Brookhart calls for sweeping Senate probe of motion pictures
Senator Brookhart of Iowa urged Congress to investigate the motion picture industry alleging degradation and anti trust violations. He denounced Will Hays as a smokescreen and pushed a bill to outlaw block booking while criticizing the Hays code as a failure and alleging gangster and prostitution themes harm youth.
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Iowa
Washington
Brookhart
Senate
Will H. Hays
Interstate Commerce Committee
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
Will H. Heys
Wife of Forest O Brine Alters Kidnap Story
In St Louis on February 23, Mrs. Forest O Brine said her endurance flier husband may have entered a car voluntarily with a mysterious woman who had previously called them. Police weigh whether a single kidnapper or two elopers are involved as investigators follow the lead to Bartlett by name.
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ST. Louis
Forrest O'Brine
Forest O'Brine
Fairgrounds
O’brine
Bartlett
Dale Jackson
Mrs. O'Brine
Norris Uses Senate Hearings To Defend Labor Rights
Senate debate opens on Norris bill to curb federal injunction power in labor disputes. Norris denounces injunctions as economic slavery and condemns orders by Judge James H. Wilkert. He calls for outlawing yellow dog contracts and protecting workers voice on employment terms.
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Washington
Norris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
James H. Wilkert
Chicago
Oover
Shanghai Battle Front Sees Heavy Casualties in Firefight
Chinese defenders repel repeated Japanese assaults from Chapei to Kiangwan as both sides suffer heavy losses after 12 hours of close combat. Japanese strike destroys Hungjao airdrome five miles west of Shanghai and claims Soochow air base. Despite waves of attack, Japanese fail to seize Kiangwan and fighting eases by afternoon.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Kiangwan
Hungjao
Soochow
Shanghai-Nanking
Senate Navy buildup measure clears committee plan
The Senate Naval committee approved the Hale bill to authorize building the navy to London treaty limits. The measure asks no appropriations and depends on years of funding. Hale estimated a ten year program could cost about 980 million dollars. He urged prompt Senate action as House disposition mirrors the bill.
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Naval Committee
Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Hale
China
Japan
Nomination Reported Favorably for McCreary NC Middle District
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported favorably the nomination of John R. McCreary to be attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina. Chairman Norris noted a marked division within the committee on the case as confirmation of Jonas, speaker alleged, proceeds.
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Washington
John R. McCreary
Middle
North Carolina
Senate Judiciary Committees
Jonas
Norris
Senate
Will Rogers On Tour With Rudy Vallee Sparks
In a dispatch from Mexico on February 22, Will Rogers describes crowded scenes at the fields during Rudy Vallee’s visit aboard a ship. He praises Vallee as modest and likable and recalls meeting friends in Amarillo and Oklahoma City, including Bill Murray, describing him as a smart, knowledgeable old bird.
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Albuqupaquf
Mexico
Rudy Vallee
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Bill Murray
Will Rogers
State fights for lower freight rates in NC hearing
North Carolina Corporation Commission renewed its bid for lower freight rate classifications at a Raleigh hearing before Interstate Commerce Commission Attorney-Examiner Howard Hosmer. The session, begun a year ago, is nearing its end with carriers to respond. Witnesses included J. B. Jones of the Danville chamber and H. E. Boyd of Wilmington Traffic Association, plus several motor truck operators.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Corporation Comission Today
Howard Hosmer
Interstate Com
Merce Commission
Corporation Commission
J. B. Jones
Danvise
Chamber of Commerce
Southside Virginia Just Rate Freight Association
Southside
Virginia
North Carolin
Jones
H. E. Boyd
Wilmington Traffic Association
R. S. Koonce
H. D. Horton
Frank Wright
R. W. Barnwell
B. H. Ellington
Will Rogers touted as a potential California presidential nominee
Will Rogers returned from a world tour to Los Angeles where Democrats moved to nominate him for president. Sacramento officials planned to file a petition to place his name on the ballot, though Rogers had not agreed to run and made a humorous remark about breakfast under a Japanese mandate. Rudy Vallee also traveled on the same flight.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Democrats
California
United States
Fred W. French
Democratic State Central Committee
Sacramento
Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News
Jordan
Rogers
Grand Central Air Terminal
Rudy Vallee
Rudy
Garner boom ripples through Democratic race
Democratic presidential contest sees Garner surge from Washington to Texas with steps into Georgia via Judge G H Howard proxy filing. Roosevelt bloc expands in Pennsylvania while Oklahoma backs him second choice, Georgia solid for Roosevelt. Murray delays formal entry.
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Washington
Texas
Georgia
G. H. Howard
Jack
House of Representatives
Garner
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Murray
Judge Howard
Dies While Praying
Mrs. Josephine Christenberry aged 64 died of heart disease while praying for recovery of her health in Burbank California.
