Wets Renew Assault At Dry Law Hearing
At the Capitol the prohibition debate heated as reform advocates confronted Chairman Wickersham and the eighteenth amendment. Henry B. Joy of Detroit accused Wickersham of bias while William Stayton urged outright repeal and state control, claiming dry laws erode respect for government and invite violence. Grayson Murphy testified he did not know any major financier or Ford figure who would break the dry laws.
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Washington
Wickersham
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Capitol
House Judiciary Committee
Henry B. Joy
Detroit
Packard Motor Company
Joy
Grayson M. P. Murphy
New York
Laa
Henry Ford
William H. Stayton
The
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Stayton
Five Power Naval Disarmament Conference Adjourns
The five power naval talks pause for a week after the French cabinet crisis. Secretary Stimson urges a naval holiday to let France adjust its domestic situation. Grandi and Wakatsuki approve the recess as Italy and Japan agree.
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France
Associated Press
London
Andre Tardieu
Stimson
MacDonald
Dino Grandi
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Signor Grandi
Italy
Japan
Carolina brief items note school holiday cancelation and local incidents
In North Carolina news briefings, Winthrop college girls cancel a February 22 holiday due to meningitis concerns. Reports span a fatal train collision at a grade crossing in Wilkesboro, a raid in the Kings Mountain area seizing three stills, a chain gang prisoner killed during tree felling, a judge ordering a special venire for murder defendants in Gastonia, and remarks on the wartime chain store debate by William Taft.
McKellar Attacks Mellon Over Dry Law Enforcement
Senator McKellar of Tennessee charged in the senate that Secretary Mellon has never truly enforced the dry laws and that no president since their passage has shown real interest in enforcing them except for political considerations. The remarks came during a February session reported by AP from Washington.
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Washington
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Mellon
Blind Senator Refuses to Trade Understanding for Eyes
Minnesota Senator Thomas D. Schall spoke on CBS recounting his 21 year battle with blindness after an electric shock at age 30. He credited his wife with guiding him back to law practice and stressed that merit, not sight, matters, noting he was elected to the senate in 1924 after a decade in the house.
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Washington
Thomas D. Schall
Minnesota
Columbia Broadcasting System
Schall
Tom
Senate
House
Doumergue delays ministry formation amid cabinet turmoil
AP dispatches note President Doumergue will wait until 9 30 a m tomorrow to name a statesman to form a ministry after the Tardieu cabinet defeat. Camille Chautemps Aristide Briand and Tardieu are among names linked to the post. Also reported are a Davidson College trusteeship change in North Carolina and a Wake County school term vote rejection.
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Aris
Doumergue
Andre Tardieu
Camille Chautemps
Aristide Briand
Tardieu
Duke Power to Acquire Chemical Construction Co in Charlotte
Duke Power company announces purchase of control of the Chemical Construction company of Charlotte. The construction firm has an authorized capital of 500000 dollars.
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N. C
Chemical Construction Company
Charlotte
Duke Power Company
Construction Corporation
Filipino Students Strike Over Insulting American Teacher
Virtually the entire student body of Manila North high school walked out in Manila on February 19 demanding the dismissal of Miss Mable Brummitt an American teacher accused of insulting the Filipino race. Of 2770 students only about 50 returned to class after a student meeting where the resolution charged she repeatedly branded Filipinos savages imbeciles and contemptible cads. The strikers gathered at the school this morning jostling nonparticipants but no serious disorder occurred.
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Manila
Manila North High School
Mable Brummitt
Cass
Southern textile makers urged to study aid to industry
Atlanta Feb. 19 George A Sloan president of the cotton textile institute urged Southern textile manufacturers to assess whether they are helping their industry. He urged mills to use cotton products in daily operations and to buy produce in cotton bags, citing waste reduction and expanded markets as key goals.
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Atlanta
George A. Sloan
New York
Cotton Textile Institute
Sloan
Mr. Sloan
Probe set on Fort Worth bank run investigation
Fort Worth bank run prompted a county grand jury probe to identify who spread the rumor behind the First National Bank of Fort Worth. Judge Hosey said the inquiry would be requested as depositors crowded the lobby, with the bank staying open until late to meet withdrawals before announcing a temporary closure.
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Fort Worth
Tex
County Grand Jury
First National Bank of
Criminal District
George E. Hosey
U S Argentina Hop Record Set
Five days after leaving Newark Lieutenant Clement McMullen and Will White landed in Buenos Aires at 3 04 in the afternoon breaking all speed records for travel between the United States and the Argentine capital They began the voyage last Friday and completed the last hop over the Andes from Santiago Chile this morning arriving one day behind schedule.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Newark
N. J
Clement McMullen
Will White
United States
Andes
Santiago
Chile
Byrd Expedition Ship Reaches Antarctic Camp
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition reports the ship City of New York has reached the Byrd camp in the Bay of Whales and loading has begun.
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New York
New York Times
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
City of
Byrd Camp
Bay of Whales
Wheat Sags To New Low Level In North American Markets
Chicago February 19. Wheat prices fell sharply to a new yearly low in both the United States and Canada, aligning with weakness in England and South America. Prices dropped well under the minimum the grain stabilization board seeks to sustain via a fixed loan value.
