Nomination of Roberts Likely To Be Approved
Senate leaders express confidence in the confirmation of Owen J. Roberts to the Supreme Court within a week or ten days. Advocates praise his integrity and qualifications while Sen Sheppard questions the anti eighteenth amendment issue. Norris and Borah support Roberts despite prior opposition to Hughes and Parker.
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Roberts
Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Senate
McBride
Sheppard
Norris
Judiciary Committee
Borah
Idaho
Hughes
Joh J. Parker
North Carolina
Walsh
Montana
Parker
Seven Lines Fight On P and N Rail Plan Nationwide Scope Denied
Seven railroads petition to intervene in the interstate commerce commission case against Piedmont and Northern Railway, which seeks to block 55 mile Spartanburg to Gastonia and 76 mile Charlotte to Winston-Salem extensions. Piedmont and Northern denies national scope and opposes the suit. hearing set about May 19. Railroads joining include Southern Railway, Charleston and Western Carolina, Atlantic Coast Line, Louisville and Nashville, and Clinchfield and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
US. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Piedmont and Northern Railway Company
P. and N
North
South Carolina
Proctor A. Bonham
Southern Railway
Piedmont and Northern
Spartanburg
Gastonia
Charlotte
Wineton-Salem
The
Commerce Commission
Charleston
Western Carolina
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville and Nashville
Carolina
Clinchfield
Ohio
Clinchfield and Northern
Kentucky
Old theft linked to body found in Mexico City case
Mexico City authorities tied a penniless man found dead in an apartment to a $200000 Canadian heist through a photograph and a tailor’s label reading T. B. Brown Stratford Ontario. Neighbors say he lived lavishly with a woman identified as his sister. The man used aliases including Joseph Thomas Boyd Buffalo NY and Eric Hauser. A bank book show deposits dropping from 7500 to 48 cents. Entry permit issued in New York City. He lived first in a fashionable hotel then moved to a shabby area before the woman disappeared.
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Mexico City
T. B. Brown
Stratford
Ontario
Mexico
Joseph Thomas Boyd
Buffalo
N. Y
New York City
Brown
Boyd
Eric Hauser
Fresh Charges Against Bishops
Reports at the Methodist Episcopal Church South quadrennial conference indicate charges to be filed next week against Bishops James Cannon Jr. of Washington DC and others. Captain G T Fitzhugh named as the delegate to present the Cannon charges over stock trading, with others likely charged by unfrocked ministers. A separate complaint by Rev E Rembert Smith cites unwarranted political activity in 1928, alleging four bishops opposed Alfred E Smith due to his Roman Catholic faith.
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Dallas
Tex
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Church
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
H. M. Dobbs
Birmingham
Ala
W. B. Beauchamp
Atlanta
Cannon
G. T. Fitzhugh
Memphis, Tenn
E. Rembert Smith
Washington
Cannon, Mouton
Dubose
Moore
Smith
Alfred E. Smith
Guardsmen Target Mob Chiefs Amid Jail Crowd Dispersal
Hundreds of guardsmen guard the jail as rain disperses a crowd. Thirteen people are already in custody amid efforts to single out mob chiefs and prevent further disturbances.
Mussolini Shows Old Fire in Grosseto Speech
Premier Benito Mussolini spoke to about 30 000 in Grosseto praising rural supporters and fascist reform. He recalled malaria and desertion in the Maremma before fascism and lauded the region as now productive and healthy. Bayonets flashed as the crowd cheered a la ta.
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Grosseto
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Tuscany
Maremma
Grossetto
Young Pilot Lands in Columbus After St. Louis Start
Frank Goldsborough, 19, a junior transcontinental flyer, completed a west to east flight arriving in Columbus from St. Louis tonight. He departed St. Louis airport at 1 10 p m and reached Columbus about half an hour late.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank Goldsborough
St. Louis
Five Children Die In Oklahoma Gas Blast
In Seminole Oklahoma on May 10 the gas explosion in a storm cellar at Mission City claimed five lives. Bonnie Edwards 7 Sonny Boy Edwards 6 Dorothy Breedlove 8 and Dorothy’s mother Mrs Charles Breedlove 41 plus her 5-year-old LeRoy died after seeking shelter as a storm approached. The blast occurred when a child lit a match. Parents of the two victims were injured. cause under investigation.
