Spanish King Alfonso Flees Cartagena Exile Likely in England
King Alfonso and royal family flee Spain as republic leaders solidify power. Queen Victoria and four children depart by train to Iran and Paris, while Alfonso boards the cruiser Principe Alfonso at Cartagena and sails into exile likely in England. Infante Asturias and other princes head toward Hendaye and Gibraltar for British passage. Crowds cheer as the monarch leaves. chants echo, Viva Espana.
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Clarence Dubose
A. P
Madrid
Alfonso
Spanish Republic
Spain
Victoria
Infantas
Cristina
Atriz
Prince of the Asturias
Gonzalo
Iran
Paris
Infante
Alfonso of Orleans
Duke of Miranda
Juan
Cadiz
Gibraltar
England
Espana
Bank Guard Repels Bandits in Cicero Gun Battle
In Cicero at the Baker State Bank a cashier Fred Tounleiter was wounded as bandits armed with shotguns battled bank guard John Haas who fired from a steel door. The robbers fled with their wounded comrade, leaving with no cash taken from the bank amid chaos among employees and patrons.
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Baker State Bank
Cicero
Chicago
Fred Tounleiter
John Haas
Haas
Senate Passes Revenue Bill Sends Act to House
Raleigh April 15 The senate approved its biennial revenue bill 26 to 20 and sent the act to the house by messenger. The measure rejects the Day and Hinsdale sales tax plans and anticipates about 20 000 600 dollars raised annually with a 30 cent ad valorem levy. Prognosticators foresee a possible deadlock or a special session to resolve revenue and appropriations for the next biennium.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Hinsdale
Johnson
Duplin
Pritchett
Bertie
Doctor Indicted in Woman’s Death for Illegal Operation
Dr G E Newby 60 a Perquimans county physician is indicted for manslaughter in the death of 16 year old Thelma Gray after an alleged illegal operation. Stuart and Jule Thornton and Johnnie Trueblood also charged. Thornton and Jule are linked to a filling station and false residence. Trueblood arranged the operation. Newby not yet arrested. the Thorntons have fled and Trueblood’s whereabouts are unknown.
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Stuart Thornton
Jule Thornton
Thornton
Trueblood
Dr. Newby
Thorntons
Two Hundred Slain in Burma Skirmishes
In Thayeima district Burma on April 15 villagers report two hundred insurgents killed and many wounded after days of fighting with military police. The casualties were all among the rebels.
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Rangoon
Burma
Thayeima
Nine Americans Slain As Marines Arrive at Puerto Cabezas
U S Marines from the Asheville landed to protect residents after insurgent attacks in Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua. Nine Americans and many natives have been slain since Saturday, prompting evacuation plans for U S citizens.
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United States
Puerto Zabezas
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
Asheville
Coolidge Urged as Dark Horse for House Speaker
Washington April 15 Calvin Coolidge is mentioned as a possible dark horse candidate to succeed Nicholas Longworth as speaker of the house Representative Johnson a Republican from South Dakota says no constitutional requirement forces a speaker from the house and predicts a deadlock lasting weeks If no agreement is found outsiders could be considered with former President Coolidge named as a potential choice
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
House
Nicholas Longworth
Johnson
South Dakota
President Coolidge
Roanoke Pair Arrested Over Stolen Car in Winston-Salem
R C Odell and Howard A Agee of Roanoke Virginia arrived with a car stolen from Frank Crawfe in Winston Salem and tried to dispose of it. City detectives Littlejohn and Porter secured a confession and jailed the Virginians to await federal officers who said the car was stolen in Roanoke and abandoned in Winston Salem.
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Charlotte
Frank Crawfe
Winston-Salem
R. C. Odell
Howard A. Agee
Roanoke
Littlejohn
Lee Porter
Love Rivalry Sparks School Shooting Near Sylvia
Sylvia reports Ralph Worley, 20, shot and near death after a confrontation with Kelly Holcombe, 16, over a classmate. Holcombe jailed on charges. Worley is deputy marshal’s son and wounded after alighting from a bus and walking away with Holcombe.
