London Naval Conference should restart with new terms
Lord Bridgeman urges starting over at the London Naval Conference. He proposes extending the Washington treaty, capping battleships at 25 000 tons, reducing gun calibers to 12 or 13 1/2 inches, and setting five year building limits with flexibility for smaller powers. He argues 25 000 tons suffices if all nations agree.
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Henry T. Russell
United Press
London
Mar
Lord Bridgeman of Leigh
British Admiralty
Lord I Bridgeman
Jwiertminster
Lord Bridgeman
Geneva
Walibers
United States
Hoover
Gas Well Fire Extinguished After 1500-Foot Blaze
Oklahoma City reports the No 5 Kinter gas well owned by Sinclair Oil Co was extinguished after a gelatin dynamite charge at the mouth. The blaze burned since Tuesday, destroyed daily gas value of about 10 000 dollars, and threw debris over a mile square with a concussion felt a mile away. Also noted is the setting of trial for Sidney Culver 70 a Lansing physician on manslaughter charges.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Kinter
Sinclair Oil Company
Europa the sister ship to Bremen to sail maiden Atlantic voyage
Berlin March 14 The North German Lloyd liner Europa sister ship of the winged Bremen will sail her first trans Atlantic voyage from Bremerhaven March 19 opening the 1980 phase of the Atlantic shipping war. Her trial trips have been successful and she may set the speed record for the crossing.
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English Channel
Indian Girl and Lover Held on Murder Charge
In Colville Washington a full blooded Indian girl Helen Moses and white youth Clarence Hartley face murder charges over the death of Mrs Susie Moses. The case centers on the girl’s claimed confession that Hartley killed her mother and disposed of the body after a drunken quarrel at the home. Hartley denies the accusation and says the girl killed her mother during a drunken carousal and quarrel.
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Colville
Wash
Stevens County
Helen Moses
Clarence Hartley
T. S. Okkshott
Hartley
Clarence
Susie Moses
Gandhi Continues March for Freedom Across India
Gandhi and 70 followers reach Kaira district as they move toward Jalalpur to defy British salt laws. Vallabhbhai Patel led propaganda work before his arrest, urging village chiefs to resign offices in protest and help paralyze local British administration.
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United Press
Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Kaira
Jalalpur
Gandhi
Vallabhai Patel
Kairai
Patel
Borno Stands Pat on Haiti Reform Moves
President Luis Borno rejects any immediate constitutional changes and resists elections before January 1932, signaling a two year delay for a popularly chosen legislature. Hoover Commission hearings push U.S. accomplishments in Haiti as officials defend occupation. General Evans details gendarmerie actions as plans to expand Haitian commissioned officers proceed.
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Harry W. Frantz
Port Au Prince
Luis Borno
Haiti
Hoover
Council of State
Borno
Unon
Borne
George Freeman
Frank Evans
British Labor Party Triumphs In Bitter Censure Battle
In a fierce parliamentary clash the British Labor government survived a Conservative censure motion with Liberal support, 308 to 235, defending tariff policy as Chancellor Snowden led the defense in a sharp political duel. Two firemen were killed and two injured in Hancock County courthouse blaze, with losses estimated at 260 thousand dollars.
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London
MacDonald
Liberal
Philip Snowden
Fie Exchequer
Ellsworth
Hancock County
Photographic Contest Seeks Lovely Mothers and Babies
Famous writers Mary Roberts Rinehart and Fannie Hurst will help judge a national contest assembling over 100000 photographs of mothers and children. Prizes totaling 20000 dollars are offered by the Photographers Association of America, with Cleveland as headquarters for the entry by May 10. Charles Aylett of Toronto joins as judge alongside the two authors. The event marks the 1880 founding anniversary of the association.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Fannie Hurst
America
Pleasant
The
Photographers’ Association of America
Pleasant Photographic Studios
United States
Canada
Cleveland
Photographers’ Association
Charles Aylett
Toronto
Rinehart
Hindenburg Signs Young Plan Stirring German Debate
Berlin reports intense reaction after President Hindenburg signs the Young Plan paying Germany’s reparations through 1988. Voices attack the wartime leader as demonstrations erupt nationwide and a Reichstag bonfire burns the document with youth groups denouncing the pact.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Reichstag
Prohibition Poll Shows First Results Favor Repeal
The Literary Digest straw poll on Prohibition shows 118,984 favor repeal versus 91,915 for modification and 80,739 for re enforcement among 291,588 votes from ten states. Early results from Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York and Ohio vary, with Kansas leaning dry while New York and New Jersey oppose. Digest cautions these early figures are not final and may shift as more ballots arrive.
