Legislature Reopens With Dream of Broad Reforms
In Tallahassee April 11 the Florida legislature resumes after a three week recess. Lawmakers anticipate bills on an educational survey commission, a 9 hour workday limit for women, outlawing misleading advertising in state publications, repeal of tick eradication laws, reform of criminal code including life imprisonment for fourth felony, and adoption of New York Baumes style penalties. Major F L D Carr will present the education bill.
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Tallahassee
Senate
House
Lee
F. L. D. Carr
Hillsborough County
New York
Sapiro Testimony Details Days Spent Organizing Growers
Aaron Sapiro testified he spent five days organizing the Colorado potato growers into a cooperative selling enterprise and three days on a similar effort in Idaho. He said Mortimer Stone sought to draft papers for the Colorado Potato Growers Organization but he refused. Sapiro admitted addressing the Colorado legislature at the request of Governor Sweet and said he was paid $1,000 for the speech by the Colorado Farm Bureau.
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Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
Colorado Potato Growers
Idaho
Henry Ford
Sapiro
Mortimer Stone
Colorado Farm Bureau Federation
Colorado
Sweet
Colorado Farm Bureau
Austrian Youth Holds On To Papers
A five year old Austrian traveler, Andrea Schida, on his way to join his mother in Chicago, kept his travel papers hidden sewn into his coat lining. Ellis Island officials, after two hours of questioning, persuaded him to reveal the location. He insisted he had his papers and refused to show them until allowed to see his mother.
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New York
Austria
Sam
Ellis Island
Andrea Schida
Amelia Goldstein
Chicago
Eloride Armer Held in Slaying Near Belle Glade
West Palm Beach April 11 AP D S Hilliard a 51 year old farmer near Belle Glade claims Davis 22 threatened him with a large dirk after returning with whiskey. Hilliard says he fired with a shotgun hitting Davis who died at the scene. Coroner's jury viewed the body and inquest set for 2 PM.
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West Palm Beach
D. S. Hilliard
Belle Glade
Michael Davis
Hilliard
Heriffs
Davis
F. M. Houghton
Long Lost Titian Portrait Bought by The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased a Titian portrait of Lucrezia Borgia's husband using part of the Frank Munsey bequest. Director Edward Robinson called it the museum's most important acquisition, bought from A. S. Drey in Munich after its recovery in Paris. The price was not disclosed, but theMunsey funds enabled the purchase.
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New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Frank FE
Munsey
Titian
Lucrezia Borgia
Munsey Fund
Edward Robinson
A.S. Drey
Munich
Antiquary
Paris
Comtesse de Vogue
Dijon
Florida Eastern Star delegates to hold 1928 convention
Tampa Florida April 11 AP More than 1 500 delegates to the 23rd annual convention of the Florida chapter Order of Eastern Star will attend a reception tomorrow Business sessions open Wednesday morning led by Mrs Alvina Craig Winter Haven Grand Matron The gathering continues through Friday when officers and convention city for 1928 will be selected.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
Order of Eastern Star
Alvina Craig
Winter Haven
Pioneering Aviator Curtiss Sets Bear Hunt in Everglades
Glenn H. Curtiss, famed aero nautic engineer, armed with bows and arrows, along with J Converse of Washington and G Hill, left Miami for a bear hunt in the Okeechobee swamp west of Palm Beach. Indian guides accompany them. Curtiss is described as an expert archer.
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Miami
Glenn H. Curtiss
Aeronautical Negineer
Okeechobee
Everglades
Palm Beach
Mr. Curtiss
J, Converse
Washington, D. C
G. Hill
Curtiss
Florida Horticultural Society Opens Annual Convention
The Florida State Horticultural Society begins its annual convention with an opening session at the Woman's Club auditorium led by W. A. Manning. Citrus culture takes focus in sessions Wednesday and Thursday, with local events including a motorcade.
