Mexican Air Raids North of Gastonia Trigger Fatal Flight
A Mexican federal bombing plane was shot down near Gastonia while aiding an air raid on rebel troop trains. Capt. Juan Gutierrez and Lt. Jesus Gaona died. Government reports claim massive rebel losses at La Reforma and Jimenez as federal forces push north, with calls to continue extermination campaigns and divert troops to Jalisco and Guanajuato. Rebel leaders Escobar Cara veo Urbalejo reportedly escaped as Mazatlan’s forces retreat. Tensions rise near Naco with ongoing raids and skirmishes.
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Naco
Sonora
Fausto Topete
Here
Juan Gutierrez
Jesus Gaona
la Reforma
Jimenez
Almazan
Santa Rosaria
Chihuahua
Artiz
Calles
Jalisco
Guanjuato
Escobar
Caraveo
Urbalejo
Santa Rosario
Manzo
Mazatlan
Washington Society Probes Stimson Ruling On Mrs. Gann Rank
Washington awaits Secretary Stimson's ruling on whether Mrs. Edward Everett Gann must rank beneath wives of foreign diplomats at official dinners, after Curtis protested Kellogg's earlier seating order. Vice President Curtis and Mrs. Gann will follow hosts' seating until a formal decision. The White House dinner tonight featured the Ganns with President Hoover present.
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Washington Society
Stimson
Mrs. Gann
Curtis
Washington
State Department
Kellogg
Edward Everett Gann
Mr. Curtis
Gann
White House
Farm relief debate centers on funding surpluses
Washington April 4 administration leaders back a federal farm board with stabilization agencies to manage surpluses and maintain price levels. Debates focus on how to finance surplus control, with equalization fees from the McNary Haugen plan under consideration and potential new legislation.
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Washington
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Hyde
Congress
Federal Farm Board
National Grande
McNary-Haugen
McNary
Binoculars help sheriff nab man for liquor haul
Sheriff Jesse James Bailey used a powerful pair of binoculars from the 15 story courthouse to spot Bill Porter digging in leaves across the French Broad river. He chased Porter to the scene and arrested him, seizing four gallons of whiskey.
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Asheville
Jesse James Bailey
French Broad River
Bill Porter
Wuhan Armies Retreat Before Nationalists Crisis in Hankow
Nationalist troops advance from Nanking penetrate Wuhan defenses as Wuhan armies collapse. Confusion spreads through Hankow with refugees fleeing to foreign concessions as martial law is proclaimed.
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Wuhan
Hankow
China
Ankow
Nanking
Tom Jimison Heads to Gastonia to Lead Textile Strike
Charlotte lawyer Tom P. Jimison left at noon after a telegram from national textile workers organizer Erwin Beal. He was expected to take charge of the gas phases of the textile strike from the strikers' viewpoint in Gastonia.
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Tom Jimison
Gastonia
Charlotte
Om P. Jimison
Red Erwin Beal
National Textile Orkers
Special Council Meet Set for Tomorrow Night
A special city council meeting is planned in the council chamber tomorrow night to attempt to call an election for May 7, the same day as the city election. Davis resolution supporters aim to present petitions from 25 percent of qualified voters and demand the election.
Crocker Caught Trying to Saw Out of Asheboro Jail
Wiley Crocker, infamous for a prior jail escape, was caught attempting to cut his way out of the Asheboro jail with a saw. Jailor Brookshire and assistants observed the sound of sawing, seized the tool, and prevented any escape.
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Crocker
Asheboro
Wiley Crocker
Brookshire
John Brown
France Honors Memory of Herrick-Body Sails Today
Paris mourns American ambassador Myron T. Herrick with a grand ceremony at the American Embassy. Marshal Foch's death deepens national grief as French leaders and diplomats join the tribute. Premier Poincare and Foreign Minister Briand attend alongside Petain Franchet D Esperey Gouraud and other military notables.
