Amendments in tariff bill tentatively approved
The Senate moved to adopt more than twenty non controversial amendments to the tariff bill during a three hour session. Key changes on reorganization of the tariff commission and ad valorem rate bases were deferred to next week. A Simmons resolution list of about 100 corporate and individual tax data was prepared for Treasury review.
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Washington
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
United States
Treasury
Simmons
North Carolina
Smoot
King
Utah
Fess
Ohio
Fourteen Die in Five Ontario Plane Crashes
Six people including two women and two children burned to death when a Skyway cabin monoplane from Toronto crashed between Merriton and Thorold Ont. The pilot was Frank M. Bradfield. Bodies removed to St Catharines as police and coroner investigate identities.
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Ontario
Buffalo
N. Y
Skyway, Ltd
Toronto
Merriton and
Thoroldn, Ont
Frank M. Bradfield
St. Catherines
Ont
D. W. Curry
Frank Collins
United States Invited to World Court Membership
Geneva reports the League of Nations assembly unanimously invites the United States to join the permanent court of international justice under proposed terms. Protocols address court qualifications and advisory opinions, with U.S. reservations to be respected and withdrawal rights preserved if objections persist.
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Geneva
United States of America
Assembly of the League of Nations
Permanent Court of International Justice
Washington
Elihu Root
World Tribunal
World Court
League
United States
Council
Gardner Statement on Communism and Law in North Carolina
Governor O Max Gardner declares the state will uphold the law and protect civil rights amid communist activities and anti communist actions. He vows to enforce order without regard to persons or classes and to use full state power to secure lawful peace, noting regrettable recent occurrences.
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Raleigh
N. C
Max Gardner
North Carolina
Mussolini outlines drastic changes in Fascist structure
Premier Mussolini announced further changes to the Fascist dictatorship after cabinet reorganization. He said the grand council will be streamlined to concentrate power, the party will become a state organ, and secret discussions will be limited. He listed party strength including 1,020,000 male members and 93,495 women.
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Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Venezia
Mussolini
Grand Council
Premeii
Fascist Party
Waggoner Waives His First Hearing in Wyoming
C. D. Waggoner, Telluride bank president who swindled six New York banks out of half a million, waived a preliminary hearing at Newcastle Wyoming and was remanded to Cheyenne County jail. He retained lawyers to resist removal to New York but did not attempt to post the $100,000 bail requested by the government.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Cc. D. Waggoner
Telluride
Colo
New York
Newcastle
Waggoner
Airplane Collision Claims Four Lives Over Chicago
Two airplanes collided at 800 feet in Chicago killing four people. Meyers tried to maneuver away from the other craft as the collision occurred.
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Chicago
Meyers
Air Casualties In U S Saturday Reported
Associated Press reports at least fourteen people died in four separate U S air accidents on Saturday. Fatalities included six aboard a passenger plane near Merriton Ontario and four in a midair collision over Chicago, with two more deaths in Berkeley California and a parachute failure near Wichita. A sixteenth passenger crewed a Denver to McCook Nebrada flight that forced a rough ground landing.
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Merriton
Ont
Chicago
Berkeley
Calif
Wichita
Denver
McCook
Nebr
Crone's Ship Sideslip Malfunction During Flight
The report notes Crone attempted a side slip maneuver but failed as his aircraft veered off course. Crone nearly cleared the wing but it dipped slightly, causing a near-miss incident during the maneuver.
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Crone
Naval Reductions Talk Shifts To Paris And Rome
Washington reports a shift in naval reduction talk from London to Paris and Rome as a five power conference appears possible. Paris and Rome’s response remains unclear, while Japan seems ready to join. The Mediter ranean balance and past parity issues cloud France and Italy’s stance on new disarmament talks.
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Rome
Washington
MacDonald
London
State Department
France
Italy
Coolidge
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Tokyo
Mediterranean
Thomas Guilty of Murder in Son Drowning Case
J R Thomas found guilty of murder with mercy in a Saluda river death case involving his 15 year old son Maxie on a fishing trip. Trial records show life insurance exceeding 20 000 and autopsy findings of poisons and air in the lungs. Thomas admitted he could not swim and sought help after Maxie disappeared.
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Thomas
New Yorker shot in Cleveland after trying to shake down gamblers
Daniel Ahern a 28 year old New Yorker arriving from New York was shot in Cleveland hours after arrival after attempting to extort gambling operators. Police cite rival witness accounts while investigating whether he was lured or shot from a passing car. relatives in New York mention a political court connection and a $200,000 inheritance that funded a high living pattern and frequent Cleveland nightclub visits.
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Cleveland
Daniel Ahern
New York
Emmett J. Potts
Potts
Ahern
Polies
Four Planes Collide In Air Killing Four
Two stunt planes collided at 800 feet killing all aboard. Pilot Walter Meyers and passenger Mrs. Benjamin Bird perished, alongside Charles Crone and his passenger William Johnson. Both planes spun and crashed before rescuers arrived.
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Crane
Meyers
Walter Meyers
Benjamin Bird
Charles Crone
William Johnson
Deefield, II
Two Men Die As Plane Crashes In Tail Spin
In Oakland California two men were killed when their aircraft fell into a tail spin, caught fire in flight and crashed. The accident occurred late today and details continue on page 3.
