Borah Supports London Naval Treaty Favorable to Disarmament
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Borah voiced sympathy for a London naval limitations pact at a White House conference with President Hoover. He said no political obligations should bind the treaty and that it could aid disarmament, though he would not decide until seeing the final form.
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Washington
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
White House
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Watson
Indiana
London
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Eyebrow Loss Sparks $7,625 Damage Suit
Miss Rose Staley seeks 7625 dollars in Spokane against R. M. Williams claiming an auto collision damaged her eye brow arch and beauty. The suit was filed yesterday.
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Spokane
Wash
Rose Staley
R. M. Williams
Parker Moves to Question Parker in Senate Controversy
A movement in the senate aims to compel Judge John Parker of North Carolina, Hoover nominee for the supreme court, to appear before the judiciary committee to answer protests. Opposition from African American leaders over a 1920 speech has unsettled Republicans and delayed action, with committee meetings resuming Monday as President Hoover awaits replies. Utah weather part notes generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with little temperature change.
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Washington
Senate
John Parker
North Carolina
Hoover
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Parker
Senate Judiciary Committee
Utah
Negro Auditor Pierson Slain Inside Church Enemies Suspected
Ed Pierson Chicago Negro auditor for the national Baptist convention was found slain in the Muscatatuck river near Scottsburg Indiana. He had six bullet wounds, hands and feet bound, and two weights around his neck. Chicago police suspect opponents within the convention carried out the murder after an audit dispute.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Edward D. Pierson
Chicago
National Baptist Convention
Pierson
Muscatatuck River
Nashville
Tenn
Columbus
Louisville
Louisville- Indianapolis
Highway
J. ©. Austin
Temple
Idaho Governor Nomination Confidence Cited by Mc Murray
John Mc Murray, Republican state central committee chairman, voiced confidence he would win the Idaho governorship on the GOP ticket. He spent April 17 in Idaho Falls conferring with Roseos Burley and other party figures, highlighting his nomination prospects.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
John McMurray
Republican State Centre Committee
Mc Murray
Roseos
Burley
Pay Check Suspicion Sparks Incurious Overtime Tale
In Chicago Apr 37 a puzzled wife questions a husband’s overtime payments as a paycheck tale grows into a curious local rumor. The fragment hints at marital suspicion and financial doubt surrounding irregular earnings.
Idahoan Talks Navy Program With President
Representative French of Idaho, chair of the naval appropriations subcommittee, says President Hoover is expected to permit laying down three of the first five cruisers within 30 to 60 days. He outlines delaying the second five until late next fiscal year to spread construction and avoid a hump in yards.
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Washington
French
Idaho
Naval Appropriations
Hoover
President of
Naval Affairs
United States Navy
London
Bethlehem Shipyards
Fore River
Mass
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Newport News
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Bank Robbery at First Security Bank of Ashton
A lone bandit robbed First Security Bank of Ashton shortly before noon. About four hundred dollars was taken after he covered Assistant Cashier Lloyd Hogge and clerk Mickey Christoffer. The thief forced them into the vault and left, the vault door unsecured.
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Idaho Falls
First Security Bank of
Ashton
Lloyd Hogge
Mickey Christofferson
Hogge
Former Burley Girl Ends Her Career
Stockton California April 17 AP The body of Miss Ethel Templin 30 foreign language teacher at Stockton High School was found in her apartment an empty poison bottle on the floor Friends could assign no motive for her act Miss Templin daughter of Mr and Mrs Dana Templin of Burley Idaho Oregon high school
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Stockton
Cal
Ethel Templin
Stockton High School
Templin
Dana Templin
Burley
Idaho
Oregon
Slayer to get the "hot seat"
Henry Campbell Close, 62, a former advertising man and self styled physician, is scheduled for execution in the electric chair tonight for the torch murder of Mrs. Morry of Greensburg Pennsylvania.
