Senate orders probe into Geneva naval talks by American shipbuilders
The Senate authorized a $10,000 inquiry into the actions of three major shipbuilding firms at the 1927 Geneva naval conference and into claims by William B. Shearer that he represented them there. The committee will hear Shearer as its first witness and may examine reports of high ranking officers' involvement.
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Washington
Senate
Geneva
William B. Shearer
Geneva Parley
Shearer
Naval Committee
Blaine
Wisconsin
Borah
Idaho
William K. Shearer
Hoover
Department of Justice
New York Shipbuilding Company
American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Unions End Strike At Marion Mills In North Carolina
Striking workers at the Marion Manufacturing company and Clinchfield mill are free to return after United Textile Workers of America officials called off the strike. The six week settlement sets a 55 hour work week with pay unchanged, and workers may vote to stay at 55 or revert to 60 after six weeks. National guardsmen stationed since August 30 are expected to leave Marion.
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Marion
N. C
Marion Manufacturing Company
Clinchfield Mill
United Textile Workers of America
Alfred Hoffman
United Textile Workers
Hoffman
N. A. Townsend
Max Gardner
Townsend
National Guardsmen
Vare Case Replaces Tariff Fight in Senate
Washington AP Sept 11 The Senate rejected postponement bids on the Norris resolution to bar William B Vare from the Senate as leaders sought to move the tariff bill forward. Meanwhile the Simmons resolution directed the treasury to provide tax data on profits losses wages and costs for tariff bill consideration with a mixed party vote.
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Washington
Senate
William
Vare
Pennsylvania
Norris
Nebraska
Watson
Senate Elections Committee
William B. Wilson
Ware
Simmons
Finance Committee
Treasury Income Tax
Fighting Stops In Manchuria Border Conflicts
An official communique says fighting between Russian and Chinese troops in eastern and western Manchuria ceased Monday evening. Reports mention heavy fighting near Pogranichnaya and Mulin with intermittent bombing and disrupted communications between Pogranichnaya and Harbin. Chinese river steamer reports say Soviet bombardment wounded and killed many at Kuochiatien. 50 Chinese soldiers and 18 railway staff hospitalized after the Pogranichnaya attack.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Manchuk
Pogranichnaya
London
Harbin
Manchurian
Pogdanichnaya
Mulin
Kuochiatien
Chinese Eastern Railway
Waggoner Tried To Shield Telluride Depositors
C D Waggoner president of the Bank of Telluride Colorado was arrested in New Castle Wyoming over a 500000 telegraphic credit obtained from six Denver banks. He said he engineered the deal alone to protect depositors as Telluride faced collapse. The bank was closed and placed with the state banking department following the disclosure. He planned to go to New York.
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New Castle
Wyo
C. D. Waggoner
Bank of Telluride
Colo
New York
Denver
Telluride
Waggoner
State Banking Department
Pantages Trial Details Drunken Driving Collision
Los Angeles September testimony aimed to show Mrs. Lois Pantages drove crazily before colliding with Rokumoto, a Japanese man. Witnesses said she appeared intoxicated and swerved, hitting a small sedan and throwing Japanese children from the vehicle.
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Los Angeles
Lois Pantages
Juro Rokumoto
Pantages
Rokumoto
Harry J. Lederbrink
Meé
Cyril x Holmes
Buckner’s Parents Plead With Gardner To Spare Buckner
Willis Buckner, a Craven County man sentenced to be electrocuted for attacking a young girl, had his parents visit Governor O Max Gardner in Raleigh seeking clemency. Gardner stated he had nothing further to say before and after the audience. Buckner is scheduled to die about 10 30 tomorrow, the second white man in North Carolina to face electrocution for a criminal attack.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Willis Buckner
Craven County
Gardner
Buckner
North Carolina
Congressmen C. J. Royale Reported Dead in Cottage Fire
Congressmen C. J. Royale of Minnesota's seventh district is believed killed in a cottage fire at Otter Tail Lake near Battle Lake. Coroner J. Vigent identified a badly burned body found among the ruins as the congressman, though positive ID was not possible at the time.
