Indiana Primary Leaves Hoover Watson Split In Uncertain Sweep
Indiana's 33 Republican delegates may go to Hoover or Watson after early leads shifted as 1,820 of 3,610 precincts reported. Watson led in rural areas while Hoover held city losses. Watson 98,345 Hoover 84,620. Democratic delegates to Houston went to Evans Woollen.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Herbert Hoover
James E. Watson
Commerce
Watson
Hoover
Houston
Evans Woollen
Prince Carol Seeks English Stay Amid Home Office Move
Former Crown Prince Carol of Romania asks to remain in England under home office oversight after Sir William Joynson-Hicks announced his stay was no longer desirable. Magda Lupescu stands by him as public opinion says his departure is likely. Carol pleads via M. Jonescu, denying subversive propaganda or monarchist plots.
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London
Carol of
Romania
House of Commons
M. Jonescu
Carol
William Joynson-Hicks
England
Home Office
Michael
Magda Lupescu
The
Daily Mail Today
Coca Cola International sale talks ended by Canada Dry
Negotiations for Canada Dry Ginger Ale Inc to buy a majority of Coca Cola International’s stock were dropped due to unagreed terms. P. D. Saylor, Canada Dry president, announced the definite cancellation and cited failed discussions over the final purchase terms.
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New York
Coca Cola International Corporation
Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc
P. D. Saylor
Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Saylor
Canada Dry
Coca Cola International
Congress Debates Tax, Machinery, and Muscle Shoals Measures
Senate continues to advance the tax bill while the House takes up Muscle Shoals government operation. Committees review Hoover Reed campaign finance and slush fund concerns. Agricultural subcommittees consider slack fill packaging. judiciary weighs LaGuardia anti injunction. House rivers and harbors pushes for Great Lakes channel improvements and 24 foot depth.
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House
Muscle Shoals
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Hoover
Reed
Agriculure Subcommittee
Laguardia
House Judiciary Committee
Heflin
Bruce
Smith
Norbeck
Snell
New York
Ritchie
Baltimore
Washington
Senate Oil Committee
Salt Creek
Justice Department
Senate Agriculture
Reed Slush Fund Committee
Chase
Fox
Pittsburgh
Boulder Dam
Longworth
Bachmann
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Great Lakes
Army Engineers
House Agriculture Committee
Vinson Hill
Kelly
Post Office Committee
Garrett
Tennessee
House Military Committee
Cove Creek
English Actress Refuses Baron and Marriege
New York May 9 Miss Winifred Barry 71 year old English actress refused baron Giorgio Suriani of Italy who offered to sell his title for 100000. The couple did not appear at the church for their announced ceremony disappointing about 200 spectators. Barry said she would not marry him and learned he had been engaged to another woman for a year.
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New York
Giorgio Mario Suriani
Italy
Winifred Barry
Miss Barry
Thelittle Church
Suriani
Denver
Smith Unopposed in Michigan Convention OKs Smith Delegates
PORT HURON Mich May 9 Democratic leaders announced their state convention would issue iron clad Smith instructions to the 30 Houston delegates. Governor Smith was unopposed in the April preferential primary and party conventions rarely depart from such expressions.
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Port Huron
Mich
Michigan Democracy
Smith
Houston
What Price Her Success
Anne Nichols author of Abie's Irish Rose discusses the price women pay for professional success in a One Minute Interview on the society page. The Enterprise shares messages from successful women nationwide and abroad, offering insights beyond the brief daily minute.
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Anne Nichols
Abie
The
Indiana and National Delegates in Democratic Contests
The piece reports on Democratic national delegate dynamics across states. Evans Woollen leads Indiana June convention pledges via a June primary, while Governor Smith gains cross-state support. Tom Taggart’s bloc shows tentative backing, with Texas delegates leaning dry, and Alabama, Michigan, and New York results affecting Smith and general delegate totals. Maryland Republicans back Hoover. A Kansas City uninstructed delegation risk looms for some.
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Indiana
Houston
Evans Woollen
Smith
Tom Taggart
Texas
Beaumont
Dan Moody
Alabama
Madison Square Garden
Underwood
Michigan
New York
Delaware
Hoover
Maryland
Kansas City
Sport Ensemble in Maize Rajah Silk Attire
A new sports ensemble showcases plain maize rajah silk for a sleeveless dress and the same silk with splashy orange scarlet and black figures for the coat.
