Mitchell Opposes Jones Law Change in Congress
Attorney General Mitchell opposes modifying the Jones law to define casual offenses with a six month sentence and a $1000 fine. He also rejects two Christopherson bills on felonies and misdemeanors and endorses Hoover commission measures to ease federal court congestion with changes. He supports trial by United States commissioners only when ordered by judges.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Mitchell
Stobbs
Massachusetts
Attorney General
Christopherson
South Dakota
United States
Hoover’ Law Enforcement Commission
Congress
Hoover Commission
Commission
Nine Die in Devastating Fireworks Plant Explosion Near Devon
A series of three heavy blasts at the Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Co. plant near Devon, fifteen miles from Philadelphia, killed nine and injured scores. Firemen recovered mostly burned bodies as debris damaged miles of suburbs. most victims were workers, including several women.
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Philadelphia
Devon
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Company, Inc
Lincoln Highway
Lancaster Pike
Malvern
Montgomery County
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr
Delaware River
New Jersey
Americas Linked By Telephone Inaugural Radio Link
Washington April 3 AP The presidents of three American nations inaugurate a radio telephone link linking North and South America. Hoover Ibanez and Campisteguy exchange greetings while Yrigoyen of Argentina cannot participate. The line will broadcast nationally and internationally as part of the International Telegraph and Telephone company program.
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Washington
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hoover
Carlos Ibanez
Chile
Juan Campisteguy
Uruguay
Hipolito Yrigoyen
Argentina
South America
Santiago
Parker Protest Hearing Raises North Carolina Labor Grievances
Protests against Judge John J. Parker's Supreme Court confirmation arrive from four North Carolina labor groups. A Senate Judiciary subcommittee led by Sen Overman will hear organized labor representatives Saturday over Parker's labor-case rulings on the federal circuit court of appeals.
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Washington
North Carolina
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Charlotte
Central Labor Union of
Winston-Salem
Salisbury
Raleigh
Judiciary Committee
Overman
Democrat
Parker
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate
Pullman Surcharge Rates Are Reduced
The Pullman company reduced the rate for a second upper and lower berth occupied by one person by 22 percent. The new rate takes effect May 1.
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Pullman
Chicago
Pullman Company Today
Duelling Wives End With Breakfast in Warsaw
In Warsaw on April 3 two rival matrons attempted a pistol duel over honor. After several shots neither could hit the other, they declared honor saved and returned home to cook breakfast.
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Warsaw
Tardieu Falls Ill During Committee Meeting in Paris
Premier Tardieu became suddenly ill at a Paris committee session and was helped to his automobile and driven to his hotel residence for care.
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Paris
Tardieu
Indian Woman Pleads Guilty to Murder at Hospital
Lila Jimerson the Red Lilac of the Cayuga Indians pleaded guilty in a hospital room that served as a county court to second degree murder in the slaying of Mrs Clothilde Marchand wife of artist Henri Marchand.
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Buffalo
Lila Jimerson
Clothilde Marchand
Henri Marchand
John H. Tate Ill at High Point Hospital
John H. Tate a pioneer furniture manufacturer of this city at 200 Parkway was reported to be gravely ill at High Point hospital where he has been a patient for four weeks. His condition is very low with little hope of recovery. his passing seems imminent. He is brother of Fred N. Tate of Continental Furniture and A. K. Tate of Tate Furniture.
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John H. Tate
Parkway
High Point Hospital
Mr. Tate
Fred N. Tate
Continental Furniture Company
A. Kk. Tate
Tate Furniture Company
Mongrel dog hailed for saving Charlotte from big midnight blaze
A small mongrel dog detected the West Eighth street fire in Charlotte and bayed until residents alerted the fire department. Warehouse owner G. D. Kilgone lost a large building valued up to 100000 dollars, while four nearby homes were threatened. Fire Chief W. H. Palmer credited the dog with possibly saving the block as flames burned into the early hours.
