China Vows Protection for U S Missions in Kanchow
Washington reports General Ho Ying-Ching pledged to promptly exterminate communist brigands threatening American missionaries at Kanchow. U S officials said they were gravely anxious after letters from Bishop OʼShea and Fathers Cahill and Mohhringer described a very uncertain outcome and foreigners still in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Ho Ying-Ching
Kanchow
Department
Douglas Jenkins
Canton
Mohhringer and McLaughlin
Kiangsi
O’shea
Cahill
Jenkins
Kiangesi
Peiping
Nanking
Kwangtung
Shanghai
Frank P. Lockhart
Hankow
Ho King-Ching
King-Han-Ting
Missing school teacher poet wanders woods again
Maud Nesselrodt 21, a school teacher and former poet, famed for melancholy verse, was last seen after a two day fast near Williamsburg Virginia. Foster family found a note claiming Maud is dead as search parties comb the nearby woods and memories of her prior elopement from St Lawrence University and multiple city manhunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Maud Nesselrodt
St. Lawrence University
N. Y
United States
Canada
New York East Side
College of William and Mary
Ironton
M. W. Thomas
East Radford
Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary Fire Blame To Be Deliberated Next Week
Governor Myers Y. Cooper faces a decision on who bears responsibility for the 320 deaths in the Ohio penitentiary fire. A state investigation finished with conflicting statements from officials guards and convicts. Cooper will publish findings and may act on a Bettman proposal to suspend Warden Thomas as guards remain at the fortress with 60 guards inside and 525 National Guardsmen outside.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper
Gilbert Bettman
Preston E. Thomas
Bettman
Thomas
Hubert L. Richardson
Double tragedy in Laguna Beach ends in murder suicide
Los Angeles reports that Mrs Dorris Murray Palmer 35 and Mrs Adele Ritchie 56 were involved in a jealous fatal confrontation. Police say Ritchie shot Palmer in the Palmer home and then killed herself after a staged scene of mercy. A coroner's jury found Ritchie fired the initial shot. Palmer had telephoned a Chicago visitor asking for help before the deaths.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Dorris Murray Palmer
Adele Ritchie
Guy Bates Post
Olflicers
Jernigan
Palmer Home
Palmer
Artists’ Colony
Search Continues for Girl Slayings Near Arlington Cemetery
Two weeks after Mary Baker a navy clerk was found dead beside a culvert in Arlington National Cemetery investigators admit no definite clues but remain hopeful. Washington police suspect intimate involvement while Virginia authorities check a nearby Negro settlement. two men admit taking Miss Baker's belongings but deny knowledge of the crime and jewelry found with her effects.
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Washington
Mary Baker
Navy Department
Arlington National Cemetery
Miss Baker
Virginia
Potomac River
Nine Men Pinched In Raid On Fashionable Night Club
In New York on April 26 nine male patrons at the Hollywood restaurant a Times Square nightclub were charged with possession of liquor in a federal prohibition raid. Maurice Campbell eastern New York prohibition administrator led agents who arrested 9 guests and 26 employees as music continued. Bail granted. patrons released after being charged and booked at West 47th Street station.
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New York
Hollywood
Times Square
Maurice Campbell
West 47Th Street
Prohibition
Nils T. Grantlund
Grantland
Broadway
Campbell
Jonas Jr. fills in for father at Pineville graduation
Charles A. Jonas Jr. spoke to Pineville High School graduates after his father Charles A. Jonas, North Carolina congressman, was delayed in Washington by the Parker fight. The Lincolnton attorney delivered the address, and officials reported the son did the father proud.
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Pineville
N. C
Charles A. Jonas
North Carolina
Pineville High School
Washington
Parker
Charles A. Jonas, Jr
Lincolnton
Naval delegates face rough weather at sea
The homeward bound American naval delegation, now past mid ocean, encountered their first unpleasant weather on their return voyage aboard the S. S. Leviathan on April 26.
