Congress urged to convene or act on law enforcement measures
Senator Jones pressed Hoover to call a special session if needed to push five law enforcement bills, including transferring prohibition enforcement to justice and boosting prisons. He urged action before adjournment and warned against delays amid federal efforts against rackets and illegal entry.
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Washington
Jones
Hoover
Congress
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Border Patrol
District of Columbia
Iron Hand Rules Ohio Prisoners
Ohio Penitentiary rests under military control after a week of turmoil ending with National Guardsmen quelling a mutiny following last week’s fatal fire. Two convicts were wounded. one seriously. Guards replaced guards inside the prison while soldiers set up a barbed wire stockade for insurgents awaiting discipline.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
National
George Tonoff
Toledo
Jewell
Robinsons Stand May Be Pivot In Controversy
The article reports ongoing Senate debate over Judge Parker of North Carolina as a Supreme Court nominee amid a looming close vote. Senators Hastings Walsh and Glass reference Parker’s wartime prosecutions and Groner’s court instructions, highlighting government counsel conduct and defense efforts.
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Robinson
Washington
Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate
Hastings
Delaware
Senator Walsh
Montana
Groner
Virginia
Senator Wallsh
Fess
Ohio
Walsh
Judge Groner
Senator Glass
Glass
Farm Board Chief Urges Private Uplift Plan To Aid Farmers
Washington April 30 Chairman Legge of the federal farm board challenged the United States chamber of commerce to join in forming a private, government-free organization to continue work now done by the farm board. He offered to match dollar for dollar any subscription, then sat with no takers as Secretary Hyde defended the board amid criticism. He warned farmers face mortgage pressures and rising foreclosures as a key struggle of property improvement.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Federal Farm Board
Alfred Stone
Legge
United States Chamber of Commerce
Farm Board
Chamber
Hyde
Hoover Receives Official Copy of London Naval Pact
President Hoover today received the U S official copy of the London naval treaty. Secretary Stimson presented the document at the White House with Adams and Senator Robinson in attendance. Hoover urged senate action at this session and will send the pact to Congress soon.
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Stimson
White House
Senate
Adams
Robinson
Arkansas
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
London
Cotton
State Department
Jahncke
Navy
Lindbergh Lands Safely After Rumored Accident
The Tropical Radio Telegraph company reported from Panama City that Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh had landed safely at 3:20 p.m. East Daylight Time. Rumors of an accident had circulated earlier.
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Boston
The
Tropical Radio Telegraph Company Today
Radio Mes
Ma City
Charles A
Women forecast High Point census in latest editorials
Census guesses pour in for High Point as women led forecasts push toward 30 000 and beyond. The Enterprise Census Editor notes many readers are optimistic yet conservative with figures, with subscribers offered a free year prize for accuracy.
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High Point
Enterprise
A. F. Eshelman
South Main
Mrs. Green
N. Hamilton
Kate Stafford
East Green
Robert L. Davis
Lexington Avenue
Mabel Davis
West Lexing
Jap freighter Suzom Maru breaks up off Ibaraki coast
The Japanese freighter Suzom Maru, after drifting on rocks near Cae Inubo in Ibaraki prefecture, began breaking up today as high seas thwarted rescue attempts to save its 39 crew members.
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Tokyo
Cae Inubo
Ibaraki
Perfecture
Bishop Abbott Declines to Admonish Rector Velasco
In Lexington on April 30 Bishop H P Almon Abbott said he would not enforce the ecclesiastical court order to admonish Rector Julius A Velasco who was cleared of major charges though admonished for language. Abbott stated it would be absurd to admonish under the circumstances.
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Lexington
H. P. Almon Abbott
Julius A. Velasco
Abbott
En Deshabille Blocks Census Taker Visit
Mrs G B Brown declined census taker contact saying she was en deshabille and a Daughter of the American Revolution. Assistant District Attorney Bosworth noted the French phrase sufficed to satisfy the government.
