London Naval Conference Opens With High Hopes Despite Doubts
Five great sea powers meet in London to seek a treaty ending naval build up and promote world disarmament. Delegations led by Stimson MacDonald Grandi Wakatsuki and Ariand discuss steps while managing cautious public optimism and avoiding inflated expectations. Stimson hosts Italian delegation at a country estate before further talks at the French embassy.
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Frank Haviland King
Associated Press
London
King George
Hoover
MacDonald
Stimson
Grandi
Italy
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Japan
Ariand
France
Downing Street
England
Largest Land Plane To Try Hop Thursday
The Fokker Aircraft corporation announced that the F-32, the world’s largest land plane, would make its first public flight Thursday at Newark airport and head for the west coast with guests on Sunday, January 26. It is powered by four 575 horsepower engines and seats 32 passengers. Western Air Express has ordered five planes and may take delivery next week.
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New York
Fokker Aircraft Corporation
Newark
N. J
Fokker Company
Western Air Express
Clifford Frazier Nominated for ICC Seat
Report says Rep Jonas and Rep Pritchard submitted Clifford Frazier of Greensboro as an alternative to A J Maxwell for the Interstate Commerce Commission. They noted Tennessee candidates were favored and that a North Carolina nominee was sought. The White House was to respond within days.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
Jonas
Washington
Clifford Frazier
Greensboro
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. Jonas
Pritchard
Frazier
A. J. Maxwell
Raleigh
Maxwell
the Observer
Tennessee
Mr. Williams
Tate
Blair
Mr. Pritchard
Two Dry Agents Killed In Raid In Florida
In West Palm Beach two federal prohibition agents were shot and killed during a raid on the Moore residence by bootlegger George W. Moore. Fellow officers Paterson Moncure and McNalty were wounded or escaped. Moore was arrested. Police and customs officials described a tense scene with Moore firing a shotgun and holding Chief Matthews at gunpoint.
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West Palm Beach
Doran
Fla
George W. Moore
Moore
Fratherson
Fairfax County
Virginia
Robert K. Moncure
Washington, D. G
William McNalty
James Crugler
Palm Beach
Bay
Frank Matthews
MecNalty
Crugler
United States
Robert L. Earnest
Moncure
Paterson
McNalty
Matthews
Powers Ready to Sign Reparations Protocol and Young Plan
The Hague report states that major creditor powers have agreed to a protocol to implement the Young plan for reparations and establish an international bank at Basle to manage German payments on an economic basis. Some eastern reparations disputes remain with the Little Entente nations seeking Austria Bulgaria and Hungary, but compromises are hoped.
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The
Hague
Austria
Bulgaria
Hungary
International Bank
Basle
Gladys May Parks Convicted of Murder in NJ Case
Gladys May Parks, a 35 year old former cabaret entertainer, is found guilty of murder in the second degree for the death of 2 year old Timothy Rogers and of manslaughter in the death of 4 year old Dorothy Rogers. Sentence set for Monday. penalties range 20 to 30 years for murder and 1 to 10 years for manslaughter, to run concurrently.
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Camden
N. J
Glayds May Parks
Timothy Rogers
Dorothy Rogers
New Jersey
Miss Parks
James V. Bishop
Brooklawn
Treasury Post Office dept Supply Bill Sent To Senate
The House passed the $1 147 778 692 treasury post office supply bill after bitter prohibition debates and a fight over ocean mail contracts. Rep Patman failed to slash ocean contracts from 28 million to 21.4 million and the measure moved to the Senate on a voice vote.
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Treasury
Post Office Dept
Senate
House
Washington
Treasury-Post Office Department
Patman
Texas
Texan
la Division
Wets Fail To Block Prohibition EnforcementFunding
In Washington on January 18 the dry faction in the House repelled multiple attempts by wets to change the administration plan funding 15 million dollars for prohibition enforcement in the next fiscal year. LaGuardia led a challenge arguing unconstitutionality but was overruled by Speaker Snell as the debate continued.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Prohibition
LaGuardia
New York
Snell
Doctors Plan War On Parrot's Fever
Federal health authorities weigh reinforced measures against psittacosis after 635 cases and eight deaths. The disease reappeared beyond Annapolis with one death and six ill in Los Angeles County. A 60 day embargo on South American wild animal and bird life through San Pedro port was proposed, but officials did not plan an immediate embargo.
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Washington
Annapolis
Maryland
Los Angeles
California
San Pedro
Cali
Cumming
Bilogical Survey
Agricultural Department
Public Health Service
Receiver Asked For Fox Films
Ira M. Gast of Rutherford New Jersey a class A stockholder filed in federal court for the appointment of an equity receiver for Fox Film Corporation He says class A holders were denied access to books and records and that the company faces 910000000 in short term indebtedness and efforts to convert obligations into judgments He represents other stockholders in the action
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New York
William Fox
Ira M. Gast
Rutherford
N. J
Fox Film Corporation
Gast
Opera Star Ganna Walska Wins Customs Fight
U S Customs Court in New York rules Mme Ganna Walska is domiciled in Paris while her husband Harold F McCormick lives in Chicago. She avoids $1 million in duties on jewelry and clothes brought to New York a year ago. Court upholds separate domicile for wife, a possible legal precedent.
