Miners Walk Out as Guards Replaced in Harlan County
Harlan Kentucky May 12 miners at three Harlan county mines walked out after union officials threatened to quit unless mine guards were disarmed. About 450 miners joined the walkout as national guardsmen were deployed and a grand jury probe continued into recent killings and unrest.
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Harlan
Harlan County
Tren
George Ward
Harlin County Coal Operators’ Association
Flem D. Sampson
Kentucky National
King-Harlan Coal] Corporation
Kilday
Detroit-Edison Company
Harlan-Wallins
Wallins Creek
Joe Miine
Harlan-Pox Mining Company
Avarts
Harlan Sheri
J. H. Blair
W. B. Jones
Evarts Union Spcctary
Asa Cusick
Evarts
A. J. Benson
Cusick
Joe Cawood
Evars
Lawrence Dwyer
Pineville
Harlan Fields
Frankfort
W H Jones
Jones
Sampson
H. Blair
Buard
Avans
War Department to be reorganized by Hoover
President Hoover plans a progressive reorganization of the war department to save government funds. Details on scope timing and effects remain undecided as a broader study begins at Rapidan with Hurley Payne Wood and other officials. Further departmental reviews follow in coming weekends.
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Washington
Hoover
War Department
Rapidan
Virginia
Treasury
Hurley
Payne
Wood
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
Queen Helen Silent On Reconciliation In Romania
Queen Helen remains absent from public events as King Carol reviews the Romanian army marking the fiftieth coronation anniversary. Michael, pale after illness, leads the parade with the king and a large crowd cheering. No public sign of Helen’s reconciliation or restored wife status is shown.
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Bucharest
Helen
Carol
Rumania
Michael
Belgrade
Senator Watson Visits Kingsport
Senator James E. Watson of Indiana spent the night in Kingsport with Mrs. Watson. He praised the city as well planned and delightful and attended the Odd Fellows sermon at Broad Street Methodist Church. He noted his fraternal and religious affiliations, quipping about being "north of God" and "south of God" in relation to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Watson
Indiana
Kingsport
Bob Taylor
Broad Street
Senator Watson
United States Senate
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Chicago Police Move to Enforce Unlicensed Dog Licenses
Acting Police Commissioner John Alcock orders officers to follow unlicensed dogs to their homes to locate owners and collect unpaid license fees. A patrolman quips about the plan fearing out of town dogs may roam his beat.
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Bow Wows
Chicago
Tennessee State Election Board Meets in Nashville
State election commissioners convened in Nashville to appoint county election officials across Tennessee. Uncertainty lingered whether Shelby county would receive three commissioners despite ongoing political pressure from E H Crump. The Shelby slate had been formed amid earlier compromises between Crump Col Lea and Democratic leaders Colton and Keaton with James B Creswell as the Republican member.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Shelby County
E. H. Crump
Shelly
Henry H. Horton
Bureau of Prohibition Advisory Research Council Formed
Washington May 11 The Prohibition Director Woodcock announces a study on the 18th amendment from academic rivals. Henry H Curran of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment denounces it as another commission to investigate the bedtime story known as national prohibition. The council lists Richard Cabot Samuel Lindsay William Carpenter Roderick McKinsey Charles Pipkin among its members.
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Washington
View
Prohibition
Woodcock
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Bureau of Prohibition Advisory Research Council
Asl
Richard C. Cabot
Harvard
Samuel M. Lindsay
Copjduan It
William S. Carpenter
Princeton
Roderick D. McKinsey
University of Michigan
Charles W. Pipkin
Graduate School
Louisiana State University
Charles
St Valentine’s Day Massacre tied to East St Louis raid
Police tracked six gangsters captured Friday in an East St Louis raid to the St Valentine’s Day massacre. Nebraska photos linked Thomas B Connors with Fred Killer Burke and Gun Winkler. Ballistic evidence and Connors’s admission tied Michigan guns to the massacre amid a broader probe.
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Chicago
fRolice
Jay
East St. Louis
St. Valentinés Day
St. Valentines
T Langle
Nebraska
Thomas B. Connors
Fred
Burke
Winkler
Michigan
Connors
Seven ACLU members urge Haiti pullout of marines
Washington May 11 AP seven members of the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to President Hoover predicting outbursts of violent protest against the American occupation if marines remain in Haiti. They oppose the Marines and urge immediate withdrawal, noting Haiti reports show little progress by American officials and support for the Haitian commission. Signers include Harry Elmer Baynes Arthur Garfield Hays Hubert Herring Henry R. Massey William Pickens Amos R E Pinchot and Harry F Ward.
