Statesmen Gather in London for Five Power Conference
London gathers top global leaders for the five power naval limitation conference. Japan, Italy, and France delegations arrive, United States Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson leads talks aboard the George Washington en route from New York. If successful, new security guarantees may ease tax burdens. failure could trigger armament races and war threats.
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Associated Press
London
Japan
Henry L. Stimson
Plymouth
George Washington
New York
Royal Chamber
House of Lords
King George
Dawes-MacDonald
MacDonald-Hoover
Chequers
Stimson
France
Italy
Senate Study Proposes Prohibition Enforcement Reshuffle
Washington reports that Hoover administration plans a broad reorganization of prohibition enforcement while avoiding conflicts with state powers. The House moves to transfer enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department as border patrol duties shift under Coast Guard supervision. further bills are expected from various departments.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover
House
Capitol
Williamson
Committee On Expenditures
Treasury
Justice Department
Border Patrol
Coast Guard
Army
Navy
Longworth
Senate
Magnates urged to call Ford and Rosenwald on cotton prices
Arthur Marsh told a senate subcommittee that Henry Ford and Julius Rosenwald should testify on how to aid southern cotton farmers. He accused Ford's buyers of drive down prices for cotton fabrics and charged Sears, Montgomery Ward, and Woolworth's with remorseless price cuts harming producers. He noted independent stores formed buying syndicates to shift risk onto farmers.
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Washington
Arthur Marsh
New York Cotton Exchange
Senate
Henry Ford
Julius Rosenwald
Sears Roebuck and Company
South
Ford
Rosenwald
Marsh
Sears- Roebuck and Company
Montgomery Ward and Company
Woolworth’s
Capture Expected as Carter Sought Near Reidsville
In Reidsville on January 14 AP reports a posse tracking Robert Carter found clothing in a nearby woods and, hampered by rain, pressed a search for the suspect who attacked May Baynes a 22 year old hosiery mill worker. Bloodhounds trail as shots are fired. Carter reportedly surrounded and likely to be captured soon. reward offered by Reidsville and Rockingham County.
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Reidsville
Jan
Robert Carter
May Baynes
Carter
Sam Robinson
Rockingham County
Baynes
120Th Infantry, National Guard
Four Killed In Pay Car Underrail Explosion
Four men died and two were injured when would be robbers dynamited a Glen Alden Coal pay car near Nanticoke Pennsylvania. The blast occurred as the pay car carried payroll funds to workers. a hero motorman alerted the mine and a few thousand dollars were saved. Victims named include Arthur W Webb Frank Bimeski Martin Burns James Shovlin and Fred Pfaff. Police sought four suspects and a blue New York plated car fled the scene.
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Wilkesbarre
Glen Alden Coal Company
New York
Nanticoke
Truesdale
Harry Powell
Arthur W. Webb
Scranton
Frank Bimeski
Martin Burns
James Shovlin
Fred Pfaff
West Coast Still In Winter's Grip
Snow rain and extreme cold held the far west in a rigorous winter. California looked for temporary relief while the Northwest faced sub normal temperatures and more snowfall in southern Oregon Washington Idaho Nevada and northern California.
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San Francisco
California
Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
West Point Discharges 64 Cadets Including Alonzo Parham
West Point announced sixty four cadets were honorably discharged for failing mid term academic exams. Alonzo Parham of Chicago, a Negro, was among those discharged after failing to pass the written general review. 73 cadets passed the final examination and remained. Congressman DePriest pledged to appoint another Negro to the academy if Parham is officially dropped.
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West Point
N. Y
Alonzo Parham
Chicago
United States Military Academy
William R. Smith
Smith
Military Academy
Parham
DePriest
Washington
Oscar DePriest
Illinois
Academy
Arsenic and Germanium Found in Meteors at Cornell
Cornell University researchers report using a super sensitive light analysis method to detect arsenic and germanium in half a dozen meteors from the last century. The discovery renews speculation that other worlds may share earthlike chemistry and life-supporting conditions.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
American Astronomical Society
Earth
Nnone
Coun
Mars
Miner’s Law Blamed For Fatal Blast At Alabama Coal Mine
Survivors attribute the deadly explosion at Peerless Cahaba Coal near Straven to sparks from a miner’s saw. Six miners died Arthur Lawley Cole man Davis Solon Brantley Robert Vernon Bill Lanier Mack McCain. Jim Chesser survived and others escaped as inspectors began inquiry.
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Birmingham
Ala
Peerless- Cahaba Coal Company
Straven
Here
Arthur Lawley
Coleman Davis
Solon Brantley
Robert Vernon
Bill Lanier
Mack McCain
Jim Chesser
W. B. Hillhouse
Frank Cash
News Briefs From North and South Carolina
Carolina news briefs report Ernest Newsum returning after 15 years claiming time in Nova Scotia. A wreck on a mountain highway near Walnut, Madison County leaves Jack Eckenrod dead and J E Hair and Russell Adams injured. A bill in South Carolina proposes up to 36 looms per operative for mills. Guilford County lacks a doctor after A G Whitaker's death and a committee seeks a replacement. Physicians from Greensboro will form a urology group. Dr N George Cromer to lead a 500000 endowment drive for Newberry College.
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Sheville
N. C
Jack Eckenrod
Canton
J. E. Hair
Russell Adams
Wilmington
Del
Walnut
Madison County
South Carolina
Palmetto
H. C. Godfrey
Ngsaaieone Ss. C
Fulian
Guilford County
A. (. Whitaker
Sumner Charged With Fatally Injuring Co Worker
Nathaniel Sumner, a Black worker in Astonia North Carolina, is held on a charge of fatally injuring a fellow employee in a warehouse with an ice pick. The incident leads to police investigation and potential trial.
