Bremen crew transfer relief plane to mainland from Isle
Quebec dispatch reports the Bremen crew used a Canadian hydroplane to move from Greenly Island to Murray Bay for repairs. Major Fitzmaurice and Schiller then returned with the Irish and German fliers while a Junkers F-13 carried parts and the Bremen was escorted toward Halifax for repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Ottawa
Quebec
Greenly Island
Murray Bay
C. A
Duke) Schiller
Louis Cuisiner
Schiller
Cuisiner
James Fitzmaurice
Wafsh
Sevens
J. E. Jobeil
Seven Islands
Dr. Cuisinger
Duke Schiller
Junkers
New York
Fitzmaurice
Baron Huenefeld
Koehl Digect
Montcalm
Halifax
Montreal
Charles A
Asas
Schillers
Herman Koehl
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
Major Fitzmaurice
W. 58
Barrett
Point Amour
Robert Cannon
Canadian Transcontinental Airways
Mesage
Iss Herta Junkers
United States
Great Crowd of Workers On Strike
NEW BEDFORD MASS April 17 A crowd of about thirty thousand textile workers idled mills of 27 textile companies to protest a 19 percent wage cut effective Monday. Mills will remain closed until further notice the manufacturers association secretary said. Loomfixers union secretary Batty blamed business profits and stock dividends for the cut and urged continued strike support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Andrew Raeburn
W. E. G. Batty
Loomfixers’ Union
Teapot Case Underway Ties Hays to Liberty Bonds
The Senate Teapot Dome panel heard Mrs. John T. Pratt describe a 1923 visit by Will Hays to locate bond records. Testimony linked Harry F. Sinclair to liberty bonds given to Hays via Pratt to help wipe a campaign deficit. Names of Mellon Butler Weeks emerged as potential recipients during continued questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Will H. Hays
John T.°. Pratt
New York
Harry F. Sinclair
Hays
Pratt
Mellon
William M. Butler
John W. Weeks
Walsh
Senate
el Paso
Texas
Albert B. Fall
Thomas W. Miller
Continental
Teapot Dome
Republican Party
Republican National Committee
Harding
Sinclair
Republican Committee
Gulf Oil Company
Pure Oil Company
Dawes
Foster Bain
Bain
Owen J. Roberts
Hoover
Justice Bailey
Senate Investigation Committee
Gulf Company
Roberts
Doheny
Pan-American Oil Company
Arthur W. Ambrose
Interior Department
Fall
Coolidge Finds Flood Bill Extortionate Amid Debates
President Coolidge denounces the flood control measure as the most extortionate seen in his tenure. As the House starts debate on the Jones bill, he says senate knowledge of its ramifications was lacking and blames lumber interests for pushing the expansion of funding from about 200 million to 1.4 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Committee
George P. Hoover
Sinclair
Bain
Fall
Teapot Dome
Amos L. Beaty
Texas Oil Company
Salt Creek
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Texas Company
Mid-West Company
Gulf Company
Midwest
Jockey Bourassa Killed In Maryland Workout Fall
Havre de Grace Maryland April 17 Jockey Orville Bourassa 27 died after a broken saddle girth threw him from Julia H during a morning workout. He struck a fence post and died within an hour at Havre de Grace Hospital. Bourassa a French Canadian and former Pimlico Futurity rider was married and survived by his wife in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre DE Grace
Orville Bourassa
Bourassa
Julia H
Fair Star
Pimlico
Royal Oak affair figure Collard placed on retired list
London, April 17. Rear Admiral Bernard St G Collard, linked to the Royal Oak controversy over Captain Kenneth Dewar and Commander H M Daniel, is removed from command and placed on the retired list. The Admiralty also upholds sentences on Dewar and Daniel, who were admonished and dismissed from their ships after the Malta incident at a dance aboard the Royal Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bernard St. G. Collard
Royal Oak
Kenneth G. B. Dewar
H. M. Daniel
House of Commons
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
Bridgeman
Board of Admiralty
Admiral Collard
Dewar
Daniel
Malta
Seven Groups Discuss Social Service Work in N C Conference
In Winston Salem on April 17 the North Carolina conference for social service held its second day of talks with seven discussion groups covering family welfare travelers aid recreation juvenile courts public health abolition of capital punishment and the Red Cross. Judge W M York of Greensboro Miss Katherine Dozier of Spartanburg S C and D Hiden Ramsey of Asheville spoke during a noon general session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
S. C
D. Hiden Ramsey
Asheville
Socialists Drop Booze Issue From Platform
New York April 17 delegates to the socialist national convention adopted a resolution to ignore prohibition in the party platform. Norman Thomas, the presidential nominee, called prohibition a republican and democratic mess and Thomas said he did not expect to win but was honored to be in the apostolic line from Eugene Debs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Eugene Debs
Stay Injunction Sought in Lake Cargo Rate Case
