Washington Birthday Ceremony Honors First President In Alexandria
President Hoover and Virginia Governor Pollard led a tribute to George Washington in Alexandria’s Christ Church area. A formal parade and viewing stand accompanied by Masonic representatives marked the 178th birthday anniversary with the Hoovers and Pollards in prominent roles.
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Alexandria
George Washington
Herbert Hoover
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Old Dominion
Christ Church
America
United States
Mr. Hoover
Caughter
Susie Virginia Pollard
Pollard
Child Parricide Victim Beverly Payne Buried in Charlotte
Funeral services for Beverly Payne Jr., five, who died after being choked by his grandmother Mrs. Sarah C. Ashe, were held in Charlotte. The grandmother remained in critical condition after an attempted self harm. the body found at Dr. John R. Ashe’s home with fingerprints on the throat noted by a Negro servant. The boy was to be buried in York, South Carolina, near his mother’s former home.
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Charlote
Beverly Payne, Jr
York
Sarah C. Ashe
Beverly
John R. Ashe
Radio Aerial Kills Charlotte Man in Electrocution Incident
James Fisher, 33, of Charlotte, was killed when a radio aerial he was erecting touched a high voltage line. The wire, thrown to Harold Barber on a roof, fell onto the live conductor and Fisher was instantly killed by the shock.
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Charlotte
N. C
James & Fisher
Fisher
Harold Barber
Five Men Perish In Webster House Fire In Oakland
A high wind fueled a blaze at the Webster House in Oakland early today, burning five unidentified men to death and injuring seven others. Firefighters evacuated guests as they fought flames that started on the second floor rear, while a missing chamber maid Lizzie Ginsberg was feared to have escaped.
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Oakland
Calif
Webster House
Webster Street
Charles Martin
Jack Sherby
Martin
Hughes To Take Seat On Monday At Supreme Court
Washington notes the Supreme Court will resume Monday with Charles Evans Hughes as chief justice. Old members will issue decisions on 53 pending cases including challenges to railroad rate reductions for agriculture and a California interurban rail authority issue. C E Hughes Jr will present several cases before retiring. the chief justice may not participate in his son's arguments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
William Howard Taft
Hughes
Hoch-Smith
Interstate Commerce Commission
California
Duke
Carolinas
C. L. Johnson
South Carolina
C. L. Crawford
Mendocino County
Golden Gate Bridge
Dr. Frank Siler Dies in Florida
The Rev. Dr. Frank Siler of Lake Junaluska a leading Methodist minister died Friday night at his son Beal Silers home in Tampa Florida He had gone to Florida for health reasons Born September 21 1863 he studied at Emory and Henry and entered the ministry at age 21 He retired from the Methodist conference the year before last fall
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Waynesville
N. C
Frank Siler
Lake Junaluska
Methodist Episcopal Church
Beal Siler
Tampa
Fla
Siler
Florida
Emory and Henry
Methodist Conference
Calamity In Cotton Seen By Williams
Carl Williams of the Farm Board warned American Cotton Cooperative Association directors in Memphis that the South faces a cotton calamity due to overproduction. He urged a 6,000,000 acre reduction and warned there may be no government aid unless acreage drops to 40,000,000. He warned ten cent cotton and stressed planting decisions must reflect prices and food crop safety.
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Memphis
Tenn
Carl Williams
Williams
Lambeth Boosted To Oppose Hammer
News from Lexington indicates many citizens plan to draft J Walter Lambeth of Thomasville to run in the seventh district primaries against incumbent W C Hammer of Asheboro. If Lambeth enters the race, a new Democratic contest would follow in the region.
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Thomasville
Lexington
J. Walter Lambeth
Wm. C. Hammer
Asheboro
Lambeth
Hammer
Reopen Wiggins Trial On Monday
Five men accused in the death of Ella May Wiggins, Resemer City mill employee, will have their trial begin Monday morning as Mecklenburg Superior Court opens its February criminal term Judge J H Clement presiding from Walkertown said a special venire would likely be called and the trial is expected to last a week to ten days occupying most of the term.
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Wiggins
Hoover at Peace With His Leaders
President Hoover meets with Senate Republican leaders to discuss the tariff bill with Senator Watson of Indiana after a White House conference. Watson says the talks were satisfactory and Republicans will push to defeat further tariff reductions while sending the bill to conference. Senator Grundy questions the White House story and Senator Caraway comments on Grundy’s reception.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Watson
Indiana
White House
Harrison
Mississippi
Kansas City Star
Senator Grundy
Pennsylvania
House
Kansas City
Caraway
Arkansas
Democratic National Committee
Grundy
Phipps to Retire From Senate After Current Term
Senator Lawrence Cowle Phipps, who began work in a Carnegie steel mill at 16 for a few dollars weekly and rose to financial and political influence in the West, announced tonight his retirement from the United States Senate after the completion of his present term.
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Phipps
Denver
Colo
Lawrence Cowle Phipps
Andrew Carnegie
United States Senate
Fog Shrouds Atlantic Collisions Hit Four Vessels
A heavy fog off the coast caused two ship crashes and damaged four ships. The Monterey and Maya reported returning to quarantine in New York harbor for damage surveys, with the Monterey the more seriously damaged and showing an eight foot bow hole. The Maya lost its port haws pipe, and a third collision involved an unidentified vessel. a fourth ship was not yet identified.
