Americans Seek to Aid French Position at Naval Talks
Americans aim to reconcile the French naval program with other powers at the conference. Dwight W. Morrow meets with Dino Grandi and Mussolini aide to push Franco Italian understanding on parity. Tokyo asserts Japan will not renounce 70 percent of U S naval tonnage, detailing the memorandum and note to Senator Reed.
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MacKenzie
Associated Press
London
France
Italy
Tokyo
Japan
Reed
Flashes Of Life From Around The World
In London Ellen Wilkinson notes the beauty of Baroness Acton in the naval delegation scene. In Washington a Hoover signature question is playfully blamed on a sail fish. Madrid removes Primo de Rivera street names while Spain restores older ones. Pitman New Jersey milking with a barn loud speaker boosts cows and yields.
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London
Ellen Wilkinson
Baroness Acton
Miss Wilkinson
Evening News
Madrid
Spain
Pitman
N. J
Milst Elwell
Study of Evil: Rollins College Adds Course
Winter Park Florida February 15 Establishment of a department for the study of evil with novelist Mrs Corra Harris as instructor announced by Rollins College president Dr Hamilton Holt She will lecture to advanced students The course aims to analyze evil as a Classic and prepare youth to deal intelligently with dark instincts rather than emotionally It challenges the idea that sophisticated youth are truly sophisticated.
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Winter Park
Fla
Department For
Corra Harris
Hamilton Holt
Rollins College
Harris
Holt
Woman Seeks G O P Nomination For California Governor
Mrs Clara Shortridge Foltz attorney announced her candidacy for the republican nomination for governor of California She is the first woman in the state to enter the race Foltz sister of U S Senator Samuel Shortridge cited her legal experience and state involvement as qualifications.
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Los Angeles
Clara Shortridge Foltz
California
Foltz
Samuel Shortridge
United States
Higher Wages For Professors Asked
EVANSTON Ill Feb 15 William A Dyche business manager of Northwestern university is preparing a petition to the board of trustees for higher pay for professors He said this would be the first step in a movement to seek better salaries for professors in other universities of the country I have completed a survey showing our ablest professors are remaining with us only because they love their work although they could make much more by accepting other positions.
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Evanston, Ill
William A. Dyche
Northwestern University
Board of Trustees
Pineville Post Office Robbed by Yeggmen
Pineville North Carolina February 15. Yeggmen forced entry through the Pineville post office front doors and blew the safe robbing an undetermined amount of stamps and money orders. The loss will be estimated by postal authorities as inspector arrives. postmaster B. S. Griffin declined to put a figure. Both doors were broken last night. only the safe was disturbed.
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Pineville
N. C
Griffin
Two Men Questioned Over Missing Boy in Orrville Case
Ohio authorities renew pressure on Charles Hanna and Karl Donald as they seek the body of four year old Melvin Horst missing since December 27 1928. Prosecutor Marion Craven and assistant Walter Mougey say a body discovery is essential to resolve the case and that both men may be shielding others while claims about the death remain vague.
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Walter J. Mougey
Melvin
Orrville
Craven
Wayne County
Donald
Horst
Hanna
Horsts
Millions Worth of Valuables Seized by Soviet Government
Moscow reports seizure of private trader assets valued at about 100 million rubles for tax payments. Diamonds, metals, jewelry and currency will go to the state bank, while furniture and goods are to be sold to trade union members at moderate prices. private trader buildings will go to workers’ families.
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Moscow
Mercury Tumbles In the Midwest
Chicago reports a sharp cold snap with sub-zero readings in the northwest and Duluth at 18 below. Forecasters predicted zero in many areas by nightfall while Chicago opened at 12 degrees at sunrise.
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Chicago
Middle West
Duluth
Communist Plot Suspected in Athens Targeting Feb 28 and March 12
Police report an alleged Communist plan in Athens to organize disturbances on February 28 and March 12 under orders from Moscow and Vienna, with a general strike accompanying the actions.
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Athens
Moscow
Vienna
Traffic Cops to Divide Crown Point Marriage Business
Crown Point Indiana officials plan to station traffic police at the marriage license bureau to direct couples to other marrying squires. Mayor Youkey argues marriages are Crown Point's great industry and that Howard H. Kemp monopolizes the business by arranging with the county clerk.
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Crown Point
Ind
Justices of the Peace
Youkey
Marryin’ Squires
Howard H. Kemp
Kemp
Coast Guard Fires On Rum-Runner Spectators
Deputy Sheriff Jensen reports two coast guard patrol boats fired machine gun rounds toward beach spectators watching a stranded rum runner near Easthampton. Eight witnesses say bullets passed uncomfortably close. no one was hit. The Notus trawler ran ashore in Block Island Sound. Adolph Steinfeldt was arrested as salvage of about 400 cases of liquor occurred during the incident.
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N. Y
John P. Jensen
Suffolk County
Alexander G. Blue
Coast Guard
Jensen
Notus
Block Island Sound
Adolph Steinfeldt
Eagle
Magnolia
Touring Bankers From Raleigh Visit North Carolina
North Carolina bankers on a state tour arrived in Raleigh with 32 Tar Heel financiers and banking representatives from Eastern and Northern states. Led by J. W. Simpson of Greensboro, they toured the Carolina Country Club this morning and planned airplane rides this afternoon, weather permitting due to low clouds.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. W. Simpson
Greensboro
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
Carolina Country Club
Hoover Ends Fishing Holiday Prepares Return to Washington
President Hoover completes a six day gulf coast fishing vacation aboard the Saunterer at Long Key and readies to depart tonight for Washington. He will reach the White House early Monday, resuming official duties after his angling retreat.