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Myron T. Herrick
U. S
France
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Foch
Herrick
Prince Charles
Belgium
Prince of Wales
Paris
Marshal Foch
Petain
Franchet D'Esperey
Gouraud
Dubail
Lasson
Poincare
Briand
United States
Labor conditions in fifth district improve from year ago
The Federal Reserve Board reports February conditions in the fifth district show employment at usual quotas and strong construction activity. Favorable weather supports outdoor work and overall unemployment is lower than a year earlier.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Board
North Carolina
Three Men Burned to Death in Plane Crash at Scott City
Three men were burned to death when a monoplane crashed and burst into flames in Scott City Kansas this morning. The victims were Dr. C. C. McGinnis a local surgeon Chester Riley a traveling salesman from Scott City and John Flournoy the Wichita based pilot.
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Scott City
Kans
C. C. McGinnis
Chester Riley
John Flournoy
Wichita
Louisiana Capital Braces for Huey Long Rally and Impeachment
Baton Rouge on April 4 reports a political circus as Huey Long allies stage an all day rally to show support to lawmakers. The House conducts impeachment testimony with 60 more subpoenas issued as Charles Manship accuses the governor of attempted intimidation by threatening to reveal his brother’s asylum status.
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Louisiana
Long
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
House of Representatives
Charles P. Manship
Anderson mill workers strike over stretch out loom plan
About 175 to 200 weavers walked out at the Anderson cotton mills after executives refused to end the stretch out multi loom system. Other departments remained operating but officials warned closure across the plant if workers do not return.
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Anderson Mill
Anderson
8. C
Anderson Cotton Mills
Frank J. Clark
Morse Code Message May Influence Search for Missing Airmen
The Evening News reports a weak fragmentary Morse code message picked up in Melbourne that may affect the hunt for Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and the Southern Cross crew. The message included the name Smith and the phrase men eating wild fowl, reported by a wireless amateur using a long distance set.
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London
The
Evening News
Melbourne
Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Southern Cross
Smith
Hammond Resignation Accepted By Holloway
Dr. O. O. Hammonds head of the State Health Department had his resignation accepted today by Governor W. J. Holloway in Oklahoma City. The move follows his implied connection to former Governor Henry Johnson and came after the impeachment trial began.
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Oklahoma City
O. O. Hammonds
State Health Department
Henry §. Johnson
W. J. Holloway
Johnston
Glenna Collett Reaches North and South Final In Tight Win
Glenna Collett national women's champion defeats Marion Turpie of New Orleans one up to advance to the finals of the north and south women's golf tournament at Pinehurst. Virginia Van Wie of Chicago also advances by beating Edith Quier of Reading five and three.
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Pinehurst
Glenna Collett
Marion Turpie
New Orleans
Virginia van Wie
Chicago
Edith Quier
Reading
Miss Collett
Miss Turpie
Miss van Wie
Miss Quier
T. L. Bland Appointed Receiver for Gilmer's Inc
T. L. Bland of Rocky Mount and Raleigh has been appointed ancillary receiver for Gilmer's Inc by United States District Judge I. M. Meekins. Gilmer's Inc is a Delaware corporation operating department stores in several North Carolina and Virginia cities.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
T. L. Bland
Raleigh
Gilmer’s, Inc
United States
I. M. Meekins
Gilmer’s Inc
North Carolina
Virginia
Shumaker Released From Indiana Penitentiary After Contempt Conviction
E S Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon league was freed from the state penal farm at Putnamville after serving 53 days of a 60 day sentence for contempt of the Indiana Supreme Court. Seven days were cut for good behavior.
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Shumaker
Putnamville, Ind
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Indiana Supreme Court
Governor Gets New Car For State Use
The Council of State has purchased a replacement automobile for the governor. The new car will replace the governor’s former vehicle which has logged over 60 000 miles.
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Raleigh
Apr
Council of State
Gardner
Mill Employes Chase in Town Shooting Incident
In Henrietta North Carolina on April 4 Wade and Eck Rollins mill workers attempted to shoot up the town. They fired at random from a car then moved to Cliffs side where they continued firing as Sheriff Harden and deputies pursued. No capture reported at last account.
