Senate weighs Parker fate as debate narrows path to court
After day one of debate on Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina for the Supreme Court, senators show alarm at possible defeat. Senator Borah reopens attack citing Parker’s record while Senator Fess of Ohio prepares to answer. Democrat Overman reads Parker denial of withholding evidence in a war frauds case and attaches letters from the trial court and attorneys.
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Washington
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Parker
Fess
Ohio
Overman
Black Democrat
Alabama
Senator Overman
Condor Sinks in Jamuna River Disaster Reports 192 Dead
Calcutta reports 192 passengers died when the steamer Condor sank during a severe storm in eastern Bengal. Only 18 were saved as the ship, built in 1897 and rebuilt in 1926, lies in three fathoms of water. Mail from Serajang Ghat to Goalundo vanished with the vessel and its postal crew.
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Calcutta
Bengal
India
Condor
Jamuna
Serajang Ghat
The
River Steam Navigation Company
Prison Mutiny Firefight at Ohio Penitentiary Ends With Suppressed Escape Attempt
Revolting convicts at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus opened fire on guards during a coordinated escape bid. Automatic rifle fire drove back attackers at the main entrance while others were briefly held as prisoners. National Guard troops erected barbed wire stockades as authorities moved to restore order after a night of relative quiet.
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Columbus, CO
White City
Ohio Penitentiary
National Guard
National
Preston E. Thomas
Robert Haubrich
Ohio National Guard
Columbus
Optimism Grows as Census Guesses Rise in High Point
Census estimating nudges expectations higher with averages near 35 000 in High Point, about a thousand above Monday’s median. Local residents including O E Davis and G B Price offer views and guesses as the count publication nears, with a free one year Enterprise subscription for the closest guess.
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High Point
Thomasville
Uncle Sam
O. E. Davis
G. B. Price
Proctor Street
W. H. Pegram
East Green
South Carolina Starts Enormous Road Building Job
Columbia South Carolina April 29 work for hundreds of skilled and unskilled men will be provided by a huge hard surfaced road program. Contracts totaling about 37 million dollars mark the largest single setting in modern road building and will pave 20 of the state s most important unpaved sections according to Ben M Lawler highway commissioner.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Ben M. Lawler
Sawyer
Furniture Exchange Reflects Improved General Business
New York April 29 Attendance of buyers at the furniture exchange last week reached a level equal to the same week last year for the first time since January. The gain is attributed to a general improvement in business conditions.
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New York
Furniture Exchange
Maxon Faces Murder Charge in Paynter Death
James Matthew Maxon Jr., son of a Tennessee bishop, held without bail on first degree murder charges in the fatal beating of 73 year old David Paynter at an upper west side rooming house. Court records note the accused shouted threats as fellow lodgers described the crime scene with gas leaks and a shattered bathroom.
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New York
James Matthew Maxon, Jr
Tennessee
David Paynter
Upper West Side
Maxon
Martin W. Littleton
Corrigan
Paynter
Samuel Lecclesine
James McCarry
McCarry
Ecclesine
Neptune Line Wins Charter for Beach Route to Kill Devil Hill
A new bus franchise was granted by the state corporation commission to Neptune Line of Norfolk, linking Virginia Beach to Kill Devil Hill North Carolina. The service will run daily both ways along Kitty Hawk Currituck sounds and the seashore, with part of the route over the eastern North Carolina beach.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Corporation Commission
Neptune Line
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Kill Devil Hill
Kitty Hawk
Currituck Sounds
Raskob Sees Pope in Vatican Audience
American financier John J. Raskob and his family were received in audience by Pope Pius in Vatican City.
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Raskob
Vatican City
John J. Raskob
Pius
Hoover May Get Laws He Has Asked
Washington April 29 Republican leaders expect time to pass five key Hoover measures in a special session. The package includes transferring the prohibition unit to the justice department, easing court congestion, expanding federal prisons, consolidating border patrols, and tightening DC dry laws.
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Hoover
Prohibition
Treasury
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mitchell
House
Senate
White House
House Judiciary Committee
United States Commissions
National Capital
Ingersoll Mansion Fire Destroys North Jersey Home
In Montclair New Jersey on April 29 a 40 room mansion once owned by Charles H Ingersoll son of the late Robert H Ingersoll dollar watch maker was nearly destroyed by a fire. The frame building had been an inn for two weeks and hosted many fashionable events before the Ingersoll family sold it three months prior. It stood on a high bluff with scenic surroundings in north Jersey.
