Sanford f Supreme court dies suddenly
Washington mourns Justice Edward T. Sanford who died suddenly after an illness of under three hours. He served on the Supreme Court since 1923 and will be buried in Knoxville Tennessee. Funeral details include a 10 35 a m departure from the station and a court-ordered adjournment on Monday.
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Washington
Edward Terry Sanford
Tennessee
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sanford
Hoover
Supreme Court
Knoxville
Tomorrw
Sureme Court
Hughes
McReynolds
Butler Ad Stone
Fisher
Djourn
France Presses for Security Guarantee in Five Power Talks
Paris signals insistence on political guarantees in exchange for naval cuts as Briand meets Henderson and Stimson at Warren House to push U S Britain and Japan toward a fresh pledge. MacDonald to be briefed at Chequers ahead of St James Palace meeting Monday.
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London
Mar
France
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Aristide Briand
Tardieu
Henderson
Stimson
Warren House
M. Briand
Buckinghamshire
MacDonald
Chequer
St. Jame’s Palace
Parker Is Boosted for High Court
Asheville awaits the Parker nomination as North Carolina leaders urge Judge John J. Parker of Charlotte for the U S Supreme Court seat left by the late Justice Edwin Terry Seaford. Asheville attorney Thomas Rollins argues Parker’s training and experience suit the post and that the appointment should come from the south.
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Asheville
N. C
John J. Parker
Charlotte
United States
Edwin Terry Seaford
United States Supre Court
Thoms S. Rollins
North Carolina Bar Association
Republican Party
North Carolina
Rollins
United States Supreme Court
Parker
Hoover
South
Aged Actor Dove Davison Dies After Stage Career
New York March 8 Dove Davison longtime stage actor who performed with Edwin Booth died last night in King s Park hospital aged 80 He was born in New Orleans and leaves several nephews and nieces in that city.
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New York
Dove Davison
Boards of America
Edwin Booth
King's Park Hospital
New Orleans
Garden Planning Palace In London
Madison Square Garden may build a London sports palace costing 2 million dollars across the seas in the heart of London. President William F. Carey backs the idea and will present it to directors after a Brazil trip.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Boston
London
Council
Garden Board of Directors
Khown
William F. Carey
Garden
Brazil
Moreland Says He Was Tricked Into Resigning
Elizabethton Tennessee sheriff J M Moreland repudiates his March 10 resignation claiming Attorney General Ben Allen tricked him into making it public. A Carter County grand jury is ordered to meet Monday to consider charges related to labor disturbances at local textile mills and an order to cease picketing.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Mar
J. M. Moreland
Garter County
Ben Allen
Allen
Moreland
D. A. Vines
Carter County Grand Jury
Paul Fuller
American Federation of Labor
Fuller
George F. Dugger
Whalen Warns of Communists Boring Into High Places
Police Commissioner Whalen warned New York corporation heads that communists are infiltrating from within their organizations and have footholds in city government. He alleged the movement is directed from Russia and framed unemployment as a ruse to gain attention while ringleaders aim to establish a soviet system.
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New York
New York Times
Whalen
Russia
Anti-Saloon League to Hold National Convention in St Peters burg
The Anti-Saloon League of America plans its annual national convention in St. Peters burg on March 16 17 and 18 announced by O G Christgau of Washington DC. This marks the third time the meeting will be held in the city.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Anti-Saloon League of America
O. G. Christgau
Washington, D. C
Tariff Bill Out By End Of Week Aim
Six months of tariff debate leaves 75+ rates unsettled as senate aims for passage by end of next week. Old coalition reshaped by a new bloc, with key fights over Cuban raw sugar, cement duties, lumber, oil, pig iron, aluminum, window glass, and gasoline imports.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Mar
Senate
Finance Committee
Goff
West Virginia
Hoover
Thomas
Oklahoma
Secretary of ‘the Treasury
Hoover Commission Seeks One-Man Haiti Provisional Gov
The Hoover Haitian investigation commission advised President Hoover to appoint a neutral one-man provisional government in Haiti starting May 15, as President Louis Borno’s term ends. The provisional leader would govern until elections and a new assembly elects a president for a normal term.
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Port-Au-Prince
Mar
Hoover Haitian Investigation Commission
Hoover
Haiti
Louis Borno
Borno
Assembly
Lindy Lands Safely After Aileron Loss In Glider Flight
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh flew about one hour and ten minutes near Del Monte California before losing the left aileron from his glider. He maintained control and landed safely within 200 yards of the starting point as the missing control surface fluttered 1000 feet away.
