Senate Fight Over Parker Confirmation Grows
Washington April 11 AP Senators weigh Parker confirmation amid labor and civil rights opposition. Overman backs confirmation. Borah studies Parker labor rulings while labor and colored-people groups press protest. London naval conference eyes plenary session for treaty drafting as Leviathan race looms.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Hoover
Parker
Judge Parker
Overman
North Carolina
Judiciary
Judiciary Committee
London
United States
Stimson
Dr Bass admits complicity in plot over life insurance scam
Dr Andrew J Bass a wealthy retired Columbia Missouri dentist facing murder charges confessed to a Benton county inquiry that he participated in a plot to collect 200000 life insurance on William Pearman with a St Louis gunman and a second shooter arrangement. He claimed the Indianapolis scheme prompted fear for his life and described a 712000 loan tied to Dorsey land in Miller county Arkansas.
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Bentonville, Ark
Andrew J. Bass
Columbia
William Robert Pearman
Pearman
William Folta
Bel Allial
Bass
Benton County
Indianapolis
Moline
Ill
St. Louis
Arkansas
Dr. Bass
Dorsey
Miller County
Texarkana
Bus and Train Crash Near Isleta Kills Nineteen
Nineteen passengers aboard a Pickwick Greyhound bus were killed and eight seriously injured when a westbound Santa Fe fast mail train struck the eastbound bus near Isleta New Mexico at 9 27 a m The bus was dragged ignited and parts of the wreckage were spread over a half mile Identification of bodies was difficult due to burns and mangling The driver F B Williams of Albuquerque was among the dead The crossing is near the Indian Pueblo scene involved Indians and tourists aiding the injured before ambulances arrived
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Isleta
New Mexico
Pickwick Greyhound
Santa Fe
Here
Huff
Oklahoma City
Kenneth
F. D. Williams
Pickwick Greyhound Company
Kansas City
George Irwin
Pickwick Company
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
N. M
Pickwick
Associated Press
F. B. Williams
Impeachment Votes Put Lester Franklin On Trial In Mississippi
The Mississippi House moved to impeach Lester C. Franklin, chair of the state tax commission, adopting six of fourteen articles tied to an $80,000 payola from Warren Brothers and an $50,000 partial payment. Franklin faces Senate trial with two thirds needed for removal.
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Mississippi
Lester Franklin
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi House of Representatives
Lester C. Franklin
State Tax Commission
House
Franklin
Warren Brothers
Boston
Mississippi Senate
Carl Marshall
Marshall
Bilbo
Statesville Man Drives Car Into Creek Claiming Crisis
Fred B. Phifer, 55, of Statesville, reportedly ended his life by steering his car off a Fourth Creek bridge in western Rowan County. Sheriff Ray Lyerly and Coroner C. FE Brown announced after an investigation. A nearby field worker saw Phifer exit, peer into the water, return to the car, and drive into the creek about seven feet deep. The body was recovered roughly an hour later.
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Salisbury
Fred B. Phifer
Statesville
Rowan County
Ray Lyerly
C. FE. Brown
Phifer
Georgia Democrats Vote To Not Bar Party Bolters
The Georgia Democratic executive committee defeated a proposal to bar party bolters from running in the upcoming Democratic primary. The vote was 63 to 4 in Atlanta with the committee describing the meeting as harmonious and adopting the existing rules for the September 10 primary.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Democratic Executive Committee
Rediscount Rate Cut to Four Percent by Atlanta and St Louis
Washington April 11 The Federal Reserve Board announced the Atlanta and St Louis banks set a rediscount rate of 4 percent on all classes of paper of all maturities effective tomorrow The rate had been 4 1 2 percent and Minneapolis remains at 4 1 2 percent New York is at 3 1 2 percent and the other ten banks are at four percent
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London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald
St. James’ Palace
Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
Harold C. Train
J. Theodore Marriner
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Atlanta
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Running gun battle robs bank. one dead in Piqua
Seven robbers strike Citizens National Bank in Piqua Ohio and flee with about 10000 dollars in currency. Henry Matthews 40 is fatally wounded two others wounded including Ray Alexander who is shot through the lip Nathan Lawrence is hit in the leg as bandits head for Dixie highway. An alarm triggers as employees and Alexander fire on the bandits, with over 100 rounds firing through the loan office.
