Negro assailant Randolph woman admits crime in Asheboro jail
Fred die Willie a South Carolina Negro identified as the assailant of Mrs. L. L. McKinnon was found by searchers five miles from the home and confessed. Mrs. McKinnon lies in Memorial hospital in serious condition after head injuries requiring about 150 stitches from a chair attack that occurred first at home then in nearby woods.
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Randolph
Asheboro
Freddie Willie
South Carolina
L. L. McKinnon
Brect
Randolph County
McKinnon
Memorial Hospital
National Guardsmen Called Out At Gastonia Strikes
National guardsmen were ordered to Gastonia North Carolina to guard Loray mills after a near riot as workers protested layoffs and an efficiency plan. Union leaders and local mill executives arranged talks while other Carolina mills faced simultaneous walkouts and factory closures amid ongoing labor unrest.
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Gastonia
Gardner
Charlotte
N. C
Carolinas
North Carolina National Guard
Loray Mills
South Carolina
Monarch
Ottaway
Union
Buffalo Mills
Greenville
S C
Brandon Corporation
Vernon Allen
Woodruff
S. C
National Textile Workers Union
Collapse Of Rebels Seen By Federals
Federal forces claim decisive progress against rebels in Jimenez and surrounding Chihuahua fronts. Battles near Jimenez leave rebel losses high while federals report collapses on the west coast. air raids and artillery pressure widen as Naco, Sonora braces for more. One American injured from a border blast.
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Naco
Sonora
Mexico
Fausto Topete
Associated Press
Jimenez
Escobar
Chihuahua
Calles
Ortiz
Federal c Cnvalary
Furner Federal
la Cruz
Culiacan
Nogales
Manzo
Mazatlan
Ariz
Attorneys to aid Jones law violators organized in D C
A group of lawyers in Washington to defend persons charged under the Jones prohibition law is being formed by Ralph J. Kelley a former secretary to Senator Edwards. The plan mirrors efforts in New York and other cities to provide free legal help to defendants facing penalties under the Jones law.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Bank
Glass
Virginia
Federal Reserve Board
Representative Fish
New York
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Mitchell
House Banking Committee
McFadden
Reserve Board
Norbeck
Fletcher
Florida
Senate Banking Committee
King
Utah
Ralph J. Kelley
Edwards
New Jersey
Congress
Anti-Prohibitionists Win In Wisconsin Referendum
Wisconsin voters favor repealing the Severson prohibition enforcement act and remove penalties for home brew. Early returns show large majorities for repeal across numerous precincts, with officials predicting a mandate despite the measure not being binding until the legislature acts.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Wiscogsin
Severson
Thomas M. Duncan
Associated Press
Autopsy Clue Emerges in Palm Beach Clubman Death
Autopsy on A. Romeyne Pierson Jr. of Ridgewood New Jersey and Boynton Beach produced pivotal findings for a coroner's jury probing his death in Palm Beach. The post mortem was finished, but the physician withheld results until today.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
A. Romeyne Pierson, Jr
Ridgewood
N. J
Boynton Beach
Pierson
Winter Colony
W. M. Jared
Pigeons At Center Of Unsolved Blackmail Plot In New York
Police uncovered a blackmail scheme using homing pigeons aimed at Dr Louis Alofson of West 38th Street. Pigeons carried a note demanding $10 000 with threats to the doctor and family. Birds released from a midtown roof fled to New Jersey and vanished. Police guarded the doctor’s home.
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New York
Louis Alofson
West 38Th Street
42Nd Streets
Hudson River
New Jersey
Alofson
General Post Office
Charlotte Armory Work Halted After Bond Vote Rejection
Charlotte voters refused a $200000 special bond issue to finance an armory auditorium for a Confederate reunion conference. The contractor withdrew workers and Mayor Redd planned to sell the old municipal auditorium for $175000 to cover building costs.
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Charlotte
Redd
Mitchell rules federal board lacks power to approve oil curtailment
Secretary Wilbur informed American Petroleum Institute that Attorney General Mitchell ruled the Federal Oil Conservation Board has no power to grant approval for the institute's proposed production curtailment. The letter also notes the attorney general cannot opine on the program's legality. The institute seeks board approval to cut 1929 oil output to 1928 levels.
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Washington
Wilbur
American Petroleum Institute
Mitchell
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Institute
The
Conservation Board
State takes suit to Supreme Court over railway bid
North Carolina petitions the Supreme Court to intervene in the Atlantic and Yadkin railway sale case. The attorney general argues lower courts barred state participation, harming core rights to contract and alleging Southern Railway domination harmed Greensboro facilities and rolling stock.
