Roberts Nomination Faces Prohibition Debate in Senate
Washington May 10 AP The Roberts Supreme Court nomination meets resistance from Senator Sheppard who cites a 1923 Roberts denunciation of the Eighteenth Amendment. Regular Republicans back the choice and Parker fight leaders welcome the nomination but outlook remains uncertain amid prohibition tensions.
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Senate
Supreme Court
John J. Parker
Roberts
Sheppard
Texas
Robits
Hughes
Parker
Walsh
Montana
Congressional Record
New York Times
Death taints The Athens Of Texas reputation in Sherman
In Sherman Texas on May 10 George Hughes a 41 year old black man was killed by a mob after confessing to attacking a white woman. The article portrays Sherman as the Athens of Texas noting its schools churches and civic institutions including two denominational colleges 27 churches a YMCA with 400 members and 78 acres of parks. It highlights the citys population 16164 and claims Sherman is a leading Texas industrial city with 58 factories including a major milk plant.
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Sherman
Texas
George Hughes
Athens
Woman Arrested For Old Murder In Durham Case
In Wilmington a woman was arrested on a two year old second degree murder charge after Sam Turner the Durham hotel bell boy identified her as Mrs T V Roberts. She allegedly stabbed E T McCrary the Durham hotel night clerk on March 9 1928. McCrary died May 22 1928.
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Wilmington
N. C
Sam Turner
T. V. Roberts
E. T. McCrary
Durham
McCrary
Durham County
Roberts
Turner
T. G. Pope
Pope
Robin's Nest Halts House Repair Work
Milwaukee, May 10. W E Schellin stops brick veneer work on his house to protect a robin's nest on a second floor window ledge with three eggs. He wishes to finish repairs but won't disturb the birds during nesting.
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Milwaukee
W. EF. Schellin
Robin Redbreast
Schellin
Robin
Presbyterians Seek Change in Church Rules
Atlanta May 10 The Committee on Judicial Commission of the Presbyterian church US will ask the Charlottesville assembly May 22 29 to amend discipline rules to remove ambiguities and harmonize parts of the constitution Rev R Hemphill of Louisville is chairman with members including A B Curry Memphis RD Johnston Birmingham W L Frierson Chattanooga and J B Hutton Jackson Miss Seven ad interim committees will report on ecclesiastical matters including relations with other Presbyterian bodies and worship forms The optional forms group requests time to await Book of Common Worship revisions before a later report
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Atlanta
Committee On Judicial Commission of the Presbyterian Church
U. S
General Assembly of the Church
Charlottesville
R. Hemphill
Louisville
Reform Presbyterian Churches
Ss. L. Morris
A. D. P. Gilmour
Wilmington
N. C
CC. R. Hemphill
S. M. Glasgow
Knoxville
Knoxville, Chairman, Rev. J.tirement of Secretaries, Rev. J. S. Lyons
United States
W. R. Dobyns
Birmingham
Marion Hollins Pays $50 000 Under Sporting Agreement
Marion Hollins former Women’s National Golf champion and oil heiress will pay 50 000 to two friends as part of a three person sport agreement. The pact with Eric Pedley Polo player and an unnamed partner aimed to share 25 000 to each when one first earned 1.9 million dollars. Hollins confirmed sending the checks following a telegram to Pedley in Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Marion Hollins
Kettleman Hills
Miss Hollins
Kettleman Oil Company
Eric Pedley
Pedley
Los Angeles
Protective Measures Up In India Amid Bakrid Tensions
India's cities imposed unusual safeguards to curb Hindu Muslim clashes during Bakrid. In Sholapur, a five person assembly ban was ordered for Hindus, mills remained closed, and rioting left many dead or wounded. Abbas Tyabji vowed a march on Dharsaana to raid salt depots.
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Bombay
India
Abraham
Sholapur
Mahatma Gandhi
Abbas Tyabji
Baroda
Gandhi
Karachi Matvad
Dharsaana
Japan Grants Vote to Women Over 25 in Local Elections
The House of Representatives approved a bill allowing women aged 25 or older to vote in municipal and prefectural assembly elections in Tokyo. Peers in the upper house are expected to reject it, but suffrage supporters view it as a step toward full enfranchisement.
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Tokyo
House of Representatives
House of Peers
Capone Club Raided For Second Time
Prohibition agents raided Ralph Capone's cotton club in Cicero for the second time in three days. They arrested manager Percy Haller after a confrontation over a highball seized from a guest table. Officers searched tables as the crowded club was cleared.
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Chicago
Ralph Capone
Cicero
Percy Haller
Indian Judge to rule on Louie Bighorn case in standing rock
Fort Yates North Dakota May 10 Indians justice swift and direct will decide if Louie Bighorn is the laziest Indian on the Standing Rock reservation. Judge Miles Crazy Walking 88 hears the case with no lawyers or appeals. The charge may be vagrancy or nonpayment of work on a farm owned by Bighorn’s wife.
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Fort Yates
N. D
Louie Bighorn
Standing Rock Reservation
Louie
Miles Crazy Walking
Crazy Walking
Bighorn
E. .D. .Mossman
Mosman
Cannon Puts Dry Fight To Floor At Methodist Conference
Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington presses prohibition enforcement in the Methodist Episcopal Church as the temperance committee moves to return his report for quick action. Charges against Cannon and other bishops cloud debate as delegates await Monday’s actions.
