Southern Railway faces anti trust charge over Mobile and Ohio
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a complaint against the Southern Railway for violating anti trust laws by gaining control of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and challenging its control of the New Orleans and Northeastern. A hearing is set for May 20. The commission says the acquisition may substantially lessen competition and restrain commerce in certain regions.
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Southern Railway System
Mobile and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
New Orleans
Northeastern
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
Commission
Southern Railway
New Orleans and
Mobile and Ohio Company
Dawes Named Ambassador to Great Britain
Formal White House announcement states former Vice President Dawes will become ambassador to Great Britain after Senate confirmation. He will finish reorganizing Santo Domingo finances, then discuss British American relations with Secretary Stimson before departing for London.
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Washington
Dawes
Great Britain
White House
State Department
King George
Senate
Santo Domingo
Stimson
Lindbergh Safely Passes Through Brownsville Border
Charles A. Lindbergh flew from Mexico City to Brownsville and then departed unannounced for an unknown destination after spending the night in Mexico. Mexican authorities checked air fields for his possible forced landing, while Lindbergh hinted at a possible two to three day absence.
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Brownsville
Tex
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico
Mexico City
Lindbergh
Tampico
Col. Lindbergh
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Escobar Assumes Personal Command Of Rebel Forces
General J Gonzalo Escobar takes personal command of rebel armies in Sonora as forces retreat from Chihuahua and Sinaloa converge on Naco with aid from Topete. Escobar arrives by air at Agua Prieta and supporters march from Sasbe and Nogales while U S infantry monitor the border movement.
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Naco
Ariz
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Sonora
Chihuahua
Sinaloa
Fseobar
Agua Prieta
Here
Casas Grandes
Fausto Topete
Topete
Escobar
Pulpito Pass
Arizona
Nogales
Sasbe
Abelardo Rodriguez
Baja California
United States
Mrs Gann To Hold Rank As Curtis Wife
The diplomatic corps at the British embassy agreed to recognize Mrs Edward Everett Gann as the official hostess and wife status would normally accord to the vice president's spouse. The council concluded after over an hour of talks and will send a letter to Secretary Stimson via Sir Esme How ard the British ambassador.
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Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Edward Everett Gann
Curtis
Stimson
Mmecretary
Esme Howard
Washington Faces Major Shakeup in State Department
Washington on April 10 woke to news that Secretary Stiracon declared the state department will no longer resolve precedence issues not affecting the diplomatic corps. The move follows Vice President Curtis’s protest against Kellogg’s ruling involving his sister.
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Washington
Social
Stiracon
State Department
Curtis
Kellogg
Haines to Address Meeting Episcopal Women at Raleigh
Raleigh April 10 Bishop Iomas C Durst led a noon meditation as delegates to the 47th annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina gathered for a business session. The afternoon program included a talk by the Rev Elwood L Haines on the diocesan emergency fund and officers were to be elected.
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Raleigh
Woman’s Auxiliary
Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
Iomas C. Durst
East Carolina
Elwood L. Haines
W. S. Murchison
Boach
Col
Nathan O’berry
Goldsboro
B. R. Lacy
State Hospital For the Insane
E. B. Borden
Western Carolina Teachers College
Cullowhee State Normal
Reuben S. Robertson
Canton
Giles Cover
Andrewy
Y. J. E. Coburn
Bryson City
T. H. Shipman
Brevard
Workers At Lexington File Demands
Striking Wennonah mill workers in Lexington outline four demands to mill manager W. E. Holt. They seek restoration of the old wage scale for weavers loom fixers carders and slashers a 50 percent wage increase for spinners and doffers abolition of speeding and doubling up of work and recognition of the National Textile Workers Union after organizer Fred Erwin Beal spoke to a mass meeting. Picket lines were posted and police reported one worker's arrival from nearby.
