Hoover urges changes to bankruptcy and crime laws
President Hoover asked Congress to close bankruptcy and criminal law loopholes, strengthen prohibition enforcement in the capital, and create more federal judgeships. He also proposed rules on grand juries, juvenile transfers, interstate corporate status, and streamlined appeals to modernize the system.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Wickersham
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Pres. Hoover
Senate panel withholds Jonas nomination for U.S. attorney
The Senate judiciary committee filed an unfavorable report on Charles A. Jonas for U S attorney in the western district of North Carolina. Bailey, a North Carolina senator, led opposition citing Jonas's past comments on elections. The panel split with several Republicans voting for and Democrats against confirming Jonas.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Bailey
Charles A. Jonas
U. S
Washington
United States
North Carolina
N. C
Jonas
House of Representatives
House
Special Elections Investigation Committee
Nye
Borah
Idaho
Robinson
Ind
Waterman
Colo
Hastings
Del
Hebbert
R. J
Schall
Minn
Austin
Vermont
Blaine
R. Wis
Ashurst
Ariz
Walsh
Mont
Norris
Baley
Ex Grid Star Found Guilty Murder in Self Defense
SYLVA Feb 29 Ray Fisher 21 a junior college student was found guilty of second degree murder in the killing of Will Ensley a local engineer last November The jury rejected self defense and the judge A M Stack imposed a 20 to 30 year sentence Fisher testified Ensley hired him to make liquor and a quarrel led to the fatal shooting as the football team captain at Sylva Collegiate Institute.
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Sylva
Ray Fisher
Will Ensley
Locape
Fisher
Ensley
A. M. Stack
Sylva Collegiate Institute
Garner and Moses Clash Over President Garner
In Washington Feb 29 a Republican flare up centers on Speaker Garner as a potential Democratic candidate. Senator George Moses of New Hampshire mocks Garner's charges against Hoover and hints at a wet or dry campaign question. Garner replies that Moses shows little thought. Meantime Seabury tackles Tammany and Roosevelt, while Montana committeeman Kremer predicts solid Western support for Roosevelt.
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Washington
Garner
George Moses
New Hampshire
Hoover
Moses
New York State
Samuel Seabury
Tammany
Roosevelt
New York
Montana
J. Bruce Kremer
Leap Year Penalty Myth In Olden Days Probed
Washington reports on leap year quirks and calendar drift tracing from ancient Egypt to 1288 Scotland. The piece notes a historic law offering fines if a man refused a marriage proposal, later echoed in France Florence and Genoa, and clarifies the leap year name origin.
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Tonsworth
International Fixed Calendar League
Cottonsworth
Scotland
Bussit Mageste
France
Florence
Genoa
Congress Agenda: Bills on Labor Injunctions and Price Fixing
Senate resumes consideration of a bill to restrict injunctions in labor disputes with a vote near. Interstate Commerce Committee resumes hearings on a bill to permit price fixing. Judiciary reviews nominations and miscellaneous measures. Conference report on a lame duck constitutional amendment. Ways and Means studies tax increases. Agriculture hears cotton trade on short selling.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Judiciary Committee
Acts of Conference
Ways and Means
Agriculture Committee
Hearst Ranch Newsroom A Window To National Events
Reporter describes the Hearst ranch as a hub for private wire service copies and a vast animal collection. Mentions Calvin Coolidge and Polly Moran enjoying time there and an informal debate with Paul Block.
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San Francisco
Calif
Mr. Hearst
United States
Leavenworth
Calvin Coolidge
Polly Moran
Oglethorpe University
Paul Block
Angus D MacLean Declares He Won't Seek Governor Nomination
Angus D MacLean of Beaufort County says he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor citing health. He endorses a platform of state support for a six month school term without ad valorem taxes and emphasizes economical, efficient administration and funding through revenue. He contrasts this with opponents who would cut schools to save taxes.
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Washington, N. C
Angus D. MacLean
Beaufort County
General Assembly
MacLean
Detroit Pilots and Mechanics Offer Aid to China
Led by George Murphy, 40 Detroit fliers and mechanics offered to fight or train pilots for China against Japan at Shanghai. Veterans and trained pilots attended a mass meeting of the Chinese patriotic league and the group planned to telegram the offer to Dr Yip Ko Ling, Chinese consul for the Midwest in Chicago.