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Chicago
G. B. Brown
Bosworth
United States
Peaceful May Day Plans Across Cities Face Tensions
Police in Paris expelled 22 foreigners and arrested 15 for inciting disobedience as May Day observances approached. Madrid communists announced large demonstrations while Athens Lisbon banned communist meetings and Warsaw prepared for possible clashes. In Moscow decorations elevated mood as Dewey Day events drew veterans in New York and communists planned a demonstration to avoid conflict.
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Paris
Madrid
Athens
Lisbon
Warsaw
Moscow
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New York
Self-Enforcement Called Key to Prohibition Issue
Bishop Samuel S. Booth of Vermont urged delegates at the national congress of the Protestant Episcopal Church to rely on self-enforcement to solve the prohibition problem. He framed it as an individual matter of self-discipline under Jesus Christ’s law, during a corporate communion session in Charleston. The Right Rev A S Thomas administered the communion, with later addresses by bishops Irving P. Johnson and Harry P. Nichols planned.
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Charleston
S. C
National Congress
The
Protestant Episcopal Church
Samuel S. Booth
Vermont
A. S. Thomas
South Carolina
Irving P. Johnson
Colorado
Harry P. Nichols
New York
Barstow Sets New Record of Flight in a Motorless Plane
Barstow, the sail plane pilot, landed at Point Loma at 3 56 this morning after a 15 hour 12 minute flight that unofficially breaks the world motorless sustained flight record. He took off yesterday at 12 44 pm circling San Diego aided by a favorable breeze and surpasses the older American glider mark though no official record can be claimed due to lack of barograph.
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San Diego
Cal
Jack Barstow
Point Loma
Barstow
Hawley Bowlus
Germany
Davies Denies Charleston Customs Appointment Report
In Harleton South Carolina on April 30 J C Hambright announced F C Davies of Charleston as the recommended customs collector for Charleston port Davies said it was a mistake and he knew nothing about it Meanwhile in Lorence US C Dr Charles OH Laughinghouse Raleigh NC will speak at the South Carolina Public Health Association meeting in Lorence on May 6
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Pinehurst
N. C
W. L. Poteat
Wake Forest College
North Carolina Medical Society
Charles Allen
Waynesboro
Poteat
Charles O'H. Laughinghouse
A. T. Allen
E. C. Brooks
North Carolina State College
L. A. Crowell
Lincolnton
Harleston
S. C
J. C. Hambright
South Carolina
Republican Advisory Committee
F. C. Davies
Charleston
Davies
Sixteen Catholics jailed in Mexico for parade violations
Sixteen Catholics were arrested Sunday for violating religious laws and were sent to Belin jail. A memorial demanding their immediate release has been sent to President Ortiz Rubio.
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Exico City
Belin
Ortiz Rubio
Wife of Merchant Prince Goes To Reno For Divorce
Mrs Evelyn Marshall Field sails to Reno Nevada to seek a divorce from Marshall Field 3rd. Reports say a pre trial settlement may grant her over 1 900 000 annually and possession of the Field town house at 4 East 70th Street plus custody of three children Marshall 14 Barbara 11 and Bernice 4. The couple married in 1915 and Field holds interests in Chicago and is part of a New York brokerage firm.
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New York
Evelyn Marshall Field
Reno
Negr
Marshall Field
Chicago
Joseph R. Truesdale
Fatal Altercation Over Parking Space In Philadelphia
Dr. Philip Cardamone aged 43 died after a dispute over a parking space on North Broad Street. He suffered a compound skull fracture. Two men, Marvin Dan aged 21 and Joseph Kravetts aged 29, were arrested by Patrolman Michael Garrity who intervened. Three girls were taken as material witnesses.
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Philadelphia
Philip Cardamone
North Broad Street
Marvin Dan
Joseph Kravetts
Michael Garrity
Fire Disturbances at Chicago House of Correction
Fire broke out in the Carpenter shop at the Chicago house of correction housing about 2000 inmates. Guards extinguished the blaze quicky but the incident spurred prisoner excitement and a police guard was placed on duty as a precaution against uprising. Superintendent James Curran noted the facility’s 1500 normal capacity and called for larger quarters and better fire safeguards.
