Pact signing plan for naval treaty moves toward homeward trip
London officials announce that five powers will sign a naval pact next week with Japan, the United States, and Britain in a three power framework. France and Italy participate in broader limits and submarine rules. American delegates hope to catch the Leviathan for home after three months abroad. Senator Capper endorses the London agreement, anticipating Senate approval despite expected opposition.
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New York
Japan
America
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Southampton
Capper
Washington
Republican
Kansas
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Kansan
Seven prisoners wounded in Caledonia prison farm riot
At Caledonia prison farm near Raleigh last night about 250 prisoners rebelled in a cell house breaking windows and jostling guards. Guard corporal Harry Jones was struck by prisoners and another guard Clyde Lane fired buckshot to quell the outbreak, wounding three leaders from Buncombe County. Prison officials said wounds were not fatal and normal work began to resume after quiet returned.
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Raleigh
Harry Jones
State’s Prison
Caledonia Prison Farm
MG Eetiles
Bat Duane Nes
Pugs Liaudio
Piimail Vyiti
Cials
Jones
Clyde Lane
Raleigh Times
George Ross Pou
State’s
Buncombe
J. D. Cannon
Theodore Lewis
Robert Hyson
Pou
Buncombe County
Lewis
Hyson
Cannon
the Times
Mr. Poll
Lane
Caledonia
Mr. Pou
Injunction For Students Strike At Lincoln Memorial University
A chancery court in Tazewe issued a temporary injunction restraining two professors and their wives and Clay McCarroll president of the student body from further interference with Lincoln Memorial University operation by agitating a student strike at the school. The university is located in Harrogate Tennessee.
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Tazewe
Tenn
Clay McCarroll
Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate
Cuban sugar monopoly charge sparks higher duties debate
In the House Representative Montez of Louisiana accuses the Cuban sugar monopoly of trying to destroy continental competition, urging higher sugar duties. Separately, theater burglars stole about 400 dollars from the Charlotte theater safe between 5 p.m. yesterday and this morning. Senator Marconi announces radio telephone link from his yacht Electra to Bombay and Capetown. An injunction at ENOA University orders professors Merlin Miller and E N Dillar and spouses off campus, while eviction actions proceed in Cumberland Gap. University president Morison vows to suspend students who do not return to work amid a widespread campus strike and funding concerns.
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Tashington
Apr
Wats
House
Montez
Louisiana
Merlin G. Miller
FE. van N. Dillar
McCarroll
J. R. Ketron
Tazewell
Cumberland Gap
Tennessee
Ketron
Harrogate
J. H. S. Morison
Labor Protests Slow Supreme Court Nomination Vote
Senate judiciary committee defers action on Judge John J. Walker nomination for a week as labor and Negro organizations protest. A favorable subcommittee report stands amid doubts from some Republican regulars, with administration promising responses to objections and delaying tactics noted by officials.
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Washington
John J. Walker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Parker
Capitol
Department of Justice
American Federation of Labor
Man fatally shoots self after killing friend years ago
Fayetteville Tennessee April 145 A man identified as E F Reynolds who had years earlier accidentally shot and killed his close friend fatally shot himself. He had been brooding over the incident and wrote a note to his wife before sitting in a chair and killing himself with a bullet.
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Fayetteville, Tenn
E. F. Reynolds
Tardieu Escapes Injury In Mishap
Paris reports Premier Tardieu escaped injury after his car collided with a taxicab near the chamber of deputies. Both vehicles were smashed but the premier remained unhurt and walked to his hotel.
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Paris
Tardieu
Chamber of Deputies
Election in Haiti Delayed by Incumbent Boss
In Port-au-Prince on April 14 the planned election for a new Haitian president was postponed indefinitely by President Bornu, the head of the government. The Hoover investigating committee, which had arranged the vote weeks earlier, left the decision to the incumbent.
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Haiti
Port-Au-Prince
Dans
Hoover
Bornu
Father sacrifices life to save children at crossing
In Chicago a freight train struck a stalled car on a suburban crossing. Everett J. Dean kicked the door and pushed his sons Martin 7 and George 3 to safety, then hurled John 9 from the car before the collision. Dean died instantly, John was only slightly hurt.
