Bombs hit Ciudad Obregon consulate area and border alarms rise
Three Mexican government airplanes attacked rebels near Ciudad Obregon Sonora dropping bombs that hit the city and sparked concern at the American consulate. Simultaneously retreating rebel leaders were seen near the border with reports of strengthened border patrols as large-scale disruptions spread across the region.
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Washington
State Department
Ciudad Obregon
Sonora
Nogalfs
Ariz
International Line
Navajoa
Ramon F. Iturbe
Ricardo Topete
R. H. Polk
Revolutionary Air Forces
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Nogales
Fausto Topete
Ricardo
Fausto ‘Topete
Here
Arcadio Palacios
Bank of Mexico
Buses Must Provide Equal Accommodations in NC
North Carolina buses must provide equal but separate accommodations for white and negro passengers per a superior court ruling by Judge M W Barnhill in the case NC Corporation Commission versus the Transportation Committee of the NC Commission of Interracial Cooperation. The decision delays enforcement until regulations are issued and applies to all franchise bus operators statewide.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
North Carolina
M. W. Barnhill
Superior Court
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Transportation Committee
North Carolina Commission of Inter-Racial Cooperation
Barnhill
Warren Sees Prompt Action on Bill to Fight Fruit Fly
Chairman Warren of the senate appropriations committee said the resolution to make 4 250 000 dollars available to combat the fruit fly in Florida would be considered by his committee Monday or Tuesday and that he looked for prompt action in the item.
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Washington
Warren
Senate Appropriations Committee
Florida
Ite
Mellon Office Hold Ruling Delayed by Senate Panel
Washington April 27 The senate judiciary committee did not decide on Secretary Mellon's right to hold office after two hours of debate over Norris ruling. The panel adjourned until Monday.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Norris
Senate Gloom over Mellon's Treasury Post Question
The senate judiciary committee prepared to vote on whether Andrew W Mellon may continue as secretary of the treasury. Chairman Norris reported Mellon holds stock in various corporations and may be illegally serving under an old statute barring such interests. Senator McKellar triggered the resolution prompting the vote.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Norris
Mellon
McKellar
Tennessee
Democrat Appointed to Radio Commission
President Hoover selects William D. S. Starbuck a Massachusetts Democrat as a member of the federal radio commission succeeding Commissioner Caldwell of New York Starbuck replaces Caldwell and joins the commission in Washington on April 27.
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Washington
William D.S. Starbuck
Massachusetts
Hoover
Federal Radio Commission
Caldwell
New York
Gastonia Teenager’s Murder Case Highlighted by Good Character
Testimony at the Gastonia murder trial focused on Jacob Vanderburg’s character as school mates, a principal, a history teacher, and local residents described him as timid and an average student. A defense doctor challenged whether dried blood on the hat was human, while a state DNA witness asserted it was human blood.
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Gastonta
Jacob Vanderburg
D. C. Quickle
Gastonia
Roland Clinton
Gastonia High School
Eris Cassell
Bess Shannon
Vanderburg
Jacob
Pauline
Debenture Plan Gains Strength in Senate Battle
Advocates of the export debenture plan for farm relief push to sway the Senate during the weekend recess. Senator Norris proposes tying a restraint provision to reduce debenture rates if overproduction occurs, hoping to gain support from Senator Borah. Observers expect a vote next Tuesday with leaders predicting the debenture clause may be eliminated, then pursued in a tariff bill if defeated.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
Hoover
Borah
Idaho
Jones Law Indictments Come From Chicago Grand Jury
The first batch of Jones law indictments returned by a Chicago federal grand jury includes 13 true bills naming 25 persons, including one woman.
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Jones Law
Chicago
California Senate Frees Judge Hardy in McPherson Case
California Senate acquits Superior Judge Carlos M. Hardy of official misconduct charges related to advising Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson. He is cleared on all counts by a two thirds vote, allowing return to his Los Angeles bench. Ongoing questions about the McPherson kidnapping tale remain unresolved.
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Sacramento
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Carlos
Hardy
Los Angeles
McPherson
State Senate
Senate
Fitts
Dr Wilmon Newell Leads Florida Fruit Fly Eradication
Washington April 27 The department of agriculture announced Dr Wilmon Newell Florida state plant commissioner has been placed in charge of all field work to stamp out and prevent the spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Wilmon Newell
Florida
Three Missionaries Slain by Chinese Bandits
The Rev. Linus Monahan rector of St. Michaels monastery Union City New Jersey announced a Hankow China cablegram stating three missionaries were slain by Chinese bandits.