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Oakland
Calif
Pollard Accepts Nomination For Virginia Governor
In Williamsburg Dr. John Garland Pollard formally accepts the Democratic nomination for governor. He pledges harmony and progress under Democratic control and calls for calm, fair campaigning focused on Virginia issues rather than national ones. The event marks Virginia’s first formal notification ceremony in years with leaders including J Murray Hooker and James Price among speakers.
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Williamsburg
College of William and Mary
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Pollard
Dr. Pollard
J. Murray Hooker
James H. Price
John R. Saunders
Price
Saunders
Harry F. Byrd
United States
Claude Swanson
Carter Glass
E. Lee Trinkle
G. Walter Mapp
Rosewell Page
Junius E. West
J. T. Deal
Steamers Hit at San Francisco in Dense Fog
The Panama Pacific liner Virginia and the Norwegian freighter Hermion collided in San Francisco bay. Three Hermion crew injured as the Virginia with over 200 passengers rode through fogbound waters and suffered two long gashes on its starboard side. The Hermion remained anchored. no Hermion passengers aboard.
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San Francisco
Virginia
Hermion
San Francisco Bay
Bay
New York
San Pedro
H. T. Candy
Ellingson
Antwerp
Ship builders to testify on Geneva conference link
Washington dispatch says a senate investigating committee will hear from American shipbuilders on Friday about a claim that a Geneva conference representative was sent by their interests. Charles M. Schwab and others from Bethlehem Steel and related firms were summoned as the inquiry targets the $250000 Geneva work dispute.
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Washington
Senate
Geneva
William B. Shearer
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Shearer
S. W. Wakeman
C. L. Bardo
American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation
Norman R. Parker
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation
Shortridge
Major fire devastates Linden refineries on Staten Island Sound
A fire raged through Standard Oil New Jersey Bay Way refinery and Swan Finch refinery on Staten Island Sound after a burning oil barge broke free from moorings and drifted into the facilities. Damage was estimated at $1,000,000. Fire crews from nearby areas battled the blaze through the night.
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Standard Oil
Linden
N. J
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey Bay Way
Swan Finch Oil Co
Staten Island Sound
Judge Shaw's Inquiry Delayed Until Monday
The Gastonia anti-communist mob inquiry paused for the weekend as defense teams sought to rebut state witnesses. Solicitor John G. Carpenter and Major A. L. Bullwinkle opened the session, denying statements by C. D. Saylor linked to the kidnapping case.
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Charlotte
N. C
Gastonia
Thomas J. Shaw
E. A. Currie
City Recorder
Carpenter
C. D. Saylor
Sinclair and Day Denied Clemency in Pardons
Washington dispatch states that oil magnate Harry Sinclair and associate Mason Day had petitions for pardons disapproved by Attorney General Mitchell and must finish their sentences in the district jail. Sinclair, incapacitated by illness, argued that removal would harm stockholders and company affairs.
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Washington
The
Washington Star
Harry Sinclair
Mason Day
Mitchell
Sinclair
Star
Martial Law Threat Looms Over Borger After County Attorney Murder
Borger Texas is on edge as Governor Dan Moody says martial law could be declared if Texas rangers confirm the assassination of County Attorney John A Holmes. Captains Frank Hamer and Tom Hickman and three others were ordered to assist in the probe amid missing evidence from a 1927 deputy sheriff killings.
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Borger
Tex
Texas Rangers
John A. Holmes
Dan Moody
Holmes
Austin
Frank Hamer
Tom Hickman
Amarillo
Pampa
Mob violence breaks out near Gastonia over meeting plan
In Gastonia on Sept 14 a mob attacked near Loray mill area after plans for a communist and union meeting were announced. One woman, Elia May Wiggins, 29, was killed. Hobart White and Mary Goldsmith injured. Liston M. Oak and chauffeur C M Greer were jailed without bail. Twenty five deputies were present outside the city.
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Lubbock
Tex
Richard A. Sneed
Oklahoma City
United Confederate Veterans
John Reese
Broken Bow
Neb
Grand Army of the Republic
Reese
Sneed
Portland
South
Gastonia
National Textile Workers Union
Liston M. Oak
New York
International Labor Defense
C. M. Greer
Elia May Wiggins
Bessemer City
Loray
Hobart White
Mary Goldsmith
Shouse Addresses Mass Dems in Lively Boston Speech
Jouett M. Shouse, Democratic National Committee chair, blasted the tariff bill and Hoover's administration at a Boston luncheon with Massachusetts Democrats. He said the party now works steadily between nominations and elections and promised full national help for next year’s campaigns.
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Boston
Jouett M. Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Hoover
Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee
Democratic Party
House
National Executive Committee
Massachusetts Democrats
No Trace Yet of Donne and Oehler
Charlotte dispatch reports ongoing search for Bill Donne secretary of the communist party in America and Hugo Oehler southern organizer for the National Textile Workers union who disappeared after leaving South Gastonia yesterday. Authorities and union officials say they have had no new sightings and a private detective claims Donne was seen in Charlotte but details remain unclear.
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Charlotte
Bill Donne
Communist Party In America
Hugo Oehler
National Textile Workers Union
South Gastonia
H. G. Gulley
Aderholt
Donne
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