Democrats Foiled In Battle On Metal Duties
Senate Democrats moved to cut metal import duties in the tariff bill but adjourned for a weekend. Senator Watson proposed a night session to clear tariff by March 1. Amendments on sponge iron and hollow bars were debated. 38.8 million pounds of aluminum paid about 1.94 million in duties in 1928, versus 0.78 million under 1913 rates.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Democrats
Watson
Indiana
Barkley
Kentucky
Smoot
Finance Committee
House
Sweden
Walsh
Montana
Tariff Commission
Underwood
Detroit Faces Gangster Exodus From Chicago
Detroit police report a surge of Chicago trained criminals moving into the city. They cite seven violent deaths two daylight payroll robberies two Western Union holdups and numerous lesser crimes over the past two weeks as evidence of the influx and rising crime.
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Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York Bar Moves To Oust Magistrate Vitale
The New York City Bar Association moves to remove Magistrate Albert H. Vitale after charges alleging he borrowed nearly $20 000 without collateral from a firm owned by Arnold Rothstein and that he freed a burglary suspect despite evidence of guilt. The hearing is set for next Friday before the appellate division.
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New York
Bar Association of
New York City
Albert H. Vitale
Appellate Division
State Supreme Court
Victor J. Dowling
Vitale
Bar Association
Arnold Rothstein
Broadway
Bronx
Ciro Terranova
Chicago
Frankie Yale
Frank Marlow
Joseph Brevate
Nobile Blamed in Italia Expedition Disaster Report
Rome reports the commission’s findings on the 1928 Italia dirigible disaster. It faults General Umberto Nobile for poor leadership and tries to blame his conduct upon his men, noting unclear control from alarm to catastrophe and lack of an experienced pilot aboard.
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Rome
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Stefani
Nobile
Citta di Milano
Mariano
Zappi
Texas Republicans urge anti Smithites to join their ranks
In Dallas on February 15 the Texas Republican Executive Committee urged Democrats who refused to back Governor Alfred R. Smith of New York in the previous presidential race to switch to the Republican Party. The move mirrors a recent Democratic committee session that decided to welcome Hoover supporters as voters in the 1938 primary but bar them as candidates.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Alfred R. Smith
New York
Democratic Executive Committee
Herbert Hoover
Taxpayers Boost School Tax Rate To Reopen Schools
In Ridgeland South Carolina Jasper county voters approved raising the school tax from 10 mills to 15 mills at a mass meeting. The higher levy funds 36 schools reopening for 2 800 pupils after a Thursday holiday with plans to revert to the lower rate next year.
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Ridgeland
S. C
Jasper County
Auxiliary Meeting of Lucy Robertson Circle
Members of the Lucy Robertson Auxiliary of the Main Street Methodist church will meet Monday night at 7 30 at the home of Mrs R A Lloyd 303 Woodrow avenue.
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Lucy Robertson
Main Street
R. A. Lloyd
Woodrow Avenue
Antismithites in Alabama halted by judge ruling
Birmingham Alabama February 15 Judge R E Evans of Jefferson County Circuit Court denied Horace Wilkinson anti Smith leader in 1928 an injunction to restrain the county from proceeding with the Democratic primary August 12 Crampton Morris attorney for Wilkinson said the case will go to the state supreme court Evans questioned the court s authority to declare capricious and unwarranted a decision of the state democratic executive committee The case was seen as a test of the committee s ruling on Democrats who did not support the 1928 presidential ticket
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Birmingham
Ala
R. E. Evans
Jefferson County Circuit Court
Horace Wilkinson
Crampton Morris
Wilkinson
State Supreme Court
Feevans
State Democratic Executive Committee
State Committee
Oil Companies Face Conspiracy Charges in California
U S Attorney George J Hatfield filed suit in federal district court on orders from the attorney general to enjoin 19 California oil companies from conspiring to maintain an unfair gasoline price and from violating anti trust laws. The action targets seven major and twelve smaller firms.
