Supreme Court rules valuations for railroads must reflect reproduction value
The Supreme Court ruled the Interstate Commerce Commission must consider reproduction values in valuing railroad property for rate making. It overturned a lower court and reversed the I C C on the St. Louis and O'Fallon nine mile line, ending a multi year fight. The decision reduces government valuations by about eleven billion dollars.
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Washington
St. Louis and O'Fallon
Supreme Court
Justice McReynolds
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis and
O'Fallon
Two Washington and Lee Students Die After Car Crash
In Lexington Virginia two Washington and Lee students were killed in an auto accident that left two others seriously injured. Irving H Elias editor in chief of the Calyx and a journalism junior died, while William A Plummer a law junior also died. Benjamin C Eastwood and Virgil Jones were among the seriously injured. Memorial services for the dead were held at Robert E Lee chapel with over five hundred attendees.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee
Benjamin C. Eastwood
New Orleans
Virgil ©. Jones
Jordansville
Irving H. Elias
Rockville Center
Long Island
N. Y
William A. Plummer
Portsmouth
Ohio
Rowland H. Walker
Mosby B. Perrow
Lynchburg
Natural Bridge
Eastwood
Jones
Robert E. Lee
Elias
Calyx
Plummer
Elizabethton Quiet As Mills Run Under Escort
Elizabethton Tennessee May 20 Quiet prevailed in the strike zone as the spinning room of the American Bemberg Rayon mill hummed with activity. Workers came down from the hills under military escort but were not molested by strike pickets. Officials said full force on duty in the spinning room while union leaders claimed the upper hand in a five week strike that closed the Bem berg and American Glanzstoff textile plants. A projected inquiry order followed a charge that federal arms were used by Tennessee state police in the textile strike.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Bemberg
Monaghan vows to keep Capone in jail in Chicago case
Philadelphia May 20 County District Attorney John Monaghan said any attempt to free Scarface Al Capone would be opposed. Capone and bodyguard Frank Cline were sentenced to one year for carrying loaded pistols after pleading guilty, with Monaghan dismissing Capone’s claim of arrest to avoid rivals as mere romance to an ordinary incarceration.
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Philadelphia
John Monaghan
Scarface
al’ Capone
Chicago
Frank Cline
Capone
Prohi Enforcement Split Seen By Washington Heads
Administration officials urge separating enforcement and prosecution for the prohibition unit. They favor a business oriented permits division under commerce and keeping enforcement with revenue and border teams. Proposals anticipate close cooperation between heads while transferring the dry unit from treasury to justice.
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Washington
Administration
Prohibition
Treasury
Justice Department
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Department of Commerce
Internal Revenue
Customs
Coast Guard
Graf To Sail Home Under Own Power
CUERS France May 20 Motors of the Graf Zeppelin were being repaired to permit departure home under its own power for Friedrichshafen. Two motors were back in commission after testing, with possible four engines usable. Authorities blamed no sabotage, and a return to Friedrichshafen for a voyage to America was planned once causes are fixed.
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Cuers
France
Friedrichshafen
Lehmann
Hugo Eckener
Germany
Jim Elling
Essen
Hans Fleming
America
Lehman
Eckener
Toulone
Cyers
Associated Press
Soldier and Bride Die by Own Action on Liberty Ferry
A soldier and his bride of two days killed themselves on the Statue of Liberty Ferry after waiting for the first trip of the day. Charles O. Canto of the military police on Bedloes Island shot his 21 year old wife Jean and then himself. Three penciled notes were found near the bodies.
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New York
Charles O. Canto
Bedloes Island
Jean
Meigs
DuPont Directors Declare Extra Dividend on Shares
New York May 26 Directors of the E I du Pont de Nemours company declared an extra dividend of 50 cents a share on common stock in addition to the regular quarterly dividend.
