Sandino Seizes Gold Mines as Marines Move In
Managua reports American marines face hazardous tasks to repossess two gold mines from General Sandino and staff believed seized near the Pis Pis river. Prisoners include Americans and foreigners. rescue efforts coordinate with Secretary Kellogg as terrain blocks land access. In Georgia and Alabama flood warnings rise with the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers threatening towns and railway lines.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
W. J. Crampton
Puerto Cabezas
Pis Pis
Legation
la Luz Y Los Angeles
Bonanza
New York
Prinzapolka
la Yaz Y Los Angeles
Diaz
Sandino
D. Watson Fletcher
Harry P. Amphlett
George B. Marshall
Atlanta
Newton
Baker County
Georgia
Flint River
Ocmulgee
Oconee
Madden shifts on flood bill amid White House objections
In Washington on April 24 Chairman Madden announced he has withdrawn opposition to the Senate Jones flood control bill while President Coolidge still objects to certain provisions. Coolidge favors costs kept by the federal government for spillways and levee work but resists rights of way and land payments. Tilson predicts a possible presidential veto if damage provisions aren’t revised. Reid plans an amendment to have the federal government buy land rights in floodways.
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Washington
Madden
House
Coolidge
New Madrid
Illinois
Missouri
United States
Bonnet Carre
Tilson
New
New York
Chicago
Mississippi Valley
William Hale Thompson
William Lorimer
Reid
House Flood Control Committee
Greensboro
Smith
Josiah William Bailey
Raleigh
al Smith
Bailey
Smith Forces
Court House
Frank P. Hobgood
Smith Club
H. L. Koontz
Paul C. Lindley
Lindley
Fielding L. Fry
Claude Kiser
Sidney J. Stern
Louise Alexander
North Carolina
Mininisters
Senator Simmons
Simmons
Democratic Party
Mr. Bailey
Floyd Bennett Fighting For Life In Quebec
Floyd Bennett the American aviator famed for the 1926 north pole flight is gravely ill with lobar pneumonia at Jeffrey Hale hospital in Quebec. His wife rushed to his bedside and is hospitalized with bronchitis. Bennett arrived at Murray Bay last Friday as pilot of the Ford relief plane for German fliers at Greenly Island after leaving Detroit.
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Quebec
Floyd Bennett
Jeffrey Hale Hospital
Bennett
North Pole
Richard E. Byrd
Murray Bay
Ford
Greenly Island
Detroit
Rainey Faces Trial for Bennett Bank Robbery
Will Rainey of Reidsville goes on trial in Pittsboro for participation in the January 7 holdup of the People's Bank and Trust in Bennett. Three robbers escaped with 3 657 dollars. Rainey pleads not guilty and claims alibi but witnesses identify him as one of the trio. He was the only man arrested.
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Pittsboro
N. C
Will Rainey
Reidsville
People’s Bank and Trust Company
Bennett
Rainey
Lennox Sold From Fort Worth to Charlotte
Fort Worth infielder Bob Lennox has been sold outright to Charlotte, North Carolina, of the South Atlantic Association. Lennox will leave immediately for Charlotte.
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Charlotte Fort Worth
Tex
Bob Lennox
Fort Worth
Charlotte, N. C
South Atlantic Association
Lennox
Charlotte
Stores In City Opt Not To Close On Thursday
High Point merchants decided not to observe a half day off Thursday to honor the Piedmont league opener of the 1928 season. They stated support for the ball club but will keep stores open while urging employers to grant employees time to attend the opening game.
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High Point
High Point Merchants’ Association
High Point Baseball Club
Adopt Amendment Over Opposition In Flood Control Fight
Washington April 24 Supporters of the senate flood control bill won again in the house adopting an amendment that the federal government pay for acquiring flowage rights in spillway and floodway areas. An amendment by Rep Tilson to settle flood way damages in federal court failed 119 to 67.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tilson
Connecticut
Boiler room accident at Cannon Mills fatally burns man
In Kan napolis Cannon Mills boiler room valves blew open sending live steam through the room. Arthur Thompson 39 died at a local hospital with two others injured. R E Daney and Guy Orr suffered burns. Thompson survived by widow, daughter and parents.