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Battle Lake
Minn
C. J. Royale
Minnesota
Otter Tail Lake
Here
J. Vigent
Jews Boycott Arab Merchandise Rocks Palestine
In Palestine the Jewish boycott of Arab goods grows harsher as merchants seek guard protections to reopen shops. Incidents include a Jewish youth dousing grapes with gasoline in Haddar Ha Carmel. Haifa Jews shun local fish and dock workers tied to riots. Zionist losses tallied at 126 killed or dying and 217 seriously wounded.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haifa
Haddar Ha’Carmel
Saded
Zionist Executive
Tobacco Brings An Average Of $13.30 At Wilson
Wilson NC September 11 Tobacco growers received an average of 13.30 per hundred pounds for offerings sold yesterday This compares to 14.41 last year according to Bennett Hooks supervisor of sales for the Wilson Tobacco board of trade Reported sales totaled 1 392 550 pounds lifting the season total above seven million pounds with receipts around 9 006 600 and 185 344 paid to farmers yesterday.
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Wilson
N. C
Bennett Hooks
Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade
Investigation Of Gaston Mob In Open Court Airing
In Charlotte judge Thomas J. Shaw opened a court inquiry into mob activities across Gaston, Mecklenburg, and Cabarrus counties. Subpoenas issued for Tom P. Jimison and Ben Wells to uncover knowledge of the Gastonia night raids and possible warrants to compel witnesses. No complaints filed yet as police in Gastonia, Gaston, Mecklenburg, and Cabarrus report clean blotters.
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Charlotte
Gastonia
Bessemer City
Thomas J. Shaw
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Shaw
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Tom P. Jimison
QO. F. Aderholt
Ben Wells
National Textile Workers Union
John G. Carpenter
Mecklenburg Superior
Cabarrus
Automobiles Prompt New Chemistries From Gasoline Byproducts
In Minneapolis on September 11, Gustav Egloff of Universal Oil Products told the American Chemical Society that cars drive a surge of new products from gasoline byproducts. He cited cosmetics pharmaceuticals lamp black and hydrogen as examples with potential to yield three hundred million gallons yearly of grain alcohol from leftover gases and ethylene used in anesthetics fruit ripening and war gas preparation. He noted butadiene could become rubber-like substances.
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Minneapolis
American Chemical Society
Gustav Egloff
Universal Oil Products Company of
Chicago
United States
MacDonald Denies Anglo American Alliance
In Durham England on September 11 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald emphatically stated that naval reduction negotiations between Britain and the United States do not imply any alliance. He warned that America would not form alliances with European powers except as a moral influence for peace.
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Durham
England
Great Britain
United States
Ramsay MacDonald
America
Green May Head Spanish War Vets
Denver veterans convene for the 31st annual United Spanish American War Veterans meeting with Governor Fred W. Green of Michigan favored for commander in chief. Col. Winfield Scott of Oklahoma is the only other candidate, with reports of a possible withdrawal amid Green’s apparent lead.
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Denver
Colo
Fred W. Green
Michigan
Winfield Scott
Oklahoma
Fourteen Die As Ship Sinks In Scheldt Collision
In foggy Scheldt traffic near Walsoorden Holland the Belgian steamer Estella collided with the German steamer Indra and sank. Fourteen seamen are believed drowned with only two rescued from the Estella.
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Plishing
Holland
Estella
Indra
Scheldt
Walsoorden
Ing
Baby Toddles Four Miles From Home
Chicago report details two year old Mary Ann Daughman who walked four miles from home and was found by a policeman at half past five. Her parents Mr and Mrs George Daughman express joy over her first independent movements and growing curiosity as she toddles toward new adventures.
