Shipbuilding Executive Admits Shearer Was More Than Observer
Frederick P. Palen, longtime VP at Newport News Shipbuilding, testifies before the Senate Naval Subcommittee that he largely arranged William P. Shearer’s hiring to represent three U S shipbuilders at the 1927 Geneva conference. He says no payments to Shearer show in books though compensation of over 18000 and 2000 in loans appear, and he sought to keep the matter private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Washington
Frederick P. Palen
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
William P. Shearer
Navy
Geneva
Senate Naval
Shearer
Palen
Senate
Clinton L. Barbo
New York Shipbuilding Company
Samuel W. Wakeman
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Company
American Merchant Marine Fund
Allen
Ramsay MacDonald Arrives in New York for Washington Visit
Washington reports Premier Ramsay MacDonald and Miss Ishbel MacDonald arriving October 4 to discuss naval limits with President Hoover. The schedule includes White House receptions, calls on the Vice President and officials, and a White House stay through October 8 before tours to Philadelphia and New York.
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Washington
Stimson
Esme Howard
Ramsay MacDonald
New York
Hoover
Ishbel MacDonald
White House
Isabella Howard
Miss MacDonald
Philadelphia
Here .S
Berengaria
Lord Arnold
Robert Vansittart
R. L. Craigie
Foreign Office
Thomas Jones
Union Station
George Akerson
Wilbur J. Carr
William R. Castle, Jr
Francis White
Nelson T. Johnson
J. Theodore Mariner
Department of State
James Clement Dunn
Ronald Ian Campbell
MacDonald
Miss. MacDonald
Fire at Club Richman resident prompts theft claim
William H. Erb, broker and former Columbia athlete, says $10,000 worth of trophies and pre prohibition liquor were stolen after a fire at his Club Richman apartment in the West Fifty-sixth Street building. He reports three watches, medals, cups, athletic trophies, and footballs stolen. attorneys handle the matter and no police or fire complaints disclosed.
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New York World News Service
New York
Club Richman
West Fifty-sixth Street
William H. Erb
Columbia Athletic
Erb
Fifth Avenue
Richman
Eric
Summerall Addresses War Mothers Convention in Louisville
Gen Charles P Summerall chief of staff U S A told War Mothers that mothers are sources of defense and development. He said victory in Meuse Argonne was secured twenty years before the battle as homes and firesides built discipline. Gov Flem D Sampson of Kentucky and Mayor William B Harrison of Louisville spoke at the session. Opening ceremonies and officers reports were heard during the day.
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Louisville
Mothers of America
Charles’ P. Summerall
Meuse-Argonne
Summeral
America
Gen
Summerall
Flem.d.sampson
Kentucky
William B. Harrison
Moonshine caper by two runaways ends in car theft arrest
Two fifteen year old runaways were arrested in Chicago on a $50 car theft after being found with a pint of moonshine. The teens claimed the liquor was for cleaning the engine, while onlookers reportedly laughed or cried at the irreverent remark.
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Chicago
Water Works Funds Set for City Hall Renovation
The City Council Finance Committee will seek 44800 for water works office renovation in City Hall a mezzanine for records and a new measuring accounting system to cut error and speed bills. A further request for 40000 bonds funds to start a cadastral survey costing about 200000 faces likely opposition due to potential lawsuits over misaligned plats and uncertain stone corner accuracy.
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Finance Committee
Water Works Department
Sherr
Council
Col
Sherrill
Chicago Man Killed in Covington Gang War Found Near Licking River
The body of a Chicago man identified as William W. Williams was found on the Covington riverbank near Fifth and Sixth streets. Coroner Donnelly suspects foul play after clues include a dumped body from a Newport boat, gold teeth, amputated toes, and letters from Chicago doctors.
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Chicago
Newport
Licks River
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Covington
William W. Williams
Donnelly
Whitcomb
Knockelman
Edward ¥Racey
Wells and
Jackson Boulevards
Williams
Edward C. Holmblad
William
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Nashville
Parish
Licking River
Tax cut sought as income tax receipts surge in 1929
Washington reports the 1929 income tax take will top 2.5 billion dollars with 1.9 billion collected by Sept 21 and December payments due. Treasury officials say next Congress may cut taxes effective March 15 due to high receipts from a booming stock market and strong profits.
