Hunger Stricken Populace Cries For Food In Mexicali
In Mexicali on February 21 a hunger strike by hungry men and women drove crowds into the border city. Soldiers kept order as Governor Tejada faced demands for relief and a prohibition issue surfaced at the border. An American, Pearly Matthews, was shot during a food theft incident. both he and a Mexican were wounded but will recover. Governor Tejada ordered Mexican replacements for American workers across ranches bars mills and businesses.
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Mexicali
Lower
California
Louis Trejo Y Pedro E Tejada
Pearly Matthews
de Tejada
Calexico
United States
Senate and North Carolina clash over data on school and prohibition roads bills
The Senate demanded the commission's non secret data on prohibition enforcement in 16 states and D C, while reports showed mixed enforcement conditions across 32 states. Wisconsin drew the sharpest scrutiny with claims of plentiful liquor and alleged open corruption districts. In Raleigh, factions fight over land tax relief via two road and school bills as lawmakers push for a six month school plan and a six cent gasoline tax to fund road projects.
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Senate
Tydings
Maryland
Commission
District of Columbia
Wisconsin
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Milwaukee
Frank Buckley
Prohibition Bureau
Justice Department
Milwaukee County
Nippon
Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
Representative Day
Onslow
A. D. MacLean
Beaufort
Gardner
Representative Spence
Moore
Heaaes
South Carolina
House
Crudup
Acquit Chorus Girls of Charge of Obscene Show
Chicago February 21. Charges of obscenity against Earl Carroll's Sketch Book principals and 26 chorus girls were dismissed by Municipal Judge Justin F. McCarthy after a defense motion to quash. The show moves to Milwaukee tonight then returns in a week for a second run. The judge said censorship should precede presentation and obscenity is set by the average citizen, not statute.
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Chicago
Earl Carroll
Justin F. McCarthy
James Carroll
Earl
William Demarest
Don Howard
Milwaukee
McCarthy
Freedom Granted to 400 Pickets in Hosiery Mills Strike
Philadelphia report states more than 400 men and women arrested near hosiery mills for picketing during a strike were released. Director Lemuel B. Schofield ordered their arrests, while Magistrate Atkinson Costello discharged them and warned against non peaceful picketing, noting unemployment did not justify dissuading workers.
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Philadelphia
Lemuel B. Schofield
Atkinson Costello
Bombings Shift Focus to Chicago Merchandisers
In Chicago the bomber's latest strikes hit Marshall Field and Company and the furniture mart, drawing reinforced police action and a threat of summary execution from Police Commissioner John Alcock. The violence, rising yearly, has damaged the Merchandise Mart, Sears Roebuck plant, and other major sites, with losses totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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John Alcock
Chicago
Marshall Field and Company
Furniture Mart
Employers’ Association
Merchandise Mart
Boy Flier Plans Stop In Raleigh
Havana reports 14 year old flyer Robert Buck of Hillside New Jersey said he will take off at 9 a m tomorrow aiming to reach Newark before midnight He plans to stop at Miami Raleigh and Washington during the flight continuing toward the northeast through the night and into the next day
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Havana
Robert Buck
Hillside
N. J
Newark
Miami
Raleigh
Washington
Parker seeks passage of railroad holding company bill
Washington February 21 Chairman Parker of the house commerce committee announced he would seek passage this session after introducing a resolution for Interstate Commerce Commission control of railroad holding companies. He expected quick committee approval though passage in both houses before March 4 is uncertain. A separate Senate resolution called for a study of interstate transportation with focus on competition with railroads. Railroad groups oppose the Parker measure amid rising motor vehicle and barge competition.
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Washington
Parker
House Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Explosion Threatens Eight Miners in Sudbury Area
Sudbury Ont February 21 AP fate of eight and possibly 12 men believed near an explosion today rocking buildings as far as 17 miles away remained unknown at midnight. An airplane from Timmins carrying Hollinger mine officials and a company doctor awaited return with details. About 12 men including an electrician and helper, a watchman and a diamond drill crew were nearby.
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Sudbury
Ont
Timmins
Ott
Hollinger Gold Mine
Peruvian Revolt Looms Across Major Cities
In Lima on February 21 AP reports a revolutionary movement suppressed at Callao spread to Pataacay and Arequipa. An official statement names national penitentiary figures and Guinistas among civilians. Loyal troops from Tacna Cuzco and Muno march on Arequipa as Malendo closes the trade fort and the Arequipa airport shuts.
