Convict Mortellito Kills Auburn Prison Official
Edward Beckwith the principal keeper at Auburn prison was stabbed to death in the mess hall by long term convict Antonio Mortellito. Mortellito who came from Italy in 1921 had a prior murder conviction and faced deportation after release. a prison riot last December left cells cold and unrestful.
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Albany
Auburn
State Department of Correction
Edward Beckwith
Antonio Mortellito
Glain
Mortellito
Italy
Westchester County
Supreme Court
Arthur &. Tompkins
Mortilleto
Auburn Prison
Mortellite
Beckwith
Raymond F. C. Kieb
State Commissioner of Correction
John L. Hoffman
Edgar S. Jennings
Floods Kill 300 in Southern France
More than 300 deaths reported across southern and central France, with Montauban and Moissac hardest hit in the Tarn valley. Montauban listed 150 dead, 500 houses destroyed and 2,000 homeless. Reynies and Alblas also suffered fatalities and extensive damage. Estimated losses reach 40 million dollars.
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Paris
France
Montauban
Moissac
Tarn
Reynies
Alblas
St. Antonin
la Francaise
Philippine Independence Bill Offered in Senate
A bill to grant independence to the Philippine Islands was introduced in the Senate by Senators Hawes and Cutting. The measure followed a previously defeated proposal by Senator Broussard, without a record vote.
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Senate
Washington
Philippine Islands
Hawes
Missouri
Cutting
New Mexico
Broussard
Louisiana
Wag
Philippines
Spict
Guards Prevent New Outbreak At Auburn Prison
Principal Keeper Edward L. Beckwith was stabbed to death by inmate Anthony Mortellito as 875 convicts filed into the mess hall. Mortellito was subdued and Beckwith collapsed, prompting an independent investigation. The incident comes amid trials and past riots at Auburn, with officials deeming it an isolated case and signaling ongoing dangers in correctional service.
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Auburn
Edward L. Beckwith
Auburn Prison
Beckwith
Anthony Mortellito
Raymond F. C. Kieb
Correction At
Albany
Philip D. Roosa
Kieb
Cayuga County
Max Becker
George A. Durnford
Durnford
Martellito
P. K
Guarda
Joseph Burke
Thomas Locherin
John L. Hoffman
Edgar 8
Jennings
Mortenlito
White Plains
Supreme Court
Arthur
Tompking
Paolo Letti
Sing Sing
Calabria
Italy
James B. Durnin
Alexander Kalinowski
Buffalo
Inowski
John Martin
Stimson’s stenographer dies after six story fall in London
Mrs Pearl Demaret, stenographer to Secretary of State Stimson, died at St George's Hospital after a sixth floor fall from the Mayfair Hotel. Flowers from Mrs Stimson accompanied her on the eve of her return to the United States aboard the President Harding. The fall was ruled accidental after a window sill grip left marks and hospital reports noted a broken hip and other injuries.
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Stimson
America
London
Pearl Demaret
St. George's Hospital
Mayfair
Hurley Fisk
Division of Current Information
Senate approves higher sugar tariff to 2 cents a pound
The Senate voted 47 to 39 to raise Cuban sugar duties from 1.76 to 2 cents per pound, while a House bill calls for 2.40 cents. Conferees must decide between 2 and 2.40 cents before final action. Bitter tariff fight included charges of vote trading and debates over a federal bounty and Philippines import limits.
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House
Senate
Washington
Smoot
Utah
Carawdy
Arkansas
Senate Lobby
Bingham
Connecticut
Finance Committee
Howell
Nebraska
Porter Introduces Mussellonge Bill in Assembly
Albany March 5 Senator Leigh G Kirkland proposes changing the muscallonge season in Chautauqua County from July 1 to June 15 and to November 15. Assemblyman H E V Porter also seeks bond validation for Fredonia sewer projects and fire alarm box mandates in care institutions.
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Albany
Leigh G. Kirkland
Chautauqua
Assembly
H. E. V. Porter
Fredonia
Kirkland
Porter
Co-Operative Corporations
Rhode Island House Backs Referendum on Prohibition Amendment
The Rhode Island House approved a bill to submit on the November ballot the question whether the Eighteenth Amendment should be retained. The measure passed with near unanimous support after lengthy debate and now goes to the Republican governor for signature.
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Rhode Island House
Providence
R. L
Rhode Island House of Representatives
United States
Senate
Governor approves village election on town band vote
Albany March 5 Governor Roosevelt signed a measure allowing Annisville Oneida County residents to vote in a special town meeting on whether to establish a town band. The executive called the method a safeguard against unwarranted local government spending increases.
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Albany
Roosevelt
Annisville
Oneida
Vie
Tardieu Cabinet Wins Confidence in French Assembly
Andre Tardieu's second cabinet won a favorable 63 vote margin in the Chamber of Deputies after a sharp leftist challenge. The vote, 316 to 263, followed a tense debate over policy, taxes, and the Young plan as France readied to join London talks. The delegation including Briand, Pietri, and De Fleuriau prepares for London while reaffirming naval expansion to 724000 tons by 1936.
