Guerra Fails in effort to form liberal government
Feb 17 report from Madrid via London says Alfonso Guerra failed to assemble a cabinet with Republican and Socialist support and renounced his task. Rumors of a military coup persisted as General Saro or Anido were named for power. Streets were crowded with talk of dictatorship and revolt while Premiers were unable to form a cabinet.
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Guerra
London
Alfonso
Spain
Boldo Saro
Saro
Martinez Anido
Balearic Islands
Anido
Primo de Rivera
Sanchez Guerra
Constitutionalist
Melquiades Alvarez
Primo Rivera
House Passes Divorce Bill On Second Reading
RALEIGH Feb 17 The house moved through more than forty new measures while the senate weighed the Umstead tax and other items Progress on a divorce bill was slow with amended language to protect property rights while a related measure was carried over for final approval Last week two divorce bills were killed A broad slate of public measures including a five percent tax on utility consumers and a constitutional amendment on county coroner and sheriff terms was advanced Also considered were bills repealing workmen compensation and supervising public pools Harnett criticized the bill as undemocratic Senator Umstead defended the measure saying it could save salaries and aid state finances after approval of the bill
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Mvouse
Johnson of
Pender
Mra. McKee
Jackson
Ervin-Johnson
Harnett
North Carolina
Baggett
Umstead
Orange
Moses predicts senate passage of vets measure
Senator Moses after White House talks with President Hoover predicted Senate passage of the veterans loan bill without delay. The New Hampshire Republican did not confirm the president’s stance. Moses also discussed the Netherlands minister appointment and withheld the candidate’s name.
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Washington
Hoover
Moses
Senate
New Hampshire
White House
House
Oses
Netherlands
Aviator Plans to Start Again After Dirigible Crash
Murfreesboro February 17 Captain Anton Heinen faced a damaged 102 foot airship after a gust hurled it into a tree during a landing en route to Pensacola Fla. The craft suffered a 30 foot gash a 40 foot fall but Heinen and three crew escaped injury. Air yacht to be shipped to Langley Field for repairs with takeoff planned after two to three days delay.
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Murfreesboro
Anton Heinen
Pensacola
Fla
Heinen
Langley Field
Air Yacht
School Children See Cows in Lesson Plan Drive
Los Angeles February 17 The Board of Education reports that 25 percent of city students have never seen a cow and 50 percent have not glimpsed a calf. To fix this a truck carries one cow and two calves daily to public schools for real lessons in milk and steaks.
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Los Angeles
Board of Education
Asheville Bank Officer Ends Life
ASHEVILLE Feb 17 AP Rankin 57 former president of American National Bank who closed last November died instantly after shooting himself. He had resigned last January to join Central Bank and Trust. No motive was found by coroner John L. Carroll. Rankin’s widow daughter Anna and son Eugene 28 survived.
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Asheville
John L. Carroll
Rankin
American National Bank
Central Bank and Trust Company
Anna
Eugene
Tri-State Doctors Hear Reports Read
The thirty third annual Tri State Medical Association meeting in Richmond Virginia heard case reports and essays during the morning session. Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina doctors will elect officers at this afternoon session. Dr J R Caulk of St Louis and Dr E P Lehman of the University of Virginia will present clinics this afternoon.
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Richmond
Tri-State Medical Association
Physicians and Surgeons of
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
J. R. Caulk
St. Louis
E. P. Lehman
University of Virginia
Norris Under Bond On Slaying Charge
Norris, a 38 year old grocer of Kannapolis North Carolina, is held on $3000 bond for trial in April on a murder slaying charge involving his partner Bill Etheridge. Etheridge faced a murder count for Hinsley’s fatal shooting last fall. Norris testified he shot Etheridge after being attacked with a knife, and a coroner's jury ordered him held for trial.
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Kannapolis
N. C
Henry Norris
Bill Etheridge
Etheridge
John Hinsley
Norrig
Hoover's Summer Camp Is Going Dry
President Hoover faces an unusable summer camp if rains do not fall on the upper Rapidan river. Investigations show springs supplying drinking water and creeks feeding the Rapidan and its fishing pools are nearly dry.
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Hoover
Washington
Rapidan River
Rapidan
Senate Defeat of Move to Block Appropriation Bill
In Washington on February 17 the Senate rejected a bid to block action on an appropriation measure worth 1.05 billion dollars aimed at avoiding an extra session. The vote to set aside the conference report was 654 to 18 with both parties supporting timely passage and linking the outcome to Muscle Shoals and veterans bonus legislation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Black
Alabama
Smith
8. C
Blain
Borah
Couzens
Cutting
Frazier
Howell
LaFollette
Norris
Nye
Brock
Caraway
Dill
McGill
McKellar
Sheppard
Trammell
Williamson
Norris and Reece Clash Over Muscle Shoals Bill
Washington dispatch reports Representative Reece of Tennessee blasting Senator Norris of Nebraska for pushing a Muscle Shoals bill with a leasing provision to obscure the main issue. Reece, a conferee on the measure, argues the Norris bill equals nothing and blocks nitrate plant operations for fertilizer.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
House
Reece
Tennessee
Senate
Tenneseean
Sheriff Dies After Moonshiner Shooting in Morganton
Deputy Sheriff Elmore Wilson died after being wounded in a gun battle with alleged moonshiners last month in Morganton North Carolina. Bill Lail, the suspected shooter, faces a murder charge in connection with the incident.