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Trenton
N. J
Henry Campbell Close
Morry
Greensburg
Olga Edwards Convicted of Extortion in New York
A jury convicted Olga Eide Edwards, former dancer, of extorting money from millIonaire Nathan L Amster by threatening to reveal he is the father of her six year old son Lee The defense said Amster acted under pressure from friends and sought to break a prior agreement to fund a $100000 trust for Edwards and the boy
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Traction Magnate
New York
Olga Eide Edwards
Nathan L. Amster
Lee
Amster
James D. C. Murray
Miss Edwards
Milwaukee widow Dolly Oesterreich and Otto Sanhuber indicted
Mrs Walburga Dolly Oeстерreich widow of Fred Oesterreich Milwaukee manufacturer murdered eight years ago and Otto Sanhuber her confessed clandestine sweetheart and slayer were jointly indicted for the murder in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Walburga
Dolly” Oeesterreich
Fred Oesterreich
Milwaukee
Otto Sanhuber
Representative R Q Lee Passes Away May Be In White House
In Washington on April 17 the office of Representative R Q Lee Democrat Texas announced that physicians treating the stricken congressman had given up hope of his recovery.
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Washington
R. Q. Lee
Democrat
Texas
Baseball results and weather affect games across leagues
National League scores show Pittsburgh leading Cincinnati 7 to 1 with a late surge. Boston at New York and Philadelphia at Brooklyn both postponed by rain. American League games featured St. Louis, Detroit, and New York with rain and darkness affecting play, while football-style notes mention weather delays. Silver prices in London and New York report bar rates around 42 1/2 cents per ounce.
Milady and the long skirt fashion debate in 1920s style
New York April 1 AP fashion writer Baron De Meyer argues long skirts reflect women's legs and grace. He says American buyers prefer Paris designs made at home in New York, and American dressmakers emulate Parisian models quickly. He doubts the US will originate global styles.
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New York
Aaron de Meyer
America
Paris
Couturiers
Milady
la Americaine
United States
France
Europe
Baron de Meyer
Holy Thursday rites mark Rome’s Holy Week in St John Lateran
Bells across Rome toll for Holy Thursday as Cardinal Pompili leads the mass at St John Lateran. Officials unveil relics including chairs and skulls of Saints Peter and Paul, with oils blessed for use next year and processions noted by a large choir.
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St. John Lateran
Christendom
Christ
St John Lateran
Peter and
Paul
Matthew
Lateran Basilica
Pompili
Curran Targets Prohibition Lobby as Dry States Revolt
Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, told the Senate lobby committee that New York, Maryland, Wisconsin, Montana and Nevada were in revolt against prohibition. He said his group would not support Montana’s senator Walsh and claimed enforcement reports were biased by agents. Curran described his principal activity as collecting and distributing prohibition information and asserted no facts were concealed.
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Henry HM. Curran
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Senate
Washington
Henry H. Curran
Senate Lobby Committee
New York
Maryland
Wisconsin
Montana
Nevada
Walsh
Curran
Caraway
Ciry
Lowman
The
Treasury
Senator Walsh
Reinforcing Dyke on Upper Snake Continues
Boise April 17 The dyke between Rigby and Hesse on the Snake River is being strengthened to withstand May and June floods. Rocks and brush are piled on the face to prevent washing. The dyke was built last year from a $15,000 1929 appropriation.
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Boise
Rigby
Hesse
Snake River
George N. Carter
Reclamation
Capone Heads Joint Gang Pact Amid Chicago Violence
The April 17 AP report describes a Chicago gang truce amid renewed bloodshed as Capone and Moran factions consolidate to control liquor, vice, and gambling. A machine gun attack leaves a driver dead, while leaders toast Al Capone in celebrations of a unified underworld.
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Chicago
Joseph Blew
Pass
Herald and Examiner
Scarface Alphonse Capone
Capone
George “Bugs
Moran
Daughters of the American Revolution Oppose Pacifist Alliances
Washington April 17 D A R delegates condemn foreign entanglements and back a strong navy. Mrs William Sherman Walker cites Coolidge on defense and notes low tax support for national defense. Vice presidential results were expected later, as convention proceeds briskly.
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Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Defense
William Sherman Walker
Walker
Coolidge
Congress
Whitman College senior kidnapped to keep out election
Vernon Wilkenson a Whitman college senior was abducted from a Blue Mountains cabin and forced to stay away from campus for the student body elections. He walked 20 miles home barefoot, found near Walla Walla about 10 miles from town. A note from the Whitman Pioneer hinted the kidnapers aimed to influence the vote.
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Wash
Blue Mountains
Vernon Wilkenson
Whitman College
Whitman
Io Seation
Wilkaneam
Wilkenson
Obanager
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