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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1929
Page
2
Italian destroyer Muggia struck a promontory near Amoy in fog and sank with 87 crew lost. The freighter Matsumoto Maru rescued 79 aboard including four officers. Exact total aboard the destroyer remains unconfirmed.
Bankers promise to back the market to avert a crash as call loan rates ease from 20 to 15 percent. Stocks show early gains with oils, copper and rails leading, though overall prices retreat from Monday's close as traders await further liquidity and April payments.
A general alarm fire damaged the Maplewood theatre in Malden Mass injuring three firemen. Nearby buildings were threatened as explosions showered glass and debris. Fire departments from Everett Melrose and Chelsea assisted the effort with damage estimated at 25000 dollars.
Meiji University baseball team sails from Tokyo to begin an extended U S tour. First games scheduled in Los Angeles against a Japanese club on April 6 or 7, with numerous American college opponents to follow.
In Chicago at the Coliseum during a Fields Thompson boxing show a riot left one dead and thirteen seriously hurt with two others dying. Three major investigations were launched into the disaster and ensuing panic.
The Illinois Boxing Commission, City Council, and promoter James Mullen launch probes into a deadly Coliseum stampede. Herman Landfield, 38, died from skull fracture and internal injuries after being knocked to the floor during exits. Alonzo Stroud, 24, and John Mahoney, 34, remain near death with compound leg fractures and internal injuries. many others are incapacitated for weeks.
Aurora Illinois is tense as two investigations begin into the death of Mrs. Joseph De King in her home during a Dry Raiders raid. Coroner Hermann Vierke heads one inquiry and Kane County State’s Attorney George Carbury leads another into the slaying and the raid’s legality.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch lay in state beneath the Invalides dome after a national funeral. Ten nations joined France in solemn ceremonies as Premier Poincaré praised the Allied leader who guided victory. Crowds watched the procession from Notre Dame to Les Invalides.
March 27 report that Rep Leslie W Sims introduced a General Court bill to let Maynard borrow 100000 outside the debt limit to complete its sewerage system. The measure was referred to Rules and a hearing is expected soon.
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