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Charlotte
H. Alley
Alley
J. F. Cashion
Cashion
West Eighth Street
G. D. Kilgone
W. H. Palmer
Butler Hurls HS Bullets Hats Into Ring
Major George Butler of Clinton enters the North Carolina Republican U S Senate primary race for June 7. Wake Forest Reverend H Grady Dorsett and expected candidate David H Blair are also in the field as party divisions surface over primary dynamics and chairmanship contenders.
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Butler
North Carolina
Butlers
Brownlow Jackson
York
Duncan
Jake Newell
Charlotte
Republican Executive Committee
Newell
Marion
George Butler
Rioters Clash With Officers Near USC Campus
Police and emergency squads faced a student riot at the University of Southern California as officers tried to rescue a policeman believed assaulted after his car collided with a female student’s vehicle. Dozens of students clashed with police in the street as the disturbance unfolded.
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OS Angeles
University of Southern California
Existence of New Planet Confirmed
A Helouan observatory photograph confirms the existence of a trans Neptune planet recently discovered by Lowell Observatory. The planet is dimmer than Neptune yet larger than Earth, located about 45 astronomical units from the sun.
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Cairo
Egypt
Helouan Observatory
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Arizona
Neptune
Senate defers Huston report on Muscle Shoals inquiry
The senate lobby committee postpones a report to next week on Muscled Shoals activities by Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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Oe Veeks
Senate
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Senate Lobby Committee
Queen Marie and Princess Ileana Visit Istanbul Route
Queen Marie and Princess Ileana will travel by express from Aleppo to Istanbul on April 8. They will stay a week at Robert College in Istanbul before returning to Bucharest. Apr 3. Fynee REST AP report.
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Marie
Ileana
Istanbul
Aleppo
Robert College
Bucharest
Fynee
Mexico City Enacts Mass Smallpox Vaccinations
Wide spread of black smallpox in Mexico City and nearby districts prompts mass vaccinations. Thousands of schoolchildren are being inoculated daily as residents react to the outbreak.
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Exico City
Mexico City
Britain Will Administer Palestine Under League Mandate
Prime Minister MacDonald told the house of commons that the British government would continue to administer Palestine in line with the mandate as approved by the League of Nations.
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France
Paris
Briand
MacDonald
London
Mediterranean
Ondon
House of Commons
Palestine
Council of the
League of Nations
Funeral for Frau Cosmin Wagner Held at Wahnfried Villa
A somber funeral service for Frau Cosmin Wagner widow of the renowned composer was conducted in the music room at Villa Wahnfried Ayreuth Bavaria. Attendees included a small group of close relatives and friends.
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Ayreuth
Bavaria
Cosmin Wagner
Villa Wahnfried
Earthquakes Widen Damage in Volo Thessaly Area
In Thens Greece on April 3 earthquakes rocked the Volo Thessaly region. The village of Saingeonges was destroyed with most homes uninhabitable. Twenty five houses collapsed at Pouri. Schools closed in several communities.
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Thens
Greece
Volo
Thessaly
Saingeonges
Pouri
British Missionary Yorke Scarlett Murdered at Peitaiho
A telegram from the London mission reports Yorke Scarlett, a British missionary, was killed at Peitaiho last night. Details are not yet available.
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Ientsin
China
London
Yorke Scarlett
Peitaiho
Subterranean Blasts on Broadway Injure Several
Two series of underground explosions on lower Broadway shattered manhole covers and damaged pavement. The blasts injured several people including two policemen and prompted evacuation of nearby buildings.
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Broadway
New York
Lower Broadway
Duchess of Leinster Remanded After Suicide Attempt
Mary Fitzgerald Duchess of Leinster was remanded by Lambeth police court on a charge of attempting to take her own life. She was found half conscious in a gas filled Brixton flat and taken to Lambeth Hospital amid reports of prolonged separation from her husband the Duke of Leinster.
