Japan mulls submitting Shantung dispute to League
Geneva reports indicate Japanese officials weigh taking the Shantung conflict to the League of Nations as an independent move to explain Tokyo’s stance. Chinese nationalists in Geneva hope for direct talks after Nanking protests to the league, while U.S. mediation efforts are noted as absent. Prohibition enforcement tightens nationwide amid firing incidents, and North Carolina politics focus shifts as Hull support surfaces and labor contests roil the state.
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Japan
League of Nations
Tokyo
Geneva
Shantung
Associated Press
League
Europe
China
United States
Nanking
Leagt
Council
Lindbergh Insured Yet Has Not Filed Any Claims
Col Charles A. Lindbergh carries a public liability policy for 100000 on any aircraft he may fly but has made no claim for damages during his extensive flights since piloting the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris. The Spirit and Lindbergh were insured for 18000 from San Diego to the Smithsonian Institution.
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Washington
Prohibition
Ciry
Treasury
Robert Taylor
West Virginia
John D. Hanson
Niagara
New York
Coast Guardsmen
Congress
Doran
Taylor
Hanson
Coast Guard
Philadelphia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of St. Louis
Paris
Independent Fire and Independent Indemnity Insurance Companies
Central
South America
Spirit of
Hoover Campaign Expenditures Put Near 241000
James W. Good testified before the senate committee that Hoover campaign spending totaled 241 284.41 dollars, excluding California outside the southern region, with potential revision toward 300 000 as reports finalize. He compared Ohio costs to Coolidge in 1924 and discussed state contest decisions.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
California
James W. Good
Senate
Good
Ohio
Hoover
Coolidge
Frank O. Lowden
Leonard Wood
Mellon
Pennsylvania
Barkley
Kentucky
Julius Barnes
Perry K. Heath
Hoover Forces
Lowden
George B. Bush
Los Angeles
Texas
New Jersey
New York
Famous passengers sail for Europe on eight liners
New York May 12 five thousand travelers including financiers artists and athletes embarked for Europe aboard eight liners. Notables on the Majestic include August Heckscher and Edward N Hurley with Countess Szechenyi Gladys Vanderbilt and Antonio Scotti. Grace Moore Molla Mallory Mme Claudel and others sail on the Paris and United States.
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New York
Europe
August Heckscher
Majestic
Munich
Edward N. Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Countess Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Antonio Scotti
Operatic Bairetone
Arthur Anderson
J. P. Morgan and Company
Paris
Grace Moore
Metropolitan Opera
France
Molla Mallory
Mme
Paul Claudel
Washington
Beatrice Lillie
Florence Vidor
Prince Erik of
Denmark
United States
Canada
Gripsholm
Isabel Howard
Gertrude Bostorem
Italia Damaged After Polar Flight Attempt Returns
The Italia airship is in its hangar at Kings Bay Spitzbergen with a damaged right motor after a failed Polar exploration attempt. Thick fog and snowstorm forced General Umberto Nobile to turn back after reaching Franz Josef Land. Lenin Land remains elusive and a 40 hour flight was cut to eight hours. The engine will need repairs before any further flight.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Polar
Umberto Nobile
Nobile
Franz Joseph Land
Lenin Land
Nicholas II Land
Arctic
General Nobile
Lenin
Plane carries pilot to bottom of harbor
Navy recovery efforts continue 15 miles off San Diego for a naval fighting plane and the body of Lieut. Joseph John Rooney after his aircraft fell into the water while attempting a landing on the carrier Lexington. A board of inquiry will investigate the accident.
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San Pedro
Cal
Navy
San Diego
Joseph John Rooney
Rooney
Lexington
Airway survey from Panama Canal to Washington planned
Lieuts James E Parker and Robert W Douglas launched from France Field at 6 am to study air route prospects from Panama Canal zone to the United States. The proposed line runs via David Panama 20 miles, Managua 375 miles, Guatemala City 3590 miles, Minatitlan 350 miles, Tampico 400 miles, Brownsville 250 miles, ending in Washington.
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France Field
David
Panama
Managua
Nicaragua
Guatemala City
Guatamla
Minitilan
Mexico
Tampico
Brownsville
Tex
Washington
Validity of County Act to Be Tested in Courts
Wake county taxpayer G. E. Bobbitt seeks an injunction against selling delinquent land under the 1927 county finance act. Judge W. C. Harris issued a restraining order. hearing set May 28 before Judge E. H. Cranmer in Raleigh to decide if the act is invalid and halt tax sales until then. Leroy Massey, county attorney, aims to resolve before the first Monday in June.
