Loyalists call for volunteers as Arequipa falls in Peru revolt
In Lima on February 23 the provisional government of Lt. Col. Sanchez Cerro sought 1600 volunteers aged 21 to 30 for 60 days citing public order. Arequipa reportedly fell to insurgents with several killed. Officials offered clashing bulletins amid censorship while reports from Arica and Santiago claimed southern Peru sided with the revolution.
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Cerro
Cuzco
Puno
Arequipa
Lima
Peru
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Republic
Arica
Santiago
Chile
Tacna
Augusto B. Leguia
Sanchez Cerro
North Carolina Senator Defers Objections in Nominee Fight
Democrat Cameron Morrison, NC senator, balked at detailing opposition to Republican Jonas for Western North Carolina district attorney. He cited recent public interviews on elections and primary rules, with a sub committee to review while adjournment looms and a recess appointment unlikely.
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Washington
Cameron Morrison
North Carolina
Senate Judiciary Committee
Representative Jones
Judiciary
Jonas
South
Republican National Committee
Simmons
Morrison
Spu
Norris
Hoover
Youthful Flier Leaves Florida for Washington and Newark
Robert Buck a 17 year old flier departed Miami for Washington and Newark bearing a message to President Hoover from Cuban government officials. He had arrived in Miami yesterday from Havana while on a round trip from Newark to Cuba and back.
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Miami
Fla
Robert Buck
Washington
Newark
N. J
Hoover
Havana
Cuba
Curtain falls on Melba life after illness in Australia
Dame Nellie Melba, aged seventy one, dies after weeks of illness lingering from a skin ailment contracted in Egypt and worsened by travel and heat. The famed soprano, successor to Patti and Jenny Lind, sang last in New York in Faust 1917 18 and remained revered for Gilda and Violetta roles though critics noted occasional coldness on stage.
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Melbourne
Australia
Nellie Melba
Egypt
Europe
Patti
Jenny Lind
Melba
America
New York Metropolitan
Faust
Gilda
Violett
Lucia
Shipping Delayed by Gale Winds Off Malta
Gale force winds lash the Mediterranean delaying shipping near Valetta Malta and preventing English mail delivery for two days.
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Valetta
Malta
Mediterranean
Chapel Hill Book Salesman Jailed in Memphis Inquiry
Henry Fuller 28 of Chapel Hill N C spent a weekend in Memphis jail after seeking a local communist headquarters. He said his visit was for social study and he has attended meetings in Paris New York and New Orleans. Police reported no local headquarters and plan to investigate leanings toward communism.
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Memphis
Tenn
Henry Fuller
Chapel Hill
N. C
Central Police
Clifford Davis
Davis
Fuller
Paris
New York
New Orleans
Mm Bra
Two Men Killed In Riot In Brooklyn Dance Hall
In a Brooklyn hall rioting broke out among 800 dancers. One man died, another fatally wounded, and many injured as shots rang out and chaos ensued during the Happy Go Lucky Three annual ball. Charles Barnes, 24, and Michael Poisele, 26, were named among the victims.
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New York
Home
Sweet Home
Brooklyn
Happy Go Lucky Three
Charles Barnes
Michael Poisele
Blease Returns To Capital City
Senator Cole L. Blease reported to have returned to Washington after leaving the Jefferson hotel where he had been staying clerks said he departed yesterday afternoon and were unsure of his destination in the capital city
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Columbia
D. C
Cole L. Blease
Washington Dispatches
Jefferson Hotel
Washington
Rum Runners Believed Sunk Near Newport Harbor
Two rum runners were believed sunk just outside Newport harbor in a running fight with coast guard patrol boats. Crews were taken aboard patrol boats and headed to New London. The city heard the rattle of machine guns and one pounders as the battle unfolded with a power boat attempting to escape seaward.
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Newport
R. L
Newport Harbor
Coast Guard
New London
Road measure to come before House tonight
Raleigh Feb. 23 The road fight before the general assembly dominated today as both houses held routine sessions. Tonight the administration road bill and the Crudup minority report bill go to special order in the House. Gardner backs the road bill with strong support from Gov. Gardner.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Crudup
House
Senate
Highway Commission
Gardner
Governor Favors Parole System for State
RALEIGH Feb. 23 Governor O Max Gardner urges a prison parole system for North Carolina. He has enlisted Dr Justin Miller Duke University law dean to draft a bill to be introduced in the general assembly this week. Miller helped shape California's parole model.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Justin Miller
Duke University
General Assembly
27th White Woman Executed in United States
Mrs Irene Lee died in the electric chair at Bellefonte Pennsylvania today becoming the 27th white woman legally executed in the United States since state charters began. The previous woman executed was Eva Dugan on February 21, 1920, in Arizona for murder.
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New York
Irene Lee
Bellefonte
United States
Schroeder
Eva Dugan
Arizona State Prison
A. J. Mathis
Fatal Electric Chair Executions End Two Criminal Careers
Irene Schroeder and Walter Glenn Dague died in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary at dawn after being convicted of killing highway patrolman Brady Paul. Schroeder was pronounced dead at 7 05 a m the woman seated first while Dague followed at 7 08 a m. Witnesses observed their composed reactions and the hooded executions marked a grim culmination of their criminal acts including robberies and bold hold ups.
