United States to Act Independently on China Demand
The United States will submit its demands to the Cantonese government over the Nanking outrages without joint action with Britain and Japan. The State Department will not issue a formal statement, and terms include acknowledging responsibility, apology, pledges against recurrence, and reparations. Troops and naval support are positioned to protect foreigners as tensions rise in Tientsin and Shanghai.
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New York World News Service
Washington
United States
Nanking
America
Britain
Japan
State Department
China
Socony Hill
Shanghai
Ameris
Tientsin
Hankow
Peking
Fifteenth
United States Infantry
Joseph Castner
Fifteenth Infantry
Manila
Larence S. Williams
Labor Submits to Candidates for City Council
The joint Nominating Committee of Central Labor Council and the Building Trades Council could not agree on policy. It submitted most of its candidates for City Council to the regular Republican and City Charter groups to choose from, with labor to support the two selected. Four names went to the Republicans and three to the Charter group, including John M. Dugan and Fred Hock.
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Central Labor Council
Building Trades Council
City Council
Labor
Republican
Charter
John M. Dugan
Chapman Street
Printers’ Union
Hamilton County
Fred Hock
Mysterious Explosion Wrecks Defunct Bank at Collinsville
A mysterious blast wrecked the defunct Collinsville Bank injuring three people and damaging other businesses. John Davies, federal bank receiver, was bruised and cut, one bank worker girl was bruised, police suspect an act by enemies of former bank officials. Damages about 15000 with total losses around 330000.
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Collinsville
Okla
Collinsville Bank
John Davies
Federal Bank
Kansas City
Remembering America Entering Great War Anniversary
Washington recall the United States moving toward war ten years ago as Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for hostilities and the Senate approved a war declaration. The piece notes the pivotal April 6 signing, the mobilization of vast resources, and the dramatic session where Congress and the President spoke in a joint address amid rain. It highlights the mobilization of navy, army, industrial power, and national resolve.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Cyngre
Senate
Germany
Wilson
United States
Congress
Sixty-fifth
Capitol
House
Pekingese Stronghold Endangered by Steady March
A steady advance of Southern forces reaches key cities and communications hubs, threatening the stronghold of the Pekingese breed as they defend strategic positions and await decisive actions in the campaign.
Interior Provinces Tilt in Civil War Threat Shifts in China
A dispatch notes anti American action in Changsha Hunan with a U S Consul aboard the gunboat Palos. In Peking the civil war moves northward with Cantonese advances toward Tientsin and Tsinanfu threatening foreign evacuation and prompting Manchurian and northern forces to react.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Hunan
United States
Palos
Peking
China
Yangtze Valley
Tientsin-Pukow
Feng Yu Hsing
Kuominchun
National People’s Army
Tsinanfu
Sacco and Vanzetti facing death in electric chair
Boston April 5. The Massachusetts Supreme Court denied Sacco and Vanzetti another chance at a new trial. Convicted of first degree murder for the 1920 South Braintree payroll robbery and killings, they face execution with counsel seeking relief possibly in the US Supreme Court.
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Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Massachusetts Supreme Court
William C. Wait
William G. Thompson
United States Supreme Court
Europe
South America
Sacco
Norfolk County
Dedham
Vanzetti
Charleston
Bridgewater
Frederick A. Parmenter
Slater & Morrill Co
South Braintree
Alexander Berardelli
Webster Thayer
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Thayer
Celestino Madeiros
Providence
Vanzettie
Japan Adheres to Policy of Forbearing Patience
Tokyo reports the government aims for extreme patience as Chiang Kai Shek and moderates likely win amid a possible clash with Communists. No troops will be sent unless forced, and Japan prefers supporting Nationalists in spirit while avoiding large protection duties for foreigners. Cantonese leaders appeal for unity in a manifesto signed by Wang Ching Wei and Chen Tu Hsiu.
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Oland D. Russell
New York World News Service
Tokyo
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang
China
Japan
N. Y
Shanghai
Wang Ching-Wei
Chen Tu Hsiu
Whiteman Charged Over Minor Acting on Stage
In West Side Court Paul Whiteman the orchestra leader was charged with allowing a 16 year old dancer known as Snowball to perform on stage with his company at the New Amsterdam Theater in Lucky. The court heard Whiteman would cover the boy and his parents travel expenses to St Louis. An adjournment was requested to Thursday.
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New York World News Service
New York
Paul Whiteman
West Side Court
Children's Society
Edwin Harris
Snowball
Whiteman
New Amsterdam
Flood
St. Louis
Wasster
Thompson Wins Chicago Mayoral Race Amid Police Pressure
A sweeping citywide vote sees Thompson elected mayor by a large plurality as police with machine gun squads suppress gang activity. In a separate case, twenty two individuals and one corporation are found guilty of presenting the indecent play Sex, while the theater owners are acquitted. Sentencing for the defendants follows.
