First Unified Transcontinental Rail System Looms Coast-To-Coast
Acquisition of Missouri Pacific thought key to completing the Van Sweringen coast-to-coast chain. Formation would connect D L W, Buffalo, St Louis, Pueblo, Denver, and San Francisco routes with potential alternate paths and a possible three power pact. No comment from Missouri Pacific leaders.
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van Sweringens
Missouri Pacific
Trans-Continental Railron
O. P
Mad van Sweringen
Conletion
van Sweringen
Trans-Continental
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Buffalo
N. Y
Nickel Plaza
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific St
Missouri Pacific St. Louis To Pueblo, Colo
Denver
Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie
Allegheny Corporation
New York
Mar
L. W. Baldwin
William H. Williams
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Cleveland
Huston in heated clash with Blaine over records demand
Claudius W. Huston chairman of the Republican National Committee clashed with Senator Blaine of the lobby committee over obtaining records from the Tennessee River Improvement Association. Huston lost his calm after Blaine signaled possible objection to a statement he wanted in the record. He recalled he had offered to obtain files requested from J. W. Worth.
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Washington
Claudius WH. Huston
Republican National Committee
Blaine
Lobby Committee
Huston
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Senate Lobby Committee
J. W. Worth
Former Pennsylvania Governor Brumbaugh Dies on Pinehurst Links
Former Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania dies of a heart attack on the Pinehurst golf course in North Carolina. He collapsed during play and passed away minutes later.
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Pennsylvania
Pinehurst
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Hoover poised to name Sanford successor soon
President Hoover intends an early decision on replacing late Associate Justice Edward T. Sanford. The pool includes southern nominees such as Senator George of Georgia and Judge Samuel Sibley, with Parker the only non Democrat among possibles. Hoover aims to avoid extremes of liberal or conservative camps and maintain a balanced court.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Mar
Hoover
Edward T. Sanford
Supreme Court
Southland
Justice Sanford
Tennessee
South
George
Georgia
Samuel Sibley
Federal Court For
Northern District of Georgia
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
John J. Parker
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Fourth District
Parker
White House
Senate
Hughes
Blease charges GOP job selling and patronage in South Carolina
Senator Blease alleges postmaster positions were sold by Republican officials in South Carolina with the Postmaster General’s knowledge. He cites letters and testimony as evidence and seeks action from the Senate patronage committee, while Brookhart questions delays in addressing the charges.
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Washington
Mar
Republcan
South Carolina
Brown
Senate
Blease
Brookhart
Post Office Department
Joseph W. Tolbert
Long Term Prisoner Fatally Attacks Guards at Trenton Prison
Charles Evans, 29, a double life prisoner, tried to shoot his way free at the New Jersey state prison in Trenton. He killed guard Frank Butcher and wounded two others before dying from a head wound after a gunfight. Guard Charles Soren was struck with a blackjack. Ernest L. Gordon was wounded in the shoulder. Evans had been employed as a prison office clerk since January 1929.
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John Callahan
Tombs Prison
The
Bowery
Callanan
Howery
Hadley
Meridian
Mississippi
Georgia
Washington
Tennessee
Tech
South
Miss
Ik. Tl. Bishop
Norfolk
Trenton
WN. J
Charles Evans
Frank Butcher
Charles Soren
Ernest L. Gordon
Evans
Soren
Butcher
Gordon
Desperado
Hadeen
Graduated Chain Store Tax Adopted By South Carolina
Columbia March 14 The house passed unanimously on second reading a graduated tax on stores starting at $1 for the first outlet and rising to $300 for the thirtieth. The levy applies to all stores in the state but targets large chain stores owned outside the state.
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South Carolina
Columbia
House
Stafford Seizes Couple of Stills in Guilford County
Two stills were seized in Guilford County by deputy sheriff raiding parties led by Sheriff D. B. Stafford. No arrests were reported.
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Stafford
Greensboro
Mar
Guilford County
D. B. Stafford
Special Criminal Court Term Set for Guilford County
Gov. O Max Gardner ordered a two week special term of criminal court for Guilford County to begin March 1 with Judge G Vernon Cowper presiding. The Raleigh statement cites a special session to handle outstanding cases.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Guilford County
G. Vernon Cowper
Stimson Plays Key Role in Naval Conference Talks
Secretary of State Stimson shares lead with Prime Minister MacDonald in reviving the stalled naval conference. He meets Italian Foreign Minister Cran, with plans to later talk to France's Briand, amid pressure to resolve Franco-Italian deadlock.
