Progs Split Over 1932 Presidential Path Says Washington Report
An AP dispatch from Washington reports growing dissent among progressive conference sponsors about fielding a united 1932 presidential ticket. Some back away from aligning with Democrats and Tammany Hall figures, casting doubt on Roosevelt or Hoover as viable nominating choices amid party ties and internal disputes.
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Washington
Norvis
Nebraska
Democratic Party
Panta
Tammany Hall
Raskob
Roosevelt
New York
Brookhart
Iowa
Hoover
Bare Knees Debate Stirs Students At Columbia
New York March 14. Socks stockings and bare knees drew fierce debate at a round table during the Columbia Scholastic Press association convention at Columbia University. Eleven year old Gladys Lewin editor from Egbert Wyoming argued girls over eight should not expose bare knees. Other girls disagreed.
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New York
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Columbia University
Galdys Lewin
Egbert
Wyoming
Palm leaf clue ties to child slaying case
Police focus on a palm leaf fragment found near the victim and a link to a former suspect. Investigators examined strands of hair and compared them with hair from Virginia's head, narrowing to a residence within four miles of the incident.
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Welch
Virginia
Untermyer to defend Crain in New York leadership probe
Samuel Untermyer announced he will defend Thomas C. T. Crain a Sagette est 70 year old district attorney charged with incompetency as City club probe begins. Judge Samuel Seabury appointed to lead the investigation retained John Kirkland Clark as chief counsel. Siegfried Hartman named to assist. Charles F. Kerrigan issued a separate defense statement for Mayor Walker and Crain while on vacation in California. Palm Springs wild west welcome noted for Walker arrival.
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New York
Samuel Untermyer
Thomas C. T. Crain
Sagette
City Club
Samuel Seabury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Crain
John Kirkland Clark
Siegfried
Vrom Kerrigan
Charles F. Kerrigan
James L. Walker
Kerrigan
Walker
California
Palm Springs
Calif
James J. Walker
Maryland race tracks to fund relief from opening days
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie announced that net proceeds from opening days of Maryland’s four major race tracks will fund unemployment relief. The racing commission will add one day to each meeting and the legislature may waive the $6,000 daily license fee. Bowie opens March 21, Havre de Grace April 13, Pimlico April 27, Laurel October 6.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
State Racing Commission
Bowie
Havre de Grace
Pim- Hoo
Laure
Sand-Kerosene Diet Man Passes at 97 in Minnesota
Mastings Minnesota reports the death of Austin Knapp aged 97. He credited his 40 years of good health to a daily regimen of a spoonful of sand and a sip of kerosene. The obituary notes his unusual diet and long life.
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Mastings
Minn
Austin Knapp
Knapp
Vanderbilt Twin Girls Face Tax Suit at 20 Days
New York report states Ellen French Vanderbilt and Anne Colby Vanderbilt, both 20 days old, were named defendants in a government suit seeking 800 000 in taxes and interest from the Cornelius Vanderbilt estate tied to a 4 100 000 profit from the Fifth Avenue chateau sale. The roster of defendants reads like a social register.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Ellen French Vanderbilt
Anne Colby Vanderbilt
United States
Wham HH. Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
57Th Street
Social Register
Captain Tercy Wright Foote Commands Battleship Arkansas
Washington March 11 announced by the navy department that Captain Tercy Wright Foote of Great Falls has been assigned to command the battleship Arkansas. Foote previously served as senior reporter at the naval gun factory in Washington DC.
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Washington
Tercy Wright Foote
Great Falls
Arkansas
Navy Department
Ile
Attes Naval Gun Factory
French flee before slide buries farm in Chamberry region
Residents fled as heavy rains and show caused a landslide near Chamberry. The Granges farm was buried while the hamlets of Renuins and part of Mottesabealiges were evacuated. About three hundred workers labored to halt the advancing mud and protect nearby villages.
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Chambery
France
Granges
Renuins
Mottesabealiges
Cyrus McCormick Jr Marries Former Sculptor’s Wife in Dual Ceremonies
Cyrus McCormick Jr vice president of International Harvester wed Florence Mittens ham Davey, formerly married to sculptor Randal Daves, in civil and church rites in Havana. McCormick’s Chicago divorce from Dorothy Linn McCormick was finalized Feb 10 and the couple’s second ceremony followed a second church service. Davey, 38, based in New York City, is sister-in-law to Fred M. Dearing, U.S. ambassador to Peru.
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Havana
Cyrus McCormick, Jr
Chirag
Vicw
International Harvester Company
Florence Mittensham Davey
Randal Daves
McCormick
Fred M. Dearing
Peru
Dame Madge Kendall Calls Modern Maids Too Free
London march 14 dame Madge Kendall famed actress says maids today get their latch keys too early and vows to retain old fashioned ways. She notes she received her first chain at 68 from her husband and predicts marriage has become almost comical with cheap divorce. Kendall will preside over a birthday dinner for the Old Players club.
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Dame Madge Kendall
London
Madge Kendall
Dame Madge
Old Players’ Club
Weather outlook for northern Rocky mountains next week
Forecast covers northern Wyoming and Montana with unsettled conditions most days. Southern Wyoming should see generally fair skies with occasional showers in western Montana and northwest Wyoming. Temperatures mostly normal or slightly above.
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Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Montana
Outrageous rental for St Paul post office deemed excessive
St Louis report says the government pays 120000 dollars annually for the St Paul post office building, over 37 percent of its assessed value of 517562 dollars. The ruling supports immediate government possession pending further court action on the condemnation award.
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St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Kimbrough Stone
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Stone
St. Paul Court
District Court At
St Paul
Condemsation Commission
Ford says prosperity is here but Americans fail to see it
Henry Ford told Fort Myers readers prosperity exists despite high prices and warned against government utility ownership. He predicted Hoover would win reelection, cautioned that inflated stock market prosperity will not return, and blamed public misperception for the low mood and market woes.
