Senate Lobby Probe Opens as Tariff Debate Sparks Clash
Senate lobby committee hears a quarrel between pottery makers and a tariff expert. Frederick L. Koch testifies that William Burgess accused the Pottery Association after his House testimony. A letter to Hoover urged Koch’s dismissal over supposed bias toward importers. No action taken.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
Senate Lobby Committee
Congress
Frederick L. Koch
Commission
William Burgess
United States Pottery
House Committee
Koch
H. R. Wyllie
Wyllie Pottery Company
Huntington
W. Va
Hoover
David Walker
Walker
Tariff Committee
Burgess
Willie
Roosevelt Praises North Carolina At State Fair
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt lauded North Carolina as a leading example of progress at the state fair grounds. He spoke to a large crowd during homecoming exercises and paid tribute to Johnny Branch, UNC football star, and to Josephus Daniels, praising their roles and his past service under Daniels as assistant secretary of the Navy.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
State Fair Grounds
Roosevelt
General Assembly
Johnny Branch
University of North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Daniels
Josephus Daniels
Mr. Daniels
Navy
AF L Takes Up Southern Work
Toronto October 15 The American Federation of Labor focused on the southern labor situation urging union expansion across the region. Gertrude McMally cited a committee resolution claiming a million southern workers ready to join unions amid Gastonia and Marion North Carolina disturbances.
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Toronto
Ont
American Federation of Labor
South
Gertrude McMally
Federal
Gastonia
Marion
N. C
Thomas W. McMahon
United Textile Workers
Andrew F. Winseth
The
Seamen
Japan approves final draft reply to British disarmament invite
The Japanese cabinet approved the final draft of the reply to the British invitation for a naval disarmament conference. The draft will be sent to the Japanese Ambassador once the Emperor sanctions it.
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Tokyo
Veteran Turfman Foote Dies at 73 in Dallas
Willis O. Foote a Texas pioneer in grand circuit races died at his Dallas home aged 73 He owned and drove horses including Governor Strong and Governor Francis Foote was a prominent figure in early American harness racing and his passing closes a long career in the sport.
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Dallas
Tex
Willis O. Foote
Texas
Governor Strong
Governor Francis
Steamer Alameda Ashore at Wrangell Narrows Alaska
The Alameda a 3100 ton cargo passenger steamer went ashore at the south end of Wrangell Narrows Alaska early today. The stern was on land while the bow floated free and it could not turn its propeller. No immediate danger or weather details were reported and passenger count was not confirmed.
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Seattle
Wash
Alameda
Wrangell Narrows
Alaska
Everett
Coast Guard
Unalga
Dormitory Porch Collapse Injures Blue Mountain Students
Seventeen Blue Mountain college women were hospitalized in New Albany with broken bones and other injuries after a second story porch collapsed during initiation week. About fifty others were treated locally for less severe hurts. officials expect full recovery.
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Blue Mountain College
Blue Mountain
Miss
New Albany
Negro on trial for attempted assault on minister's daughter
Union County Superior court in Monroe opened jury selection for Earnest Brumfield a young Negro charged with entering the home of Rev and Mrs D M Preslar at Wingate on August 18 dragging Velma Presslar 18 to her room and assaulting her Brumfield faced the charge as Judge John H Clement presided and selection began with a panel of 50 potential jurors.
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Monroe
Earnest Brumfield
Velma Presslar
D. M. Preslar
Wingate
Union County Superior Court
John H. Clement
Brumsfield
Preslar
Memorial fund born from Wilmer Institute patients
Mrs. Aida Breckenridge, widow of Henry Breckenridge, reveals the drive to raise 4 million dollars for Johns Hopkins Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute. She gathered donors from former Wilmer patients, using help from an assistant in Dr. Wilmer’s Washington office.
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Baltimore
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
Johns Hopkins
Aida de Acosta Breckenridge
Henry Breckenridge
Wilson
William Holland Wilmer
Aderholt Murder Trial Near End
Charlotte October 15 The end of the Aderholt murder trial may come sooner than expected as seven National Textile Workers Union leaders and members face charges of murder and assault arising from a Gastonia strike shooting last June. The court debated questions about a defendant’s wife religion and Soviet teachings before adjourning until 2 p.m. to allow defense planning.
