Confirmation Of Hughes Faces Doubt In Senate Fight
The fight over Charles Evans Hughes to be Chief Justice deepens with senators predicting a slim margin or possible defeat. Opposition grows as Democratic and Republican leaders react, with debate resuming and a vote possibly delayed beyond today.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Walsh
Montana
Norris
Senate
Judiciary Committee
New York
Hoover
Watson
Indiana
Glass
Virginia
Nye
South Dakota
Hughes
Nebraska
Tardieu Center Of Interest Amid Naval Parley Clash
France plans a naval program from 1930 to 1984 with a fleet target of 724 479 English tons by 1986 whileTardieu faces pressure from Italy over parity. Talks with Stimson and MacDonald hinge on Franco Italian disputes and no progress is reported toward a compromise.
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France
Andre Tardieu
Stimson
Stimson Sa
Robert Ll. Craige
Tardieu
MacDonald
House of Commons
Italy
Dino Grandi
Mussolini
Grandi
Associated Press
Couple Slain By Gotham Gunmen
Four gunmen in a Bronx incident killed May Smith a 24 year old dance hall hostess and her escort Carmine Barelli 30 in two separate chases after they alighted from a car. Smith died en route to Morrisania hospital and Barelli died at a garage after being shot in the chest and chin.
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New York
May Smith
Wilkes-Barre
Carmine Barelli
The
Bronx
Barelli
Morrisania Hospital
Sherman
Sherman Garage
C. Bareli
Hughes Involved In Muscle Shoals Contract Draft
Senate lobby committee hears testimony that Charles Evans Hughes drafted the contract to turn Muscle Shoals over to the American Cyanamid Company. Legislation seeks congressional approval of Cyanamid bid for the shoals power and nitrate plant as W. G. Wade cites a memorandum of Hughes’s involvement.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Senate
Congress
Shoals
W. G. Wade
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Chewnings Change Minds About Apartment
Washington February 13 The newlyweds Mr and Mrs William Jeffries Chewning Jr a bank teller and the 19 year old daughter of Senator Couzens Michigan hosted a social for about 500 guests. They will not stay in the modest one room apartment but plan housekeeping in a spacious dwelling in an exclusive district. The secretary confirmed the plan while the couple greeted guests at a dance last night. The apartment manager said they informed him yesterday they had changed their minds.
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Washington
William Jeffries Chewning, Jr
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Noah Beery In Serious Condition After Operation
Hollywood star Noah Beery lies in dangerous condition at a Hollywood hospital after an appendicitis operation. The famed film heavy, known for villain roles, fought for his life following the surgery.
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Noah Beery
Hollywood
Cal
Bolter Barred By Alabama Official
SELMA Alabama February 13 Chairman Ed Pettus of the state democratic executive committee rejected the qualification papers of W L Lee of Dothan an announced candidate for governor on the ground that by supporting Herbert Hoover in the 1928 presidential election Lee disqualified himself as a democratic candidate. The committee barred all persons who voted for republican electors in the general election from the August primary. Lee, an active Hoover supporter, announced he would test the action in court if barred.
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Selma
Ala
Ed Pettus
State
Democratic Executive Committee
W. L. Lee
Dothan
Lee
Herbert Hoover
Montgomery
Hoover
Japanese Naval Wants Outlined
The Japanese delegation outlined naval needs in a public statement, aligning with prior British and American declarations while not demanding a 70 percent heavy cruiser ratio from the United States. It emphasizes eight inch gun cruisers, a minimum defense strength, and submarines suited to Japan’s geography, plus readiness for a naval holiday in capital ships through 1936.
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London
United States
Japan
High School Heads Convene in Wilmington for State Meeting
Principals from major North Carolina high schools gather in Wilmington for a two day AA I high school principals association convention. Dr W O Hampton of New Hanover high school announces a program featuring talks by leading state educators on high school progress.
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Wilmington
W. O. Hampton
New Hanover
Defies Elements To Rush To Bedside Of Sick Wife
Bruce Willis Strang and Dr Carl Shipley flew from SKY HARBOR Tennessee to Nashville then drove to Key West Florida to reach Mrs Strong gravely ill with pneumonia. The effort spanned weather delays and multiple transport changes as authorities worked to save the 23 year old woman's life.
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Tenn
Bruce Willis Strang
Chicago
Key West
Fla
Mr. Strong
Carl V. Shipley
Nashville
McConnell Field
Bruce Willis Strong
Chicago Automobile Sales Company
Strong
Detroit
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Dr. Shipley
Miss Elsie Riddick Elected NC League President
Miss Elsie Riddick of Raleigh was elected president of the North Carolina League of Women Voters at its annual convention in Goldsboro. New officers include First Vice President H F Seawell Carthage Second Vice President E R Mosher Chapel Hill Third Vice President Ruth G Douglass Asheville Treasurer Louise Sebolt Duke University Durham Recording Secretary H Grady Moore Charlotte Corresponding Secretary C A Shore Raleigh.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Elsie Riddick
Raleigh
North Carolina League of Women Voters
H. F. Seawell
Carthage
E. R. Mosher
Chapel Hill
Ruth G. Douglass
Asheville
Louise Sebolt
Duke University
Durham
H. Grady Moore
Charlotte
C. A. Shore
Legislative hearing on Michigan politics sparks questions
AP dispatches report Rep Clancy says Governor Green could not have attended a Detroit wild party as described by writer Wal ter Liggett before the House Judiciary Committee. The witness list includes Huston's 1923 payments to a Washington office examined by the Senate lobby committee.