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Chicago
Mary Ann Daughman
Mary Ann
George Daughman
German bomb conspiracy roots traced to rival nationalist groups
Berlin reports police unearth a conspiracy of terror linked to nationalists connected with the Consul movement founded by ex naval captain Ehrhardt. About 20 arrests span Luneburg Hamburg and Berlin including Nickels former Stuttgart police captain and Bruno von Salomon. Authorities search Nickels house and seize a bomb device while examining documents implicating others.
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Berlin
German Republic
Ehrhardt
Germany
Reichstag
Stuttgart
Nickels
Luneburg
Hamburg
Krambe
Waeschke
Bruno von Salomon
Ernest von Solomon
Bruno
Dr. Salinger
Hans Techow
Rathenau
All-Metal Navy Dirigible to Leave Detroit Tonight
Officials of the Detroit Aircraft Corporation announce the all metal dirigible built for the navy will depart Detroit between 9 and 10 p m for Lakehurst N J where it will be housed with the Los Angeles and is to follow the night air mail route from Cleveland It is expected to reach Lakehurst about 6 am tomorrow morning.
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New York
Detroit Aircraft Corporation
Navy
Detroit
Lakehurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Guardsmen To Withdraw From Marion As Strike Disorders Ebb
Two national guard companies at Marion in response to strike disorders will be withdrawn today. Asheville and Morganton units return home this day. Statesville and Lincolnton companies stay on duty following governor and adjutant general’s conference.
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Raleigh
National Guard
Marion
Asheville
Morganton
C. Max Gardner
Adj
J. van B. Metts
Statesville
Lincolnton
Garrett Approved for Italy Ambassadorship Nomination
Washington on September 11 the senate foreign relations committee ordered a favorable report on the nomination of John W. Garrett of Baltimore to be ambassador to Italy.
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Garrett
Washington
John W. Garrett
Baltimore
Italy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Waggoner Seized on Federal Warrant for Credit Fraud
U S district attorney Charles H Tuttle ordered New Castle Wyoming police to detain Charles D Waggoner president of the Bank of Telluride Colorado under a federal warrant. Airmail warrant will move him to New York as a federal grand jury probes a scheme yielding 500000 in credits from six Denver banks.
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New York
Charles H. Tuttle
United States
New Castle
Wyo
Charles D. Waggoner
Bank of Telluride
Colo
Waggoner
Cheyenne
Denver
Tuttle
Banker Waggoner Seized Over 500000 Bank Manipulation
Pi C. D. Waggoner president of the Bank of Telluride Colorado was jailed here after being arrested at a northern tourist camp last night. He admitted a scheme that sent five hundred thousand dollars from fake Denver telegraphic orders to Chase National Bank New York. He claimed sole responsibility for the grand larceny charges filed in New York.
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New Castle
Wyo
Pi—C. D. Waggoner
Bank of Telluride
Colo
Here
Carl Howell
Waggoner
New York
Denver
Chase National Bank of
Actress Sally O Neill Questioned On Brother’s Disappearance
Sally O Neill, film actress, ordered to appear before Los Angeles county grand jury for questioning about the whereabouts of her 21 year old brother Jack Noonan, sought on a burglary charge filed two weeks ago by a Beverly Hills justice of the peace.
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Los Angeles
Sally O'Neill
Jack Noonan
Ted Lewis
Beverly Hills
Two Men Die For Banker's Death
Homer Simpson former Greenville police chief and Malcolm Morrow of Jacksonville were executed in the Georgia Prison Farm for the murder of C. A. Perry cashier of the State Bank of Kingsland. Morrow died at 12 30 p m after the 12 15 chairing. Simpson followed at 12 35 and died at 12 44.
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Milledgeville, Ca
Homer Simpson
Greenville, Tean
Malcolma Morrow
Jacksonville
Fla
Georgia
C. A. Perry
State Bank of
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Southerner New G. O. P. Chairman
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Cladius H. Huston
Tennesese
National Republican Committee
Hubert Work
Huston
John
Florence
John Coolidge
Plainville, Conn
John H. Trumbull
Westville
Sungari River
Manchur
Telluride Bank
Gaston Mob
Jimison
MacDonald
Green
Sally O’neill
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