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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1930
Page
1
Washington March 24 Chairman Wickersham of the Hoover law enforcement commission states the prohibition law can be measurably enforced though human appetite is wide spread.
Two hooded bandits stopped two bank messengers outside the rectory of Rev. Father Francis Prim and stole the $700 Sunday collection from Mater Dolorosa Catholic church in New Orleans on March 24.
President Hoover asked Congress in a supplemental estimate to provide 3,199,727 dollars for the Justice Department for fiscal years 1930 and 1931 to aid law enforcement.
The nomination of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to the Supreme Court was sent by the Senate judiciary committee to a subcommittee headed by Sen Overman. Overman aims for an early meeting and a report to the full committee by its upcoming meeting.
Major General Lytle Brown, chief of army engineers, recommended to Congress a project to provide a navigable depth from the river mouth to Knoxville through a series of low dams.
Representative LaGuardia introduces a resolution seeking a five member committee inquiry into the conduct of Federal Judge Harry B. Anderson of the Western Tennessee district. The measure frames a House probe into potential official misconduct.
Arkansas Supreme Court sustains Democratic party rules barring negroes from party primaries. An appeal by black party members claiming violations of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments was denied.
Clarence E. Karrick, 56, superintendent of the L and N Railroad detectives, was shot to death in Covington during a confrontation with tramp liquor carriers. Four empty shells near his revolver suggest a struggle ended when an assailant shot him in the head from behind.
Treasury reports income tax receipts by March 21 totaling 31.57 million, down 5.96 million from the same date a year ago. Overall collections for the period also show a decline for the same number of days, reflecting weaker revenue performance.
Senator Howell of Nebraska condemns the current railroad valuation system as definite, fluctuating and impracticable and introduces a bill on March 24 to establish a new rate making basis for railroads.
A federal court injunction clears a path through twenty north Florida and east coast counties for Al Capone to approach his estate in Miami. Attorneys say Capone will arrive today or tomorrow, despite Governor Carlton's orders to arrest him and escort him to the border. The governor said he had not a word to say about the injunction.
The Southern Railway filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission on March 24 to issue and sell 3,106,000 dollars of consolidated mortgage five per cent gold bonds. Proceeds would redeem an equivalent 3,106,000 dollars of bonds from East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railway maturing July 1, 1930.
Nashville dispatch reports funeral services scheduled for Joseph T. Crandall 43 Louisville and Nashville railroad engineer the third victim of last Tuesday's Springfield freight train wreck. Two other trainmen died in the locomotive boiler explosion.
Emile Kuntz a Republican national committeeman from Louisiana and collector of customs for the port of New Orleans died suddenly Sunday from a heart attack at his home. The funeral was held today with burial in Matairie cemetery.
Weather report notes rain and colder conditions across Tennessee tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy and colder. In Virginia rain tonight and Tuesday morning may change to snow flurries in extreme west, with warmer tonight and colder Tuesday and Tuesday night. Winds shift east or southeast then northwest. Readings taken at 6:30 p m by C L Bunn USWO.
A 24 hour general strike began at midnight in Cuba to protest unemployment. The move was announced from Havana as workers halted activity nationwide to press for jobs and economic relief.
London March 24 AP Prime Minister MacDonald and Secretary Stimson plan another push for a five power naval limitation treaty at the conference. They may pivot to a three power pact with Japan Great Britain and the United States tied to the status quo in Europe. If France or Italy expand, they could trigger proportional increases by the other two. Tardieu’s return to London depends on a worthwhile Franco Italian compromise.
International aviators announce spring and summer North Atlantic crossings and a London to New York hop. Plans include R-100 London Montreal flight and Graf Zeppelin cruise, Dieudonne Costes seeks east to west record, with French opposition likely. US pilots Mears Fahy Leon McMillan outline New York to London and New York to Paris hops amid funding and weather dependence.
AP reports a gasoline coach on the Auburn branch of the New York Central plowed into a Syracuse residents automobile at Shoe maker crossing five miles from here. Eight killed, seven identified: Ruth Dunlavey 17 Bertha Klerks 19 Mrs Dorothy Klink Parks 29 Earl Besaw 24 Frank Straus 23 Edward Chelgren 20 Dari ous Auletta 25. One woman unidentified. The crossing was slated for elimination this summer.
New York report states Marilyn Miller, stage and screen star, announced engagement to Michael Farmer described as wealthy Irishman born in Dublin. No wedding date set. Miller plans Hollywood work then return for a musical comedy. Her first husband Frank Carter died in an auto crash a decade ago, and she divorced Jack Pickford in Paris three years ago.
A sleepwalking 18 year old, Ralph Meyers, died in Maiden Massachusetts after his arm was severed by a window as he wandered in his room. His mother found him in a pool of blood. doctors failed to revive him.
Secretary Mellon travels from Washington to Pittsburgh to mark his 75th birthday amid political conferences.
Rapidly spreading flames trapped a Bayside family on the second floor as a basement fire ignited by an overheated furnace burned the wooden two story home. Seven died inside including six family members. 14 year old Stanley Fliss escaped with burns after leaping from a window and trudging a half mile to a neighbor for help. an 43 year old boarder Charles Jorzon also died. The suburban fire consumed the structure before firefighters could control it.
Dave P. Thompson of Chicago, director of Inland Steel Company, died in Miami Beach at 4 40 a m after more than a week of pneumonia. His divorced wife Mrs Victor Beaufort and her husband Major Beaufort and H R Deholl of East Chicago were at the bedside. A son Alexis Thompson was in the hotel but did not reach his father’s room in time.
Hoboken on March 24 faced a third major waterfront blaze in 30 years. Firemen gained control though piers 15 and 16 were partly destroyed and a large amount of merchandise was lost. Estimated losses ranged from 3.5 to 4.5 million dollars.
Pittsburgh March 24 AP Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon marked his 75th birthday at home as a party conference looms to consider a drastic shakeup in Republican plans for the May primaries. The Post-Gazette cites a proposal aimed at harmonizing Philadelphia and Allegheny County party units.
Texas Guinan ends Chicago run as Green Mill closes after a shooting at the cabaret. Leon Sweitzer, owner, is wounded. Harry Veiler and Arthur Reed are arrested. Guinan volunteers at the police station and leaves for Europe with her performers.वे
The Senate concludes a tense battle over the Smoot Hawley tariff, with a final roll call after extended speeches. The measure differs from the House version and will go to conference to blend details, with a conference committee led by Smoot and Hawley to be named.
The senate faces a jam of general legislation after the Christmas recess and may grant a brief pause this week. Proposals include two appropriation bills for public buildings and federal road aid, Norris resolution on Muscle Shoals, and a transfer of prohibition enforcement to the justice department, with a lively dry law debate expected after Muscle Shoals clears the way.
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