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Florida State Horticultural Society
Florida
Woman’s Club
W. A. Manning
Chamber of Commerce
N. A. Ressoner
Palace
Wallace Theatres
Dixie Grande
Woman's Club
Six Proposals On Ballot For Bradenton City Improvements
Voters in Bradenton face a seven-item ballot with bonds totaling 273 090 for permanent city improvements. A main 153 000 issue would cut taxes this year if approved, with five additional proposals totaling 120 000, including a police and fire station, garbage incinerator, sidewalks on Fourteenth Street, a 25 000 sewer extension for Jacques Creek, and 20 000 to finish the recreation building on the city pier.
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Bradenton
Leslie L. Hine
Fourteenth Street
Jacques Creek
Advertising expert urges prudent use of public funds in Florida
Carl Hunt former general manager of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the world spoke at the Florida advertising convention in Daytona Beach on April 11. He urged a business like expenditure of community money for publicity and proposed a state board of publicity similar to Massachusetts to regulate levies for health, schools and municipal needs. He warned against overpaying for radio and newspaper campaigns and urged campaigns tied to community objectives rather than broad but weak coverage.
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Naytona Beach
Carl Hunt
Genera
Associated Z
Florida
State Board of Advertising
State Board of Publicity
Massachusetts
Hunt
Treasury balance drops after March disbursements
The Texas state treasury fell from 897 762.93 to 12 263 205.30 on March 31 as disbursements topped receipts by about 1.5 million. Major outlays included general revenue 526 996.91 pension tax 119 644.90 state road tax 195 912.91 and road license gas 1 590 088.92. Receipts covered pension tax 118 510.47 and federal aid road 794 515.83 plus other county road items.
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Tallahassee
Treasury
John C. Luning
Washington Citizens Aid Poor Tots
Four public spirited citizens advanced 10000 dollars each to care for 408 poor children in the District of Columbia. The loans, interest free, came after a senate filibuster blocked passage of a second deficiency appropriation bill and a district official secured the funds following a comptroller ruling.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Senate
Ante Archbold
John Hays Hammond
John Joy Edson
Frank J. Hogan
Sydney I’. Taliaferro
McCarl
Geddes Speech Triggers Uproar Over U S Actions
Sir Auckland Geddes defended remarks in Ashford as not aimed at America though editors condemned them as callous. In Geneva, Hugh Gibson urged that a three power naval accord not prejudice the broader disarmament conference and affirmed U S aims for general agreement.
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Geneva
Hugh Gibson
United States
M. Paul-Boncour
France
Fagin
Supreme Court supports Indiana stone firms in injunction
The Supreme Court sustained the Bedford and other stone companies of Indiana in their injunction against the Stone Cutters' Association of North America and certain stone cutters unions. The case involved charges of unlawful restraint of trades.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
Bedford and Other Stone Companies
Indiana
Stone Cutters’ Association of North America
Stone Cutters Unions
Bond Election Facts For Manatee County Districts
Polls open 8 a m to sundown 6 53 p m at four wards with designated buildings and officers in charge. Total bonds 173 000 including special proposals. main proposal 153 000 would pull funds from budget for fire station lot city park improvements sewer extensions floating notes waterfront dredging and river channel work. Special proposals total 120 000 fund Jacques Creek sewer police and fire station recreation building pier garbage incinerator sidewalks on Fourteenth Street.
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Woman's Club
West Manatee Avenue
Virginia Drive
F. E. Taylor
R. E. Edwards
H. E. Willis
S. J. Knight
City Hall
Thirteenth Street
Hr. Layman
V. A. Gaar
J. J
L. L. Harvey
Manatee River
Jacques Creek
New City Pier
Fourteenth Street
President Machado to Visit United States in April
Cuban President Gerardo Machado will land in Key West on April 20 afternoon en route to Washington. He plans to visit New York before returning to Havana, with an advance party aboard the Governor Cobb. A constitutional rule will be met by displaying a small Cuban flag on his transport.
