Delegates Seek Pact as U S and Japan Near CR Ratio
London dispatch reports that American and Japanese naval delegations near final agreement on the cruiser ratio and other issues, with confirmation from home authorities pending. Observers say a three-power pact including the United States, Britain, and Japan could emerge if French questions are unresolved.
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London
Reed
Matsudaira
United States
Great Itaiy
Japan
Conferve
Mar
Andre Tardieu
Briand
Bodies of 3 French airmen are found in Congo wreck
Paris reports three French airmen Roux Caillt Dodemont who departed Madagascar January 10 for Paris were found dead near their wrecked plane in the Belgian Congo. They disappeared after last being seen January 13 amid strong winds near Port Francqui.
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Paris
Brussels
Roux, Cailt
Dodemont
Madagascar
Tarisy
Belgian Congo
Port Franqui
Kusai
Controversial Freight Rates Case Before I C C
Thirty three railroads named as defendants in a complaint before the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Western Pennsylvania coal traffic bureau. The bureau seeks a decision on whether preferred freight rates favor southern coal shipments to lake ports and argues Pennsylvania mines face arbitrary handicaps in northern markets. The bureau asks the commission to use its rate powers to adjust all rates and survey the rate structure. This is the fourth bureau effort to obtain fair tariffs for Pennsylvania coal exports to lake ports.
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Washington, Mareh
Southern Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Pennsylvania Coal Traffe Bureau
Pennsylvania
Coal Bureau
Chemical Plant in Everett Destroyed by 500000 Blaze
Fire at Mortimac Chemical Company plant in South Everett caused $500,000 in damage. Eight city fire crews battled the blaze as six firefighters were overcome and 100 people exposed to sulphuric fumes. Seven buildings and equipment burned while a stiff wind drove smoke toward the city center and 300 families were evacuated. The plant had been used for wartime production of T. N. V.
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Everett
Mass
Mortimac Chemical Company
South Everett
Alleged to Have Forged Six Checks
Otho Simmons, 25, a Brandywine, West Virginia native and business college graduate, was ordered held for the grand jury in Harrisonburg on charges tied to presenting six forged checks totaling 2375 dollars at local banks. He is said to reside in Brandywine and face West Virginia authorities.
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Harrisonburg
W. Va
Otho Simmons
Simmons
Brandywine
Two Attacks on Sailors in Moilo Amid Poison Plot Fears
American sailors from the motorship Yamachichi were attacked by Filipino mobs in Moilo on a Wednesday night amid fears the whites planned to poison locals. Police intervened, crowds calmed after explanations, and Jose Romery, linked to a poison plot, was jailed.
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Manila
Mar
Moilo
Detroit
James Baker
Philippines
California
Jose Romery
Labor Regime Is Victor In House Battle
London March 14 The government of J Ramsay MacDonald won the immediate battle with the opposition as the Conservative motion blaming the government for the general low mood failed 308 to 235 by a 73 vote majority. MacDonald absent from the debate, a tacit truce prevailed as the coal mines controversy looms next week.
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London
Mar
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Stanley Daldwin
MacDonald
London to Get Chicago Views On Death Penalty
London reports that Chicago judge Marcus Kavanaugh of the Superior Court will advise the British on capital punishment. The 32 year veteran hints in his writings that lethal punishment may be necessary to deter murder, while withholding his in advance opinion for Britain. Continued on page seven.
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Chicago
London
Applea
Marcus Kavanaugh
Superior Court of Chicago
Kavanaugh
Two Killed in Airplane Fall at Ohio Port
Cleveland report on March 14 states pilot Richard R. Draggins and salesman David Bunnin, both of Cleveland, were killed when their Curtiss-Wright plane crashed near Cleveland airport. A witness saw them looping and going inverted before the tail-spun wreck made a hillside ruin. The cause remains unknown. Fitzgerald depicted as sole witness.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Richard R.draggins
David Bunnin
Curtiss-Wright Flying Service
Firrman
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
George Wagner
Braggins
Bunnin
Grafton Fruit Market Specials 1929 Crop Produce
Grafton Fruit Market lists specials for the 1929 crop including walnuts two pounds for 39 cents, celery large bunches for 25 cents, fancy head lettuce three for 25 cents, Texas spinach three pounds for 25 cents, cooking onions eight pounds for 25 cents, fancy leaf lettuce alb twelve cents, large bunches carrots two for a. Also mentions artichokes asparagus tips rhubarb mushrooms radishes green onions green peas cucumbers and imported figs.