The Burton Coal Company and northern operators petition the Supreme Court to stay an injunction issued by the Southern District Court of West Virginia against the Interstate Commerce Commission in the lake cargo rate dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burton Coal Company
Northern Coal Operators
Supreme Court
Southern District Court of West Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Auto Thefts Revealed By The Witness
PITTSBORO April 17 Bob Greer pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy and turned state's evidence against 15 alleged gang members involved in widespread automobile thefts. He testified titles were coerced from D Walton White a Johnston City notary and used to move cars to several southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsboro
Bob Greer
Greer
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Albert Culler
D. Walton White
Johnston City
Tenn
Clawson Williams
D. W. White
Johnson City
Culler
Bill Payne
Raleigh
Red Harcrow
Nolle
Clawtson Williams
Preferred creditors receive checks from two defunct North Carolina banks
Raleigh April 17 John Mitchell chief state bank examiner mailed checks to 32 preferred creditors of the People’s Bank and Trust Company Selma which failed December 31 last for 9454.10 and 49 preferred creditors of the Bank of Nashville which failed September 30 1927 in Nashville received 18441.91 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
John Mitchell
Selma
Nashville
People’s Bank and Trust Company
Bank of Nashville
Reid urges quick action on flood bill after 1927 disaster
Chairman Reed of the flood control committee told the Senate debate opens on a 325 million flood control bill. He said Congress must act to prevent another Mississippi Valley flood like 1927, calling the measure the best attainable at this time after extensive revisions and conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jones Senate
Reid
Flood Control Committee
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Physician Slain After an Argument at Louisville Sanitarium
Dr. Christopher C. Schott, 51, was shot and killed by Dan Newman, 40, a male nurse, following repeated abuse of staff and a dispute over foul language in front of women attendants. Newman surrendered, claiming self defense after four shots were fired in the kitchen. police hold him without bail. The case revisits a previous 1919 death linked to Schott’s employ, where an alibi prevented indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Christopher C. Schott
Elizabeth Griffith
Dan Newman
Big Cotton Mill Merger Planned at Greenville
Stockholders of Brandon and Poinsett mills met in Greenville to consider forming the Brandon corporation by merging Brandon Poinsett and Woodruff Mills. Woodruff stockholders met earlier. merger expected to be approved. The merged group will total 167000 spindles and 3912 looms with plants in Greenville Woodruff Renfrew Travelers Rest. Aug W Smith of Greenville to be president with headquarters in Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S. C
Brandon and Poinsett Mills
Brandon Corporation
Brandon, Poinsett and
Woodruff Mills
Woodruff
Renfrew
Travelers Rest
Aug. W. Smith
Elliott Named President of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
George B. Elliott was elected president to succeed J. R. Kenly who died March 1. L. A. Bize of Tampa and P. R. Albright of Wilmington were named director and vice president in charge of operations, with J. N. Brand named general manager. Directors declared an extra dividend of 1.50 alongside the regular 3.50, payable July 10 to stockholders of record June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George B. Elliott
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
J. R. Kenly
L. A. Bize
Tampa
Fla
Kenly
P. R. Albright
Wilmington
N. C
J. N. Brand
Prosperity reserve bill advances in Senate Commerce Committee
The prosperity reserve bill of Senator Jones from Washington was favorably reported by the Senate Commerce Committee. It would create a vast public works program to be deployed by the president during periods of unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prosperity Reserve
Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
Troublemakers Held After Caledonia Mutiny
In Halifax county Caledonia prison farm mutiny ended with 13 prisoners moved to central prison in Raleigh. Leaders Eugene Ross Frank Kemmel Robert Jarrett Bruce Ellis among the ringleaders. Nine younger inmates 17 to 26, jailed for larceny, held in solitary confinement after refusal to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Caledonia
Halifax County
Central Prison
Eugene Ross
Frank Kemmel
Robert Jarrett
Bruce Ellis
W. M. West
Oliver Stout
Vance Bruno
Fred Talbert
Howard Finley
Robert Turner
Henry Lanning
Wade McDowall
Haywood Norris
Norman
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CASE
Canada
New Bedford Mills
John T. Pratt
Herta Junkers
Hugo Junkers
Fred Melchoir
Mitchel Field
Long Island
British Admiralty
Band of Thieves
New York-Richmond-Atlanta
Richmond
New York-Richmond
Harold A. Elliott
Pitcairn Aviation of
House of Representatives
Reed
Elliott
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