Senator George to Probe Georgia Patronage in Senate
Washington and Atlanta dispatches report Senator George of Georgia planning a senate inquiry into federal patronage in Georgia prompted by a Douglas postmaster’s suicide and graft allegations. The move gains support from Senator Harris as the post office and justice departments may cooperate.
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Washington
Georgia
George
L. S. Peterson
Douglas
Harris
Postoffice Department
Post Office and Justice Departments
Senate
Atlanta
Republican Party
United States
George and
Douglas, Ga
J. E. Mathis
the Americas
Sallie P. Lang
White Oak
Father Held Jailed Buried His Children in Durham
In Durham on April 5 the father Ray Roberson 39 jailed for the deaths of his three children aged 12 9 and 4 found hacked to pieces by an axe. The three were buried in a single grave after funeral services at Roberson Grove Baptist Church. Roberson muttered and showed mood changes as authorities planned a psychiatric examination. He claimed God told him to kill them and admitted the girl screamed during the act. Police presented two blood stained axes as evidence.
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Durham
Cecil
Lois
Joseph Roberson
Roberson Grove Baptist Church
Durham County
Z. B. Teel
Ray Roberson
Roberson
John Harward
State Hospital For
Harward
Nine Rebels Killed In Week By Marines In Nicaragua
American marine patrols in northern Nicaragua pressed the hunt for rebels. Nine rebels were killed in five encounters over the past week and an unknown number wounded. Marines drove a band of 30 rebels from Trinidad before dawn. Lieut. Benjamin W. Atkinson led the dawn action with no marine casualties.
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Managua
Nic
Nicaragua
Trinidad
Benjamin W. Atkinson
South Carolina
Augustino Sandino
No Trickery In Concern's Big Success
William S. Clayton told the senate cotton marketing investigating committee that Anderson, Clayton and Company owes its success to a world wide organization and direct sales to spinners. He denied market manipulation charges and said their borrowing from the war finance corporation totaled 7 million dollars, about 10 percent of their cotton marketing business.
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Washington
Anderson, Clayton and Company
William S. Clayton
Houston
Texas
House
Senate Cotton Marketing Investigating Committee
Clayton
Arthur R. Marsh
New York Exchange
Congress
New York Cotton Exchange
War Finance Corporation
Marsh
Whale washed ashore at Wrightsville Beach
Wilmington residents woke to a 54 foot whale beached at Wrightsville Beach. Estimated 75 to 100 tons, the largest ocean creature to wash ashore in the area, with a 22 foot flapper fin protruding from the water. Health officials planned removal over the next two to three days to avoid sanitation issues.
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Wilmington
Wrightsville Beach
Walsh Defends Smith and McAdoo in Senate
Senator Walsh of Montana repelled charges by Senator Robinson against Governor Alfred E. Smith and William G. McAdoo. He dismissed the accusations as piffle and defended Smith against appointing Harry F. Sinclair as racing commissioner. He also argued McAdoo acted within his rights as a private citizen in supporting a Democratic presidential candidate. He noted his role in recovering government lands deemed to hold one billion barrels of oil worth a billion dollars.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
New York
William G. McAdoo
Walsh
Montana
Senate
Robinson
Indiana
Smith
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
McAdoo
Montanan
Secretary of the Navy
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans
Futures in New Orleans on April 5 opened steady with May 1907, July 1889, October 1858, December 1858 and January 1862 contracts listed.
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New Orleans
Storm floods Shawnee leave several dead and homeless
A cloudburst rain swept through Shawnee Oklahoma yesterday flooding the city to five feet in places. At least four people died and seven were missing with more than 200 homes damaged and 59 swept from foundations. City officials estimate losses up to half a million dollars and more than 1 000 residents homeless.
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Shawnee
Okla
Joseph Campbell
John Lewis
Fred Campbell
Jesse Cruz
Dawn
Tornado toll rises in Arkansas with 1 dead 15 injured
A tornado in Washington county Arkansas left one child dead and at least 15 injured, five seriously, as crews assess property damage after last night's storm that also sent streams rising in Benton and Carroll counties. The Beatty area near Lincoln was hardest hit where 12 year old Troy Spears died and Marion Spears was fatally injured.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Washington County
Oklahoma
Benton
Carroll Counties
Ouachita Forest Reserve
Ozarks Reserve
Beatty Community
Lincoln
Troy Spears
Marion Spears
Mary Payne
Spears
Viney Grove
And
Prince of Wales Wins Royal Naval Hunt Cup Victory
Nottingham dispatch reports the Prince of Wales triumphs in the royal naval hunt cup at Oxton winning by 20 lengths after a string of mishaps in recent appearances. The victory marks a clear breakthrough in the point to point steeplechase event.
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Nottingham
Eng
Prince of Wales
Oxton
Cal Regrets Intrusion In Local Issue
Chicago news reports President Coolidge expressed regret at Washington interference in a local campaign after a Chicago court bailiff was shot by federal agent Myron Caffey. The Golding unit would stay in Chicago for routing work, with Caffey to be indicted and moved to federal court.