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Astonia
N. C
Nathaniel Sumner
Stop Schools Account of Spinal Meningitis
Butler Missouri January 14 public schools closed for one week and all public meetings forbidden due to two deaths from spinal meningitis. Churches were closed and motion picture theaters banned. The deceased are Richard McNay 11 son of C H McNay postmaster and editor of the Republican Press and Charles Simpson 12 son of C A Simpson farmer.
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Butler
Richard McNay
C. H. McNay
The
Republican Press
Charles Simpson
C. A. Simpson
Piano Tuner Finds a Rich Vein of Gold in Montgomery County
Charlotte piano tuner F. J. Gallery reported a rich gold vein near Troy Montgomery County on the J. P. Saunders farm. J. W. Foulis of Clark Gold and Copper Mining Co Arizona deemed the vein one of the best prospects he had seen in the south.
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Montgomery County
Charlotte, N. C
The
Charlotte Observer
F. J. Gallery
Charlotte Piano Tuner
Troy
J. P. Saunders
J. W. Foulis
Clark Gold and Copper Mining Company
Arizona
South
Hoover Cleared in Senate Lobby Probe
The senate lobby investigation committee absolved President Hoover of impropriety in Cuban and American sugar negotiations. It faulted opponents for trying to spark Latin American hostility and noted expenditures by both sides totaling over 40 000 dollars. The report found no improper influence by Hoover. It details Shattuck and Crowder connections with Cuban sugar interests and the sugar tariff discussions.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate Lobby Investigation Committee
Senate
United States
Edwin P. Shattuck
New York
H. C. Lakin
Cuba Company
Sugar Equalization Board
Lakin
Shattuck
Enoch Crowder
Cuba
E. H. Crowder
Machado
A F L Plans Reduction Of Working Hours In Unemployment Effort
St Petersburg Fra Jan 14 The American Federation of Labor executive council moves to quickly study a plan to gradually cut working hours to ease unemployment. They also discuss injunction convict labor legislation and child labor issues.
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ST. Petersburg
Fra
American Federation of Labor
Two Robbers And A Detective Killed In Chicago Shootout
In Chicago a police squad responding to a burglar alarm encountered fleeing robbers from the Sucherman apartment. Detective Jerry Murphy was fatally shot, Lieut. Edward Conroy wounded, and one robber killed. A third surrendered after tear gas and a second squad arrived.
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Chicago
Antennna
Harry Sucherman
Sucherman
Joseph
Jerry Murphy
Murphy
Edward Conroy
Richard O'Malley
O'Malley
Holzman
Sam Wolfe
Bridewell
Samuel Waterman
Vienna
Covenant changes urged to update League of Nations
Geneva report adopts plan to form a committee to draft charges and align the covenant with the Kellogg pact outlawing war. British French German and Italian delegates express confidence, stressing no loss of faith and resolve to keep the covenant up to date and effective. Memphis reports ongoing floods along the St Francis and White rivers, with farm lands inundated in Kentucky Arkansas and Tennessee. Levees patrolled and sandbags deployed as water rises threaten towns and villages across the region.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Council of the League
League Assembly
League
Arthur Henderson
International Society of States
Memphis
Tenn
Weather Bureau
St. Francis River
Arkansas
White River
Clarendon
Ark
Mississippi Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Trumann
St. Francis
Claunch
Bay
Lunsford
Lake City
Newport
Cache River
Brasfield
Woman Dies of Parrot's Fever in New York
Mrs. Leon F. Swears, 35, of Johnstown New York died early today from psittacosis the first death from the disease in New York state. A parrot in the home drooped before her illness and was killed by her husband. Mrs. Francis Swears is ill.
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Johnstown
N. Y
Leon F. Swears
New York State
Francis Swears
Toledo Sees Second Psittacosis Victim
Miss Catherine Tierney, 67, housekeeper at the Good Shepherd church residence, dies in Toledo from psittacosis believed contracted from a parrot brought by Rev. George A. Branigan. The parrot died earlier, and three new suspected cases are under investigation by H. G. Pamment.
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Toledo, O
Catherine Tierney
Good Shepherd Church
Toledo
Tierney
George A. Branigan
South America
Southport Welcomes Fisherman William Larsen Home
The town of Southport North Carolina gathers to honor William Larsen after he survived five days at sea in a Dory. He lived on raw fish and rain water and battled twelve near drownings before rescue by the Danish steamer Ivey Olsen.
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Southport
N. C
William Larsen
Ivey Olsen
Larsen
Modoc
Mascoutin
Manning
Dory
Gaffney Banker Found Slain After Bank Meeting
Maynard Smyth 52 president of First National Bank of Gaffney and vice president of Gaffney Manufacturing was found shot to death in the rear garage of his brother’s home. The annual bank meeting had just ended without his presence. A coroner’s jury was convened to determine cause.
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Maynard Smyth
Bank
Gaffney
S. C
First National Bank of Gaffney
Gaffney Manufacturing Company
Smyth
Claude Littlejohn
First National Bank
Anniston
Ala
Taft Leaves Washington For Asheville Rest Visit
Chief Justice Taft plans to depart Washington at 6 40 p m for Asheville North Carolina for several weeks of rest after a slight recurrence of an old ailment.
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Washington
Taft
Asheville
N. C
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Ernest Newsum
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