British Delay on Naval Armaments at Geneva Meeting
In Geneva April 19 Lord Cushendun urged focusing on land and air armaments and delaying naval issues until after the British general elections. The British plea came as the commission rejected broad Soviet disarmament plans amid fears the Soviets may quit the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Lord Cushendun
Holt
M. Litvinoff
Jonkheer Loudon
Holland
Cushendun
Washington
Moral Housecleaning urged by educators over youth corruption
Six prominent educators serving as a coroner's jury in Chicago issue a verdict on George Lux's death urging a moral housecleaning of modern youth. They condemn autos to roadhouses and speakeasies as sources of degeneration and call for proactive character education and parental guidance to curb corruption among youths.
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Illinois
Chicago
George Lux
Jax
Changes In Tariff Law Are Asked
The Tariff Commission has submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee recommendations to broaden the presidents base for duty rates under the flexible clause. It urges considering costs of production, import invoice prices, US and foreign wholesale prices, and transportation to principal US markets. It notes production costs are hard to ascertain and foreign objections exist, but supports 13 factors to assess competitive conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tariff Commission
Hoover
Commission
United States
Congress
Death of Lord Revelstoke Clouds Reparations Talks
Paris April 19. The death of Lord Revelstoke, British reparations expert, from heart disease at 7:30 this morning disrupted a pivotal plenary session and postponed what observers feared would be a total breakdown after ten weeks of expert effort. The conference had been expected to conclude the negotiations.
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Paris
Lord Revelstoke
George V
Loss Of Electricity May Cause Death And Cancer Findings
Philadelphia report summary notes two discoveries discussed at the American Philosophical Society. Dr. George W. Crile described life as an electric potential and showed death may relate to loss of cellular voltage. Dr. Alexis Carrel reported cancer cells do not outpace normal cells in growth.
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Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
George W. Crile
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Alexis Carrell
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Crile
Curtis Flying Service Plans Airport and School near Raleigh
E H Threadgill of Curtis flying service announced acquisition of 300 acres three miles south of Raleigh for a flying school and commercial airport. Ground clearing starts Monday. A New York telegram said the first cabin monoplanes have departed to Raleigh for permanent stationing.
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Raleigh
E. H. Threadgill
Curtis Flying Service
Curtis Interests
New York
Hibbard Talks to College Editors in Greensboro
Dean Addison Hibbard of the University of North Carolina addressed the 17th semiannual meeting of the North Carolina Collegiate Press Association at Greensboro College. About 100 delegates attended as sessions covered reports, committees and routine business. A motor trip to Sedgefield and a luncheon were arranged with events featuring Nell Battle Lewis.
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Greensboro
Addison Hibbard
University of North Carolina
North Carolina Collegiate Press Association
Greensboro College
Sedgefield
Chamber of Commerce
Sedgefield Inn
North Carolina College For
Nell Battle Lewis
Raleigh News and Observer
Greensboro Daily News
Textile union hopeful on rayon strike at Elizabethton
Thomas F. McMahon of the United Textile Workers said chances to settle the rayon strike and recall about 5000 idle workers in Elizabethton were very good. Labor conciliator Charles G. Wood aimed to convene a conference as progress toward settlement continued. William J. Kelly reported that despite wide gaps between company officials and workers, there was some hope for a settlement on collective bargaining demands.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Charles G. Wood
Department of Labor
McMahon
Wood
William J. Kelly
United Textile Workers
Johnson City
Glanzstoff
Gastonia
Ellen Dawson
National Textile Workers Union
Fred Erwin Beal
Beal
Troy Jones
New York
Loray Mill
George Pershing
Miss Dawson
United States
M. C. Cain
Charlotte
Trenton
N. J
Apple Blossom Day Shines as Winchester Hosts Queen Shenandoah
Miss Mary Jo Matthews of West Virginia reigns as Queen Shenandoah VI during Winchester Virginia Apple Blossom Festival. Crowds fill streets for daylight fireworks, pageant of the builders, and Trail of the Pink Petals parade with 61 floats and 29 bands.
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Winchester
Mary Jo Matthews
West Virginia
Shenandoah VI
Land of Make Believe
Virginia
Handley High School
Queen Shenandoah
Fair Grounds
High Point Chosen For Mission Meeting Of Society
The Women's Missionary Society of Western North Carolina Methodist Protestant church will hold its 1930 session at High Point's Wesley Memorial church. High Point was selected and Mrs C C Weaver was reappointed president. Treasurer P N Peacock reported $66006 pledged for the year with district totals led by Greensboro and Charlotte. L H Martin of Greensboro was elected social service superintendent, succeeding J D Stentz, and B J Morris was re elected supplies superintendent. W R Harris of Asheville was named editor of the Woman's Page and Harris with Izler became alternate delegates to the Amarilla Texas conference.
