Byrd Arrives at Balboa Canal Zone Homeward Bound
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd landed at Balboa on the Rangitiki after a South Pole expedition voyage. He planned two weeks in the Canal Zone to gather scientific data and reunite with companions before returning to New York.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Richard E. Byrd
United States
South Pole
New York
Rangitiki
Russell Owen
New York Times
Lloyd Berkner
Charles E. Lofgren
William C. Haines
Richard Kanter
Balboa Harbor
Dunedin
United States Navy
Isthmian Airways
Methodist Church approves self governing overseas churches
At the quadrennial conference in Dallas on May 14 the Methodist Episcopal Church South approved self governing churches for Korea, Brazil and Mexico. The autonomous churches will remain in a “vital relationship” with the mother church while governing themselves in most respects.
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Dallas
Tex
Korea
Brazil
Mexico
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Chicago students protest dry snooping at University
University of Chicago students held a protest meeting against campus surveillance described as dry snooping. Riot squads dispersed the crowd after bonfire chaos, with police firing revolvers briefly. several students injured, four leaders detained then released to university officials.
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Chicago University
Chicago
University of Chicago
AMM I
Pearsons
George O. Fairweather
Framework For Future Equality Is Claimed
Cabinet members and Admiral Pratt defended the London naval treaty before Senate committees. Secretary Adams warned parity may cost about 1 billion dollars but would curb expensive naval competition. Secretary Stimson said parity likely not before 1936, while Pratt praised the agreement and noted a preference for mixed gun calibers in the fleet.
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Washington
Adams
Naval Committee
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Stimons
William V. Pratt
Battle Fleet
Stimson
Pacific
Borah
Pratt
Turner Fails To Beat Lindberghs Time In Transcontinental
Roscoe Turner returns to Valley Stream New York after a record attempt to eclipse Colonel Lindbergh and wife on the continental flight. Turner lands at Curtiss Field 7 40 p m E S T after fuel exhaustion and 1 hour 13 minutes 38 seconds behind the Lindberghs Easter Sunday record. His monoplane carried a 525 horsepower engine and a iron cab with a parachute, while fuel use ran about 20 percent higher.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Roscoe Turner
Los Angeles
Turner
Curtiss Field
Lron
Just Miss Haile Finds Husband After Cadet Resigns
Miss Marion Haile, tied to Gretna via West Point records as the wife of Christian K. Cagle, arrived in New York to join him. She dodged photographers at the Pennsylvania Station as Cadet Cagle, recovering from a tonsil operation, prepared to be discharged and leave the academy for good.
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New York
Marion Haile
Gretna
Louisiana
Christian K. Cagle
West Point
Miss Haile
Pennsylvania Terminal
Crescent Limited
Cayla
Military Academy
Manhattan
Cagle
Capone Starts Habeas Corpus Proceedings
In Miami on May 14 habeas corpus petitions were filed to seek release for Al Capone and three companions from the municipal jail. Circuit Judge Alyn O. Thompson was to hear the case at 2 p.m. Vincent C Giblin, Capone's attorney, presented the writ petition. Capone and his companions were arrested at a boxing boat and held on an investigation charge.
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Miami
Fla
Scarface al’ Capone
Alyn O. Thompson
Vincent C Gibblin
Chicago
Thompson
Capone
Collegian Held In Extortion Plot
Bernard Swalley a 21 year old Pasadena junior college student was held on extortion charges for trying to obtain 3000 from Mrs F W Emery widow of San Marino alleged notes threatened to kill and burn her home if payment was not made He confessed police said also detained were Leo Trimbler Jack Harback and Seylvester Bertram all 21 to 24 from Birmingham Alabama with no charges filed yet
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Leo Trimbler
Jack Harback
Seylvester Bertram
Birmingham
Ala
Sacrifice Needed Baptist Sermon Urges Bold Stand
Dr. Robert G. Lee challenged Baptists at the Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans to sacrifice pleasing doctrines and easy living. He urged returning to fundamental beliefs of sin, eternal punishment, and the miraculous Christ as the sole remedy for sin to boost world evangelism.
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New Orleans
Robert G. Lee
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Dr Lee
Hell
North and South Carolina highway heads meet over reciprocity
North Carolina highway officials will join South Carolina highway commission and revenue department in Columbia for talks on automobile license privileges reciprocity. R A Coughton announced the conference with C W Roberts of the Carolina Motor Club instrumental in arranging it. Attending representatives include Captain Charles D Farmer, Donaghton or Charles Ross, and A J Maxwell or Walter D Siler for the revenue side.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Highway Commission
South Carolina Highway Commission
Revenue Department
Columbia
R. A. Coughton
W. Roberts
Carolina Motor Club
Charles D. Farmer
Highway Patrol
Donaghton
Charles Ross
Highway Commission
A J. Maxwell
Walter D. Siler
State Revenue Department
Donghton
This Auto Thief Is Not a Liar
A Chicago police officer encounters a man struggling to unlock a parked car and the suspect candidly says he is trying to steal it. The incident highlights a bold claim that a thief may be truthful in admitting intent.
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Chicago
Near North Side
College Trustees Postpone Action on President Succession
High Point college trustees, meeting this morning, took no action on a successor for President R. M. Andrews who resigned weeks ago. They postponed all business until next Tuesday afternoon, awaiting bond sale details to bolster finances, with plans to elect the president and faculty for next year at that session.