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Lexington
Wennonah
National Textile Workers Union
Fred Erwin
Beal
L. D. Queen
W. E. Holt
National Textile Workers Union of America
National
Porter Planted and Found Bomb to Win Promotion
A New York post office porter Thomas J. Callegy was arrested for mailing a bomb addressed to Governor Roosevelt. Investigators say he planned to gain a promotion by predicting a discovery, citing a Chicago case. Police found coils and wire at his Hoboken home and Callegy claimed the materials were for repairing radios.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas J. Callegg
Chicago
Callegy
Hoboken
N. J
North Carolina Vehicle Registrations Hit 388 467 In First Quarter
Raleigh April 10 The state records show 388 467 motor vehicle registrations in January to March. Automobiles numbered 330 635 and trucks 37 832 with 738 motorcycles licensed in the period.
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N. C
Raleigh
Resignation over McCormick influence prompts protest
Mrs. Lottie Holman O Neill resigns as vice president of the Illinois Women's Republican club citing domination by Ruth Hanna McCormick. She says club activities advance McCormick's aims and hinder women’s advancement, noting exclusion from a key House committee. Continued on Page Two.
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Illinois ‘Republican Club
Springfield
Ill
Lottie Holman O’neill
State House of Representatives
Illinois Women’s Republican Club
Illinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
George B. Dean
O’neill
Gardner Returns from Exposition and Farm Policy Push
Governor Gardner, back in Raleigh from the Eastern Carolina Exposition in Farmville and Kinston, urged shifting from cash crops to food and feed crops. He compared his administration to Aycock Morrison and McLean, pressed for reduced farm tenancy, and called for more self-sustaining farming by master, live-at-home farmers.
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Raleigh
Gardner
Farmville
Kinston
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Aycock
Carolina
Hard Rock Simpson Leads Bunion Runners Today
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania on April 10 Paul Simpson of Burlington North Carolina led the Pyle runners on the continental trek during the eleventh lap. He completed the 0.33 mile Uniontown segment in 4 minutes 46.15 seconds. His elapsed time stands at 76 05 18.
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Waynesburg
Paul Simpson
Burlington
N. C
Pyle
Uniontown
Raleigh
Max Gardner
J. T. Burrus
High Point
State Hospital For the Insane
Morganton
O. M. Mull
Shelby
J. H. Beall
Lenoir
R. R. Clark
Statesville
J. R. Boyd
Waynesville
John M. Scott
Charlotte
Foster Hawkins
Lexington
S. W. Finch
Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
Negro Institution
Leake
Covington
Rockingham
R. F. Beasley
Monroe
Archibald Johnson
Thomasville
O. F. Crowson, Jr
Neil Battle Lewis
Ben Dixon McNeill
North Carolina Historical Commission
Heriot Clarkson
State Supreme Court
Textile Institute Opens Two Day Institute Show
The Textile Institute opens a two day institute and style show under the textile school of North Carolina State College with industry leaders from multiple regions attending.
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Textile Institute
Raleigh
Textile School of
North Carolina State College
Missing Raleigh Woman Found After Six Day Disappearance
Mrs. A L Burroughs, frail and once a state hospital inmate, was located hiding beneath a neighbor s house after six days missing. Thirst drove her from her shelter as police, scouts, and volunteers conducted a city wide search. Her husband, an insurance agent, cried with relief as she received medical care and neighborly aid.
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Raleigh
A. L. Burroughs
Boy Scouts
Burroughs
State Hospital
Equalization Board to Meet with School Heads in Raleigh
The state board of equalization will hold its next meeting on April 22 in Raleigh, paired with county superintendents and board chairmen to study the 1929 school law. Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt provided an official interpretation this week for guidance.
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Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
Arch T. Allen
State Department of Public Instruction
Dennis G. Brummitt
Gober Resigns as U S Attorney in Jacksonville
William M. Gober, United States attorney for Jacksonville Florida, tendered his resignation to the attorney general. No departure date was set. department officials would not tie the move to the Michaelson prohibition case, though the Michaelson affair had drawn attention in the district.