St Pauls Cathedral Capacity Cited for Crowd Reach
A report notes St Pauls Cathedral in London can hold twenty six thousand people under its roof, highlighting the venue’s large capacity for gatherings and services.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Japanese Deploy Forces to Tsingtao shores
War clouds report a division of 15 000 to 18 000 men ordered to Tsingtao by the cabinet and general staff. Total Japanese forces in Shantung expected at about 26 000 men. Seven Japanese destroyers en route from Sasebo to Canton Amoy and Foochow.
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Tsingtao
Shantung
Sasebo
Canton
Amoy
Foochow
Japan moves to enforce Shantung ultimatum amid clashes
Japanese forces tighten defenses and clear nationalist zones in Shantung as Tokyo insists on the ultimatum’s terms. An American Nazareth Mission worker reported safe arrival in Kaifeng after a nationalist sweep. China considers a League protest while Chang Tso Lin orders a temporary ceasefire to curtail civil war.
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Peking
Shantung
Tsiwan
Tientsin
L. C. Osborn
Columbia
Ohio
Nazarene
Chaocheng
Kaifeng
Henan
Fukada
Geneva
China
League of Nations
Cheng Loh
League Council
Associated Press
London
Chang Tso-Lin
Reuter
Japan
Chang
State Supreme Court Decisions List from Raltigh
May 9 opinions filed include Mills vs. Miss Pitts affirmed Winchester Simmons Co v Cutler Craven modified and affirmed Hill v Norfolk Southern rail road new trial Construction Co v Hill Crest Manor affirmed State v Clyburn appeal dismissed Misenheimer v Hayman no error Coleman v Carolina Theatres affirmed Thomas v Realty and Development Co no error Furniture Mfg Co v Price affirmed Ragan v Lebovitz new trial Folwers v City of Charlite State v Ed Whittle no error Pentoff v Parks appeal dismissed motion to reinstate disallowed
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Raltigh
Mills Vs
Miss
Pitts
Winchester-Simmons Co. VE. Cutler
Craven
Hill
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Stanly
New
Construction Company
Hillcrest Manor
Moore
State
Clyburn
Mecklenburg
Misenheimer
Hayman
Coleman
Carolina Theatres
Thomas
Realty and Development Company
Monarch Club Luncheon Promotes Community Chest Drive
Edgar Hartley YMCA secretary urged Monarch club members to back the Community Chest drive highlighting youth benefits. Gordon A. Blair, former Altoona Scout executive, spoke after lunch. Delegates were named for the district conference in Salisbury and a Monarch versus North State Telephone ball game was announced.
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Edgar Hartley
Monarch Club
Mr. Hartley
Gordon A. Blair
Altoona
Mr. Blair
High Point
Salisbury
Monarch
H. K E. Curlee
Glasgow-Stewart Company
Ladies of
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Monarchs
Music as stepping stone to success noted by Cooke
Dr James Francis Cooke, publisher, cites Mussolini Schwab Dawes and Erskine among figures who used music as a path to prominence. The remark underscores music's influence beyond mere charm and appears in the Flashes of Life era feature.
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Philadelphia
James Francis Cooke
Mussolini, Schwab, Dawes
Erskine
New York Yacht Club Member to Wed Claire Luce
Clifford Warren Smith of the New York Yacht Club plans marriage to Claire Luce the dancer discovered by Ziegfeld. Their courtship included much time in an airplane as he, already a pilot, courted while she studied at Curtiss Field.
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New York
Clifford Warren Smith
New York Yacht Club
Claire Luce
Ziegfeld
Curtiss Field
Sheriff Seizes $40,000 Foreign Auto Tied to Valentino Case
The sheriff takes control of a luxury car Peggy Joyce claims ownership of. The vehicle was ordered for Rudolph Valentino and later sold to broker John T Locke who lent it to Peggy. Locke faces mail fraud charges and ongoing payments are due on the car.
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New York
Peggy Joyce
Rudolph Valentino
John T. Locke
Peggy
Locke
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Rendered in New Phonetic Alphabet
A playful prompt imagines how Lincoln's Gettysburg Address might begin if rendered in a new phonetic alphabet. It suggests transforming the opening into a modernized phonetic spelling on a continental stage.
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New York
Forskor
Seyn Virz Age
Faharz Brot
Lincoln
Spelling Reform Association Confronts Typing Barriers
The Spelling Reform association discusses a 42 character phonetic alphabet with one symbol per sound. Some symbols are not yet printable on standard typewriters or linotype machines, posing practical challenges for adoption.
