Swanson Opposes Consultative Pact at London Naval Talks
Senate critic Swanson blasts a consultative pact as too costly for a five power naval treaty. He urges a three power limit or adjournment. Delegations press France and Italy for direct talks while seeking a deal on security pricing. France backs the five power talks but seeks parity limits with Italy.
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Washington
Mar
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
Swanson
America
Great Britain
Japan
France
London
Italy
Mussoelini
Rome
Bailey Files Candidacy Notice For U S Senate Seat
Raleigh March date reports Josiah W. Bailey of Raleigh formally filed with the state board his notice as a candidate for the U S senate in the June primary. He is the first Democrat to file and must pledge to abide by the primary results and support Democratic nominees in the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Josiah W. Bailey
State Board of Sections
United
Senate
Bailey
Ivady Dorsett
Wake Forest
F. M. Simmons
Estep
Allegheny County
General Assembly
Democratic Arty
European cabinets fall as leaders seek new governments
In Germany Chancellor Hermann Mueller’s cabinet resigns over unemployment insurance. Dr Heinrich Bruening seeks to form a new ministry. In Ireland Free State President William T Cosgrave and his ministers resign after defeat in the Dail, which adjourns for nominations. Poland likewise seeks a replacement cabinet after Bartel’s resignation with Szymanski unable to form a government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pre
Hermann Mueller
Heinrich Bruening
Irish Free State
Presi
Dent William T. Cosgrave
Dail
Cosgrave
Poland
Casimir Bartel
Professor Szymanski
Senate
Jane Pilsudski
Marshal Pilsudski
Dublin
William T. Cosgrave
Dr W A Sams enters Ninth District Democratic race
Dr W A Sams of Marshall Madison county entered the Democratic nomination contest for congress in the ninth district. He faces Hamilton Jones of Charlotte and A L Bulwinkle of Gastonia, with Republican Charles A Jonas holding the seat. Sams said the nomination was a mammoth undertaking and that Madison county Democrats had practically forced him to run.
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Charlotte
W. A. Sams
Marshall
Madison County
Hamilton Jones
A. L. Bulwinkle
Gastonia
Charles A. Jonas
Lincolnton
Sams
Greensboro Wins Honor City Title in Fire Waste Contest
Greensboro was named first place winner in the class for cities with 50 000 to 100 500 population in the 1929 national fire waste contest conducted by the National Fire Waste council. Greensboro reported property waste totaling 40 414 10 for the year, both insured and uninsured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
National Fire Waste Council
State highway bids set for April with two projects
Raleigh March 28 AP says the state highway commission will hold its April contract setting on April 29. Contracts are expected to total about one million dollars and include two projects with three bridge constructions. Washington March 28 AP reports a Senate recess until Tuesday to begin Muscle Shoals legislation debate after a five minute meeting.
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Ashington
Mar
Senate
Five girls injured in Lipscomb dormitory fire
In Nashville area, a dormitory fire at David Lipscomb College injured five girls. President H. Leo Boles said the damage totaled about 525000 dollars.
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Ashville
Tenn
David Lipscomb College
H. Leo Boles
Mail and passenger service begins via Panama Canal to Plymouth
In Thurl England on March 28 the Pacific liner Qr duna arrived inaugurating mail and passenger service from West Coast South American ports to Plymouth through the Panama Canal.
Britain to propose death penalty reforms for army
London March 28 AP The government will lay before parliament modifications to the Army death penalty including elimination of the death penalty for cowardice and other rules governing battlefield executions.
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Ondon
Mar
Calais Lace Makers Protest Lace Tariff With Demonstrations
Nearly 20 000 marched through Calais in a protest against new American lace duties. About 40 000 from the countryside watched the orderly procession led by the municipal personnel magistrates and chamber of commerce officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calais
Lace Makers
Mar
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Snow Slush Recedes as Sun Melts Two Billion Tons
Chicago awoke to two billion tons of slush from a two day storm, with 20 inches of snow, thawing under gray skies. 40,000 unemployed were enlisted at a dollar an hour to aid sun efforts while schools reopened after a two day vacation and water levels began to normalize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Echo
Weather Bureau
Lake Michigan
Parolysis From Sheep Dip Cocktail Tied to Bootleggers
Prohibition Commissioner Doran linked a cyanide creosote and carbolic acid drink called sheep dip to hundreds of paralysis cases in the south and southwest. He cited three distribution points, mainly in St. Louis and Cincinnati, with bottles mimicking Jamaica ginger and high alcohol content in some batches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prohibition
Doran
Jamaica
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Marchand Denies Indian Witchcraft Knowledge
Buffalo artist Henri Marchand testified in the Lila Jimerson murder case that he did not know Indians were using witchcraft against his wife before she was killed. He acknowledged Lila asked for a lock of his wife’s hair two years earlier, which she claimed related to sorcery.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Henri Marchand
Lila Jimerson
Lila
Marchand
Mother Flees Burning Home With Newborn Baby
In Brevard on March 28 a mother nine hours after childbirth escaped a fast spreading fire with her newborn as high winds fueled the blaze. She and her mother fled the Etowah, Henderson county dwelling, shielding the infant with a quilt until her husband arrived to transport them. Both mother and child were reported well by physicians.