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Concord
Arthur Thompson
Cannon Mills
Kannapolis
Thompson
R. E. Daney
Guy Orr
Floyd Bennett in Critical Condition After Relief Flight
Floyd Bennett, who contracted pneumonia during a relief flight to the disabled Bremen, rests somewhat more comfortably but very low this morning. The bulletin from Jeffery Hale hospital reports both Mr and Mrs Bennett as patients through the day.
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Quebec
Que
Floyd Bennett
Bremen
Jeffery Hale Hospital
Bennett
Boy Struck With Milk Bottle in Guilford City
Everett Bryant 14 lay in Guilford General Hospital in serious condition after being struck over the head with a milk bottle by Howard Nunn. A warrant was issued for Nunn on assault with a deadly weapon. The incident occurred near English Street Grocery in the West End shortly before 4 pm. Bryant was brought by Yow's ambulance in an unconscious state with a convulsion after arrival.
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Everett Bryant
Guilford General Hospital
Howard Nunn
Nunn
Young Bryant
English Street
Bryant
Yow
Flood waters push into six states isolate towns and cause heavy damage
The Tennessee River flood surge surged across Georgia Alabama Florida Mississippi Arkansas and Tennessee cutting bank lines and forcing the evacuation of Caryville Florida where six hundred or more residents fled as the Choc tawhatchie valley flooded.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Caryville
Choctawhatchie
Lindbergh flies to aid Bennett as primaries shape prospects
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh launched a race to deliver anti pneumonia serum to Floyd Bennett in Quebec while presidential primaries in three states and Alaska shape the Republican and Democratic delegate battles. In Ohio contests split delegates among Hoover allies and other hopefuls, with Pennsylvania and Massachusetts delegations noted and Alaska using a primary to pick two GOP delegates.
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Alaska
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Willis
Lowden
Dawes
Democratic Organization
Atlee Pomerene
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Houston
Massachusetts
Lindbergh to Fly Serum to Bennett in Quebec
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh plans to fly anti pneumonia serum from New York to Quebec to aid the critically ill aviator Floyd Bennett. The serum request came from Quebec, with the Rockefeller Foundation appealing to the Guggenheim fund for rapid transport. Lindbergh, Guggenheim, and an escort left New York for the field, facing a snowstorm en route.
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Curtiss Field
WN. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Quebec
Floyd Bennett
Rockefeller Foundation
New York
Guggenheim Fund
Harry Guggenheim
Lindbergh
Canada
Guggenheim
Colonel Lindbergh
Montreal
Sherbrooke
Lake Ste. Agnes
Que
Bremen
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Greenly Island
Hoover Forces See Light Ohio Primary Turnout
In Ohio on April 24, 51 GOP convention delegates were split between Herbert Hoover and Frank B. Willis camps as rain dampened turnout. Except for Cleveland where a heavy vote appeared, the rest of the state reported light participation amid wet weather.
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Columbus
Herbert Hoover
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Cleveland
Hoover
Jones and Scott Freed on Theft Charge in Pittsboro
In Pittsboro on April 24, C E Jones and Frank Scott of Bennet were acquitted by a jury of charges tied to an automobile theft ring after two and a half hours of deliberation. Judge C C Lyon of Elizabeth Town was to sentence five co defendants who pleaded guilty: Ben, Boyd and Larkin, Presnell, J C Talman and Edward Barber.
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Pittsboro
C. E. Jones
Frank Scott
Bennet
C. C. Lyon
Elizabethtown
Jones
Scott
Ben
Boyd
Larkin
Presnell
J. C. Talman
Edward Barber
Republicans Cut Tax Reduction Plan in Senate Finance
The Republican majority on the Senate Finance Committee revised the tax cut program to 210 million dollars, down from 290 million. Chairman Smoot presented the plan, Democrats urge 300 million, with another meeting set for Thursday to revisit the bill and adjust further.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Tate Is Treasurer Nominated by Coolidge
Washington report states H. Theodore Tate of Tennessee was named treasurer of the United States by President Coolidge. The same dispatch notes James R. Beverley of Texas was nominated attorney general of Porto Rico.
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Tate
Washington
H. Theodore Tate
Tennessee
United States
Coolidge
James R. Beverley
Texas
Menéral
Porto Rico
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