Hoover Sees $2.5 Billion Naval Saving From London Pact
President Hoover lauds London conference for abolishing naval building rivalry and saving about 2.5 billion dollars. He says the funds will fuel reproductive enterprise and global prosperity, praises delegates, and notes savings apply to the United States Great Britain and Japan. He compares Geneva 1927 costs to show the advantage.
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Washington
Hoover
London
United States
Geneva
Great Britain
Japan
Woolen workers strike over wage reductions in textile firms
London April 12 Hundreds of Woolen operatives in the Great Yorkshire Textile Industry stopped work in protest of wage cuts posted by employers. Reductions total 9.24 percent for time workers and 8.76 percent for piece workers, against unions proposed smaller cuts. Some mills still operate while others posted notices. The reductions were urged by Lord McMillan as necessary to keep the industry afloat.
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London
Great
Yorkshire
National Association of Unions
Employers’ Council
Lord McMillan
Huge Bequest To University Of Virginia
University of Virginia receives gifts totaling 1 793 781 with major items including 359 000 for a law building from William Andrews Clark Jr 300 000 for a 23 000 seat football stadium from Frederick William Scott and 120 000 from the General Education Board for humanities teaching and research. Other gifts include 140 000 for Cobb Laboratory wing 100 000 for an art museum and prints 80 000 in real estate from Evelyn Tiffany 50 000 for an aviation fund Captain George Zinn and 50 000 from the Conrad Hubert estate plus state appropriations of 15 000 for heating 115 000 for a nurses home and 250 000 for an engineering building.
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University
University of Virginia
Edwin A. Alderman
William Andrews Clark, Jr
Butte
Mont
Frederic William Scott
Richmond
General Education Board
John B. Cobb
New York
Cobb Chemical Laboratory
Evelyn M. B. Tiffany
Baltimore
George Zinn
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Conrad Hubert
Alderman
Gandhi Bewildered by Government Attitude
Gandhi shifts strategy as the government’s patient policy disorganizes resisters. He abandons the Dandi district and will tour by car and train to boost civil disobedience centers while arrests remain targeted at active threats to peace.
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Simla
India
Reuters
Mahatma Gandhi
Dandi
Ahmadadbad
Surface Un- Scratchest New Yorker Declares Surface Un- Scratchest New Yorker Declares
Representative La Guardia accuses the senate lobby committee of not scratching the surface in its Muscle Shoals probe and warns reviving the Cyanamid bid could trigger the biggest national scandal affecting both parties. He cites lobbying, investor losses, and heightened pressure on Congress.
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Senate Lobby Committee
Muscle Shoals
la Guardia
Republican
New York
House
Alabama
Senate Committee
New Yorker
Cyanamid Corporation
Congress
Huston
Republican National Committee
House Military Affairs Committee
Norris
Senate
Wright
Cyanamid Company
Bishop Cannon 10 Appear In Probe Initiated
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South said he would appear before the Senate lobby committee if asked for information about the Methodist board of temperance and social service. The invitation followed Rep Tinkham’s demand for an inquiry into Cannon and the board. Cannon, chairman of the board, left Washington for Durham North Carolina.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Caraway
Senate Lobby Committee
Methodist Board of Temperance and Social Service
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Cannon
Don Abandons Speed Record Bid For Now
Daytona Beach April 12. The efforts of Don British racing driver to set a new world's automobile speed record have been halted temporarily. He has postponed trials in his Silver Bullet car and plans to leave for New York today. Unfavorable beach conditions and motor trouble hampered his efforts for the past month.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Don
New York
First Draft of Treaty Prepared in London
The first draft of the London naval agreement was being prepared for submission to five delegations with a rough draft possible over the weekend. Points of difference include safeguarding clauses for limited navies and potential excessive building by unlimited neighbors. Dwight W. Morrow chairs the drafting committee as experts’ reports guide the pact.
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London
Dwight W. Morrow
Raleigh Swelters Under Mid-Summer Sun
Raleigh baked under an 88 degree morning as forecasts warned the temperature would exceed 90. The record April high in Raleigh is 95 set on April 18, 1896.
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Raleigh
Weather Bureau
Raleigh Weather Bureau
Heat Suffering Relieved By Rains
Kansas City reports scattered showers easing a heat wave as moisture remains scarce for crops. Missouri Iowa Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas expect additional rainfall while South Dakota sees signs of relief. In Chicago a cooling trend follows a sudden temperature drop from 90 to 52 and storms extinguish fires threatening farms in Iowa.
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Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
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Oklahoma
Texas
South Dakota
Independence
Salina
Topeka
Chicago
Middle West
Cedar Rapids
Indiana
Shueyville
Solon
Day Officer Shot Denounces By Fleeing Negro Speech Reformers
Washington April 12 Lamar W. York a federal prohibition agent was shot and killed by a man identified as a Negro after arresting two on liquor charges Police captured two Negroes in connection with the shooting York 36 a Nashville native died from a head wound The assailants fled upon arrest and were held for investigation.
