Five Power Navy Talks Reach Preliminary French Plan
London Feb 6 The five power conference agreed in principle on the French plan for limiting naval tonnage and named a two-expert sub committee to adjust technical differences. Figures for global tonnage will be inserted before final acceptance. The issue of classifying light cruisers and destroyers remained for further discussion. The American delegation will be Navy Advisers Smyth and Train and Diplomatic Adviser Gordon on the sub committee.
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London
Japan
United ,States
Great Britain
Navy
W. W. Smyth
H. C. Train
George A. Gordon
Chicago Floating Debt Above Taxes
Chicago statisticians project public floating debt rising to 43 940 000 if the city and county realize 123 940 000 in tax anticipation warrants sales. Teachers face another payless payday as county employees miss a third payday. Lincoln Park cuts 250 000 from the 1930 payroll by eliminating 100 jobs to save money without harming operations.
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Chicago
Yeasterday
Harry Newby
Lincoln Park Board
Cotton Falls to New Seasonal Low on New York Market
Cotton futures slipped 2 cents a bale on the New York exchange amid renewed selling and weak demand despite Farm Board support signals. Liverpool and Egyptian markets softened as foreign selling increased, with March delivery dropping to 15.65 cents and May sliding from 16.29 to 15.89.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Federal Farm Board
Liverpool
New Orleans
Williamson Bill Offered in House
Washington February 6 The Williamson bill to transfer the prohibition enforcement unit from the treasury to the department of justice was presented to the house by Representative Williamson of South Dakota. He urged making the nation as bone dry as possible and warned that widespread law violations erode government authority and invite chaos. He said enforcing prohibition is the president’s chief problem and that officials must use every means to secure observance of laws.
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Washington
Williamson
Prohibition Enforcement
The
Treasury
Department
Public Will Decide Chain Stores Fate in Public Debate
Merritt Lum of Chicago, supervisor for Montgomery Ward charm stores, told the American Retailers association convention that the public will decide the outcome of chain versus independent stores based on service. He defended chain advantages and did not respond to charges about profit draining life blood from local communities.
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ST. Louis
Merritt Lum
Chicago
Montgomery Ward
American Retailers’ Association
Lum
J. Frank Grimes
Independent Grocers’ Alliance
Taft Condition Described as Slightly Improved
President Taft remains seriously ill in Washington as doctors press for rest to prolong his life. He slept well overnight and appeared resting comfortably, with his sons delayed in Cincinnati. medical staff planned further examinations and issued no firm bulletin yet.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Mr. Taft
Wyoming Avenue
Daca Ileles
Charles P
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
J. Austin Latimer
South Carolina
Southern Commonwealth
Thomas A. Clayton
Factional Strike in Miners' Union Blamed for Death
Elmer Hayes 45 was shot and killed in the office of James B. Lewis, sub district 11 UMWA counsel, in what authorities call a dispute over factional strife. Charles Grace is jailed as Hayes' killer after being found with Hayes in Lewis's office.
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Harrisburg
Elmer Hayes
James B. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Miners’ Union
Charles Grace
Hayes
Grace
Lewis
Prohibition credited with saving 3359 lives in study
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union released a report based on U S Census data from 1910 to 1928 claiming prohibition saved 3359 lives by reducing alcoholism death rates. It notes New York high alcoholism, Maryland above prohibition era rates, and 31 states plus DC below the 1929 U S average.
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Evanston, Lll
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Today
U. S. Bureau of Census
Maryland
New York
District of Columbia
Montana
Methodist Board Mergers Studied
The educational association of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South discussed divergent views on unifying the boards of education Epworth and Sunday schools. Opponents argued against merging while supporters pressed the plan. A memorial on the subject may be adopted before tonight’s meeting adjourns. The unification plan will go to the general conference in Dallas in May.
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Memphis
Tenn
Educational Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Board of Education of
Epworth
Educational Commission of the
General Conference of the Church
H. H. Sherman
Board of Education
Church
R. H. Bennett
Lander College
Greenwood
D. C
Paul B. Kern
San Antonio
Tex
Association
Dallas
Carter Will Speak At Simmons Rally In Greensboro Tuesday
Simmons supporters plan a Tuesday night meeting at the King Cotton hotel in Greensboro. Chas A Hines will speak along with W Frank Carter and an audience from other counties in the fifth district will be invited to send representatives for county group organization.
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Carter
Simmons
Greensboro
Chas. A. Hines
King Cotton Hotel
Fifth District
Hines
W. Frank Carter
Airy
Fireman Rescued After Fire on Freighter James River
Fire broke out in crew quarters of the freighter James River as it rocked at Philadelphia. Fireman Hope Harrison of Plymouth North Carolina was dragged from a bunk and saved by fireman Joseph Dykes of Norfolk Virginia. Flames were put out by a city fire boat. Captain McCoy said damage did not stop sailing once loading ends.
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Philadelphia
James River
Hope Harrison
Plymouth
N. C
Joseph Dykes
Norfolk
McCoy
Wagner Urges Realistic Probe of Prohibition
Senator Wagner pressed the Senate to direct the Hoover law enforcement commission to examine the merits of the prohibition statute and to consider amendments. He criticized the panel for aiming to remove human enforcement agents and urged a focused inquiry into whether current laws promote temperance and observance. The speech framed prohibition as a unique, classed statute with widespread violations.
