Wheeler Resolution Prompts Senate Manufacturing Committee Meeting
Chairman LaFollette called a Senate Manufacturing Committee session for tomorrow to consider Senator Wheeler's resolution urging an investigation of textile work conditions in North and South Carolina and Tennessee. Wheeler seeks a wide inquiry into ongoing strikes in the three states. Senator Simmons objects, urging a nationwide scope.
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Washington
LaFollette
Senate Manufacturing Committee
Wheeler
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
la Follette
Montana
Simmons
North Carolina
Negroes Named for Annapolis and West Point Entrance
Representative Oscar DePriest selects three Black candidates from Chicago for academy entrance exams at Annapolis and West Point. Laurence Alexander Whitfield Claude Henson Burns and Alonzo Souleigh named as finalists with alternates possible if exams fail. Past Black cadets noted including Colonel Charles P. Young.
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Annapolis Naval Academy
West Point Military Academy
Oscar DePriest
Illinois
Congress
Laurence Alexander Whitfield
Claude Henson Burns
Alonzo Souleigh
Chicago
Whitefield
University of Chicago
Burns
Naval Academy
Souleigh
de Priest
Annapollis
West Point
Annapolis
Charles P. Young
Liberia
Arlington Cemetery
Rafe King Granted Bail in Wife Slaying Case
Rafe King, charged with killing his wife Mrs Faye Wilson King, was granted bail of 5000 by Chief Justice R C Watts of the South Carolina supreme court. King has been jailed in Chester since the April 15 coroners inquest and his bond was set at 5000. The body of Mrs King was exhumed in Kings Mountain North Carolina for autopsy.
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Rafe King
Faye Wilson King
R. C. Watts
South Carolina Supreme Court
King
Chester County
Chester
York
Thomas F. McDow
Paul Hemphill
Enterprise To Give Election Returns Tonight
Election results from the city will be announced from the Enterprise building as soon as they are compiled tonight. Polls close about seven o'clock at sundown and returns will be released as soon as available.
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Enterprise Building
Reparations Conference Sees Mixed Prospects
Paris May 7 The fate of the experts conference on reparations rests with France and Belgium as they study Owen Young plan figures amid German reservations. Spa percentages set 52 to France 22 to Britain 10 to Italy 8 to Belgium with others minor.
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Thomas W. Lamont
Germany
Owen D. Young
Mr. Young
Spa
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Italy
Dr. Schacht
Ball in Jail Charged With Harvey Murder
J L Ball a 60 year old Swannanoa man was held in Asheville jail on a charge of shooting George Harvey 58 to death in ambush. Police say Harvey had been paying attention to Ball’s wife, motive for the killing. Nine buckshot were found in the body. Ball was found hours later in the Bee Tree mountains near Swannanoa with a pistol on him.
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J. L. Ball
Swannanoa
George Harvey
Harvey
Ball
Bee Tree
Tariff Bill Proposes Higher Sugar Rates and Reforms
The new Republican tariff bill set to be considered by the House proposes a world sugar rate of 3.0 cents per pound and 2.40 cents for raw Cuban sugar, with refined sugar at 3.50 and 2.8 respectively. It keeps pig iron unchanged and leaves long staple cotton on the free list, while boosting beef imports rates and preserving oats rye wheat and flour.
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Washington
House Today
Philippine Islands
Geneva conference pleases Hoover with naval armament plan
Washington May 7. President Hoover said the Geneva conference produced results that would prompt action toward a naval disarmament conference. He noted all principal naval powers backed the American delegation's aim to reduce armaments rather than merely limit them.
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Washington
Hoover
Mecklenburg Presbytery Opposes Presbyterian Church Union
Mecklenburg Presbytery of the Southern Presbyterian church voted to oppose a union with the United Presbyterian church. The resolution was passed in Charlotte and will be sent to the general assembly in Montreal on May 16.
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Marvels Of Science Exhibit At New York Exposition
New discoveries showcased at the 12th exposition of chemical industries in Grand Central Palace include columbium a new gray metal of which only 25 pounds exist and a pocket liquor tester by A M Matheson to detect wood or denatured alcohol. The event opened with Televox the mechanical man demonstrating household tasks and more.
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Exposition of Chemical Industries
Grand Central Palace
Columbium
C. W. Balke
University of Ilinois
A. M. Matheson
North Bergen
N. J
Tariff Bill Draws Big Interest In Congress
Congress nears a pause in major disputes as tariff revision plans reach the House for a four month effort. Debate over the farm relief debenture, Hoover opposed, continues in the Senate while leaders push for attendance and alignment ahead of key votes.
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Congress
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Capitol
House
Hoover
Five French Aviators Die in Plane Crash at Bourges
At Avard Aviation field near Bourges France five French military aviators died when their bombing plane lost a wing and plunged to the ground during practice. Two unexploded bombs were removed from the wreck after the crash and the bodies were recovered this morning.
