Sunrise Moravian Pageant Draws Salem For Easter Service
The Home Moravian church in Salem hosts its 52nd sunrise service led by Bishop Edward Rondthaler as thousands gather at Salem Square. Musicians numbering 325 perform Moravian chorales before a procession through town to God’s Acre, where the bishop delivers the creed amid uniform tombstones. Weather threats loom, but festivities proceed with new arch chimes.
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Alem
Edward Rondhaler
Ithough
Salem
Ustria
Toorrow
E. J. Johl
Winston
God’s Acre
Russians Crowded Moscow Churches Easter Devotion Amid Silence
In Moscow, April 19, crowds filled churches for Easter masses watched over by the Kremlin and city domes. Devout worshippers carried candles through dark streets to mark a revival after the atheistic push, noting the absence of bells due to a government decree.
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Moscow
Christ
Soviet
Russia
Kremlin
Georgia GOP convention erupts in dual leadership
At the Georgia Republican state convention in Atlanta two factions elected separate officers amid pandemonium. James W. Arnold of Athens and Gilmer Dozier of Thomson were each named temporary chairman by rival groups, while Josiah T. Rose appealed for order and factions chose officers for two-year terms.
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Atlanta, Ga
Roscoe Pickett
Jasper
James W. Arnold
Athens
Party
Clint W. Hager
U. S
Gilmer Dozier
Thomson
Pickett
Dozier
Arnold
Beos
Davis
Rose
Josiah T. Rose
Internal Revenue
Atlanta
J. W. Arnold
R. W. Tucker
Dwasonville
Ben J. Davis
T. M. Hendricks
Edison
Mystery Vente Hidden Fraud Hoax Involving Sheriff Case
In April 19 report from Donalson Ga a bloodstained car tied to Sheriff L K Horn sparked claims of flight to Louisiana to dodge a 12000 to 150000 debt. Florida State News of Tallahassee called the disappearance a plant after the Georgia sheriff’s car was found abandoned with a bloody blanket and handcuffs. Dick Bolton a Seminole deputy confessed to involvement in the hoax.
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Donaldson, Ga
L. K. Horn
Tallahassee
Fla
Louisiana
C. L. Chandler
Seminole County
Florida State News
Georgia
State News
Dick Bolton
Maxon’s Outlook Is Brightened By Southern Support
In New York, 21-year-old James Matthew Maxon Jr. son of a Tennessee bishop, faces homicide charges after a fatal rooming-house brawl. Lawyer Martin Littleton, a Tennesseean, represents him and says Maxon is remorseful and claims the death came during a gas-leak investigation when lodgers mistook him for a burglar. The case heard in West Side court adjourned to April 23 with Maxon held without bail.
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New York
James Matthew Maxon, Jr
Tennessee Bishop
Maxon
West Side Court
Martin W. Littleton
The
Southern Society
Littleton
Homicide
Mr. Littleton
David Paynter
Paynter
Harry F. Sinclair
George Patten
Chattanooga
James Matthew Maxon
Protestant Episcopal Church
Tennessee
Patten
Little
Lindy Plans One Stop Hop Across United States
Charles A Lindbergh announced with Mrs Lindbergh that they will depart Grant Central air terminal at 5 am for a one stop flight to New York. Colonel Lindbergh will pilot a new low wing monoplane with stops for fuel and weather reports at Wichita. The cross continental flight tests high altitude speed and navigation for future express and passenger planes. The plane carries 375 gallons of gasoline.
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Glendale
Cal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Romans Feast To Observe Easter in Rome Churches
Rome marks Easter with Catholic liturgy across churches from St. John Lateran to suburban chapels. Pope Pius will Mass in the Sistine Chapel and greet pilgrims after ceremonies featuring Vidi Aquam and processions at St. Peter’s. Easter reunions, new clothes, and gifts complete the Roman observance.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
Sistine Chapel
Holy See
Halleljuia
Christ
Veronica
St. Peter's
St. Peter’s
Mary Magdalene
Mary
James
Christ’s Sepulchre
Benvenueto Cellini
Michelangelo
St. Peter
Overman Seeks Parker Hearing On Supreme Court Nomination
Senator Overman announces a move to invite Judge John J. Parker to testify before the senate judiciary committee about protests to his Supreme Court nomination. The plan, backed by Senator Watson, with Hoover administration support, targets Parker’s 1920 campaign speech and AFL protests over UMW injunction rulings.
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Washington
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Overman
Supreme Court
Senator Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Parker
Judge Parker
Watson
Judiciary Committee
Justice Stone
Senate
Nomishee
American Federation of Labor
FTC Moves to End Graft in American Sport
The Federal Trade Commission launches a campaign to end athlete endorsements of sport goods. About 50 companies are invited to a May 7 conference at White Sulphur Springs to craft rules to stop endorsement deals. The plan would cut income for stars like Babe Ruth Horton Smith Johnny Farrell and Gene Sarazen and affect amateurs.