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Chicago
The
Herald and Examiner
Coolidge
Mellon
Sargent
Washington
George E., Golding
Golding
Myron Caffey
William Beatty
Court Baliff
Beatty
Caffey
Twin bandits strike Bienville hotel in New Orleans
Two men dressed alike, with scarfs and one mask, robbed the Bienville hotel cashier in New Orleans. They took about 300 dollars in currency and several checks before fleeing in a waiting car. The unmasked robber held a guest at bay with a pistol while the other entered the cage with the cashier and collected the cash and checks.
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New Orleans
Bienville
Louis J. Blaum
Laim
George Sauserau
Martin Rezza
Route 10 Revisions Dropped for Jones Street Plan
J Elwood Cox state highway commissioner announced at 3 55 PM that he abandoned routing highway 19 along Jones street by the new high school. Objections and cautions about future school plans influenced the decision, with Charles F Tomlinson school board chairman noted for influential comments leading to the change.
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J. Elwood Cox
Jones Street
Cox
Charles F. Tomlinson
Tomlinsom
Hankow Crises Grow Over French Concession Seizure Demand
Reports from Peking date April 5 state Hankow faces a crisis as French authorities refuse to hand over alleged communists now refugees in the French concession. Hu Tsung Tu accuses the French consul of a $200000 bribe and urges seizure of the concession, with a French gunboat already present and more forces possible. Posters call for a boycott. The French legation denies bribery and vows to resist any seizure.
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Peking
Hankow
Hu Tsung-Tu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Legation
Stops Smith Supporters in Athens Egg Assault
In Athens on April 5 a group wearing white sheets attacked New York Governor Al Smith supporters with eggs during a parade. About 50 Smith backers wired their support, while pillared by banjos and drums the procession reached a platform where Gwynn Nixon spoke before the assault forced an early adjournment. The robed attackers were students, not Klan members.
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Athens
University of Georgia
al Smith
New York
Gwynn Nixon
Smith
Ku Klux Klan
Necklace worth 250000 lost in the mails
A 57 pearl necklace valued at 250000 disappeared in transit from Paris to London for an American recipient. Cartier Inc. mailed it February 23. a 50000 reward was offered in ads in New York papers. The string features rose cream gems 7 to 36.72 grams each and a three-diamond clasp. Police have circulated full descriptions.
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New York
Paris
London
Cartier, Inc
Europe
Yacht Videll in Port Georgetown South Carolina
The yacht Videll also known as King Fisher spent about two hours in Georgetown South Carolina on December 29 after a heavy blow. Oscar Bourne and Sparham confirm statements made to U S Senator Caraway via E P Blackley that the vessel entered port during the storm and then headed south.
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Georgetown
S&l. C
Videll
King Fisher
Oscar Bourne
Sparkman
United States
T. H. Caraway
E. P. Blackley
Sparham
Bourne
Prominent Richmond Man Dies at Age 74
Frederick Sitterding former president of Virginia Electric & Power dies at home in Richmond after four months illness. He was 74 and a native of Alfghan sen Germany.
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Richmond
Frederick Sitterding
Virginia Electric & Power Company
Sitterding
Alfghansen
Germany
Postmasters Nominated by President Coolidge
Washington April 5. The following postmasters were nominated by President Coolidge today. Montgomery Alabama Roy A Lif fe Valdosta Georgia Charles W Barnes Wilson North Carolina George W Stanton.
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President Coolidge
Washington
Coolidge
Montgomery
Ala
Roy
A. Liffey
Valdosta
Charles W. Barnes
Wilson
N. C
George W. Stanton
Daughters of the American Revolution Deny Blacklist Rumors
Mrs. bk. Gregory former state regent says the North Carolina DAR has no blacklist against certain communistic speakers. She notes the national DAR also has no such list and dismisses reports from Massachusetts society as unfounded.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Massachusetts Society
Bk. ©. Gregory
Salisbury
National Organization
Democrats Seek Slash of Tax Plan
Washington April 5 Democrats in the senate finance committee push for at least 300 million dollars in tax cuts opposed by Republicans. Senator Simmons outlines the plan including repeal of the automobile tax and revisions to surtax and corporate rates while hearings may include the chamber of commerce and other critics. Secretary Mellon warns that a 300 million cut would create a 100 million deficit and challenges the Dems to prove miscalculations.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Mellon
Simmons
North Carolina
Treasury
Melton
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
House
Administration
Treasury Department
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New York Central Railroad
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the Peach
Depew
Chauncey M. Depew, Jr
Anne Depew Paulding
New York State
House Appropriation Committee
White House
Chaifrman
Senate Committee
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Shawnee, Okla
Cal
Gillis
Bossy” Gillis
Newburyport
China
Quail
YACHT
N. G
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