Five Nations Open Naval Conference With King George
The opening session at Westminster saw King George address five great naval powers as they pledge peace and curb ship building. Diplomats from Britain, France, the United States, Italy, Japan, and dominions promise common sacrifice and harmonious progress in the Washington framework. The meeting adjourns for informal talks before private sessions Thursday at St James Palace.
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Royal Gallery
Palace of Westminster
George
St. James’ Palace
Washington
Great Britain
France
United States
Italy
Japan
British Dominions
Ramsay MacDonald
Henry L. Stimsson
Hoover
Andre Tardieu
Dino Grand
Preemier Mussolini
Reijiro Wakatesuki
Enforcement Commission Proposals Get Action
A House judiciary subcommittee moved to draft three bills to give United States commissioners power over minor offenses to ease federal court congestion. After testimony by Chairman Wickersham and Dean Roscoe Pound, the plan aims to handle misdemeanors not requiring a jury trial with defined casual offenses and amended penalties. Hearings are expected again Friday.
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Washington
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
House Judiciary
United States
Dean Roscoe Pound
Christopenson
South Dakota
Pound
Christopherson
United States Commissioners
Dean Pound
Wally
Coast Guardsmen Shoot Negro On Rum Laden Boat
In Miami on January 21 Coast Guardsmen halted a rum laden speed boat after a three mile chase on the Miami river. They shot a crew member named Leon Sanders 28 in the thigh as he tried to flee. Two white men who he said were accomplices escaped. Sanders was hospitalized after the confrontation.
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Miami
Fla
Miami River
Coast
Leon Sanders
Shio
Harry A. Jackson
Fernandena
Booths Executors Lose Property Fight in Court
London January 21. Chancery court ordered the executors of the late General Bramwell Booth to turn over Salvation Army property valued at about 1.9 million pounds to General Higgins who now leads the organization. The seized assets mainly include real estate, buildings, halls and shelters. American Salvation Army property remains unaffected under a separate board of five trustees.
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London
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
Chancery Court
Higgins
Army
Booth
American Salvator Army
Trial Postponed in Greenville Contempt Case
In Greenville S and L C Jan 21 contempt of court proceedings against J T Babb a juror cited for remarks in a public case during the weekend that caused a mistrial in the Moore case have been postponed until tomorrow.
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Greenville
S&l. C
J. T. Babb
J. Harmon Moore
Cold stretches across Rocky Mountains and plains
January 21. Severe cold persisted across the Rocky Mountain region and southwest as a heavy snow storm moved east. Sub-zero readings dominated Montana while Wyoming and Colorado added new snow. Basin Montana hit 32 below zero with ongoing frigid conditions. Kansas City dropped to 4 below and Beloit reported 10 below as winds drifted snow on highways.
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Kansas City
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Basin
Mont
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Mercury
Kansas
Beloit
Kas
Medicos Cheered At Finding Anti-Cancer Serum
In San Francisco two doctors from Southern Pacific General Hospital described a newly found serum from sheep adrenal glands that allegedly kills cancerous tissue. Dr Coffey claimed striking results and presented the serum to pathologists as startling. Prominent physicians Dr Gallwey and Dr Meyer hailed the discovery as highly important.
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San Francisco
Walter B. Coffey
John B. Humber
Southern Pacific General Hospital
Coffey
Humber
John Gallwey
Karl Meyer
Hooper Foundation
University of California
Canada Exports Of Liquor To U S In 1929 Reported
Government figures released from Ottawa show Canada exported 20,787,100 worth of alcoholic beverages to the United States in 1929, about 2.5 million less than 1928. Total Canadian liquor exports for 1929 reached 29,599,20, with details noted in the AP dispatch.
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Canada
U. S
Ottawa
United States
South Still Needs Lee's Leadership
Dr. Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wisconsin, delivered the Lee memorial address at the University of Georgia chapel. He argued Lee’s traits could guide the South through industrial and social transformation, praising Lee’s aversion to force and tolerance, and proposing a future where technology and management advance a more humane national order.