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San Francisco
U. S
George J. Hatfield
California
Federal District Court
Attorney General of
United States
Hughes Resigns From World Court
Charles Evans Hughes resigns from the world court, notification received by Sir Eric Drummond, secretary-general, in Geneva on February 15.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Charles Evans Hughes
World Court
Eric Drummond
Savant Sees Divorce As Greater National Menace
Dr. Charles Darsie, of Indianapolis, told an adult education group that divorce is now a bigger national concern than prohibition. He said one divorce occurs for every three marriages in cities, with rising rates in rural areas, and urged Christians to address shifting theories of marriage and happiness.
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Savant
Chicago
United States
Charles Darsie
Indianapolis
International Council of Religious Education
Simmons Hopes to Attend Jackson Day Dinner
Raleigh February 15 Senator F M Simmons hopes to attend the Jackson Day dinner March 15 held by North Carolina Young People's Democratic Organization. Secretary Frank A Hampton said Simmons is delaying reply to see if Senate schedule allows absence and will soon decide. The organizers report 649 guests invited including Jouett Shouse Harry Byrd O Max Gardner Josiah Bailey and five GOP rivals plus other officials.
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Raleigh
F. M. Simmons
Young People's Democratic Organization
Frank A. Hampton
Simmons
Senate
Hampton
Senator Simmons
Taylor
Tyre C. Taylor
Young People’s Democratic Organization
North Carolina
Jouett Shouse
National Democratic Committee
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
O. Max Gardner
Josiah William Bailey
State G. O. P. To Centralize Fight About Charlotte
The Charlotte Observer reports North Carolina Republicans will base their campaign around Charlotte and the ninth and tenth districts. Democratic leaders expect Congress man Charles A. Jonas to be urged for re election in the ninth. Brownlow Jackson notes the state convention may be moved from Asheville to Charlotte, signaling a determined GOP contest in the area.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
North Carolina
Ninth
Charles A. Jonas
Lincolnton
Washington
Jonas
Brownlow Jackson
Asheville
Customs patrolman acquitted in liquor search shooting
Emmett J. White of Duluth was found not guilty by a federal court jury of murdering Gust Henry Wirk kula of Big Falls Minnesota while attempting to stop a car for a liquor search 25 miles south of the Canadian border last June 8.
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Duluth
Minn
Emmett J. White
U. S
Gust Henry Wirkkula
Big Falls
Minch
Hoover Is En Route To Capital
President Hoover leaves Long Key after a Florida vacation spent in boats on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Justice Harlan F. Stone and Mrs. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, Mark Sullivan, Mrs. Sullivan, and Dr. Vernon Kellogg join the journey to Washington aboard a private car. The Defender dirigible flew over the Saunterer to greet the president, who waved from the deck. The train makes short stops at Miami, Jacksonville, Savannah, and Richmond before Monday arrival in Washington. Salt fish from Florida Keys fishing trips are being mounted for shipment to Washington.
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Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Miami
Saunterer
C. H. Reeder
D C Moore Ends Life at Columbia
D C Moore an elderly appraiser for the federal land bank in Columbia shot himself in his Jerome hotel room after officials grew anxious over his absence The door was bolted from inside and a .38 caliber pistol lay in his lap Bank officials cite despondency over failing health He had worked for the bank since 1922 and his widow son and daughter live in Charlotte Bud Moore a brother is president of the Charlotte baseball club
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Columbia
S. C
D. C. Moore
Lawyer's Road
Charlotte
N. C
Federal Land Bank of Columbia
Jerome
Moore
Bud Moore
Charlotte Baseball Club
Gardner Rained Out In Pinehurst Golf Plans
Rain today canceled Gov. O. Max Gardner's golf foursome with former Gov. George Silver of Metuchen Pa and former Gov. H. N. Spaulding of Rochester N H. Mrs. Gardner arrived from Raleigh to join the governor for a rest at Pinehurst.
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Gardner
Pinehurst
O. Max Gardner
George Silver
Metuchen
H. N. Spaulding
Rochester
N. H
Raleigh
Rudderless Ship's Passengers Safe
Sixty three passengers were rescued from the glass bottom excursion boat New River after it sank in Bear Cut near Fisher's Island and Virginia Key south of Miami Beach. Captain Jen Meschel operated the vessel as water flooded through a sand bar caused opening. Rescue craft and air planes aided the evacuation with landings along the county causeway.