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Dallas
Tex
James Cannon, Jr
Washington
General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Daniels
Congressional
Supreme Court
Rembert G Smith
Washington, Ga
Cannon
Edwin D. Mouton
John M. Moore
H. M. Dubose
Committee On
Bodies Removed as Toll Rises in Armour Packing Blast
Rescue teams completed removal of 16 bodies and reported two hospital deaths as the six story Armour Packing plant in St. Joseph Massachusetts suffered a deadly explosion. Eighteen dead by morning with eleven injured not fatally. Investigations focus on a gas main blast under the building.
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ST. Joseph
Armour Packing Company
Flora Miller
Ara Paxson
George Roberts
Frank Weiczarek
Capt King Transferred From Hampton Roads Navy Station
Capt E G King who led the Hampton Roads naval air station for two years has received orders to command the U S S Leighton a giant aircraft carrier assigned to the battle fleet aircraft squadrons in Norfolk Virginia May 10.
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King
Norfolk
E. G. King
Hampton Roads Naval Air Station
Navy Department
U. S&. Leington
Divers Retrieve Lost Whisky From Allison Creek Wreck
A carload of whisky wrecked in Allison creek near Hand's bridge, York County, a week ago has led locals to dive for the liquor. One diver reportedly reached the bottom ten times and recovered nine half gallon jars.
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York
8. C
Allison Creek
Hand's Bridge
Memorial Day Observed Across North Carolina
North Carolinians statewide paused to honor Confederate War veterans living or dead. In Raleigh state employees observed a holiday and the Old Soldiers' Home hosted a veterans dinner. Memorial addresses were given at Confederate cemeteries and graves decorated as towns held various ceremonies.
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Raleigh
Old Soldiers
Albert Cox
North Carolina American Legion
Storm Toll Rises Across Oklahoma and Texas
Oklahoma City May 10 The death toll from tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas over the past week has reached six with four more deaths reported. A 21 year old woman Gladys Downs was killed as her home was hurled 150 yards and wrecked. Her husband survived with minor injuries. A tornado began near Kinta and moved northeast through San Bois Rockford Eureka Blaine near Stigler before crossing the Arkansas River, killing three more people. Jim Chappel a 24 year old ill man died as the Chappel home in Eureka was destroyed while family members sought shelter in a cave. John Chappel stayed with his injured son during the disaster.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Gladys Downs
Kinta
San Bois
Rockford
Eureka
Blaine
Stigler
Arkansas River
Keotah
Jim Chappel
Chappel
John Chappel
Rain Aids Guardsmen In Quelling Sherman Riot
In Sherman Texas a mob killed George Hughes a negro and burned Grayson county courthouse after heavy rain began. National guardsmen assisted by rangers arrested fifteen and injured nine as 700 rioters dispersed with dawn. Neighbors and authorities cleared blacks from outskirts and restored order as shops reopened.
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Sherman
Tex
George Hughes
Grayson County
National
National Guard
Meech
Lawrence E. McGee
L. S. Davidson
Frank Hammer
M. T.lone Wolf
Gonzaillas
Memphis Bride of Lone Mariner Founder of New Voyage
Miss Louise Totty of Memphis has become a lone mariner bride as Captain Edward Miles builds a new schooner after a world voyage incident. Forty seven girls wrote him seeking the mate position. In New York, James Paris Jr. pays $50,008 to settle a divorce suit with his ex wife, the losses claimed.
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Memphis
Louise Totty
Memphis Manhurst
Edward Miles
New York
James Parris, Jr
London row over age remark in House of Commons
In London a parliamentary confrontation erupted when Captain H F Crookshank accused Lady Astor of being much older, drawing hisses and catcalls from the gallery as critics disapproved of such comparisons of a lady's age.
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London
M. P
H. F. Crookshank
Lady Astor
Sing Sing Baseball Dream Rebounds With Key Returns
Ossining reports relief as Sing Sing’s crack battery, a pitcher and catcher, return to the dom after release from prison. Both players were sidelined last year due to trouble off the field, boosting team prospects.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Widow Kills Three Children Then Herself in Chicago
In Chicago on May 10, Mrs Albino de Porre, two months widowed, killed her two older children and another daughter before taking her own life. Neighbors found the cottage scene after the tragedy. poverty and grief over her husband’s death were cited as possible motives.
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Chicago
Albino de Porre
Three New Buildings At Negro College
Durham May 10 Three new buildings at North Carolina College for Negroes will be dedicated on June 5 during commencement. The administration building a refractory and a girls dormitory comprise the new structures with a total cost around 300 000 dollars.
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Durham
North Carolina College
John Masefield Named Poet Laureate of England
London reports John Masefield chosen as poet laureate amid debate why Rudyard Kipling was passed over. Critics cite Masefield's sea poems and English flavor as reasons, while Kipling’s past barracks ballads and Balmoral visit are noted as possible counterpoints.
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John Masefield
England
Kipling
London
Rudyard Kipling
Masefield
Victoria
Windsor
King George
Balmoral Castle
Massacre reports in Henan province spark alarm
Shanghai dispatch cites Vernacular Press claims of 15 000 killed by 4 000 bandits in Yungyang Henan with 500 residents abducted. Villages around Kaifeng and Chengchow allegedly murdered kidnapped outraged as fires burned four days, bodies dumped along creeks and roads.
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Shanghai
Henan
Kaifeng
Chenkhow
Yungyang
Chengchow
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