Mould Rot in Jail in Defense of Ideals Borglum Declares
The sculptor Gutzon Borglum says he is ready to rot in jail in defense of his ideals over the Stone Mountain Confederate memorial. He admitted destroying models after dismissal by the memorial association and was arrested in Greensboro NC on malicious mischief charges. He faces habeas corpus proceedings with a $5000 bond and a court hearing set for the next steps in the case.
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Associated Press
New York
Gutzon Borglum
Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial
Atlanta
Memorial Association
Greensboro
North Carolina
N. C
Michael Behnect
Benham Cameron
Stonewilke Ag Surety
Borglum fights over Stone Mountain models dispute
DeKalb County authorities prepare to present evidence to the grand jury on the destruction of Borglum created models and working plans for the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial. Borglum, deposed sculptor, says he destroyed his models over artistic rights and is prepared to face charges in Greensboro, N C. He vows not to compromise and seeks support from wealthy friends.
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Dekalb County
Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Gutzon
Borglum
Body of Ebert Lies in State in Berlin Study
Berlin March 2 The body of Friedrich Ebert Germany's first president who died Saturday lies in state in his study left as it was after his sudden illness. For the funeral Wednesday the coffin will be moved to a larger room in the executive mansion where Chancellor Luther acting President will deliver an address to about 250 persons including the federal and Prussian cabinets the diplomatic corps and representatives of the federal states.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Friedrich Ebert
Germany
Luther
Southern Senators Protest Butter Tax Bills in West
Twenty five Southern Senators joined today in sending a telegram to Western state governors protesting pending bills that would impose special taxes on butter substitutes.
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United
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin Official Opposes Oleomargarine Sale Ban
Madison March 2. Assembly agriculture chair Anton Holly argues restricting oleomargarine sales would only slightly impact the cottonseed oil industry and that Southern states protest over the measure is not justified.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Anton Holly
Assembly Agriculture Committee
Congressional session nears crest amid last minute jam
The Sixty Eighth Congress faces a crowded last stretch with only major appropriation measures and minor bills likely to pass before sine die adjournment at noon Wednesday. The Senate led the pre adjournment rush as members sought unanimous consent for fast track consideration.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Fleet maneuvers launch off Coronado Islands in Pacific
The Associated News reports from Naval Base San Pedro Cal March 2 that fifty two vessels of the battle fleet will move to a mobilization point off the Coronado Islands. They will begin a two month sequence of extensive maneuvers with more than one hundred fighting ships taking part in the first major naval strategy exercise of the Pacific season.
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San Pedro
Cal
Associated
Presa
Coronado Islands
Pacific Ocean
Dawn to Dusk Flyers Reach Miami in Flight
Eleven airplanes were sighted over Miami at 12 24 this afternoon. Major Thomas Lanphier was the first to land as the dawn to dusk flight on the Selfridge Field to Florida route resumes. The squadron had halted in Macon and took off again at 8 35 this morning for the final leg to Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Thomas Lanphier
Macon
Selfridge Field
Florida
Five Men Drowned As Coal Barge Founders Near Boston Light
Five men drowned when the coal barge M. Hudson in tow from Norfolk to Boston foundered off Boston Light in a gale. Two bodies were recovered by a tug that brought the wreck news to port today.
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Boston Light
Associated Preen
Boston
Mass
Dies M. Hudson
Norfolk
Runaway Russian Boy Adopted by Admiral Is Caught
Nicholas McCully, 15, one of seven Russian children adopted by Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully, was found by police after a week away from home. He had been sleeping in a city garage with a stranger who drove him there. He said he could not get along with the nurse left in charge while the Admiral was in South America.
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Washington, D. C
Nich Alo
McCully
Newton A. McCully
Nichalos
South America
New Duster Airplane Demonstrated Against Boll Weevil
A new type of air powered duster designed to wage war on boll weevils was demonstrated by the Associated Prose Ogdensburg on the St Lawrence River yesterday. The machine sprays poison powder over large cotton fields to control pests as representatives from three governments observed the test.
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St. Lawrence River
Associated Prose
Ogdensburg
Mass meetings urge clemency for Marcus Garvey
Telegrams from across the United States Canada and Mexico report mass negro gatherings pressing clemency for Marcus Garvey who faces a prison sentence for conspiracy to defraud members of his race in an African colonization scheme.
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Associated Proan
Washington, D. C
United States
Canada
Mexico
Associated Press
Marcus Garvey
Soviets Seize All Noble Lands in Decree
A decree from the Council of People’s Commissars orders nobles and landlords to vacate all land by January 1 next year. The move ends remaining privileges of the old regime and transfers property to the proletariat.
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Moscow
Council of the Peoples Commissars
Investigators to Probe Fertilizer Cost in the South
Department of Justice will send investigators to Georgia and other Southern states to determine if a fertilizer trust exists after Senator Harris reported Southern farmers see fertilizer prices rise by five dollars per ton. Harris said the increase burdens spring planting and could total several million dollars in Georgia.