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Piqua
Ohio
Citizens National Bank and Trust Company
Henry Matthews
Ray Alexander
Nathan Lawrence
Piqua Carpenter
Dixie Highway
Alexander
Greensboro Sees First 90 Degree Day Of Year
Greensboro reached 90 degrees by 1 30 p m marking its hottest day so far this year. The peak reading hit 93 degrees, surpassing last year’s warmest figure.
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Gate City
Greensboro
Caton Wins Stay In Steel Merger Proceedings
In Youngstown on April 1 Judge C. B. Turntaugh dissolved a temporary injunction that blocked recording disputed votes in the proposed merger of Youngstown Sheet and Tube with Bethlehem Steel Corp.
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CATON
Stay IN Steel
Youngstown
Turntaugh
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Legal fight delays Youngstown Sheeting Tube Bethlehem merger
Cyrus S Eaton’s pressure drives a standstill in the plan to merge Youngstown Sheet and Tube with Bethlehem Steel. Officials consider whether over 91,000 shares were legally voted and anticipate a judge’s ruling before the merger contract’s September 1 consummation date. Litigation could reach the U S Supreme Court, delaying final outcomes.
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Youngstown
Cyrus S. Eaton
Tube
Bethlehem Steel
Common Pleas
C. 38
Turnbaugh
United States Supreme Court
Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem
Newton D. Baker
Promerger Committee
Eight Soldiers Die as Train Derailment Hits France
In Laissey near Montbeliard and Besancon eight soldiers of the famed 152nd regiment were killed and thirty three injured when a regiment train derailed today. The 152nd was the war's most decorated French unit.
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Montbeliard
France
Laissey
Besancon
152Nd
Three Vacancies In Woman's Molar System Win a Divorce
Chicago newsroom reports a humorous divorce case where Celia Wagner secured a divorce from Ralph Wagner after a dental prank. A door slam pulled by a string attached to two teeth caused a dramatic uproar, and a third tooth was removed, leaving Mrs. Wagner with three molar vacancies as the basis of the divorce.
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Chicago
Celia Wagner
Ralph Wagner
Wagner
Wagners
Japan Faces Economic Crisis Amid Stock Market Collapse
Tokyo stock exchange suspended trading as bear market sparked panic. Kyucho Hijikata and other bank heads met to assess the crisis. Osaka exchange stayed orderly though stocks fell. officials blame political manipulation and a long decline worsened by weak export demand and tariffs on textiles.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Kyucho Hijikata
Bank of Japan
Osaka Exchange
India
China
Greer Business Man Killed in Pistol Battle
Guy Langford a local businessman is dead and Herb Davis is in serious condition after a pistol battle in a Greer restaurant before midnight. Police held a woman in connection with the killing but did not release her name or charge details.
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Greer Business
Greer
S. C
Guy Langford
Herb Davis
Chick Springs Hospital
Langford
Judge Hayes Endorsed To Succeed Parker
The Greensboro Bar Association unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing Judge Johnson J. Hayes of Greensboro for the U S circuit court of appeals pending elevation of Judge John J Parker to the Supreme Court.
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Judge Hayes
Parker
Greensboro
Johnson J. Hayes
Federal District Court
Middle North Carolina
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
John J Parker
Charlotte
Supreme Court
Greensboro Bar Association
Bristow Charges Guide’s Betrayal in Mexican Night Hunt
J E Bristow of San Angelo accuses C Fields a Mexican French guide of aiding bandits who held Bristow for a month in Nayarit and released him after a 38000 peso ransom. Bristow says Fields planned the capture with Cruz Delgado’s gang to profit. Bristow and his son Obie will sail to Mazatlan then return to the U S.
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Tepic
Nayarit
Mexico
C. Fields
J. E. Bristow
San Angelo Os
Bristow
Fields
Cruz Delgado
Mr. Bristow
Obie Bristow
Oklahoma
Mazatlan
United States
Angier Leads State in Census Result Announcement
Angier in Harnett county reported a population increase from 375 in 1930 to 758 in 1930 and 1939 figures show continued growth. It was the first town in North Carolina to receive 1920 census returns announced by Thomas C. Council, supervisor for the ninth district. The 1930 figure is preliminary and subject to correction.
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Raleigh
Angier
Harnett County
Thomas C. Council
North Carolina
Rioting Outside Bombay Courthouse. 22 Hurt in Clash
In Bombay India April 11 twenty two people were injured as Satyagrahis sentenced for passive resistance to a police raid on the national congress headquarters provoked a crowd outside the courthouse. Police used bludgeons to disperse the mob after sandals and stones were thrown injuring ten officers and twelve civilians. Abid Ali received nine months and Mehr Ali four for incitement and salt law breaches.
