Briand and Britain push toward European confederation
In Geneva on September 13, Briand and Britain advance a plan for a European confederation and a world economic conference to reduce tariff barriers. The proposal urges no new tariffs for two years and seeks to lower trade obstacles across League members and non members. Canada opposes aiding victims of aggression, preferring to deter war by withdrawing credits and supplies.
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Geneva
Great Britain
France
United States of America
League
Aristide Briand
Economic Committee
League of Nations
Europe
Committee On Disarmament
George Foster
Canadian League
Canada
George
Nomely
United States Senate
Sir George
Banker Clears Gil Employee in Fraud Case
Cheyenne Wyoming September 13 The banker C D Waggoner president of the Telluride bank in liquidation is to be released on bail of 100000 pending his New York trial for a fraud scheme that obtained a 500000 line of credit from Chase National Bank via telegrams crafted in Denver Waggoner admits hiring two Denver women to send the messages asserting he wrote the six code telegraphs and arranged for their presentation August 30 He left for New York after briefing the women and says they were unaware of the plan Deputy Marshal Earl Schoel heads to Newcastle to arrest him and set a preliminary hearing before US Commissioner Dorothy Shank if requested or removal proceedings to New York may follow
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Cheyenne
Wyo
C. D. Waggoner
Bank of Telluride
New York
Denver
Newcastle
Waggoner
Chase National Bank
Earl Schoel
United States
Dorothy Shank
Wyoming
Shank
Laramie County
J. Foster Symes
Associated Press
Stenog
Bund campaign mapped out by city leaders
Educational program precedes ballot on a 12 million bond issue. Mayor Seasongood chairs the Citizens Educational Committee with 52 attendees from various groups meeting at City Hall. The plan, with Republican and Democratic cooperation, aims to inform voters before the November 5 election. Bonds would be issued over time to avoid tax rate increases. 1930 tax rate remains 21.60 per thousand.
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Murray Seasongood
Council Chamber
Seasongood
Citizens’ Educational Committee
William R. Reeves
Henry Urner
Sherrill
University of Cincinnati
Pantages Trial Gripped By State Move Sparks Uproar
In Los Angeles on September 13, pre trial statements by defense witness John Conterno in the Mrs. Alexander Pantages second‑degree murder case ignited courtroom turmoil. Conterno alleged a mystery car caused the collision. the state impeached him and later admitted the car may have forced the Pantages vehicle. Doctors Hastings and Chapman testified she was not intoxicated.
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Los Angeles
John Conterno
Alexander Pantages
Conterno
Juro Rokumoto
Rokumoto
Pantages
Hill Hastings
C. Chapman
Equality on Seas Settled, 5 Power Treaty Now Sought
Rebecca Rogers, on trial for the third time in Buda Texas for holding up a bank, is believed by her husband Otis Rogers to be insane at the time, per her chief of counsel.
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Rebecca Rogers
Buda
Tex
Otis Rogers
Leading Nations Agree to Parity in Naval Power 1936 Plan
Britain and the United States ready to pursue naval parity by 1936 without scrapping ships, inviting France Italy and Japan to December talks. MacDonald to meet Hoover in October with a broader five power conference planned and a world meeting in 1936 to cut naval costs and avoid new builds.
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Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
MacDonald
Washington
Hoover
United States
Britain
London
Friday the 13th Tin Coin Brings Bad Luck
In Newark New Jersey on September 13 Harry Winslow of Arlington found a shiny coin on Harrison Street and believed it luck. A flivver struck him from behind as he bent to pick up the piece. He was taken to a hospital with cuts and bruises.
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New York World News Service
Newark
N. J
Harry Winslow
Arlington
Harrison
Winslow
Albert Filwebes
Montclair
Flivver
Friday the 13th Sparks Pro bate Court License Knockout
Cupid's hoodoo falls for Friday the 13th as Pro bate Court grants 21 marriage licenses, double the usual Friday total. In Newport Kentucky six couples apply for licenses but refuse to marry on the ominous date, leaving no weddings performed.
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Cupid
Harry Brown
Newport
Tragedy Follows Bus Dispute In Joyce Killing Suicide
In Joyce on the Olympic Peninsula two youths clash over a school book. Jesse Spurrier 16 shoots Helen McClaine 13, then dies by self inflicted wound as sheriff’s posse hunts him. Helen and Leona McClaine are sisters. Authorities investigate the fatal double incident.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Joyce
Here
Olympic Peninsula
Lyre River
Jesse Spurrier
Helen McClaine
Helen
Jesse
Leona
Spurrior
Confederate Vets Chief Blasts G A R Reunion Plan
Richard A. Sneed 84, Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans, in Lubrock Texas says the Grand Army of the Republic’s move to reunite Gray and Blue is un-American. He urges only an endorsement of a reunion while expressing no hard feelings toward Union veterans.
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Lubrock
Tex
Richard A. Sneed
United Confederate Veterans
Sneed
Oklahoma City
Fred Snyder
Grand Army of
Grand Army of the Republic
Lake freighter Andaste wreckage found with no bodies
Wreckage of the Agdaste lake freighter missing since Tuesday was found fourteen miles off Holland by the Bertha G. tug. No bodies were recovered though part of the Captain's cabin door and other wreckage were identified by surviving crew. Coast Guard and tugs Liberty and Freedom plan searches along Lake Michigan shore.