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High Point College
R. M. Andrews
Strange Malady Claims Child on Baltimore Trip
A South Carolina family traveling to Baltimore arrives with one child dead and two others ill from an undiagnosed illness. Elmer Demsky, six, died en route from Petersburg, Virginia as the father and mother were rushed to a hospital after a police report. The father collapsed and was hospitalized, and Marion and the other child were also admitted for medical care. The family had left South Carolina to visit a sister in Baltimore. A rash appeared on the children and a doctor was consulted in Petersburg.
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Baltimore
South Carolina
Robert Demsky
Elmer Demsky
Petersburg
Demsky
Marion
Elmer
City
Youth Kills Father After Family Beating in Lewiston
In Lewiston Mant a fireman P Housel abused his wife and nine children prompting Hershel House 11 to seize a rifle and kill his father. A coroner s jury exonerated the youth after three minutes deliberation.
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Lewiston
Mant
P. Housel
Bishop Cannon Faces Charges Before Methodist Bishops
Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington is slated to answer formal charges of playing the stock market before episcopacy committees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Supporting signatures include Josephus Daniels and J. T. Fitzhugh along with 17 laymen from multiple conferences. The proceedings remain secret as committees consider trials and other bishops' conduct.
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Dallas
Tex
James Cannon, Jr
Washington
D. C
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Navy
J. T. Fitzhugh
Memphis
College of Bishops
Fitzhugh
Daniels
Woods
J. G. McGowen
North Mississippi Conference
Mississippi State Supreme
St. Louis
Ewell T. Weakley
J. D. Gardner
South Georgia
W. H. Wiseman
Tennessee
Will Stackhouse
South Carolina
Infringements of Patents Said Against Ford and Waco
Officials of the Curtiss Assets Corporation announce patent infringement suits against Ford Motor Company and Waco Aircraft Company. The Ford case is filed in the district court of Delaware and the Waco case in the southern district of Ohio. The suits allege piracy of Curtiss patent details licensed under the amended cross license with Manufacturers Aircraft Association.
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New York
Curtiss Assets Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Waco Aircraft Company
Ford Company
District Court of
Delaware
Waco Company
Ohio
Manufacturers Aircraft Association
Ford
Eight American Girls To Bow Before Queen
Eight American debutantes will be presented at Buckingham Palace in the first royal court of the year. Mrs. Charles G. Dawes will perform the presentations as King George returns after two years. The eight are Katharine Tod, Funice Bennett, Charlotte Dorrance, Elizabeth Kent, Isabel R. Henry, Griselda A Forbes, Eleanor Edwards, and Frances Hutchinson.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Charles G. Dawes
Prince of Wales
Marvy
M. Sokolnikoff
Mme. Soakolnikoff
Ambassador Dawes
Katharine K. Tod
New York
Funice Bennett
Charlotte Dorrance
Radnor
Elizabeth Kent
Philadelphia
Isabel RB. Henry
Griselda A Forbes
Boston
Eleanor Edwards
Cincinnati
Frances Hutchinson
McBride to Face More Questioning on Fort Testimony
Washington reports indicate F Scott McBride of the Anti Saloon League will be questioned again by the senate lobby committee next Tuesday. McBride commented on Fort of New Jersey's claim beer and wines could be made at home under certain conditions, calling it a pretty good speech. Fort seeks a dry stance in the New Jersey Republican senatorial primary with Dwight Morrow and Frelinghuysen also in the race. McBride noted the party's dry group may influence Morrow if he moves to modify Volstead laws.
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Washington
F. Scott McBride
Anti Saloon League
Fort
New Jersey
McBride
Senate Lobby Committee
House
Dwight Morrow
Frelinghuysen
Morrow
New Jersey Anti Saloon League
Thieves Break Into Five Mount Olive Stores
GOLDSBORO May 14 Officers searched for burglars who entered five Mount Olive businesses early yesterday and took $150 in cash along with a large quantity of groceries and clothing.
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Goldsboro
Mount Olive
Whistling Driver Barred From Chicago Court Action
Evanston judge disqualified Joseph Griffin from driving after he described whistling as a demoralizing influence that unsettled him while driving. Griffin, agitated by whistles from police officers, was cited for reckless driving and ordered to stop operating a vehicle.
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Chicago
Evanston
Joseph Griffin
Porter
Ivy Lands
Griffin
Indian Hostility to British Rule Grows in India
Bombay dispatches say hostility to British rule in India is rising amid continuing civil disobedience. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru warns hatred has never been so intense and moderates reject Lord Irwin’s round table plan. The National Congress works to stiffen protests, focusing on land tax amid salt tax campaigns and looming monsoons.
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London
Bombay
India
Daily Mail
Daily Herald
Tej Bahadur Sapru
Lord Irwin
Dispatches
Daily News
all-India National Congress
Goats and Jackasses Race to New York Start May 14
Ralph Sanders plans to ride a large black beast to New York City to start a wagered race against Benton Stack who will depart 30 days later driving a goat and a jackass Stack bets he will win despite the head start.
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Harlingen
Tex
Ralph Sanders
New York City
Benton Stack
Jackass Stack
New York
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W. A. Candler
Atlanta, Ga
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Richmond, Va
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Charlotte
J. M. Moore
Rembert G. Smith
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