Tripartite pact assurances in London disarmament talk
London April 8 reports the big three Britain United States and Japan close to a tripartite naval agreement while France and Italy may join later. Open end treaty discussed to allow France and Italy participation. complete three power accord agreed on ship transfers and cruiser destroyer replacements, with details to be finalized tomorrow.
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Italy
Associated Press
London
Hoveien
Teriand
Paris
Peance
Stoly
Selesion
Stimson
MacDonald
M. Wakatsuki
Ifyrance
Ikaly
Stintson
Reijiri Wakatsuki
Briand
Mand Aril
MacDowall
House of Commons
Michigan voter cannot be counted after death
A resident of Owosso in a hospital sent for an absent voter ballot marked IK and mailed to the city clerk. Tie died before the city election. Attorney General Wilder M. Brucker ruled that a ballot cannot be counted in an election held after the voter is dead.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Owosso
Shiawassee Eounty
Wilder M. Brucker
House probe to include all railroads and holding firms
Washington April 8 seven hundred holding and investment trust companies and 275 class one railroads their subsidiaries and forwarding firms will enter the scope of the House Interstate Commerce committees investigation into railroad ownership. Hearings resume with Commissioner Eastman as Rep Rayburn says questionnaires will go to holdings and owners before week end.
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Washington
Holding and Investment Trust
House
Interstate Commerce Committees
Joseph GB. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rayburn
Texas
Wveek
W. M. W. Splawn
Auto Crash Fatal for Two in Wilkes-Barre
Two men, Samuel West and Louis Tuidahl, were killed when an automobile collided with a Wilkes-Barre Railway trolley in Wilkes-Barre. Three others, Alex Nicholson, Arthur Ratchford, and Gray Hayward, were seriously injured and admitted to Nanticoke State Hospital.
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Wilkesbarre
April
Wilkesbarre Railway Company
Samuel West
Louis Tuidahl
Nanticoke State Hospital
Alex Nicholson
Arthur Ratchford
Gray Hayward
Lobby Probe Triggers Fight in Senate Hearing
In Washington on April 8, Senator Black accused Huntsville editor J E Pierce of cowardice during a Senate lobby committee session over a $1,000 check from J W Worthington of the Tennessee River Improvement Association. Pierce retorted and the exchange escalated to a near outside confrontation before adjournment. William H Stayton of Washington is expected to testify tomorrow. Also Nashville reported Dr G C Savage, a noted eye expert and former Vanderbilt professor, died at 76 of pneumonia. Baltimore notes Governor Hitchie of Maryland seeks a fourth term.
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Washington
Black
Dowacrat
Alabama
J. EB. Pierce
Huntsville
Senate Lobby Committee
Pierce
J. W. Worthington
Tennessee River Improvement Association
TTL
Tlack
Senator Walsh
Montana
Walsh
William H. Stayton
The
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Nashville
Senn
G. C. Savage
Southern Medical Society
Vanderbilt Medical School
J. Savage
Jackson
Tenn
Democratic Body Plans Meeting in Blountville
The Democratic body will meet on Tuesday in Blountville seeking input from all Democrats to back candidates. The gathering aims to organize support and coordinate efforts for upcoming races.
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Blountville
Weather Notes and Sullivan County Democratic Meeting
Tennessee and Virginia weather reports show fair conditions with colder spells, frost in east areas, and scattered rain in others. Session notes from Sullivan County Democratic Executive Committee plan a Saturday April 13 court-house meeting to canvass last Saturday’s primary returns and announce nominees. James R. Worley urges unity to support all party nominees including Ford Odell Anderson Keyes Mullenix and Masengill.