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Treasury
Congress
Prominent Hartford Couple Sentenced in Adultery Case
Edward W. Broder, longtime lawyer and 1926 mayoral candidate, and Mrs. Lillian Hastings were sentenced to four months in county jail for adultery in Superior Court. Hastings’ sentence was suspended. They were arrested June 7 after being found together at a hotel by Hastings’ husband and officials, a case that stirred city politics.
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Hartford
Conn
Edward W. Broder
Lillian
Hastings
Superior Court
New England
Broder
Hudkins Knocks Out Anderson in Sixth Round Title Bid Near
In Los Angeles on September 24 Ace Hudkins of Nebraska defeated Joe Anderson of Covington Kentucky by technical knockout in round six of a ten round middleweight bout. The victory places Hudkins firmly in line for a title shot against Mickey Walker.
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Joe Anderson
Los Angeles
Ace Hudkins
Nebraska
Wildcat
Covington
Mickey Walker
Complaint of Two Students Sparks New Nonresident Service at Cincinnati U
Two students Felter and Junker complained to President Herman Schneider about a $10 medical fee charged to nonresident pupils. They urged including such medical costs in general university expenses and questioned the adequacy of current medical service while Schneider defended the system with data on ongoing research and university support.
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C. U
University of Cincinnati
R. A. Felter
C. F. Junker
Herman Schneider
Cincinnati
Schneider
Felter
White Russia officials dismissed by Moscow Reds
Dmitry Prishtshepov land commissar and Grigory Massalsky social insurance commissar of White Russia have been fired after an investigation found they opposed Moscow policies. Massalsky linked to 1918 anti-Soviet revolt in the Vitebsk region. Prishtshepov allied with former Social Revolutionary officials opposing Soviet authority. The recall follows broader anti Soviet activities and illegal party affiliations.
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New York World News Service
Moscow
Dmitry Prishtshepov
Russia
Grigory Massalsky
Social Insurance
Massalsky
Vitebsk
Prishtshepov
Social Revolutionary Party
Victor Chernov
New York
N. Y
Colorado to oppose six New York banks over Telluride securities
Colorado will resist attempts by six New York banks to recover securities obtained by the Bank of Telluride through manipulations by bank president C. D. Waggoner. Attorney General Robert E. Wimbourn announced the stance on his return from New York.
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N. Y
Denver
Col
Colorado
New York
Bank of Telluride
C. D. Waggoner
Robert E. Winbourn
Coupon to Cincinnati League of Women Voters Adress
A mailed coupon directs readers to send to the Cincinnati League of Women Voters at Headquarters 324 Hotel Sinton with no charge and no solicitations indicated.
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Hotel Sinton Ballroom
Cincinnati League OF Women Voters
Hotel Sinton
Cops FIRE on each other in North Riverside mix up
Four suburban policemen rushing to an alarm in North Riverside fired on each other in dawn light after failing to recognize colleagues. Chief Beltz and Sergt. Malkentine were seriously wounded but expected to recover. Jisa and Cada, nearby residents, fired from a window. John Pedderson alerted Beltz and the others.
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Chicago
North Riverside
Arthur Beltz
Sergt
Fred Malkentine
Riverside
Beltz
Jisa
Cada
Joseph Jisa
Stanley Cada
John Pedderson
Chief Beltz
Malkentine
Seventh Day Adventists Oppose Calendar Reform and Blue Laws
Delegates at the World General Conference fall council in Columbus oppose proposed calendar revision a thirteen year month with twenty eight day months and a wandering year end day plus opposition to tightening Blue Laws in Washington DC. Prof C S Longacre and Rev H H Wotan spoke on religious liberty issues.
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Columbus
District of Columbia
Fall Council of the World
General Conference of
Seventh Day Adventists
C. S. Longacre
Washington
Religious Liberty Association
H. H. Wotan
Harding
Mexican Flyer Sought in City Search Efforts
Brownsville Texas dispatch reports Lieut. Col Fernando Proal a missing Mexican flyer in the Mexico City Kansas City air derby had not reached Brownsville by 10 55 p m and plans were made to dispatch searching planes the next day.
