Lowden Leads Early GOP Delegates Clash in Primaries
March 24 AP briefs intensive delegate maneuvering for the coming conventions as Lowden of Illinois and Smith of New York vie for pledged delegates. Hoover forces challenge Smith’s lead, while some states have fully named delegations and others partial. Democratic allocations remain sparse with portions already set.
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Washington
Ove National Transig
Kansas City
Houston
Lowden
Illinois
Smith
New York
Hoover
Louisiana
Flousien
Silence Drops on Dam Break Probe
A silence falls over two expert investigations into the St. Francis dam collapse that killed or left missing hundreds in the Santa Clara River Valley on March 13. One inquiry report sits locked in District Attorney Asa Keyes safe as geologists study the ruins. New relief efforts include 1,000 workers and over a million dollars in machinery to remove silt and restore devastated ranches and groves, authorized by the city.
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Los Angeles
St. Francis
Santa Clara River
Asa Keyes
Keys
Calingu
Lance walks free as indictment quashed in murder case
In Atlanta on March 24 1934 Superior Court Judge John D Dumphries ordered the indictment quashed allowing Joel Lance to walk free after the state supreme court granted him a new trial Solicitor General John A Boykin said witnesses were scattered and unable to be rounded up and that there was insufficient evidence to warrant another trial regarding the murder of Bert Donaldson criminal investigator
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Atlanta
Maroh
Hyeing
Bert Donaldson
Joel Lance
Superior Court
John D. Dumphries
John A. Boykin
State Supreme
Lance
Boykin
Sinclair to Take Fall Deposition in Teapot Dome Case
Washington March 4 AP Deprived of Alber Fall testimony Sinclair secures order from Justice Hailey to depose former interior secretary in El Paso March 29. Deposition before Bull notary and Daniel Wright as associate counsel, limited to defense and prosecutors. Read later. not public until read in court.
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Washington
Alber B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Jennings Hailey
M. B. Bull
el Paso
Cial
Ee Porrevéng
Owen J. Rabh
George PP. Hoover
Sinclair
Wright
el Paso Tomason
Teapot Dome case evidence links payment to Everhart
Senate hearings reveal Harold Kennell, cashier in Harry F. Sinclair's New York office, testifies no records show $231,000 payment to M. T. Everhart or stock holdings at Tres Ritos ranch. Fall maintains payment was ordinary business, not bribe, tied to lease of Teapot Dome reserves. Continued on page four.
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Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Harold Kennell
Sinclair
New York
M. T. Everhart
Albert B. Fall
Tres Ritos
Interior Secs Rotary
Fall
Teapot Dome
Wyoming
Sincelair
Mamemth Oil Company
Lasker
Kennell
Albert D
Florida police chief fights murder charges in grand jury case
Miami March 24 AP Chief of Police H Leslie Quigg challenges grand jury indictments he calls illegal and seeks habeas corpus to resist removal. He faces charges linked to the slaying of a negro prisoner and deaths of two others. he refuses to resign, vowing to fight the case.
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Miami
Fla
H. Leslie Quigg
Grand Y
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Quigg
Police
Woman Ends Own Life and Two Others in Memphis Home
Police believe Vivian Broane 21 used gas to kill herself, her sister Hazel Tate 25 and brother Louis Tate 18 in a small Memphis apartment. The bodies were found after odor from gas alerted an adjoining resident. Burial planned for Tate’s Landing, Arkansas.
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Memphis
Seta
Vivian Broane
Broane
Hazel Tate
Louis Tate
Lhey
Miss Tate
Nuries
Tate
Anti Lowden Thrust by Thompson Boosts Illinois Drive
Illinois politics heats up as Thompson campaigns against Coolidge stance while Lowden tops the Republican field. Frank L. Smith seeks renomination amid campaign finance questions. Mrs. Meddill McCormick pursues at large nomination. no Democratic presidential candidates qualified. Further details continue on page four.
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Sion. i
United States
Frank L. Smith
Medill McCormick
Mark Hanna
Frank EL. Smith
Thompson
Chicago
Len Small
Frank O. Lowden
Wife of Absent Pastor Files Alienation Suit for $10,000
WAYCROSS Ga March 24 AP The missing Rev Herbert D Young pastor of Central Baptist Church reappears as his wife sues Mrs E P Walker for 10000 damages in alienation of affection The pastor disappeared while on a trip to Atlanta and a Meridian Miss wedding record ties him to Mrs BE P Walker of Covington Ky and New York with an eight year old girl aboard a car after the ceremony Deacons declare the pulpit vacant Young an Englishman preached five years in Waycross
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Waycross
Herbert D. Young
Central Baptist Church
E. P. Walker
Atlanta
Meridian
Miss
BE. P. Walker
Covington
New York
Columbias
Cleveland
Ohio
Young
Britain presses new limit on capital ship tonnage
Geneva March 24 The British push for further curbs on the tonnage and armament of capital ships marked the end of the preparatory disarmament committee session Lord Gushindun said a note had been sent to the American French and Japanese delegations outlining concrete proposals to take effect before the capital ship replacement program under the Washington treaty The British plan mirrors last year’s tri partite naval conference proposals
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Geneva
Switzerland
Lord Gushindun
Great Britain
Congress Works On Naval Bill And Political Turmoil
Congress pressed ahead on the naval appropriation bill while reopening debate sparked by Indiana Senator Robinson's remarks about Governor Smith. Senator Reed urged flood control criticism and Nicaragua topics. The House agenda shifted to District of Columbia matters as the Senate wrestled with political controversy and campaign issues.