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Raleigh
G. E. Bobbitt
Wake County
W. C. Harris
Clinton
E. H. Cranmer
Previus
Leroy Massey
Two Ford Pilots Killed In Detroit Airport Crash
Two Ford Motor Company pilots Wil liam Munn and E K Parker died when a tri motor transport plane crashed on takeoff from Ford airport near Detroit. The crash caused a fuel fire and bodies were recovered after more than an hour. The accident marked Ford’s first aviation fatality amid multiple recent incidents near the airport.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
William Munn
E. K. Parker
Buffalo
N. Y
Edward G. Hamilton
Ford Airline Service
Munn
Michigan Central Railroad
Pess Aircraft Company
Wyandotte
Parker
Denver
Col
Gordon A. Taylor
Rochester
Aaron Rosenfleet
New York City
Taylor
Birthday Killings Haunt Hooven Confession in LA Jail
James Hooven 27 alias James William Huff told Los Angeles jailers his conscience drove him to confess to the poisoning slayings of Ruth Little 17 of Summittville Indiana and James Leo Carroll 18 of Los Angeles. He described luring Ruth with quail soup poisoned with two toxins and said he killed Carroll in 1925 over insurance funds. Authorities in Anderson Indiana investigate the confession and earlier death records of Carroll and Ruth Little are noted in coroner files.
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Los Angeles
James Hooven
James William Huff
Frank Dewar
Ruth Little
Summerville
Indiana
James Leo Carroll
Hoaven
Blanche Little
Army
Pendleton
Robert Wheeler
Kikomo
Ind
California
Carroll
Hooven
Ruth
Miss Little
Summittville
Little
John Stephens
Lafayette
Airplane Honeymoon Flight Between London and South Africa
Capt. BR Bentley and his bride Dorys Oldfield arrived in Croydon after a honeymoon flight covering about 8000 miles from Capetown to London. They used a two seated plane and planned to fly back to South Africa in autumn. Mrs Bentley said they carried little luggage and that she learned to fly during the trip.
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Croydon
Eng
BR. R. Bentley
Dorys Oldfield
London
South Africa
Capetown
Four Women Killed in Laundry Explosion at Kokomo
An explosion at the Frindlin laundry in Kokomo Indiana killed four women Emma Ford Edith Kirkett Anna Black and Mary Sapp. Six others were seriously injured and 15 suffered shock or bruises as the flat work steam mangle exploded shattering a one story brick building and blowing out window panes for two blocks.
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Kokomo
Ind
Frindlin
Anna Black
Emma Ford
Edith Kirkett
Mary Sapp
Miss Wills Captures Dutch Tennis Wins in The Hague
May 12 report: Helen Wills beat Freya Douman 6-1 6-2 in straight sets. Earlier she defeated Rollins Couquerque 6-2 6-2, as Couquerque then beat Penelope Anderson 6-1 6-3. Anderson, recently indisposed, fell to Miss Bondman, and the Dutch team won the decision over the visiting Americans with the doubles victory.
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Miss Wills
Hague
Helen Wills
Frea Douman
Rollins Couquerque
Miss Couquerque
Penelope Anderson
Miss Anderson
Miss Bondman
Wheeler backs Al Smith as best bet for Democratic nomination
Western senator Wheeler of Montana endorses Smith, calling him the best bet for the party. He cites Smith's democracy, pro farm stance, and law enforcement commitment, contrasting with past administrations and praising Smith's potential to uplift farmers and curb corruption.
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Wheeler
al Smith
Washington
wWheeler
Montana
New York
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Smith
W. W. McDowell
Montana Democratic Central Committee
Walsh
Houston
California
Reed
Missouri
Middle West
West
Harding- Coolidge
Army Planes Will Attempt Removal of Bremen
An air expedition of two U S army amphibian planes heads toward Greenly Island to aid in removing the Bremen trans Atlantic monoplane. Major General James E Fechet commands the mission with Lieut Muir Fairchild and Captain Ira Baker piloting, while Fred Melchoir the Junkers chief mechanic attends.
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New York
United States Army
Greenly Island
Bremen
Washington
Millerfield
Staten Island
Fred Melchoir
Junkers Company
Portland
Pictou
Nova Scotia
St. George
Newfoundland
James E. Fechet
Army Air Corps
Muir Fairchild
Fechet
Ira Baker
Herta Junkers
Melchoir
Junkers
Agreed On Bill Bridges Jones and White Merchant Marine Measures
Washington May 12 conferees from House and Senate agreed on a merchant marine bill that settles the differences between the Jones and White measures.
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Washington
House
Senate
Modesty Exalted in Pope Pius Encyclical
Rome May 12 reports Pope Pius condemns women's dress and moral laxity in a new encyclical issued for the feast of Achilles the Martyr. He urges forgiveness for looseness of morals and warns youth education is harmed by effeminate care and neglect of Christian doctrine.
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Rome
Pius
Achilles the Martyr
Mrs Langston Dies in Durham at 92
Mrs Sallie Gibbs Langston 92 mother of John D Langston candidate for Lieutenant Governor died in Durham yesterday relatives here were informed
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Tennessee
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McLean
Brummitt
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