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New York
United Fruit Company
Maya
Central
South American
New York Harbor
Monterey
Coast Guard
Naval Communications
New York City
Optimism As Parley Hits Sixth Week
London naval conference enters sixth week amid suspended talks due to the French political crisis. Delegates remain confident despite the pause as Colonel Henry L. Stimson leads the American delegation and emphasizes the five power agreement to humanize submarines.
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London
Henry L. Stimson
Protest Over Soviet Christian Persecution Highlights Missionaries
Dr. W. G. Cram of the Methodist Church urged a world Christian protest after Vladivostok dispatches described missionaries jailed and deported by the Soviet regime. He cited starvation and bread-ticket bans as tools to suppress believers, with Yu Cha Hoon reporting rising prices for basic food and goods in Siberia.
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Nashville
Tenn
Soviet Russia
W. G. Cram
Board of Missions of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Qanth
Vladivostok
Siberia
Yu Cha Hoon
Bulwinkle to Run for Congress in Ninth District
Gastonia’s Major A L Bulwinkle announced to attorney Joh C Stroupe that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Ninth District in the June primary.
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Bullwinkle
Hickory
Joh. C. Stroupe
A. L. Bulwinkle
Gastonia
Chicago Moves Against Racketeers In Vice War
Chicago police arrest two suspected safe robbers Albert and Earl Van Pelt and a wife companion, seizing dynamite and a 45 caliber pistol. Col Randolph mobilizes a 12 member business leaders committee to oversee a million dollar anti crime fund with powers to hire prosecutors and investigators.
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Chicago
Col. Randolph
Col
Robert I. Randolph
Albert
Earl van Pelt
Southside
Safe Robbers Gang
George Baker
Chicago Association of Commerce
Five Die After Poisoned Radiator Fluid Drinkings
A group of young men at a carnival in Oakland Nebraska drank radiator antifreeze thinking it was wine. Five died, three yesterday and two today, with several others ill. Victims include Leon Jarvis 18 and Mollis Cleveland 17. others named were Nelson Harvis 20 Lawrence Kohlmeier 24 Reuben Orberg 22 Phillip Kohlmeier 22 and Clyde Dotson. Ed Snethen the station agent reported two jugs taken from his basement and later discovered the poisoning. Lyons, Nebraska, February 22.
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Oakland
Nebr
Leon Jarvis
Fiollis Cleveland
Nelson Harvis
Leon
Lawrence Khohlmeier
Reuben Orberg
Lester Kohlmeier
Phillip Going
Clyde Dotson
Roberg
Snethen
Ed Snethen
Lyons, Neb
Veteran airman killed in Delaware airplane crash
J. P. Huger Jr. died after his plane crashed at the Delaware Flying Service field in New Castle near Wilmington. The veteran airman, known as an expert pilot with 200 flight hours, was assistant director in charge of manufacturing high explosives at a Du Pont facility.
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Wilmington
Del
J. P. Huger, Jr
Delaware Flying Service
New Castle
Huger
du Pont
Five Years For Father In Daughter’s Death
Edd Chappell was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact in the killing of his 20 month old daughter in Pickens. Judge W. H. Townsend sentenced him to five years in prison.
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Pickens
8. C
Edd Chappell
W. H. Townsend
Taft's Condition Unchanged Says White House
Washington February 22. The condition of former Chief Justice Taft remained unchanged according to physicians through the White House. He is resting comfortably with nothing new to report. A noon bulletin said he was somewhat better this morning after a good night.
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Washington
Taft
Francis R. Hanger
White House
Little Girl Killed and Brother Hurt in Greensboro Accident
In Greensboro on February 22 Frances Kirkman ten was killed and twin Frank seriously injured after a car struck them while heading to a neighborhood grocery. Driver J W Harris 45 a mechanic for Armour Fertilizer Works was arrested on homicide charges after admitting he nicked something with his car. Frank Kirkman remained in a Greensboro hospital with a serious head injury. Parents are Mr and Mrs WW Kirkman.
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Greensboro
Frances Kirkman
Frank
J. W. Harris
Armour Fertilizer Works
Mike
Caffey
Harris
Ww. G. Kirkman
Negro War Veteran Seeks White Wife Rights Case
Spokane February 22. Antonio Biggs a Black veteran announced he would begin legal steps to obtain a marriage license to a white woman. He said the action aims to establish racial rights in this country and asserts he is an American citizen fighting prejudice.
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Spokane
Wash
Antonio Biggs
Eran Daud
Conductor Attacked by Negro Mob in Charlotte
H. L. Gregg, a Charlotte street car conductor, was assaulted in a negro section after an exchange with a negro woman. He was stoned and hit with a lead pipe, becoming the fourth employee injured in three weeks. Police searched for the assailants and patrols were increased at the stop.
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Charlotte
Harlotte
H. L. Gregg
Gregg
Jrege
Heflin rejection by Pettus blocks Alabama senatorial bid
Edmund W. Pettus, chair of the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee, refused Heflin’s qualification affidavit to run in the August 12 Democratic primary. Pettus judged the filing failed to prove Heflin openly opposed Democratic nominees in 1928 and returned Heflin’s check. Heflin, a lifelong Democrat, had declared intent to abide by primary results.
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Selma
Ala
Edmund W. Pettus
Demcratic Executive Committee
United States
J. Thomas Heflin
Pettus
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
Heflin
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Frank H. King
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Arthur J. Brown
American Committee On Religious Rights
Bernard 8. Deutch
American Jewish Congress
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