France Crisis Delays Naval Conference Shortens Franco American Talks
Paris turmoil prompts France to suspend negotiations at the London naval conference with French minister Leygues remaining as observer. Georges Leygues left London for Paris amid cabinet crisis, delaying progress and prompting cancellation of a Franco American session.
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London
Fleurian
France
Paris
Naval Conference
Georges Leygues
Ramsay MacDonald
M. Leygues
M. Tardieu
Mardieu
Briand
Pietri
MacDonald
Stimson
Grandi
House of Commons
Italy
Tardieu Likely to Retain French Premiership Despite Defeat
Paris February 18 Andre Tardieu confined to bed with grippe remains likely to succeed himself as French premier after his government lost a confidence vote 286 to 281. Premier designated Fresigele Doumergue may ask the premier to resign to form a new cabinet, with a new government expected within a week.
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Doumergue
Paris
Andre Tardieu
Grippe
Aemaadae Shah Masaidacay
Fresigele Doumergue
Chamber
Senate
Tardieu
Senators Attack Power Commission Secrecy Policy
Three members of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee assail the power commission over secrecy in permit applications. Chair Couzens cites confidential memoranda while Charles A. Russell testifies the agency seeks to withhold records. Wheeler Dill and Wagner push for openness in government business.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
The
Power Commission
Couzens
Wheeler
Montana
Dill
Wagner
New York
Charles A. Russell
F. E. Bonner
Russell
United States
Hoover Democrats Won't Be Barred From Tennessee Primary
Tennessee Democratic leader Thomas Henderson announced Hoover Democrats will be welcomed back into the party and allowed to participate in the August primaries. Tennessee supported Hoover in the last election.
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Hoover
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Thomas Henderson
State Democratic Executive Committee
Detroit Plans Uniform Eight Cent Transit Fare
Detroit street railway commission approves an equalized fare of eight cents with free transfers on street cars and buses. The new rate, replacing 6 cents for street cars 10 cents for buses plus a transfer, takes effect March 15 on municipal system.
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Detroit
Street Railway Commission
Multiple 1930s Crime and World News Briefs From AP Dispatches
AP dispatches report Edward C. Olsen locked in his van after robbers steal valued goods in New Jersey. A Chicago body identified as William F. Lowenberg is believed to be a suicide. Clifford W. March parachutes to safety after engine failure on an air mail flight near Flint. Dr Orestes Ferrara advocates a new US Cuba trade treaty before the Cuban chamber. Former King Amanullah of Afghanistan arrives in Venice en route to Constantinople. William Howard Taft’s condition remains unchanged per physicians.
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Eware
N. J
Edward C. Olsen
Atlantic Motor Freight Company
Philadelphia
York
United States
Cuba
Orestes Ferrara
Cuban Chamber of Commerce
Venice
Italy
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Constantinople
Woosley Named Superintendent of Local Orphanage
O. V. Woosley of Lexington was elected head of the Methodist Children's Home in Winston-Salem. He has led Sunday school work for the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference and succeeds the late Rev. C. A. Wood.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
O. V. Woosley
Lexington
Methodist Children's Home
Western North Carolina Methodist Conference
C. A. Wood
Heflin Declares Candidacy for Alabama Senate
In Montgomery on February 18 United States Senator J Thomas Heflin filed formal declaration of candidacy for reelection with Secretary of State John Brandon in compliance with the corrupt practices act. The Alabama primary is set for August 12 and Heflin, barred from the ballot, submitted the official papers to run.
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Montgomery
Ala
Althugh
Alabama
United States
J. Thomas Heflin
John Brandon
Missionary fined continue inquiry in Chinese court at State College
Two unrelated items appear: A American missionary A H Smith was fined 100 Mexican money after a fatal automobile crash in China prompting questions about foreign versus native jurisdiction. At North Carolina State College officials expand hazing probe seeking five more students after exiling three sophomores from Greensboro for assault and hair clipping on February 7.
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State College
Shanghai
Tungchaw Today
A. H. Smith
Smith
China
State Department
Raleigh
North Carolina State College
R. I. Smith
A. T. Campbell
J. E. Lassiter
Greensboro
Charles Kellenberger, Jr
E. C. Brooks
Kellenberger
Campbell
Jennston County
Lassiter
Kvlienberger
Dr. Brooks
Recovery of Earl Eielson's body stirs Alaska search
In Nome Alaska Feb 18 recovery of Earl Borland's body from the Siberia wreckage renews hope for finding Earl Eielson. A Nanuk crew base near North Cape continues search while five fliers stand by. Nineteen men probe the wreck site 90 miles southeast of the Nanuk seeking the missing aviator.
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Nome
Alaska
Earl Borland
Carl Ben Hielson
North Cape
Siberia
Eielson
Joe Crosson
Harold Gillam
Nanuk
Hielson
Borland
Nameless dog saved by town amid daring rescue in Clarendon
In Clarendon Arkansas on February 18 the entire town joined a dramatic effort to free a nameless dog trapped for three days between brick walls. Rescue teams organized, ropes were borrowed, bones supplied, switchboard workers cheered from windows, and a rooftop grappling team finally lowered a rope to pull the dog to safety amid cheers.