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Chicago
House of Correction
Bridewell
James Curran
Gould Plans Major Riviera Investment in Beuil Hotel
Frank Jay Gould, owner of the Palais de la Mediterranee in Nice, is set to invest about 2 million dollars in Riviera real estate at Beuil. Plans include a large hotel and road improvements to the mountain village, adding to his status as a leading Riviera investor. His Nice casino has already cost over 5 million dollars.
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Nice
France
Frank Jay Gould
Riviera
Beuil
Gould
Prince of Wales Accepts Presidency Of Golfers Association
The Prince of Wales consented to head the professional golfers association in London on April 30, succeeding the late Earl of Balfour. The prince has long shown interest in golf, with his Swinley Forest match against Walter Hagen generating much notice and Hagen predicting the prince would become a fine golfer with more time for the game.
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London
Prince of Wales
Professional Golfers Association
Earl of Balfour
Prince
Walter Hagen
Swinley Forest
Hagen
Capone Flies to Havana to Buy Favors with Cash
Havana reports that Al Capone arrived secretly from Miami with seven henchmen and a physician. He checked into a top floor suite, summoned a manicurist and barber, and tipped each worker five dollars after meals were served in the hotel. Officials in Florida move to close his home under nuisance law.
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Capone
Miami
Havana
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
Florida
Imme
Diately
Mr. Capone
Bell
Senate Focus On Election Not People Says Bishop Johnson
Rt. Rev. Irving F. P. Johnson, Bishop of Colorado, told Charleston Rotary Club that the Senate’s argument over Judge J. J. Parker’s Supreme Court nomination showed its mind was on the next election rather than on the people.
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Charleston
S. C
Rotary Club
Irving FP. Johnson
Colorado
Senate
J. J. Parker
U. S. Supreme Court
Whitman assails mill night work in southern states
Eben E. Whitman vice president of the William Whitman Company attacked night work by women and children in southern cotton mills during a speech to the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers in Boston. He warned the practice harms the industry and violates humanitarian and hygienic principles.
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Boston
Eben E. Whitman
William Whitman Company
New York
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Whitman
South
United States
Southern church merger discussed by Raleigh groups
In Raleigh on April 30 AP reports the Southern Christian Convention and the Congregational Advisory Board of the South East held separate sessions to finalize a merger. The merged body will be titled The Southeastern Convention of Congregational Churches Unincorporated with a bottom-up growth approach.
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Raleigh
Southern Christian Convention
Congregational Advisory Board of the
South East
United Church
Southeastern Convention of
Congregational Org Christian Churches
Otp
Congregational Church
Prince Carol May Seek Forgiveness
Prince Carol, who abdicated the Romanian throne, may return to seek forgiveness from his former wife Princess Helen of Greece, mother of his son King Michael, amid reports of a possible reconciliation.
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Prince Carol
Bucharest
Romania
Carol
Helen
Greece
Michael
Susan B Anthony gavel revived in Louisville meeting
The gavel used by Susan B Anthony in 1880 was brought to Louisville to inaugurate the League of Women Voters first business session. Two convention days yielded recommendations on world court government operation of Muscle Shoals lame duck legislation maternity and infancy act and other measures. Prohibition lacked an executive sponsor and must seek floor endorsement.
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Louisville
Susan B. Anthony
League of Women Voters
World Court
Musele Shoals
W. W. Ramsey
Illinois
Gandhi Sets Strict Rules For Naming Salt March Followers
In Bilimora Gujarat on April 30 Mahatma Gandhi issued a stringent code for selecting march followers to Dharsana for raiding salt depots. Applicants must show skill in carding spinning and making miniature spinning wheels.
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Bilimora
Gujarat
Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Dharsana
School Teacher Killed in Durham Auto Crash
In Durham on April 30 a 24 year old school teacher died after a crash at a street intersection. Marie Jones died an hour later. Evelyn Webster sustained a shoulder injury while her parents in the car suffered cuts and bruises. all were taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Durham
Marie Jones
Evelyn Webster
McCoy Webster
M. L
W. L. Mitchell
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