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United States
New York
Mme. Ganna Walska
Paris
Harold F. McCormick
Chicago
Senate votes increased duty on wool felt hats in Smoot Hawley bill
The Senate approved a higher duty on wool felt hat bodies and related imports as part of the Smoot Hawley tariff debate. The tentative rate is 33 cents a pound plus 50 percent ad valorem, with variations eyed for yarn and other wool products. Senator George opposed but allowed the measure to pass without a roll call, while Senator Gillett urged higher duties to protect domestic mills. The body will continue with tariff amendments on paper and book schedules and consider dyestuff valuation changes.
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Washington
Senate
Milady
George
Georgia
United States
House
Gillett
Massachusetts
LaFollette
Republican Independent
Wisconsin
Raleigh Braces for Coldest Night of Winter
Raleigh weather officials forecast the coldest weather of the season with a low of 14 degrees before morning. The night would be clear as the mercury stood at 32 at 8 o clock tonight.
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Raleigh
United States Weather Bureau
Icy Waters Sweep Southeast Missouri And Arkansas
Five hundred families evacuated as flood waters from six breaks in the St Francis river inundated 50 000 acres across Dunklin Pemiscot and Green counties. Crevasses opened near Hitts Ferry Kennet Carter Island and Nimmons Levee as engineers counted widespread damage and marooned communities. In Indiana, White River levee breaks flood Southern Knox County, trapping residents in Decker Chapel and nearby areas while ice hinders rescue efforts.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis River
Missouri
Arkansas
Hitt’s Ferry
Holcomb
Mill House Place
Kennet
Carter's Island
Kennett
Nimmons Levee
United States Engineers
Dunklin
Pemisquet
Clarry
Green Counties
Ark
Indiana
Vincennes
Ind
Knox County
Wabash
Woman Sentenced For Man's Death
Lillie Mayne Stewart of Henderson was sentenced by Judge W A Devin in Warren superior court to seven to ten years in state prison after a jury found her guilty of second degree murder in the December killing of Bryant Bragg. She admitted shooting Bragg in a Ridgeway section house, claiming self defense.
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Henderson
Lillie Mayne Stewart
W. A. Devin
Warren
Warrenton
Bryant Bragg
Bragg
Ridgeway
Warren County
Doran Warns of Sanctity of Home in Volstead Education
Washington January 18 The treasury department published a 55 page monograph for federal officers enforcing the Volstead act stressing home sanctity. Commissioner Doran said searches of private dwellings require strict legal compliance and warned against harsh or unnecessary tactics.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Doran
Supreme Court of the
United States
Two Die In Florida Crossing Accident Near Palm River
Two persons were killed and five injured in an Atlantic Coast Line crossing accident near Palm River Florida. The dead include Mrs Charles Reimling and 15 month old Nancy Reimling. The injured are Henry Bryant Mrs Lois Bryant John Thomas Bryant 15 months Charles Reimling and Jennette Reimling. The car driven by Reimling skidded on a wet shell highway in front of Train No 73 en route to Tampa from Sarasota.
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Tampa
Fla
Palm River
Here
Charles Reimling
Nancy Reimling
Henry Bryant
Palm _ River
Lois Bryant
John Thomas Bryant
Jeannette Reimling
Stupidity Declared Only Sin By Pussyfoot Johnson Banquet Talk
William E. Johnson aka Pussyfoot Johnson addressed Anti Saloon League delegates in Detroit. He argued stupidity is the only sin after studying wrongdoing. He cited Cain and Noah as examples and criticized Al Smith’s presidential bid. Judge Florence Allen and P Callahan spoke at the banquet.
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Detroit
William E
Pussyfoot) Johnson
League
Cain
Abel
Johnson
Noah
al Smith
America
Florence Allen
Ohio Supreme Court
P. §. Callahan
Louisville
Frigid North West Storm Hits South With Fatalities
A sudden cold blast from the northwest sweeps the south bringing five deaths and hundreds of injuries as temperatures plunge across North and South Carolina and into Georgia and New Orleans. Ice, sleet and snow disrupt transport as levee workers face hardship and relief efforts begin.
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Appalachian Range
Caroelinas
North Carolina
Henderson
Asheville
Weather Bureau
Piedmont
Columbia
South Carolina
United States Weather Bureau
Raleigh
Charlotte
Dixie
New Orleans
South
Northwest
Gulf of Mexico
Middle South
Mississippi River
Ward Trial 13 On Docket This Week
Evander Ward faces a first degree murder arraignment as his Montgomery county superior court term opens Monday in Troy North Carolina. The case involves the death of his wife near Star on December 4 and the body’s exhumations and autopsies by multiple doctors yielding conflicting findings.
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Star
Troy
N.C
Evander Ward
Montgomery County Superior Court
Ward
C. Dalignay
Dempsey Barnes
Asheboro
H. L. Griffin
N. P. Coppedge
Candor
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ICC
Chance
Gladys May Parks
Prohibition Fund
Postoffice Department
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Blaine
Fox Films
Smoot-Hawley
Harold Oliver
Vincennes, Ind
Decker Chapel
W. E. Willis
Mr. Willis
White River
United States Tariff Commission
Edgar Bernard Brossard
Utah
Commission
Thomas ©. Marvin
Florida
Pussyfoot Johnson
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