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Grand Haven
Mich
George van Hall
van Hall
Holland
Coast Guard
Liberty
Freedom
The
Materials Construction Company
Lake Michigan
Andaste
A. L. Aréerson
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Eight Charged With Plot Against North Carolina Government
In Gastonia and Mecklenburg County eight men tied to the Looray Cotton Mill strike faced conspiracy charges for plotting against the state government. Police earlier seized shotguns ammunition and riot guns during a liquor raid as authorities pursued hearings before Judge Shaw.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Gastonia
Mecklenburg County
International Labor Defense
Juliette Pyntz
Thomas J. Shaw
North Carolina Juris
John R. Irwin Jr
C. M. Sell
C. D. Say
City
H. M. Joyner
Lell
Saylor
Taylor Shythe
Dewey Martin
John Gibson
Etley Ritch
Paul Shephard
George Saul
Shaw
Joyner
Foul Play Alleged as Watson Faces Tariff Foes
A sharp political clash centers on tariff policy with Ghlto Watson at the heart of opposition. Critics characterize the stance as a masterwork of hypocrisy amid heated debate and public scrutiny.
Senate hears sharp attack on tariff bill as discriminatory
Senator Harrison of Mississippi labels the pending Republican tariff bill a masterwork of discrimination and hypocrisy urging rejection. He argues the measure serves special privilege while farmers must still sell abroad. Senator Brookhart adds it is not a Republican bill but favors special interests as readlining cites its declared aims to raise revenue and protect labor.
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Washington
Senate
Harrison
Miss
Tariffframing Finance Committee
National Broadcasting Company
Watson
Hoover
Congress
Indiana
Finance Committee
Brookhart
Rep
Treason Charge Possible Over Shearer Senate Inquiry
Senate investigation into William B. Shearer’s 1927 Geneva naval conference work may lead to treason charges if it is shown his actions aided opponents of the United States. Senator Shortridge, subcommittee chair, pledges fairness and a full hearing with witnesses subpoenaed tomorrow.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Senate
William B. Shearer
Geneva
United States
Capitol
Shearer
Congress
Shortridge
Committee On Naval Affairs
Borah
Day Informer Near Death After Shooting in Cleveland
Fred Li Tully 35 a reputed federal prohibition informer and ex village dry raider was near death from three bullet wounds after claims a unknown man shot him while cruising in the roarin Third precinct Police doubt his story and say motive may stem from liquor disputes Tully drove to Charity Hospital before collapsing and investigators found no bullets in his car His wife says he planned to collect a federal check but officers deny he worked for them He had a checkered past including a 1924 bribery hush money case and later cooperation with authorities His associates include Leo Klein who was killed recently
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Cleveland
Allfred Li Tully
Emmett J. Potts
Kurt Gloeckner
Tully
Justice of the Peace Hquor
Charity Hospital
Potts
Gloeckner
Prohibition Department
Newburgh Heights
Justices of the Peace
Herman Geltman
Parma
Atlanta
Prohibition
Leo Klein
Sanity hearing sought for Di Torro in Diebolt murder
Cleveland Sept 13. Counsel for Michael Di Torro, a gardener who confessed killing Mrs Barbara Diebolt after she discharged him, announced plans for a sanity hearing. The case has been sent to the County Grand Jury.
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Cleveland, CO
Michael di Torro
Barbara Diebolt
County Grand Ury
Reds Decide to Buy Redland Field
Cincinnati Baseball Club moves to purchase Redland Field for 195000 after lease expires this year. Doerger & Rieckelman and the Kirby heirs own the tract. J McDiarmid presided at the meeting as plans for next season were discussed and a new pitching staff hinted.
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Redland Field
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Ball Club
Doerger & Rieckelman
Kirby Heirs. Co
J. McDiarmid
Jack Hendricks
Poisoned Son for Insurance Money in Elopement Plot
Mrs Hattie Stone of Havre de Grace was indicted for murdering her fifteen year old son George by poison. The grand jury connected poison in the deaths of her husband Edward and brother Edgar, both exhumed. A sister in law testified the plan aimed to use the boy’s insurance to flee with a railroad worker. The panel also charged Amos Dick of Aberdeen with shooting a proving ground soldier found in his home.
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Belair
Hattie Stone
Havre de Grace
George
Edward Stone
George Stone
Baltimore
Edgar
Stone
Amos Dick
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Wife in Fourth Trial Cites Mental State in 1926 Bank Robbery
Otis Rogers, defense counsel and husband of Rebecca Bradley Rogers, tells jurors his wife appeared insane before and after their marriage, while recounting their romance and hardships since she robbed Farmers National Bank at Buda in 1926. He testified after peers who knew her questioned her sanity.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Otis Rogers
Farmers National Bank
Buda
Rogers
University of Texas
Becky
The Witch Without a Heart Vanishes from Brussels Prison
Adrienne Guyot, known as The Witch Without a Heart, is reported to have had 652 lovers and 500 husbands. The Brussels woman, under 40, reportedly left a prison after doors closed behind her amid tales of beauty and seductive power.
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New York World News Service
Brussels
Adrienne Guyot
Anita Loos
Adrienne
Citizenship rights restored to Cole in Ohio case
Governor Cooper formally restored the citizenship rights of Municipal Judge Ira Cole of Toledo and removed grounds for his removal. The action ends concerns that Cole was not a citizen after rights weren’t restored due to a clerical error following a minor manslaughter related robbery case, with Toledo Bar Association and Board of Clemency involved.
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Columbus
Cooper
Ira Cole
Toledo
Cole
Mansfield Reformatory
Toledo Bar Association
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