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Thompson
Chicago
New York
General Sessions Court
Sixty-third Street Theater Corporation
William Hale
Big Bill’ Thompson
Repubican
William E. Dever
John Dill Robertson
City and county deadlocked over Eighth street viaduct plan
Attorney General Turner ruled the Fisher act cannot force railroads to pay for the Eighth street viaduct, since the 1884 structure raises the street and not the rail line. Officials weigh alternate statutes while planning limits debate on vs shorter finish.
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Eighth Street
Edward Co. Turner
Charles P. Taft III
Prosecutor's Office
County Commissioners
Koch
Col. Sherrill
City Planning Convision
McLean Avenue
Burns Street
Planning Commission
Evans Street
Sinclair to Get Jail Sentence Next Monday
Harry F. Sinclair, the Teapot Dome oil operator and patron of sports, faces a jail term in the District of Columbia Supreme Court for contempt of the Senate. Justice Hitz fixed the sentence date, with potential penalties ranging from one month to twelve months in jail and fines from $100 to $1,000. Sinclair will remain free on bail while appealing.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Justice Hitz
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Senate
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Wyoming
Senate Oil Committee
Sinclair
Naval Oil Reserve
Congress
Teapot Dome Reserve
George P. Hoover
Martin W. Littleton
New York
United States Supreme Court
Raid on Women’s Lotto Games Due to Husbands’ Complaints
In upper Vine street a Cosmopolitan Hall lotto raid led to charges against Mrs. Kate Bromers, Frank Duthemfofer, and Mrs. Alice Kramer after about 150 women played. Police seized cards, number blocks, and money while noting past Merc er Hall raids spurred by similar husband concerns.
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Cosmopolitan Hall
Vine Street
Kate Bromers
York Street
Webking
Sergt. Dooley
Hase
Luebbers
Frank ,Duttenhofer
West Fourteenth Street
Alice Kramer
Mercer Hall
Coolidge Likely 3rd Term, Akron Editor Predicts
Charles L. Knight of Akron Ohio after meeting with President Coolidge says Coolidge will be nominated and elected again. He notes Ohio support in both nomination and election and dismisses Lowden Dawes as threats while praising Coolidge’s administration and constitutional adherence. Knight expects a strong business year ahead.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
White House
Coolidge
Charles L. Knight
Akron
Lowden
Ohio
Dawes
United States
Knight
Mr. Knight
Big Bill stages political comeback on wet platform
The article notes a comeback attempt by a politician nicknamed Big Bill who faltered against Dever amid a rain soaked campaign platform.
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Big Bill
Dever
Reed Fire Hill Target in Tilt with Sapiro
In Detroit on April 5 Senator James A. Reed attacked Aaron Sapiro's integrity as a lawyer and organizer amid Ford libel defenses. Sapiro admitted a $750 fee after denying other grain group representations while Reed cited letters and affiliations with Farm Bureau and Grain Growers. The cross-examination highlighted Ford's strategy in the libel case as the jury remained absent.
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Detroit
Mich
Aaron Sapiro
James A. Reed
Missouri
Henry Ford
Chicago
Sapiro
Ford
Dearborn
Senate
United States Grain Growers, Inc
Reed
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
United States Grain Growers
William Henry Gallagher
Drew
Tragedy in Clinch River Yields Three Slain Victims Near Sword's Creek
The bodies of a man and two women, all apparently shot, were found in the Clinch River three miles east of Sword's Creek, Russell County Virginia. Identifications unknown, likely non residents, with a possible distant crime staged elsewhere. An inquest and transfer to Lebanon followed discovery by a Norfolk & Western lineman.
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Virginia River
Bluefield
W. Va
Clinch River
Sword’s Creek
Russell County
R. H. Wilson
J. E. Christenbury
Norfolk & Western Railway
John Goss
Sword's Creek
Lebanon
Nicaraguan forces claim complete rout of Liberals
The Nicaraguan Legation said Diaz forces routed Liberal troops in today’s battle. Minister Alejandro Cesar declared the revolution is near its end and May has fallen to Diaz forces as the revolutionary army retreats.
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Washington
Diaz
Legation
Managua
Alejandro Cesar
Betsy Rothman Dies After Bread Choke in Breakfast Incident
In New York on April 51 Betsy Rothman aged 6 choked on bread during breakfast. Her mother rushed to Dr. Eli Lewis with the child but she died on arrival, authorities noting a fatal choking accident.
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New York World News Service
New York
Betsy Rothman
Eli Lewis
Betsy May
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