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Literary Digest
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Tliiterary Digest
Tor
York
Senate lobby probe ends in clash over records
The Senate lobby committee wrapped three days of hearings with a heated exchange between acting chairman Blaine and Claudius Huston over Tennessee River Improvement Association records. Blaine urged Huston to obtain the missing financial files, while Huston pressed for permission to file a report on his efforts, hinting he might meet obstacles in reaching J. Worthington, the present head of the association. The session adjourned as Huston refused to proceed without a clear reporting option.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Blaine
Republican
Wisconsin
Huston
Tennessee River Improvement Association
J. W. Worthingtone
Robinson
Indiana
Caraway
Dem
Ark
Five Cent Cigar Wins Senate Tariff Fight
The Senate upheld the five cent cigar position amid tariff talks. debate centered on hides and leathers with a vote on a four cent duty for screen hides and eight cent duty for cured hides. The chamber also rejected a motion to reconsider reducing unstemmed tobacco duties and stemmed tobacco duties.
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Washington
Senate
Marshall
Cigai
Bingham
Repn
Conn
Women Rule Roost In Stephenson After Recount
In Stephenson Michigan on March 14 the women’s party took control after a recount. Grace Sanders led Beaudoin by three votes and became village president while Myrtle Winter handled the treasury of $2000. Lena Larcomb is village clerk and Dorothy Nelson Lillian Paine and Mary Lanthier join the new trustees.
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Myrtle Winter
Lena Larcomb
Dorothy Nelson
Lillian Paine
Mary Lanthier
Three Convicted Men Sentenced By Circuit Judge
Judge Ray Hart presided as three convicted persons received sentences ending a circuit court session. Chester Owens drew five to 15 years in Jackson prison for auto theft and prior arson conviction. Bert Peffy got not less than six months nor more than a year plus a $100 fine and $100 costs. Grover Cleveland Simpson, part of a moonshine raid duo, was sentenced to one to four years in Ionia plus $100 and $100 costs. A third man was found not guilty and released amid lighthearted remarks from the courtroom.
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Ray Hart
Chester Owens
Jackson
Owens
Bert Peffgy
Ionia
Grover Cleveland Simpson
Hart
Paris Sets Brown Derby Trend for U S Men
Paris reports a spring style shift with Havana brown derbies and red neckties as the look for well dressed men. Haberdashery stylists advise the derby for limited wear, while gray tophats in pearl to foot shades accompany full dress for a two hour window around noon.
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Paris
al Smith
Congress Today United Press Summary
A brief report from United Press highlights daily congressional happenings. It covers floor debates, committee actions, and scheduled votes without detailed outcomes or names. The item provides a snapshot of the legislative pace and upcoming sessions.
Senate Debates Tariffs and Probes Across Committees
Senate sessions focus on tariff debate and investigations into lobbying activity. Judiciary panel advances prohibition hearings while Banking committee probes branch and chain banking practices.
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Senate
Cos
Deutree Motor Bus
Judiciary Committee
Banking Committee
Prohibition Cleans Bowery Slums Says Missionary
Bowery missionary John Callahan told the House Judiciary committee that prohibition has swept the Bowery clean removing 44 saloons and lifting drinkers toward stable homes and family life. He described former dens like the Tub of Blood as now stores and shops and cited converts from alcohol to faith.
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Washington
Bowery
John Callahan
House Judiciary Committee
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Billie McGurk
Callahan
Tomb’s
Hadley
Houston
N. d
Gospel Mission
Ohn
BR. McIntyre
Germantown
Helmbold
Frank Dippel
Brotherhood Mission
Philadelphia
Rep. Laguasaa
Police Seek Wounded Ohio Rum Runner
Detroit reports police search for Fred Hentrie a 42 year old wounded rum runner who escaped from Lorain hospital last night after leaping from a second floor window. He fled in a four Michigan license car and is known to have many friends in Detroit. Hentrie was shot twice when his craft was shelled by a coast guard cutter on Lake Erie.
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United Press
Detroit
Fred Hentrie
Lorain
Michigan
Détroit
Hentrie
Tivice
Lake Erie
Detroit Weather Forecast For Lower Michigan
Weather forecast for lower Michigan calls for fair conditions today. Tonight will be not as cold in the west and north portions. Saturday will bring increasing cloudiness with a slowly rising temperature and gentle to moderate winds mainly from the northeast to southeast. Highs and lows shown include Detroit 28 16 and Grand Rapids 18 40.
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Michigan
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Duluth
Escanaba
Grand Rapids
Ludington Jaswnendd Bd
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