Ammunition Seized in New York Ties to Sandino War
Sixteen thousand rounds of rifle ammunition believed to be for Sandino rebel forces in Nicaragua were seized in a New York steamer stateroom. P Traetvik, second engineer aboard the Lempira, was detained for allegedly running ammunition to Nicaragua under a 1924 export prohibition.
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Sandino
New York
Nicaragua
P. Traetvik
Lempira
Atlantic Navigation Company
Honduras
Traetvik
Heavy Snow Buries Nebraska Tracing Wires and Rails
A heavy wet snow blanketed Nebraska causing telegraph and telephone outages, rail delays, and blocked highways. Snow measured about five inches with winds and a 39 to 40 degree range as storms spread from the Texas Panhandle.
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Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Central West
Texas Panhandle
Iowa
Missouri
Associated Press
WHO
Bankers Life
Des Moines
WMAQ
Chicago Daily News
Senate backs study on new uses for cotton products
The Senate approved a House bill by 14 to authorize an investigation into new uses for cotton by the Commerce and Agriculture departments. Secretaries Hoover and Jardine would lead technical and scientific research on American grown cotton and by products and promote disseminating findings nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
House
Commerce and Agriculture Departments
White House
Hoover
Jardine
United States
Relief work completed for Shawnee cloudburst victims
Relief efforts moved forward in Shawnee Oklahoma as hundreds left temporarily homeless found shelter with friends or in a locally organized system created after a 1920s tornado. Four deaths were confirmed and two people remained missing. A survey of 183 families and six merchants estimated losses at 234800 dollars, with total damages expected near 500000 dollars.
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Shawnee
Okla
Friends
Marathon runners head toward Groom amid weather delays
In Amarillo on April 6, about 90 runners and walkers in the trans continental marathon pressed on despite foul weather. They aimed for Groom, a town 42 miles east of Amarillo, as their next checkpoint.
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Groom Amarillo
Tex
Groom
Here
Missing Girl Thelma Donellan Found Safe After Mystery Call
Thelma Donellan aged 17 vanished from New Orleans after attending church. A cryptic phone call to her mother implied danger but she was later located at friends' home by city detectives. The girl offered no explanation for the call and safety is confirmed.
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Thelma Donellan
John Donellan
Thelma Donnel
Friends
French flier's nine hour test flight sparks transatlantic hope
Lieutenant De Troyat departed Le Bourget at 4 30 this morning and landed Dijon at 10 40 p m after a southward swing via Marseille and Lyons. He praised his Spirit of St Louis copy, built to attempt a Paris to New York flight this year, flying about 700 miles with a full fuel load.
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France
de Troyat
le Bourget
Marseilles
Mediterranean
Rhone
Lyons
Paris
Lindbergh
St. Louis
New York
French flier De Troyat vanishes after Le Bourget takeoff
Lieutenant De Troyat, ally of Lindbergh, left Le Bourget at 4:30 AM for what was believed a test flight. Nine hours later he had not returned, with officials saying Atlantic departure unlikely due to bad weather and insufficient preparation.
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France
Lieutenant de Troyat
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Baron von Huenfeld
Hermann Koehl
Templehofer Field
Baldonnel
Ireland
de Troyat
America
Tornado Death Toll Rises in Beaty County Area
In Fayetteville Arkansas on April 6, Mrs. Mary Payne died in a local hospital, bringing the tornado toll to three from the Beaty counties caused by the Beaty County tornado near Lincoln late Wednesday.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Mary Payne
Beaty Counties
Lincoln
Pretty Girl Is A Victim Of Murder In Kansas City
A young unidentified woman was found dying in a muddy gutter at 35th Street and the Paseo in Kansas City. Police suspect she was struck on the head and tossed from a speeding car. the coroner reports a fractured skull and death shortly after discovery.
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Kansas City
35Th Street
Naval Aviator Jumps From Burning Plane Over Anacostia
Lieut. Barnett T. Talbott, naval aviator, leapt from a flaming plane at 2000 feet over Anacostia naval air station and was hospitalized with severe burns after his craft crashed and burned. Ground observers saw flames erupt from the engine as the aircraft tumbled to the southeast corner of the field.
