Reunion of Royalty In Prospect Speedboat Tragedy
Major Sir Henry O Segrave the famed speed king died in Windermere England after his speed boat Miss England II overturned during a test run. Mechanic E Halliwell and crew member M J Willcocks were injured with Halliwell missing and Willcocks hospitalized. Segrave had aimed to win the international Detroit trophy this summer.
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Windermere
England
Henry O. Segrave
Lake Windermere
Segrave
E. Halliwell
M. J. Willcocks
Three Men Saved as Others Die in Kentucky Chair
At Western State penitentiary Eddyville Kentucky three men received indefinite stays of execution after two white and two black inmates were executed by electric chair. Ballard Ratcliffe died after four shocks at 2200 volts and Edmonds followed after two shocks. The two remaining black inmates Lloyd Williams Keller and James Grigsby faced death calmly before stays were granted.
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Eddyville
J. L. Hughett
Reading
Sampson
Lloyd Williams
John Keller
James Grigsby
Ballard E. Ratcliffe
Richard Emonds
Western State Penitentiary
Grigsby
Ratcliffe
Edmonds
L. J. Knoth
L. R. Gumm
C. E. Collier
D. J. Travis
E. L. Busby
Hopkinsville
Edmond
Travis
Carl Dunn
Lakeland
Approval Of House And President Is Expected
The Senate passed the tariff bill by adopting conference reports, a 44 to 42 roll call. House action on conference agreements is anticipated tomorrow, with President Hoover expected to sign the Hrawley Smoot bill next week after review. The vote split among Republicans and Democrats reflected the party lines of the era.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hoover
Allen
Baird Bingham
Capper
Couzens
Dale Deneen
Fess
Gillett
Glenn Goldsborough
Greene
Grundy
Hale
Hastings
Hatfield
Herbert
Johnson
Jones
Kean
Keyes
McCulloch
McNary
Metcalf
Oddie
Patterson
Phipps
Reed
Robinson
Indiana
Kentucky
Shortridge
Smoot
Steiner
Sullivan
Thomas
Idaho
Townsend
Vandenberg
Walcott
Waterman
Broussard
Ransdell
Fletcher
Trammell
Kendrick
Blaine
Borah
Brookhart
Frazier
Howell
LaFollette
McMaster
Norbeck
Norris
Pine
Sehall
Ashurst
Barkley
Black
Bratton
Brock
Caraway
Connally
Copeland
Dill
George
Giles
Harris
Harrison
Hawes
Hayden
Heflin McKellar
Overman
Pittman
Arkansas
Sheppard
Simmons
Stephene
Swanson
Oklahoma
Tydings
Wagner
Walsh
Massa
Stimson Defends Hoover Ruling on London Papers
Secretary of State Stimson rejects Senate Foreign Relations Committee demand for London naval papers and urges treaty action be based on treaty language. Borah schedules another meeting as committee weighs immediate action despite Hoover and Stimson refusal to turn over notes.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
London
Stimson
Borah
Hoover
Rivers and Harbors Bill Awaited in Senate Schedule
The Senate kept the $120,000,000 rivers and harbors bill on its unfinished calendar as the chamber resumed work. The measure faced pending questions and possible amendments before final action.
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Senate
Washington
Glad He Quit Goldsboro Sailor Returns Home
Eurylochus Bryant of Goldsboro says he is glad to have quit his last job as second cook on the liner Fairfax before its ill fated voyage. He has no current job but chose to come home after leaving the ship.
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Goldsboro
Eurylochus Bryant
Goldsboro Negro
Eurylochus
Fairfax
High Point Woman Denied Requisition over Three-Room Home
In Columbia South Carolina Governor Richards refused Mrs Spencer McCormick of High Point North Carolina requisition papers to return her husband Mr McCormick to face abandonment and non support charges. The case cited their prior residence in a two room cottage and the couple’s three room home as basis for the decision.