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The
Spelling Reform Association
Belgian shepherd travels by air with financier from New York
A Belgian sheep dog accompanied Al fred Loewenstein, a financier, on a flight departing New York for an undisclosed destination. The report notes the unusual travel pairing and mentions the dog as a traveling companion.
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Montreal
Alfred Loewenstein
New York
Charity Bazaar Boast Leads to Coat Missing Notice
New York social figure Miss Elsie Plank of Fifth Avenue presided at a Madison Square Garden charity bazaar booth. She advertises in papers that unless Mrs returns a coat and shawl she took from a box her name will be given to police.
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New York
Elsie Plankinton
Fifth Avenue
Madison Square Garden
Richard Whitney Ryan dies. funeral set at St Edward’s
Funeral services for Richard Whitney Ryan of High Point will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. from St Edward’s Catholic Church in Greensboro. Interment is in Oakwood Cemetery. He died Sunday night in New Orleans and is survived by three brothers and three sisters. His body arrives tonight on the Crescent Limited.
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Richard Whitney Ryan
New Orleans
St. Edward’s Catholic Church
Father Addler
Greensboro
Oakwood
Mr. Ryan
High Point
James G
Mary Matroni Ryan
Old Point Comfort College
Fortress Monroe
Ryan
Florida
Louisiana
James T. Ryan
Harold J. Ryan
William J. Ryan
John W. Welbin
Julia
Virginia Ryan
Crescent Limited
Julia Ryan
English Street
Progress in southern rail and hosiery reorganization
Fairfax Harrison president of the Southern Railway said reports from Europe show progressive industrial conditions in the south and predicted crop improvement. Stockholders of Durham Hosiery Mills approved a committee's plan to reorganize the company's capital structure.
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New York
Fairfax Harrison
The
Southern Railway
Europe
Durham Hosiery Mills
New bonus bill proposed by Berger in Congress
Washington May 9 A veterans world war incapacitated for any work would gain monthly compensation to 150 dollars under a bill drawn for introduction by Representative Berger socialist of Wisconsin Totally blind veterans would see 250 dollars a month and those with both eyes lost and one or more limbs would receive 308 dollars per month The measure reflects a push for greater wartime veteran support and is tied to Berger s legislative agenda
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Washington
Berger
Socialist
Wisconsin
Confederate 38th Annual Reunion Opens in Little Rock
More than 3,000 Confederate veterans gathered at Camp Foster in Little Rock for the first exclusive session of their 38th annual reunion. The program featured welcome addresses by Arkansas officials and veterans leaders, readings by Virginia Frazier Boyle, and plans for entertainment by the Charlotte municipal band. Senator Joe T. Robinson praised federal gestures as the event opened with joint sessions.
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Little Rock
Ark
Camp Foster
Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Virginia Frazier Boyle
Veterans Organization
Charlotte
Arkansas
U.S
Joe T. Robinson
Robinson
House
Senate
U. S. Marine Band
Senate Committee Probes Hoover Campaign Funds
The Senate campaign funds committee, after two days of testimony from ten presidential hopefuls, aims to quantify money spent to back Herbert Hoover. It questioned Reed of Missouri, Ed Villmoore, and Governor Ritchie, finding limited spending and no patronage promises in return for convention support. Reed denied any agreements on delegate division. Ritchie said he spent nothing and had no organization.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds
Herbert Hoover
Ed S&s. Villmoore
Kansas City
Senator Reed
Missouri
Smith
Houston
Baltimore
Ritchie
Maryland
Reed
Villmoore
Missourian
Steiner
Damage Fears Ebb as Saluda Valley Reopens
Engineers noted fissures toward the lake would need much wider widening before danger. A warm sun returned to Saluda Valley and normal conditions were reported in southern communities. Major Frank Green of the Red Cross surveyed conditions for potential emergencies. Food clothing and shelter aided 60 or more evacuees who fled when the dam leaked. Piedmont Manufacturing resumed operations after precautionary flood gate openings. Relief workers said refugee needs were met.
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Saluda Valley
Frank Green
Red Cross
Greenville
Piedmont Manufacturing Company
Parchment Shoes Ace Summer Style with White Frocks
A fashion note highlights off white parchment shoes as a versatile summer choice. It recommends parchment shade in kid, buck, lizard and other fancy skins as particularly flattering with white frocks.
Ants in Africa and South America Halt March of Life
A statement notes that certain African and South American ant species predate the advance of others, claiming nothing can live before their march. The remark underscores the ants' feared ecological dominance in those regions.
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Africa
South America
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