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Montclair
N. J
Charles H. Ingersoll
Robert H. Ingersoll
Dollar Watch
North
Jersey
Ingersoll
Persistence And Rope Trick Net Beer Smuggling Arrest
Detroit customs patrolmen report a beer smuggling scheme along the Detroit river. Walter Miller and Roland Rosenberg operated a powerboat with a rope access point. Repeated rope pulls revealed five weighted beer kegs and an automatic release device. The boat and occupants were seized.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit River
Walter Miller
Roland Rosenberg
Mr. Miller
Mr Rosenberg
Miller
Mr. Rosenberg
England and India Tensions and Gandhi Activism
England eases stance on India as unrest grows. British inquiry into 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles actions at Peshawar while Gandhi mobilizes against censorship. Arrests of nationalist leaders continue as untouchables turn to Islam for relief. Gandhi leads demonstrations and parley on moderation across Indian states.
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Royal Garwhal Rifles
Peshawar
Abbotabad
Kaka Kalekar
Gandhi
Ahmadabad
Borsad
Young India
Bombay
Marchakadi Creek
Billimoria
Hawthorne Plant Plans Two-Week July Vacation Pause
The Hawthorne plant of Western Electric announced a two-week shutdown in July to allow its 33,060 employees to take vacations at the same time. This synchronized break affects production during the period.
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Chicago
Hawthorne
Western Electric Company
Condor Sinking on Jamuna River Kills Most Passengers
Only 20 of 300 passengers aboard the river steamer Condor were known alive after a storm sank the vessel on the Jamuna river in eastern Bengal. Details remain scarce.
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Alcutta
Condor
Jamuna
Bengal
George, 8 C. Crew of Dorothy and Autrey jailed for liquor seizure
Four crew members of the schooner Dorothy and Autrey, captured after entering Winyah Bay Georgetown March 15 with 800 cases of fine liquor, are to arrive for six months each of imprisonment in Dorchester county jail.
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T. George
Dorothy
Autrey
Winyah Bay
Georgetown
Tony
Dorchester County
Former Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm in Apies Incognito
The former Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Germany, traveling as Count Von Golden, is staying in Aples, Italy for a few days before returning to Germany after a trip to Egypt.
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Aples
Italy
Frederick Wilhelm
Germany
Count von Golden
Egypt
School Teacher's Case Non-Suited In Charlotte
Judge E H Clement in Mecklen burg superior court ordered a non suit of Miss Alice Warren a school teacher against school system officials over a contract non renewal for next year The action was non suited on legal technicalities from a motion to strike an order allowing questioning under oath by Miss Warren's attorneys Informal notice was given that the action would be started again She alleged the non renewal stemmed from friendship with Warren G Myers who sues W R Foreman head of the school board finance committee on fraud charges
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Charlotte
E. H. Clement
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Alice Warren
Clement
H. P. Harding
Aubrey Elliott
Alexander Graham School
Miss Warren
Warren G. Myers
W. R. Foreman
Communists Arrests Reported in Riga Ahead of May Day
In Riga Latvia more than 100 communists were arrested in the past week over preparations for May Day demonstrations. Police searched numerous houses for arms and weapons as part of the crackdown.
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Iga
Latvia
Riga
Swiss assembly votes reprisals threat on American goods
In Bienne, a 15,000 personal assembly passed a resolution threatening reprisals against American products if the United States adopts an unduly high tariff. The gathering occurred in Erne Switzerland on April 29.
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Erne
Switzerland
United States
Bienne
Bernstein Presents Credentials as U.S. Minister to Albania
Herman Bernstein, newly appointed United States minister to Albania, presented his credentials to King Zog in Tirana on April 29. The ceremony underscored ongoing diplomatic ties between the two nations.
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Irana
Albania
Herman Bernstein
United States
Zog
Whiteville Census Reports Burned in Fire Loss
Whiteville North Carolina April 29 census reports for more than 1200 residents were burned when a fire destroyed the home of Mrs Fannie E High an enumerator.
