Two New Strikes In This State One At Lexington
Eighteen American airplanes stand ready to guard the Arizona border against possible renewed fighting in the Mexican revolution. Federal forces press the insurgents in Chihuahua Sinaloa and Sonora while plans to block a union of rebel and federal forces are pursued.
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Lexington
Arizona
Sonora
Chihuahua
Sinaloa
Jiminez
la Reforma
Vera Cruz
Calles
Aguas Calientes
Jalisco
Guanajuato
Irapuato
Ojinaga
Preisio
Naco
Principal Hunting Posies Finds Body
Terre Haute Ind April 8 A country school principal Nimrod Slaven and his family found the body of Edith Mae Dierhoff 10 year old West Terre Haute girl who vanished January 27 lodged against a log in Busseron Creek near Paxton Ind hands and feet wired together with a hole in the head Deputy Sheriff H H Harvey helped retrieve the body in Sullivan where the parents Fred and Mrs Dierdorf identified it by a signet ring shoes and a striped coat
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Terre’ Haute
Ind
Edith Mae Dierhoff
West Terre Haute
Busseron Creek
Paxton
Nimrod Slaven
Pleasantville
Slaven
H. H. Harvey
Sullivan
Fred Dierdorf
Stopping of Norwegian steamship explained
Assistant Secretary Lowman said the Norwegian steamship Juan was halted after shots from a coast guard patrol boat in Chesapeake Bay. He cited information that West Indies liquor landings were occurring before Baltimore docking, and said the law required coast guard action.
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Washington
Lowman
Juan
Coast Guard
Chesapeake Bay
West Indies
Baltimore
Convicts Spring Getaway Triggers Mississippi Manhunt
In Magnolia Mississippi sheriff's posse captures Stephen Beck after a prison escape from Angola Louisiana. Four convicts fled the Louisiana penitentiary stealing a car, sparking a high speed chase that ended with gunfire in Magnolia and a nationwide manhunt for the remaining escapees.
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Magnolia
Miss
Sheriff's
Stephen Beck
Angola, la
Cardinal Sees Atheism Behind Einstein Theory
Cardinal O Connell denounces Einstein space time theory as hiding atheism during a Boston breakfast address. He criticizes pseudo intellectuals and petty professors who seek attention and urges renewed religious faith.
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Cardinal O’connell
United States
Boston
William Cardinal O’connell
New England
Catholic Clubs of America
Hinstein
Leinstein
Woman's body found in stolen car slayer linked
Police identified the victim as 35 year old Mrs Linda Beggins mother of three after fingerprints on the steering wheel of a stolen auto were found. A group of women alerted Lt Arthur Coy of the fire department who reported a car on West 36th street with a presumably dead woman leading to the investigation.
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New York
Linda Beggins
Arthur Coy
Fire Department
West 36Th Street
Coy
Hoover Faces Busiest Week For Hoover Inauguration Year
President Hoover confronts a busy week with Congress to reconvene in special session and the annual message nearing final form. He rests after a Rapidan River retreat and plans to send the message by mid April.
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Washington
Apr
Hoover
Rapidan River
Virginia
Congress
Midsummer Heat Expected in Raleigh as 91 Degrees Tops Record
Raleigh faces another hot day with temperatures rising after 8 am. Yesterday saw a record 91 degrees for April 7, the highest in 40 years at the local weather bureau.
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Raleigh
Bomb For Governor Roosevelt Found In Post Office
Porter discovers a parcel post bomb addressed to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in New York’s main post office. The device contained six ounces of dynamite in a waxed tin candy box with a sandpaper detonator, but tests show only black powder and it was a scare bomb. The porter Thomas Gallegy stomped it out, likely saving lives. sender remains sought by police.
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Roosevelt
Porter
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
General Post Office
33Rd Street
Eighth Avenue
F. D. Roosevelt
Mansion House
Albany, N. Y
H. Bup
Twenty-ninth Street
Thomas Gallegy
Jefferson Street
Hoboken
N. J
Gallegy
Sinclair Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upholds Harry F. Sinclair's contempt conviction for refusing to answer questions before the Senate oil committee during the Teapot Dome probe. He is sentenced to three months in jail and a $500 fine. Justice Butler states the questions were relevant to the inquiry and protections of congressional investigations.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Apr
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Senate Oil Committee
Butler
Naval Oil Reserve
Sinclair
Senate
Senate Committee
United States
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Albert B. Fall
Rating Bureau to be set up by insurers in North Carolina
Raleigh April 8 A rating bureau will be set up in Raleigh by companies writing employers liability insurance under North Carolina workmen's compensation law which takes effect July 1. State Insurance Commissioner Dan C. Boney said after a New York conference that rates would likely be lower, while the compensation schedule would be more liberal.
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Raleigh
North
Protest I'm Alone Affair Is Received
Washington reports formal representations from Ottawa via the Canadian legation to the state department over the sinking of the ram runner I'm Alone by a coast guard boat in the Gulf of Mexico. Ottawa and the legation withhold specifics while focusing on treaty interpretation and potential talks with Britain and Canada.