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Clancy
Michigan
House Judiciary Committee
Green
Detroit
Walter Liggett
TY Washington
Claudius H. Huston
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Republican National Committee
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Test of liquor buyer guilt collapses in police court
Washington February 13. The charge against Joseph Patrick Carley for buying a half pint of gin under the Volstead act collapsed after police could not prove anyone sold the gin to Carley. No witness could admit selling the liquor.
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Washington
Joseph Patrick Carley
Carley
State College Students Midnight Ride Ended Behind Nag
In Raleigh on February 13 authorities halted a midnight wagon ride by about a dozen State College students. Police escorted the youths to the station for over an hour while a professor in full dress drove the horse and wagon back to the campus stalls. No charges were filed.
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State College
Nag
Dobbin Home
Raleigh
Rde
Morrow Talk Thrills North Carolina Republicans in Lincoln Day Dinner
Former Kentucky Governor and U S Board of Mediation member Edwin P Morrow electrified about 1500 North Carolina Republicans at Greensboro’s King Cotton Hotel, denouncing Democrats and praising GOP stability. Judge I M Meekins praised Lincoln, while leaders discussed O R York as party chairman successor Brownlow Jackson plans to retire.
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W. PL. Renfrow
Greensboro
Edwin P. Morrow
Kentucky
United States Board of Mediation
North Carolina
King Cotton Hotel
Kentucky Statesman
Democratic Party
Abraham Lincoln
High Point
O. R. York
Brownlow Jackson
I. M. Meekins
Elizabeth City
Fettle
Lincoln
Thomas H. King
Firestones And Edisons Enjoy Fort Myers Fair
Fort Myers Florida February 13 the Edison and Firestone parties attended the Lee county fair The inventor carried a large yellow stuffed rabbit his wife won at a booth They both staked 35 cents at booth number 11 without success Mrs Edison and Mrs Firestone bested their husbands by winning a baby doll for a rabbit Mr Edison chose the yellow rabbit while a diving dog attracted attention and earned praise from the electric wizard
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Firestones
Lee County Fair
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Harvey Firestone
Mr. Firestone
Edison
Navy dirigible Los Angeles delayed by weather in New Jersey
The Navy airship Los Angeles remains in its hangar at Lakehurst awaiting better weather to begin its planned flight to Havana Cuba. Officials postponed departure from dawn due to light rain and unfavorable winds and expect to fly either later today or tomorrow if conditions improve.
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N. J
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Dirigible
Los Angeles
Havana
Cuba
Goes To Berlin for Naval Attache Post
Captain Kenneth G. Castleman has been named naval attache to the American embassy in Berlin. He previously served as chief of staff to Admiral Mark Bristol, commander of the Asiatic Fleet.
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Kenneth G. Castleman
Berlin
Mark Bristol
Explosion injures fifty Brooklyn schoolchildren at Dean Street
In Brooklyn an explosion demolished two nearby one story brick houses and shattered windows at Public School 83 injuring fifty pupils, twelve seriously. Police found a still in the unoccupied building and arrested Calvin Brooks and his stepson Levi Graham, 16, as suspects amid gas explosion suspicions.
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New York
Brooklyn
Dean Street
Calvin Brooks
Levi Graham
Bandit Menace Spreads Across China Threatening Nationalist Authority
Reports from Shanghai dated February 13 describe bandits and undisciplined soldiers causing widespread danger across eastern and central China. Mar auders pose as provincial troops looting towns and hijacking cargo ships tied to Standard Oil. American naval authorities deploy a gunboat at Hankow to guard oil shipments. the U S legation in Peiping lodges a protest with Nanking.
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China
Hankow-Changhsha
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Hankow
Peiping
Nanking
Yangtze River
Chunkqing
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Anhwei
Kiangsu
Three-Legged Rooster Displayed at Bug House Lab
Washington reports the bug house laboratory displaying a three legged rooster donated by R. H. Huddleston. The peculiar fowl was bought and then given to the laboratories for exhibit.
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Washington
Bug House
R. H. Huddleston
Prohibition Referendum Demands Hearings On Capitol Hill
A group of determined women urged an immediate referendum on the eighteenth amendment as Marylander Bruce pressed for repeal. The House Judiciary Committee recessed after Bruce spoke, with witnesses from New Jersey New York and Brooklyn arguing for repeal and criticizing national prohibition.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
William Cabel Bruce
Maryland
House Judiciary Committee
Bruce
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
David Holmes Morton
Brooklyn
Women’s Committee
Louise Gross
New York
National Women’s Moderation League
Morton
College officials say attackers in Greensboro hazing case may be identified
Dr. E. C. Brooks president of N C State College said authorities may soon convict part or all of the masked assailants in the Saturday morning attack on Charles Kellenberger Jr. of Greensboro. Dean E L Cloud joined the investigation noting the incident may be hazing and that Kellenberger was assaulted in his dormitory room after traveling 80 miles home. His hair was cut during the assault.
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E. C. Brooks
N. C. State College
Charles Kellenberger, Jr
Greensboro
Brooks
Dean E. L. Cloud
Kelienberger
Kellenberger
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