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Charlotte
Piedmont
North
South Carolina
Gastonia
National Guardsmen
Loray
Manville-Jencks Company
Greenville
Vernon Allen
Brandon
Brandon Corporation
Brandon Duck Mill
Poinsett
Poinsett Mill
Monarch
Ottaway
Union
Spartanburg
Dooley
Henrietta
N. C
Wade
Eck Rollins
Hardin
Cliffside
Bevington challenges Volstead repeal by Willis Campbell act
Marie Bevington, Sioux City hotel owner, asks the U S circuit court of appeals to rule that the Volstead act was automatically repealed by later legislation. Her lawyers argue Willis Campbell act reenacted internal revenue laws for intoxicating beverages, thereby repealing the Volstead act. She indicates plans to seek Supreme Court review if needed.
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Sioux City
Iowa
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Marie Bevington
Goltz, Schuyler, and
Brown
Congress
United States
Supreme Court
Bevington
Mail Plane Pilot Hurt in Crash Near Richmond
Richmond Va April 4 Henry Merrill a Richmond Atlanta mail pilot suffered a forced landing near Winterham Virginia after his plane plowed into a thirty wire long distance telephone line He was brought to a hospital with a bruised body a cut above the eye and is not believed seriously hurt doctors said
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Richmond
Henry Merrill
Richmond-Atlanta Mail
Winterham
Merrill
Magnolia merchant and family slain in Duplin county
Adrian Groves an elderly Magnolia merchant his wife and their four year old adopted daughter were found shot to death in their home. A coroner jury ruled Groves killed them and then died by suicide. A 38 caliber revolver was found near his body.
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Kenansville
N. C
Adrian Groves
Magnolia
Duplin
Here
Groves
Magnésia
Morgan Says He Has Nothing To Add To Denials
Representative William M. Morgan of Ohio repeated that he had nothing to add to previous denials of bringing liquor into New York after returning with a congressional party from Panama. He said he had denied all allegations and had nothing more to say.
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Washington
William M. Morgan
Ohio
New York
Panama
Dean Orders Girls To Change Out Sunback Dresses
In Jacksonville Pennsylvania on April 4 1940s a high school dean Mrs Marguerite Culp ordered six girls who wore sunback frocks to go home and put on decent dresses claiming the outfits were immodest and demoralizing. Five complied while one refused arguing parental approval and health benefits. Other school heads offered mixed opinions.
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Jacksonville
Pla
Robert FE
Marguerite Culp
AFL Official Kidnapped in Elizabethton Tennessee
Four men C D Meadows an insurance agent J T Trollinger foreman at the American Bemberg plant A A Hale president of the Southern Furniture Manufacturing Company and Nat Perry were arrested today in Elizabethton after the alleged kidnapping of Edward McGrady vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Alfred Hoffman southern organizer of the United Textile Workers of America from a hotel this morning.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
C. D. Meadows
J. T. Trollinger
American Bemberg
A. A. Hale
Southern Furniture Manufacturing Company
Nat Perry
Edward McGrady
American Federation of Labor
Alfred Hoffman
United Textile Workers of America
Butler Assigned to Command at Quantico Marine Base
Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler today took command of the Quantico Marine Base in Virginia succeeding Major General Wesdel C. Neville, who became commandant of the Marine Corps. Butler, former Philadelphia safety director, had just returned from China where he led marine forces.
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Washington
Smedley D. Butler
Marine Base
Quantico
Wesdel C. Neville
Marine Corps
Butler
Philadelphia
China
Marine Forces
Governors of Federal Reserve Board to Meet in Washington
A joint meeting of the twelve governors of Federal Reserve banks and the Federal Reserve Board was called for today in Washington. The group has completed its Semi annual conference, with no hints given on topics to be discussed at the session in the Board room.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Board of Governors
Pederal Reserve Board
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A.F.L
Gen. Butler
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