Textile Strikers Front Extends Into Tennessee Second Time
The Carolinas and Tennessee join in a textile strike with about 2000 workers at American Glanzstoff in Elizabethton on strike for a second time this month. Gov Gardner orders partial demobilization of guards as plants shut after walkout and officials blame bad faith or forced withdrawal.
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Textile Strikers
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Charlotte
Carolinas
American Glanzstoff Corporation
Elizabethton
Pinkney
Gastonia
N. C
Loray
Buffalo
Union
S. C
North
South Carolina
O. Max Gardner
National Guard
Glanzstoff
American Bemberg Corporation
Markout
F. E. Muehleader
Bemberg Corporation
William F. Kelly
United Textile Workers Union
Benberg
Pineville
North Carolina
Greenville
Anderson and
Woodruff
Wood
Charles G. Wood
Conciliation Service
United States Labor Department
Tenn
Dawes Ambassadorship Approved By Senate
President Hoover nominates Charles Gates Dawes former vice president to be ambassador to Great Britain and the Senate confirms the appointment without a roll call. The action follows earlier recess nominations including Hurley Jahneke Ingalls Dixon Saltzman Moffett Cheatman and others.
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England
Senate
Washington
Apr
Hoover
Charles Gates Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Alanson R. Houghton
United States
Patrick J. Hurley
Oklahoma
Ernest Lee Jahneke
Ohio
Louisiana
Davis S. Ingalls
Navy
Joseph I. Dixon
Montana
Joseph J. Cheatman
The
Hoover asks broad powers for federal agency remedying farm ills
President Hoover urged Congress to create a federal farm board with resources to address agricultural distress, along with limited tariff revision and actions on immigration origins, the 1930 census, and reapportionment. The message was read in both chambers, prompting applause and adjournment for executive business. Charles G. Dawes was confirmed as ambassador to Great Britain.
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Messenger
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Hoover
Senate
House
Federal Farm Board
Mr. Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Coastal Storm Moves Northeasterly Off Delaware Coast
The weather bureau issued a storm warning for a powerful northeast moving storm off the Delaware coast. Gales cover from Delaware breakwater to Southern New England with warnings extended to Nantucket and Hatteras.
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Washington
Weather Bureau Today
Boston
Eastport
Nantucket
Delaware
Hatteras
New England
Hoover Urged to Intervene in Elizabethton Strike
William O. Kelley national vice president of the Textile Workers of America sent President Hoover a strike resume from Elizabethton Tennessee to seek intervention. More than 5 000 workers were idle at the American Berberg and American Glantzstoff plants.
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Textile Workers of America
Elizabethton
Tenn
William 0. Kelley
Hoover
American Bemberg
American Glanzstoff
Rayon plants close again as 5500 idle in Elizabethton strike
In Elizabethton Tennessee 5500 workers at the American Glanzstoff and American Bemberg plants are idle after a second walkout in a month. Sheriff Moreland enlists 130 guardsmen as deputies to restore order while Adjutant General Caswell Boyd was due to arrive to assess the situation.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Apri
American Glanzstoff
Bemberg
J. M. Moreland
Caswell Boyd
Knoxville
National Guard
Glanzstoff
Missionary R K Smith Identified Among Slain in China
The American Missionary reported slain yesterday at Kweiyang and Kwei chow was identified as Herbert K. Smith of Zionville Indiana. He was a Seventh Day Adventist.
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China
R. K. Smith
Shanghai
Kweiyang
Kweichow
Herbert K. Smith
Seventh Day Adventist
Zionville
Indiana
Guests At Park Avenue Frolic Linked To Homicide Case
In New York Apr 16 guests at a fashionable Park Avenue party were subpoenaed as witnesses in a homicide case arising from the death of Arthur Morgan Smith, a Cleveland manufacturer. Samuel E Bell, charged with homicide, testified that he only pushed Smith during a dispute over access to a taxi near the Marguery hotel where Mrs Robert W Schuette hosted the event.
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New York
Park Avenue
Samuel E. Bell
Arthur Morgan Smith
Cleveland
Smith
Bell
Robert W. Brown
Kentucky Society
Brown
Reparations Figure Rejected by German Delegate
Paris April 16 Dr Hjalmar Schacht head of the German reparations delegation rejected the Allied proposed reparations annuities as beyond Germany capacity to pay. He reviewed the figures used to support the claim and said Germany could only suggest a maximum figure and a two page memorandum.
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Germany
Schacht
Reichsbank
Reparations Commission
American Killed in Chinese War Shocks Shanghai
Report from Shanghai details one American dead and another wounded as internal Chinese fighting escalates. The gunboat Oahu suffered machine gun fire above Ichang while consular officials confirm an earlier report of Herbert M. Smith's death in Kweichow.
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U. S
Shanghai
Kweichow
Herbert M. Smith
Zionsville
Ind
Oahu
Ichang
Hipeh
Yantse
Wuhan
Two Americans Released By Rebels After Detention near Nogales
Two American residents of Nogales Arizona were arrested in Nogales Sonora Sunday night and held as Mexican federal spies. They were released by the rebels and sent back into the United States. The men are Joe Ohensorgen oil company employee and Rafael Berejarano dairy owner. A circulating report claimed Ohensorgen was executed but could not be verified as the border was closed for the night.
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Nogales
Ariz
Arizona
Sonora
United States
Joe Ohensorgen
Rafael Berejarano
Ohensorgen
Louisiana Senate to Hear Impeachment Charges Against Long
The Louisiana Senate adopted a resolution to receive further impeachment charges against Governor Huey P. Long from the lower house. The trial date will be set later, dependent on the house's session length as the House investigates misappropriation of public funds among 19 counts.
