Premier And Daughter Guests At White House Park Controversy
Senator Blease of South Carolina attacks Washington police for overzealous policing of liquor and private acts in parks. He calls for a senate inquiry amid the Virginia McPherson case and criticizes arrests for minor drunkenness while defending private conduct in public spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
Senator Blease
South Carolina
Senate
Virginia McPherson
Woman Hosts Welcome Weekend With British Guest
Mrs. Herbert Hoover hosted Miss Ishbel MacDonald at the White House for a weekend visit marking a warm, neighborly mood. The event featured the girl scouts invited from the Little House neighborhood as part of a displays of Young America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
No. 10
Downing Street
Herbert Hoover
Ishbel MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
Mrs. Hoover
America
Conners Sr dies. Buffalo magnate and philanthropist
William J. Conners Sr. prominent Buffalo businessman and philanthropist, founder of Great Lakes Transit and long time Courier-Express director, died at 72 from a heart attack. He built a fortune from lake shipping, newspapers, and real estate, and pledged a million dollars to charity, later seeking five million for the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
William J. Conners
Courier-Express
Great Lakes Transportation Corporation
Florida
Cuba
Conners
J. Carroll Roberts
Roberts
Duluth
Great Lakes Transit Corporation
Great Lakes
Congress
MacDonald Heads to White House with Hoover Visit
Ramsay MacDonald and his daughter Ishbel visit Washington to meet President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover. Plans include a trip to the Blue Ridge camp and a noon Senate talk, with courtesy calls on Canadian and Irish ministers. The encounter aims for informal, frank talks between leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. West
Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
Ishbel
White House
Hoover
Virginia
MacDonald
Congress
Senate
Esme Howard
Isabella Howard
Vincent Massey
Michael MacWhite
Senator Watson
Indiana
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Curtis
Representative Porter
Pennsylvania
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Capitol
Taft
Herbert Hoover
Mrs Gann Almost Meets Miss MacDonald in Washington
Mrs Dolly Curtis Gann, sister and hostess to Vice President Curtis, nearly missed a morning call from Miss Ishbel MacDonald in Washington. Gann hurried back from the market to host the premier's daughter at the Mayflower hotel, where she greeted Miss MacDonald first among arriving visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dolly Curtis Gann
Curtis
Ishbel MacDonald
Gann
Taft
Stimson
Collett Leads Pressler In National Women's Golf Final
Glenna Collett, defending champion, held a two up lead over Leona Pressler of Los Angeles at the quarter turn of their 26 hole final for the national women's golf championship at Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenna
Oakland Hills Country Club
Birmingham
Mich
Glenna Collett
Leona Pressler
Los Angeles
Tunney’s Wife Undergoes Appendix Surgery in Berlin
Mrs James J Tunney wife of former heavyweight champion was operated on this morning at Dr A M Meyer’s private clinic in Berlin surgeons removing her appendix An abscess was found and the entire appendix removed Gene Tunney said doctors had indicated the operation was necessary and she is resting easily near a major city for such care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
James J. Tunney
Gene Tunney
Associated Press
A. M. Meyer
Brioni
Mrs Tunney Recovers After Isle of Brions Abscess Surgery
Mrs Tunney underwent an operation on the Isle of Brions last spring to remedy an appendix abscess. The organ was not removed then due to her critical condition. She has since gained weight and is reported in much better health.
Frank O'Doul Ties NL Hits Mark With 250th Hit
Philadelphia reports Frank O'Doul of the Phillies tied Rogers Hornsby in the national league with 250 hits in a season after a third inning single against the New York Giants. O'Doul had 249 earlier in the game, matching Hornsby's 1922 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank O’doul
Phillies
Rogers Hornsby
New York Giants
Hornsby
Market rebounds in sensational stock surge
New York stock market roared back after a historic break with early gains of 2 to 10 dollars a share. Commercial Solvents leaped 25.50 dollars after dropping below 10 earlier in the week as heavy trading occurred across multiple issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bishop Cannon calls to amend Volstead Act to punish buyers
In Richmond Bishop James Cannon, Sr., head of temperance and social service for the Methodist Episcopal Church South, urged amending the Volstead Act so buyers of intoxicants are punished the same as sellers. He cited a Philadelphia circuit court ruling that purchase of liquor isn’t an offense under the 18th Amendment and Volstead Act. He urged equal responsibility for traffic in intoxicants and condemned bootleggers and influential buyers who bankroll illicit trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
James Cannon
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Methodist Episcopal Church South
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Bishop Cannon
Bank disclaims link to Edwards case in city
A Morris Plan Bank official stated there is no connection between the bank and the case against E. J. Edwards a noted local businessman. The report that W R Morrow of the bank was the complainant caused confusion since he was acting as banker and not a party to the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Plan Bank
E. J. Edwards
W. R. Morrow
Morrow
Stranglehold Claim Amid Tariff Bill Debate
Senator King of Utah charged in the senate that the tariff bill’s provisions grant domestic manufacturers a stranglehold on the domestic market, asserting the measure tightens control over pricing and competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
King
Utah
Gastonia murder trial details witness testimonies emerge