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S. S. Leviathan
Parachute Escapes After Night Mail Plane Fails
Pilot Henry J. Brown plunged 2000 feet after his Cleveland to New York night mail plane lost power near Clearfield Pennsylvania. He deployed a parachute to reach safety and survived the crash attempt.
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Cleveland
Henry J. Brown
New York
Clearfield
Many Cities Adopt Daylight Saving Time Tomorrow
New York and many cities will shift clocks one hour forward to daylight saving time beginning tomorrow at 2 am and lasting until the last Sunday in September. Railroads adjust schedules, boats run on daylight time, and New York City offices including the stock exchange adopt the change. A merchants survey notes adoption across sixteen U.S. states and 28 Canadian cities.
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New York
New York State
New York Central Railroad
Chicago
Far River
Mass
Boston
Albany
Norfolk
New York City
Stock Exchange
Merchants Association of New York
Princess Maria to be godmother at Zara cruiser launch
In Pezsta Italy Princess Maria of Piedmont also known as Marie Jose of Belgium will arrive with the Italian crown prince to act as godmother at the launching of the new 10,000 ton cruiser Zara. In London England the cremation of poet laureate Robert Bridges was conducted quietly at Golders Green.
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Pezta
Italy
Maria of Piedmont
Marie-Jose
Belgium
Zara
Ondon
Robert Bridges
England
Golder's Green
Tucker Files in Senate Struggle
Irvin B. Tucker of Whiteville enters the race for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate as the field reaches four. Seven candidates total announced by midnight, including Democrats F M Simmons Josiah W Bailey and T L Estep. Tucker previously served eight years as district attorney for eastern North Carolina and ran for lieutenant governor in 1920.
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Raleigh
Irvin B. Tucker
Whiteville
U. S
U. S. Senate
Tucker
North Carolina
John J. Parker
Charlotte
George M. Pritchard
Asheville
George F E. Butler
Clinton
Rev. H. Grady Dorsett
Wake Forest
F. M. Simmons
New Bern
Josiah W. Bailey
T. L. Estep
Stortford
State Board of Elections
Congress
Winston Watchman Takes Own Life at Nissen Wagon Works
Winston-Salem report: John Morton Voss, 68, night watchman at Nissen Wagon Works, died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the brain early today. The death was instantaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
John Morton Voss
Nissen Wagon Works
Thames Crew Tragedy Fire Leaves Sixteen Missing
In Tanford Connecticut on April 26 the AP reports hope for six teen crew members of the freighter Thames burned in Long Island Sound off Sound Beach Thursday night was abandoned today. Ten members were saved including Captain Robert Sherman.
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Tanford
Conn
S (Ap
Hope For
Thames
Long Island Sounds
Sound Beach
Robert Sherman
Flashes Of Life Involves Leo Diegel Plans For British Invasion
Leo Diegel keeps 53 golf clubs ready for his invasion of Great Britain. He fears a late shipment of putters may delay his boat on Wednesday and his stock includes 14 woods 31 irons and eight putters.
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New York
lIt
Leo Diegel
London
Great Britain
Locomotive Escape Tale Ends Peacefully in Atlanta
Atlanta reports a safe outcome as a locomotive once escaped Sherman is secured from Ford. Mayor Ragsdale announced Henry cannot purchase or borrow a Confederate relic for his museum.
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Atlanta
Sherman
Ford
Ragsdale
Henry
Miami sailor plans solo three month voyage to Athens
Nicholas Gongo poulos will begin a solo voyage from Miami in a 16 foot boat named Ulysses. He aims to reach Athens in about three months using a lone odyssey to test endurance and seamanship.
