Overman Presents NC Delegation Petition for Supreme Court Choice
Senator Overman submits to President Hoover a NC congressional delegation petition urging Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy of the NC Supreme Court for the U S Supreme Court vacancy. North Carolina and South Carolina lawmakers sign, with four NC Supreme Court associate justices backing Stacy. If Hoover avoids naming a Democrat, Overman says he would back Judge John J. Parker of the Fourth Circuit.
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North Carolina
Hoover
Judge Parker
Overman
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Supreme Court
Warren
N. C
Kerr
Abernethy
Poll
Stedman
Clark
Hammer
Doughton
Simmons and Overman
Hare
McMillan
South Carolina
Justice Sanford
John J. Parker
United States Circuit Court of North Carolina
Naval Delegates Find Some Hope at Five-Power Talks
London dispatch reports optimism amid tense five power naval conference as United States Britain and Japan weigh a three power pact. French demands remain a hurdle while Briand negotiates with Stimson and Prime Minister MacDonald amid grave but not deadlocked talks.
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MacDonald
Efort
Henry III. Stimson
Censure of MacDonald Proposed in Commons Vote
London March 13 AP The house of commons votes tonight on a conservative motion to censure the MacDonald government. If successful the labor prime minister and ministry might resign though Liberal abstentions and government votes were expected to sustain MacDonald. The motion by Stanley Baldwin and Winston Churchill cites unemployment and safeguarding policy as reasons for censure.
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London
House of Commons
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Mr. MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchill
MacDonald
Stagg Champions Prohibition Says It Should Stand
Alonzo Stagg testified before the House judiciary committee urging that the Eighteenth Amendment remain in force. He joined Philadelphia business figures in praising prohibition as common sense while critics labeled some backers as fanatics. The hearing also probed Dollar Shipping policy and possible law violations in ship operations.
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Stagg Champions Prohibition
Washington
Mar
Alonzo Stagg
Stagg
Arthur H. Hood
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Federation of Men’s Bible Classes
Quaker City
Samuel Robinson
American Stores Company
Edward G. Budd
Budd Automobile Bodyworks
David Lupton
G. Renwick Hogg
Hood
Stage
Carlton M. Sherwood
Citizens Committee of
One Thousand
New York City
LaGuardia
New York
William F. Borah
Idaho
Carter Glass
Virginia
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Dollar
Copeland
New Lines Thwarted Coalition on Sugar and Cement Duties
In the Senate the coalition of Democrats and Republican independents failed to gain reconsideration of the sugar levy and the cement tariff. The vote kept the sugar duty at two cents per pound and cement duty at six cents per hundred pounds, with the House proposing higher rates.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
House
Nye
N. D
North Dakota
Frazier
Kean
N. J
Many Heirs Seek Italian Fortune
Naples reports 150 putative heirs and 300 lawyers contesting a $2.63 million estate left by Domenico Culotta of Cefalù Sicily who died in New Orleans. Italy, Rome, Genoa, Palermo branches claim shares. founder emigrated to America in 1840, with Vincenzo and Vincenza as children and numerous grandchildren.
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Naples
Italy
Domenico Culott
Cefalu
Sicily
New Orleans
Culotta
Boston
Rome
Genoa
Palermo
America
Glorioso
Vincenzo
Vincenza
Missing North Carolina student may be in New York
Chapel Hill March 13 The search for Morgan P Moorer a University of North Carolina freshman who vanished nearly two weeks ago widened with reports a Pennsylvania man recalled giving the youth a lift from near Philadelphia to Wilmington Delaware The youth said he was from North Carolina and headed for New York police were told by Harry M Gibbs of Pennsylvania
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Chapel Hill
Morgan P. Moorer
University of North Carolina
New York
Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Harry M. Gibbs
North Carolina
Sanford Will Leaves Estate to Wife and Relatives
Edward T. Sanford associate justice of the supreme court died last Saturday and left virtually his entire estate to his wife Lutie Woodruff Sanford. He provided the Metropolitan National Bank of Washington as executor to hold the trust if his wife predeceased him. Legacies include 2000 to daughter Anna Sanford Cameron and 1000 to grandson Edward Sanford Metcalf plus 1000 each to James G Metcalfe Caroline R Metcalfe and to George M Dorothy and Anna Cameron.
