Hoover Sees Naval Talks as Path to Peace
In the East Room Hoover voices optimism on naval reductions linking to world peace. He says ongoing discussions, begun from his restored study, aim to relieve warship spending while preserving defense and advancing conciliation, arbitration, and nonwarfare in international policy.
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Washington
Sept
White House
Herbert Hoover
Adams
Roosevelt
Columbi Chain
New York City
Great Britain
Quiet day in textile zone as mob probes continue
In Charlotte on September 19 the area saw a quiet day amid four investigations into mob activity. Only the kidnapping of National Textile Union organizer Cleo Tesenair and his flogging in South Carolina remain active. Sheriff Wright and Sheriff Allen reported no new public details, and the Wiggin case's inquest is set to resume in Gastonia after last Sunday's start.
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Charlotte
N. C
Cleo Tesenair
National Textile Union
South Carolina
J. F. Wright
Cherokee County
Tesenair
Irving Allen
Cleveland
Wright
Kings Mountain
Ella May Wiggins
Gastonia
Double Kidnaping Roils Chicago Gang Outlawry Again
Chicago records another double kidnapping as four assailants abduct two men near 42nd Street and South Parkway. A cab driver witnessed the scene and reported a sawed-off shotgun and threats to the victims before the touring car sped away. Authorities suspect the men were killed after being taken for a ride.
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Chicago
South Parkway
42Nd Street
John Stege
Michigan
North Carolina Bankers Meet at Sheraton Hotel
A conference of about 48 bankers from North Carolina met at the Sheraton with J Elwood Cox of the Commercial National bank to discuss a possible general merger of leading state banks. Wilkinson of Merchants and Farmers Bank attended. plans not yet announced.
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Bankers of State
Sheraton
North Carolina
Sheraton Hotel
J. Elwood Cox
Commercial National Bank
Cox
W. C. Wilkinson
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Charlotte
Mr. Wilkinson
Five Convicts Escape in Greenville Chain Gang Delivery
In Greenville County five African American convicts escaped during a chain gang delivery in the O’Neal area. Dock Garrett, a 50 year old convict guard, was attacked and knocked unconscious by a prisoner, suffering possible skull fracture. Sheriff Bramlett sent deputies to the scene and called for bloodhounds from Pickens to pursue the fugitives.
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Greenville
S. C
Liberty
D. M
Garrett
O’neal
Greenville County
Cliff Bramlett
Bramlett
George B. King
J. G. Willis
John Craig
Pickens
Disarmament Committee Hits Snag in Geneva Debates
In Geneva the Disarmament committee clashed as Britain urged reopening the trained observers issue to build a base for general disarmament. France Italy Japan opposed. Germany backed Lord Cecil while Japan and France warned against changing scope during ongoing naval talks. debate adjourned with no vote. British defeat seen as likely.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations Disarmament Committee
Lord Cecil
France
Italy
Japan
League
Rene Massigli
Preparatory Commission
M. Massigli
Great Britain
Lord Cushendun
Hugh S. Gibson
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
Albert de Marinis
Baron Sato
Committee of the British
Tighter Dry Enforcement For Chicago
Washington reports a conference of prohibition Commissioner Doran, Federal District Attorney George Johnson, and Alexander Jamie on Sept 19 to tighten enforcement in Chicago and nearby areas. Proposals include shutting illicit alcohol plants in Cicero and surrounding districts while pledging stronger anti bootlegging focus.
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Washington
Chicago
Doran
George Johnson
Alexander Jamie
Illinois
Foran
Cicero
Butler’s Leathernecks To Return To Quantico Assured
Major General Smedley D. Butler plans to bring back about 2 000 marines to Quantico after removing them last Saturday. He warns Quantico must choose between lawlessness and the military and vows to enforce prohibition despite local resistance.
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Butler
Quantico
Frank I. Weller
Associated Press
Marine
Smedhey D. Butler
Polo Player A. T. Le Boutillier Dies During Meadow Brook Polo
A. Thomas Le Boutillier II, a prominent polo figure and socialite, died suddenly from heart disease yesterday while playing polo at Meadow Brook Club in Westbury Long Island. He was 51.
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New York
A. Thomas le Boutillier
Meadow Brooks Club
Westbury
Long Island
Elizabethton union votes to strike over mill conditions
The Elizabethton textile workers union plans a Monday night vote on a potential strike after disputes with the American Bemberg and Glanzstoff rayon mills. The union accuses the mills of unfair conditions and discriminating against former strikers, calling for U S labor department intervention. The mass meeting followed reports that about 150 workers were not rehired and women faced persecution, with clashes during last spring's strike.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Elizabethton Textile Workers Union
Bemberg and Glanzstoff Rayon Mills
United States Department of Labor
Department of Labor
Textile Corporation
Paul Aymon
Tennessee Federation of Labor
Francis Gorman
United Textile Workers’ of America
Fires Quashed by Rains Damage Ventura Rail Route
Heavy storms ended four major fires including Ventura county’s 3.5 million dollar blaze. Rain washed out rail lines from Santa Paula to Mecca stranding trains while 200 workers guarded embers and 250 oil workers families were left homeless amid 25 000 acres burned and 126 oil derricks lost. Two other fires in San Diego and Riverside counties were stopped by rain.