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Clarendon
Ark
Queen Victoria's Condition Grave
In Rome on February 18 the Swedish Queen Victoria's health was reported grave by her physician Dr. Axel Munthe. A formal bulletin was issued to newspapers. King Gustav and the royal entourage have waited at her villa. The Stockholm notice was delayed, fueling alarm among the Swedish colony.
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Rome
Victoria
Sweden
Axel Munthe
Stockholm
Identically Named Men Run For County Highway Post
In Knoxville Tennessee two men named George L. Burnett qualified as Republican candidates for the county highway commission. Officials said both names must appear on the ballot with no titles or identifiers beyond the identical names.
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Knoxville
Tenn
George L. Burnett
County Highway Commission
New Area Scoured for Melvin Horst Body
Wooster Ohio February searchers scoured Sugar Creek valley south of Orrville for four year old Melvin Horst missing for over a year. Charles Hanna again implicated Carl Donald in the boy’s death, claiming Donald dug up and reburied the corpse in a Sugar Creek thicket. Both men deny guilt as authorities consider child stealing charges if the body remains unfound.
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Sugar Creek
Donald
Hanna
Melvin
Five Die As Maniwaki Fire Destroys Hotel
Five persons were burned to death and unknown others injured when the Garlarineau hotel and two nearby buildings burned in Maniwaki Quebec at 4 30 in the morning. Injured were taken to scattered homes as rescuers fought the blaze in the small lumber town northeast of Ottawa.
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Maniwaki
Que
Garlarineau Hotel
Ottawa
Gatineau
Canadian Pacific Railway
Florida Bandit Slain By Sheriff
In Florida near St. Cloud a gun battle left three men injured and one fatal. Harry Barnes, linked to the Ashley gang, was killed after a confrontation with Sheriff L. R. Farmer of Osceola County and Harry Terwilliger, an escaped convict. Terwilliger died later. Farmer was severely wounded. Barnes forced a car to Kissimmee then tried to force Terwilliger to feign a death scene. Sheriff Farmer pursued, Barnes opened fire, and Farmer returned fire, mortally wounding Barnes.
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Orlando
Barnes
Kissimmee
Terwilliger
Farmer
Steggering
Supreme Court blocks Webb from interfering with Piedmont Press
The South Carolina Supreme Court enjoined J. T. Webb Jr., a Georgia Federal Court Commissioner, from interfering with the Piedmont Press Association and its officers. It granted the association and its president William Lavarre the right to pursue their cause in the court's original jurisdiction.
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Columbia, &. C
Supreme Court of South Carolina Today
J. T. Webb Jr
Georgia
Federal Court
Piedmont Press Association
William Lavarre
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Lutheran Synod Begins 126th Session in North Carolina
About 500 delegates attend the 126th annual convention of the United Evangelical Lutheran synod of North Carolina at St. James church Rockwell. Treas. Heilig reports 61993.51 raised. cornerstones laid for seven churches. four new churches occupied. 13 resignations, eight pastors dismissed, 15 called elsewhere. 13 membership applications yield net gain of five ministers. Dr. J L Morgan urges forming a committee for the 400th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession.
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Rockwell
N. C
North Carolina
United Evangelical Lutheran Synod
St. James Church
Charles S. Heilig
Cains
J. L. Morgan
Morgan
Ausburg
North Carolina Synod
Harris to oppose Blease in United States Senate race
Leon W. Harris of Anderson South Carolina announces his candidacy for the United States Senate. He will oppose incumbent Senator Cole L. Blease in the race.
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Harris
Blease
Senate
Anderson
S. C
Leon W. Harris
Tenth Judicial District
United States Senate
Cole L. Blease
Coolidges Visit Southern California as Tourists
Former President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge arrived in Los Angeles from New England and were greeted by a large crowd. They planned a quiet vacation visiting historic sites, breakfast club, and a luncheon with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Joseph M. Schenck before touring Hollywood studios.
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California
New England
Los Angeles
Calvin Coolidge
Biltmore
Mr. Coolidge
Leaders powerless at hands of coalition deactivate tariff progress
Senate Republican leaders told President Hoover the tariff bill could not pass before March 10, saying they are at the mercy of a Republican independent Democratic coalition parsing tariff rates. House leaders warned the whole legislative program is endangered by Senate delays, while Hoover urged speedy action despite coalition control.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
White House
Watson
Indiana
House
Slight Hope for Refloating Benson Off Astoria
Abandoned by most passengers and crew, the steamer Admiral Benson is stuck on Peacock Spit off the Columbia River. Marine surveyors say refloat is unlikely as the vessel rests in four to ten feet of water with 24 crew and few passengers remaining aboard. Captain Charles Graham and key officers stay on deck as lifeboat and breeches buoy evacuations continue.
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Astoria
Ore
Admiral Benson
Peacock Spit
Columbia River
Pacific Steamship Company
Portland
Seattle
California
Charles Graham
Newport Fire Destroys Three Buildings in Business District
A four hour Newport blaze caused $200,000 in damage destroying the Unree story Odd Fellows building, the Newport Realty structure, and the Builders and Merchants building. Four nearby towns sent aid as twelve families were forced from nearby tenements.
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Newport
R. L
Odd Fellows
Newport Realty
Builders and Merchants
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