Roosevelt Smith clash marks voting day for nomination
A day of primaries in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania tests Alfred E. Smith against Franklin D. Roosevelt as the Senate reveals a $32 million copper pool and a web of financial influence. Witnesses Bernard Smith and Thomas Bragg tie the pool to leaders including John Raskob Percy Rockefeller and W C Durant.
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Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Democratic National Committee
Percy A. Rockefeller
W. C. Durant
General Motors
Bernard Smith
Thomas C. Bragg
New York
Carter Glass
Virginia
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Rockefeller adds fifth great granddaughter newborn in New York
John D. Rockefeller Sr. becomes a great grandfather for the fifth time as a son is born to Mr and Mrs Olson Rockefeller at Doctors hospital. The mother Mary Judith Clark, formerly Clark, wed the Rockefeller's son in June 1930.
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New York
Ohn D. Rockefeller, Sr
Becme
Olson Rockefeller
Sunny
Doctors’ Hospital
Mary ‘Odhunter Clark
John D. Rockefeller
Kaiser declares would do same again in wartime remark
Hollywood column notes reactions to a WWI style remark claiming the Kaiser would repeat his actions. It mocks the idea of second guesses, mentions a lawyer named Gray in a senate race, and warns that bringing in alienists can dull public interest in a murder trial.
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Kaiser
Gray
Senate
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Governors Visit Jamestown for Historic Preservation Tour
Jamestown Island hosts a conference of governors as they tour colonial landmarks. Ellen M. Bagby represents the A P V A explaining preservation work at Jamestown church and Pocahontas statue. The itinerary includes Williamsburg restoration financed by John D. Rockefeller Jr and a Washington memorial service at the College of William and Mary.
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Association For Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
America
Ellen M. Bagby
Richmond
Jamestown Committee
Jamestown Church
John Smith
Jamestown
Williamsburg
Virginia
Conference of Governors
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Washington
William and Mary
Presi
Maine
George H. Dern
Utah
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Charlottesville
Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia
Ash Lawn
James Monroe
Claude G. Bowers
New York
Monroe
Jefferson
Auto Overturns and Man Dies in Flaming Gas Blaze
Smithfield reports Dallas Capps a 31 year old farmer from Dean's Old Mill area died after his car overturned and gas tank exploded in a ditch on the way to a baseball game. Vernon House survived with minor burns. Funeral services were held this afternoon.
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Dallas Capps
Johnston County
Dean's Old Mill
Capps
Vernon House
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May Resign Rumors Circulate Over Poland Envoy
Washington dispatch says John N. Willys ambassador to Poland told reporters he would likely announce before nightfall whether he will resign from his diplomatic post. He indicated a resignation is strongly possible.
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Washington
John N. Willys
Poland
Fletcher bank cashier commits suicide in vault
S G Rhodes 58 year old cashier at Bank of Fletcher was found dead by a self inflicted gunshot in the bank vault about 9 am. The bank president and state banking liquidating agent found him. no accounts shortage or motive was evident. Rhodes left a widow and an 18 year old son Morris. Funeral arrangements not set.
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N. C
S. G. Rhodes
Bank of Fletcher
W. H. Sumner
G. N. Henson
State Banking Department
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Sumner
Henson
North Carolina
Asheville
Morris Rhodes
Death of Rudisill Still a Police Mystery
Charlotte detectives pursue a late Friday death of Albert Rudisill 24 found in a warehouse dressed in women's clothes with garb and asphyxial clues. Three persons were with him nearby and one man’s identity is known as investigators expect an arrest soon in this mysterious case.
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Albert Rudisill
Rudisill
Frank Hovis
Farmer Who Killed Little Son Will Be Confined To Asylum
Durham April 26 William T Neal farmer who killed his five year old son Claiborne with a hoe in a fit of insanity last Wednesday will be taken to the state hospital for the criminally insane later this week After killing the boy Neal attempted to kill himself with an axe He is in Duke hospital recovering from his wounds An application had been made for his admission to the state hospital and he was to have been taken there the day after the killing.
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Durham
William T. Neal
Claiborne
State Hospital
Neal
Duke Hospital
Boy Adopts As Pet a Lizzard and Finds It Snake
Santa Barbara: five year old Robert, after urging his mother to see his lizzard, revealed a four foot diamond back rattlesnake he was wrestling. The cold snake lay stupefied as mother watched in disbelief.
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Santa Barbara
Califsel
Robert
Capone to face stricter jail visits in Lindbergh case
The Capone case brings a tighter visitor policy at Cook county jail. United States Marshal Laubenheimer said Washington ordered passes limited to relatives or those with legitimate business. The rule targets newspaper contact, not talks with the Lindbergh family or negotiations on Charles A. Jr.'s return.
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Scarface
al Capone
Lindbergh
Cook County
United States
Laubenheimer
Washington
Capone
George A. Youngquist
Laubenheiber
Lindberghs
Egate
Charles A., Jr
Crisp Declares Senate Bid to Succeed Harris
Representative Charlies R. Crisp of Georgia announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate to fill the late Senator William J. Harris. The vacancy is temporarily filled by John E. Cohen of Atlanta, appointed by Governor Richard B. Russell.