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Whiteville
N. C
Fannie E. High
Bremen Resumes Ship-To-Shore Air Mail
A North German Lloyd liner Bremen air mail service resumed with a plane catapulting 350 miles to Boroughs Brookyln pier delivering about 1 000 letters and postcards to the Brooklyn post office. The plane left the Bremen and arrived three and a half hours after departure, landing and unloading four bags of mail.
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New York
Bremen
Brooklyn Pier
Lloyd
Brooklyn
Doris Duke to Be Presented at Court
Newport Rhode Island April 29 This fashionable colony anticipates a summer debut for Doris Duke heiress to tobacco millions whose eighteenth birthday will be in August She is to be presented shortly at the court of St James
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Newport
R. I
Doris Duke
Court of St. James
American Business Is Praised by Butterworth in Speech
President William Butterworth of the chamber of commerce lauds American business for breaking new ground and smoothing the business cycle. He cites past downturns, the national business survey, and warns against heavy government regulation while praising fair play among firms.
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National Chamber of Commerce
Washington
William Butterworth
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
The
Chamber
Butterworth
National Business Survey Conference
Julius A. Barnes
Chambers of Commerce
Orin R. York Nominated for High Point Postmaster
President Hoover named Orin R. York to be postmaster at High Point North Carolina in a formal nomination announced today. York’s appointment follows customary federal procedures and signals a key federal position in the city.
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O. R. York
Washington
Hoover
Orin R. York
High Point
N. C
Banking Dean Dead in Norwalk at 95
Alden Solmans president of the South Norwalk Savings Bank and the oldest active banker in the United States died at his Norwalk home at age 95.
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Norwalk
Conn
Alden Solmans
South Norwalk Savings Bank
United States
Ohio Governor Orders Restoration Of Order At Prison
Gov Myers Y Cooper directed Warden Preston FE Thomas to restore order at once at the Ohio penitentiary. The civil authority would be backed by the Ohio National Guard, with Adjutant General A W Reynolds ordered to assist the warden during the shooting incident.
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Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
Preston FE. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio National Guard
A. W. Reynolds
National Guard
Bailey breaks silence with letter on prohibition stance
Josiah W. Bailey ends long political hush by replying to a Winston-Salem editor about enforcement or repeal of the eighteenth amendment. The letter echoes his January 21 message to the Edenton editor, asserting lifelong support for prohibition, and is signed by James Smith Manning for Bailey's advisory committee.
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Edenton News
Raleigh
Bailey
Sentinel
Kinnaird
James Smith Manning
Simmons
Naval Delegates Return to United States
New York April 29 delegates to the London naval conference return to U S soil at 10:30 a m after debarking at the Battery from the city tug Macom amid cheers from 5 990 people Ambassador Morrow praised the treaty as a step toward world peace and Secretary Stimson was credited for guiding the delegation alongside Charles Francis Adams Dwight W Morrow and Senator Joseph T Robinson.
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New York
United States
Morrow
Stimson
Hoover
Navy
Charles Francis Adams
Joseph T. Robinson
Dwight W. Morrow
Attorney Refuses to Release Data in Women’s Deaths Probe
Moresby White, attorney for the estates of Adele Ritchie and Doris Murray Palmer, refused to surrender letters and diaries as part of a reopened Orange County investigation. He argued the letters pertain to the estates and the coroner’s verdict of murder and death by own action no longer warrants inquiry. Sheriff Jernigan and friends dispute the double suicide theory, suggesting Palmer tried to escape when shot in the back, amid jealousy rumors between Ritchie and Post.
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Laguna Beach
Cal
Moresby White
Adele Ritchie
Doris Murray Palmer
White
Orange County
Ritchie
Sam Jernigan
Palmer
Beach
Mrs. Posts
North Carolina Methodist Women Meet in Rocky Mount
The 18th annual session of the North Carolina conference Woman's Missionary Society opened in Rocky Mount with more than 600 delegates from nine districts. Mrs. A. M. Gates of Durham presided. Rev. J. H. McCracken led devotional services as the three day meeting began.
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Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Woman’s Missionary Society
A. M. Gates
Durham
J. H. McCracken
Washington
T. G. Vickers
Gr. O. Long
W. F. Craven
Bahama
J. L. Horne
Woman's Auxiliary
Gates
Horne
Greensboro official named chamber director
Washington April 29 Charles W. Gold of Greensboro was announced as a nominee for a new director post at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Gold is an official with the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company.
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W. Gold
Washington
Charles W. Gold
Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber
Gold
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
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