Five Powers Sign Naval Limitation Pact at St James Palace
Representatives of the United States Great Britain Japan France and Italy signed a historic treaty to limit and reduce navies. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson led the American delegation as Briand Ram say MacDonald SIRianni and Wakatsuki signed in the Queen Anne drawing room after three months and one day of negotiations.
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London
America
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Henry L. Stimson
M. Briand
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Giuseppe Sirianni
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Tokyo
St. James’s
Queen Anne’s
Parker nomination faces Senate debate despite opposition
Judge John J. Parker remains unready to withdraw as a Supreme Court nominee amid opposition from labor and the NAACP. He may request a chance to testify before the Judiciary Committee, which has already voted to disapprove the nomination. Democratic Sens. Simmons and Overman back Parker and plan active campaigning.
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Washington
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Labor and
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Judge Parker
Parker
American Federation of Labor
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Federal Circuit
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Justice Department
Simmons
Overman
Transcontinental flight record set by Lindy and wife
A Columbus dispatch reports a deadly fire at the Ohio State Penitentiary killing 317 inmates and injuring over 130. Incendiary origin is suspected as flames spread through four cell blocks, with the yard becoming a mass of prisoners and chaos as inmates demanded release.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio Penitentiary
Penitentiary
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Dwight Morrow
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Glendale
Cal
Frank Hawks
Lindy
Prohibition Trial Date for Judge Sinclair Pending
Superior Court Judge N A Sinclair faces a probable preliminary hearing date today in Selma for alleged liquor law violations. United States commissioner I W Massey said talks with Sinclair's attorneys aim to set the hearing date after a whisky found in a traveling bag during a March 30 stop near Mildred.
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Selma
Superior Court
N. A. Sinclair
I. W. Massey
United States
Sinclair
Massey
Prohibition
C. S. Coats
Mildred
Williamston
Rocky Mount
William H. Everett
Coats
Hoover Warns Against Big Appropriations
President Hoover sent letters to Senator Jones and Representative Wood warning lawmakers against excessive appropriations that could threaten the slim surplus anticipated for the current and upcoming fiscal years. The letters were not disclosed in detail, but touched on appropriation matters.
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Washington
Hoover
Jones
Wood
Indiana
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Watson Predicts Parker Confirmation After Hoover Meeting
Senator Watson, Republican leader, said after a White House conference that Judge John J. Parker would be confirmed to the Supreme Court if he faces the confirmation fight. He noted Democratic votes may swing the margin, as a judiciary committee majority opposed Parker.
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Washington
Watson
Hoover
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Indianan
Parker
Capitol
Judiciary Committee
Pact Sets Naval Parity and Scrap Quotas Among 5 Powers
London announce on April 22 that the naval treaty aims for U S Great Britain and Japan to reach parity by December 31 1936 with ratios near five five three for battleships and ten ten seven for auxiliaries. Nine battleships will be scrapped or converted reflecting a five year holiday while certain ships are chosen for retirement.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Washington
Tokyo
Florida
Utah
Arkansas
Wyoming
Marlborough
France
Italy
Wealthy Widow's Secret Marriage to Young Heir Revealed
NEW YORK April 22 The marriage two years ago of Mrs James Low a wealthy 60 year old widow tied to the Harriman and Vanderbilt families to Evan Brouwer 28 son of her family physician was revealed today They wed February 7 1928 in Jacksonville Fla when Brouwer joined Mrs Low his father's patient in the south to recover from injuries Brouwer testified in a damage suit Mrs Low won 2000 of the 25000 sought The couple kept the union secret claiming social prominence and live separately with Mrs Brouwer in New Jersey and Brouwer in New York and Paris
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James Low
New York
Harriman
Vanderbilt
Evan Brouwer
Jacksonville
Fla
Brouwer
New Jersey
Paris
Bank of Union Closes Doors in Monroe North Carolina
The Bank of Union with deposits around 775000 and assets over a million failed to open, closed by directors for depositors protection. President W S Blakeney and Vice President J R Shute led the bank, with cashier R G Laney. Officials cited inability to collect past due notes and withdrawal of bonds in two weeks. State banking department notified. examiners expected to assume control.
