City Fathers suspend enforcement of parking ordinance
City board hears protest from merchants and citizens over a one hour parking limit in the business district. After hours of debate, the Board votes four to one to suspend enforcement of the ordinance entirely, with Mayor Lingar voting to retain it. John R. Todd argues for immediate action and a straight vote. A special session is planned to resolve the issue.
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KU Klux Klan
Indiana
South Dakota
Retail Merchants’ Association
Broad Street
Ait
John 2. Todd
Charles F. Lingar
K Ty Young
Frank L. Lillyseerry
Kingsport
Todd
John R. Todd
M. H. Hensley
Wensley
Successor named for Lexington commander missing in plane
The navy named Commander Newton White as executive officer of the aircraft carrier Lexington after Commander T G Ellyson disappeared in a February 27 plane crash. Wreckage from the plane, including a section of the forward wing spar, was found near Cape Charles Virginia.
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Washington
T. G. Ellyson
Navy Department
Newton He White
Dra of
Wales
Tenn
Lexington
Ellvean
Hugo Schmidt
Rogers Ransehausen
Annapolis
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Cape Charles
White
Navy Academy 807
Cape Charles City
Fire hits Spartanburg four buildings in blaze
A blaze at a bowling alley on East Main Street in Spartanburg S C destroyed or badly damaged four buildings and threatened much of the business district. The fire spread to the Standard Cloak Company Elite Cafe and Confectionery and the Converse Hat Company stores before being confined by firefighters. No damage estimate or cause was available hours after discovery.
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Spartanburg
S. C
East Maintreet
Standard Cloak Company
Elite Cafe
Converse Hat Company
J. D. Collins
Levine May Test Nerve On Diamond Girl Flight
Friends of Charles A Levine suggested his New York to Havana flight was a test to see how Mabel Bell endures long distance flying. If Miss Bell proves a strong traveler, Levine may plan a longer trip perhaps to South America aboard the Columbia.
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Charles Levine
Havana
Mabel Bell
New York
Maret 7
Charles A. Levine
Tfshe
Levine
South America
Miss Bell
Paris
Columbia
Germany
Wilmer Stultz
National Aeronautical Association
Stultz
United States
Caribbean
Charles
Mabel
Physans
Weather synopsis for Virginia and Tennessee forecast
Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight in Virginia with Thursday fair and colder conditions. West to northwest winds increase by Thursday morning. Tennessee expected fair and slightly warmer tonight, then increasing cloudiness Thursday with rain later. Data from U S weather station by C J Bunn, readings at 6 p m daily. yesterday's high 54, last year's same date shown.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U. S
C. J. Bunn
Lewis Witness in New Investigation
Washington March 7 Conspiracy charges emerged as John N Lewis president of the United Mine Workers testified before a Senate inquiry into coal field conditions He accused Consolidation Coal Company controlled by John D Rocke feller Jr and Pittsburgh Coal Company of leading non union drives with police detectives and deputy sheriffs in the field Former employees faced eviction and mass layoffs amid the agitation
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Washington
Senate
John N. Lewis
United Mine Workers of Americ
Lewis
Consolidation Coal Company
John D. Rockefeler
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Mellen Company
Pittsburgh
Chamberlin Accepts Proposal On Machine Gun Row
Romania and Hungary accepted Sir Austen Chamberlin's plan for a small committee to call experts over the St Gotthard machine gun parts discovery. The league council named Holland Chile and Finland delegates. Austrian customs found six cars containing iron implements, later auctioned as scrap for $413 with missing key gun parts.
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Geneva
Romania
Hungary
Austen Chamberlin
St. Gotthard
Council
League of Nations
Austin
Holland
Chile
Finland
League Council
Gotthard
Trianon
Rumania
Cztena- Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Council of the
Paris
Teheng Loh
Five Million Dollars Soviet Gold Locked in New York Vaults
Five million dollars in gold shipped by the Soviet government to the United States in February remains in vaults of Chase National Bank and Equitable Trust Company New York. The treasury embargo against Russian gold imports bars assaying, unless title is guaranteed by the banks, and the mint declined purchase. Officials foresee two options: withdraw the gold or leave it idle, with the metal losing about 700 dollars daily in interest. The dispute arose after banks refused to act as owners of the metal for mint purchase. the state department and treasury argued over compliance with Soviet relations and policy.