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Brownsville
Tex
Fernando Proal
Mexico City
Hex murderers Burgesses hang selves in jail
Eugene Burgess fifty three hanged himself in Kalamazoo County Jail at 4 30 am while awaiting trial on first degree murder charges with his wife Pearl for the killing of Mrs Etta L Fairchild eighty three the couple had invited her to their home last summer and killed her claiming fear of her evil eye.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Eugene Burgess
Pearl
Etta L. Fairchild
Burgess
Albert Fagley
East Miami River Road
New Baltimore
Virginia Sparks
Nelson Schwab
Theodore Angilan
Richmond Street
James Anderson
Reading Road
Fagley
William M. Anderson
Miss Sparks
Ansilan
Anderson
Prohibition
Angilan
William
John Angilan
Shirley Glardon
Fromm Arrest Ties Stark County Sanatorium Contracts
Charles A. Fromm, president of Stark County Board of Commissioners, was arrested in Canton on bribery charges connected to a $1,000,000 Molly Stark Tuberculosis Sanitarium project. The indictment accuses him of seeking 1 percent of a $3,900 equipment contract, with witnesses detailing alleged Cleveland trips and a $200 compromise. Fromm pleads not guilty and was released on $3,000 bond.
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Cleveland, O
Charles A. Fromm
Stark County Board of Commissioners
Molly Stark
Stark County
Henry W. Harter
Fromm
Canton
Building Commission
Model Institution
Alliance
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
Colson-Cleveland
John E. Keefe
Colson - Cleveland Company
George H. Kirk
Akron
Keefe
Cleveland
Kirk
Hoover Takes Stand in Tariff Flexibility Debate
President Hoover openly backs keeping the flexible tariff principle in the Hawley Smoot tariff amid Senate efforts to remove it. He argues the system allows adjustments by the Tariff Commission and cautions against despotic executive power.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Con
Tariff Commission
Simmons
North Carolina
Smoot
Finance Committee
The
House
Congress
Fifty Dead and 5000 Taken in Yangtse River Clash
Shanghai dispatches report Nationalist forces commandeered three steamers up the Yangtse toward Ichang. Fifty soldiers killed and hundreds wounded as ships were shelled by shore batteries. The Iron Siders captured 5000 men and supplies. one ship returned damaged to Hankow. Chang Fak Wei reportedly controls the river from Ichang to Chikiang.
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Shanghai
Ichang
Chang Fak Wei
Yangtse
Lronsiders
Chang
Hankow
Peiping
Chang Fak-Wei
Chikiang
Flood Inundates San Marcial as Rio Grande Dykes Fail
In Albuquerque on September 24, floodwaters from the Rio Grande overwhelmed man-made barriers and dyke failures at San Marcial, inundating the town and marooning seventy people. The event highlights the severity of the flooding along the river system.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande
San Marcial
Taxicab kills veteran in Urbana
Ephraim Powell 75 Civil War veteran died from a fractured skull after being struck by a taxicab in Urbana. Driver Charles Armstrong 22 was detained.
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Urbana
Ephriam Powell
Charles Armstrong
Lima dentist dies after patient struck during tooth extraction
Dr Abner Jones a 65 year old Lima dentist died after a patient struck him below the heart while a tooth was being extracted. Coroner Frank Smith and officials attributed the death to the blow given while the patient was under ether anaesthetic. No charges were filed.
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Lima
Abner Jones
Frank Smith
Smith
Girls Picnic Robbed on Briar Road Glendale
A party of girls from the Conservatory of Music found their cars broken into on Briar road Glendale. Thieves stole keys from three autos and $30 from purses. Deputy sheriffs Harry Butler and Peter Kline investigated the theft last night.
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Conservatory of Music
Briar Road
Glendale
Harry Butler
Peter Kline
Peacox Demonstrates Wife Killing On Stand
Earl Peacox testified that after a quarrel everything went black and he killed his wife. He pantomimed striking her with a pistol and choking her while cross examining continued in White Plains court.
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Peacox
White Plains
Earl Peacox
Frank H. Coyne
Miller Huggins Sinking Despite Heroic Measures
Miller Huggins, manager of the New York Yankees, grew weaker after a third blood transfusion and a spreading infection. Doctors at St. Vincent's Hospital reported a 104.8 degree fever and the skipper remained in a comatose or semi comatose state as death neared.
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New York
Miller Huggins
New York Yankees
Huggins
Edward H. King
St. Vincent's Hospital
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W. B. Shearer
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MacDonald and Daughter
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Mr. MacDonald
Broadway
Harry Goldberg
Next Sunday
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Hollywood
Commercial Tribune
Gen. Summerall
Harry Morris
Walter Schultz
Cincin
Mellon
Olagh
Andrew Melton
Dr. Schneider
Moscow Reds
7Th Day Adventists
Brieay Gage Naur
Million Dollar
Mss Sparks
River Road
Harrison
Mississippi
Watson
Indiana
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