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J. R. Shute
KR. G. Laney
State Banking Department
Raleigh
High Point Census Effort Aims for Complete Count
Civic and business leaders join official census staff to finish the fifteenth decennial count in High Point and surrounding areas. Enumerators work two weeks, then clean up and verify who was counted, with no hard deadline but expectation to finish by month end. The High Point Chamber of Commerce promotes participation and provides a coupon for residents to mail in their information.
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High Point
Washington
N. C
Census Headquarters
Federal Building
Aderholt Case Heard in North Carolina Supreme Court
Raleigh April 22 The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments in the Aderholt murder case with former Georgia Governor Thomas W. Hardwick leading the appellants in a bid to win religious liberty protections. Hardwick urged that religious opinions belong to trial juries and that atheists may testify. Arguments finished around 1 15 p m with defense and state counsel presenting.
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Raleigh
Thomas W. Hardwick
Georgia
North Carolina
State Supreme Court
Aderholt
Hardwick
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Supreme Court
J. Frank Flowers
Charlotte
A. G. Mangum
Gastonia
Frank Nash
Dennis G. Brummit
Mr. Flowers
Little Hope For Cry Officer Shot By Legger
Hendersonville April 22 Clarence G Howard deputy prohibition officer was shot in the head Monday by Fred Swartz alleged bootlegger Doctors said it was improbable he would live through the day The shot entered the head just below the eye piercing the skull and entering the brain Swartz is jailed here.
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Hendersonville
Clarence G. Howard
Prohibition Enforcement
Fred Swartz
Howard
Swartz
Shrill Whistle Saves Beck Family From Fire
A railway engineer blew his whistle to warn the home of Henry Beck in Mecklenburg county early today. The Beck family escaped the burning house, while flames spread to and destroyed the neighbor Charles Hargett's house.
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Charlotte
Henry Beck
Mecklenburg County
Beck
Becks
Charles Hargett
Fire Breaks Out at Ohio Penitentiary Ruins
In Columbus Ohio the ruins of the Ohio penitentiary cell block that killed 317 last night reignited today. A fire company quickly extinguished the morning flare up.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Dining hall clash disrupts order as police move in
Slugging of guards who were trying to maintain order in the dining hall is described, with dishes and tables upset as every available policeman is dispatched. Continued on Page Four.
Official Probe Of Blaze Its Underway
Columbus Ohio April 22 official state commission appointed by Governor Cooper investigates last night blaze at the Ohio penitentiary where 317 convicts perished or suffocated. Guards and inmates described heroism and costly hesitancy as the fire trapped prisoners, with Tom Little W C Baldwin and Big Jim Morton among the rescues and responses.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Abilwod Aus Mlaeduewets
Cooper
Thomas Watkinson
Preston E. Thomas
Watkinson
Tom Little
W. C. Baldwin
Big Jim
Morton
Cleveland
Gardner Alarmed At State Prison Fire Trap
Governor O Max Gardner condemned the North Carolina state prison in Raleigh as a fire trap after citing the Columbus Ohio prison fire that killed 317. He said the 1869 building, with 650 inmates, uses tinder dry pine wood after 61 years.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Prison
Gruesome display as Ohio penitentiary disaster bodies lie in fairground exhibit
In Columbus the Ohio state fair horticulture building became a temporary morgue as 276 convicts killed in the greatest penitentiary disaster are prepared for burial. Relatives arrive at dawn while guards maintain strict access and undertakers embalm and dress the bodies.
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Columbus
Ohio
Corps of Undertakers
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Stimson
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Vaciliec & Atlantic
Commissioner Massey
Pact
Bank OF Union
Gaston
Legger
Gardner
State Prison
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