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Ford
Rex
Fort Myers
Fla
Henry Ford
Hoover
European Union Plan To Be Considered On March 24
Paris reports a 12 nation committee will meet March 24 at the foreign office to draft a constitution and outline organization and procedure for the European Union. Members include predecessors from Great Britain Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Italy Yugoslavia Poland Portugal Spain and Switzerland under League of Nations auspices.
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Paris
European Union
Foreign Office
BM. Ariasside Anand
Great Britain
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Ingoslavia
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
M. Briand
Geneva
Europe
Union
League of Nations
Robot-style figure to perform on public display in St Louis
A reportedly advanced mechanical man, described as a voice operated robot thug, will be shown publicly in St Louis starting Monday. Built by Westinghouse engineer J M Barnett, Vocalite responds to speech, stands, talks, sings, smokes, and performs various acts in demonstration displays.
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St. Louis
Vocalite
Mr. Voralite
J. M. Barnett
Westinghouse
Three Die In Plane Crash Near Jacksonville Florida
Three men died when a plane crashed near Paxon field in Jacksonville suburbs. The victims were Frank Rawlins Tom Henderson and Dewey Odom all residents of Jacksonville. The craft reportedly went into a spin and fell from about 250 feet.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Paxon Field
Frank Rawlins
Tom Henderson
Dewey Odom
Wife Hurls Acid at Rival Found With Husband
In Spokane on March 14 a woman threw powerful acid at a 22 year old rival found with her husband. Miss Mary Asher suffered severe facial burns and remained hospitalized. Mrs Galloway was charged with assault after police reported the hotel confrontation and admission of her part in the incident.
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Spokane
Wash
Deaconess
Asher
Mary Asher
Galloway
Volice
American woman calm in jail awaiting trial for killing husband
The woman sits in a comfortable cell awaiting court next August after magistrate rules on potential trial. Police prepare papers and plan further questioning within 10 days. Philadelphia magnate Fred Ninon-Nirdlinger, her husband, suspects unknown activities and residents offer to care for her two young children.
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Nice
Hubby
Fred G Wninon-Nirdlinger
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
A P dramatizes operations in nationwide AP broadcast
The Associated Press announced a nationwide and ocean spanning broadcast to dramatize how news is produced. From the AP newsroom 1,490 member papers will receive a graphic recital set against click of telegraph machines and typewriters. The feature highlights the people who record and transmit vital events to newspapers nationwide.
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C.K. Butterfield
New York
Associated Press In Action
General News Room
Mystery girl of 12 hangs self in Indiana
Linton Ind March 14 The body of 12 year old Violet Lehman was found last night hanging from a tree at her parents home near here. The child apparently died by her own action. The parents could not account for the act.
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Linton
Ind
Violet
Easier divorce bill advanced in Nevada
Nevada senate votes 18 to 1 with one absent to approve a bill for hearings in divorce cases. The measure allows secret hearings and seals particulars from divorce complaints, sending the bill to the assembly for action.
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Nevada
Caron City
Nevada State Senate
Senate
Assembly
Bomb Explosion Kills One and Injures Three in Buenos Aires
A street car blast in Buenos Aires left one dead and three injured with the motive not explained. Authorities reported the incident occurred today and described casualties as three killed including a passenger, and three wounded.
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Buenos Aires
Communist organizer accuses Klan of abduction in Dallas police case
Paul Cline, Kansas City communist district organizer, charged Ku Klux Klan members with abducting and flogging Lewis Hurst and C J Coder in Dallas, Texas last Thursday. He alleged police failed to stop the mob and said the two organizers were recovering in private homes under a doctor’s care after being beaten by fourteen armed Klansmen.
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Kansas City
Paul Cline
Communist Party
Ku Klux Klan
Lewis Hurst
C. J. Coder
Dallas
Texas
Cline
Hurst
Cotler
Negroes Attack Women in East St Louis Home Invasion
In East St Louis on March 14 two men and a 16 year old girl were assaulted by two negroes who forced entry with pistols and held four homes under terror. One woman was attacked as she prayed while her husband, gagged and bound, watched. Authorities did not capture the suspects and the page notes continued coverage on the next page.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Two Indians Arrested for Murder in California Case
Sacramento March 14. The last two Hindes tied to Sant Ram Pande an California student missing since February 4 were seized in Sacramento and Stockton. Authorities say arrests may unlock the murder of Pande and 14 other East Indians over five years in the state. The Solano county chief deputy sheriff said the evidence is strong enough to seek murder charges.
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Sacramento
Qgl
Hindes
Sant Ram Pante
California
Stocktox
Pande
Ernest Lockie
Solano County
Owhesce
Waa
Billings Man Arraigned on First Degree Murder Charge
Billings March 14. P W B Hunter was arraigned before District Judge Robert C Stong on a charge of first degree murder. Hunter is charged with shooting his son in law Clyde Baker Thursday. He pleaded not guilty though he had previously confessed to the shooting. He was held without bail.
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Billings
Hunter
Robert C. Stong
Clyde Baker
Hoe
Apld
Friends of Albert B. Fall Seek Executive Clemency
A New Mexico movement seeks a presidential pardon for Albert A. Fall former secretary of the interior. Petition signatures include all state senators and most representatives. Advocates say Fall fought bribery charges seven years, lost his fortune, and is in poor health amid naval reserve case fallout.
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Montana Tar
Arrangao
Cyrus M’cormick, JR
Lerge
Les Behin
U. S
Joliet
Fred G. Nixon-Nirdinger
Charlotte Nash
Mies Nash
Charlotte Nixon-Nirdlinger
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