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Burbank
Cal
Josephine Christenberry
Leaders of Two Carolinas Hold Anti-Doldrums Meet
At a Washington's Birthday dinner in Charlotte on February 23 three hundred business, industrial, and agricultural leaders from North and South Carolina convened. Governors Blackwood and Gardner sent messages urging a decisive move from the economic doldrums. Speakers included R. M. Hanes, B. B. Gossett, T. M. Marchant, and Dr. E. W. Sikes, with H. M. Wade presiding.
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Charlotte
N. C
Carolinas
Ibra C. Blackwood
South Carona
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Blackwood
Gardner
H. M. Wade
R. M. Hanes
Winston- Salem
State Bankers Association
B. B. Gossett
T. M. Marchant
Greenville
E. W. Sikes
Clemson College
Utah Billboard Tobacco Ads Law Upheld by Court
The Utah statute prohibiting billboard tobacco advertisements was sustained by the Supreme Court. Packer Corporation was convicted for displaying cigarette ads in Salt Lake City, while the law allows tobacco ads in newspapers and other media, and the company argued discrimination against ad types.
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Utah
Washington
Supreme Court
Packer Corporation
Salt Lake City
Murray Condemns Tactics of G. O. P
Governor William H. Murray denounces Hoover and the GOP as aiming for re election at any cost including war with Japan or selling government to big business as he campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination in St Louis. He blasts Hoover’s administration and accuses the big business crowd of selling out workers farmers and small merchants.
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ST. Louis
William H
Hoover
Wall Street
Water gun bandit ends crime spree in Indianapolis
A 11 year old high school girl Vera Wood used a water gun to threaten victims across Indianapolis Northside. Police chased calls as she held up a bus, two residents, cab drivers and a motorist. A taxi driver recovered his money after pursuing and breaking her arm. She surrendered at the city hospital.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Vera Wood
Maine to Argentine Hop Abandoned in Boston
Nat CC Browne and Edward Muldowney aborted a non-stop east coast to Buenos Aires flight after engine trouble near Cape Cod forced an emergency landing at East Boston. The Lone Star landed safely with gear damaged but no injuries. Browne said repairs could take days and he planned to try again.
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Boston
Nat CC
Browne
Army Flier
Edward Muldowney
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Buenos Aires
Lone Star
East Oston
Muldowney
Cape Cod
Reports Of Barbarity In Kiangwan No Man's Land
A Shanghai observer describes a terrorized zone north of Kiangwan where Japanese soldiers killed a helpless Chinese woman and wounded or killed several others as stretcher bearers returned with casualties. The scene underscores a brutal aftermath of heavy fighting.
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Shanghai
No-Man’s Land
Kiangwan
American airman Robert Short shot down near Soochow
Feb 23 Shanghai report identifies Robert Short as the American pilot of a Boeing aircraft in a two and a half minute battle against three Japanese scouts over Soochow. Short, attached to a Chinese aviation squadron, perished when his plane crashed in flames from 2000 feet. Two other Americans in his squadron were noted. Pilot Susumu Kotaii of Japan was credited with the victory and wounded.
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Shanghai
Robert Short
Short
Soochow
Susumu Kotaii
Hongkew
Navy discounts tear for Akron
Feb 23 report says Rear Admiral Moffett found the airship Akron suffered only local damage after the Lakehurst ground incident. Secretary Adams expressed willingness to ride in the Akron once repaired, with officials aiming for about 30 days to complete the repairs.
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Washington
McClintie
Okla
Akron
Lakehurst
William A. Moffett
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Adams
McClintic
Moffett
Death of American aviator Robert Short not implicate US
Washington reports that Robert Short, an American aviator attached to Chinese forces, died when his plane was shot down by the Japanese. The government says voluntary service for a foreign force forfeits protection, and no international complications are expected.
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Washington
Robert Short
United States
Short
Rasor and Crisp Case Declared Mistrial
A mistrial was declared in Laurens County in the murder trial of Henry Rasor Lathan Crisp and Eugene Crisp. Foreman James M Donnan told Judge B W G Shipp the jury could not reach a verdict after reconvening this morning. The defendants were charged in the death of W G Rasor 71 of Cross Hill incident.
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Laurens
W. G. Shipp
Henry Rasor
Lathan Crisp
Eugene Crisp
James M. Donnan
Shipp
Donnan
W. G. Rasor
Cross Hill
Strikers Grow as Blue Bell Overall Workers Walkout
Greensboro February 23 two hundred more workers joined the strike at Blue Bell Overall Company plants bringing total strikers to 1400 as pay shifts from piecework to hourly. Company official says earnings drop under the plan would be 12 to 15 percent. No union affiliation among strikers. A conference with company officials and a strike committee was set for this afternoon.
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Greensboro
Blue Bell Overall
Milton H. Zauber
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