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Morganton
N. C
Elmore Wilson
Bill Lail
Gandhi predicts bright prospects for India talks
Gandhi after a four hour session with Viceroy Lord Irwin said he is satisfied and optimistic about prospects for agreement in India and will confer again with Irwin tomorrow. The remarks came in New Delhi on February 17 following the afternoon talks.
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New Delhi
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Emerg
Lord Irwin
Radio station at Gracias a Dios reported quiet
From Managua Nicaragua February 17 United Fruit radio station at Gracias a Dios said insurgents had captured it last night but today sent a message saying all was quiet and that Nicaraguan national guard troops had arrived from Bluefields.
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Managua
Nicaragua
United Fruit Company
Gracias A Dios
Bluefields
Prohibition Repeal Plan Urges Senate Action
The New Yorker reports a speech to the Senate advocating repeal of the prohibition amendment with concurrent action by non prohibition states to conserve the era’s achievement. Wagner claims the plan meets Wickersham Commission requirements and removes enforcement objections to outright repeal. He argues repeal is the only viable path and notes party divisions over platform timing.
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Washington
Wickersham
New Yorker
Senate
Wickersham Commission
Wagner
Bardwell’s Body Sent to Canton Maine for Burial
Dr. Frederic A. Bardwell chief of physiotherapy at Oteen veterans hospital died suddenly in Asheville and his body was sent to Canton Maine for burial after brief funeral services. He had been a longtime medical administrator and died in his apartment.
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Asheville
N. C
Frederic A. Bardwell
Oteen Veterans Hospital
Canton
Maine
Bardwell
Lawyer Dies in Columbia Bamberg Lawyer Dies at 52
William E. Free 52 prominent Bamberg lawyer died in a hospital in Columbia South Carolina after a six week illness. He was a well known attorney active in local affairs and leaves a widow and two children. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Bamberg firm.
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Columbia
8. C
William E. Free
Bamberg
Wickersham in Silence on Prohibition Report Request
Chairman Wickersham of the law enforcement commission declined to answer when how or if the commission would comply with the senate resolution demanding non secret testimony and data underlying the historic prohibition report The commission does not meet again until March 4 as Congress ends its session.
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Washington
Wickersham
The
Law Enforcement Commission
Senate
Congress
Hold Service For Lillian Leitzel
SARASOTA Florida February 17 circus aerialist Lillian Leitzel who died from injuries after a fall at Copenhagen will be buried at Long Beach California. The performer had bought a home there and relatives of her husband Alfredo Codona also reside in the area.
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Sarasota
Fla
Lillian Leitzel
Fmijuries
Copenhagen
Long Beach
Calif
Ttey
Alfredo Codona
Urges Strengthening of Bank Supervision
Washington February 17 Oscar Wells chairman of the Ocho National Bank of Birmingham urged stronger supervision of state banks and greater efforts by the comptroller of the currency to prevent bad failures of national institutions before the senate banking investigation committee. He cited too meager salaries for state bank inspectors and said drought and falling cotton prices plus seasonal liquidation contributed to southern bank closures while rural banks should have a minimum capitalization of 50 000.
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Oscar Wells
Washington
Senate Banking Investigation Committee
Ocho National Bank of
Birmingam
Alabama
Glass
Wells
Farm Board
H. Parker Willis
Wall Street
Ashurst Moves to Send Veterans Loan Bill Up Immediately
A Senate stampede formed today over the veterans loan relief bill with Administration leaders pleading for orderly handling. Senator Ashurst introduced discharge motion to take up the bill immediately, while Reed urged time for amendments and Barkley assailed Mellon policies amid debate on passage before a possible veto.
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Senate
Mellon
Dill
White House
Congress
House
Ashurst
Arizona
Finance Committee
Smoot
Reed
Pennsylvania
Couzens
Michigan
Barkley
Kentucky
King
Utah
Screen Stars Farrell and Valli Wed in Yonkers Secretly
Charlie Farrell and Virginia Valli, famed screen couple, secretly tied the knot in Yonkers New York shortly after midnight Saturday to dodge the Friday the thirteenth jinx. They traveled to Yonkers twice and later earned a honeymoon aboard the liner Augustus.
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Fed
Charlie Farrell
Virginia Valli
Augustus
Yonkers
N. Y
Miss Valli
Farrell
William Corballs
Ralph Houston
First Methods' Episcopal Church
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Gandhi
Asserts Plan
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