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Andre Tardieu
Chamber of Deputies
Aristide Briand
Andre Maginot
Paris
Tardieu
London
M. Tardieu
J. L. Dumesnil
Marine
Francois Pietri
de Fleuriau
Gustave de Kerguezec
Briand
Pietri
Camille Chautemps
fYardieu
L. O. Frossard
Guard Herriot
Radical-Socialiste
M. Dumesnii
Chautemps
Stimson pledges 200000 ton naval cut at London talks
Colonel Henry L. Stimson says the United States and Britain could cut at least 200000 tons from their fleets at the London naval conference with further reductions possible if other powers follow. He notes reductions depend on agreed actions by other nations and cites plans for capital ships cruisers destroyers and submarines. The statement arrives amid slow progress reports from the conference.
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London
Henry L. Stimson
United States
America
Great Britain
Stimson
Hoover asks funds for London naval conference delegation
President Hoover asked Congress to add 150000 dollars to the 200000 already authorized for the American delegation's expenses at the London naval conference. The extra funds are to cover through mid April as the original allotment ran out by March 84. Officials cited higher costs and unexpected delays.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Cotton
State Department
Roop
Budget Bureau
Mr. Roop
Prohibition Advocates Push Back Repeal Ties to Prosperity
In Washington March 5 advocates for prohibition argued before the House judiciary committee that prohibition has boosted prosperity and improved conditions for workers. Notable figures Henry Ford and Thomas Edison sent telegrams opposing repeal while witnesses like Samuel Crowther and Dr. Dan Poling urged that liquor controls lifted depressions and youth drinking fell.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Drys
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Samuel Crowther
Bayside
Long Island
Ford
Edison
Lenna Lowe Yost
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Crowther
Edward K
Labor
Colorado
Daniel A. Poling
New York
J. C. Penney Foundation
World's Christian Endeavor Union
Henry M. Johnson
Louisville
Ladies’ Home Journal
Keating
Colleges
Christian Endeavor
Poling
Senate votes benefits for guards as prison keeper is stabbed
In Albany on March 5 the Senate passed a bill to pay disability benefits to prison guards, offering a pension of three quarters of their salaries and a maintenance allowance. The bill, from Senator Charles J. Hewitt, was introduced for Auburn prison district.
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Albany
Auburn Prison
Senate
Charles J. Hewitt
World police guard against jobless outbreak
Police worldwide prepared to quell potential disturbances tied to a Moscow issued call for demonstrations by the Trade Union International. Cities from New York to Athens restricted or allowed gatherings with security measures and warnings of possible arming by demonstrators. Representative Hamilton Fish pushed a Congressional inquiry into U.S. communist party activities.
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Moscow
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Berlin
Paris
Riga
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Prussia
Bethonia
Athens
Stockholm
St. Louis
Western States
Hamilton Fish
Congress
House
Communist Party
United States
Chicago Reports Plot as Unrest Grows
Detectors watched rail depots and a communist meeting tonight amid orders to bar any unemployed march tomorrow. Guards at stations followed word of an alleged plot to assassinate John Stege, Chicago chief of detectives. Stege warned agitators might bomb power lines, while Do Hathaway of the communist party called it a frame up and a continuation of terror against workers.
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Chicago
Hailway Depot
John Stege
Russell
Police Department
New York
Stege
New York Prepares for Communist Unemployment Rally
New York police brace Union Square for a planned demo by Communist protesters. Mayor Walker vows protection of free speech while warning against any disorder as organizers expect a large turnout on the International Fighting Day noted by the Trade Union International in Moscow.
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New York
Union Square
Walker
Trade Union International
Moscow
Yale's Arthur Hadley Dies in Japan at 73
Arthur T. Hadley president emeritus of Yale died in Kobe Japan at 73 from pneumonia while on around the world voyage. He left New York December 3 and his body will travel to San Francisco before Yale services at Battell Chapel. Hadley known for railroad transportation and economics served Yale from 1899 resigning in 1921 to focus on study and writing.
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New Haven
Conn
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale University
Japan
Nicholas Moseley
Hadley
Kobe
New York
Yale
Moseley
Fox stockholders adjourn after vote on refinancing plan
New York March 5 stockholders of Fox Film Corporation adjourned after voting on a modified refinancing plan backed by bankers led by Banca-America Blair. A Supreme Court justice allowed Otterson and Stuart to vote 50 100 Fox Film shares. Fox Theatres Corporation shareholders also met to vote on the plan, then adjourned without result.
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New York
Fox Film Enterprises
Fox Film Corporation
Bankers
Banca-America Blair Corporation
Supreme Court
Fox
Otterson and
Stuart
Fox Film
Bankers Plan
Fox Enterprises
Convict murders Auburn prison keeper in daylight escape
A guard at Auburn Prison was killed during a jail break in which the sheriff was wounded. Harold Taylor of Warren Pa was convicted of assault and battery and assault with intent to kill in the incident.
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Tardieu
France
London
Auburn
Senate
Roosevelt
Harold Taylor
Warren
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