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London
Mary Fitzgerald
Duchess of Leinster
Lambeth
Lambeth Hospital
Brixton
Piccadilly
Duke of Leinster
Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Bournemouth
Kansas Farmers Warned To Cut Down Wheat Crop
The Kansas state board of agriculture warns farmers to reduce wheat yields to manage an acute situation from a record carryover of 1929. Kansas accounts for about one fifth of U S wheat production and storage concerns loom over the 1930 crop.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Kkansas
State Board of Agriculture
AIMED BEACH TRIALS EXTENDED FOR KAYE DON RECORD bid
Daytona Beach Florida April 3 AP The American Automobile Association extended the approval for automobile trials on the beach speedway where British driver Kaye Don plans a world speed record attempt.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Kaye Don
American Automobile Association
Death Ends Odd Career Of Wall St Junk Dealer
New York April 3. Wall Street junk man Rowland M. Smythe dealer in extinct securities is dead at 75. He ran a small Broadway office for half a century turning repudiated bonds into a trade, advising bankers on old certificates and sometimes reviving dormant issues. He died yesterday of acute indigestion in Brooklyn.
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New York
Wall Street
Rowland M. Smythe
2 Broadway
Smythe
Brooklyn
South Carolina
Mayo Specialist Flying to Examine Knute Rockne
Dr. C J Barborka of the Mayo clinic left Rochester by air for Miami to examine Knute Rockne and consult with doctors attending the Notre Dame coach. Mrs Rockne denied any request for the Mayo physician and said neither she nor her husband asked him to come.
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Miame Beach
Fla
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Rockne
Miami Beach
J. C. Barborka
Mayo Clinic
Eight Miners Die, Eight Bodies Recovered From Kentucky Mine
Kettle Island Kentucky April 3 Eight more bodies were recovered today from the Pioneer Coal company mine wrecked by a Saturday explosion entombing 16 men. Only J E Hill foreman remained unlocated as identifications were pending before return to families.
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Kettle Island
Pioneer Coal Company
J. E. Hill
Pineville
Washburns Death Ends Hoover Choice for Japan
Albert H. Washburn, former minister to Austria, died in a Vienna hospital last night. He was President Hoover's pick for ambassador to Japan and had returned to Austria two weeks ago to settle embassy affairs before resuming duties in Tokyo.
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Washington
Albert H. Washburn
Austria
Vienna
Hoover
Japan
White House
Washburn
Tokyo
Kidnapping Case Baffles Detroit Suburb Police
In Dearborn a six year old girl Mary Subach and her older brother Joseph were abducted by a stranger in a car while walking home from school. The pair were driven about 40 miles before the boy was dumped near Detroit City Hall. Residents recall the siblings accepting rides from passing motorists. No motive is known. Mrs Subach recently inherited 3000 dollars from a half brother in New York.
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Detroit
Mary Subach
Joseph
Dearborn
Michigan Avenue
Miller Road
Subach
Mayor Unable To Retire Forces Opponent Election
Jackson Port Arkansas reports a civic twist as Mayor J. D. Smart after eleven years in office is compelled to run again. He openly supports challenger G. M. Richardson who wins the race. Smart becomes Richardson’s key campaigner, reflecting a unique local political dynamic.
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Jackson Port
Ark
J. D. Smart
G. M. Richardson
Smart
Richardson
Woman Must Explain Refusal To Furnish Census Information
Cleveland correspondent reports Mrs. Mary Hartwell refused to answer census questions and was summoned to explain at the U S District Attorney's office. Census supervisor William Pringle said she would be made an example for similar housewives. Washington notes a 1900s law imposes up to $1500 fine or 60 days in prison for refusals, with stiffer penalties for false answers.
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Cleveland
Estelle Smith
Uncle Sam
United States District Attorney’s Office
Miss Smith
Mary Hartwell
William R. Pringle
Hartwell
Pines
Washington
Sam
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Admiral Abe
Toyoda
District OF Columbia
Hannah Anderson
Winchester
Americas
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Yrigoyen
Iil
Mongrel Dog
Wall St
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Kixpert
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