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Washington
Maui
Hoover
American Civil Liberties Union
Haiti
Harry Elmer Baynes
American Association i For Advancement of Science
Arthur Garfield Hays
New York
Hubert ©. Herring
Congregational Department of Social Relations
Henry “R. Massey
Nation
William Pickens
Morgan College
Baltimore
Amos R E. Pinchot
New York Attorjney
Harry F. Ward
Christian Ethics
New York City Union
Walter A Strong Claimed By Death
Walter A Strong 47 year old publisher of the Chicago Daily News died suddenly after golf with his son in Winnetka. The body was found by his nine year old daughter Anne and despite efforts by family and physicians he died before dinner time. His son Walter Jr said his father had complained of tiredness on arriving home.
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Chicago
Mayell
Strong Camel
Walter, Jr
Jhis
Bank President Clears Directors in Bank Failure Case
Wallace B. Davis, president of the defunct Central Bank and Trust Company, testified that directors O N Brown and Dr J A Sinclair were not complicit in a false report of the bank’s condition. The trio face trial for making a false report to the state, tied to the bank’s collapse and $8 million in public funds lost. Davis labeled Brown and Sinclair as non active directors unaware of erroneous figures.
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Asheville
N. C
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
O. N. Brown
J. A. Sinclair
Sinclair
Brown
Davis
State Corporation Commission
State Corporation , Commission
Hitand run driver shot to death after fatal chase
Nashville May 12 two men died in a hit and run incident. E A Nunley 33 a Tennessee Electric Power company executive was killed when a car struck him near his country Sunday school. Deputy A Lightman fired at the fleeing vehicle wounding the driver Mitchell Thompson who died at the wheel. Two other black occupants were arrested one for drunkenness. The car was reported stolen earlier.
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Nashville
Tenn
E. A. Nunley
Tennessee Electric Power Company
A. Lightman
Mitchell Thompson
Thompson
Siam King Prajadhipok Undergoes Successful Cataract Surgery
King Prajadhipok of Siam had cataract removal on his left eye at Ophir Hall. The operation used local anesthesia with three stitches and successful removal of the cloudy lens. He said I see the light and doctors expect normal or near vision with glasses. recovery to continue over about a week.
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Purchase
Prajdhipok
Siam
Ophir Hall
John M. ‘Wheeler
Thomas H. Johnson
Robert A. Cooke
Hugh S. McKeown
Iago Galdston
Medical Information Bureau
New York Academy of Science
Abbout
Briand Expected to Seek Presidency in France
Paris May 11 AP veteran French foreign minister Aristide Briand likely to announce tonight whether he will run for the French presidency as the national assembly prepares for the septennial election. Leftists and senate factions weigh support while competing for Gas ton Doumergue’s presidency and Paul Donmer’s candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Aristide Briand
National Assembly
Foreign Office
Chamber
Gaston Doumergue
Senate
Paul Donmer
Radical Socialists
M. Doum
Briand
M. Briand
Madrid Under Military Rule
Weather summary notes mostly cloudy conditions across Madrid with possible light showers, a gradual rise in western temperatures, and a forecast of continuing unsettled skies. Tennessee and Virginia reports show similar overcast patterns with cooler east portions and occasional showers tonight into Tuesday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Borah condemns gold standard in India and silver demand
Senator Borah urged Britain to reverse its India gold policy saying the move to the gold standard hurts purchasing power as nearly 300000 people depend on silver. He spoke on radio criticizing tariff and debt policies while Hatfield defended protective tariffs as boosting economic development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Borah
Great Britain
India
Senate
Idaho
International Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Henry Bell
Carl Bergmann
Hatfield
West Virginia
Madrid Riots Burn Catholic Institutions Amid Martial Law
Mobs in Madrid defied efforts to restore order burning four Catholic institutions and attacking others in anti-church demonstrations. The Republican government declared martial law, sent regular troops into streets, and empowered provincial governors to declare martial law as unrest spread after three deaths and renewed attacks on churches and religious buildings.
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Madrid
Republic
Ciliony
Plaza Espana
Jesus Seminary
Chamartin
Svere
Anether
Miguel Maura
Sederal Ra
Sicne
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Chrys
M. E. Church
Woodcock B’dy
Civil Liberties Union
Jack McGurn
Louise Rolfe
MecGurn
Capone
St. Valeentine Day
Miss Reife
North Shore
Chicago Daily’ News
Negro
Idlearly
T. €. Harris
America
Chamber Meet
Riei'ng
Davelenel
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