundation.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Anti-Saloon League of America
Matepentiey
Chaftrmean Woe
Caraway
F. Scott McBride
League
Sebastian S. Kresge
Detroit
Kresge Foundation
Stanley S. Kresge
Kresge
Cannon Trial Rumor Rocks South Methodist Conference
At the quadrennial Methodist Episcopal Church South meeting in Dallas Bishop James Cannon Jr. faces a possible church trial for stock market speculation. Committee members avoid confirmation while discussing the report that charges may be filed and Cannon presides at the next session. The committee may decide Friday, with verdicts possible as acquittal suspension or expulsion if charged.
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Dallas
Tex
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James Cannon, Jr
Washington
Virginia
Cannon
General Conference
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Temperance Committee
Daniels
Showdown on tariff bill planned in Senate showdown
Washington May 15 A Senate showdown on passage of a tariff bill looms as Democrats plan to oppose Republican efforts to loosen the export debenture and flexible clause. Republicans seek to drop their pledge and pursue a conference compromise, while Democrats resist until a final report.
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Washington
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
Husband awarded divorce decree in hotly contested action
In Common Pleas Court Judge Stanley Struble granted a divorce to Henry Allendorf 57 of 3930 Beekman Street after a heated trial at the request of Domestic Relations Court judge Charles W. Hoffman. Fran ces Powell Allendorf 50 of 4123 Chambers Street contended, with testimony about insults and threats during a California honeymoon trip and a hotel stay.
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Henry Allendorf
Beekman Street
Frances Powell Allendorf
Chambers Street
Stanley Struble
Common Pleas Court
Struble
Charles W. Hoffman
Allendorf
Allendorf Printing Company
Cincinnati
Haitian official inaugurates island leader in Port-au-Prince
Eugene Roy, chosen by Hoover commission, was inaugurated president of Haiti by the Haitian Council of State. The 69 year old independent took office amid a discordant demonstration against retiring President Borno. He plans to form a Council of State and seek a popular election later in summer or autumn.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Eugene Roy
Hoover
Council of State
Republic
Borno
Chamber of Deputies
Weather summary and temperature table for May 15 1930
The report lists regional forecasts Ohio Tennessee West Virginia Indiana and New England area weather with clouds rain and cooler conditions. It also provides a detailed May 15 1930 temperature and precipitation table for cities including Boston Nashville Albany Cleveland Chicago Detroit New York and more with highs lows averages and rainfall.
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Tennessee
West Virginia
Indiana
Boston
Nashville
Albany
Cleveland
Ieee
Chicago
Jacksony
Duluth
Eastport
Louisville
New York
Detroit
Atlantic C
S. S. Marie
Uth
Atlanta
St. Louis
Rea
N. Orleans
Kansas City
Galveston
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Denver
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Stella Maris
W. J. Kohler
Gandhi
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Mexico
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N. J
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