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Sylvia
Ralph Worley
U. S
Marshall
Kelly Holcombe
Holcombe
Worley
Powers Held in Greensboro Store Robbery Case
Greensboro April 15 Powers is held as one of two men who recently robbed a Greensboro store and escaped with 100 dollars. He was arrested in Columbia South Carolina and returned here denying involvement but confirming presence on April 5 with Stanley Crowe. Officers seek Crowe.
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Greensboro
R. E. Powers
Powers
Columbia
S. C
Stanley Crowe
Crowe
Japanese Royalty Go To Washington
Prince and Princess Takamatsu of Japan completed a New York visit and proceed to Washington to attend a White House state dinner as honored guests.
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Washington
New York
Prince
Princess Takamatsu
Japan
White House
Insurgents Kill Nine Americans Near Logtown in Nicaragua
Nine Americans are dead near Logtown after Nicaraguan insurgents attacked a lumber camp and ravaged haciendas. The ambush killed Captain Harlen Perley and wounded others as US guards and locals attempted to respond, with continuing clashes reported and retaliation by Nicaraguan police.
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Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
Logtown
WaWa Junction
Wawa
William Selser
Pinkie’ Wilson
Arthur Curtis
Guardia
Harlen Perley
Perley
Selser
Fight to Legalize Near Beer Fails in Alabama
In Montgomery on April 15, Representative Edgar pushed a near beer bill despite a temperance committee report and secured 43 votes to 35 but fell 11 votes short of the 46 needed to override the committee. The bill aimed to repeal Alabama’s law banning any beverage that looks smells or tastes like beer.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Edgar
House
Cabinet Members In New Government In Spain
Madrid April 15. The provisional government replacing the monarchy is headed by Don Niceto Alcala Zamora as president. The cabinet includes Lerroux as minister of state Prieto as treasurer Azana as war De Los Rios as justice Casares Quiros as navy Maura as interior Domingo as instruction Martinez Barrios as communication Dolwer as economy Dolwer is likely Nicolau Dolwer and Albornoz as Promotion.
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Madrid
Spain
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Alejandro Lerroux
Indalecio Prieto
Manuel Azana
Fernando de Los Rios
Casares Qui
Miguel Maura
Marcello Domingo
Martinez Barrios
Nicolau Dolwer
Alvaro Albornoz
Measure 10 Keeps Ballots Passed in Bailey-Pritchard Election
Raleigh late April reports the House passed a resolution to preserve ballot boxes and ballots from the Bailey-Pritchard senatorial contest. The measure, filed by Republicans, seeks gubernatorial impoundment for possible transfer to a U S Senate elections subcommittee. The substitute argues state law does not require long term preservation and now moves to the Senate.
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House
Raleigh
Bailey-Pritchard
United States Senate Sub-Committee On
George M. Pritchard
J. W. Bailey
United States
Johnson
Chatham
Edwards
Cleveland
Johnston
Ashe
Bailey
Senate
Agriculture Bill Sent To Conference
The house refused to concur in the senate substitute for the agriculture department reorganization bill. The act cuts the board of agriculture from 10 to 6 members and places the state fair under the board. It defines duties of board members and the commissioner of agriculture.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
State Department of Agriculture
Board of Agriculture
Commissioner of Agriculture
Detroit Airmen Fall Short of Endurance Record
Detroit aviators Walter Lees and Frederic Brossy failed to break the world non-refueling endurance mark in a diesel powered craft. They landed at 10:53 a.m. after logging 74 hours and 1 minute due to squally weather, falling about two hours short of the 75 hours 23 minutes held by French flyers Lucier Bossourot and Aime Rossie.
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Walter Lees
Frederic Brossy
Jacksonville
Beach
Fla
Detroit
Lucier Bossourot
Aime Rossie
France
Franciscan Priest Slain by Reds in Hupen Province
Reports from Ichang say Rev. Maryn Aeus, a Belgian Franciscan priest, was captured when Reds seized Patung on April 4 and later slain. His body found among corpses along riverbanks after looting and indiscriminate killings.