Kings Mountain Invites President for Washington Celebration
North Carolina Governor O Max Gardner announced an invitation to the President for a Washington celebration. The invitees included Governors Horton of Tennessee and Richards of South Carolina, Senators Overman Simmons and Smith, and local officials from Kings Mountain and Rock Hill among others. The occasion featured a volume titled Kings Mountain and its Heroes. The event drew officials from North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee.
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Overman and Simmons
North Carolina
Blease Brock
McKellar
Tennessee
Smith
South Carolina
House
J. C. Dozier
Wiley McGinnis
Kings Mountain
J. B. Johnson
Rock Hill
J. A. Latimer
Richards
James Adkins
Gastonia
Women of Four Nations Petition at St James Palace
Representatives from the United States Great Britain France and Japan presented petitions to Ramsay MacDonald and other leaders at St James Palace urging actual naval armament reductions to aid lasting peace. Mrs Edgerton Parsons led speeches as Mr MacDonald thanked the women for showing public opinion is strong in their nations.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Ramsay MaccDonald
MacDonald
Henry L. Stimson
Reijiro Wakatsuki
M. Mathieu
St. James’ Palace
Edgerton Parsons
Conference of Cause and Cure War
Mr. MacDonald
Will Rogers Encounters Shaw In Brief London Chat
Will Rogers arriving in New York from Europe recounted meeting George Bernard Shaw who filled the conversation. He said Shaw supplied most of the talk after a brief initial greeting. Rogers added he did not meet King George at the naval disarmament conference, though the king appeared impressive from afar.
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New York
Will Rogers
George Bernard Shaw
Europe
Ile de France
Shaw
Rogers
King George
London
Pound urges power to try minor dry law violations
Roscoe Pound of the national law enforcement commission told the House judiciary committee that federal courts are congested and crime has risen. He cited wholesale prosecutions for minor dry law violations and said it harms court dignity and public respect for the law. Pound, dean of Harvard Law School, noted Congress has approved methods to dispose of minor cases.
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Washington
United States
Roscoe Pound
National Law Enforcement Commission
House Judiciary Committee
Pound
Wickersham
Commission
Harvard Law School
Congress
General McCall Attacks Chain Stores Before Large Crowd
In Charlotte an audience of more than 2500 heard Attorney General Charles McCall of Alabama denounce chain stores as a menace. Delegations from North and South Carolina attended as a citizen’s protective league formed and a radio fight against the chain stores was announced to begin next week. McCall accused chains of bloodsucking monopoly tactics and praised independent retailers as the bulwark of American business.
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Charlotte
Charles
McCall
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Lavarre Ordered to Court Over Contempt Charge
In Macon Georgia federal court Judge Bascom Deaver issues a writ of attachment for newspaper publisher William Lavarre after he failed to appear to answer contempt citations. Lavarre claims court lack of jurisdiction and argues the Piedmont Press Association, not the three papers, governs his actions. The case involves South Carolina papers the Spartanburg Herald and Journal and the Columbia Record and a plan to bring Lavarre into federal court in South Carolina.
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Deaver
Macon
Bascom v. Deaver
Federal District Court Today
William
Lavarre
J. T. Webb, Jr
Spartanburg
S. C
Herald
the Journal
The
Columbia
Piedmont Press Association
Webb
South Carolina
Benjamin EB. Pierce
Federal District Court
Augusta
Chronicle
Harold Hall
P. T. Anderson
Mexico City Shock After Assassination Attempt on Ortiz Rubio
President Ortiz Rubio remained resting at home after a gunman fired six shots, injuring him and others during the inauguration. Former President Portes Gil leads the interior inquiry as seven more are held, with troops patrolling and tight security surrounding the president’s residence.
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Rubio
Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
Portes Gil
Interior
Daniel Flores
Jose Vasconcelos
Flores
Senora Ortiz Rubio
Senorita Maria Rosh
Mes
Heavily Dressed Tar Heel Arrested in Cincinnati
Ernest Thompson, 19, of Hickory North Carolina, was arrested in Cincinnati for recent robberies at a Indianapolis dry cleaning store. Detectives said he admitted disguising himself with multiple layers of clothing. Thompson had been released on Christmas Day from a North Carolina reformatory after a two year sentence.
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Cincinnati
Ernest Thompson
Hickory
N. C
Indianapolis
Emmett D. Kirgan
Kinston
State College Reignites Dormitory Cannon Clash
At State College nearly 1900 students staged a two hour, good natured skirmish over an old rusted two ton cannon. Dormitory factions from 1911 and fifth dormitory moved the Howitzer, water buckets flew, wheels were removed, and the weapon finally returned to 1911 amid cheers and minor chaos.
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Raleigh
State College
Sacred Front
South
Cotton acreage cuts planned by American cotton group
Jackson Mississippi February meeting of the American cotton cooperative association’s acreage committee discussed reducing planted cotton. Federal farm board member Carl Williams urged a danger line at 10 million acres, noting 1999 planting around 6 million, and called for higher quality cotton to compete abroad. Dr Tait Butler, chair, was re elected.
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Jackson
Miss
Carl Williams
Federal Farm Board
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Williams
United States
Farm Board
Stronely
Tait Butler
William B. Roberts
Mississippi
Butler
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