President Warns World Court Issue Not Party Question
In a broad address the President critiques world court debates, warns against blocs serving group interests, and urges the primary to reflect decisive party expression. He argues the US risks no real disadvantage in league voting, touts America’s free press, and calls for clear appraisal of progress spanning twenty centuries.
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United States
League Assembly
League
World Court
America
De Roode Loses Sanity Fight in Baltimore Court
Louis Remsen de Roode former major of the marine corps failed in a sanity hearing in Criminal Court the state board of mental hygiene. The petition was dismissed but the trial is postponed to May 23 with a possible commitment to a mental institution. He is under indictment for obtaining $52 000 in bonds and securities from Baltimore investment firms with alleged worthless checks.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Louis Remsen de Roode
Marine Corps
State Board of ‘Mental Hygiene
de Roode
de Re Roode
Circus Fire at Madison Square Garden Contained
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey show faced a small blaze in a storeroom at Madison Square Garden. Trainers and 150 circus workers moved swiftly to evacuate cages housing ligers lions and leopards while elephants camels and other animals were kept calm. Fire crews arrived and the fire was quickly extinguished.
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Associated Press
New York
Madison Square Garden
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Local Greetings and Church Sermon At Chambersville
Chambersville Virginia April 24 residents hosted guests at home of Mr and Mrs Roy Bayliss. Rev Weikle preached his first sermon at the Methodist Church South and dined with Mr and Mrs Philip Ritter. Nearby visitors included the Hawkins and Morris families plus Bud Larrick relatives. Clayton Pingley bought a new Ford.
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Chambersville
Charles Patterson
Virginia Patterson
Raymond Bayliss
Roy Bayliss
Weikle
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Philip Ritter
Roy ‘Hawkins
Charles Town
Arthur Morris
Winchester
Commissioners to Represent America in Mexican Talks
Secretary Hughes announced that Charles B. Warren of Detroit and John Barton Payne, former interior secretary and Red Cross chair, will represent the United States in negotiations with Obregon government officials in Mexico City to seek closer understanding.
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America
Associated Press
Washington
Hughes
Obregon
Mexico City
Charles B. Warren
Detroit
Japan
John Barton Payne
Interior
Red Cross
Leech Discovery Sheds Light on South Seas Species
Researchers note various leech species in the South seas show distinct coloration and patterns. The report highlights color variation among specimens and suggests taxonomy may require refinement.
Harvest of Dandelions Under Way in Delaware
In southern Delaware the dandelion season begins as residents prep dandelion wine known as a spring tonic. With blooms plentiful this spring children gather the yellow flowers after school, selling a half-peck for 20 to 26 cents and earning neat sums.
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Del
Delaware
Shrine Meeting At Harrisonburg To Initiate Large Class
Acca Tempte Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Richmond will hold a large ceremonial session in Harrisonburg on Friday May 18. Those seeking membership should file petitions by April 30 as applications must be filed within 15 days of the meeting. A large class of candidates is expected to be initiated, and Mr Trenary has Dollanks for prospective candidates.
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Acca Tempte
Mystic Shrine
Richmond
Harrburg
Uv. W. Trenary
Trenary
Harrisonburg
Girls mistreated before marriage at the Israelite House of David
St Joseph Michigan April 24. A grand jury investigating the Israelite House of David prepared to probe deeper into the cult after evidence that a last week bride was under legal marriage age and several brides and grooms of similar age faced mistreatment. Only two of 28 youthful couples testified yesterday, but officials say the testimony uncovered leads worth pursuing.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
David
Benjamin Purnell
Hiram Explains Mercury Thermometers
Hank asks about thermometers and Hiram explains that mercury moves to the bottom when it is very cold to stay warm. The dialogue is presented in a Western dialect from the Boston Evening Transcript.
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Hiram
Hank
Boston Evening Transcript
Forest fires threaten Green Ridge orchard lands near Cumberland
Maryland officials report the Green Ridge Mountain orchard area of about fifteen square miles menaced by a great fire raging since Thursday. Despite subduing near Cumberland, reports from below warn of rapid spread driven by Sunday winds. Orchard workers have fought the blaze since Friday and through the night to protect farmsteads and fruit trees.
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Maryland
Cumberland
Green Ridge Mountain
Maryland Orchard Corporation
Town Creek
Green Ridge
New Chicago Officials Indicted in Prohibition Case
John A. Cer venka president of a brewing company installed as Chicago treasurer a week ago John L Hoerber Jr a brewer and Barney Crogan former saloon keeper and politician were indicted by a federal grand jury on prohibition law violations in Chicago April 1924.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John A. Cervenka
Barney Crogan
Plane death in Langley Field claims Capt Dogan H Arthur
Captain Dogan H Arthur of the United States Army Air Service was killed in a Langley Field plane crash at Newport News Virginia. He had served in France during World War I and was twice decorated for bravery. Arthur was a son of Mr and Mrs W D Arthur of Union South Dakota and a nephew of B F Arthur Sr of this city.
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Dogan H. Arthur
United States Army Air Service
Langley Field
Newport News
J. Victor Arthur
Arthur
W. D. Arthur
Union, S
Army Air Service
United States
France
B. F. Arthur
Industrials and Specialties Gain in Morning Stock Rally
Emphatic gains were seen in industrials and specialties as steel products and sugar price hopes boosted markets. Oil rubber and tobacco stocks drew brisk inquiry while Mexican business shares benefited from expectations of U.S. recognition talks. Railroad stocks remained quiet. Call money opened at 4 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Ing
Mexico
Call
Respite Granted on Day of Execution in Nobles Case
Daniel Milton Nobles, condemned for the murder of his second cousin Henry Nobles in Columbus County, received a 60 day reprieve from Governor Morrison just 45 minutes before his scheduled electric chair execution at the state prison. The governor ordered more review of the case.
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Raleigh
N. C
Daniel Milton Nobles
Columbus County
Henry Nobles
Morrison
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