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Charlies R. Crisp
Georgia
Senate
Crisp
Americus
William J. Harris
Harris
John E. Cohen
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Cohen
Richard B. Russell
Congress
Final Pleas In Honor Slaying Case Begin
Honolulu April 26 Attorneys for the defense and prosecution argued to a jury over the Lynching of Joseph Kahahawai the four defendants including Lt. Thomas H Massie Navy enlisted men E J Lord and Albert Jones and Mrs Granville Fortescue Mrs Fortescue Massie mother in law faced the case The defense led by Clarence Darrow contends the killing was justified by temporary insanity and unwritten law while the prosecution seeks conviction for second degree murder with a possible 20 years to life sentence
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Joseph Kahahawai
John C. Kelley
Thomas H. Massie
Granville Fortescue
Albert O. Jones
E. J. Lord
Fortescue
Massie
Lord
Jones
Navy
Kahaha Wai
Thalia Massie
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Kelley
Darrow
Kahahawai
Naral
Joseph Catton
San Francisco
Robert Falls
Catton
Spending on World War veterans tops trillions in projection
Brigadier General Frank T. Hines told the House Ways and Means Committee that government expenditures on World War veterans will reach about 21.5 billion dollars by 1946 if current rates continue, with total veterans costs including benefits and hospital care running into the tens of billions.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hines
Tornado Strikes In Georgia With Five Dead and Major Damage
A tornado hit a farming district near Nashville Georgia during a heavy rainstorm, killing five people including Mrs. Everett Gaskins and two children and two young sons of local residents. The storm wrecked three nearby houses, barns and trees uprooted, with only those houses damaged in the area.
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Nashville
Georgia
Everett Gaskins
Clarence Padgett
Joe Harrell
Storm Toll Counts in Tennessee Farm Regions
Severe storms across the south left at least six dead and numerous injuries. Tornadoes damaged cotton gins and farm buildings near Memphis while Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia suffered further damage and power line outages. Communications lines were down hindering casualty verification.
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Arkansas
Mississippi River
Kentucky
Alabama
Georgia
Atlanta
No New Clues In Lindbergh Kidnapping Probe
Hopewell New Jersey April 26 The Lindbergh kidnapping investigation remains unsolved on its 56th day. John H Curtis one of the Norfolk intermediaries was absent from Norfolk and thought to be at sea on a yacht. A man and woman under observation at Downington were cleared by state troopers. Col H Norman Schwarzkopf head of state police says Col Charles A Lindbergh has not reported any new contact with the kidnappers.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
John H. Curtis
Norfolk
Downington
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Congress Highlights: Heflin Plea on Senate Election
Senate hears former Alabama senator Heflin urging ruling to void his successor’s election. Agriculture committee meets with farm leaders and officials on relief. Banking committee reopens stock market probe. Finance panel advances tax bill. Ways and Means debates soldiers bonus. Interstate Commerce studies railroad holding company regulation.
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Heflin
Alabama
Agriculture Committee
Banking
Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Prince Charles visits nursery school crowding cheers
In New Castle England on April 26 the Prince of Wales visits a Gateshead nursery school. He steps on a boy named Patrick's foot and invites Patrick to tread on his toes. Patrick obliges stamping on the royal toes as the prince apologizes.
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Littl Boy
New Castle
Eng
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Gateshead
Prince of Wales
Bankhead Absent Reviews His Arguments That Vic tory Would Have Been His
In a terse summary, Senator Bankhead contends that his victory was thwarted by the Alabama election irregularities. He argues the race result would have favored him absent alleged miscounts and procedural errors.
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Alabama
Heflin Attacks Bankhead Seat Battle In Senate Session
Former Senator Heflin of Alabama told the Senate investigators have leads to spending exceeding a million dollars against his 1930 race with Bankhead. Heflin proclaimed political assassination and argued his right to the seat before a vote on the contest. A Senate committee had upheld Bankhead's right to the seat as Heflin spoke for two hours in an unusual proceeding.
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Washington
Heflin
Alabama
Senate Today
Bankhead
J. Thomas Heflin
Senate
John H. Bankhead
Alfred E. Smith
Albania
Veterans fight over provisions in omnibus economy bill
Washington April 26 A heated clash looms as the special economy committee prepares to open debate on the $217 million omnibus retrenchment bill. The American Legion and veterans groups oppose cuts to allowances pensions and hospitalization for ex service men with incomes above specified limits. The measure's savings estimates have been whittled from Hoover's proposals to $46 000 000.
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Washington
Special Economy Committee
McDuffie
American Legion
Hoover
Mock National Democratic convention backs Democratic party
Tyre Taylor of Raleigh and Claude G. Bowers urged support for the Democrats at a Quadrennial Mock National Democratic convention at the university. Taylor criticized Republican leadership under Harding Coolidge and Hoover and warned of economic ills and rampant gangsters under the era’s tariffs and policy.
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Tyre Taylor
Raleigh
N. C
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Claude G. Bowers
New York
Washington
Taylor
Bowers
United States
Republican Party
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
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