French Premier Laval resigns as Senate rejects policy delay
Laval and his cabinet submitted resignations to President Dou after the Senate defeated a motion to defer debate on general policy. The 157 to 134 vote, framed as a confidence test, followed the disarmament talks in Geneva and came amid opposition over Laval's Washington trip and the electoral reform bill. The president accepted the resignations.
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Geneva
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Andre Tardieu
Edouard Herriot
Botton
Washington
United States
House Rule Proposal On Prohibition Is Rejected
A House judiciary committee vote of 14 to 9 defeated a proposed constitutional amendment for a home rule plan to handle prohibition. Democrats and Republicans split on the measure with 6 Democrats and 3 Republicans for, 7 Democrats and 7 Republicans against. Chairman Sumners urged delaying any liquor issue to ease economic distress.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
House Net
Ogy =gue
Tucker
Virler
Oliver
New Pareerich
Illinoils
Condon
Rhode Island
Dyer
Missouri
Laguardia
New York
Bachmann
West Virginia
Dominick
South Carolina
McKeown
Oklahoma
Browning
Tennessee
Gregory
Kentucky
Tarver
Georgia
Weaver
North Carolina
Sumners
Texas
Christopherson
South Dakota
Yates
Illinois
Michener
Michigan
Kurtz
Pennsylvania
Moore
Ohio
Hall
Ilinois
Sparks
Kansas
Ratification Of Measure Would Take Seven Years
Hoover’s Federal Reserve credit and currency bill races through the House with a 350 to 15 vote and moves to the Senate amid rapid action and amendments. Glass-Walcott differ on two provisions as bankers oppose limits on bank loans and rediscount eligibility. The measure aims to alter congressional terms and start dates, pending ratification by states.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Reserve
White House
House
Senate
Congress
Garner
House Banking and Currency Committee
Glass and
Walcott
Glass
Bankera
Democratic House
Englishwoman Aide of Gandhi Ordered to Leave Bombay
Madeline Slade a British society figure and key aide of Gandhi was ordered by Bombay authorities to depart within 24 hours and refrain from unlawful activities. Signed by Sir Patrick Kelly the police commissioner the order cites emergency powers and warns she cannot return without permission. She pledged to stay and continue her work despite the order.
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Bombay
Madeline Slade
London Society
Mahatma Gandhi
Sir Patrick Kelly
Police
Gandhi
Miss Slade
Washington Diary Notes On War Calm And Finance
A Washington report quotes Will describing a chat with Secretary Stimson who expects the war to quiet and terms to be reached. He notes Japan’s failed Shanghai aim, the broader mood in the capital, and mentions Dawes, J P Morgan, and 18 bankers in line for loans amid growing optimism.
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Washington
Zeigfeld
Stimson
Shanghai
Mr. Dawes
J. P. Morgan
Cardozo Supreme Court nomination gets Senate approval
The Senate endorsed Benjamin W. Cardozo of New York for the vacant Holmes seat on the Supreme Court in a unified vote. Confirmation expected next Monday after judiciary committee meeting. Liberals back the choice though wary of White House ties.
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Washington
Senate
Benjamin WN. Cardozo
New York
Holmes
Supreme Bench
Cardozo
Judiciary Committee
White House
Hoover reports turn in hoarding decline
President Hoover announced a drastic shift in hoarding behavior with about 34 million dollars returned to circulation since February 4. Financial leaders consider Treasury issuing small denomination short term bonds to move money from mattresses and vaults back into the economy.
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Washington
Hoover
Treasury
Frank Knox
Winston-Salem Clerthiers Elect Hine President
Ira W. Hine of Winston-Salem was elected president of the North Carolina Retail Clothiers and Furnishers association at its annual session held in Winston-Salem. Other officers named include I. Stein of Fayetteville as vice president C. L. Jenkins of Greensboro as secretary and treasurer and directors M. S. Younts Baxter Miller H. B. Patterson J. P. Randolph Roy Swartzburg all from various cities.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
North Carolina Retail Clothiers and Furnishers Association
Ira W. Hine
I. Stein
Fayetteville
C. L. Jenkins
Greensboro
M. S. Younts
Baxter Miller
Durham
H. B. Patterson
Charlotte
JP. S. Randolph
Chapel Hill
Roy
Swartzburg
Ashveille
Quiet Shanghai war section amid looming big push
Reports from Shanghai on February 16 describe Japanese air scouts spotting Chinese cavalry and infantry moving toward front lines, with Japanese artillery cutting the column. In Chapel and Woosung areas the bombardment subsided but troops advanced, while the city mill district buzzed with feverish activity as officers and units maneuvered.
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Shanghai
China
Kiangwan
Woosung
Hongkew
Chapel
Chapei
Japan
Colleen Moore Ends Movie Career After Wed to Al Scott
Colleen Moore announces retirement from films following her marriage to Al P. Scott a New York stock broker. They wed in Fort Pierce and traveled to Palm Beach and Miami Beach before checking into the Pan Coast hotel. Mrs. Scott plans to stay about a month with no definite future plans. They are joined by Scott's aunt Beatrice Warren of Beverly Hills.
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Miami
Fila
Colleen Moore
al P. Scott
New York
Robinson Attacks Hoover As Relief Leader In Senate
Democratic Leader Robinson declared in the senate that it would be unfair to make President Hoover the relief dictator of the United States with 375000000 federal funds at his disposal during a presidential year.