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Washington
Department of Justice
William M. Gober
United States
Jacksonville
Fla
Gober
Michaelson
Illinois
Department
Hendersons New Methodist Church Nears Completion
The First Methodist church in Henderson, valued at 209000 dollars, is close to completion. Construction is underway on part of the building with remaining work to start once materials and labor reach the site.
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Henderson
Apr
First Methodist Church
Stabbing at Stevens Hotel during Milwaukee foundry convention
Harry Townsend of Milwaukee, 42, was fatally stabbed in the lobby of the Stevens Hotel, billed as the world’s largest. Bart Rogers, a former Milwaukee foundry employee and Townsend foe, said Townsend called him a scab, prompting the knife attack after a confrontation over Townsend’s union card. Rogers surrendered claiming self defense. Townsend’s wife had died three weeks earlier leaving three children.
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Chicago
Harry Townsend
Milwaukee
Stevens
Townsend
Bart Rogers
Rogers
Former Florida Governor Involved In Counterfeiting
Sidney J. Catts Sr former Florida governor and Baptist minister faces trial on charges tied to a counterfeit ring. Indictments name Julian Diaz Tampa attorney and others. Catts allegedly funded part of the scheme and could profit. Bond set for Diaz and others.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Sidney J. Catts
Florida
Julian Diaz
Tampa
Miami
Mateo Mir
Armando Dominguez
Madeline Leah Burwell
Diaz
Lake Jones
Caits
Miss Burwell
Catts
Tallahassee
Defuniak Springs
Rosamonde Morse Found in Miami Father Reports
Rosamonde Morse, 17, daughter of a Brookline family, missing three months, has been located in Miami Wisconsin. Her father Edward W. Morse Jr. announced she spoke with him by phone last night and appeared well and eager to return home.
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Brookline
Mags
Rosamonde Morse
Miami
Wia
Edward W. Morse, Jr
Honduran Bombing Episode Clarified by Marines
Officials at Managua Marine headquarters issued a version of the Las Limas attack differing from Tegucigalpa’s. They said March 31 reconnaissance near the Nicaraguan border encountered fire from bandits near Brasil and Las Limas. A bullet hit a plane and U S Marines bombed a bandit camp destroying one shack.
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Managua
Nic
Marine
Las Limas
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Brasil
United States
Two Quakes Felt in Boulogne sur Mer France
Two earthquake shocks rattled Boulogne sur Mer this morning causing several chimneys to fall and minor damage. no injuries were reported.
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Boulogne
Sur-Mer
France
I'm Alone Protest To Draw Reply
Secretary Stimson said the U S reply to Canada’s memorandum on the sinking of the rum running schooner I m Alone is being prepared and will be made public after delivery to the Canadian minister. He called Canada’s note temperate and conciliatory and said press accounts of truculence were wrong. Delivery to Ottawa would be in a few days.
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Henry L. Stimson
Philippines
Washington
Stimson
White House
Canadian protest over sinking of rum runner V. Alone
Canada filed a formal protest with Secretary Stimson over the sinking of the Canadian-registered schooner V. Alone in the Gulf of Mexico. Vincent Maseey presented the representations arguing for enforcement questions raised since the 1924 rum smuggling treaty with Britain.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canadien
Gulf of Mexico
Stimson
Vincent Maseey
Calvin Coolidge Named Director of New York Life
Darwin P. Kingsley announces that Calvin Coolidge will become a director of New York Life Insurance Company replacing the late Myron T. Herrick ambassador to France. He was nominated at the board meeting and will be elected at the May session.
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Coolidge
NEW York Life Insurance Company
New York
Darwin P. Kingsley
Calvin Coolidge
Myron T. Herrick
France
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London
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Hoover
Mrs.Gann
Haines
Episcopal
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University of Iowa
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Clinton
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