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Seminole
Okla
Mission City
Here
Bonnie Edwards
Sonny Boy
Dorothy Breedlove
Charles Breedlove
Dorothy
British rush to calm India as Sikh group backs Gandhi
In Amritsar the central Sikh league endorsed Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign, signaling Muslim support could shift the balance. Authorities, already alert after Sholapur riots, fear further trouble during Bakrid as mobs threaten renewed unrest and police casualties rise in oil deaths.
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Bombas
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Yerada
Sholapur
Amritsar
Central Sikh League
Grand Jury To Take Up Plane Crash In Which Nine Killed
Fayetteville Tennessee May 10 grand jury will review the April 27 air crash that killed nine of a railroad embankment gathering. Pilot Milton P. Covert bound over on second degree murder. Dixie Flies manager Al Covert arrested on same charge. Both posted 3500 bond and face June 13 arraignment if indicted.
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Fayetteville
Tenn
Here
Milton P. Covert
al Covert
Dixie Flies
Next Eucharistic Congress Sought by Dublin Catholics
In Carthage Tunisia on May 10 pilgrims to the 30th Eucharistic Congress heard Cardinal MacRory of Armagh praise Irish faith and express hope the next congress will be held in Dublin.
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Dublin
Carthage
Tunisia
Armagh
Cardinal Macrory
Mate
Ireland
Anti Prohibition Groups Merge to Form Joint Council
Washington May 19 Ten anti prohibition organizations formed a joint elective and legislative council and adopted a plan for concerted work to overthrow prohibition. The groups plan coordinated activity during upcoming congressional campaigns with a dinner in New York in September to announce the general plan.
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Washington
Legislative Council
New York
C. O. to Buy New Equipment for Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved financing for more than 30 million dollars in new rolling stock for the Chesapeake and Ohio and affiliate systems. C O will issue 19.8 million dollars in equipment trust certificates and Pere Marquette 5.19 million dollars, with remaining funds from on hand resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pere Marquette
Ransacking of Senator Johnson Office Alarms Senate
Senate leaders demand a full investigation after the Capitol office of Senator Johnson California is found ransacked. Personal correspondence and private files were disturbed between 12 30 and 4 a m with no clues found by city and Capitol police. Johnson suggested sensitive material was read while colleagues worry over a spate of break ins at other senators offices.
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Senator Johnson
Washington
Senate
Capitol
California
Johnson
Californian
McKeller
Brook
Tennessee
Smoot
Utah
Milwaukee Population Hits 568,962 in Census Figures
Census figures released show Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has a population of 568,962 as of May 10, up from 547,147 in 1920, an increase of 24 percent for the metropolis.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Houston Population Soars by 110 Percent
Houston census figures announced by the district supervisor give a 1920 population of 29,811, up from 138,276 the prior census, reflecting a 110 percent increase.
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Houston
Tex
Portland Population Estimate Near 299 Thousand in 1920
Portland, Oregon, census supervisor Mrs. George T. Gerlinger announced preliminary figures placing the city’s population at 299,122. She noted the office has until May 30 to finalize the check. the 1920 figure was 258,288.
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Portland
Ore
George T. Gerlinger
Lumberman Killed in Martinsville Auto Wreck
MOCKSVILLE N C May 10 P R Rucker Martinsville Va lumber dealer fatally injured when his car plunged over a 30 foot embankment three miles west of Martinsville while attempting to pass another vehicle He died at Statesville Hospital at 8 o clock
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Mocksville
N. C
P. R. Rucker
Martinsville
Rucker
Statesville
Officers Named By Academy of Science
Durham May 19 Officers of the three sections of the North Carolina academy of science were elected at the closing sessions of the twenty ninth annual meeting at Duke University. Next year the academy will meet at Raleigh with North Carolina State college. Professor W W Elliott Duke was named chairman of the mathematics section and Professor E L Mackie of University of North Carolina was chosen the 1931 secretary of that division. Physicists named Professor A A Dixon of State College chairman and Professor W E Speas of Wake Forest secretary.
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Durham
North Carolina Academy of Science
Duke University
Academy
Raleigh
North Carolina State College
W. W. Elliott
Duke
E. L. Mackie
University of North Carolina
A. A. Dixon
State College
W. E. Speas
Wake Forest
Hoover's Catch of Fish Inside Law at Rapidan Camp
In Orange Virginia on May 10 President Hoover fished at his Rapidan camp and caught 17 trout, the legal maximum. His party included Larry Richey and other officials and guests as rhododendron bloomed along the winding mountain trail and a fragrant rock garden greeted visitors.
