Bolivian Troop Uprising Quelled After Fierce Fight
Loyal forces crushed a military revolt against President Villarroel on Thursday. Col. Armando Fortun said Humberto Illanes led the movement aided by the Calama regiment and two flyers. El Alto base was seized at 8 am before skirmishes ended and Illanes fled, possibly by plane, with escapes expected to Santa Cruz or Cochabamba.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Army
Armando Fortun
Humberto Illanes
Calama Regiment
Carabinieri
Fortun
Illanes
el Alto
Calama
Lillanes
Santa Cruz
Cochabamba
Bolivian Rebels Crushed in La Paz Uprising
Reports from Santiago say an undetermined number of Bolivian soldiers were killed or wounded as the Calama regiment of carabinieri rebelled in La Paz. Government troops loyal to President Gualberto Villarroel repelled the revolt with casualties, and a rebel plane landed at Tacna in Peru.
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Santiago
Chile
Calama Regiment
Carabinieri
la Paz
Gualberto Villarroel
Tacna
Peru
Three Folsom inmates fail escape and recapture on riverbanks
Three convicts from Folsom prison were recaptured after an abortive escape that began when they crashed a truck through the ranch gate and fled with a pickup. They later surrendered after authorities tracked them to the Ameri can river area. all were in solitary confinement. The men were Spencer G. French William A. Horne and Garland V. Lawrence.
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Folsom, Calif
Folsom Prison
Spencer G. French
Contra Costa County
Garland V. Lawrence
William A. Horne
Los Angeles
Lawrence
Robert A. Heinze
Milan A. Pegg. Folsom
Pegg
French
Horne
Army Develops Cloth That Will Stop a Bullet
General Jacob L. Devers announced that the army has developed a protective cloth for soldiers that will stop a bullet and reduce casualties from glancing shell fragments. Other officials described it as a step beyond existing metallic body armor, with details to be released later.
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Washington
Jacob L. Devers
Troop Arrivals At U S Ports With 6170 Veterans
The Associated Press reports six vessels bringing home 6,170 veterans across three ports. New York receives 3,085 men aboard Waterbury Victory Westerly Victory Sea Devil from Le Havre. San Diego ferries Mt Olympus from Shanghai with 621 personnel. San Francisco lists Golden City 1,340 navy 29 marines and Andromeda 94 navy one marine.
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Associated Press
U. S
New York
Waterbury Victory
Bremen
Westerly Victory
le Havre
Sea Devil
San Diego
Mt. Olympus
Shanghai
San Francisco
Golden City
Andromeda
Fragmented 1846 Iowa charter mention Cedar Rapids
A garbled 1846 notice references Cedar Rapids Iowa and a new charter for an association expanding stock. Names such as Sanitary Farm Dairies and attorneys Smith and Sebm appear in broken form, indicating corporate and legal action.
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Panitasy
Cedar Rapids
al Stock
Sanitary Farm Dairies Smith and Sebm
Republican Forum Favors Legal Curb On Power of Labor
The Republican Open Forums report shows 72 percent favor reducing labor union power and 63 percent want repeal of the Wagner Act. Amendments include secret-ballot union elections and labor courts, with few seeking stronger union protections. Harold E. Stassen organized ROF to shape party policy nationwide.
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Republican Forum
Washington
ROF
Harold E. Stassen
Henry T. McKnight
Woman in Fatal Plunge Before Birth at Brooklyn Hospital
NEW YORK. A 32 year old woman, Mrs. Ethel Flannagan, jumped or fell from a first floor window at a Brooklyn hospital during labor. She died along with her newborn son despite surgery. Police say she unfastened a window screen before the fall. The infant died ten minutes after birth and the mother about twenty minutes later.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ethel Flannagan
Benjamin Cogan
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