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Chicago
Everett J. Dean
Dean
Martin
George
John
Gardner Names 16 Aides for Southeastern Governors Conference
Raleigh April 14 Gov O Max Gardner announced 16 North Carolinians to accompany him to the Southeastern Governors Conference in Asheville on April 26. The list includes Frank Page Raleigh B B Gossett Charlotte Dr Clarence Poe Raleigh A E Tate High Point and others. The governor also said delegates will attend the American Library Association meeting in Los Angeles June 28 to 28.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Asheville
Frank Page
B. B. Gossett
Charlotte
Clarence Poe
Raeligh
A. E. Tate
High Point
A. M. Dixon
Gastonia
Charles Cannon
Concord
Thurmond Chatham
Winston-Salem
A. W. McLean
Billion and Half of Old Currency Yet In Circulation
Washington reports 1.336 billion dollars in old large size currency still outstanding. About 60 million is in one dollar bills with many in 5000 and 10000 notes held by banks as reserves. officials expect much will never be redeemed, some destroyed, some kept as souvenirs. After the Civil War notes were returned, about a third of those in circulation were not presented.
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Washington
Treasury
Nye Heads Committee Probing Senatorial Campaign Expenses
Senator Nye of North Dakota is named chairman of the Senate campaign funds investigating committee replacing Senator Johnson of California who declined the post. The appointment was announced in Washington on April 14.
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Nye
Washington
North Dakota
Senate Campaign Funds Investigating Committee
Johnson
California
Lambs Cause Stir Near Wall Street Switchboard
In New York on April 14 a police switchboard operator reported agonized voices from the line. Officers found two spring lambs in a butcher shop on James Street near Wall Street, their antics knocking a telephone receiver off the hook. They were corraled by John Catenas in his dwelling above the shop.
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New York
Mary
Stock Exchange
Manhattan
John Catenas
James Street
Wall Street
Catenas
Charlotte Teacher Charges Frame Up In Her Firing
Miss Alice Warren a home economics teacher at Alexander Graham Junior High claims the Charlotte city school board framed her for discharge. She cites friendship with Warren G. Myers and alleges school board pressure via Aubrey M. Elliott. Superintendent H P Harding says her work was satisfactory. Myers accuses Foreman in a fraud suit and says Foreman could influence the board.
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Charlotte
Charlotte, N
Alice Warren
Alexander Graham Junior High
City School Board
Warren G. Myers
W. R. Foreman
Miss Warren
Aubrey M. Elliott
Mr. Elliott
Foreman
Myers
Elliott
John R. McRae
Soviet-French Break Threatens Diplomatic Ties
Pravda reports reactionary circles seek to sever diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and France. The April 14 dispatch from Moscow notes Pressure from hostile groups aiming to isolate Moscow and Paris.
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Moscow
Pravda Today
Soviet Union
France
Kaye Don Abandons Attempt At Record
In Daytona Beach on April 14 British racer Kaye Don has abandoned plans to beat the world speed record this year and will sail home Wednesday. The Silver Bullet is being crated for shipment to England this week while five of Don’s eight mechanics join him. three stay until the car leaves. Don had contemplated a return next year or a trip to South Africa where Malcolm Campbell failed to lower the record.
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Daytona Behach
Kaye Don
England
Don
New York
Louis Coatalen
South Africa
Malcolm Campbell
Trustees of Wake Forest Silent After Meeting
The Wake Forest trustees five member committee met in Raleigh on April 14 to select a new president after F P Gaines resigned to lead Washington and Lee University, but they issued no statement after the session.
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Raleigh
Wake Forest Colleges
F. P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Two Men Die In Collapse Of Buffalo Cement Mixer
Two men were killed and a third injured, probably fatally, when a cement mixer crashed through seven floors into the basement of a building under construction in Buffalo's downtown business district.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Belle Livingston Salons and Tenors End in Raid Mystery
Belle Livingston, famed chorus girl and Park Avenue salon owner, was released on bail after a federal prohibition raid. She claimed no liquor sale, saying guests shared costs, while describing the raid as a scene with debutantes and six unknown men in the door.
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Belle Livingston
Park Avenue
New York
Belle Livingstone
Livingstone
Mahree
West
America
Miss Livingstone
DAR TOLD DRY LAW 1S 10 REMAIN
Washington April 14 The prohibition issue was raised at the Daughters of the American Revolution annual congress by Mrs Anthony Waynes Cook honorary president general from Cooksburg Pa She argued the eighteenth amendment will never be repealed and urged continued enforcement amid national life debates
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Washington
Congress
Daughters of the American Revolution
Anthony Waynes Cook
Cooksburg
America
United States of America
Carver Granted Habeas Corpus Writ in Fla Murder Case
Circuit Judge W J Barker granted a writ of habeas corpus to William R Carver a former Philadelphia real estate operator charged in indictments with the murder of his wife his young son and a negro servant in Sebring Florida on April 14 The action releases Carver from custody pending further legal proceedings.
