Five Hour Albany Battle Over Enforcement Bill
In Albany a lengthy clash centered on an enforcement bill as officials sought details. Special Investigator Ora Slater announced Charles Hannah confessed to the killing of four year old Melvin Horst near Orrville on December 27, 1928. Hannah claimed Earl Donald was the killer but later confessed to the slaying, yet not the body’s location. Authorities pressed for the body to file charges and confirmed Donald and Hannah remained in custody awaiting further action.
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Tannpah
Hannah
Donald
Melvin
Frank » Vey
Orrville
Annah
Smg
Sugar Creek
Tonald
Record Flight Cuts 6 740 Miles Newark to Buenos Aires
Lieutenant Clement McMullen and Will White set a new record by flying from Newark to Buenos Aires in about six days. They logged 6740 miles with 42 hours 15 minutes of air time at an average speed over 128 mph. They arrived at El Palomar to a large reception and were greeted by aviation officials, John C. White, and military attaches.
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Buenos Aires
Newark
N. J
Clement McMullen
Will White
Ee Aires
el Palomar
John C. White
Edmond ©. Fleming
Antonio Aguilar
Albany Hearing Fights Prohibition Enforcement Battle
Wet and Dry forces clash in a five hour Albany assembly hearing over a state prohibition enforcement measure. Debate centers on enforcement, costs, and claims that lawmakers misrepresent voter will with tempers flaring and remarks provoking interruptions.
Coolidges Visit Film Sets See Star Power in SoCal
President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge toured film studios in Los Angeles as guests of Will Hays. They watched studios filming a screen operetta with over 200 performers and met stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks at lunch. Mrs Coolidge kissed opera star Madame Schumann-Heink after singing The Sweetest Flower That Grows.
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Los Angeles
Calvin Coolidge
California
Mrs. Coolidge
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Warner Brothers Studio
Coolidges
M-G-M
United Artists
Mr. Coolidge
Merrilly
Woman Will Hang Friday as Juries Finds Eva Dugan Guilty
Florence Arizona February 19 A jury of twelve men found Eva Dugan 52 a housekeeper guilty of murder in the 1927 death of A J Mathis. Her execution is set for sunrise Friday marking a historic potential first female gallows execution in Arizona. The insanity hearing aimed to stave off the death sentence but the State Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to intervene and Governor Phillips cannot grant reprieve or commutation.
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Florence
Ariz
Eva Dugan
Houskeeper
A. J. Mathis
Arizona
John C. Phillips
Dugan
Lorenzo Wright
State Penitentiary
Tucson
Mathis
Kirkland Seeks Farming Survey and Claims Bills
Albany February 19. Assemblyman Porter proposes Court of Claims to hear Martin Erling's claim against the state. Senate to concur on James W. Watson’s $4,500 county judge raise. Kirkland-led bills fund state agriculture resources research forestry and pest control surveys at several colleges and stations.
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Morning Post
Albany
H. KE. V. Porter
Court of Claims
Martin Erling
Assembly
Leigh G. Kirkland
State Agricultural College
State College of Agriculture
Syracuse College of Forestry
Geneva
Nickel Plate Engine Blows Up injuring three near Bluffton
A Nickel Plate freight locomotive exploded west of Bluffton on February 19. Three men were hurt two seriously. The engineer's name was unavailable. Also injured were C. H. Andrews 30 of Belleville Ohio head brakeman and J. P. Wappes fireman from Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Bluffton
Ohio
Here
C. H. Andrews
Betlevue
J. P. Wappes
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ford planted rubber plant native claim in Florida region
Florida natives claim Henry Ford planted golden rod at the Hill plantation near Ways Station to aid Edison in a domestic rubber supply. Workers focus on preparing a large quantity of material behind sturdy fences as activity increases on the Bryan County site.
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Ways Station
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Detroit
Bryan County
Robinson Draws Line at European Security Pacts
In London the conference adjourned amid cabinet turmoil delaying French delegates. Senator Robinson stated American limits on guarantees of security for distant areas, signaling a cautious stance on participating in European security pacts. Italy pressed for parity with a major European power and navy reductions, while reports swirled about Tarieu’s refusal to form a new French cabinet or return to London.
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London
France
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Joseph J. Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Ding Grandi
Italy
St. James’ Palace
Andre Tardieu
Tar~dieu
Policeman Kills Pittsburgh Man In Taxi Strike
In Pittsburgh a taxi strike riot near the Balti more and Ohio station left William Dreibhold age 24 dead after a motorcycle officer fired on stone throwing cab occupants. Three men in the motorcycle squad were arrested.
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Pittsburgh
William Dreibhold
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Sait
Drethbhold
Robbery Claims Jewelers Diamonds in Subway Heist
New York February 18 Sigmund Tancer a jeweler was robbed of 20000 dollars worth of uncut diamonds by pickpockets at the Delancey Street Bowery subway station witnesses say the heist occurred today in the transit hub authorities are investigating with no arrests announced yet
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Subway
New York
Sigmund Tancer
Delancey Street
Bowery
Byrd Leaves Aircraft Behind As Antarctic Rescue Sails
Admiral Byrd and his expedition sailed from the Bay of Whales aboard the City of New York after fourteen months on the ice. They left airplanes and much material behind but carried back essential papers and gear.