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Athens
Robert EB. Lee
Glenn Frank
Frank
University of Wisconsin
Lee
University of Georgia
Dr. Frank
South
Bar Association Sets Chicago Convention Dates
Asheville officials announced that the American Bar Association will hold its annual convention in Chicago on August 20, 21 and 22. The executive committee fixed the city and dates at a meeting yesterday afternoon.
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Asheville
The
American Bar Association
Chicago
Property Tax Relief Club Seeks Special Session
More than 600 members of Buncombe County property tax relief club urged Governor Gardner to call a special legislative session to devise means to relieve excess property burdens. The action followed a Monday night news meeting.
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Asheville
Buncombe County Club For
O. Max Gardner
Cotton Oil Plant in Charlotte Destroyed by Fire
The Southern Cotton Oil Company plant in Charlotte burned today causing about 200000 dollars in damage. The large wooden building measuring 800 by 100 feet housed vast quantities of cotton seed meal hulls seeds and bags fueling the blaze. Firefighters from five companies tackled the flames after workers spotted the fire at 4 07 a m. Two workers inside the plant were unaware of the blaze until witnesses alerted authorities. The fire started on the roof and spread rapidly before crews could contain it.
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Charlotte
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Lady Heath Seeks Divorce Decree Amid Recognition Fears
Lady Mary Heath, the British aviatrix, sues for divorce in Reno alleging her husband Sir James Heath threatened to deny paternity, disowned her, and obstructed support. She claims his refusals to pay for purchases and airplanes caused numerous lawsuits and public embarrassment, naming London solicitor Eric L. Stammers as associate. The suit seeks no alimony or financial settlement and questions if a default decree would be recognized in some places.
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Lady Heath
London
Eric L. Stammers
Rescuers Seek Marooned Parties Near Big Lake
Rescuers in outfitted flat boats searched a waterlogged stretch of the St Francis river valley southeast of Big Lake Arkansas where more than 250 families were marooned. Red Cross teams planned to move survivors to Blytheville while weather and drizzle hampered relief efforts and levee work.
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Red Cross
Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis River
Big Lakes
Arkansas
American Red Cross
Blytheville
Ark
Walter Over
Big Lake
Holcomb
M Holcomb
Marked Tree
A F L Embarks On Organization Drive In South
The American Federation of Labor launched a southern organizing campaign led by president William Green. About 50 organizers are based at the southern headquarters as Green spoke in Birmingham and planned to travel to Nashville and then to the Carolinas, Arkansas.
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Birmingham
Ala
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Green
Nashville
Carolinas
Arkansas
Tillery Testifies In Freight Rate Hearing
RALEIGH January 21 The freight rate hearing before Examiner Archer of the Interstate Commerce Commission continues with George L Tillery presenting testimony. Tillery a former specialist of the State Corporation Commission is expected to finish today or tomorrow morning. Afterward 25 to 50 shipper witnesses are anticipated for the state. The commission aims to secure a rate revision to improve North Carolina position relative to neighboring states in official territory.
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Raleigh
Archer
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Carolina
George L. Tillery
Tillery
State Corporation Commission
Investigations Begin Into Fatal TA Maddux Airliner Crash
Wreck of the TA Maddux airliner near Oceanside on Sunday with sixteen dead spurs a multi agency inquiry. D W Tomlinson presides with a board including pilots Whitney Bolande Welch and Lindbergh official. Coroner to identify bodies. separate probes ordered by San Diego air board and US commerce department. Pilot Basil Russell reportedly tried to turn back to dodge a late storm. weather at takeoff appeared normal.
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Los Angeles
Oceanside
Cal
F. W. Whitney
Eddie Bolande
D. Welch
Tomlinson
Charles A. Lindbergh
T. A. T.maddux Line
Schuyler Kelley
San Diego County
Kelley
San Diego Board of Air Control
J. A. Nall
Aeronautics
United States Department of Commerce
Nall
Heould
Department
Charles H. Lathrop
T. A. T.maddux Lines
Basil Russell
San Diego
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Employment Tide Turning Upward Pleases Hoover
President Hoover announced the Labor Department reported the first post crash rise in employment. He said last week showed an increase in employment nationwide, noting a distinct upturn across the country within ten days and that the tide has changed in the right direction.