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Legation
State Department
Washington
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
United States
Great Britain
Canada
British Commonwealth
Géodore
Carload of Tomatoes Hide 50 000 Dollar Liquor Load
A broken freight car truck caused 4000 quarts of bonded liquor valued at 50000 dollars to be seized. The crates labeled tomatoes hid the haul, found by inspection in Henrico County after a drip revealed the truth during loading. Inspector D W Doggett reported the find.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Hollywood
Fla
Newark
N. J
D. W. Doggett
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Kellam Falls Short of Endurance Swim Mark
Norris Kellam a 300 pound “human cork” collapsed in a Jacksonville pool today missing the world endurance record by about one hour. He began his attempt at 9 55 a m last Friday aiming for 72 hours 22 minutes.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Norris Kellam
Elizabethton Businessmen Linked to Kidnapping Case
A list of 20 Elizabethton business men was turned over to labor leaders as part of evidence in a kidnapping probe involving two AFL representatives. Six other businessmen faced felonious assault charges against John B. Penix, a federation organizer, after an overnight attack.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
American Federation of Labor
Aam Green
John B. Penix
Federation
Penix
Edward McGrady
Alford Hoffman
Glanzstoff
McGrady
Hoffman
Burglar Confesses to $300000 Loot Across 100 Burglaries
Walter M. Deutsch admits to stealing valuables totaling over 300000 from about a hundred burglaries in six years. Police verify the confession naming targets including actor Jackie Coogan and Jack Pickford with about 80000 dollars in jewels seized from their homes.
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Los Angeles
Walter M. Deutsch
Deutsch
Jackie Coogan
Jack Pickford
Coogan
Five Cent Fare Ruling Halts NYC Transit Increase
The U S supreme court forbade the Interborough Rapid Transit Company from raising its five cent fare to seven cents in New York. Justice McReynolds said the lower court overstepped by granting a temporary seven cent rise and noted the company should have appealed to state courts rather than federal ones.
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New York
Washington
Interborough Rapid Transit Company of
Supreme Court
Justice McReynolds
Interborough
Transit Commission
Bomb blasts rock Indian Legislative Assembly in Delhi crisis
Two bombs exploded during a legislative session in Delhi injuring several officials including Sir George Schuster. Sir John Simon escaped harm as panicked lawmakers flooded the chamber. two suspects were arrested after additional weapons were found.
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Delhi
India
Indian Legislative Assembly
George Schuster
Governor General
John Simon
Crown Committee For
D. Raghvemdra
Shanker
Rao Dao
Mr. Dalal
I. N. Roy
Indian Central Committee
Strikes Grow in Piedmont Mills Idle Workers Rise Past Five Thousand
Two new textile walkouts add hundreds to the more than 5 000 idle in North and South Carolina. At Pineville NC unit No 5 of Charwick Hoskins saw 200 workers strike on orders from the national textile workers union. In Lexington NC 60 to 100 Wennonah mill workers protested a wage cut. Guards remain at Loray mill Gastonia as negotiations continue under U S Department of Labor commissioners.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
South Carolina
Piedmont Sec
Pineville
N. C
Charwick-Hoskins
National Textile Workers Union
Lexington
Wennonah
Piedmont
Loray
Manville-Jenckes Company
Gastonia
National Guardsmen
Greenville
Spartanburg
Anderson
Union
S. C
United States Department of Labor
Carolinas
American Federation of Labor
Fred Erwin Beal
George Pershing
Daily Worker
New York
R. B. Power
Tobias Broadwell
B. B. Gossett
Chadwick-Hoskins Chain
Supreme Court Studies Validity of Highway Bond Issue
The South Carolina supreme court began examining the legality of the 65 million dollar highway bond issue passed by the 1929 general assembly. Arguments attacking constitutionality were presented by Samuel L. Wolfe of Anderson and D. W. Robinsons of Columbia, with Attorney General John M. Daniel leading the defense.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina Supreme Court
General Assembly
Samuel L. Wolfe
Anderson
D. W. Robinsons
John M. Daniel
Tornadic Storm Causes Heavy Damage in Chicago South Shore
A brief tornadic storm tore along a 100 foot path five blocks long in Chicago's south shore district last night, causing about 500000 dollars in damage. Roofs ripped, trees uprooted, garages blown down. extensive destruction on the north side of Highly Fifth Street from Dante to Eastwind Avenue.
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Chicago
South Shore
Fifth Street
Dante
Eastwind Avenue
Hammond
Roxsna Petroleum Company
J. Berton
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Jim Heard
St. Francisville
Adam Webster
Fred Wilson
New Orleans
Thad Ellzey
Pinke County
Pusuit
Mexico
Washington, D. C
I. Klein, Ltd
Green
Bristow
Va.Tenn
Asheville
Chillicothe
Ohio
Roy
Butukeswara Dutt
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Punjab
Hindustan Socialist Republican Army
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