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Columbia
S. C
Richards
Spencer Mccormick
High Point
N. C
Horry County
South Carolina
Court Rules Virginia Democratic Primary Open to Negroes
The United States circuit court of appeals ruled the Virginia Democratic Party cannot bar Negroes and other races from its primary. The decision upholds the right to participate in selecting candidates, reversing a Richmond district court finding in James O. West v Bailey et al, who was denied the 1928 primary. West won $5 damages at trial before appeals.
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Asheville
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Virginia
Democratic Party
District Court
Richmond
James O. West
A. C. Bailey
William Boltz
William Richer
West
Circuit Court
Maryland Governor Says Prohibition Burdens Canada
Governor Ritchie told a Toronto banquet that U S prohibition has placed an unfair burden on Canada and that international goodwill cannot be built on forcing a neighbor to adopt laws for another nation. He warned tariff revisions would harm other nations and noted the banquet closed the International Shriners convention.
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Toronto
Rittchie
Maryland
United States
Canada
Inquiry Into Ship Crash Is Continued
In Boston on June 13 the federal inquiry into the Fairfax Pinthis disaster continued as crew members testified about the collision near Scituate MA that killed 47. Sailors helped fight the fire while others aided passengers and nurses. Lake Tankers sued Merchants and Miners, seeking 359000 for Pinthis and cargo. Merchants and Miners sought liability limits.
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Boston
Fairfax
Massachusetts Bay
Harry E. Kipp
Kipp
Boston Navy Yards
Norfolk
Merchants & Miners
Scituate
Hatchcroft
New York
Lake Tankers Company
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
New York District
United States
Merchants and Miners Line
Tariff Bill Draws Raskob Attack
John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, telegrams Senator Joe Robinson condemning the tariff bill then before Congress as hurting business mood unemployment and wages. He says it will cripple foreign trade and harm domestic business and agriculture. He endorses the Simmons Norris amendment to limit tariff revisions to nonpartisan expert recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Joe T. Robinson
Congress
United States
Hitching Post Idea in Auto Parking Seen in Growth of Small Garages
RILOXI Mississippi June 13. Speakers at the National Association of building owners and managers urge a return to hitching post parking in urban centers. Owen N. H. Owens of Montreal says downtown garages will shrink and small garages will revive. He favors basement and ground floor garage lobbies aligned with building decor and a parking ratio of one parking square foot per four square feet of rental space.
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Riloxi
Miss
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Owen N. H. Owens
Montreal
Ont
Owens
HODGES 56 DIES IN WRECK NEAR STATESVILLE
S T Hodges executive vice president of the Home Mortgage Company of Durham died after an automobile crash six miles from Statesville on the highway to Hickory. He was 56, a Norfolk Virginia native, and had lived in Durham for three years. Funeral plans awaited family word.
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Statesville
S. T. Hodges
Home Mortgage Company
Durham
Here
Davis Hospital
Hodges
Hickory
Norfolk
Hendersonville
Edison Backs Fort for Senate Because He's Dry
New Jersey report says Thomas A. Edison, returning from Fort Myers, Florida, will support Representative Franklin W. Fort for the Republican Senate nomination in the upcoming primary, stating he is supporting him because Fort is dry.
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Edison
Senate
Newark
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Fort Myers
Fla
Franklin W. Fort
Chicago Metro Population Reaches 4.67 Million
Officials report Chicago metropolitan area spanning six counties including one in Indiana has 4,670,996 residents. The gain since 1920 is 1,199,198 or 34.5 percent with Cook County totaling 3,937,058 and Chicago city at 3,273,753, up 24.8 percent.
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Chicago
Indiana
Cook County
Trophy won t bear Schmeling s name
New York June 13 The Evening Post quotes William Muldoon veteran member of the New York state Athletic Commission that Max Schmeling s name will not be engraved on the Tunney Muldoon trophy emblematic of the world heavyweight championship No man who wins the title on a foul will have his name engraved on the trophy said the solid man.