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Delmonte
Cal
Mar
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Ocean
Carmel
Barstow
Florida Republicans Back Prohibition Enforcement
A Lakeland conference of about 100 Florida Republicans endorsed strict enforcement of the 18th amendment and added it as a plank to the platform to be adopted by the new Republican central committee in June. The debate centered on a proposal by E. E. Calloway to declare no repeal of prohibition.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida
New Republican Central Committee
E. E. Calloway
State Central Committee
MacDonald Government Faces Hard Fight Over Unemployment
London March 8 The liberal party challenges the Ramsay MacDonald administration on unemployment planning. It will open fire in the house of commons Monday with unemployment as ammunition while conservatives plan a censure vote next Thursday. Both sides expect narrow majorities.
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London
Liberal Party
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Strange Malady Threatens City Residents From Jamaica Ginger
Oklahoma City researchers report over 300 residents stricken with partial paralysis after consuming bootleg Jamaica ginger. City physician Dr. W. H. Miles says illness is not contagious and may last months. No deaths to date. doctors hopeful for recovery as chemists pursue the poison source from a single adulterated shipment.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
W. H. Miles
Miles
Jamaica
Greensboro Woman Fatally Injured In Virginia Crash
Mrs. Howard Adkins of Washington D C died after her car skidded on a wet road two miles north of McKenny Virginia and rolled over. Her companion Miss Mary E Mays of Greensboro N C was seriously hurt and taken to a Petersburg hospital. The women were en route from Washington to Greensboro.
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Richmond
Howard Adkins
Washington, D. C
McKenny
Petersburg
Mary E. Mays
Market Street
Greensboro
N. C
Adkins
Mrs. Adkins
Washington
Manhattan Savings Bank President Hirsch Morris Dies
Hirsch Morris 84 longtime president of the Manhattan Savings Bank and Trust Company in Memphis died at his home after a weeklong illness. He was stricken last Saturday and pleurisy developed Monday making him a well known southern banker.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hirsch Morris
Manhattan Savings Bank and Trust Company
South
D A R Convention Backs Policies On Speakers
Greensboro N C March 8 Lecturers denouncing socialism communism or atheism would be barred from speaking at state owned institutions under a resolution adopted at the 30th annual D A R convention. The body also endorsed Kings Mountain Sesqui Centennial October Stratford Hall shrine conversion and the book Red Fog. Next year’s meeting place to be chosen by the executive board. A total of 335 registered for the conference.
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Greensboro
N. C
O.max Gardner
Kings Mountain
Stratford Hall
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
Society
Kannapolis Man Fatally Hurt in Fall Against Car
J W Cauthern machine shop foreman at Cannon Mills was critically injured in Kannapolis when he stumbled and fell against a car door on North Ridge Avenue. He sustained a skull fracture and was taken to Concord hospital where J H Perdue surrendered to police and posted a $1000 bond.
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Kannapolis
J. W. Cauthern
Cannon Mills
Concord Hospital
J. H. Perdue
North Ridge Avenue
Cauthern
Perdue
Thirty Days Mourning For Taft Proclaimed
President Hoover proclaims a 30 day national period of mourning after the death of William Howard Taft. The notice notes Taft’s service as judge, solicitor general, governor general of the Philippines, secretary of war, president, and chief justice, praising his virtue and patriotism. Taft died at his Washington home on March 8, 1930, at 5:15 p.m.
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Hass AL Mail Sali
United States
William Howard Taft
Washington
Taft
Philippines
Tribute Paid By Leading Citizens For Taft Death
Washington March 8 The death of William Howard Taft drew sorrowful tributes from the nation’s top officials. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes called him a true friend of the people and praised his unselfish devotion and pure purpose. He noted Taft’s service culminated in his role as chief justice.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Charles Evans Hughes
Tragic Climax in Blairsville Land Line Feud
In Blairsville Georgia Hugh Brown, 65, jailed on murder charges, recounts the Mountaineer feud’s deadly finale. Edith Miller, 25, shielded her father Jim Miller, 55, and was shot in the abdomen by Brown near the disputed land line nine miles west of Blainsville.
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Blairsville
Hugh Brown
Edith Miller
Jim Miller
Brown
Edith
Miller
Blainsville
Jim
Taft Dies After Weeks of Illness In Washington Home
Former president and chief justice William Howard Taft died at his Washington home after weeks of illness. He was 72, suffered a final stroke at 4:45 PM and died at 5:15 PM. Hoover announced a 30 day national mourning. Taft to be buried in Arlington. funeral planned at All Souls Unitarian.
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Washington
Mar. S
William Howard Taft
Arlington Cemetery
All Souis Unitarian Church
Hoover
Wyoming Avenue
America
Taft
H. G. Enller
Helen Taft Manning
Robert
Charles
Cincinnati
White House
Executive Mansion
Capitol
Wyoming Arenue
House
Hughes
Mr. Taft
Supreme Bench
Taft to Attend Funeral in Washington for Former President
Henry W. Taft, brother of the late William Howard Taft, prepared to depart Augusta for Washington tonight to attend funeral ceremonies. The New York lawyer had been in Augusta for several weeks on vacation when the news of the former president's death arrived.
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Augusta
Henry W. Taft
Washington
William Howard Taft
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