Naval pact signed by five powers invites senate vote
London conference ends with a three power cap on ship tonnage for the United States Great Britain and Japan while France and Italy gain a five year halt in battleship building. Hale leads senate opposition arguing parity and Pacific risks. Borah Reed and Robinson to back ratification.
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Edward W. Pickard
Stimson
United States
Senate
Queen Anne
St. James’ Palace
MacDonald
Mr. Stimson
Aristide Briand
Rejiro Wakas
Great Britain
Japan
America
Eingland
France
Italy
League of Nations
Far East
Orient
Hale
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Arkansas
Nomination of Judge Parker to Supreme Court Falls Before Senate
The senate judiciary committee rejected Judge Parker of North Carolina for associate justice. The panel voted 10 to 6 against reporting the nomination and sent the matter to the senate floor. The African American issue prompted three administration Republicans to defect, with organized labor backing the radicals on the committee.
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Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Administration
Prison Fire at Columbus Kills 118 Inmates
A major fire at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus killed 118 inmates after cells remained locked. Fire Chief A B Nice blames delayed unlocks. an official inquiry will determine fault. Guards and hundreds of inmates aided rescue while warden P B Thomas faced questions over fire protection and inside access.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Nice
P. B. Thomas
Crowded and Fire Risk Highlighted in Country Buildings
The passage notes severe crowding and poor construction in the country with buildings lacking fireproofing, implying safety concerns and potential hazards.
Lindberghs set record flight LA to New York in Sirius monoplane
Colonel Lindbergh and his wife completed a record breaking Los Angeles to New York flight in a Lockheed Sirius low wing monoplane with one refueling stop at Wichita. The journey took 14 hours 45 minutes 32 seconds at altitudes between 14 000 and 15 500 feet to prove speed gains from high altitude service. Mrs Lindbergh served as navigator and sometimes pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olonel Lindbergh
Los Angeles
New York
Wichita
Noted aviation leaders die in fog and snow crashes
Among the victims were Count Henri de la Vaulx of Paris president of the International Aeronautical Federation and three companions electrocuted in Jersey City when their plane hit a power cable in fog. Maj Lionel M Woolson of the army air reserve chief aero nautical engineer for Packard and designer of the Packard Diesel engine perished with two others near Attica when their diesel powered craft crashed in a blinding snowstorm en route to New York for exhibition. Woolson designed the motor used in several historic flights and the engines of the Shenandoah airship.
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Henri de la Vaulx
Paris
International Aeronautical Federation
Jersey City
Lionel M. Woolson
Army Air Reserve
Packard Motor Company
Packard
Attica
New York
Major Woolson
Commander Rogers
Honolulu
al Williams
Bank for International Settlements Fully Organized at Basel
Ith Gates W. McGarrah of New York is president Leon Fraser deputy president and Pierre Quesnay general manager of the BIS in Basel Switzerland The directorate plans stock shares issuance eight days after ratification of the Young Plan by Britain and Italy The bank will handle German reparations through trust agreements with Hungary Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia McGarrah is empowered to open banking accounts if no objections arise from local or central banks
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Ith Gates W. McGarrah
New York
Leon Fraser
Pierre Quesnay
Bank For International Settlements
Basel
Switzerland
Great Britain
Italy
Hungary
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
McGarrah
Chicago's public enemies list flays gang chiefs
The Chicago crime commission named 28 men as the worst gangsters and urged police to harass them. Police Commissioner Russell pledged cooperation and arrests when they appear. The writer notes the list lacks corrupt politicians and lawyers linked to gang protection.
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Hicago
Chicago Crime Commission
Russell
Chicago
Crime Commission
Indian Nationalist Revolt Spreads Across Subcontinent
The revolt against British rule grows beyond Gandhi’s passive resistance. Riots erupt in Chittagong and Karachi, with insurgents raiding forts and authorities activating troops. Many natives and soldiers killed as the uprising reaches Calcutta Mumbai and Madras, with reports from Peshawar.
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India
Mahatma Gandhi
Chittagong
Indian
Karachi
Arabian Sea
Burma
Bombay
Calcutta
Madras
Peshawar
Cattle King’s Son Released From Prison After Embezzlement Sentence
Leavenworth Kansas reports Coney Slaughter, heir to the Slaughter cattle dynasty, discharged from federal prison after a six year term for embezzling 352000 from Pueblo Mercantile National Bank. He had fled for eight years, gambled away much of his fortune, and claimed a hidden loot of 100000 near Denver remains unfound.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Coney Slaughter
Texas
Rhode Island
Federal Penitentiary
Slaughter
Pueblo Mercantile National Bank
Texas Panhandle
W. B. Slaughter
San Antonio
Pueblo
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Pueblo Bank
Denver
Colorado
Cohen's a Good Talker Saves Ten Dollars in a Deli Robbery
In Newark New Jersey Edward Cohen a deli keeper faced a gunman demanding ten dollars. Cohen talked the robber into not shooting and offered him cheese instead, the thief paid a quarter for cheese limburger and fled.
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Newark
N. J
Edward Cohen
Cohen
Terrier Escapes Cougar After Both Fall in Sea
While fishing near Sooke B C Mr and Mrs John Mackenzie of Montreal were startled when a cougar leaped from a rock landing on their fox terrier Mrs Mackenzie fainted The duo toppled into the sea and while submerged the dog escaped the cougar swam ashore and fled The dog was badly ripped but is expected to recover
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Montreal
Sooke
Victoria
B. C
John Mackenzie
Auction Finds Hidden Silver and China in Billings
Harold Berrymen bid eighty dollars for two barrels of uninspected items at a Billings auction. He learned the contents were coined silver plates and fragile china valued at least five hundred dollars, turning remorse into pride.
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Billings
Mont
Harold Berrymen
Hen Alive After Eight Months in Haymow
East Killingsley Conn Otis Chase a farmer near here dug into the haymow for feed and unearthed a hen that had lain alive at least eight months since last summer. Neighbors speculate the bird fed on hay seed though its water source remains unknown.
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East Killingsley
Conn
Otis Chase
Chase
Elopers From Minneapolis Sentenced for Forgery
Alvin Krouse and Mrs. Olga Lossow, once lovers of Minneapolis, were sentenced in Sioux Falls to indeterminate terms up to five years for forgery after eloping and attempting to cash a $300 certificate forged in Lossow’s husband’s name. They fled to Garretson and later Superior before arrest.
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Sioux Falls
Alvin Krouse
Olga Lossow
Minneapolis
State Penitentiary
John T. Medin
Krause
Mrs. Lossow
Elopers
Garretson
Lossow
Krouse
Mr. Lossow
Superior
Wis
Nature’s marble heart and head on Hammond bank lobby
In Hammond Indiana the First Trust and Savings bank lobby houses natural marble carvings of a heart on a counter ledge with ventricle outlines and a life like head shape on a basement vault wall, described as uncanny natural artistry unseen for centuries.
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Hammond
Ind
First Trust and Savings Bank
Italian Bridegroom Refuses to Marry at Altar
In Nettuno Italy Giuseppe Barnaba halted a civil wedding to Teresa Marianni. When asked if he would take her as wife he first hesitated then said no, repeating the negation three times and fleeing the office. The bride collapsed and no reason was given.
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Rome
Italy
Giuseppe Barnaba
Teresa Marianni
Nettuno
Barnaba
Highway around immense buried meteor near Tacoma
Engineers on a proposed Tacoma highway halted digging at a 14 foot deep buried rock. Dynamite and drills failed to budge it, so the road curved around the object. They suspected the rock might be a meteor, drawing attention from park bench observers.
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Tacoma
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