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Justice Department
Harris
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Georgia
Stone Takes Seat as Supreme Court Justice in Washington Today
The Supreme Court prepared to induct Harlan F. Stone of New York as a member in a traditional ceremony. He fills the vacancy from Justice McKenna's retirement, marking the fifth new member in four years.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Justice McKenna
Assorciated Press
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Harlan F. Stons
New York
President's father 10 drive old Dobbin on way to capital
Plymouth New Hampshire March 2 Cal John C Coolidge will drive his own rig on the first leg of his journey to Washington to see his son Calvin inaugurated as President He plans the trip the third to Washington since his son became Vice President four years ago He hitched his horse to a buggy this morning and drove twelve miles to Ludlow before stabling the horse for return He will attend Ludlow Savings Bank directors meeting as vice president Then board the 740 pm special from Burlington to connect with the Washingtonian at Bellows Falls arriving in Washington 245 pm Tuesday He will ride in Gov Franklin Billings private car with Gov and Mrs Billings the party includes John B Sargent and Morris Bradley accompanied by Vermont National Guard officers and a University of Vermont band He would not say when he would return He once swore in the President by lamp light using the family Bible and shows little ceremony for the upcoming event.
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N. H
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John C. Coolidge
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Ludlow
Col. Coolidge
Ludlow Savings Bank
Burlneton
Washingtonian
Bellows Falls
Franklin
Billings
Mrs Billings
John B. Sargent
Calvin Coolidge
Morris Bradley
National Guard of Vermont
University of Vermont
Nora Bayes Begins Fifth Honeymoon Aboard Leviathan
New York March 2 Nora Bayes musical comedy actress is on her fifth honeymoon. She wed Benjamin Lester Friedl a New York garage owner while at sea aboard the steamship Leviathan in a radio message reported yesterday.
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New York
Nora Bayes
Benjamin Lester Friedl
Armed Bandits Loot Melrose Tavern Near Miami
Three masked gunmen robbed the Melrose Tavern in Miami early today, forcing more than forty patrons against the wall. They escaped with over $30,000 in cash and jewelry, and the sheriff is seeking the culprits.
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Miami
Fla
Gay Melrose Tavern
Gnegta
Sherff
Mitchell Contradicts Weeks On Magazine Articles
Washington March 2 Brigadier General Mitchell denies Secretary Weeks that he disobeyed presidential orders by publishing articles without War Department approval. Mitchell says the President consented with senior officers’ approval. General Patrick says he never saw the articles nor the President's letter approving publication.
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House Committee
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mitchell
Week
War Department
House Aircraft Committee
Patrick
Customs Inspector Killed by Bomb in Automobile
Buffalo news reports United States customs inspector Orville A. Preuster was killed by a bomb hidden in his Niagara Falls car. His companion Elmer Whitemore was seriously injured. Suspect Pasquale Curione, under bootlegging indictment, is questioned after the blast.
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Associated Pres
Buffalo
N. Y
Orville A. Preuster
United States Customs
Niagara Falls
Pasquale Curione
Preuster
Elmer Whitemore
Bomb Kills Federal Official In Niagara Falls Smuggling Probe
Niagara Falls March 2 Orville Preuster a federal customs agent died when a bomb concealed in his car exploded as he started the vehicle Elmer Whitacre his friend was fatally hurt He had been active in stopping liquor smugglers and had previously arrested many smuggling rings The blast also injured Whitacre and damaged nearby homes
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N. Y
Orville Preuster
Elmer Whiteacre
Preuster
Luella Lee Preuster
Ku Klux Klan
Whitacre
Surrgeons
Right to search auto for liquor without warrant upheld
Supreme Court rules prohibition agents may stop and search a car without a warrant in a Michigan case. The decision clarifies enforcement powers under Prohibition and sets precedent for future liquor searches.
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Associated Aiear
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Michigan
Scientists Seek Cause of Tremors After Saturday Quake
Scientists narrowed the epicenter of last Saturday evening's tremors to the extreme northeast United States or eastern Canada. They explored a rock movement along the Fundian Fault, a fracture deep in the Atlantic bed off the Maine coast, as a possible source of the continental shaking.
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Maine
U.S
Associated Presay
New York
United States
Canada
Fundian
Earthquake Expert Sees Lesser Shocks Likely
Father Todorf Georgetown University seismologist says only lesser shocks are probable in the Washington region amid last night's tremor. He estimates the epicenter near the Great Lakes with a depth around ten miles and notes the 1811 13 New Madrid quake as a historic comparison.
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Georgetown University
Washington
Great Lakes
Father Tondorf
United States
New Madrid
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Ohio
Cire
Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee
Fife
Weather forecast for Georgia tonight and tomorrow
Fall tonight with heavy frost and a fair warmer Tuesday in the north and west portions of Georgia.
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Georgia
Secret Service to Guard President at Inauguration
Washington March 2 Secret Service men will guard President Coolidge on inauguration day with a large, coordinated detail. Richard Jervis leads the usual team with Moran as chief, aided by local police to control crowds along a mile long route from the White House to the Capitol. Mrs Coolidge also has a dedicated representative Jim Haley remains with her. Jervis will be at his side for the ceremony.
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