Palmer Named District Rotary Governor 52nd District Rotary Elects Kingsport Man
Palmer, president of the Kingsport Press and former Kingsport Rotary Club president, was nominated for district governor of Rotary International to succeed Frank M. Fiinkland at the Bristol convention. His nomination was approved unanimously, with Palmer commending Rotary work and pledging to serve the duties diligently.
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RW. Palmer
Kingsport Press
Kingsport
Cooper
Palmer
Rotary
New York City
Rotary Club
Fois
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy with showers in west Tennessee tonight or Wednesday with little temperature change. In Virginia, anticipate partly cloudy and colder tonight, then cloudy and colder Wednesday with NW to north winds. Readings taken at 8:30 p.m. daily by C. L. Bunn, U. S. Weather Bureau.
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Tennessee
Virginia
East
C. L. Bunn
Lobby Probe Details Wep Lobby Activities and Funds
Henry H Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, testified before the senate lobby committee about its activities. He said the group contributed 11000 to Senator Blaine of Wisconsin and spent 29000 to support enforcement law renewals in Wisconsin. Curran noted the association’s 41 698 membership with most members in New York Massachusetts and other eastern states. He asserted funds aided Blaine’s election but were not given directly to his campaign. The committee pressed on concerns over Fourth Amendment privacy as it reviewed confidential association correspondence.
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Washington
Henry Va
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Senate Lobby Committee
Blaing
Wisconsin
cRepublican
Curran
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Blaine
Senate
Cucran
Survan
Henry H. Curran
Henry 4H. Curran
Wet
Association
Parker Won't Withdraw Open Hearing Sought For Parker
Judge John J. Parker told friends he has no plan to withdraw as a Supreme Court nominee despite labor and civil rights group opposition. He may request a committee hearing to address objections, a move supported by some senators, while the committee voted to disapprove his nomination. Senate action expected in regular order, with Parker's backers including Senators Simmons and Overman rallying support.
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Washington
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Judge Parker
American Federation of Labor
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Simmons
Overman
Judiciary
Naval Powers Sign Pact Limiting Their Navies
Representatives of the five dominant powers America Great Britain Japan France and Italy signed a landmark treaty in St James Palace London. The pact limits navies in all categories and requires reductions on ships under construction while France and Italy join only portions of the agreement. The ceremony lasted under thirty minutes with adjournment at 1 18 p m.
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Dewitt “MacKenzie
Associated
London
America
Great Britain
Japan
Erante
Italy
Henry L
Ramsay MacDonald
Ghirianni
Theiegallons
Reijiro
Kakasaki
Tokyo
Royal of
France
Hoover Seeks Congress Quit Spending Amid Deficit
Washington April 22 President Hoover warned congressional leaders of a next year deficit between 20 and 39.3 million dollars after a budget review. He noted approvals for about 300 to 350 million in potential spending and urged delay to avoid jeopardizing government stability.
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Washington
Hoover
Jones
Senate Appropriations Committee
Wood
House Appropriations Committee
Hoovner
Pact sets naval parity aims for US Britain Japan
London reports detail terms of five power naval treaty signed in London on April 22. It fixes tonnage limits for large and small cruisers and destroyers for the United States Great Britain and Japan and lays down caps on submarine tonnage with a safety clause allowing adjustments if a continental naval race develops. France and Italy sign sections on capital ship holiday submarine warfare rules and other disarmament points.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Jaepan
Washington
Tokyo
Serép Ni Bey
Haliday
Florida
Utah
Arkansas
Wyoming
Great Britain
Boembow
Iron Duke
Marlborough
India
Japan
France
Italy
Products Forced Labor are Banned
WASHINGTON April 22 A compromise on the tariff bill bans entry of foreign goods produced by forced or indentured labor. The Senate amendment would apply to articles mined or manufactured abroad but only to goods in competition with American products. The provision excludes goods not mined or produced in quantities meeting U S consumption.
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Washingson
United States
Senate campaign expenditures probed nationwide inquiry
Nye announces sweeping probe into senatorial campaigns with secret agents to Illinois and Pennsylvania to check alleged excessive spending. Public hearings scheduled after preliminary examinations justify them, covering Illinois race where Ruth Hanna McCormick defeated Charles Deneen, and Pennsylvania contest where Senator Grundy challenges Secretary Davis. May 10 primary in Pennsylvania noted.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Senate
Nye
Isena
Tori
Illinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Charles
Deneen
Grundy
Davis
Labor Department
Postseason snow blankets Rochester New Hampshire
A post season snowstorm spread a thick blanket of white over the countryside of Rochester New Hampshire on April 22. The storm began early in the morning and increased by breakfast time with snow piling up. The last such event noted was April 28, 1928, when four inches fell.
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New England
Rochester
N. H
Fire Rages At Ohio Penitentiary Trapping Convicts
A devastating fire swept through four prison blocks at the Ohio state penitentiary leaving hundreds dead or wounded. Officials led by Warden Preston E. Thomas and H. H. Griswold call the blaze incendiary as 1,130 prisoners faced the disaster with guards and troops securing the perimeter.
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Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Preston E. Thomas
H. H. Griswold
Heroes and Hesitancy Told After Ohio Prison Fire
At Ohio pen 317 convicts perished last night in a fire that tore through locked cells. Guards and inmates recounted heroic escapes and costly delays as a state commission investigates why prisoners could not be freed in time. Guards Tom Little and W J C Baldwin were praised for entering the flames to rescue convicts.
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Columbus
Ohio National
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Cooper
Hendreds
Yaege
Thomas Watkinson
Preston
E. Thomas Watkinson
Washington
Bureau of Federal Prisons
Albert, McDonald
United States Reformatory
Chillicothe
Thomas
State Penitentiary
Federal Prison Department
MacDonald
Reformatory
Governor names state attorney general to lead Ohio penitentiary fire probe
Ohio Governor Cooper designated State Attorney General Gilbert Bettman as chief investigator after Franklin county prosecutor John Chester Jr. recommended Warden Preston Tromas be suspended amid the Columbus penitentiary fire. Open probe sessions will be held with press access and testimony sought from guards and inmates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County
John Chester, Jr
Cooper
Gilbert Bettman
Chester
Preston Tromas
Bettman
Penitentiary
Shively
Fic
Trainmaster Killed In Tennessee Railroad Accident
Trainmaster H. Burton of Jackson, head of the Mobile and Ohio railroad division, died after a small motor car overturned near Union City, Tennessee, yesterday. He succumbed in Jackson today. In Philadelphia, a Presbyterian commission urged removing from confession the objection to marriage with Roman Catholics.
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Union City
Tenn
D. H. Burton
Jackson
Philadelphia — Presbyterian
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Stimson
Congress
House
Pact
Secret Agents of Funds Committee
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Watkinson
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