Senate rebuffs Parker in historic U S Supreme Court vote
News Review by Edward W Pickard reports Judge Joni J Parker's rejection by the Senate by two votes amid debate on race and labor rulings. Hoover eyes another appointee as southern resistance and anti administration sentiment influence outcomes. Also covers British Gandhi arrest, Canadian tariff policy, Prohibition enforcement, and global disasters.
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Joni J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Washington
Hoover
Fenton Whitlark Booth
Court of Claims
John W. Davis
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
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Walker
Parker
Norbeck
South Dakota
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Parmer-Labor
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Supreme Court
John Rutledge
South Carolina
Wheeler UO. Peckham
Fire walking, a world old ritual kept alive
A National Geographic bulletin notes that fire walking persists in many places from Kedah in Malaysia to Fiji and India with varied rituals. Priests and devotees walk barefoot over hot stones to honor gods, aid healing, or bring sun and fertility, despite modern bans in rubber-producing regions.
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Bulgaria
Iistangs
Janau
Straits Settlements
India
Bombay
Tersia
Lake Ar Pool
Fiji Islands
Marquesas Island
Trinidad
Nablal Khan
China
South
Mathado
Kanda
Tokyo
Cape Hatteras Claims Three-Masted Vessel
Ocracoke North Carolina Cape Hatteras wrecks the three masted schooner Levinia M Snow pushed into breakers and beach by a sen easter The ship will never sail again It sold for 450 to Hatteras residents who bid at auction Captain John A Stevens of Rockland Maine master built the craft 37 years ago A Norfolk coast guard cutter tried to remove the Levinia M Snow but failed The captain and five crew were rescued by breeches buoy The vessel will be stripped by its new owners
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Ocracoke
N. C
Cape Hatteras
Levinia M. Snow
Hatteras
John A. Stevens
Rockland
Maine
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Ronaldo Is Only Pupil in Cloverdale School
Cloverdale California report notes Lincoln grammar school open with normal enrollment at term start but families moving away left teacher Miss Mary Ziller and Ronaldo Albini as the only students. Ronaldo will transfer to another school and Lincoln will close.
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Ronaldo
Cloverdale
Calif
Ronaldo Albini
Lincoln Grammar School
Mary Ziller
Ronalde
Lincoln School
Electric Light Kills Southbend Man in England
Andrew Berry TT died in hospital after sitting on an electric light bulb, sustaining fatal injuries. The incident occurred in Southbend, England, where authorities investigated the unusual accident and its circumstances surrounding the bright device.
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Southbend
England
Andrew Berry
Churchly Ways Land Man in Jail
New York man John Willis aged 76 is jailed on a $3000 bail after a church visit led to arrest for bigamy. He admitted an earlier marriage to Ella Acker and left town after six weeks of marriage. the latest wife Molly Smith of Weehawken filed the complaint. Willis faces trial with chances judged excellent.
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New York
John Willis
New York Methodist Episcopal Conference
Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Eighty-sixth Street
Park Avenue
Willis
Haines
Molly Switling
Wvalisades Avenue
Weehawken
Sep Bly
Theister
Ella Acker
West One Hundred and Seventieth Street
Anesthetic in Capsules Being Tested by Doctors
New Orleans doctors describe a capsule form of anesthesia containing sodium amytal. The capsule induces a long sleep after a brief, initial operate, reducing postoperative nausea. Doctors say it counters spasmodic awakenings seen with amytal alone and pairs with ether and older anesthetics.
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New Orleans
Daetors
Militant Pastor Captures Fiery Cross in Night Raid
Reverend A M Wilson saw White clad figures near his home as a flaming cross was carried to his door. He charged the intruders who dropped the cross and fled, leaving the blaze behind them. Local witnesses recount the dramatic capture by the Presbyterian minister.
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Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
Justice Golmes
Prohibition
Doran
Fiery Cross City Bank
Mont
A. M. Wilson
Wedding Music Switch Delights Pittsburgh Couple
Musicians at a Pittsburgh ceremony replaced the Lohengrin wedding march with a brisk alternative after the pace proved slow. The ensemble performed Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever to suit the couple’s request and tempo.
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Martial
Pittsburgh
Pat
Sonsa
Star and Stripes
Scotville Debt Free City Stands in Western Michigan
Scotville Mason county's second city with a 1045 population according to the last census is notable in western Michigan as a municipality without a debt.
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Ludington
Mich
Scotville
Mason County
Secovd City
Michigan
Barking Dog Saves Master From Bus in Drunken Plight
Witnesses say Charles Durand and his dog saved him when Durand, three times over the limit, lay in a gutter. The dog barked and drew a bus driver to stop before a collision. Durand appeared before a judge on a drunkenness charge and paid $3 in court costs.
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St. Louis
Charles Durand
Charles
Sensky
Carand
Old Timer Recounts Stagecoach Days in Montana
Glacier Park guide Jack Brown recalls horse drawn transport in Montana when it was still a territory. He describes six horse Concord coaches on the Holiday line from Helena to Corrine Utah, driving six horses, changing horses four times per trip, and rivaling early car travel in speed. Brown shares tales of daring rides, rough roads, and frontier life including cowpunchers riding forty miles to dances with women along for the trip.
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Glacier Park
Mont
Jack Brown
West
Montana
Helena
Corrine
Utah
Allard
Ravalli
Polssa Landing
Driver
Teddy Roosevelt
Fountain Pen Pistol Surfaces In Gotham Crime Case
A fountain pen pistol found on Yee Kim in the Bronx is described as convertible into a short range weapon. Detective Harry Butts reports on a test where a 8mm slug is split lengthwise by steel wire, creating larger exit wounds. Chicago manufactured, priced at $7.50, police seek to bar it in New York ahead of Yee Kim’s March 15 arrest and upcoming trial.
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Rouses
Gotham Police
New Yorke Sau
Chicago
New York
Yee Kim
Bronx
Herman Ravé
Butts
Brons
Holder of Nine City Jobs Has Lots of Work
Bell California employment rather than unemployment confronts J A Hartman in this city He holds nine official posts including city license collector warrant officer court bailiff city hall janitor traffic officer official chauffeur court investigator assistant court clerk and assistant switchboard operator for the fire department He says outside city work he has nothing to do
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Bell
Calif
J. A. Hartman
Hartman
Gell Fire Department
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