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Charlotte
National Textile Workers Union
Gastonia
Edith Saundere Miller
New York
Clarence Miller
K. Y. Hendricks
Hendricks
Autopsy Details Kept Secret In McPherson Case
Autopsy of Mrs. Virginia Hurley McPherson in Kannapolis revealed limited findings to three DOJ agents and physicians. The four hour exam under UNC’s Dr. James Bullitt checked for signs of murder linked to her husband Robert A. McPherson, with body parts sent for chemical analysis and fingerprints collected at the Jackson undertaking site.
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Kannapolis
N. C
Virginia Hurley McPherson
Department of Justice
Washington
Robert A. McPherson
Day Agent Grady Cobb Sentenced in Almabama Slaying Case
Grady Cobb, a federal prohibition agent from Athens, Ga., who led a Phenix City, Alabama squad in a 1927 liquor raid, was sentenced to 12 months of hard labor for manslaughter. He claimed he held a valid search warrant, but Edmunds was shot during a struggle as he fled the house. The jury convicted Cobb after a three hour deliberation. The sentence was imposed by Federal Judge Henry D. Clayton in Russell County jail.
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Opelika
Ala
Grady Cobb
Prohibition
Athens
Phenix City
Alabama
Albert Edmunds
Cobb
Edmunds
United States District Court
Henry D. Clayton
Russell County
Negro Arrested in Murder Probe Near Freehold New Jersey
Richard McCall, 21, of Bennettsville South Carolina, was arrested in Freehold New Jersey today along with another Black man on a murder charge tied to the death of farmer Jacob L. Pittinger, 55, who died Saturday night nearby.
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Freehold
WN. J
Richard McCall
Bennettsville
S. C
Jacob L. Pittinger
Grand jury to indict both buyer and seller of liquor
Louisville October grand jury under Judge Charlie I. Dawson instructed prosecutors to indict buyers as well as sellers of liquor. He attacked the notion that purchasing liquor unlawfully is not an offense under the Volstead act and cited the prohibition act’s requirement for permits and medical exemptions.
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Ohio
Louisville
United States District Court
Charlies I. Dawson
Dawson
Kentucky
Circuit Court of Appeals
Second District
Philadelphia
Tariff Board Shakeup Likely
Senate adopts George amendment to force a 90 day reorganization of the tariff commission after the tariff bill passes. It requires new appointments within days, prevents continuance without senate submission, and allows President to reappoint incumbents.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
George
Georgia
Senate
Model Mechanics Lien Law Drafted
A fourth draft uniform mechanics lien act, five years in the making, was submitted to the American Bar Association's conference on uniform laws in Memphis. The draft imposes penalties for false statements, requires advance debt demands, ten percent retention by owners, and an oath statement detailing labor costs up to the date of the statement.
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Memphis
Tenn
Conference of Commissioners On Uniform Laws
The
American Bar Association
Borger Officials Resign as Martial Law Ends
Borger Texas moves toward restoration as Mayor Glen A. Page and Sheriff Joe Owenby resign. Governor Moody plans to release troops once new officers approved by Calhoun are chosen. Calhoun to present crime records to grand jury focusing on the September 13 assassination of District Attorney John A. Holmes.
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Borger
Yfex
Army of Occupation
Glen A. Page
Joe Owenby
Moody
Clem Calhoun
Wolters
Owenby
Calhoun
E. J. Pickens
John A. Holmes
Mystery Shroud Surrounds Death of Woman in New Bern
Identification of the body of a ~30 year old woman as Elizabeth Hinson, wife of John W. Hinson of Durham, deepens the mystery of her death occurring early today. Hinson says she left with two men after being ejected from a car. police seek the pair. Coroner cites exposure and acute alcoholism as the cause.
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New Bern
John W. Hinson
J. R. Latham
Durham
Elizabeth Hinson
Hinsen
River Front
Here
Hinson
Sam Roache
The
Craven Motor Company
Latham
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