Crisis Brings Down Berenguer Government In Spain
Madrid Feb 14 AP The government of Premier Berenguer falls amid a crisis seen as the king’s most serious unrest. Berenguer resigns with his cabinet, elections canceled, and King Alfonso seeks a new coalition cabinet. De Romanones and Marquis de Alhucemas withdraw support and call for a constitutional convention. Admiral Aznar considered for premiership as republic threat grows.
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Madrid
Damaso Berenguer
Alfonso
Count of Romanones
de Romanones
Marquis de Alhucemas
Berenguer
Juan Bautista Aznar
Primo de Rivera
Rhodes Faces Trial For Embezzlement
Hendersonville North Carolina February 14 J Mack Rhodes president of the Defunct First Bank and Trust Company faces March trial for embezzling 20 000 from the bank He was arrested while ill in bed posted 3000 bond and left for Florida Judge Michael Schenck to preside but may seek permission to exchange with another judge His son W Gaither Rhodes was sentenced to state prison for embezzling 40 000 from the bank where he served as cashier.
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Hendersonville
N. C
J. Mack Rhodes
First Bank and Trust Company
Florida
Michael Schenck
Criminal Court
Rhodes
W. Gaither Rhodes
Spectacular raid shuts Earl Carroll show in Chicago
Police raid Earl Carrolls Sketch Book at the Grand Opera House halted the New York revue’s Chicago run. Nine officers arrested 28 chorus girls, two principals, and the manager on indecency charges. they were released on bond as the show planned to continue. The raid followed an earlier Arizona flood disaster in Wellton, Mohawk, and surrounding areas.
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Chicago
Earl Carroll
New York
Grand Opera House
Justin F. McCarthy
John Alcock
James J. Carroll
Champagne Bath
William Demarest
Don Howard
James Carroll
Judge McCarthy
John J. Garrity
New York City
Carroll
Government May Be Forced To Increase Taxation
Washington February 14 The chairman Hawley of the House ways and means committee said the federal government would need higher taxation or bond issues to fund increased veterans loans under the pending proposal. He added that though tax increases are unlikely this session, they could come next session if existing revenues fail to cover expenditures and loan demands.
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Washington
Hawley
House
Ways and Means Committee
Oregon
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Couzens
Michigan
Senate
White House
House Republican Steering Committee
Longworth
Couzene
Urge Restrictions On Bus Operations
Greensboro officials urged Regulations to place bus and truck operations under the same restrictions that apply to railroads. The call came at a meeting of 150 Guilford county railroad employees association members.
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Greensboro
N. C
Railroad Employes Association of
Guilford County
Sports Now Legal At N. C. University
Raleigh February 14. Football and other sports at Chapel Hill will no longer be outlawed. Representative Gattis of Orange saw his bill repealing the statute prohibiting any sport within five miles of Chapel Hill that might serve as a medium for wagers pass the House. Only one opposed it, Brooks of Durham, who wished to retain the old law so the university would have to play all its football games in Durham.
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Raleigh
Chapel Hill
State University
Gattis
Orange
Brooks
Durham
Cafe Proprietor Shot and Robbed in Philadelphia
Philadelphia report states Edward Camill, 44, a restaurant proprietor, was shot to death today and robbed of 500 dollars, the day’s receipts. His wife and young son witnessed the killing as the highwayman escaped.
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Philadelphia
Edward Camill
Scottish fisher youth saves seven lives in wintry gale
Aberdeen Scotland February 14 A Scottish fisher youth named John Ritchie earned hero status after plugging a boat leak with his hand to save his life and six other crewmates aboard the motor vessel Rosehearty. Fire crippled the engine off Sleat Point forcing abandonment. rescuers later reached the small craft as the gale raged. The tale, recounted by Captain Archibald Ritchie, likens the boy to a Dutch lad who plugged a dyke to save others from disaster.
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W. W. Chaplin
Aberdeen
Scotland
Archibald Ritchie
John
Sleat Point
Ritchie
Jobo Ritchie
Much land open for homestead in the west
Washington reports broad acres scarce for farming yet hundreds of agencies and banks offer land to settlers. The land office notes 400 to 600 daily inquiries from jobless veterans and easterners seeking western homesteads while individual farmers offer acreage for sale. Arkansas and South Carolina banks pledge land resources to help push homesteading efforts.
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Washington
Land Office
America
Banks
Chamber of Committe
Ialono Viale
Arkansas
Hamp Williams
Hot Springs
Bear State
R. Spencer
Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia
South Carolina
Farm Loan Banking System
Mayor Thompson Targeted by Egg Toss at Chicago Meeting
Chicago February 14 A Republican mayoral campaign event for William Hale Thompson was interrupted when three eggs were hurled at him from the audience. Police restrained the assailant who was later released. One egg struck the halter Thompson held and another splattered on a woman spectator as the stage floor.