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Washington
Lamar W. York
Prohibition
York
Nashville
College Girls Assert Self-Government at N C State
Raleigh April 12 The 75 State College co-eds have formed a separate co-ed council declaring independence from the men's student government association They elect Frances Thompson of Raleigh as president with Josephine Richards Clyde Conner and Agnes Moore in top posts W N Hicks assistant dean says co education is here to stay noting rising female enrollment across departments
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Frances Thompson
Raleigh
Josephine Richards
Clyde Conner
Agnes Moore
State College
W. N. Hicks
Hicks
School of Education
Thunderstorm Heist Triggers Stage Cash Drama
In Mount Clemens Michigan on April 12 a theatrical stock company reports a theft of a simulated thunderstorm device and an electrical chair valued at 200 and 180 dollars respectively. Cast members describe the scene as a dramatic blow to their production with no real danger.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Villian
Agnes
Social Service Conference Opens in Charlotte Tomorrow
The eighteenth annual convention of the North Carolina conference for social service begins in Charlotte, with a mass meeting to be addressed by Dr. William Louis Poteat, President Emeritus of Wake Forest College. The event runs for three days.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina Conference For Social Service
William Louis Poteat
Wake Forest College
Sheriff Seizes Train if Debt Not Paid on ATL Coast Line
Avon Park Florida April 12 AP Sheriff Oscar Wolff holds comptroller Ernest Amos warrant to attach the first Atlantic Coast Line train into Highlands County next Tuesday if $40 502 42 in taxes remain unpaid. L C Pearce says the action follows reports the railroad may not pay this year and gives until Tuesday for payment.
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Avon Park
Fla
Oscar Wolff
Ernest Amos
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Highlands County
L. C. Pearce
County Board of Comissioners
Tallahassee
Pearce Mikicl
Amos
Names Of Wreck Victims Seek Identification In Isleta Crash
Isleta New Mexico April 12 Efforts to identify 19 bus crash victims continue as signs point to mangled remains. Ten injured passengers from the Pickwick Greyhound bus bound from Los Angeles to Denver are being treated. A Santa Fe mail train struck the bus at a crossing near the ancient pueblo. Police and officials plan a Monday in Albuquerque inquest with Santa Fe railroad and company representatives summoned.
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Isleta
N. M
Pickwick-Greyhound
Los Angeles
Denver
Santa Foe
Pueblo
Lujan
Albuquuerque
Santa Fe Railroad
Pickwick Greyhound Company
Conference Fails To End Students Strike
HARROGATE Tennessee April 12 A conference between Lincoln Memorial University student leaders and Judge Morrison acting president failed to end a strike. Students demanded reinstatement of Professors Dejonge and Diller and Miss Harris and Miss Smith the registrar. Morrison had said Diller was the only one dismissed and offered Akron backer Dr Seiberling as arbitrator which the students refused.
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Harrogate
Tenn
J. H. &. Morrison
Lincoln Memorial University
Who Is This Man Anyway
Chicago dispatch notes a federal court docket listing Fred E. Hummel as trustee for the estate of Kereakos Keriakopoulos amid a property action. The action names several spellings of the surname and targets Georgia Keriakopoulos or similar variants, with the line of questioning about who initiated the case.
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Chicago
Federal Court
Fred E. Hummel
Kereakos Keriakopoulos
Kereakos Keriakopolos
Kereakos Kirakopoulos
Kirarkas Kiriopolulos
Keverkos Kerekopolous
McCormick Declares Dry Candidacy for Illinois Senate
Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican nominee, says she will run as a dry for the Illinois Senate seat. She notes she agrees with President Hoover on law enforcement but differs on world court policy, after victory over Charles S. Deneen in the primary.
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Washington
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
J. Hamilton Lewis
World Court
Charles S. Deneen
McCormick
Deneen
Senate
China Boy Chiang Faces Jail Not Beheading
In Evanston Illinois a Chinese student Chiang avoids execution after an inquiry into a $6 bad check. Judge Samuel Harrison questions him and clarifies the theft misperception, then orders Chiang jailed until funds arrive from his father.
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China
Chiang
Evanston
Ill
Samuel Harrison
Pseudo Attorney in Tols of Law Charges in Durham
In Durham a woman accuses N H Hight of taking 100 in a false pretense promising a parole or pardon within 15 days. Hight faces charges of practicing law without a license and obtaining money by deception and is free on 500 bond. Authorities investigate a possible parole racket with local bar involvement. Buck Parker parole incident noted as part of pattern.
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Derham
N. C
N. H. Hight
Durham
Hight
Bar Association
Buck Parker
Durham County
Raleigh
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