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Sebring, Fla
W. J. Barker
William R. Carver
Philadelphia
Bicycling While Drunk Costs $50
Evanston Illinois April 14. Mr August Woltman fined fifty dollars for riding a bicycle while intoxicated. He previously drove an automobile but now rides crosswise in streets. Judge Harrison ordered the fine paid yesterday. Evanston bike laws are strict with a prior red tail light anecdote about a Dawes era butler named Jenkins.
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Evanston
Ill
August Woltman
Woltman
Waltman
Harrison
Dawes
Jenkings
Jenkins
Former big league pitcher Kitson dies at 61 in Michigan
Frank KR Kitson, 61, longtime major league pitcher, died suddenly at his winter home near Slegan Michigan after suffering heart trouble for five years.
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Slegan
Mich
Vpl
Frank KR. Kitson
Here
Several Banks Fail in Williamson County Harbors
ARION Hi April 14 The Marion Trust and Savings Bank The Carterville State and Savings Bank and the First State Bank at Wittsburgh all failed to open today in Williamson county. This follows the closing of three other state banks in the county within the last two weeks. All were affiliated.
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Arion, Hi
Marion Trust and Savings Bank
Carterville
Washington man arraigned on $1.136 million embezzlement count
G Bryan Pitts of Washington a former KF H Smith company chairman was arraigned in Miami on a federal indictment charging embezzlement of 1 136 million from the bond firm. He was released on a 100000 bond to appear in Washington.
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Alm Beach
Fla
G. Bryan Pitts
Washington
KF. H. Smith Company
Liberty
United State
Robert L. Earnest, Jr
American tourists accused of spying in Constanza harbor
An unconfirmed rumor from Constanza, Romania, claims two American girl tourists aboard the steamship Oceana were arrested for photographing the harbor as the ship entered the port. The authorities in Vienna report no confirmation of the spying allegation.
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Vienna
Constanza
Romania
Oceana
Duchess of Bedford Arrives in Hartum on South Africa Flight
The Duchess of Bedford, en route from England to South Africa and back, arrived at Hartum on April 14 in connection with the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan journey.
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Hartum
Sudan
Duchess of Bedford
England
South Africa
Census figures for three towns released in North Carolina
Census figures announced at the federal district supervisor's office show Stokesdale in Guilford county with 236 residents, up from 179 in 1920. Milton in Caswell county with 314, down from 375 in 1920. the third town's data not fully shown in the copy.
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Greensboro
N. C
Oliver. N. Perry
Stokesdale
Guilford County
Milton
Caswell County
Airman Missing After Short Flight From Curtiss-Wright Field
Airman Ralph J. White, 29, a student flier, disappeared about 24 hours after leaving Curtiss-Wright field in Valley Stream New York. Forty planes combed Long Island and Long Island Sound up to 50 miles at sea in the search effort.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Curtiss-Wright Field
Ralph J. White
Long Island
Long Island Sound
Heiress Eleanor Post Hutton and Playwright Elope
Eleanor Post Hutton heir, 20, granddaughter of C W Post, married playwright Preston Sturges after eloping on a honeymoon. Opposed by her mother Marjorie Post and stepfather Edward F Hutton. location of marriage and honeymoon unknown.
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New York
Eleanor Post Hutton
C. W. Post
Preston Sturges
Marjorie Post
Edward F. Hutton
Hutton
Miss Hutton
Grand Jury to Probe if Mrs Vickers Was Buried Alive
Grayson Kentucky April 14 a Carter county grand jury convened to decide whether Susie Vickers 63 of Denton Ky was buried alive after funeral services held March 29. Two former employers alleged she fainted and remained in a coma prompting questions about burial with no undertaker. The judge indicated a doctor may testify.
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Grayson
Carter County
Susie Vickers
Denton
G. W. Wolfford
Vickers
Giorgi 5
Clay
Houchenl Johnson
Catlettsburg
Johnson
Wolfiord
Gandhi Arrest Sparks Nationalist Ties as Nehru Gets Six Months
British authorities in Bombay arrest leaders of the civil disobedience movement led by Gandhi. Gandhi escapes arrest while Jawaharlal Nehru receives a six month prison term for salt act violations. Indians gather in protest and markets suspend trading.
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India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
all-India National Congress
Nehru
Nehra
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