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Bourges
France
Avard
Debenture Vote Narrowed as Ill Senators Hold Key
The senate debate over the debenture provision hinges on one undecided member and two ill senators. Momentum favors pairing with Walsh and Shipstead or Kendrick to shift the vote toward the plan, potentially leaving a 45 to 45 stalemate and a possible tie break by Vice President Curtis.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Walsh
Massachusetts
Shipstead
Minnesota
Kendrick
Wyoming
Curtis
Detroit Balloon in Adirondacks Lands After 36 Hours Without Food
Detroit Times balloon entry piloted by Arthur Schlosser and Edward J. Hill landed in the Adirondack wilds after 36 hours without food. Hill and Schlosser reached settlements today as officials awaited word from the bag. The race noted endurance but stated it did not set a world distance record.
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Detroit Times
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Edward J. Hill
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Hill
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Times
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Navy
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Thomas W. G. Settle
Wilfred Bushwell
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Camden
Sinclair Goes From Mansion To Become Convict
Washington May 7 AP Harry F. Sinclair wealthy oil operator began his three month term in the Washington jail as a dispensing pharmacist and assistant to the jail physician after surrendering to serve time for refusing to answer Senate questions on Teapot Dome. He rose early, ate sparingly, and faced fingerprinting medical exams and jail assignments as DC supreme court ordered.
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Harry F. Sinclair
Washington Asylum and
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Senate
Teapot Dome
One Dead Two Hurt In Attempt On Waldemaras
In Kovno Lithuania May 7 one person is dead and two wounded after an assassination attempt on Premier Augustinas Valdemaras. The premier and his wife were unharmed. aides Gudinas and Verdickas were struck, with Gudinas dying and Verdickas seriously wounded. A grand nephew suffered a serious abdominal wound. Reports vary, but the attack follows political clashes over dissolving the social democratic party and unions. Valdemaras became premier in 1926 after a military revolt.
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Lithuania
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Gudinas
Verdickas
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Riga
Tageblatt
Berlin
Joeinaite
Valdemaras
Michaelson Fights Liquor Indictment in Key West
Representative M Alfred Michaelson of Illinois prepared to enter a not guilty plea in federal court here on charges of violating national prohibition laws. The indictment stems from alleged liquor smuggling from Cuba to the port of entry near Key West, with agents noting baggage passed through on port orders.
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Illinois
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Body found in river may be missing McGill student
The body of a young woman was found in the Riviere des Prairies on the northern Montreal Island. Police suspect it may be Barbara Pitcher a McGill University student who had been reported missing.
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Montreal
Riviere Des Prairies
Montreal Island
Barbara Pitcher
McGill University
Industrial Commission to Occupy Capitol Quarters
The industrial commission will administer the workmen's compensation law and will occupy the second floor of the capitol building in Raleigh. The Senate chamber and committee rooms will be used by the commission and staff, expected to number 25 to 30, while the House hall remains open for public meetings. The group plans other quarters before the next general assembly session.
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O’Hara Named Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia
Rome reports Pope Pius XII appoints Monsignor Gerald P. O’Hara secretary to Cardinal Dougherty as titular Archbishop of Heliopolis and auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia.
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Rome
Pius
Gerald P. O’hara
Cardinal Dougherty
Heliopolis
Philadelphia
Bestor Approved for Federal Farm Loan Board Seat
The senate banking committee today approved Horace Paul Bestor of St. Louis to join the federal farm loan board replacing resigning Eugene Meyer.
Slain Groom's Mother Unconscious On Burial Train
AMARILLO Texas May 7. Grief struck as Mrs Grace Walton unconscious rode a train bearing the body of her son Tom Jr to McAlester Oklahoma for burial. Walton was killed by his father in law R L Hamilton a former Texas Supreme Court of Appeals judge after revealing a secret marriage to Theresa Walton. Businessmen raised about 1500 dollars for special prosecutors while Walton's widow in Austin remained ill from shock. Four bullets ended the interview and Hamilton said I’d rather die than kill a man to protect my home.
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Tom Jr
McAlester
Okla
R. L. Hamilton
Texas Supreme Court of Appeals Commission
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Austin
Texas
Hamilton
Hamilton Law Office
Theresa
Two Plants Prepare To Resume Operations
In Plizabethton Tennessee the Rayon strike enters a new phase as Bemberg and Glanzstoff prep machinery for full restart. Union and non union figures clash over return counts while workers begin reactivating departments amid guards and threats.
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Plizabethton
Tenn
Rayon Mill
Bemberg
Glanzstoff
Workers’ Union
Berlin Police Praised By Chief After May Day Riots
Dr. Carl Zoercibel, Berlin chief of police, defends harsh May Day actions as necessary to protect the majority of German workers not involved in the uprising. He cites riots with cabbage, bottles, stones, and gunfire, justifying firing into the air and swift arrests. Most detainees were released as unfit for longer detention. about 75 still to be heard.
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Berlin
Carl Zoercibel
Board of Equalization Studies School Costs Today
Raleigh May 7 The state board of equalization met to standardize school costs and related subjects under the 1929 school law. The board is charged with setting proper standards for county schools participating in the state aid fund of 6 500 000.
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State Board of Equalization
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