Senate rejects Parker for Supreme Court seat in close vote
Washington May 7 AP The senate rejected John J Parker as associate justice 41 to 39 after ten days of debate over his views on labor and race. The vote leaves the late Justice Sanford Blanes’s seat vacant, marking the first rejection since 1894 and prompting continued fallout across party lines.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Solons
Edward T. Sanford
Tennessee
Washington
John, J. Parker
North Carolina
Anford
Statue to Rudolph Valentino Unveiled in Hollywood Park
Dolores Del Rio dedicates a bronze statue named Aspiration to Rudolph Valentino in De Longpre Park before about 200 spectators. The sculpture by Roger Noble Burnham was funded by Valentino fans but placed reluctantly by the city commissioners, with no other silent film stars present at the ceremony.
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Hollywood
Cal
Dolores del Rio
Rudolph Valentino
de Longpre Park
Valentino
Roger Noble Burnhm
Boston
Fire Destroys Large Part of Smithfield Business District
A Smithfield, Virginia, blaze on the Brown Hotel sparked early today killed George Fulmer of Benwood West Virginia. The fire, starting on the second floor of the three story hotel, wiped out about half the town’s business section with damages pegged at roughly $200,000. Fulmer, who arrived at 4 am, was found deceased in his room after dawn.
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Smithfield
George Fulmer
Benwood
W. Va
Brown
Fulmer
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Wild Life League Meeting at Court House Thursday Night
Notice reads Wild Life League to meet at court house on Thursday night May 7 at 7 30. Fishermen and hunters urged to attend and participate in the meeting. Nearby ad promotes Mother's Day flowers from Morgan's Plumbing Shop. A benefit program by The Helping Hand Circle planned at M YP Church in Printytown Thursday evening May 7 at 8 00 with orchestra refreshments and a free will offering.
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Wild Life League
Court House
Helping Hand Circle
MYP
Printytown
Do You Know That A New Hospital For the Sick
A plea emphasizes duty to care for the afflicted and injured. It calls for free clinics for tubercular people and schoolchildren, urging a new hospital to provide care at affordable cost and to prevent neglect of adults. The message champions humane service and accessible health care.
India Boycott Threatens British Firms
A widespread Indian boycott against British firms looms as Gandhi leads a nonviolent civil resistance. Bombay remains quiet as officials say the situation is under control and police pickets withdraw from Indian quarters. Four rebels die in Bengal clashes near Chittagong while a Ramaghat police station raid injures several. one constable and four villagers killed.
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India
Mahatma Gandhi
Chittagong
Bengal
Mother Kills Seven Of Nine Children Then Tries Death
Mrs Ethel Geller 44 mother of 11 faced dire hardship over selling papers. She shot seven of her children late yesterday then turned the gun on herself. Doctors said she might recover. Nine reported as one group photo taken earlier.
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Columbus
Ethel Geller
Geller
Tornado Toll Rises Across Texas and Oklahoma
A series of deadly tornadoes tore through central and west Texas delaying a full death toll. Early tallies list 73 dead across Range Frost Waco Ennis Bynum Runge and nearby areas with 84 fatalities reported by Dallas authorities and hundreds injured. Property damage exceeds 500000 as guards and volunteers aid Frost debris removal with more deaths feared.
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Texas
Range
Frost
Waco
Ennis
Bynum
San Antonio
Bronson
Kennedy
Runge
Champions Laud Red Cross Aid In Crisis
Washington May 7 American Red Cross praised relief efforts aiding industry and agriculture. Senator Capper Kansas hailed the Red Cross as a century's most efficient tool for universal relief. Julius Kein commerce official cited rapid first aid preserving economic structure amid disasters. In Carthage Tunis Capper praised disaster relief at a Eucharistic congress as pilgrims gathered for five days of health and food education.
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Merican Red Cross
Senator Capper
Kansas
Red Cross
Julius Kein
World of Commerce
Heer
Carthage
Tunis
Capper
Lepicier
Sevan
Mothers Visit Sons Graves Across Ocean
New York May 7 America began its second AW E F voyage to France as 282 Gold Star Mothers sail aboard the S S America to visit graves. Thirteen years after the Orunda left New York with a base hospital unit, many travelers come from Ohio where 25 percent of the first group originated. Formal leave taking included speeches bands and medals though tears flowed as Capt George Fried and General Charles P presided.
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America
France
S. 5
Orunda
Cleveland
Ohio
George Fried
The
Charles P
Pershing's Son Elected to Torch Honor Society
Francis Warren Pershing is named one of 10 electees to the Torch Honor Society of Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School. The report notes this as a high undergraduate honor and lists other electees and related membership details.
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Pershing
Torch Honor Society
New Haven
Conn
Francis Warren Pershing
Sheffield Scientific Schod
Yale University
Turner's
Nerarsea
Secretary Stimson To Explain Naval Treaty At Hearings
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson will be the first witness as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins public hearings on the naval agreement with Great Britain. Adams and Pratt will follow. the panel adjourned after a 45 minute session with most members present and no objections recorded.
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Chief of Naval
Foreign Relations Committee
Adams
Pratt
Son
Washington
Senate Foreign Committee
Parley
United States
Great Britain
Reed
Ennsylvania
Robinson
Ocrat
Arkansas
London
Adame
William V. Pratt
Chiifman Hale
Naval Committee
Hale
Conoke
Naval Outlay Recommended For Year 1931
Washington May 7 The proposed naval establishment outlay for 1931 is 377036000 with 57365000 for modernization and warship construction. The London naval treaty is expected to curb yard spending while the five cruiser program costs are trimmed by 400000. Hearings on the pact begin as the Senate National Relations Committee plans sessions to review treaty provisions and cruiser construction limits.
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Washington
Loase Appropriations Committee
Ins
Senate
Congress
Seere Stimson
Hale
Nay |Mittee
Secre
Ams
Algo
Dtion
Navy
Center of Population Shifts Westward Toward California
The center of population in the United States is moving westward, pulled strongly by California. Clarence B. Ratts, a geographer, notes the question of whether the center left Whitehall, Indiana ten years ago and will move south or north in coming censuses remains to be determined. The center is the balance point of population distribution, with each person's weight contributing to its location. Continued discussion is promised on page six.
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California
Washington
United States
Clarence B.ratsschelet
Cefans
Certan
Whitehall
Indiana
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