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Grafton
Massie urges changes to West Virginia constitution
Charleston March 14 Delegates propose constitutional revisions including a three fifths vote to classify property for taxation and tax rules favoring productive uses. Non productive lands would face up to five cents per acre to fund reforestation while other lands taxed by use. A tax on intangibles from 25 to 75 cents per 100 dollars valuation is suggested.
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Charleston
Constitution Commission
T. K. Massie
Mercer County
Massie
H. C. Ogden
Wheeling
Lifetermer killed in cash to make escape at Trenton prison
Trenton March 14. The attempt of Charles Evans a 29 year old lifer to shoot his way out of the state prison ended with his death after killing guard Frank Butcher and wounding two others. Charles Soren was slugged with a blackjack and Ernest Gordon suffered injuries as the gun fight unfolded.
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Trenton
Mar
Charles Evans
Frank Butcher
Charles Soren
Ernest L. Gordon
Mrs Tafts Sister Died In France
Mrs Helen H Taft widow of the late Chief Justice has learned of the death of her sister Mrs Charles Anderson in Paris France. The demise followed a sudden heart attack and occurred yesterday. A cablegram notifying Mrs Taft of the loss was received last night.
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Washington
Mar
Helen H. Taft
Jate
Charles Anderson
Paris
France
Taft
Plan to review state code chapters with hearings
Charleston dispatch reports a joint legislature plan to consider the pending state code chapter by chapter with adequate public hearings. The plan calls for a special joint committee augmented by regular standing committees during the process, awaiting action by both houses.
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Charleston
Mar
New planet discovered by Kansas youth
Flagstaff, March 14. Discovery of a new world likely larger than Earth marked a second major astronomical achievement. A Kansas farmer boy first detected the trans neptunian object last January 21. Dr W M Slipher of Lowell Observatory announced the find. A light blot on photographic negative, centered by a delicate instrument, led Clyde Tomsbaugh to notice the speck and confirm the celestial body, expanding the solar system to nine major planets.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Kansas
W. M. Slipher
Lowell Observatory
Clyde Tomsbaugh
Day's Job Done Well Rewarded By U S Post
Washington reports Annabel Mathews, a former Georgia schoolteacher, has been appointed to the United States Tax Appeals Board as the sole woman member with a salary of 10000 dollars. Her rise from a 907 dollar yearly post to a high salaried position reflects steady work and persistence amid legal terms and figures that fascinate her.
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Washington
Annabel Mathews
United States Tax ‘Appeals Board
Georgia
Uncle Sam
Miss Mathews
Ji the
Bie Belek House
George
State claims Dague linked to fatal shooting trial
In New Castle Pennsylvania March 1 a fatal shooting during a bank-robbery chase is recounted at the trial. Witnesses describe a man and a woman firing at Corporal Paul as the bandits’ car fled. Howard Beigler testified he saw the first shot, with speculation the shooter was Wy Glenn Dague of Wheeling. A truck driver George Book and others recount the confrontation and the woman’s role, with the court ordering room restrictions for newspaper use. A bake sale notice from United Church follows in later copy.
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New Castle
Paul
Irene Schroeder
Howard Beigler
Glenn Dague
Wheeling
Zeigler
Ernest Moore
Rook
R. L. Hildebrand
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Nickel Plate
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Pueblo
Colo
Denver
Rio Grande
Salt Lake City
Western Pacific
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Mississippi River
Denver, Rio Grande and Western Railroad
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D. R. G. and W
West Pacific
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Erie
Chesapeake and Ohio
Alleghany Corp
van Sweringen Holding Company
Anne
Bonafede’s
Mrs. Schroeder
Benwood
Newcastle
Brady Paul
Lest
Donnie Schroeder
W. Virginia
New Jersey State Prison
Arizona Observatory
New World
U.S. Post
Dague
Man
Kiting New Castle, Pa
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United Srothyren Church
Empire Meat Market
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