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New York
Linus Monahan
St. Michaels Monastery
Union City
N. J
Hankow
China
Denunciation From Labor Paper
The Herald denounced the American action at the Geneva conference in abandoning objections to trained reserves. It called the concession a militarist victory and warned disarmament is a farce while Versailles pact is a scrap of paper and Germany will face renewed bitterness and fear. The Mail called the move a step toward smaller armies and navies.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Hugh S. Gibson
Preparatory Commission On Disarmament
United States
France
Italy
Gibson
Germany
London
Herald
Great Britain
Versailles
Mail
Britain to follow US in excluding trained reserves
Lord Cushendun announced the British government would follow the United States by excluding trained reserves as army effectives, aligning with yesterday’s lead. The move signals a shift in disarmament posture and affects military readiness.
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England
U. S
Geneva
Lord Cushendun
United States
Lambeth Heads Ticket in Thomasville Race
In Thomasville on April 27 J. E. Lambeth was chosen to head the ticket for mayor with M. L. Bales R. C. Rapp T. E. Jennings C. L. White and C. F. Phillips named for council seats. The party unity was noted as both factions joined the slate. Ivy Hensley and Everett Hodges were convicted of false pretense and short-changing merchants and sentenced to four months on Davidson county roads, with appeal to superior court.
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Davidson County
Law and Lawless Seek Thompson's Whereabouts
Chicago April 27 lawmen hunted Frank Thompson an important witness in a Valentine's day gang massacre case. Detectives learned Thompson's approximate whereabouts from his wife last night and found she had revealed his location to a man claiming to be an officer suspected of ties to gangsters.
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Chicago
Frank Thompson
Thompson
Mississippi Breaks Through Levee Inundates Lowlands
The Mississippi River breached the Grand Tower lower levee near Murphysboro Illinois flooding about 7 900 acres. A second break south of Big Muddy near McClure threatens nearly 20 000 more acres and risks a major flood in Union county bottoms.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Mississippi
Sound Grand Lower
Grand Tower
Big Muddy River
McClure
Union County
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Quincy
Lima Lekhant
Warsaw
Here
Gregory
Hunt Project
Fabia
Sni
Clocks To Move Forward One Hour Across Wide Region
Tomorrow at 2 a.m. clocks will be set ahead one hour marking daylight saving. About 25 900 000 people in New York state and neighboring areas will follow the change affecting daily routines and rail schedules including the Twentieth Century Limited and Broadway Limited services.
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New York
New York State
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New England
Chicago
Quebec
Ontario
Wall Street
The
Stock Exchange
New York Central
Twentieth Century Limited
Pensylvania Railroad
Broadway Limited
Jetson calls for senatorial textile probe at Loray mill
Tom P. Jimison Charlotte attorney for Loray mill strikers urges Senator Wheeler to push a senatorial investigation into textile conditions in Gaston County. He says striking workers seek inquiry and many workers still on the job fear being labeled as Bolshevists or enemies of the flag.
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Loray Strikers
Wheeler
Gastonta
Tom P. Jimison
Charlotte
Loray
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Jimison
Kingsford Smith lands Southern Cross after Australia flight
Capt Charles Kingsford Smith and three crewmen arrive at Richmond airfield at 11 am completing a West Australia to Sydney voyage aboard the Southern Cross. He recounts buzzing over the crashed Kookaburra search plane and confirms Lieutenant Keith Anderson’s body under its wing. Hitchcock’s fate remains undisclosed. He describes the terrain around Port George as appalling and hazardous for further landings.
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Sydney
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Richmond Airdrome
Southern Cross
Western Australia
Port George
Wyndham
Kingsford-Smith
Kookaburra
Keith Anderson
Robert Hitchcock
Schacht Leaves for Berlin After Dawes Conference
Dr Hjalmar Schacht, head of Germany on the Dawes committee, departed for Berlin after a talks with Owen D Young the American delegate and chairman. The exchange occurred in Paris on April 27 as the delegation met to discuss reparations and postwar plans.
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Dawes Committee
Berlin
Owen D. Young
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