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Brevard
Will Morgan
Etowah
Henderson County
Youthful bandits pull off large Watertown bank heist
Three young armed bandits in a green sedan robbed the Watertown Trust Company in Waterbury, taking between 15 000 and 16 600 dollars from the vault and cash drawers. They herded staff and depositors into a rear room and escaped in under ten minutes, with a second cash draw overlooked. A car abandoned later may have been theirs. alarms and telephone lines were disabled.
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Watertown
Conn
Watertown Trust Company
Waterbury
Liquor Purchase Backfire Lands Woman in Jail
Miss Beulah Alfred of Pampa Texas was indicted for transporting liquor she claimed was for grand jury evidence. She was arrested while displaying the liquor she said was bought to prove officers protected liquor traffic.
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Pampa
Tex
Goldsboro Lumber Plants Damaged In Major Fire
Fire of undetermined origin swept through two Goldsboro lumber plants yesterday, damaging about 330900 dollars of lumber stored by A. T. Griffin Manufacturing Co and Utility Manufacturing Co, a subsidiary of Atlas Plywood Corp. Fire crews from Kinston and Wilson aided in keeping the blaze from spreading beyond the lumber storage.
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Goldsboro
Mar
A. T. Griffin Manufacturing Company
Utility Manufacturing Company
Atlas Plywoon Corporation
Kinstop and
Wilson
Textile Foundation Bill Advances From House Committee
The House Interstate Commerce Committee approved the Merritt bill to create a textile foundation with minor amendments. EK T Pickard cited investigations by Mellon Kellogg and Hoover and argued textiles need research to cut waste and inefficiency, noting high material costs in suit production. Some members urged including growers. Pickard suggested adding the secretary of agriculture to broaden scope.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Merritt
Textile Foundation
EK. T. Pickard
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Mellon
Kellogg
Hoover
Pickard
Secretary of Agriculture
Academy of Sciences
Northwestern Co-Eds Favor Smoking Rooms Poll Results
Northwestern University student poll shows 282 of 833 ballots favor installing smoking rooms in dormitories and sorority houses while the remainder oppose. The result was announced by the campus newspaper.
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Evanston
Th. Mar
Northwestern University
Stock Exchange Records Set Amid Surging 1930 Trading
New York reports a record day with over 5 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Railroads and public utilities led activity while banking and merchandising issues lagged.
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Stock Exchange
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Mrs. Johnson Honored by North Carolina Negroes
RELEIGH March 28. In appreciation of her work as retiring state commissioner of public welfare Mrs Kate Burr Johnson was given a silver rose bowl by representative Negroes of the state. Dr G Atkins president of Teachers college Winston Salem spoke in presenting the bowl and an expression of esteem was read commending her for devotion to the welfare of the most disadvantaged groups.
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Raleigh
Kate Burr Johnson
North Carolina
G. Atkins
Teachers’ College
Winston-Salem
Atkins
Johnson
Merger Near San Francisco Reported for Standard Oil Units
The Examiner reported that a merger between Standard Oil of New Jersey and Standard Oil of California was virtually agreed upon. The item notes the San Francisco area as the focal point of the anticipated consolidation.
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San Francisco
Mar
Examiner Today
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
California
Al Capone Invited to Black Hills Residence
Rapid City signed invite invites Al Capone to settle in the Black Hills of South Dakota saying the stranger is not judged by past crimes. Dan Evans of the chamber of commerce quotes scripture and offers Capone hospitality and a chance to become a law abiding citizen in a crime free community.
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al Capone
Black Hills
Rapid City
8. D
Scarface
Capone
Chicago
South Dakota
Dan Evans
Miami
Fla
Evans
South Dakota Gov Bulow Rejects Capone Settlement Offer
Gov W J Bulow responded to Rapid City's invitation to Al Capone by stating South Dakota refuses to harbor the Chicago gangster. He asserted the state will maintain its law abiding stance and resist gang activity.
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Pierre
W. J. Bulow
Rapidcity
Scarface
al” Capone
Chicago
South Dakota
Capone
Missouri Penitentiary Enforces Iron Hand Rule At Riot
Missouri penitentiary guards clubbed fifteen convicts during a mutiny attempt as the facility imposed hard discipline. Warden Rudolph warned he would enforce obedience even with gunpowder if needed, with National Guard planes and tear gas on standby and hundreds confined or isolated.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
National Guard
St. Louis
Lestie Rudolph
L’ Hall
110Th
St Louis
St. Louie
Rudolph
Lad Killed As Joy Ride Crash Injures Seven in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas today a wreck involving two cars carrying high school students left one youth dead and seven injured two seriously. The crash occurred when the vehicles struck an embankment by a creek during noon recess.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Byrd's Party To Sail On April 3
Rear Admiral Byrd and his Antarctic expedition companions will leave New Zealand for the United States on April 9 aboard the Corinth which sails from Wellington to the Panama Canal and England.
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Dunedin
New Zealand
Byrd
United States
Corinth
Wellington
Panama Canal
England
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