Mooney pardon refused sparks continued fight in California
In Sacramento California Governor James Rolph Jr denies Tom Mooney and accomplice Warren K Billings a pardon. Rolph cites a 700 word ruling finding Mooney guilty of the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing. Supporters vow to keep pushing for justice amid calls that the case shows class motive.
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Gov. Relph
Mooney
Billings
Sacramento
Calif
Tom Mooney
James Rolph, Jr
California
State Capitol
Warren K. Billings
Fremont
San Francisco
Rolph
James J. Walker
New York
William S. Stephens
Thomas J. Mooney
Billing
State Supreme Court
Matt J. Sullivan
California Supreme Court
United States
House of Representatives
International Defense League
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Royal Copeland
Einstein
Japan Warns League and Russia Over Manchuria Policy
General Sadao Araki declares Japan will resist any League of Nations or Soviet pressure on Manchuria. He says Japan seeks a “paradise on earth” in Manchuria and will oppose Nine Power treaty enforcement. Russia masses troops and air force on the frontier, prompting concern in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
League of Nations
Russia
Manchuria
Sadao Araki
Osaka
Kokubonsha Patriotic Society
Foreign Office
Japan
League
Soviet
Far East
Siberia
Manchurian
Soviet Trades Unions pledge to defend country amid Far East tensions
The 17 million Soviet trades unions vowed to defend the nation if needed at their ninth all union congress. They urged heightened vigilance in the Far East against bourgeois invasion and pledged to expand military preparedness for the Red Army, sending greetings to the Red Army and to war and navy commissar Voroshilov. A Tass dispatch from Peiping noted reports of white guards active against the Soviets.
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Moscow
Far East
All-Union Congress
Trades Unions
Red Army
Klementi E. Voroshiloff
War and Navy
Tass
Peiping
Civil War General J Warren Keifer Dies at 96
J Warren Keifer, a Civil War general and former Speaker of the U S House, died at his Springfield home at age 96 after a long career as soldier and statesman. He fought in 27 battles, was wounded four times, and served multiple terms in Congress including as Speaker in 1881-83. Surviving sons are W W Keifer of Springfield and Joseph W Keifer Jr of Bostwick Nebraska.
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Springfield
J. Warren Keifer
Keifer
National House of Representatives
W. W. Keifer
Joseph W. Keifer, Jr
Bostwick
Nebraska
Lincoln
International Union of Peace
Brussels
St. Thomas
Doorn
Senate group to rewrite tax bill in a week
Senate finance committee seeks understandings to rewrite the house revenue bill within a week. The measure, about a billion dollars in yield, emerged from a sales tax revolt and faces objections from treasury officials industry and Wall Street. Secretary Mills offered alternatives and tariff scope is the focus to assure passage in ten days to two weeks.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Treasury
Wall Street
Mills
Senate Committee
Watson
Indiana
Keith-Miller Cleared in Shooting as Lancaster Held
Miami dispatch reports Mrs. Jessie M. Keith-Miller, a woman flier, largely exonerated in the fatal shooting of fiancé Haden Clarke. Captain W. Lancaster remains in custody, with State Attorney Hawthorne planning further questioning to resolve whether Clarke died by action or was slain.
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Miami
Fla
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
Haden Clarke
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Hawthorne
Lancaster
Clarke
Clark
Keith- Miller
Cloudy Cooler Tennessee Forecast With Showers Likely
Increasing cloudiness expected to push into extreme west Tennessee tonight and central and west portions Saturday. Cooler conditions in the extreme west by Saturday. High yesterday 74, low 48, rainfall 0.05 inches at 6 p.m. Readings cover the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Massie to Face Medical Evidence in Insanity Defense
In Honolulu on April 22 the prosecution expanded its case against Lieut. Thomas H. Massie and three others charged in the Kahahawai lynching. Alienists Dr. Joseph Catton and Dr. Paul Bowers, imported from California, began observations to bolster the insanity defense as the trial adjourned. Mrs Thalia Massie and defense chief Clarence Darrow drew dramatic remarks from the courtroom.