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Associated Press
Long Key
Fla
Hoover
Washington
White House
Negress' Attempt To Race Train Is Fatal
Betty Hicks 45 a Black woman attempting to race a train at a grade crossing in Raleigh was killed when she leaped from a stopped car to let an approaching passenger train pass. The auto carrying several women dragged along the tracks and Hicks body was scattered.
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Raleigh
Betty Hicks
Betty
Cancer Sufferers Seek New Cure
In San Francisco on February 14 patients afflicted with cancer flocked to clinics sponsored by Dr. Coffee and Dr. Humber. They received injections of a serum derived from sheep adrenal cortex as hopeful relief, though no cures were proclaimed. Over 100 patients of varied means were treated as Humber and a team worked through the day amid crowded conditions.
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San Francisco
Walter B
Southern Pacific Hospital
Coffey
Humber
Coffee
Humbler
D. Humber
Court to rule on barring Bolters in Alabama primary
The Alabama Democratic Executive Committee barred bolters from state and federal races, prompting a court injunction challenge in Birmingham. Horace Wilkinson seeks to restrain Jefferson county officials from funding or staffing a August primary, arguing the decision disenfranchises voters.
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Birmingham
Ala
State Democratic Executive Committee
Ohe
Horace Wilkinson
anti-Smith
Jefferson County
Wilkinson
State Committee
Bolters
R. W. Evans
M. V. Henry
J. P. Stiles
George Whitefield
W. Ll. Lee
Dothan
E. W. Pettus
Democratic Executive Committee
Lee
Herbert Hoover
Johnson Dies in St. Petersburg at 71
Charles Fletcher Johnson of Waterville Maine longtime United States Senator from Maine 1911 to 1917 died in St. Petersburg Florida today at age 71.
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Johnson
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Charles Fletcher Johnson
Waterville
United States
Maine
Dead U S Sailors Honored In Havana Maine Commemoration
In Havana on February 15 ceremonies paused all business as Cubans and Americans paid tribute to the Maine dead. The Maine monument, funded by the Cuban government, hosted a parade led by Cuban mounted police and Spanish American War veterans, followed by three battalions of sailors from the Wright and Falcon.
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Havana
United States
Maine
Havana Harbor
Maine Monument
Cuba
Wright and Falcon
Movement To Eject Lobbying Minister From Legislature
In Richmond Virginia on February 15 a motion was made to eject Methodist minister Dr Fred R Chenault from the house floor for alleged lobbying. Delegate Vivian Page of Norfolk filed the motion and urged action noting lobbying on the floor violates house rules. Chenault was present at convening but had disappeared by the end of the debate. Page linked the minister to lobbying against a boxing bill introduced by Norfolk's delegate.
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Richmond
Fred R. Chenault
House
House of Delegates
Vivian Page
Norfolk
Chenault
Page
Antarctic Explorers Move Out After Perilous Seaborne Battle
New York dispatch reports two Antarctic expeditions near departure. Byrd’s party at Little America prepares to break camp amid 10 degree below zero cold as radio logs note the end of contact. Wilkins sails from Deception Island toward Montevideo after a three week voyage and a fierce sea battle.
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Little America
Wilkins
Montevideo
New York
Antarctic
Richard K. Byrd
Litha America
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
South Dartmouth
Mass
New York American
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert
Deception Island
Hendrik Tbien
Whiikins
Mussolini's Daughter Engaged to Galleazzo Ciano
Rome announces the engagement of Edna Mussolini aged 19, daughter of Benito Mussolini, to Galleazzo Ciano aged 27, son of Constanzo Ciano. He serves as secretary at the Italian embassy in the Holy City under Count Devecchi. Wedding date not set.
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Rome
Edna Mussolini
Galleazzo Ciano
Constanzo Ciano
Ciano
Holy City
Count Devecchi
Edna
Duce
Famine Conditions Worsen in Shensi Province
Despatches from Sianfu describe famine in Shensi growing worse daily due to natural calamities and civil wars. The Takung Pao report warns of widespread starvation with fields covered by the dead, affecting all social ranks as four years of famine continue.
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Peiping
China
Shensi
Sianfu
Takung Pao
Courts Halts Evictions as Chicago Payless Faces Relief Plan
In Chicago on February 15 courts denied evictions of destitute city employees as relief groups and mortgage holders eyed a potential accord with Mayor Thompson and Silas Strawn. Some 15 day checks were issued to 20,000 city workers, with police and firefighters to be paid next week. A blind street sweeper facing rent eviction avoided eviction after county aid.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Silas H. Strawn
Samuel Insull
Strawn
Thompson
Joseph F. Haas
County Charity Fund
Washington Cops Arrest Buyer And Negro Seller
Washington police say they saw a man and a woman engage in a liquor sale, with John Wayland of Virginia as buyer and Myrtle Schools as seller. The case targets the Jones law for the seller and the Volstead act for the buyer, following a prior failed attempt when the other party could not be produced. Carley’s previous charges collapsed for lack of a contravening party, and he remains free on bond.
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Washington Police Force
Wayland
United States
David A. Hart
Joseph P. Carley
Carley
Bend
Taft resting quietly as doctors report no change
In Washington on February 15 Taft was said by physicians to be resting quietly with no material change in condition. Other items note a $5 000 payroll robbery at Providence hospital Detroit Michigan and other international dispatches.
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Ashington
William Howard Taft
Etroit
Mich
Providence Hospital
Cal Coolidge to Dedicate Arizona Dam Named for Him
Former President Calvin Coolidge is expected to dedicate the Coolidge dam in the Gila valley during a stopover in Arizona on his way to California. The dam carries his name and the ceremony is linked to his Arizona visit tomorrow.
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Choenix
Ariz
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Gila Valley
Arizona
California
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