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Los Angeles
Ventura County
Ventura Triangle
Santa Paula
Ventura
Ojai
San Diego
Riverside County
Southern Pacific
Niland
Mecca
Imperial Valley
Chocolate Mountains
Flogging of Union Organizer Prompts Multiple Investigations
Four investigations opened in Townsend and Kings Mountain NC into the early yesterday flogging of Cleo Tesenair, Baltimore organizer for the National Textile Workers Union, and the dynamiting of a platform used by union speakers. The attack follows a pattern of violence linked to textile strikes in the state. Governor O Max Gardner ordered state action.
Profiteering On School Books Is Being Protested
Parents across North Carolina protest school book profiteering as Dr. A T Allen the state superintendent reports numerous letters. He notes dealers overcharge and some offer to sell at fixed prices if given the school trade monopoly.
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Raleigh
A. T. Allen
Allen
State Department of Education
Dr. Allen
A's Favored In Series Betting
Wall street opened betting on the World Series with the Philadelphia Athletics slight favorites to win the series and the Cubs favored to win game one in Chicago on October 8. A commission from a middle westerner offered 15000 to 17500 that the Cubs win the series, and another wager stood at 5500 to 5000 on the Cubs taking the opening game.
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New York
Wall Street
Philadelphia Athletics
Cubs
Chicago
J. S. Fried and Company
Lindberghs Land At Miami Airport
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife landed at the Pan American airport in Miami at 1 25 p m completing a flight from Charleston South Carolina the duo arrived amid reports of the ongoing air mail and commercial aviation developments near Florida.
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Lindberghs
Miami
Fla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pan-American Airport
Charleston
Naval Auxiliaries Get Only Minor Attention
The piece notes a largely overlooked issue in Anglo American talks on naval limits. Britain controls over 1 million tons of fast auxiliary liners able to become 6 inch gun cruisers, influencing U S demand for a fleet of 8 inch gun ships to counter these large fast raiders. The U S Navy argues 8 inch cruisers best meet needs for a balanced battle fleet and keeping sea lanes clear of big auxiliary raiders.
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James I. West
Associated Press
Washington
Geneva
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Navy General Board
Marion Rioting Trial Hesitates Over Bill of Particulars
McDowell Superior Court spent the morning hearing arguments over a bill of particulars in the trial of six union leaders charged with rioting and inciting to riot linked to a textile strike at Marion mills. Judge Harwood allowed a verbal bill. Indicted defendants include Hoffman and Hoban with others named.
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Marion
N. C
McDowell Superior Court
John Harwood
Bryson City
J. W. Pless
Alfred Hoffman
United Textile Workers of America
Lawrence Hoban
J. Hugh Hall
Wess Fowler
Wil Russell
D. E. Lewis
Marion and
Clinchfield Mills
Rutherford County
Homer Adkins
National Guardsmen
Three Hurt In Pan-American Amphibian Plane Crash
A large Pan-American Airways amphibian aircraft crashed during takeoff at Miami airport this morning injuring three crew members. Radio operator L. Edgar Farrouse suffered a broken arm and possible internal injuries while co-pilot Robert Hively and pilot Leo Terletzky sustained cuts and bruises and were discharged after treatment.
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Miami
Fla
Pan-American Airways
L. Edgar Farrouse
Robert Hively
Leo Terletzky
Farrouse
Scottish Rite Masons Vote On Honorary Members
Dayton Ohio September 19 1930 600 delegates attend the 17th annual supreme council session to vote on honorary 33rd degree members for next year’s meeting in Boston. Honorary degrees were conferred upon 74 Masons at the council on Tuesday. The list to be compiled today will be released at convention’s end tonight.
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Dayton
Supreme Council of the
Northern Jurisdiction
Boston
Defense seeks new trial for two deputies in manslaughter case
Lancaster Sept 19 Defense counsel for J B Connor and D L Phillips deputies later found guilty of manslaughter said they would move for a new trial. Judge T J Maudlin presided. sentence was to be passed today.
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Lancaster
D. C
J. B. Connor
D. L. Phillips
Jury Deliberates On Rogers Case in Fourth Trial
In New Branfaults Texas the jury in Mrs Rebecca Bradley Rogers case charged with robbing the Farmers National Bank of Buda Texas of 1000 dollars three years ago resumed deliberations after four hours of discussion without reaching a verdict in the fourth trial.
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New Branfauls
Tex
Rebecca Bradley
Rogers
Farmers National Bank
Buda
Texas
Enright Runs for New York Mayor on Law Enforcement Platform
Richard E. Enright former police commissioner formally accepts the Square Deal party mayoral nomination. He accuses Mayor Walker and Tammany Hall of breakdowns in enforcement, cites 32 000 speakeasies and 83 million dollars paid for protection, and calls on Governor Roosevelt to name a justice to probe the Rothstein murder case. He vows to reveal part of the case during the campaign.
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New York
Richard E. Enright
Square Deal Party
Hoover
James J. Walker
Tammany Hall
Walker
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Rothstein
Henry Ford Declines Muscle Shoals Bid
Henry Ford is not interested in bidding again for the Muscle Shoals Alabama power project and has advised Senator Heflin of Alabama of his stance. A Detroit manufacturer recently asked Ford to participate and he declined.
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Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Washington
Ala
Heflin
Alabama
Detroit
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Gardner
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A. E. McInteer
Harwood
Enright
N.Y
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