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Washington
Hoover
Department of Labor
Young Man Posing As Electrical Inspector Jailed
Burlington police hold a young man calling himself Harry Miller after arrest for posing as an electrical inspector for Duke Power Company. He inspected Burlington industries and was traced to a plant not using Duke power. A second man fled the boarding house during the arrest, and authorities suspect the pair planned to obtain mill layouts for possible robberies.
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Burlington
Harry Miller
Burlington Industries
Duke Power Company
Miller
Duke Power
Greensboro Bar Endorses Frazier for ICC Vacancy
The Greensboro Bar Association adopted resolutions endorsing Clifford C. Frazier for the Interstate Commerce Commission vacancy and urged President Hoover to appoint him.
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Frazier
Greensboro
Greensboro Bar Association
Clifford C. Frazier
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoover
Hoover Early to Hear London Naval Conference Broadcast
President Hoover woke early to listen by radio to the opening session of the London naval limitations conference. He was joined in the White House by Attorney General Mitchell, Supreme Court Justice Stone, Dr. Joel Boone, and White House secretaries Lawrence Richey and Walter Newton as King George V spoke to start proceedings.
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Washington
Hoover
George V
Mitchell
Justice Stone
Supreme Court
Joel Boone
White House
Lawrence Richey
Walter Newton
Tragic Train Wreck in Alabama Kills Two Injures Twenty Five
An AP report details a derailment near Trafford Alabama on Louisville and Nashville passenger train No. 4. Two people died, 25 injured including ten in serious condition. Names include engineer Tom Lee Harrison of Decatur Alabama and John Henry Johnson of Louisville Kentucky. An investigation points to an open switch causing most cars to derail while a few pullmans and the diner stayed on track. Fireman direly injured and several others treated on site.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Trafford
Here
Tom Lee Harrison
Decatur
John Henry Johnson
Louisville
Mack Saxon
Frances King
Beech Avenue
Pittsburgh
Marquette
C. C. Heath
Tarrant City
Horace Pugh
Anniston
Gus Rogers
Atlanta
Mary S. Reid
Nashville
F. A. McGregory
Bessie Smith Wylam
Robert R. Miles
L. T. Holt
Tenn
Taft Stays Indoors Amid Rainy Asheville Visit
In Asheville on January 21 Chief Justice Taft, staying at Grove Park Inn, remained in his rooms due to inclement weather. Hotel chiefs report he has been taking auto rides twice daily since arriving a week ago and appears cheerful, rested, and improved since leaving Washington despite forecasts of rain.
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Asheville
Taft
Grove Park Inn
Washington
Schurman Leaves Berlin for Home
Dr. Jacob Schurman the American ambassador to Germany departed Berlin for Hamburg to sail home aboard the steamship George Washington, ending his tenure.
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Schurman
Berlin
Jacob Schurman
Germany
Hamburg
George Washington
Rector Remains in Greenville Jail in Murder Case
Former Sheriff Carlos A. Rector is jailed in Greenville County charged with murdering Sheriff Sam D. Willis. The arrest follows a mistrial in the case against Deputy J. Harmon Moore, also charged with Willis's murder. Bail hearing set for Saturday as new evidence linking Rector to the June 1927 shooting emerges.
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Greenville
Carlos A. Rector
Sam D. Willis
J. Harmon Moore
Rector
Wills
J. G. Leatherwood
Moore
W. H. Townsend
Forman
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Byron Price
Associated Press
Enforcement Commission
Lindbergh
NEA
T. A. T.maddux
San Clemente
Calif
Enterprise-Nea
Ford
Bar Association
Windy City
Property Tax Relief Club
Mary Heath
Lindy
D. W. Tomlinson
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