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Byrd
Antarctic
New York
New York Times
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Richard EB. Byrd
Kord
Ross “Ea
Bay of Whales
Miral
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
Admiral Byrd
City of New York
Antarctica
Bor
South Pole
Governor name Nets Federal Health Official for State Post
Governor Roosevelt names Dr Thomas Parran Jr a federal health official as state commissioner of health and says he will send the nomination to the Senate. Parran, 37, has long public health experience from rural sanitation to the U S Public Health Service and White House conferences.
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Albany
Thomas Parran, Jr
Washington
Roosevelt
Parran
Senate
United States Public Health Service
Missouri
Illinois
Committee On Public Health Organization
White House
Tate confirmation blocked in Senate
Washington February 19 Vigorous debate halted a Senate vote on Hugh M Tate of Keuxville Tennessee for the Interstate Commerce Commission nomination Senator Black Democrat Alabama charged Tate served as counsel for power interests and raised bipartisan concerns. McKellar cited Tate testimony that his firm handled railway and power clients but he did not personally serve as their counsel. Debate to resume tomorrow.
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Washington
Hugh M. Tate
Keuxville
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commmission
Senate
Senator Black
Alabama
Southern Railway
Black
Tate
Jeremiah Millbank
The
Senator Blaine
Republican
Wisconsin
Millbank
Hoover
Florida
Corporation
McKellar
Interstate Commerce Committee
New York Real Estate Values Rise by Over One Billion
Official figures reveal New York taxable real estate and personal property valued at 18.584 billion dollars, up 1.138 billion, about 6 percent from 1929. The real estate class accounts for most of the rise with a 1.070 billion increase over last year.
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New York
American protests rise over Soviet church crackdown
Washington reports fifteen appeals to intervene in the Soviet campaign against religious activity. Representative Fish introduces a resolution calling Soviet Russia incompatible with US traditions until persecution ends. State Department won’t publicize appeals and says no action due to lack of diplomatic ties and no direct American interests.
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State Department
Congress
House
Fish
Republican
New York
Russia
United States
Lutheran Church of America
Bishop Longley Defends Stand on Persecution in Russia
Bishop Harry Sherman Longley of Iowa reiterates support for the Anglican and Catholic protests against Soviet Christian persecution in Russia. He says he did not call for war and denies being misquoted in a dispatch separate from AP. The Moscow Orthodox Church metropolitan had disputed his remarks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Canterbury
Pius
Russia
Harry Sherman Longley
Episcopal Diocese of
Moscow
Longley
Associated Press
Three Auburn convicts sentenced to death in riot murder
In Auburn a murder trial for Max Becker proceeds as a second venire panel is summoned. Judge Cunningham conducts arraignments as death sentences for Claude Udwine William Force and Jesse Thomas are confirmed and directed to Sing Sing with stays pending appeals.
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Auburn
Max Becker
Becker
George A. Durnford
Cunningham
Claude Udwine
William Force
Jesse
Thomas
Henry Sullivan
Sing Sing
Ossining
Auburn Prison
Jesse Thomas
John Sheahy
French President Deliberates On Next Premier
Paris reports say President Doumergue will name a new premier to replace the Tardieu cabinet. Possible candidates include Camille Chautemps Aristide Briand Andre Tardieu and Raymond Poincare with decisions expected after consultations and likely by Sunday or Monday.
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Tardieu
Paris
France
Gaston Doumergue
Russia
Andre Tardieu
Camille Chautemps
Radical Socialists
Left
Aristide Briand
Center
Raymond Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Doumergue
Chamber
Senate
M. Chautemps
M. Briand
Poincare
M.tardieu
London
Fatal Bayway refinery blast kills eleven in New Jersey
Elizabeth New Jersey February 19 The Standard Oil Bayway refinery explosion kills eleven workers and injures fifty doctors fear for the worst among the eighteen critically hurt. Prosecutor Abe J. David says the gas source has been located and will be presented to the May grand jury. A corroded three inch pipe carrying a gasoline by product caused a pressure break near a brine cooler where most casualties worked.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Bayway
Standard Oil Company
Elizabeth General Hospital
Elizabeth's Hospital
Abe J. David
Union County Life Today
Grand
David
John J. McCullen
Matthew A. Mann
F. L. Newcomb
Repairs at Soldiers Home Funded in Urgent Deficiency Bill
Special to The Morning Poat Washington February 19 The first Urgent Deficiency bill includes forty five thousand dollars for repairs to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Bath The total bill amounts to 48151954 dollars Colonel C W Wadsworth general treasurer explains the funds target immediate repairs and improvements to meet needs The Bath branch once a large State home deteriorated after population decline and prior appropriations covered running costs leaving about 100000 cash yet to be spent The committee approves 45000 dollars as cash needed to complete work
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Washington
Bath
House
Committee On Appropriations
C. W. Wadsworth
Natio
Wadsworth
Days News Five-hour Wet and Dry battle wa in Albany hearing
Albany hearing on a state enforcement bill reports a five hour wet and dry battle with heated testimony and political maneuvering. Authorities outline proposed restrictions while advocates push for local option and broader prohibition measures. The session highlights divisions among lawmakers and interest groups.
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Albany
Jersey
Hannah
Horst Boy
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