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Chicago
Egeg
William Hale Thompson
Regular sessions urged for Monday and Saturday in Raleigh
In Raleigh on February 14 the North Carolina General Assembly held brief sessions with few local bills acted on. A motion by Mr. Hendren seeks to shift regular calendar consideration to Saturday and Monday, as half the 60 day session passes with no major issues settled. The house meets Monday at noon and the senate at 8 p.m. with roads schools finances and appropriations on the agenda.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
Hendren
Car
Assembly
House
Smith
Clyde Luther Hurt In Freight Car Accident At Station
Clyde Luther of 133 Elm Street suffered severe injuries when he was thrown from a freight car in front of the Southern Railway passenger station. His right arm was torn off, a head gash opened, and part of a thumb severed. He was taken by ambulance to Guilford General Hospital where surgeons amputated the remaining part of his right arm. The accident occurred about 12:15 PM as Luther failed to catch the car, with witnesses noting the No. 253 southbound train was moving 25 to 30 mph.
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Clyde Luther
Elm Street
Southern Railway
Sechrest
Guilford General Hospital
Death Overtakes Oldest Yale Grad in Cincinnati
Edward P. Bradstreet, age 100 and oldest Yale graduate, died at his Cincinnati home. A member of Yale's class of 1853, he celebrated his centennial last June 5 with Yale club honors. He was a longtime figure in Ohio law as a veteran of the bar.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Edward P. Bradstreet
Yale
Nestor
Ohio Bar
Bradstreet
Yale Club
King George Ordered Off Throne In Mock Abdication Claim
London telegram reports Anthony Hall declaring himself descendant of Tudor kings and demanding King George abdicate. Hall asserts no civil war, outlines plans to redeem debt, fund unemployment relief, boost beer supply, and rebuild London for 100 million inhabitants while asserting James I was a false royal heir. He addresses the king as George Frederick Ernest Albert Winsdor and claims illegitimate Tudor lineage.
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London
Anthony Hall
George
Hall
Great Britain
George Frederick Ernest Albert Winsdor
Henry Tudor
Henry VIII
James I
Mary Stuart
Erskine
Mar
Manchuria Suffers Record Cold Amid Fatal Frosts
In Harbin and across Manchuria the cold reaches 45 degrees below zero as over 1,000 people die on the streets. Siberian and Manchurian border areas report harsher conditions with trains delayed for days and several accidents on the Chinese Eastern railway.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Siberian
Manchurian
Marines Withdraw From Nicaragua After Large Cost
Washington reports the Marine deployment in Nicaragua cost about 5.5 million dollars beyond home spending. Only 42 Marines were killed by enemy action since 1926, though some died in accidents or sickness. Secretary Stimson announced an immediate plan to withdraw the entire combat force, with completion by June.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Central American Republic
Stimson
House Receives Relief Proposal
Washington February 14 The house received the twenty million dollar relief proposal shortly after senate approval and aims to take up the measure before adjournment today as plans were made to proceed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Opposing Vets Loan Compromise Battles in Congress
AP reports House and Senate leaders clash over the Bacharach plan to fund veterans’ aid. Hawley backs aid but warns costs may reach 1.7 billion. Couzens warns of attempts to pass the bill to the White House and stall by precluding other appropriations before a February 23 deadline.
Many Men Start Upon Gold Rust
Calgary February 14. Five hundred prospectors pushed into the Livingstone river valley in search of gold despite blizzard dangers. A quartz sample from Livingstone valley showed traces of gold but no platinum. Provincial police patrols under Commissioner W G Bryan trailed the group to aid those at risk from cold and hunger if a storm hits.
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Livingstone River Valley
Calgary
Alta
Livingstone Valley
Lethbridge
Provincia Police
W. G. Bryan
Hoover Budget Deal Passes Senate With 67 to 15 Vote
Senate approval of a $90 million interior appropriations bill includes a $20 million loan for agricultural rehabilitation and adds to existing funds for seed livestock and fertilizer purchases. The measure, backed by both parties, faces House action amid criticism from some Democrats and labor, while Barkley skewers the deal in a pointed attack on relief relief policy and Shakespearean allusion.
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Senate
Red Cross Relief
House
Hoover
Hyde
Interior Department
West
Ashurst
Black
Blease
Bratton
Brock
Broussard
Caraway
Copeland
Dill
Fletcher
George
Harris Harrison
Hayden
Heflin
Kendrick
King
McGill
McKellar
Morrison
Ransdell Robinson
Arkansas
Sheppard
Smith
Stephens
Swanson Trammell
Tydings
Wagner
Walsh
Massachusetts
Montana
Barkley
Parkley
Cnonally
Glass
Thomas
Oklahoma
Wheeler
Couzens
Cutting
Frazier
Johnson
LaFollette
Norris
Schall
Farmer-labor
Shipstead
Kentucky
Shakespeare
Wild Oil Well Triumphs In Fierce Night Battle
In Oklahoma City on February 14 a wild oil well named Mary Jane Ansell No 4 won a dangerous night struggle to cap the geyser as gas and fire threatened nearby homes. More than thirty suburban families waited to return after evacuation Thursday night when gas clouds drifted with the wind.
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Oklahoma City
Mary Jane Ansell
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