A Gastonia trial for O F Aderholt’s death heard witnesses recounting a June 7 shooting at the Loray tent colony. Witnesses describe Hendricks fleeing after firing, Beal urging union action, and others locating weapons amid the unrest involving Loray textile mill organizers and strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
K. Y. Hendricks
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Aderholt
Tom Gilbert
Roach
Lonnie
Neal
Hendricks
Fred Erwin Beal
National Workers Textile Union
Tom Jenkins
Loray
Walter Grigg
Louis McLaughlin
Grace Duffy
Thomas L. Jenkins
Beal
Tobacco Stocks Jump After Price Increase Announcement
New York, Oct 5. Leading American cigarette makers raised the popular priced cigarets by 40 cents a thousand to $6.40. The moves came from American Tobacco Co Liggett & Myers Reynolds Tobacco and P Lorillard. Stocks on the New York Exchange quickly rose with American Tobacco A and B shares up to 180 and 190 respectively Reynolds Tobacco B up to 69.75 and Lorillard up to 25.72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Tobacco Co
Liggett & Myers
Reynolds Tobacco Company
New York Stock Exchange
American Tobacco
Reynolds Tobacco
P. Lorillard
Railroads Cut Grain Freight Rates to Gulf of Mexico
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a rate cut by midwestern railroads on grain and grain products about 7 cents per 100 pounds from Omaha St Louis Cairo Memphis and other Kansas Nebraska Missouri points to the Gulf of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Omaha
Divorsee Seeks Alimony Reduction in Los Angeles Case
Mrs. Carter De Haven, actress and former wife of a comedian, asked the superior court to cut her alimony. She said she has custody of their two children but the husband takes them on stage and she wants to help him, prompting the judge to gasp at the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Carter de Haven
Superior Court
French aviator Coste and mechanic land near Tsitsihar
A Osaka dispatch says Captain Dieu donne Coste and his mechanic Jacques Bellonte landed at Kow chinza near Tsitsihar in Manchuria after being missing for more than a week. The report places the landing at 3 p m yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Osaka
Bus Line Suspended by Flood Flooding Halts Wilmington Raleigh Route
Water from the Neuse river near Goldsboro floods route 40 forcing suspension of the Wilmington to Raleigh bus line. The Cape Fear river rose to 65 feet at Fayetteville and floods reach coastal areas as swamps absorb water. Vegetation and livestock are carried away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Raleigh
Neuse River
Goldsboro
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
Neuse River floods Route 40 near Goldsboro
Highway engineers report Route 40 three miles south of Goldsboro impassable as Neuse River rises above pavement. By 8 am water reached two feet on the road near the river bridge and workers moved sand bags to prevent washouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
Here
Neuse
Pitt Domination Brightens Duke Stadium Opening
In Durham Duke hosts Pittsburgh in the first major intersectional game of the season. Pitt jumps ahead 19 0 in the first quarter and 26 0 by halftime as Usana Parkinson and Williams score three early touchdowns and Duke fails to strike back before intermission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
University of Pittsburgh Panthers
Duke University
Duke
Panthers
Pittsburgh
Usana
Parkinson
Williams
Pitt
Blue Devils
Panther
Uansa
Buie
Robeson
Comb’tion
Enteu
Pitts
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States
Showers at the week's start give way to mostly fair weather. Temperatures rise to near or slightly above normal for most of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Outlook
South Atlantic
King Creek Man Flogged and Robbed in Marion
Harlee Buchanan of King Creek North Carolina says he was beaten and robbed by three men in the Clinchfield mill village early today. He was assaulted after resisting a demand for his suitcase and money amounting to 83 dollars. He was treated at a hospital after help from the sheriff. The sheriff did not attribute the attack to unsettled labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
W. F. Harding
North Carolina Superior Court
Marion Manufacturing Company
Leila Hyatt
Adkins
al Stuart
Harding
Stuart
Sheriff Adkins
John Jonas
Jonas
Sam Vickers
Tom Patton
Allie Steppe
Patton
King Creek
N.C
Harlee Buchanan
Clinchfield Mill
Buchanan
Clinchfield
Sargent Early Receives Distinguished Service Cross
In Washington Sergeant Bernard Early of New Haven Conn leader of the detachment credited with York's fame receives the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the action that yielded 26 Germans killed and over a hundred captures. The award follows a formal ceremony later today with the army decoration board's reconsideration of Early's role. York, who took command after Early was wounded, reportedly supported granting the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Bernard Early
New Haven
Conn
Alvin C. York
Early
Army Decoration Board
York
Meyers Opens 1929 National Air Tour From Ford Airport
C. W. Meyers of Cleveland piloted a red trainer biplane from Ford airport at 10 a m inaugurating the 1929 national air tour. The Detroit start marks the event as Meyers leads the opening leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Miller
Edsel Ford
Detroit
Prominent Chattanooga Attorney White Miller Dies
White Burkett Miller of Chattanooga died Friday at his home after a short illness. Born September 30, 1866 in Rhea County, he studied law and was admitted in 1887. He practiced in Athens, Dayton, and Chattanooga since 1905 and served as special counsel for the United States in Coca Cola and tax cases involving millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
White Burkett Miller
Loyal Order of Moose
Tennessee
Miller
Lookout Mountain
Mr. Miller
Rhea County
James Lafayette
Lucretia
Burkett) Miller
Raleigh
N. C
Savannah
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
Bess Furman
Conners of
Mrs. Gann
Miro
Tunney
Cannon
Law
Bishop
Morris Plan
Coste
China
Bodenhamer
O. L. Bodenhamer
el Dorado, Ark
American Legion
Duke - Pitt
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!