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Bombay
India
National Congress
Abid Ali
Mehr Ali
Court To Visit Homes Of Sick To Take Evidence
The election fraud case against W. A. Deivis was adjourned until Monday at ten o'clock because many witnesses produced sick certificates. Referee H. M. Robins and the attorneys will accompany the court stenographer to witnesses' homes to take evidence from the ill witnesses.
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W. A. Deivis
H. M. Robins
Milwaukee maker’s secret lover to plead guilty in murder
Otto Sanhuber, who denied confessing to the 8 year old killing of Fred Oesterreich, wealthy Milwaukee manufacturer, announced through his attorney that he will plead guilty to second degree murder. He then appeared before the county grand jury to “clean the slate” of his knowledge of the slaying.
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OS Angeles
Fred Oeoesterreich
Milwaukee
Otto Sanhuber
Waldburga Oesterreich
House panel approves flood relief bills for South Carolina and Georgia
The house roads committee approved two bills to grant relief for damages to highway systems in South Carolina and Georgia from floods and storms in 129.
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Ashington
House Roads Committee
South Carolina
Georgia
Indictments Against Ferguson and Baggot Dismissed
Federal court dismissed indictments against Forrest Perguson and Alfred Baggot charging them with mail fraud in the Ferguson McKinney Manufacturing crash worth about 82 million dollars. The action comes under orders from the attorney general's office.
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T. Fouis
Apr
CAP
Forrest Perguson
Alfred Baggot
Ferguson-McKinney Manufacturing Company
Attorney General's Office
Robbers Loot General Drug Supply Store in Camden
Five armed men robbed three men at the General Drug Supply company store in Camden New Jersey. They escaped with 6300 in cash and 1200 in checks. Authorities tag the incident a bold daytime heist and search for suspects.
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Amden
N. J
General Drug Supply Company
Couzens bill would reorganize federal power commission
The Couzens bill to organize the federal power commission by creating an independent body, replacing the current cabinet member group, was reported favorably to the Senate today by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Ashington
Couzens
Federal Power Commission
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Assembly votes to urge constitutional convention against Prohibition
In Albany the state assembly approved the Cuvillier bill by a 50 to 62 vote to petition Congress for a constitutional convention to repeal the eighteenth amendment. The action reflects efforts to overturn Prohibition through a formal national process.
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LBANY
State Assembly
Cuvillier
Congress
Engineer chief backs Brunswick Harbor upgrades
The Army Engineers chief told Congress Brunswick Harbor Georgia should receive improvements costing 1.21 million dollars with 150 thousand dollars yearly maintenance.
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Ashington
Chief of Army Engineers
Congress
Brunswick Harbor
Georgia
Senate passes independent offices appropriation bill
The Senate approved the independent offices appropriation bill carrying 556 522 066 for various government departments for the next fiscal year.
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Jashington
Independent Offices
Senate
Eve Dressed In Hair Ribbon Provokes Club Debate
A painting titled Apres by Valentine Vogel hangs at the Illinois Women's Athletic club showing Adam and Eve in red silhouettes with Eve wearing a hair ribbon. Members debate authenticity of ribbons in ancient times and the piece’s meaning while the club weighs banning it from the salon.
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Eve
Woman’s Club
Chicago
Garden of Eden
Illinois Women’s Athletic Club
Valentine Vogel
St. Louis
Minna Schmidt
Adam
Charles Peterson
Bessie Bragg Pierce
Emily Lundgreen
British Steamer City of Peking Aground Near Port Hamilton Island
The British steamer City of Peking struck rocks 15 miles northeast of Port Hamilton Island off the Korean coast. Seventy to eighty passengers and crew were rescued by a trawler and landed on a nearby island. a salvage boat went from Moji. Some crew were injured and reports say the ship may be a total loss.
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Tokyo
City of Peking
Port Hamilton Island
South Korea
Renzo
Shimonoseki
Moji
Somerville and Voigt Square At Turn In Match
George Voigt defending north and south champion and C Ross Somerville former Canadian champion were square at the turn in the semi final of the north and south amateur tournament at Pinehurst. Eugene Homans Englewood New Jersey stood three up on J T Hunter North Adams Massachusetts after nine holes.
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Pinehurst
Apr
George Voigt
C. Ross Somerville
Eugene Homans
Englewood
N. J
J. T. Hunter
North Adams
Mass
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