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Detroit
Mich
George Murphy
Ailot
Frankurphy
China
Japan
Shanghai
Army
Navy
Chinese Patriotic League
Murphy
Yip Ko Ling
Middlewest Area
Chicago
Chinese Waver And Retreat As Japs Smash Through With Renewed Vigor
The United States opposes any economic boycott against Japan and seeks only moral influence as Shanghai hostilities flare. Chinese forces fight fiercely at Chapei facing renewed Japanese fire from river warships and heavy bombardment amid peace talks.
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Washington
Japan
State Department
Shanghai
United States
Shanghat
Chapei
Kiangwan
Woosung
Southern Baptist Mission Hospital
Kuramatsu Murai
Wu Teh- Chen
Shanghai-Neanking
Soochow
Shanghai-Hangchow
Kashing
China
Finland braces for fascist march on capital
Helsinki reports militant fascists from the Lappo party preparing to march on the city. The Finnish army blocks a crackdown, with 4,000 armed supporters and up to 30,000 more surrounding Maentyala. Government plans to suppress the Lappo movement include dismissing provincial officials and banning workers meetings.
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Finland
Helsingfors
Lappo Party
Maentyala
Lappoiiies
Lappo
J. A. Lander
Cotton Exchange Leaders Oppose Short Selling Regulation
Leaders of the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges told the House Agriculture Committee that regulating short selling of cotton would be a dangerous and inadvisable experiment likely to cause more financial disturbances. William S. Dowell and Russell Clark denied bear raids on the markets.
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Washington
Williams. Dowell
New York Cotton Exchange
Russell Clark
New Orleans Exchange
House Agriculture Committee
Assault on Navy Wife Frightens Honolulu Again
In Honolulu the wife of Navy machinist John H. Hope was attacked in her home by a masked man who bound her, gagged her, and threatened to return. The assailant also terrorized another Navy family nearby, renewing calls for federal intervention amid fears of rising violence against women.
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Honolulu
United States Navy
Kathleen Hope
John H. Hope
San Diego
Cal
Russo-Japan clash looms amid Shanghai peace talks
Geneva reports Japan accepts armistice at Shanghai talks to end hostilities in the Shanghai area with a conference to follow. Tokyo dispatches claim 100000 Soviet troops near Vladivostok and new fortifications as tensions rise over Manchuria and fisheries. Policers note iodine factory conversion to a poison gas plant amid troop movements toward Rasdolnaya Ugolnaya and Sto va.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Japan
League of Nations Council
Shanghai
China
John
Tokyo
Yamaguchi
Vladivostok
Foreign Office
Ussuri Rai
Aestler
Viadivostok Harbor
Sedanka
Amur Bay
Manchuria
Olga Bay
Rasdolnaya
Ugolnaya
Stova
Possiest Bay
Ussuri
Europe
Omsk
Hendren Confirms Settlement Of Alienation Suit
State Senator W M Hendren said in Lexington that George C Southerland Jr s $150000 alienation suit against him had been settled. He would not elaborate as he attended superior court and did not confirm further details about the Goldsboro case filed last June.
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Lexington
W. M. Hendren
George C. Southerland, Jr
Superior Court
Goldsboro
War Loan Report Suppresses Far East Crisis News
Tokyo reports sensational claim of a 50 million dollar U S loan to Shanghai defenders. Chiang Kai-shek allegedly negotiated the loan with materials to be paid, while officials doubt the report. League of Nations commission arrives as talks of peace progress in Shanghai and Geneva receive cautious optimism.
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Tokio
Shanghai
Far East
League of Nation
Geneva
Chiang Kai-Shek
Murai
Asahi
Nichi Nichi
Katsuji Debuchi
Washington
League Commission
Lord Lytton
Great Britain
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Commission
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Republican Executive Committee of
Soviet
Russia
Grid Star
Duke
Duke University
Durham, N. C
Pauline
Dem
Seabury
Omar Khyayyam
Moses B. Cot
Angus D. McLean
Red
Lenin
Red Square
Moscow
Workers and Peasants’ Army
Germany
Massie
Henre
Hendren
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