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Washington
North Carolina
Southern Railway
Atlantic and Yadkin Railway
Supreme Court
Dennis G. Brummitt
Southern
Atlantic
Yadkin
Greensboro
Southern Railway Company
Morgan's Wife Accused by Inspector of Bringing Liquor
United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle quoted a customs inspector asserting that Congressman William Morgan of New York arrived from Panama with four bottles of liquor and asked for free entry.
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New York
United States
Charles H. Tuttle
William Morgan
Panama
Jury Rules Slaying Unnecessary in De King Shooting
A coroner's jury in Aurora Newfoundland ruled the March 25 shooting of Mrs. Lillian De King during a country raid was unnecessary. It recommended a grand jury probe and held Deputy Roy Smith for manslaughter based on alleged false warrants by a state attorney's office attaché.
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Aurora
Lillian de King
Roy Smith
de King
Eugene Boyd Fairchild
Smith
Elgin
Gerald
Joseph de King
William Hale Treadwell
Treadwell
Lindberghs Revisit Mexico Amid War Scar Inside Nation
Mexico's internal strife shadows the Lindberghs romance as Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow travel to Mexico City. He avoids fighting areas, flying long overland routes with a parachute for safety, and finds far fewer cheering crowds than 15 months ago.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
California
Lindbergh
Chihuahua
el Paso
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Texas
Tamaulipas
Two Conservation Board Reappointed in North Carolina
Raleigh April 3. Two members of the state conservation and development board were reappointed and two new members were added to fill vacancies. F S Worthy of Washington and J Q Gilkey of Marion were reappointed. J J Stone of Greensboro and W C Ewing of Fayetteville were named to succeed G L Hampton of Canton and Frank H Stedman of Fayetteville. Terms run six years.
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Raleigh
State Conservation and Development Board
F. S. Worthy
Washington
J. Q. Gilkey
Marion
J. J. Stone
Greensboro
W. C. Ewing
Fayetteville
G. L. Hampton
Canton
Frank H. Stedman
Wales Prefers Air Travel for Short Trips
The Prince of Wales favors air travel when possible even for short journeys. He arrived by car in Croydon then boarded a plane to Bognor to visit his father and planned to return by air this evening if weather permits.
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Croydon
Eng
Prince of Wales
Bognor
Sussex
France to Honor United States Ambassador Herrick in Simple Funeral
Paris plans a solemn, simple memorial for Myron T. Herrick with French leaders, military honors, and a guard of honor from the Legion of Honor. Premier Poincare will speak for France, General Pershing for America, and the cortege will proceed to the pro-cathedral before Herrick departs for Brest aboard the Tourville. The Aquitania will follow, with wireless contact maintained during the voyage.
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Paris
France
United States
Myron T. Herrick
Raymond Poincare
General Pershing
Quinones Deleon
Legion of Honor
Dean Beekman
Brest
Tourville
Atlantic
Parmely Herrick
New York
Missing girl found in Greenville. boy still missing
Corie Key, 17, who vanished from Augusta, was located in Greenville, South Carolina. Marvin Silvers, 24, is sought on charges of automobile theft and Mann Act violation. The father confirms the car belonged to him and was found in Greenville.
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Augusta
Corie Key
Marvin Silvers
Greenville, &. I
Silvers
Greenville
Slender Thread Hopes To Rescue Southern Cross Fliers
In Australia a clue emerged as Drysdale River station reports a plane passing southwest on March 31 the day the Southern Cross vanished with Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and three crew on a first leg to England. Captain Chateau reports over Wyndham that a search over the Drysdale station continues with calls for aid and dropped messages to locate the downed craft.
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Southern Cross
Sydney
New South Wales
Charles Kingsford-Smith
England
Drysdale River
Canteau
Royal Airforce
Chateau
Wyndham
Drysdale
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National Textile Workers’ Union
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R. L
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Palm Beach
Charlotte Armory
Federal Board
M’murry
Leo McCurry
J. N. Dixon
R. K. Adams
State Hospital
Harry Crane
State Department of Public Welfare
W. C. Linville
State Hospital For the Negro Insane
Goldsboro
Charles O’h. Laughinghouse
Morgan
Tuttle
DeKing
Lindy
Anne
Valbuena Field
Board OF Conservation
Wales
Herrick
U. S
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