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Washington
Treasury
New York
Department of Justice
Moscow
Chase _National’ Bank
Equitable Trust
Consiginees
Treasury Department
Mint
Department
State Department
Russia
Ae A
Smith and Lowden Nominated in South Dakota Caucuses
In Pierre South Dakota March 7 AP Smith Governor Alfred E Smith of New York and Lowden of Illinois won party nominations for president. Smith would run with Dan Moody as his VP with Dawes renominated. Lowden was unopposed. Walsh challenged Smith, but Smith won 43 876 to 41 213 on the ballot. Delegates also backed state office candidates and platforms.
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Smith
Unitedtates
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Walsh
Sigmy
Holton Davenport
Day Delegates to Prohibition Convention in St Petersburg
Ocean with shore reports the Anti-Saloon League southeastern convention opening final sessions in St Petersburg Florida with Prohibition Commissioner James M. Duran asserting enforcement and support for the Eighteenth Amendment. Women speakers led by Mollie Davis Nicholson and Henry W. Peabody addressed delegates as resolutions were prepared on candidates and platforms. A separate Berengaria television test linked shore to ship showing live images from London in a two hour demonstration aboard the Guna Liner Berengaria with Miss Dora Selvey recognized on screen.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Sta
Anti-Saloon League
Duran
James M. Duran
Mollie Davis Nicholson
Chevychase
Women's Democratic Law Enforcement League
Henry W. Peabody
Women’s National Committee For Law Enforcement
Beverely Mass
Berengaria
Guna
mid-Atlantic
London
Atlantic
Berenggaria
G. G. Hutchinson
Baird Television Development Company
Falevision
Baird Company
Hartsdale
N. Y
Dora Selvey
Stanley Brown
Berentaria
Brown
Miss Selvey
Births and deaths in Roanoke for 1927 compare with prior years
Roanoke reports 1740 births in 1927 binding with 1810 in 1926 and 1740 in 1925 while deaths total 839 in 1927, down from 965 in 1926 and matching 839 in 1925. The figures were released today by state officials.
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Roanoke
Pepper Adorns Lobbies with Navajo Blankets in New Mexico
Pepper Tow gains notice for blending beauty and utility in sewing Mexican dishes and brightening hotel lobbies with long red drying pods. Navajo blankets add color to adobe homes, as families use peppers to liven dwelling interiors.
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Las Gruges
N. M
Adobe Houses
el; &c
New Messiah Born in Indiana Manger in Klan Influence Watch
Indianapolis March 7 The piece reports on alleged 1923 Klan efforts to gain political power in Indiana. Depositions claim an official mandate spoke of a civic messiah born to influence Hoosier ballots and national politics, with mentions of Milton Elrod and Orion Norcross.
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Indianapolis
Hoosier
K. K. 1K
Attaca
Arthur L. Gillemy
Indiana
Orion Norcross
Muncie
Gillom
Milton
Elrod
Fiery Cross
Norcross
Gilliam
Klan
Ery
United States
Podunk
Model Klan of
Bemenderfer
Hae
Delaware Klan
Uaois
Missouri
Michigan
Ohio
Iinois
Grand Dragon of
Anti-Saloon League Seeks Funds for Undercover Agents
At St. Petersburg Florida the Anti-Saloon League southeastern prohibition convention voted unanimously to urge Congress to appropriate money to obtain evidence in law violations by undercover agents. The group discussed higher pay for federal enforcement officers and pensions for families of those killed or injured in the line of duty.
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Anti-Saloon League
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Southeastern States
Prohibition Convention
Anti- Saloon League
David Hepburn
Virginia State Organization of the League
Open Forum
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Solons
T.G. Ellyson
Ministry of Public Instruction
Esenia de 70
Nuno Alvares Pereira
Rio de Janeiro
Escola Portuguéese Do Atonen
Fall River
Masa
Fred Morris Dearing
Lishon
Think Levine
Diamond Girl
Chamberlin
al Smith
Lowden
S. Dakota
Indiana “Manger
Ke Klux Klan
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