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Lima
Peru
Callao
Pataacey Gakoe
Arequipa
Evangelist Pardue Held on Prohibition Charge
Winston Salem police arrested Rev. Thomas F Pardue a prominent evangelist once a key witness in the Alma Petty Gatlin trial on a prohibition violation charge. Nine gallons of whiskey were found in jars under his Buxton street home and two five gallon cans were found under a table. A case of empty pint bottles was found in his car. He was released on 1000 bond to appear in municipal court Tuesday morning.
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Winston-Salem
Thomas F
Pardue
Kendall Bill 5 Passes House on Convict and Forced Labor Ban
Washington Feb 21 The Kendall bill to tighten the embargo against products of convict labor and extend the ban to forced labor was approved by the house. It moves to the senate with an April 1 effective date tied to the tariff act prohibition. The measure defines forced labor as work exacted under threat and not voluntarily offered. Enforcement would rely on government officials as legal agents.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Capitol
Pasoeres
South
House
Senate
Washington’s 1781 Baltimore stay reveals grog four times food cost
A 1781 Baltimore inn receipt shows George Washington and eight guests charged 3 pounds 10 shillings for punch, 1 pound 10 shillings for wines, and 12 shillings 5 pence for grog, with dinners at 1 pound 4 shillings and a total 13 pounds 3 shillings 3 pence, including stable, servant lodging, and meals. Washington and officers overnighted at Fountain Inn en route to Yorktown. the site later became a modern hotel.
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Baltimore
George Washington
Library of Congress
Atthew Page Andrews
Washington
Count de Rochambeau
Fountain Inn
Yorkstown
Daniel Grant
Andrews
Dry leaders plot national temperance group plan
A dozen national dry leaders met secretly in Washington to draft a constitution for a centralized organization uniting 33 bodies and allied business figures under a board of strategy. The plan foresees a mobile, directorate style group guiding the 1932 campaign without naming a single temperance czar.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Methodist Episcopal Board of Temperance
Board of Strategy
Liberty Bell to Ring Over Radio on Washington Birthday
New York February 21 The Liberty Bell will ring over WJZ and Washington bicentennial stations at 2 30 p m E S T from Independence Hall Philadelphia to mark Washingtons birthday The bell will be rung 13 times by Mayor Harry A Mackey Philadelphia one for each original colony A talk by Viscount Grey of Fallodon from London accompanies the program
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New York
Washington
Viscount Grey
Fallodon
London
WJZ
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Harry A. Mackey
Senators Add 10 Million to Navy Dept Budget
A group of 63 senators approved adding ten million dollars to the navy department appropriation bill to fund eleven additional destroyers already authorized. The action marks the first increment under the London naval treaty limiting U S destroyer tonnage to 150000 tons.
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Washington
Navy Department
Senate
United States
Smith and Byrd to Speak Before General Assembly
Alfred E. Smith former New York governor and 1928 presidential nominee and Harry F. Byrd former Virginia governor have accepted invitations to address the General Assembly in Raleigh. Byrd will speak at a joint session next Tuesday at 11 am and Smith at 2 pm on March 2, with both guests hosted by Governor O Max Gardner.
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Raleigh
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
North Carolina General Assembly
Byrd
Ban Johnson Still Is Seriously Ill
Ban Johnson, former czar of baseball, lies in a hospital bed as diabetes again threatens his health. Dr. Robert F. Hyland reports the disease may still allow a recovery, despite past threats to his leg.
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Ban Johnson
ST. Louis
Johnson
Robert F. Hyland
Waynesville Bank Plans March Reopening After Closure
Citizens Bank and Trust of Waynesville will reopen in the first week of March after the Central Bank and Trust of Asheville closed. Directors and stockholders met with G. N. Henson of the state department of banking to announce the plan.
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Waynesville
Citizens Bank and Trust Company of
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Asheville
G. N. Henson
State Department of Banking
Sees Optimistic Business Trend
George P. Bagby, president of the Western Maryland railroad, spoke at the Traffic Club of New York annual dinner. He said definite signs show the bottom of the low mood has been reached and business has one way to go, urging action to speed up the improvement.
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New York
George P. Bagby
Western Maryland Railroad
Traffic Club of
Eastern Railway
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Smith
General Assembly
Waynesville Bank
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