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Congress
Robinson
Indiana
Smith
New York
Sinclaix
Teapot Dome
Oif
Tydings
Maryland
Watson
House
District of Columbia
Reed
Smith Indtheo
Senate
Missouri
Mississippi
Nicaragua
Vuare
Pennsyyvania
Philadelphia
Thomas W. Cunningham
Warrant Issued for Arrest of Cunningham in Senate Probe
In Washington on March 24 the Senate issued a warrant for the arrest of Thomas W. Cunningham of Pennsylvania, a figure in the political organization linked to Senator William 8. Vare. The action targets a witness before a Senate committee as part of the ongoing investigation.
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Cunningham
Senate
Tom Cunningham
Penn
State Republican Committee
Washington
Thomas W. Cummingham
Penna
William 8. Vare
Pen
Weather Bulletin for Virginia and Tennessee Regions
Readings from the U S weather station show Virginia expect clouds with occasional showers Sunday and Monday, warm followed by a colder Monday afternoon. Tennessee forecasts showers and possible local thunderstorms with continued warmth, then cooler on Monday. Data compiled by Cc L Bunn from readings at 6 pm yesterday include high 74, low 42, rainfall 0.00. Same date last year figures listed.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U.S
Cc. L. Bunn
Union Strikers Relieved Camps to Aid Others
QUINCY Mass March 21 Parachute jumps from a 3,000 foot heme over Quincy Bay ended when control wires snapped. One aviator landed in shallow water while the other struck a house side. Both officers escaped serious injuries. The abandoned plane scraped a house, knocked off a chimney, tore an engine through a roof, and landed in a backyard.
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Quincy
Mass
Quincy Bay
Atlantic District
Eviction orders issued in eastern Ohio coal district
Federal Judge Ben W W Hough ruled that miners occupying company housing must move to clear way for non union workers. Eviction actions affect 285 families with May 1 as the deadline, as 29 prior notices await possible extension. Several mines named. one Grow Hollow No 1 mine not operating.
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Columbus
Sveriking Union
Ohio
Benson WW. Hough
Hough
United States
Justice Hough
Coursel
John Cinque
United Mine Workers
King
Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Mining Company
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Y. and Y. Coal Company
Dorothy
U. S. Coal Company
Crow Hallow
GB. 3. Company
Grow Hollow
New Highs in NYSE Stocks as GM Leads Rally
New York prices for NYSE memberships rose to a record 250000 as trading topped two million shares for the third Saturday in a row. General Motors climbed 4.78 to a new high near 192, contributing about 926 million to its market value amid a fast paced session. Bear traders stayed cautious after earlier aggressive moves and profit takers appeared.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
General Motors
Corporation And Auto Taxes Dominate Capitol News
Washington dispatch says veteran senate revenue lawmakers plan tax reduction battles as treasury reports hint higher year start revenue while White House cautions on the 225 million limit. Democrats boast room for a sizable slash, as Coolidge administration fights a 290 million House measure. Chairman Smeet leads the finance push amid uncertain timing and Republican signals.
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Washington
Senate Revenue
White House
Treasury
Capitol
Coolidge
Melton
House
Smeet
Finance Committee
Hubbard statue planned for East Aurora estate grounds
A life size bronze statue titled Fre Elburtus will be erected this fall on the grounds of Roveratt shops. The sculpture, modeled by New York artist St Jerome Connors, shows Ellert Hubbard I seated on a boulder in a hiking costume he wore often at home.
Unveiling of Lakeman head to honor General Lee set
Atlanta March 24. Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama and former Kentucky Governor Wil Mam J. Fields will attend the Lakeman head of General Robert E. Lee at Stone Mountain Memorial unveiling on April 9. Delegations from Kentucky and Alabama are listed along with Confederate veteran officers invited to the ceremony.
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Bibb Graves
Alabama
Wil Mam J. Fields
Kentucky
Robert BE. Lee
Stone Mountain Memorial
Wold Guard of
Graves
Fields
United Confederate Veterans
J. C. Foster
Ouston
Harry Rene Lee
Nashville
TJ. Appleyard
Tallahassee
Florida
LeRoy S. Bowsman
Charleston
S. C
Id Kamp
Foster
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