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Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Navy
Joseph Kahahawai
John C. Kelley
California
Joseph Catton
San Francisco
Winnie Ruth Judd
Phoenix
Paul Bowers
Los Angeles
Bowers
Catton
Thalia Massie
Kahawai
Massie
Clarence Darrow
Capone Appeals to Highest Court
Al Capone filed in the supreme court a petition seeking review of the seventh circuit decision affirming his federal tax evasion conviction and sentences. He argues the indictment was framed in general terms and that certain counts do not allege a tax offense, prompting the review.
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Washington
al Capone
Supreme Court
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Capone
United States
Leavenworth
Chicago
Federal District Court
Party Stands On Two Issues Hold Interest In Lull
Washington April 22 A spring lull in delegate selection prompts the two major parties to reexamine two key questions: Hoovers stance on prohibition and Roosevelts plan for economic recovery. Both candidates show uncertainty, risking a faith based nominating race if no clear policy emerges before the convention. The drive intensifies as pressure mounts for a definitive position on prohibition and recovery.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
McKellar to Deliver Keynote at Tennessee State Convention
The Democratic state convention in Nashville on May 20 will feature U. S. Senator K. D. McKellar as keynote speaker and temporary chairman. Henderson chairs the arrangements committee with Dorsey Thomas J Carlton Loser and Miss Sallie Walker as assistants. Other temp officers include Cedric Hunt and Bert Dedman as temporary secretaries and Alvin Graham as sergeant-at-arms. Tennessee carries 24 national convention votes with 2 per pre-redistricting district and 4 at large.
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Nashville
U. S
K. D. McKellar
Senator McKellar
State Executive Committee
Tom P. Henderson
Dorsey Thomas
J. Carlton Loser
Sallie Walker
Roosevelt
McKellar
Franklin d. Roosevelt
Chicago
Tennessee
Cedric Hunt
State Senate
Bert Dedman
House
Alvin Graham
Graham
Harvard riot capsized campus unrest in Cambridge
In Cambridge on April 22 police battles with Harvard undergraduates and Cambridge residents ended with eight students and four residents detained and two officers injured. Dormitories at Radcliffe College were invaded, a car overturned, and Cambridge’s Brattle Square station stormed as hundreds tried to free detainees. Bonfires burned in Harvard Square while war cries echoed as the freshmen sought the stolen Memorial Hall bell.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Radcliffe College
Bradle Square
Cambridge Police Department
Harvard Square
Memorial Hall
Lindbergh Returns From Mysterious Trip in Hopewell
Col Charles A Lindbergh returned to his Sourland Hill home after a two day absence aimed at locating his kidnapped son. Intermediaries including Norfolk figures and a Newark airport arrival linked to Dean H Dobson Peacock were described as aiding his contact with the kidnapers while a Morrow family car dropped off a woman at his doorstep.
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Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sourland Hill
Edmund Bruce
Elmira
John H. Curtis
Norfolk
Bruce
Mr. Curtis
Lindbergh
H. Pearsons
Dean H. Dob
son-Peacock
Curtis
Newark
Washington
New York
Guy H. Burrage
Col. Lindbergh
Dwight Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Veterans urged to cash bonus at present value
Representative Lea urged paying veterans the present value of their bonus certificates instead of full face value. He argued Patman’s plan would cost about 2.4 billion and favored settling debts now to avoid class distinctions and inflation effects. In a separate Senate inquiry, Matthew Brush testified as a broker in bear raids, detailing large short positions and long market experience since 1921.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Lea
Calif
Patman
Texas
Lea
Sam
Andrew
Mass
Treasury
Brokers Hidden by Dummy List Revealed in Senate Hearing
Veteran Wall Street trader Matthew C. Brush told the senate banking committee that short selling could depress the stock market under certain conditions but denied bear raids recently. He described being as much as 125 000 shares on both sides and noted bear raiding does not exist on the exchange due to restrictions. He avoided disclosing his current short dealings.
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Washington
Matthew C. Brush
Wall Street
American International Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Brush
Stock Exchange
American Can
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
Dupont
A. T
Westinghouse
General Motors
International Harvester
Woolworth
American Brush Company
G. S. Brush
William A. Gray
Gray
Thearket
New York
Prush
Brookhart
Iowa
Couzens
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Mart
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Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Kaiser
Virgin Islands
Holland
Chamber of
Police
Solon
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