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Miami
Fla
Nicholas Gongopoulos
Ulysses
Athens
Graf Zeppelin Returns to London on Peace Time Flight
The Graf Zeppelin left Friedrichshafen at 6:02 am for a 459 mile trip to London then Cardington. Twenty two passengers aboard include Lady Grace Drummond Hay. Master Hugo Eckener will join the return leg to Cardington where the R-100 is housed for Canada next month.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
London
Cardington
Hugo Eckener
Grace Drummond Hay
Canada
Jimmy Walker Confined to Home for Exhaustion
Mayor James J. Walker is confined to his home with complete physical and nervous exhaustion due to overwork. Dr William Schroeder Jr ordered him to stay in bed for at least a week with no visitors and no office duties, to reassess after the period for possible longer rest.
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New York
James J. Walker
William Schroeder, Jr
Schroeder
City Hall
Capone Brother Found Guilty of Tax Violation
Ralph Capone, known as Battles in gangland slang and eldest of Al Capone’s younger brothers, was found guilty by a federal jury on seven counts of income tax violations. The jury’s verdict includes a count accusing him of making false statements in an offer of compromise. Judge James H. Wilkerson set sentencing for May 16, with potential consecutive two year terms across counts if a new trial is denied.
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Chicago
Capones
Ralph
Scarface
James H. Wilkerson
Capone
Wilkerson
India fears further disorders flare in Peshawar riot
Bombay reports rising unease as events in Peshawar sharpen. A mob taunted troops, a British officer faced the ring leaders with a revolver, and an armored car opened fire. Rioters paraded with fake corpses, claiming fifty casualties, amid an alleged ploy to swell death figures.
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Bombay
India
Peshwar
Northwest Frontier Province
Lahore
London Daily Mail
Farlher
Apple Blossom Festival Ends in Winchester Parade and Ball
Winchester the Shenandoah Valley capital hosted the seventh annual Apple Blossom Festival with an estimated crowd of 100000. Queen Shenandoah VII Suzanne Pollard led a two hour parade of bands and floats, followed by 43 maidens from five states and the District of Columbia. The closing ball crowned Queen Shenandoah.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
England
Shenandoah VII
Suzanne Pollard
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Shenandoah
President Harding Collides With British Ship Off Heligoland
In a fog near the Elbe the American liner President Harding collided with the British collier Kirkwood which sank. The President Harding rescued all but one Kirkwood crewman, a fireman reported missing. The President Harding sustained little damage according to its captain.
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Hamburg
President Harding
Elbe River
Heligoland
Kirkwood
Gardner Denies Intimidation of North Carolina Negroes
Washington April 26. Governor Gardner Ramsay and Judge Hayes telegraph that charges of intimidation of North Carolina Negroes over the Parker confirmation are unfounded. Gardner says investigation found claims baseless and relations between races remain peaceful and cordial.
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Washington
North Carolina
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Senator Overman
Gardner
James H. Ramsay
Salisbury
John J. Hayes
Negro Association
Dripping Wet Indiana Candidate Guzzles Liquor On Stage
Anthony Filipiak campaigned for state senator on a dripping wet platform in Gary Indiana. He mocked opponent William F Hodges as soft on prohibition while displaying a hip pocket flask and pouring a flaming drink to prove his stance before a Harrison club audience.
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Indiana
Gary
Ind
Anthony Filipiak
Filipink
William F. Hodges
Dience
Harrison Club
Mr. Anthony Filipiak
Hoover Withdraw Nomination Fight for Parker Support
Washington April 26 Senate Republicans claimed enough votes to reject Judge John J Parker's nomination to the Supreme Court, as labor and Negro groups urged withdrawal. Hoover refused to concede defeat, signaling a hard fight and possible presidential action only after a definite majority against Parker is assured.
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Washington
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Senate
Hoover
Parker
Hughes
West Virginia
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
North Carolina
Holmes
Brandeis
Judge Parker
Lindbergh Reviews Route for Latin America Airmail Flight
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh returned to Miami to preview the planned path for a new Latin American airmail route. He will fly to Havana then Cristobal, 1200 miles via Caribbean waters, delivering mail to Santiago and Buenos Aires before resuming Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Latin-Americas
Havana
Cristobal
Porto Cabezas
Nicaragua
Washington
Lindbergh
Canal Zone
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
West Indies
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