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Washington
Robinson
Senate
Democratic
Hoover
United States
Harwood Waives Hearing And Gives Bond
Raleigh, Feb 16. Judge John H. Harwood waived preliminary hearing in police court and was bound over to Superior court on tampering with state records related to his daughter Lola Harwood of Bryson City. Her case, charged with defalcation of about 4828, is set for Wake Superior court with a plea expected tomorrow.
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Raleigh
N. C
John H. Harwood
Lola Harwood
Bryson City
Superior Court
Tomorow
Harwood
Wake
Willis Smith
J. C. Little
Dennis G. Brummitt
Revenue Department
Miss Harwood
Neal Wimmer Making Progress After Shooting Incident
Neal Wimmer, an orange truck driver wounded twice in the February 5 shooting, shows excellent recovery progress at the local hospital. Dr. J. T. Burrus of High Point recently removed the second bullet, and Wimmer endured the operation well while receiving numerous flowers and visits from supporters.
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Lexington
Neal Wimmer
Orange
J. T. Burrus
High Point
Washington and Lee Professor Kills Self
Earl Wallace Bibb a 30 year old professor of business administration at Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia shot himself late Monday. Bibb a Helena Montana native and 1924 graduate left three letters to relatives unopened as directed. A sister in Clarkesville Tennessee was asked for disposal instructions.
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Lexington
Earl Wallace Bibb
Washington and Lee University
Helena
Mont
Bibb
Clarkesville
Lillington Girl Returns Home After Odd Kidnapping
Helen Dowling, 77, daughter of a Harnett county farmer, was taken from her school by two youths and a young girl, driven around all night and left at a neighbor’s home at dawn. She suffered exposure but was unharmed, and identified the captors as two soldiers named Tom and John plus a young woman.
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Liliangton
Helen Dowling
Harnett
Wade Rowling
Lillington
Rowling
Bowling
Tom
John
Helen
Fraternity House Burns at UNC Chapel Hill
A three story Moody Durham Place fraternity house of Sigma Phi Epsilon burned in Chapel Hill leaving fifteen students asleep inside. Roger Harper was overcome by smoke and saved. Tom Davis escaped by leaping from a third floor window. all personal belongings were lost. Estimated loss ten thousand dollars insured. Cause believed to be defective wiring under a stairway landing.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Smpire
Sigma Phi Epsilon
University of North Carolina
Roger Harper
Winston-Salem
Tom Davis
Hot Springs
Moody Durham Place
Norma Talmadge Plans Paris Divorce Trip
Norma Talmadge, the screen actress, will sail from New York for Paris within ten days to seek a divorce from Joseph M. Schenck, film producer. They have been separated five years since their 1916 marriage. She says there is no other man and she has no intention of remarrying. Schenck reportedly corroborates the news.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Examiner
Norma Talmadge
New York
Paris
Joseph M. Schenck
Carolinas Lumber Dealers Gather for Winter Convention
Several hundred lumber dealers from North and South Carolina gathered in Charlotte for the Carolina Retail Lumber and Building Supply Dealers association two day winter convention. The event divides into classes for discussions of the varied industry topics.
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Charlotte
N. C
Two
Carolinas
Carolina Retail Lumber and Building Supply Dealers Association
Giants farm system signs Wilke to manage Winston-Salem
Harry A. Wilke who captained Bridgeport last season will manage the Winston-Salem club of the Piedmont league this year. Both Bridgeport and Winston-Salem will operate as farms by the New York Giants.
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Winston-Salem
Harry A. Wilke
Bridgeport
Winston- Salem
New York Giants
Hitler May Run for Presidency in Germany Race
A Nazi rise to power is forecast as Adolf Hitler and Alfred Hugenberg may field a joint candidacy. President Hindenburg, 84, seeks re election amid talk of Hitler obtaining German citizenship and a push to overturn the November 9 1918 system. Ernst Thaelmann remains the lone declared opponent.
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Munich
Germany
Paul von Hinden
Adolph Hitler
Nazi
Ernst Thaelmann
Hitler
Alfred Haugenberg
Hjalmar Schacht
Mussolini
Italy
Chancelor Bruening
Hindenburg
Winghell 10 Talk in Murder of Col Vincent Coll
Walter Winchell, the Broadway gossip columnist, was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury about the machine gun murder of Vincent Coll. His Daily Mirror column two nights before the shooting mentioned gangsters flying from Chicago with machine guns to "rub out Coll." Two days later he said one of Coll’s men was on the spot. He has since received a warning that he is marked for death and now has two detectives as bodyguards.
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New York
Walter Winchell
Grand Jury
Vincent Col
Coll
Winchell
Daily Mirror
Chicago
Smithpeters Committed After Insanity Finding In Florida Case
William W. Smithpeters of Tarpon Springs Florida was adjudged insane and sent to Florida state hospital for the insane after confessing to shooting and killing Ruth Kelly a Cheboygan Michigan divorcee during a religious argument on January 6.
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Clearwater, Fla
William W. Smithpeters
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Florida State Hospital
Ruth Kelly
Cheboygen
Mich
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Dou
Columbia
Flushing
Long Island
New York City
Federal Reserve Credit and Money Bill
Mr. Hoover
Ass'n. of Clothiers
Silver Screen
Burrus
Washington and Lee
Odd
U.N. C
Burns
Sigma Phi Epsilon Chapter
Bulletins
Winghell
Gotham
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