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London
Stimson
MacDonald
Cran
Italy
Briand
France
Tardieu
Stock Broker Die d In 11 Story Fall
Chicago March 14. Frank D. Ketcham 55 stock broker died early today after falling from the 11th floor of the Allerton House hotel on North Michigan Avenue. He was a widower and wealthy. Survived by son Tuthill Ketcham a broker of Winnetka.
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Chicago
Frank D. Ketcham
Allerton House
Ketcham
Tuthill Ketcham
Winnetka
North Shoreburb
Plaintiffs Lose Damages Suits In North Carolina
In Raleigh on March 14 juries found no negligence by the defendants. C A Neese sought 30000 for injuries at a Norwood hydro electric dam for Hardaway Contracting. E B Jessup sought 20000 for loss of his left eye at a Durham tobacco factory.
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Raleigh
Mar
C. A. Neese
Hardaway Contracting Company
Norwood
Stanly County
E. B. Jessup
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
Durham
Bonds Issued for Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements
The Pennsylvania railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authorization to issue 60 million dollars in gold bonds to fund planned improvements during 1930 as part of its budgeted expenditures.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farmer Boy Astronomer Finds Trans-Neptunian Planet
A Kansas farmer boy and Clyde Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff announce the discovery of a ninth major planet. Detected from a blotch on photographic plates, the world lies far beyond Neptune and may rival Jupiter in size. Further measurements will determine its exact distance and orbit.
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Farmer
Flagstaff
Ariz
Kansas
W. M. Slipher
Lowell Observatory
Clyde Tombaugh
Solar System
Delta Geminorum
Lowell
Earth
Neptune
Tombaugh
Percival Lowell
Jupiter
Luck Says Modest Discoverer
Clyde Tombaugh reports the discovery of a new world from the Lowell Observatory in Arizona. He describes a faint flicker of starlight seen while processing photo plates on February 18 and notes colleagues were cautious but gradually convinced the find is real.
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Clyde Tombaugh
Plagstaffh
Ariz
Mar
Solar System
Lowell
Tear gas bombs subdue gunman in Jacksonville
Judye Gordon of Chicago and accomplice Jack Jackson were subdued after a gun battle with police at headquarters. They admitted robbing near Daytona Beach the previous night, contradicting earlier claims of New York origins. They were captured after firing at officers but injuries were avoided. Both suspects were taken to Daytona Beach.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Judye Gordon
Chicago
Jack Jackson
Daytona Beach
Jordan
Jackson
New York
George Kuhn
Andrew
Mered ith Geis HW MU backs Meredith college as separate
In Elizabeth City on March 14 the Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina voted unanimously to maintain Meredith College as a separate institution for Christian education for women under the Baptist state convention. Rumors of a move to Wake Forest were discussed as Meredith officials met W M U leaders. the resolution expressed wholehearted support for Meredith's aims and purposes.
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Elizabeth City
Mar
Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina
Meredith College
Baptist State Convention
Meredith
Raleigh
Wake Forest
Charles E. Brewer
Meredith Board
Seventeen Children in Eleven Years Reported in State
Statesville dispatch says Will and Gertrude Wilson of Cabarrus county married eleven years ago and have seventeen children. A Kannapolis man reports triplets born March third bring total to seventeen. four sets of twins account for the rest.
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Statesville
Mar
Will Wilson
Gertrude Wilson
Cabarrus County
A. M. Brown
Kannapolis
Germ of Degenerative Brain Disease Found By Chevassut
The Lancet reports the possible germ for disseminated sclerosis found by Kathleen Chevassut, pupil of Sir James Purves Stewart. The discovery, seen as a major bacteriology breakthrough, involved vaccines from cultures she identified. Chevassut, in her twenties, holds science degrees from London University and is Canon G Chevassut’s daughter.
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London
Lancet
Kathleen Chevassut
James Purves Stewart
Miss Chevassut
Iss Chevassut
London University
Canon G. Chevassut
St. Thomas’s Church
Blackburn
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