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Miami
Fla
New River
Bear Cut
Fisher's Island
Virginia Key
Miami Beach
Jen Meschel
William K. Vanderbilt
Marine Gardens
Here
J. F. Bauder
City Yacht Dock
Soviet Press Attacks Reports Of Religious Persecution
Moscow dispatch reports the Soviet press uniting to denounce foreign claims that religion is being persecuted. The February 15 item notes officials rebutting alleged anti religious campaigns and criticizes outside reports as misrepresentations of policy.
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Moscow
United Today
Izvestia
Pravda
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Sergius
Test of guilt for liquor buyer in Vested Act case
John Wayland a Washington street car conductor faces arraignment on liquor purchase under the Volstead act. He pleads not guilty and seeks trial by jury with no date set. A woman involved pleaded not guilty to possessing liquor and demands a jury trial. Both were released on bond.
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Washington
District of Columbia
John Wayland
David A. Hart
Wayland
Supreme Court
Hart
Steamship Admiral Beson reported ashore near Columbia River
A Seattle radio message reports the steamship Admiral Beson ashore near the mouth of the Columbia River. The vessel was bound for Portland from San Francisco, with no further details provided.
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Seattle
Wash
Admiral Beson
Columbia River
Seattle Harbor
Portland
Oregon
San Francisco
Mrs. W. M. Terrell Killed in Auto Wreck Near Gate City
Greensboro NC Feb 15 Mrs W M Terrell of Reidsville was killed when an automobile she rode in with her husband overturned leaving a highway north of Greensboro. Her husband 26 is in a hospital with a broken collar bone.
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Greensboro
N. C
W. M. Terrell
Reidsvilles
Terrell
Bank sues Rutherford Bank directors for 65 000
American Trust Company of Charlotte files suit in Mecklenburg superior court against Rutherford Bank & Trust Company directors. It seeks payment of a 50 000 note and 16 310.31 on a 20 000 note. Rutherford Bank and its Spindale and Union Mills branches did not reopen after February 4 and are now under NC Corporation Commission supervision.
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North Carolina Corporation Commission
St. Louis Aeronautical Exposition Opens With Aviation Boom
St Louis hosts the second international aircraft exposition sponsored by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America. Eighty seven planes, valued at about 2.5 million, fill three arena buildings with 1930 models debuting. speeds range 125 to 200 mph, and several ships are priced to compete with cars.
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ST. Louis
Lindbergh
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
New York
Paris
London Naval Conference Braces For Franco Italian Parity Clash
Delegates enter fourth week of the five power talks amid gains on a five year naval holiday and tonnage settlement. France presses fleet tonnage demands renewing parity tensions with Italy while Henderson urges patience and a broader disarmament path. MacDonald hosts journalists at Chequers as Stimson Wakasaki Briand and Grandi work with advisers on a possible compromise.
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Frank H. King
Associated Press
London
Henderson
Birkenehead
Arthur Henderson
MacDonald
Great Britain
Chequers
Tardieu
Aristide Briand
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Mr. MacDonald
Reijiro Wakasaki
Japan
Dino Grandi
Italy
St James Palace
Meeting Raises Hones of Chicago But No Cash Yet
CHICAGO FEB 15 A conference between city representatives and the Strawn citizens relief committee raised the ropes of the former but produced no cash. The city announced it could wait no longer for relief and ordered the issue of 1 339 958 tax anticipation warrants to pay 4 000 employees.
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Chicago
Strawn Citizens’ Relief Committee
Covety
Republican Leading Race In Kentucky
Charles Finley of Williamsburg holds a lead over Nat B. Sewell of London in a special election for the eleventh district to fill the Robsion term. With 198 of 633 precincts reported Finley 6,339 and Sewell 2,563. Finley, linked to the Goebel assassination case, is a longtime Republican figure. Sewell is a former state insurance commissioner.
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Louisville
Charles Finley
Williamsburg
Nat B. Sewell
London
Eleventh
John M. Robsion
U. S. Senate
Finley
Sewell
Gov. Goebel
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