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Winston-Salem
Women’s Missionary Society of
Gastonia
Greensboro
Marion
Mount Airy
Salisbury
Statesville
Waynesville
L. H. Martin
Social Service Department
J. D. Stentz
B. J. Morris
W. R. Harris
Asheville
The
North Carolina Advocate
Harris
S. H. Izler
Amarilla
Texas
Fruit Fly Found In Three Texas Orchar ds
Mercedes area in Texas reports Morales fruit fly discovery in three orchards within a three mile radius. M H Ford of the U S Department of Agriculture announced the find and the Mexican fly control project efforts in the Rio Grande valley region.
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Texas
Edinburgh
Tex
Morales
Mercedes
M. H. Ford
United States Department of Agriculture
Rio Grande Valley
Marital Surprise Of Wealthy Utility Leader
Henry J. Doherty announced his New Year’s Eve marriage to widow Mrs. Percy Frank Eames after a long illness. The couple wed at Canon Skey’s Toronto home and are on a belated trip to Atlantic City. Doherty’s wealth is estimated up to 200 million dollars.
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New York
Henry JL. Doherty
Percy Frank Eames
Doherty
Henry JL. Doherty and Company
Rebels Anticipate Another Air Raid Near Sasabe
In Sasabe Sonora a rebel lieutenant colonel and several soldiers were killed in morning fighting as federal troops surprised about 80 rebels holding the border town. The clash forced the rebels to flee the area.
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Nogales
Sonora
Sasabe
Rebel Headquarters Anticipates Air Raid at Nogales
Mexican rebel forces in Nogales Sonora brace for another federal air attack as loyal troops advance into Sonora from the east. Reports say 609 rebels who left Agua Prieta were ordered back to stop federals advancing through Pulpito Pass from Chihuahua amid two skirmishes on the Sierra Madre eastern slopes.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Here
Navajoa
Pulpito Pass
Chihuahua
Sierra Madre Mountains
Paris Liner Hull Punctured Fore and Aft
The French liner Paris shows hull punctures on the starboard side both fore and aft after reaching Havre in dry dock. It will likely stay in dry dock two to three months. The ship went aground on rocks near the Eddystone Light in fog and arrived under its own power from Plymouth.
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Havre
France
Paris
Plymouth
Eddystone
English Channel
Newspapermen Plan Exploring Trip Into Great Smoky Mountains
Asheville April 19 plans for an exploring expedition in June into the rugged Great Smoky Mountains area in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee were announced by the Asheville Times. The party aims to find Indian picture writings and relics while studying flora and fauna in rarely visited sections. The expedition includes Walter Adams and Robert Bunnelle of the Times, plus a Boy Scout, with base at Indian Gap and a month long trek. Horace Kephart of Bryson City serves as chief advisor.
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Asheville
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Asheville Times
Sawtooth Country
Times
Walter Adams
Robert Bunnelle
Indian Gap
Smokies
Horace Kephart
Bryson City
N. C
the Times
House Farm Relief Bill Faces Fresh Attack in Congress
Washington April 19 AP The house debates a farm relief bill as the senate awaits a committee report on rival measures. Representative Jones of Texas assails the bill as an essay not relief. Senate debate centers on a debenture plan under McNary.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Jones Democrat
Texas
McNary
Garner
Tilson
Connecticut
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Harris
John Charles MacSaltman
Radio Commission
C. B. Colquitt
Railroad Board of Mediation
Curry
Mississippi Levee Caves Into River at Knowton Ark
Four hundred feet of the main Mississippi river levee at Knowton Arkansas caved into the river. Engineers hope to halt a larger crevasse by a hurriedly looped banquetite around the broken section. The same site previously saw a dyke failure on April 20 1927 that sank the government launch Pelican and killed 27 men.
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Memphis
Tenn
Knowton
Ark
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Revelstoke
Disarmament Preparatory Commission
Associated Press
National Guardsmen Guard
National Textile Union
Loray Cotton Mills
Loray Mills
England
Carrell
Betty Kammer
Martin Gold
Martin J. Hambrose
Hambrose
Hibbard
Little Winchester
Haslits
High Point
Western North Carolina
Wesley Memorial Church
Arthitis
Battle Creek
Eames
Kentucky
Foreign Service
International Harvester Company
University of Madrid
Real
Heart of Great Smoky Mountains
Mississippi
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