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Hankow
China
Ichang
Maryn Aeus
Patung
Hupen
Senate Takes Up Biennial Appropriations Bill
In Raleigh on April 15 the Senate, after passing the rewritten biennial revenue bill, moved into committee of the whole to consider the 1931-33 appropriations. The spending bill totals about $29.34 million annually for state departments and schools, with $18.5 million for a six month school term without an ad valorem tax. The committee kept the House’s figures for judicial, executive, and adjutant general allocations, and set aside funds for public buildings.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Adjutant General
Board of Public Buildings
Bluecher Palace Damaged By Fire in Berlin
The Bluecher Palace and Pariser Platz, recently purchased by the American government for an embassy, were badly damaged by fire before dawn. The entire right wing of the three story building burned as firemen fought to contain the blaze and prevent spread to nearby structures.
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Berlin
Bluecher Palace
Pariserplatz
Bill To Redistrict State Re-referred
The house debated the Johnston substitute bill to redraw Senate districts and re-referred it to the senatorial districts committee. Rep Spence objected to including Lee county. Johnson argued Wake and Chatham could support two senators, others noted population issues, and the bill returned to committee by 58 to 14.
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Raleigh
House
Johnston
Spence
Moore
Lee County
Wake
Chatham
Franklin
Johnson
Lee
Brooks
Durham
Ervin
Burke
Seawell
Night watchman dies from chest wound at local foundry
Thomas J. Cunningham, 42, a night watchman at a local foundry, died in a hospital early today from a bullet wound to the chest after dropping his gun to the floor during work.
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Charlotte
Thomas J. Cunningham
Pershing Sails to Europe to Lead Battle Monuments Work
General John J. Pershing sailed from New York aboard the Leviathan for Europe to continue his duties as chairman of the battle monuments commission.
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Pershing
New York
John J. Pershing
Europe
Leviathan
Battle Monuments Commission
Prisoner At Cary Farm Pays With Life In Escape Attempt
Nathan Gore, 20, died after an escape attempt from Cary Prison Farm. Gore, from Goldsboro, jailed for larceny since October 1930, was shot by guards while fleeing with Lemuel Moss. Moss escaped and was believed wounded. he had been sent from Henderson county in January 1931 for one year.
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Cary Farm
Raleigh
Nathan Gore
Cary
Goldsboro
Guilford County
Lemuel Moss
Moore
Moss
Henderson County
Rum smugglers bound over as grand jury listens
Eight men charged with smuggling Canadian whiskey worth about a million dollars were bound over after a preliminary hearing. Evidence came from wire tapping and federal investigators traced operations from Gulf to inland cities. Names include Captain Bruce Murray and others tied to long distance schemes and fictitious firms.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Bruce Murray
Army
United States Attorney General
Gulf
Mississippi
New York
Irv
Chicago
Captain Gamble Dies at 69 in Mobile
Captain Aaron Litchenberg Gamble, commander of the Gulf division of the coast guard, died in Mobile Alabama at 69. He defended the cutters Dexter crew for firing on the Canadian rum runner I'm Alone in 1929 after it was chased beyond the 12 mile limit, noting the pursuit began inside the limit.
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Mobile
Ala
Aaron Litchenberg Gamble
Gulf Division
Coast Guard
Gamble
Dexter
Gulf
Former County Clerk In Critical Condition In Raleigh
Mason Gant, ex Guilford Superior Court clerk and 10 year term prisoner for embezzlement, is hospitalized in Raleigh after a severe angina attack. Doctors say he is in fairly critical condition at Rex Hospital, with complications but slight morning improvement. He was moved from the prison about a week ago for treatment.
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Raleigh
Mason Gant
Guilford Superior Court
Rex Hospital
Gant
Will Neal
Highway Patrol Bill Tabled in North Carolina House
In Raleigh on April 15 the House voted 58 to 31 to table Senator Bennett of Swain’s highway patrol expansion to 88 officers, a measure already passed by the Senate. Representative Crouse then withdrew his substitute that would merge the patrol with the motor theft bureau and raise strength to 66, deeming consolidation impractical.
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Raleigh
House
Bennett of
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