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New York
E. I. Dupont de Nemours Company
Hoover Suffers Black Eye in Virginia Fishing Trip
President Hoover sustained a black eye during a weekend visit to his Virginia fishing preserves. He tripped on a rock along the Rapidan river and struck a low hanging tree limb. Lieutenant Commander Joel T. Boone treated him at once, but the injury darkened quickly.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia
Rapidan River
Joel T. Boone
Deadly stampede at Yankee Stadium claims two lives
A rain driven rush of 9000 bleacher fans at Yankees Stadium caused a stampede in the Ruthville section during a double header with the Red Sox. Miss Eleanor Price 17 and Joseph Carte 60 died. Over 60 injured and many taken to hospitals as police halted the crush and emergency crews treated victims.
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New York
Yankee Stadium
Eleanor Price
Hunter College
Joseph Carte
Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Miss Price
Carter
Seven Killed Eight Hurt In Sunday Plane Crashes
Seven people died and eight were injured in six airplane crashes Sunday. Major Joseph Noyes, 40, and Frank Graves, 25, were among the injured and dead in separate incidents at Kankakee and Muskegon. Other wrecks occurred in Galveston Alberta Pawhuska Roosevelt Field and St Louis with multiple fatalities and serious injuries.
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Joseph Noyes
Oklahoma City
United States Department of Commerce
Illinois
Frank Graves
Lowell
Ind
Kankakee
Graves
Noyes
Chicago
Presbyterians Delay Action On Proposal Of Church Union
The 69th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States at Montreat N C moved final consideration of several items. Debates touched on divorce grounds evolution elder term and possible church union with other bodies including delay for greetings from the United Church of Canada and possible organic union decisions.
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Presbyterians
Rotary
Church — Arkansas Presbytery
J. M. Duncan
United Church of Canada
United Presbyian Church
Rear Admiral Berry Dies at Home in Tryon
The body of Rear Admiral Robert M. Berry U S N age 83 who died at his winter home in Tryon after an influenza attack was to be moved to Washington this afternoon. Funeral services and interment will be in Arlington Cemetery with a service tomorrow. His wife died last July and the couple had no children.
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Tryon
Robert M. Berry
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Admiral Berry
Mrs. Rebecca Watterson Watter son Dies in Louisville
Mrs Rebecca Ewing Watterson 86 widow of Henry Watterson founder of the Courier Journal died after three months illness from pneumonia at her daughter Mrs Bainbridge Richardson home in Louisville She was daughter of Andrew Ewing and sister of Judge Robert Ewing She leaves Henry Watterson Jr of Washington DC as son and a Nashville brother.
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Louisville
Rebecca Ewing Watterson
Henry Watterson
The
Courier-Journal
Bainbridge Richardson
Pneu
Monia
Watterson
Andrew Ewing
Nashville, Tenn
Robert Ewing
Nashville
Henry Watterson, Jr
Washington, D. C
Levee Breach Threatens Mississippi Valley Farmlands
Flood waters from the St. Francis River crevasse near Kennett Missouri inundated about 50 000 acres of lowland farmland. Authorities warned residents to seek safety as engineers bolstered Mississippi levees and national guardsmen and convicts were readied for possible aid.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis River
Kennett
Mississippi Valley
St. Francis
Duncan County
New Orleans
Mounds Landing
Greenville
Miss
Mississippi River
the Bilbo
Calles Resigns Post as Minister of War in Mexico
General Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexico’s former president and minister of war, has resigned his office and will retire to a ranch near Mexico City. He handed his resignation to President Portes Gil and will pass the post to General Joaquin Amaro.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Flias Calles
Mexico
Pacific
General Calles
Portes Gil
Joaquin Amaro
Prominent Rail Executive Ernest Williams Dies in Lynchburg
Ernest Williams vice president of Norfolk Southern Railway and president of the Durham and South Carolina Railway died at his Lynchburg home this morning. He held influential roles in regional transportation and industry. The news comes as the rail community mourns a longtime leader.
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Lynchburg
Ernest Williams
Norfolk Southern Railway
Durham and South Carolina Railway
Warner Bros. Board Approves 2 for 1 Stock Split
New York May 20. Directors of Warner Brothers Pictures voted to split the common stock on a two for one basis. The action affects existing shares and adds potential liquidity for investors.
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Warner Bros
New York
Warner Brothers Pictures
Earthquake in Asia Minor Claims 39 Lives
An earthquake at 8:40 p m Sunday near Soucherni, Sivas, Asia Minor, killed 39 people and injured 30. About a thousand houses were destroyed or badly damaged.
