Stores Sold Less Goods In February Than A Year Ago
Richmond Virginia April 10. Thirty two leading department stores in the fifth district sold 4.2 percent fewer goods in February 1929 than February 1928 due to the shorter month. Cumulative sales for the year show 1.7 percent less than 1928. Stocks rose 6.1 percent in February but end of month stocks were 2.3 percent below 1928. Turnover and collections figures are given for the district.
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Federal Reserve District
Richmond
Federal Reserve Board
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
South Carolina
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Washington
Baltimore
Policefail to capture alleged attacker described
Police continue pursuit of an unidentified Negro man who two days ago tried to assault Mrs. Arnold Boggs. Authorities spread the description to other departments as searches go on.
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Arnold Boggs
McCormick and O Neill Dispute Over Illinois Women’s Club
The letter shows Mrs McCormick opposing party influence and seeking independent status for the Illinois Women’s club. She says she will refrain from joining the governing body until the club represents republican women of Illinois. The friction with Mrs O Neill followed the Republican National Convention and concerns over her request for national committee inclusion. McCormick declined to comment.
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Ilinois Women’s Club
Republican Women of
Illinois
O'Neill
McCormick
Southern Railways Ordered to Divest Control
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a complaint accusing Southern Railway of controlling Mobile and Ohio without approval. A hearing in Washington is set for May 20 to determine if orders require divestiture of all direct or indirect interests in the Mobile and Ohio and New Orleans and Northeastern railroads.
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Mobile and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railway Company
Commission
Washington
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
New Orleans and Northeastern
Southern
Mobile and Ohio Control
Mobile
Textile strike fuels tensions across South Carolina mills
Workers outside Lexington resumed picketing while a labor department conciliator planned a 4 PM conference with mill authorities. In Gastonia, state troops begin gradual withdrawal as Loray mill workers strike. At Pineville egg and rock barrages target reporters. in Woodruff and Forest City mills, idle workers are awaiting talks and revert to preefficiency systems. The two week-old Brandon mill strike widens with 1,250 workers idle and Poinsett and Brandon Duck mills also stopped.
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Gastonia
Loray
J. van B. Metts
Pineville
N. C
Chadwick-Hoskins
Lexington
Greenville
Union
Anderson
Woodruff
South Carolina
Spartanburg Spartanburg
S. C
Brandon Corporation
Here
Florence
Forest City
Workiay
Brandon
Poinsett Mill
Brandon Duck Mills
J. Austin Latimer
John G. Richards
James Dewey
Department of Labor
Charlotte
North Carolina
Sides Claim Gains In Pineville Mill Strike
Conflicting reports from Chadwick Hoskins mill number 5 show officials say strikers are returning while strike leaders report more workers joining the walkout. Deputy sheriffs guard the plant as NTWU organizer Fred Erwin Beal may visit Pineville. In North Carolina the demobilization of Gastonia troops continues amid textile stoppages.
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Pineville
Chadwick-Hoskins
S. R. Power
Jose Smith
Fred Erwin Beal
National Textile Workers Union
Fred N. Tate Re-Elected President of Y M C A
Fred N. Tate president of Continental Furniture was re elected Y M C A High Point head for another year at the Commercial club board meeting. O F E Kearns was re elected vice president and R K Stewart new recording secretary succeeding Rev. Charles P Cobb. Edgar Hartley praised for past work as general secretary for another year. L R Johnston elected to the board to fill C E Hayworth's vacancy.
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Fred N. Tate
Continental Furniture Company
High Point Young Men’s Christian Association
Commercial Club
O. F E. Kearns
R. K. Stewart
Charles P. Cobb
R. R. Ragan
M. J. Wrenn
J. Ed. Millis
Edgar Hartley
YY. M
C. A
Association
L. R. Johnston
C. E. Hayworth
Social precedence dispute over diplomats wives at official events
A State Department ruling on social ranking for wives of diplomats is challenged. Secretary argues precedence rests with corps members. British Ambassador Sir Esme Howard notes no authority to define status. Corps members meet to decide while Vice President Curtis and Stimson seek courteous resolution.
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Edward Everett Gann
Corps
Department
Esme Howard
Curtis
Stimson
Lindbergh Flight Missing Fuelled on Way to New York
American embassy reports Colonel Lindbergh overdue after leaving Mexico City for New York. Observers note he refueled recently and wore a parachute, with possible routes including Brownsville or El Paso amid border tensions and ongoing Mexican internal strife.
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New York
Lindbergh
Valbuena Field
Anne Morrow
Brownsville
Texas
Mexico
Tampico
Piedras Negras
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Ambassador Herrick
France
el Paso
Pacific Coast
Mexico City
Rebels Quit Juarez After Bloodless Street Battle
Rebel troops abandoned Juarez after a sanguinary clash a month ago and moved westward to join forces with revolutionaries in Sonora. A 26 car train led by General Marcelo Caraveo carried men horses and equipment out of the city as loyalists advanced. An American airman Al Coenen from El Paso was forced to accompany the evacuation and several pilots deserted.
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Juarez Juarez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Revolutionary Army
Sonora
Marcelo Caraveo
Jiarez
al Coenen
el Paso
Coenen
Standard Airlines
Caraveo
Rio Grande
Rebels hold downed Vought Corsair. Caraveo linked to Casamas Grandes base
insurgents captured a downed Vought Corsair aboard a train near Jimenez. General Caraveo planned to stay in western Chihuahua for days, using Casas Grandes as a base for guerilla operations. He aimed to link with rebel General Nicolas Fernandez en route to Casas Grandes from Chihuahua City with 400 cavalrymen.
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Jimenez
Caraveo
Chihuahua
Casas Grandes
Nicolas Fernandez
Chihuahua City
Lindbergh Heads East After Breakfast Stop at Brownsville
The aviator Lindbergh enjoyed a hearty breakfast at Brownsville airport and did not reveal how far he would fly. He was slated to head east toward New York on Saturday to be present for the arrival of Ambassador Herrick’s body from France.
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Brownsville
New York
Ambassador Herrick
France
Oldest In Service Quinn Leads Athletics Veteran Player
John Picus Quinn, with 19 seasons of service, is the oldest active player in the major leagues and remains with the Athletics.
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John Picus Quinn
The
Athletics
Oscar Jones Enrolls in Cooking Course at State College
Oscar Stub Jones star half back for Washington State College football takes a course in cooking as part of his academic studies.
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Oscar
Stub) Jones
Washington State
Lindbergh Lands at Brownsville Ending Safe‑Flight Anxiety
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh landed in Brownsville Texas at 9 30 a m today ending worries over his safety after a Mexico City departure at 12 20 p m yesterday. Airport reports gave no reason for the delay and suggested a possible overnight stop in Mexico.
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Brownsville
Tex
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico
United States
Col. Lindbergh
Mexico City
Lindbergh Reports Assault of Public Confidence
In Mexico City on April 10 reports claim Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh faced concerns over actions affecting public confidence amid ongoing geopolitical tension. No official details were provided regarding the alleged confrontation.
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Jean Hershall
Bellamy Trail
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Betty Bronson
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R’m
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Escobar
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Fort Huachuca
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Dixie
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