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Chicago
America
Canada
England
South America
Grain Stabilization Board
Gardner Opposes Tax Session Seeks Best Men for 1931 Assembly
North Carolina Governor O Max Gardner rejects a special session to cut taxes calling it not propitious. He urges voters to send the ablest men to the 1931 General Assembly and county offices, stressing cooperation among landlords tenants bankers merchants and fertilizer dealers to support the live at home program.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
General Assembly
Gardner
North Carolina
Romanian government probes Hochberg antecedents amid wedding postponement
In Bucharest on February 19, Premier Juliu Maniu said Romania investigates the antecedents of Count Von Hochberg, fiance of Princess Ileana. If findings dishonor the count the government will advise against the engagement. The wedding is postponed and officials request the incident not be discussed.
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Bucharest
Romania
von Hochberg
Ileana
Juliu Maniu
Roadways of Gold Reported In Ind
Madison county residents chased a gold myth after reports from Chesterfield that sand from Cecil Bronnenberg’s farm used in county highway work assayed over 30 dollars per ton. William Cunningham sparked the claim by spotting a golden sparkle in sand for cement blocks. Local guards were posted to protect Bronnenberg’s property as villagers gathered the soil.
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Anderson
Ind
Madison County
Paradise
Chesterfield
Cecil Bronnenberg
William Cunningham
Probe Blast Kills Ten at Bayway Refinery Scene
Elizabeth New Jersey February 19 ten lives lost and over fifty injured after a naphtha gas explosion at the Standard Oil Bayway refinery. Prosecutor Abe J. Davis announced an inquiry with witnesses questioned including Standard Oil officials as investigations by city police state department of labor and the company continue.
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Bay Way
Dominic Bieni
Elizabeth
William S. Duffy
Bayonne
William F. Casey
Joseph Lukasiewicz
Arthur Croft
Union
Howard A. Holliday
George Robertson
Roselle
John Lukas
Clarence Croft
John Sullivan
Abe J. Davis
Union County
John J. McCullen
Matthew Main
Standard Oil Company
State Department of Labor
Chicago leaders meet to raise 74 million relief fund
Business leaders gathered in Chicago as Silas H. Strawn and Lewis E. Myers urged about fifty top figures to pledge half of Chicago area tax payments. The drive aims to cover 74 million dollars needed to operate city and county government through July. If short, funds would be reallocated. A separate school tax warrant sale of 48.275 million was reported but depended on Chicago banks’ approval.
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Silas H. Strawn
Citizens’ Relief Group
Lewis E. Myers
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
H. Wallace Caldwell
New York
Believe Army Pilot Drowned In Canal Gravel Pit
Second Lieutenant Willard K. Whitmore of the Army Air Reserve Corps is believed to have drowned after his plane nosedived into a gravel pit near Maxwell Field Montgomery. Officals said there was little chance of survival two hours after the accident.
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Montgomery
Ala
Willard K. Whitmore
Army Air Reserve Corps
Maxwell Field
Whitmore
Increase in Building Contracts and Public Works
The Commerce Department reported January 1930 saw public works and utility contracts totaling 112 million dollars, more than double December and higher than January last year. Overall construction contracts reached 323.98 million, a 62 percent rise from December, with gains in commercial, hospital, and social projects while industrial and residential work declined. A Labor Department release noted a 2.6 percent drop in employment and 5.4 percent in payrolls across eight major industries, with eight of nine regions posting decreased employment except the East and North Central where auto activity provided a small gain.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Julius H. Barnes
National Business Survey
Barnes
Hoover
Department of Labor
North Central
Nine Die In Greek Munitions Depot Blast At Liosia
An explosion at the Liosia munitions depot near Athens killed nine and injured several others. The blast destroyed the powder works and 200,000 hand grenades in the depot. fire afterward was extinguished. Authorities found no immediate sign of incendiarism.
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Athens
Greece
Liosia
Furnishings Of Another Brooklyn Drinking Resort Seized
Federal prohibition agents seized the bar and furnishings of a Brooklyn drinking place at 140 Livingston Street. John Powell, a bartender, was arrested as about 50 patrons provided IDs. Liquor valued at 1600 was seized under the revised federal statute.
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Brooklyn
New York
Internal Revenue Law
Bedford Nest
Maurice Campbell
Livingston Street
Borough Hall
John Powell
Tardieu Call May Be Heard Shortly
Paris reports indicate President Doumergue may name Andre Tardieu to form a new cabinet after resignations. Observers expect him to retain key supporters and possibly take the finance portfolio to push through the budget while Briand handles London affairs.
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Tardieu
Paris
Doumergue
Andre Tardieu
M. Tardieu
M. Lasteyrie
Poincare
M. Poincare
M. Briand
London
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Solon
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Charlotte Banker
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Walter L. Lingle
Oston
Cloak Manufacturers’ Association
Aleigh
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George S. Graham
Pennsylvania
Louise Gross
Women's Federation Union
Fort Worth Bank
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