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Miami
Apri
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Key West
Washington
Key Ext
Machado
Cobb
New York
Havana
United States
Misissippi flood threat grows around Big Lake
Swollen river fears spread as Mississippi flood reports reach Arkansas where the Little River threatens about 240 square miles. Three feet more water near Big Lake is in sight and higher levels loom, forcing 400 residents to prepare to evacuate with livestock to higher ground.
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Memphis, Tern
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Little River
Big Lake
Five Nations Demand Answers Over Nanking Killings
The United States Great Britain France Japan and Italy delivered protest notes to Cantonese authorities after the March 24 Nanking killings. The notes to Hankow and Shanghai urged action as Cantonese forces fall back north, while Manchurian forces push toward Tientsin and Pukow.
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Associated Press
Nanking
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Italy
Hankow
Shanghai
Yangte
Arians
Sun Chuan- Fang
Grand Canal
Tso-Lin
Tientsin
Puk
Pukow
Chinkiang
Sacco and Vanzetti Case Reaches Massachusetts Governor
The Sacco Vanzetti case comes before Governor Alvin Fuller as defense committees push for a public impartial inquiry. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are condemned to die, protesting their innocence and denouncing Judge Webster Thayer. They await transfer from Dedham jail to Charleston state prison ten days before execution.
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Boston
Sacco-Vanzetti
Alvin T. Fuller
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Webster Thayer
Fuller
United States
Dedhata
Charleston State Prison
Leper John Early Escapes From Carville Colony
John Early, 50, a leper from Tar-Steel, North Carolina, escaped the United States Leprosarium at Carville Louisiana and headed toward Tryon. Health officer Dr. Laughinghouse denied Early permission for a long leave to visit his aged father, noting multiple prior escape attempts. Early served in the Philippines in 1900 where he reportedly contracted the illness.
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Raleigh
N. C
John Early
United States
Public Health Service
Carville
Tryon
N.C
C. Laughinghouse
Laughinghouse
Washington, D. C
Karly
United States Army
Phillippines
Prison escape alters sentences for two Florida inmates
Dees, serving five years for breaking and entering, and Ray, jailed 12 years for manslaughter, escaped from Raiford state penitentiary farm as reported to the prison bureau today.
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Tallahassee
Raymond Dees
Marion County
John C. Ray
Pasco County
Raiford State Penitentiary
Prison Bureau
Arcadia Man Named Desoto County Supervisor of Registration
NAMED SUPERIOR AP Carl Hayman of Arcadia was appointed supervisor of registration for DeSoto county succeeding T. Langford who resigned. Governor Martin announced the appointment.
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Tallahassee
Carl Hayman
Arcadia
DeSoto County
T. Langford
Martin
Demands from Allies over Nan King riot seeks punishment and apology
Three powers presented a note to Cantonese authorities demanding punishment of killers and rioters, a written apology from the Cantonese commander, a pledge to halt violence, and full reparations for foreign injuries and damages. The protest, delivered at the foreign bureau, follows the March 24 anti foreign riots in Nanking.
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Shanghai
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Ndt
Tsly
Carponese
Nanking
Foreign Bureau
International Settlement
Five Powers Demand Reparations Over Nanking Atrocities
Five major powers sent identical demands to Cantonese authorities over the Nanking outrages. The notes, brief and non ultimatum in tone, seek indemnification for deaths and injuries to nationals, property damage, and reparations for consulate looting and attacks on officers. The United States may outline its policy with the note when made public.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Nanking
Cantonese retreat from Yangtse river area spreads chaos
Reports from London say Cantonese forces evacuated Thinkiang on the southern bank of the Yangtse River and are in a disorderly retreat toward Shanghai. The dispatch notes heavy fighting, foreign protection measures, and French troops firing to keep routed soldiers from entering the international settlement.
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London
China
Exchange Telegraph Company
Thinkiang
Amouthern
Yangtse River
Nanking
Shanghai
Chinkiang
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