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Democratic Executives Committee
Sullivan County
Court House
Blountville
James R. Worley
Kingsport
Chaiman
Democratic Executive Committee
Josers
John L. Ford
John L. Odell
J. T Anderson
H. &. Keyes
Mollie Mullenix
R. M. Masengill
Ford
Odell
Feathers
Smithson
Smithson, Sheriff Ford
Hugh Copenhaver
Copenhaver
Democratic Party
Tennesste
Snow Debris Ends Mild Adirondack Weather Tale
Six inches of snow fell at Saranac Lake New York during the night ending mild weather that had caused many Adirondack streams to overflow. The mercury fell below freezing as a northwest wind howled through the night.
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New York
Saranag Lake
N. Y
Daniels Attacks Raskob Over Prohibition Stand
Former Navy secretary Josephus Daniels testified before the senate lobby committee accusing John J. Raskob of holding the Democratic national chairmanship due to opposition to dry laws. Daniels urged Raskob withdraw, saying his stance hurts enforcement and repeal efforts as spectators watched.
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Washington
Josephus Daniels
Senate
North Carolina
John J. Raskop
Grasxod
Congress
Daniels
Walsh
Montana
Robinson
Indiana
John J. Ragkob
Democratic National Committee
Prohibition
Senate Lobby Committee
Senator Robinson
Dry forces urged unity in prohibition debate
Washington April. Senate discus sion on anti liquor laws sees Secretary Mellon accused of conducting a campaign against the eighteenth amendment. Brookhart of Town joins Fess of Ohio in a harsh exchange over enforcement and party ties as Raskob and Atterbury figure in the controversy.
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Congress
Senate
Mellon
Brookhart
Town
Fess
Ohio
Connina
Club of ‘Ne
Union of York
Atterbury
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Plot to collect insurance tied to Pearman slaying
In Dentonville Arkansas on April 8 state and private investigators agreed to gather loose ends in the Pearman slaying and a $200,000 insurance scheme. Dr A J Bass of Columbia Missouri is held on a first degree murder charge. S K Johnson of Kansas City is sought on a similar charge. Pearman’s body with three bullet wounds was found near Gravette after he used the Folta alias to insure land purchases. Sheriff Fields says the crime involved double crossing by co conspirators and that St Louis gangsters may have killed Pearman at the request of others.
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Ark
yPiState
William Robert Pearman
A. J. Bass
Columbia, Mo
S. K. Johnson
Kansas City
Pearman
Bass
Texarkany
Johnson
Sheriff Fields
Columbia
Gravette
Illinois
Folta
Pearl Powell
Pearmans
Clarence Darrow Advocates Appeal for Andersen Death Penalty
Sports rovers in Canada and New England back Clarence Darrow to aid Ingvard Andrew Bing Andersen national death sentence appeal. Andersen, once world champion, is condemned for the Sydney Nova Scotia clerk murder in 1924.
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Sports Rovers
Canada
New England
Clarence Darrow
Ingvard Andrew
Bing’ Andersen
Pki
Indictments Tied to Jamaica Ginger Poison Outbreak
Federal grand jury indicts 35 for conspiracy to violate prohibition laws as authorities target makers and distributors of Jamaica ginger adulterated with castor oil blamed for paralysis outbreaks. Officials say denatured alcohol was the principal ingredient and profits soared to about 1700 dollars per barrel.
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Covington
Kentucky
Jamaica
Fms
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Newport Ky
Boston
New York
Sawyer Stithh
Kentucky Health Board
General Products Company
Louisville
Ernest Rowe
Weather Brews Tragedy in Chicago Area Fire
A fatal incident in Chicago area weather news leaves Eugene Rollins aged 67 dead after a fall from a seatted floor near a window. Officials report a deadly accident occurred during the April night.
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Chicago
Eugene
Rollins
Windy City Election Day Sees Heightened Vigilance and Tensions
Chicago voters faced a highly watched day as police in patrols and detectives in squad cars monitored polling places amid fears of violence and fraud. Downstate candidates, including Ruth McCormick and Charles Deneen, faced a Republican race with strong security measures and large anticipated turnout.
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Downstate
Ruth Hanns McCormick
U.S
Charles 5
Deneen
Qnda
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