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Baton Rouge
Ila
Louisiana Senate
Huey P. Long
House of Representatives
Calles Orders 5000 Troops Against Rebel Band in Sonora
General Calles commanded General Almazan to march 5000 picked troops from Chihuahua into Sonora via Pulpito Pass to attack rebel forces from the rear. The move aims to prevent escape across the border and to annihilate remaining rebels, following raids and rail damage near Rio Fuerte. Desertions and shifting Federal forces tighten the clash as 10,000 troops move toward Sonora.
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Gil
Almazan
Sonora
Mexico
Plutarco Elias Calles
Juan Andreu Almazan
Chihuahua
Pulpito Pass
Portes Gil
Calles
San Blas
Sinaloa
Rio Fuerte
Southern Pacific
United States
la Reforma
Naco
Ariz
Francisco Manzo
Abelardo Rodriguez
Lower
California
Ramon Yucupicio
Bisbee
Yucupicio
Fausto Topete
Francisco Urbalejo
Agua Prieta
Jose G. Escobar
P. Elias Calles
Jalisco
Litvinov pleads for world disarmament at Geneva
Soviet vice foreign minister Maxim Litvinov urged extensive partial disarmament in a speech before the League of Nations preparatory commission. He argued rejection endangers hopes to cut armament burdens and said Kellogg Pact offers no stronger security than Locarno. He claimed partial disarmament would immediately lessen war risk.
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Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
Foreign Affairs
Preparatory Commission On
Kitchin Analyzes Anomalies In Life At North Carolina Meeting
Greensboro April 16 Dr Thurman D Kitchin president of the Medical Society of North Carolina attacked anomalies in social life caused by lack of cooperation among legal spiritual and medical forces At the opening session of the annual meeting he cited sterilization Volstead narcotic laws and medical quackery as failures to curb feeble mindedness He traced society evolution to faster life driven by technology and freedom.
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North Carolina Medical Society
Greensboro
Thurman D. Kitchin
Medical Society of North Carolina
General Assembly
Kitchin
Laroque Named Chairman of State Prison Board
Walter O. Laroque of Kingston was appointed by Governor Gardner as chairman of the state prison board. At the same meeting the board created a new full time post of director of prison farms and elected George Ross of the division of markets in the state department of agriculture to that post. Salary and tenure for Laroque were not set by midafternoon.
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Raleigh
N. C
Walter O. Laroque
Kinston
Gardner
George Ross
Division of
State Department of Agriculture
Laroque
Virginia University liquor status deemed satisfactory
Richmond April 16. Assistant attorney general RE Gibson announced that the University of Virginia liquor enforcement situation is satisfactory. He praised students and the administrative council for cooperation and especially Delta Tau Delta Beta Iota president Curtis E Cuddy for handling pressure without concealing facts. Charges against the Virginia chapter were retracted after a Beta Iowa hearing.
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Richmond
RE. H. Gibson
Virginia
University of Virginia
Gibson
Curtis E. Cuddy
Beta Iota
Delta Tau National Fraternity
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Beta Iowa
Or Arch
Transcontinental rail fares held reasonable by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed a San Diego chamber of commerce complaint about added round trip fares to Pacific coast ports. The ICC found no basis to alter current schedules and ruled there was no discrimination against San Diego.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
San Diego
Calif
Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Coast
California
Commisson
Jewelers Meet at Carolina Association Convention
Jewelers from North and South Carolina gather in Columbia for the annual Retail Jewelers associations convention. The two day event begins today and will cover industry matters and collaboration opportunities.
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Carolina
Columbia
North
South Carolina
Hoover's Stand on Surplus Draws Brookhart Fire
Senator Brookhart of Iowa charges President Hoover contradicts himself over surplus agricultural products. He says Hoover’s message opposes government buys at cost and sells at any price, contradicting prior stance. The clash centers on how to handle surpluses and farm support policy in Washington.
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Washington
Senator Brookhart
Iowa
Hoover
Congress
Brookhart
Farm Relief Legislation Near After Long Debate
Washington April 16 The farm relief bill appears near passage as leaders expect final agreement acceptable to the White House The major remaining issue is the expert debenture plan favored by some Senate factions while the House leans against it The bill could be delayed if senate momentum shifts and a federal farm board is confronted with financing provisions for exportable surpluses
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Federal Farm Board
North Carolina Gov Gardner plans New York trip for state notes
Governor Gardner and State Treasurer Nathan O Berry will travel to New York this week for financial business. They will renew state notes due May 10 and cancel 4 million dollars in unsold bonds held under option by a New York bank. They will not attempt to sell 318 million dollars in bonds authorized for various purposes. The governor departs tomorrow and Captain O Berry on Thursday.
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Raleigh
Gardner
Nathan O’berry
New York
O’berry
Babe Ruth Obtains License To Marry Former Actress
New York April 16 Babe Ruth secured a marriage license to wed Claire Hodgson former actress and widow The Yankee lineup star announced the ceremony would occur this week Ruth age 35 listed as son of George Herman Ruth and Catherine Ruth Hodgson 28 gave no occupation and has a daughter Julia from her first husband Frank Hodgson Ruth declined to marry at the clerk’s office saying the season opens tomorrow
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Babe Ruth
New York
George Herman
Babe
Ruth
Yankee
Claire Hodgson
New York Municipal
Hodgson
Cruise
Catherine Ruth
Baltimore
Helen Woodford Ruth
Edward H. Kinder
Watertown
Mass
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