Refugees recount banditry in two Central American nations
Ten Nicaragua and five Honduras refugees arrived in New Orleans aboard the Contessa with accounts of banditry and revolution near Tela and Laceiba. They described raids, killings, and menacing bands, plus residents fleeing the area and emphasizing personal risk and forced evacuation.
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Nicaragua
Honduras
New Orleans
W. G. Kost
Tela
Laceiba
Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
Margaret Jones
Fayetteville
Logtown
Sandino
Pedro Brandon
A. Murphy
Pedro Pedrone
Blandon
A. R. Beardsley
Puerto Cabezas
Lachlin
Contessa
Edna Benson
Washington, D. C
Bridge fall injures worker at Dan River site
Jack Cole was seriously injured after falling 30 feet from the Dan River bridge where he worked, plunging into the river bed below. Local responders transported him for medical care as authorities investigated the accident at the site in Madison, North Carolina.
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Madison
N. C
Jack Cole
Dan River
Radio Assailed and Defended at Press Meeting
Princeton New Jersey April 24 Radio drew fire and defense at the university press conference. M H Aylesworth head of National Broadcasting urged newspapers to continue free radio news service or risk a new medium. W S Gilm of Detroit News called radio and newspapers supplementary. Elzey Roberts of St. Louis Star warned of unregulated radio threatening newspapers’ dominance.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
M. H. Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Company
Peale
Truck Driver Dies in Jealous Shooting in Covington
Charlies Hawes Jr., 28, a truck driver, was killed by pistol shots fired by George Bowles in Covington Virginia. Bowles, wounded and in a Clifton Forge hospital, allegedly shot Hawes after becoming jealous of Mrs. Cecil Brown. A coroner's jury ruled Hawes died from gunshot wounds.
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Covington
Charlies Hawes, Jr
George Bowles
Barber
Clifton Forge
Hawes
Bowles
Cecil Brown
Taft Benton Bond After Auto Crash Injures 12 Year Old
North Wilkesboro court records show Taft Benton placed under $800 bond after his automobile struck Edith Brooks, age 12, causing serious injuries.
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North Wilkesboro
N. C
Taft Benton
Edith Brooks
Wrecked driver fined in municipal court
Winston-Salem case against T A Boaz, whose car figured in a wreck, resulted in a $300 fine for recl ne driving in municipal court.
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Winston-Salem, N. C
T. A. Boaz
New Rheumatism Remedy Promises Quick Pain Relief
An advertisement claims RA MA cures rheumatic pain by expelling poisons from the blood via the liver, stomach and blood. It asserts relief on the first day and offers a money back guarantee through Mann Co. if rheumatism persists.
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Mann Co
UMA
Adyv
London Patent Pool Controls Sale of Radios in Britain
London based Patent Pool dominates the British radio market, licensing manufacture assembly and distribution with a $1.20 value holder fee and $3.60 income per three tube set. The pool includes Marconi and other major wireless firms and enforces licenses through arbitration or court action, keeping foreign sets out and earning millions for legal efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Great Britain
London Patent Pool
Marconi’s
Pope Pius XI Attends Inauguration of Propaganda Fide College
Pope Pius XI left Vatican City for the second time in his reign to attend the dedication of the Propaganda Fide college funded largely by American money. Crowds cheered as he arrived in a motorcade, knelt in respect, and gave blessings in the college chapel.
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Rome
Pius XI
Vatican City
Propaganda Fide College
Vatican
St. Peter’s
Methodist Church Institutes Suit Over Lake Pollution
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church south and the Southern Methodist Assembly Inc sue Waynesville Hazelwood and England Walton Co for 150000 claiming sewage from the towns and tannery polluted Richland Creek and Lake Junaluska, which is owned by the assembly and located on assembly grounds.
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Waynesville
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Southern Methodist Assembly, Inc
Hazelwood
England-Walton Company
Lake Junaluska
Richland Creek
Assembly
Delinquent Tax List Ties Up Harnett Schools Closure
In Lillington North Carolina the auditor's office said a large delinquent tax list forced the shutdown of all Harnett schools as only 64 dollars remained to cover last month's teacher salaries.
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Lillington
N. C
Harnett
Acosta Defends Byrd Fokker Biography Controversy
Bert Acosta, pilot on Byrd’s trans Atlantic flight, says the controversy over Anthony Fokker’s The Flying Dutchman does not worry him. He would tell Fokker to his face if he had to. Acosta praises Byrd Balchen and Neville and doubts Fokker’s judgment as aging. Byrd, Balchen, Neville, and Fokker are cited in the exchange.
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New York
Bert Acosta
Admiral Byrd
Anthony Fokker
Tony
Bernt Balchen
Lieut
Neville
Mr. Fokker
Pilot Credit Split Mentioned for Trans Atlantic Flight
The article notes a discussion about credit for the America’s trans Atlantic flight with Bernt Balchen receiving substantial acknowledgment. A Fokker account tone is conveyed as Balchen praised as a good man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernt Balchen
America
Fokker
Balchen
Theft Charge Against Young Girls Dismissed
Two 20 year old Durham women Nora King and Jetherine Poole were arrested on a charge of stealing a Chevrolet roadster from A. J. Olive a Durham filling station operator and released after their claim the car was loaned to them was verified. They said they left Durham Tuesday morning and traveled to Petersburg Virginia before arriving in High Point where the car was identified.
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Durham
Nora King
Jetherine Poole
A. J. Olive
High Point City
South Main Street
Petersburg
High Point
Way Back Home When They Were Stopped by Patrolman Stout
A fragment notes an incident where individuals were stopped by Patrolman Stout during a pursuit or encounter, with limited subsequent details available in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout
Master Mind Prejudiced Simple Fellows In House
Senator Edgar A. Brown of Barwell charged in a senate speech that a master mind prejudices simple minded fellows from the backwoods in the house the speech also attacked the power trust as a great octopus choking the life blood out of the state in Columbia South Carolina.
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Columbia
8. C
Edgar A. Brown
Barwell
Senate
Power Trust
Civic groups plan cotton style show in Smithfield May Day
In Smithfield New Jersey civic organizations band together to stage a cotton style show on May 1. The event aims to engage the community and showcase local fashions and crafts.
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Smithfield
N. J
Robbery at filling station leaves owner unconscious
In Winston-Salem two Black men forced open the cash register at a local filling station. They knocked R. T. Green unconscious and escaped with eight dollars and eighty cents.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
R. T. Green
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