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Lieut. Talbott
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Washington
Barnett T. Talbott
Naval Hospital
Talbott
Lieut
Trees sent from Berkeley aid Palestine reforestation
Dr. W L Jepson of the University of California sends trees suited for arid lands to Palestine to support its reforestation efforts. He notes that millennia of conflict have left Palestine among the world’s most barren regions.
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Palestine
Berkeley
Cal
W. L. Jepson
University of California
Pershing to Attend Montreal Banquet For Military Order
General John J. Pershing will be guest of honor at a Montreal banquet on April 28 celebrating the establishment of the Canadian Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States.
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Montreal
John J. Pershing
Military Order of Foreign Wars
The
United States
Oil Depot Blazes In Cuba Today
The Standard Oil refinery at Regla near Havana continued to burn as of morning. The wind shift eased fear of spreading to 3,000,000 gallons of gasoline. Casualties rose to eighty injured including eleven U S sailors with one seriously hurt. Fire explosions struck the refinery and authorities weigh faulty wiring against possible arson while damage tops $2,000,000. Wyoming sailors aided then withdrawn at dawn leaving crews hopeful for control this afternoon if winds cooperate.
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Standard Oil Company
Regla
United States
Red Cross
Wyoming
Fire at Standard Oil refinery in Havana reported
Fire raged today at Standard Oil refinery in Havana, a plant valued at about 15 million dollars. Details are continued on page two.
Liquor Car Crash Kills Driver Near Brevard
ASHEVILLE April 6. S D Evans of Burnsville died when his car carrying liquor overturned on a curve on the Lake Toxaway highway about 22 miles west of Brevard Friday morning. McIntosh, his companion, slightly injured, is jailed. Evans pinned under wreck, liquor hidden by McIntosh, 36 gallons found. third Burnsville death in three days.
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S. D. Evans
Burnsville
Lake Toxaway Highway
Brevard
McIntosh
Evans
Leland Hall
Fred King
Russian Gold Is Returned To Soviet
Five million dollars in gold bars sent from the Soviet Union to New York in February were en route back to Europe on the Dresden for Bremen. Legal battles delayed its disposition as the Bank of France sued for possession claiming a pre revolutionary deposit. The treasure sat in vaults losing about $700 daily interest while the case proceeded.
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Easter Sunday Weather Promise Across Much of Nation
The weather bureau forecast sunny Easter Sunday nationwide with a possible Atlantic stag nation ending Saturday night. Lower lake, Mississippi and Ohio valleys and northern Rockies expected balmy conditions. Atlantic states north of Virginia likely to see unusual weather. Forecaster Weightman warned no strong shifts yet and changes may bring clouds or rain by Saturday.
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Weather Bureau
Atlantic States
Lower Lake Region
Mississippi
Ohio River
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic
Virginia
Weightman
Clayton under cross examination in Senate probe
The senate investigation opened with William L. Clayton of Houston, a cotton merchant, facing sharp questions about his firm’s policy for the coming cotton season and alleged market manipulation. Lawyer J. H. Gilbert pressed for yes or no answers as Clayton defended himself, noting his other interests in warehouses and cotton gins were incidental to his role as a merchant.
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William L. Clayton
Houston
Texas
Senate
J. H. Gilbert
Arthur R. Marsh
New York
Clayton
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Gilbert
Marsh
New Orleans
Smith
Heflin
McLean Defends Old Debt as Sound to NC Committee
Governor McLean testified to a House Judiciary Committee that a long gap between payments remained acceptable as he urged approval of a bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to repay the state’s debt of 118 035.69. He traced the debt’s history to the War of 1812 and noted state advances to the federal government and claims for cotton seized. A portion of the debt has been cancelled via state bonds held by the United States.
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Washington
North Carolina
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Eéta
McLean R
Overman
North Calina
United States
Admiral Oliver Dies at His Shirley Estate
Rear Admiral James Harrison Oliver U S Navy, first Virgin Islands governor and naval member of the Strategy Board in World War I, died at one o'clock this morning at his Shirley estate on the James River. Death attributed to heart disease.
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Richmond
James Harrison Oliver
United States Navy
The
Virgin Islands
Naval Board of Strategy
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