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New York
The
Evening Post Today
William Muldoon
New York State Athletic Commission
Max Schmeling
Tunney
Two Men Held In Slaying Of Ezra Hodge
Sumter South Carolina June 13 two men are jailed with Caesar Cockerill admitting he shot Ezra Hodge a 50 year old farmer in a swamp behind his home He says Frank Jennings urged him and Ruyal officers later reported a still was destroyed at Jennings home Jennings refused to talk
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Sumter
S. C
Ezra Hodge
Caesar Cockerill
Frank Jennings
Cockerill
Ruyal Oficer
J. L. Dollard
Hodge
Jennings
Cessation of Civil War in China Likely
Shanghai reports hint at changes in China with possible end to civil and military groups in Nanking. Advices from the capital say nationalist civil officials discuss a peaceful settlement and steps toward a new political arrangement.
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China
Shanghai
Nanking
Royal Decree Proclaims Helen Rumanian Queen
In Bucharest on June 13 Princess Helen of Greece, ex-wife of King Carol II and mother of Prince Michael, is proclaimed Queen Helen of Romania by royal decree. The decree confirms her title and notes a possible coronation with Carol, likely by October, for Michael’s sake amid ongoing political steps. Carol and Helen’s expected union is hinted with legal adjustments to crown them jointly.
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Helen
Carol
Romania
Michael
Bucharest
Rumania
Greece
Carol II
Helen of
Princess Helen
Queen Marie
Orient Express
Munich
Oberammergau
Grand Vieve de
Elisabeth
Prince Nicholas
Legislative Body Studies Charge of Discrimination
Greenville dispatch reports a special legislative committee near completion of its inquiry into allegations that discharged textile workers were fired for discriminatory reasons. Unionists claimed 32 workers were dismissed after summer labor troubles, while mill officials presented their discharge reasons to the panel. The committee will submit findings to Governor Richards.
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Greenville
S. C
Richards
Mills Mill
Senate lobby committee dismisses Cannon case
The senate lobby committee will take no action against Bishop James Cannon Jr for refusing to answer questions and leaving the witness stand. The transcript will be laid before the senate with opinions on possible follow ups. Proposals to cite Cannon for contempt and to seek senate authority were defeated.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
James Cannon, Jr
Senate
Blaine
Wisconsin
Cannon
Caraway
Walsh
Montana
Alfred E. Smith
High Powered Catawba County Rum Runner Stands Trial
Newton North Carolina June 13. Fitz Setzer known as a high powered rum runner faced assault with a deadly weapon case in court. The trial consumed the morning with evidence of firing at a police car. He denied intent to kill and after other liquor possession warrants were addressed the assault with intent to kill was re tried. He received five years four months plus costs on conviction and appealed with bond set at fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars.
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Newton
N. C
Fitz Setzer
Catawba County
Setzer
Reise
Seven-year-old falls down elevator shaft at Raleigh court building
Claude Bishop Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Claude Bishop, is reported in precarious condition at Rex Hospital after plunging about 35 feet from an open elevator shaft at the North Carolina Supreme Court building. He was viewing state history exhibits with several siblings when the accident occurred.
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Raleigh
Claude Bishop
Glenwood Avenue
Rex Hospital
Supreme Court
Bishop
Young Bishop
State Hall of History
Handy Lee
Lee
W. P. Stacy
Henry M. London
Legislative Reference
British Air Force Attacks Haji of Turangzai Strongholds
From Peshawar, Northwest Frontier Province, on June 13 the British air force pressed heavy shelling against the Haji of Turangzai. Severe casualties were reported among his tribesmen, who also endured bombardment two days earlier. The strike drove the Haji’s son from his cave shelter east of Sangullah country.
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Peshawar
Northwest Frontier Province
India
Haji
Turangzai
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