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Irene Schroeder
Walter Glenn Dague
Grady Paul
L. R. Lindgren
Rockview Penitentiary
Bellefonte
Brady Paul
Dague
Plot Found Against King Zog in Vienna
Police report a new plot to assassinate King Zog of Albania after a gun attack near the Vienna opera house last Friday. The plan was to target him in Votive Park with Albanian political opponents blamed for the scheme.
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Vienna
Zog
Albania
Vienna Opera House
Maine Farmer Claims Descent From King David and Throne
New York reports John Willis Settle of Bowdoinham, Maine, claims direct descent from King David and intends to reclaim Solomon’s Temple. He proposes a one shekel international tax to fund reconstruction, aims to stabilize the shekel at 64, and says he carries Hebrew inscriptions praising him as king. He notes Palestine’s conditions are weak and describes a pleasant return voyage urging passengers to quit smoking and shrinking.
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New York
David
Jerusalem
Solomon
John Willis Settle
Bowdoinham
Settle
Palestine
Gang Warfare Rampant In Chicago's Campaign
Chicago reports of pre election violence as 70 000 workers plan to keep order in tomorrow's mayoralty and aldermanic primaries. The violence spans ward incidents including shootings at Theodore Clifford and abductions linked to rival camps. Capone rumor swirls while officials prepare, with 45 000 poll watchers and 21 000 election staff under supervision.
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Chicago
Theodore Clifford
Clifford
Renard Sheehan
John Co. Grady
John O’shay
John Dc. Clar
O’shay
Cty
Edmund K. Jarecki
Alphonse Capone
William Hale Thompson
John H. Lyle
Capone
Arthur F. Albert
George K. Schmidt
Greater Miami Area to Battle Crime
In Miami Florida two Committees of 100 were formed to fight vice and lawlessness linked to winter visitors. A 100 women crusade for law enforcement was announced by Rev. Walt Holcomb. A separate 100 wealthy Miami Beach residents group was formed to demand a permanent gambling lid to remove undesirable characters from the resort.
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Miami
Fla
Walt Holcomb
Miami Beach
Convicts Escape Arizona State Penitentiary Wall
Fourteen escaped from the Florence state penitentiary after using a steel girder to climb the wall and drop to desert ground. Fifteen fled, but one was captured. among the escapees was a murderer. Search teams traced them through sagebrush and cactus as they pursued the fugitives.
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Florence
Ariz
Condition of Ban Johnson Unchanged in St. Louis Hospital
Ban Johnson, retired president of the American league, remained in serious but unchanged condition this morning at a St. Louis hospital, where he is being treated after illness.
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ST. Louis
Ban Johnson
American League
Outlaw captured after running gun battle in Barnesville
Lonnie Taylor, 24, and two companions were captured in Barnesville after a running gun fight with armed citizens and police. Taylor was wounded in the shoulder, barricaded in his wife’s home, escaped via a second story window, then surrendered after a car crash. Bertha Arnn, 24, and H. B. Smith, 26, were arrested at a hotel. the trio were wanted in Knoxville on robbery charges. Authorities from Knoxville expected to arrive.
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Barnesville
Lonnie Taylor
Knoxville
Tenn
Taylor
Bertha Arnn
Smith
C. Bulger
Gift of 100000 Funds Rollins College Theater
Winter Park Florida February 23 A donation of 100000 from Mrs Ward Bok widow of the philanthropist will fund a theater at Rollins College in honor of Annie Assell actress named Annie Russell theater Miss Russell who resides in Winter Park will participate in the project Dr Hamilton Holt Rollins president announced the building is expected to bear the Annie Russell name
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Winter Park
Fla
Ward W. Bok
Rollins College
Annie Assell
Hamilton Holt
Rollins
Annie Russell
Russell
Holt
Senate Approves Muscled Shoals Bill For War Time Plants
The Senate approved the compromise Muscle Shoals bill, sending the measure to President Hoover amid fear of a veto. The bill authorizes government operation of the power and nitrate plants on the Tennessee River, with a $150 million scope, and plans for agency reviews before any action.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Bingham
Conn
Tennessee River
Coolidge
War Department
Budget Bureau
Power Commission
Prison guards kill three convicts at Joliet penitentiary
Prison guards, warned of a prisoner escape plot, shot and killed three Chicago inmates at Joliet old state penitentiary as they fled toward two roadside cars. Victims were Joseph Norkiewicz 31 Julio Chileno 39 and Alvin J. Kilman 34, all under conf idence game or robbery sentences.
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Joliet
Chicago
Old State Penitentiary
Joseph Norkiewicz
Julio Chileno
Alvin J. Kilman
Nation's Capital Celebrates Washington Birthday Anniversary
Washington marks the 199th birthday of George Washington with holiday observances across the capital. President Hoover attended divine services in Alexandria and sat in Washington’s pew at Christchurch. Flags line the avenues as foreign embassies fly banners. American Legion members and marines honor with a mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Congress holds early session for annual exercises in the House with addresses by Well and Beck of Pennsylvania.
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Washington
President Hoover
Congress
George Washington
Hoover
Alexandria
Christchurch
Mrs. Hoover
Peggy Ann
Church of the Immaculate Conception
American Legion
Guard of Honor
Quantico
Virginia
Memorial Continental Hall
Daughters, Sons and Children of
House
Beck
Pennsylvania
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Rome
Holid
William Seliffert
John H. Zimmer
Washington University
Bernard Rohmann
E. D. Emme
Western District
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Blease
Capital City
Mrs. Schroeder
Electric Chair
Maine
Greater Miami Area
Edward W. Bok
White House
Nation’s Capital
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