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New York
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Babe Ruth
Horton Smith
Johnny Farrell
Gene Sarazen
Borah Predicts Pact Ratification Within Two Weeks
Senator Borah of the foreign relations committee predicts ratification of the London naval limitations treaty within two weeks after senate discussion. President Hoover may send the pact to the senate this session after consulting American delegates returning next month. Leadership signals hearings and careful scrutiny as senators weigh disarmament terms and naval policy changes.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
Haile
Naval Committee
America
Hale
Alibis Offered By Men In Baker Case
Two traveling salesmen, Julian Gallaghar from Richmond and Mervin Sisson from Warsaw, Va., are jailed in Arlington with claimed alibis for the Mary Baker murder. Police will question witnesses who reportedly last saw her in a Washington car during a heated argument.
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Washington
Mary Baker
Arlington County
Julian Gallaghar
Richmond
William C. Gloth
Mervin Sisson
Warsaw
Arlington National Cemetery
Miss Baker
17Th and
B Streets
Sisson
Bloodhounds Locate Drowned Tot Near Rosman River
Bloodhounds traced the missing two year old Hubert M. Jr. of Rosman to a sandbar by a river half a mile from home. The child had been missing hours after waking and wandering to the bank where it is believed he fell into the water.
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Asheville
Hubert M., Jr
Hubert Barrett
Rosman
N. C
Whitener Silent On Report of His Senate Candidacy
A. A. Whitener the local attorney in Hickory declined to comment on Raleigh reports that he would enter the North Carolina Republican primary for the U. S. Senate if David H. Blair does not announce his candidacy. Blair, former commissioner of revenue from Winston-Salem, has been named as a possible candidate but refuses to confirm plans.
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Hickory
A. A. Whitener
Raleigh
North Carolina
United States
David H. Blair
Winston-Salem
Revenue
Blair
Jury awards $21,000 to estate in railroad collision case
In Greensboro on April 19 a superior court jury awarded L. E. Smith administrator of Boyd Smith’s estate $21,000 in a suit against the Atlantic and Yadkin railroad. Boyd Smith died when his automobile was struck at a grade crossing by a switch engine.
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Greensboro
L. E. Smith
Boyd Smith
Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad
Enterprise Won't Publish Monday Observes Easter
The Enterprise will observe Faster Monday by not publishing. Observance of Easter Monday follows the paper’s annual custom of suspended publication.
Tragic Good Friday Fire Claims 150 in Romania Church
In Bucharest a stampede and blaze at a Costesici Good Friday vigil left nearly 150 dead. Ninety six bodies were recovered with forty more feared, many gravely injured. An inswinging door trapped villagers as priests and officials perished, families wiped out, and a common grave chosen for all victims.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Costesici
Cotesici
Liquor Raid Ends in Woman's Death in Sumter
In Sumter South Carolina April 19 city officers questioned Nita Vaughn about whiskey found in her home. She fainted twice and died before a doctor arrived. Coroner's jury rules death from natural causes with heart trouble noted on the doctor’s certificate.
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Sumter
S. C
J. D. Chandler
T. C. Jones
Nita Vaughn
Nita
Marines Slain by Disgruntled Nicaraguan Officer
Two American Marines Captain Very H. Dartt of Nashville Tennessee and Lieutenant James C. Young of Toledo Ohio were killed by a demoted Nicaraguan sergeant at the Picare headquarters near the Honduran frontier. The attacker fired fifty two shots before guardsmen killed him. A wounded sergeant Gonzales was expected to die. The incident occurred as US Marines attached to the Nicaraguan national guard manned the post.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Very H. Dartt
Ofville
Tenn
James C. Young
Toledo
Ohio
United States
National Guard
Jicaro
Morales
Gonzales
Picare
National Guard First Battalion
Honduran
Dartt
United States Marine Corps
Nashville
Ruth S. Dartt
Lieutenant Young
Marine Corps
Susie B. Webster
Prison Riot at Cranston Prison Ends in Two Deaths
At Cranston state prison two inmates die and two are wounded as rioters attempt a jailbreak aided by outsiders. Pegleg Champlin, an inmate trusted for a pardon, is killed near a cigarette stand. John Pretty McNeil shoots himself as officers converge. The warden’s daughter Thelma, age 19, is briefly endangered but released as guards plead. no hostage is taken.
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Providence
R. J
Cranston State Prison
Pegleg Champlin
John F. O'Neil
Providence Police
Champlin
John ‘Pretty
McNeil
Wilson
Ctranston
Thelma
Charles E. Linscott
Cotton men seek congressional inquiry of farm board
In Memphis on April 19 the Southern Cotton Shippers Association and the Memphis cotton exchange urged a congressional probe into the federal farm board and its cooperative associations aided by government funds. They asked the American Cotton Shippers Association to lead the effort, naming a three member protest committee including banking and spinning representatives.
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Memphis, Tenn
Southern Cotton Shippers Association
Memphis Cotton Exchange
Federal Farm Board and Cooperative Associations
Memphis Exchange
Southern Shippers
Congress
American Cotton Shippers Association
Co-Operative Associations
Farm Board
Ashland Population Grows to Nearly 30 Thousand
Ashland Kentucky announced a population of 29 950, up 99 percent since 1826. The city has risen from 14 729 residents in 1826 and gained 60 percent since 1910.
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Ashland
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