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Orange
Hoover
Rapidan
Virginia
Larry Richey
Mountain Camp
Justice Stone
Wilbur
Walter Hope
the Treasury
Payroll Robbery in Colombia Turns Deadly for Paymaster
In a Bucaramanga payroll robbery a Texas Oil Company paymaster Paul Leroy Keating of Oil City Pennsylvania was killed while delivering 35 000 pesos to Tropical Oil payroll. Robbers seized the pay car and forced the driver to flee before releasing him.
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Bogota
Colombia
Bucaramanga
Paul Leroy Keating
Oil City
Tropical Oil Company
Keating
Greensboro Population Figures From 1930 Census
Greensboro's 1930 population is 53,422, announced by Joseph T. Allen in the absence of Oliver M. Perry. The figure marks a 33,561 increase since 1920, a 168.9 percent rise, with post-1923 city-limit expansion noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Joseph T. Allen
Oliver M. Perry
Open cabinet rejected in Methodist Episcopal South conference
Dallas May 10 Attempts to curtail bishops power in assigning ministers failed as the general conference rejected open cabinet and one third district elders concurrence. Consideration of a proposed written constitution was only half done with a mid next week vote anticipated. The body condemned mob violence after a Sherman lynching and affirmed opposition to mob action. Dr W P King urged open cabinet as fairer and urged ending the present discriminatory system.
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Dallas
Tex
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Memphis
College of Bishops
Sherman
W. P. King
Nashville, Tenn
Methodist Church
South
Christendom
Tornado Hits Hill County Killing One In Texas
A tornado swept down on a Hill county area thirty miles north of Austin injuring several and killing one person. The storm damaged few structures in the sparsely populated zone near Anderson Bend and then dissipated. Heavy rain and wind caused damage in nearby regions, while reports of Bertram and Barnet tornado destruction were discounted after communications returned.
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Austin
Tex
Hill County
Here
Anderson Bend
Risign
Bertram
Barnet
Impasse Reached in Flexible Proviso Tariff Talks
Washington May 19. Senate and House conferees remain deadlocked over the flexible provision and a debenture clause. House conferees demand free rein to resolve the six points in dispute, while Senate conferees resist reopening the previously agreed terms. Chairman Smoot said another conference would be scheduled Tue or Wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Alleged Canned Goods Is Liquor
Raleigh police raided a truck load of canned vegetables but found liquor instead. Thirty-two gallons of whisky were destroyed and Wesley Jenkins and Joseph F Ketchel were jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Wesley Jenkins
McBridges
Joseph EF. Ketchel
Chicago
Charlotte Teacher Sues for 100000 After Losing Position
Miss Alice Warren a Charlotte junior high teacher sues the principal Aubrey Elliott and finance chair W R Foreman for 100000 claiming a conspiracy to block her re election for 1939 31 and to ruin her reputation The suit cites alleged health certificate pretext and links the case to Warren Myers brother in law Foreman and Harding the superintendent also facing a separate suit over 19000 arising from the same tangled dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Alice Warren
Charlotte School Boards Finance Committee
W. R. Foreman
Finance Committee
Aubrey Elliott
Warren G. Myers
Foreman
Miss
Elliott
H. P. C. Harding
Moody declares martial law in Sherman
Governor Dan Moody announced at 10 45 p m that he had signed the proclamation declaring a state of martial law in Sherman Col L E McGee will remain in command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Dan Moody
Sherman
L. E. McGee
Rioting in Sherman Ends as National Guardsmen Restore Order
Texas national guardsmen aided by rangers and county officers patrolled Sherman after violent rioting that left George Hughes dead and the Grayson county courthouse burned. Twelve mob members were arrested and jailed, a dynamite suspect was captured, and authorities planned to hold guardsmen until no further unrest risk remained.
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Sherman
Tex
National
George Hughes
Neary
Grayson County
Texas National Guardsmen
Court House
Hughes
Clites
Dan Moody
Are
Pepper Attacks Laws as Senate Fails Reform
Former Pennsylvania senator George Wharton Pepper told the American Law Institute closing session that U.S. law is on track to become a mess and that the senate is unfit to fix it. He criticized discussion of a restatement of the common law and warned of protracted, acrimonious debates over any presidential commissions.
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Washington
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
Senate
Pepper
The
American Law Institute
Institute
Congress
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Friends of Pennsylvanian
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Hames
Chang
Mussolini
Grand Jury
Academy of Science
Hoover's
Law
General Conference of Methodist Church
D. Harold Oliver
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