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Washington
Edward T. Sanford
The
Supreme Court
Lutie Woodruff Sanford
Anna Sanford Cameron
Kirkland Lake
Ontario
Canada
Edward Sanford Metcalf
Paris
Kentucky
James G. Metcalfe
Caroline R. Metcalfe
George M
Dorothy
Anna Cameron
Justice Sanford
William Howard Taft
Metropolitan National Bank, of
Cameron
Edward Metcalfe
Jamaica ginger suspected in Georgia paralysis cases
Georgia health officials report preliminary findings linking paralysis cases in Paulding Cobb and Powder Springs to Jamaica ginger drink. T EF Sellers notes nine well authenticated Georgia cases and four others, while Dr J E Lester confirms motor paralysis below the knees in Powder Springs patients.
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Atlanta
Mar
Paulding
Cobb County
Georgia
Georgia State Board of Health
T. EF. Sellers
State Board of Health
Tennessee
J. E. Lester
Powder Springs
Haitian Commission to Stay in Haiti for Settlement
The Hoover investigating commission will remain in Haiti to monitor the political situation and will not depart in three or four days as previously indicated.
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Port-Au-Prince
Mar
Hoover Investigating Commission
Haiti
Surgeon Claims Cancer Tissue Breakdowns by Extract
Walter B. Coffey a San Francisco surgeon testified before a senate committee that he and Dr. John D. Humber had caused a breakdown of cancerous tissues in 1300 patients using an extract they discovered.
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Ashington
Walter B. Coffey
San Francisco
Senate
John D. Humber
Huston admits lobby link in Muscle Shoals effort
Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican National Committee, testified that the Tennessee River Improvement Association acted as a lobby committee to influence Muscle Shoals legislation. He named prominent co workers and said the group’s work was open and for regional interests. The association backed American Cyanamid’s bid for the project, now before Congress.
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Washington
Mar
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Senate Lobby Committee
Tenessee River Improvement Association
Huston
Muscle Shoals
Brock
Tennessee
Tyson
Underwood
Alabama
Shields
E. B. Stahlman
Nashville
Improvement Association
Congress
U S Wins Another Air Speed Record At 143.3 MPH
Capt. Boris Sergievsky piloted a Sikorsky seaplane to clock 143.3 miles per hour over a 100 kilometer course in Long Island Sound, setting a new world speed record for the United States.
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York
United States
Boris Sergievsky
Long Island Sound
Haiti election oversight not indicated by U S secretary
Acting secretary of state Joseph P. Cotton said there were no indications that the United States would supervise the upcoming Haitian presidential election. This statement followed reports from March 13.
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Joseph P. Cotton
United States
Haiti
Fort Bragg to Get 160 NCO Quarters Bid
The war department directs Fort Bragg to award a contract for 160 non commissioned officers quarters to W. L. Nicholson Company of Knoxville Tennessee as the lowest bidder at 97760 dollars.
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Ashington
Mar
Fort Bragg
N. Y
War Department
W. L. Nicholson Company
Knoxville
Tennessee
Fire in Manila Kills One, Injures Many, Homes Burned
A Manila blaze killed one person and injured several others while destroying numerous homes. The fire left about 5,000 people homeless, sweeping through the city center overnight into today. Authorities assess the damage and size of the disaster as crews work to control hotspots and begin relief efforts.
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Manila
Rayburn urges act to give federal oversight of interstate bus lines
Representative Rayburn of Texas argues federal jurisdiction should extend to interstate motor bus lines and asks the House Commerce Committee to consider and approve the Parker bill in a nonpartisan manner.
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Ashington
Mar
Rayburn
Texas
House Commerce Commission
House
Show Is Halted To Arrest Magistrate Short For $15,408
A Chicago detective squad halted a South Side theatre show last night and arrested James M. Feron a Oak Park Illinois police magistrate who had vanished February 27. He confessed a shortage of 15408 in suburb funds and said he intended to repay.
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Chicago
Mar
South Side
Moving Picture Theater
James M._ Feron
Oak Park
Ill
Feron
Doheny Check For $100000 Identified In Bribery Trial
Washington March 13 A check for 100000 dollars drawn by Edward L Doheny and given to Albert B Fall was identified by Graham Young a Blair and company witness in the bribery trial Young testified he cashed the check and received 100000 dollars in currency The money flowed from Blair and company through the First National Bank to Doheny in exchange for his check in the Elk Hills lease case.