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Angora
Turkey
Asia
Soucherni
Sivas
Asia Minor
Attitude of Allies Will Shape German Reparations Policy
Secretary Stinggon said allied nations may accept smaller percentages of German reparations. If reductions occur, US payments would fall no more than the allied share. Reports from abroad suggest experts may urge cutting total German obligations and annual sums. US reps seek a division reflecting smaller annual payments if chosen.
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Washington
Stinggon
Hoover
United States
Germany
Elizabethton Mills Offer To Aid Probe
Elizabethton Tennessee mills officials offer cooperation to a proposed senate investigation. Raleigh Reece testifies for Dr A Mothwurf of the American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff groups. A W Smith of Brandon Corp says his Greenville mills ended a strike and workers return today. Reece accuses agitators from United Textile Workers and names Stubbs and Penix. He cites weekly wages at Bemberg and Glanzstoff mills.
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Washington
Senate Investigation Manufactures
Elizabethton
Tenn
Raleigh Reece
A. Mothwurf
American Bemberg Corporation
American Glanzstaff Corporation
A. W. Smith
Brandon Corporation
Affiliated
Greenville
S.C
S.C. Mr. Smith
Reece
United Textile Workers
Stubbs
Penix
Bemberg Corporation
Glanzstoff Mills
Two Soldiers Held After Fatal Car Crash Near Fayetteville
Two soldiers from Fort Bragg face an inquest into the death of Mrs James McNeil of Lumberton after a collision last night involving an automobile carrying Mrs McNeil and five other injured persons. Sergeant W T Hendle and Private Rain were detained as investigators assess the crash that also left several with serious injuries.
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Fayetteville
James McNeil
Lumberton
W. T. Hendle
Rain
Fort Bragg
McNeil
Helen Marie McNeil
Justin McNeil, Jr
James McNeill
Ruth Leonard
St. Paul's
Ophelia Quick
Miss Leonard
Miss Quick
Sergeant Hendley
Record seeking plane refueled in Fort Worth attempt
The monoplane Fort Worth piloted by R L Robb and James Kelley was refueled at 6 39 PM after 10 gallons of gasoline four and a half gallons of oil and pilots food. The craft had been aloft 19 hours and aimed to beat the 150 hour 40 minute endurance record set by the army Question Mark.
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Fort Worth
Texas
R. L. Robb
James Kelley
W. W. Hoffman
H. F. Jones
Meadan Field
R. L. Robbins
Friend of Hoover Dies in San Francisco
William M. Fitzhugh, a 75 year old multi millionaire oilman and intimate friend of President Hoover, died yesterday of heart disease in San Francisco. He was a prominent figure in western business and social life.
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Hoover
San Francisco
William M. Fitzhugh
West
Extra Guards May Protect Morrows From Curious Eyes
Newsmen watched for confirmation that Col. Lindbergh might depart from the Morrow estate in North Haven while four plain clothes guards discussed expanding police presence. The Morrows and Lindbergh arrived with Miss Anne Morrow, and locals faced food shortages as scribes sought meals and lodging.
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North Haven
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Morrow
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Herman Crockett
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U.S
St. Louis
Celia Juntunen
Minneapolis
Minn
Edward
Juntunen
Elizabethton Quiet
Good Orders
Monaghan
Gapone
Prohi
Graf
Ruthville
Babe Ruth
Yankee
Archibald Bryant
U. S. Air Corps
Edward Hertzberg
Galveston
Tex
Muskegon, Mich
George F. King
Morris R. Mellinger
King
Calgary Aero Club
Calgary
Alberta
N. E. Stevens
D. E. McCallum
Louis Scott
O. G. Corben
Pawhuska
Oklo
Roosevelt Field
Dorothy Gusnell
Baltimore
Lucianne de la Paulle
Lambert
Oscar Heintze
Berry
Mississippi
Theodore Bilbo
Reelfoot
Hickman
Calles
Helen Jacobs
England
Miss Jacobs
Elizabethton Mills
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