Raskob Urges State Control of Liquor Under New Amendment
Washington March 5. Democratic National Committee statement from Chairman Raskob proposes a new constitutional amendment allowing states to regulate manufacture transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors within their borders after state wide referenda. It would keep the 18th Amendment but permit state control with federal oversight and ratification by state conventions.
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Washington
Mar
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
New York
New York State
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth
United States
Home rule plan proposed to avoid wet or dry labels
A speaker warns of confusion over liquor questions and argues for a home rule plan. The plan, he says, allows states to determine alcohol policy themselves, avoiding the wet dry dichotomy.
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Democratic Party
Funeral for William D. Poor Held at Local Church
Funeral services for William D. Poor 73, prominent local merchant, will be held Friday at 2 30 PM from First Reformed Church of which he was a member. Burial at Oakwood Memorial Park. Rev W R Shaffer officiates with active pallbearers from his Sunday school class and honorary pallbearers from church consistory. Poor had run a mercantile business here for 18 years.
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William D. Poor
Willowbrook Street
First Reformed Church
Oakwood Memorial Park
W. R. Shaffer
Mr. Poor
J. M. Hedrick
I. P. Younte
George R. Henderson
J. P. Perdue
Harrison Luck
C. PF. Beck
Edgar Whitener
M. F. Crooks
H. M. Bryant
Johan Lloyd
Walter Sink
J. R. Young
Paul Jenkins
Lee Howell
D. F. Lopp
Elmer Hedrick
L. C. Furgurson
Edwin Hedrick
F. W. Gibbardt
L. F. Wells
C. B. Embler
C. R. Meyers
G. B. Bowden
Moscow Air Lines Boost Passengers and Mail in 1930
Derulufe German Russian Airways reported a 12 percent rise in passengers and a 60 percent increase in mail for 1930 compared to 1929. The network runs two routes, Berlin to Moscow and Berlin to Leningrad, expanding regional air traffic.
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Moscow
Derulufe
Berlin
Leningrad
Daugherty Faces Prison Term In Ohio Bank Case
Mal 8. Daugherty, brother of former US Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, was found guilty by a Fayette county jury on five counts of abstracting $5,350 from the closed Ohio State bank while president. Sentencing could reach 20 years per count. a motion for a new trial was announced as the bank’s failure had led to sixteen indictments. John Perrill, a Fayette county farmer, testified he signed two blank checks later filled by Daugherty for the misappropriated funds.
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Ohio State Bank
Washington Court House
Daugherty
United States
Harry M. Daugherty
Senate
Fayette County
John Perrill
Perrill
Man Adrift Twelve Days Without Food
George O. Wilson, 57, of Lake Worth, Florida, drifted 12 days after his 24 foot fishing boat failed off Florida coast on Washington's Birthday. He survived on three sandwiches, signaling ships at night until rescue by Harboe Jensen. He plans to travel by train to Florida.
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Philadelphia
Mar
George O. Wilson
Lakeworth
Fla
Florida
Washington
Harboe Jensen
Wilson
Strike Leaders Seek AFL Help in New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 5, striking longshoremen called for aid from the American Federation of Labor as their wage cut walkout entered its 11th day. A foreman was fatally shot on a dock amid threats to force him from work. the assailant fled. Holt Ross of Mississippi said Edward F. McGrady, AFL national legislative representative, would travel to Washington Friday to advise union leaders.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Holt Ross
Mississippi
A. F. of L
Edward F. McGrady
Tion
Washington
Petition of Error in Merger Seeks Reversal
In Youngstown Ohio on March 5 a petition in error was filed in the court of appeals by Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube seeking reversal of the merger opponents victory. They allege Judge David G Jenkins erred in over ruling a motion for a new trial and that the original petition lacks sufficient facts to sustain the action. A hearing date has not been set but may occur in June.
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Youngstown, CO
Mar
Court of Appeals
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
David G. Jenkins
Lumber Schooner Emerett Abandoned Off North Carolina
Coast guard reports the lumber schooner Emerett of Baltimore is water logged and abandoned near Frying Pan Buoy off the North Carolina coast. Vessels circled the ship finding no signs of life as a high westerly gale and heavy seas rage. The Norfolk division is to dispatch a cutter to tow the vessel to port.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Emerett
Baltimore
North Carolina
Norfolk Division
Retired Druggist Dies At His Home
Chester, S C March 5. Dr John J Stringfellow 93 retired druggist died at his home early today He served in the War Between the States and was at Charleston when the first shot was fired at Fort Sumter He was also at Appomattox for General Lee surrender A Davidson College N C graduate he was thought to be the college s oldest living graduate at his death
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S. C
John J. Stringfellow
Stringfellow
Charleston
Fort Sumter
Appomattox
Robert E. Lee
Davidson College
N. C
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