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Washington
Mar
Edward L. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Graham Young
The
Blair ° and Company of New York
Doheny
Young
Elk Hills
Blair and Company
First National Bank
New 2-Cent Stamp Marks Carolinas Founding 250th
The Postmaster General announced a forthcoming two cent stamp commemorating the founding of the province of Carolina and the 250th anniversary of Charleston. The stamp shows a colonial governor and an Indian with ships in a bay, with United States Postage and Charleston, S C inscriptions. It debuts April 10 at Charleston and later nationwide, with 25 million stamps produced.
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Washington
Mar
Brown
Province of
Carolina
Charleston
S. C
Bay Shore
United States
Philatelic Agency
Washington,d. C
Episcopal Rector Fatally Shot in Marion North Carolina
The Rev. Harrell J. Lewis, 28 year old rector of St Marys Episcopal Church of Marion North Carolina, shot himself yesterday at the rectory and died before aid arrived. His death is deemed accidental by friends. He came to Marion last year from Kinston North Carolina and previously served at St Marys in Kinston. He leaves a widow two children and his father Julian Lewis. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 this morning at the church with burial at Louisburg North Carolina. Bishop Durst will join the funeral party at Lynchburg South Carolina and accompany it to Louisburg for the commitment.
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Marion
8. C
Harrell J. Lewis
Lewis
Kinston
N. C
St. Mary’s’ Episcopal Church
Clinton
S. C
Bethlehem
Julian Lewis
Albert S. Thomas
South Carolina
Louisburg
T. C. Durst
North Carolina
Lynchburg
Haitian Youth In Praise of America
In Port au Prince on March 13 natives of Gonaives listened as Jean Francois Beauharnais praised the United States before the Hoover Commission. After the cruiser Rochester sailed away, a crowd pursued the speaker, called him a traitor, pelted bricks, and pulled down a Haitian flag from his porch.
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Port-Au-Prince
Mar
Gonaives
Jean Francois Beauharinais
Hoover Investigating Commission
United States
Benjamin Franklin
Rochester
Port Au Prince
Argentine Rail Strike Turns Violent In Buenos Aires Suburbs
In Buenos Aires on March 13 a clash between railroad workers and employers left several people slightly wounded. Passengers were forced from a train at Vallaluro before coaches were burned, with similar incidents at two other suburban stations.
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Buenos Aires
Mar
Cocat
Vallaluro
Explosion at National Munition Factory Kills Two
An explosion at the National Munition factory in Santiago de Chile yesterday killed two people and gravely injured nine. The blast wrecked the factory building damaged machines and nearby houses.
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Santiago DE Chile
Ninth Major Planet Found
Harvard Observatory director reports Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff has discovered a ninth major planet beyond Neptune. It is likely larger than Earth but smaller than Uranus and remains unnamed.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harlow Shapley
Harvard Observatory
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
Neptune
Hindenburg Signs Young Plan Amid Calls for Unity
Berlin March 13 President Von Hindenburg signed the Young plan noting his duty to Germany despite pleas from former followers and partners in the war effort. He issued a declaration urging all Germans to cooperate in reunification under Deutschland Aber Alles hoping to steady the nation. The radical press showed its reaction with a mourning bordered Deutsche Reichszeitung on the front page.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Tannenburg
Germany
Deutschereitung
Sleeping Habits Of 509 Men Revealed At Colgate
The study by Colgate University psychologist Dr. Donald A. Laird shows distinguished American men average about eight hours of sleep. Age 35 is the risky point for sleeplessness, with youth sleeping least. Names disclosed for some participants, ages 20 to 95, are included.
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Howard W. Blakesler
Hamilton
N.Y
Colgate University
Mary
Donald A. Laird
Colgate University Phychological Laboratory
New York Lawyers Question Eighteenth Amendment Ratification
A New York County Lawyers Association committee questions the constitutionality of the Eighteenth Amendment. It urges ratification by state legislatures rather than the people, arguing the amendment conflicts with the Tenth Amendment and cannot grant new federal power until the people ratify in state conventions.
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New York Lawyers’ Association
New York
United States Supreme Court
New York County Lawyers’ Association
Conmittee
United States
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Tennessee River Improvement Association
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Youth In Praise of America
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Hans Peter Bertiesen
Blair, Neb
John Greenleaf Whittier
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Sheffield
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