British to send warship to Nicaragua amid civil warfare
Britain will dispatch a cruiser to the west coast of Nicaragua as a place of refuge for British subjects endangered by ongoing liberal conservative fighting. The action follows protests over lacking guarantees for protection from both Nicaraguan and United States authorities.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Nicaragua
Eberhardt
Managua
State Department
Diaz
London
North Carolina Legislature Moves on Game Measure and Ballot Fight
State lawmakers push the statewide game commission bill toward final passage as the Senate approves it and the House clears a competing bus franchise measure. The Australian secret ballot bill is killed 58 to 49 after extensive amendments. A $80 million road bond bill advances, and talks begin on constitutional officer raises and governor salary, with several officials seeking pay increases. Authorities discuss a new stock tax to fund school equalization, aiming to add four million dollars to the fund.
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Raleigh
State Game Commission
Fountain
North Carolina
Senate
Long
House
Hancock
Granville and Royal
Wayne
McDonald
Moore County
Graham Proposes Cut Road Bonds Issue
Australian ballot bill killed in the House as debate on road financing continues. The note references Graham proposing reductions to road bonds and mentions continuation on page 6.
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Graham
Bodies Found In Black Sea After Fire Off New Jersey
Bodies were found on the port side of the burned British tanker Black Sea beached at Red Hook Flats near Brooklyn after an explosion near Bayonne, New Jersey. A police launch retrieved two bodies and authorities feared more in the wreckage as the starboard side remained hot.
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New York
Black Sea
Red Hook Flats
Brooklyn
Resolute
Iayonne
N. J
Filibuster Over Boulder Canyon Dam Looms In Congress
Washington February 24 Congress moves to clear bills with little chance of major action as a three senator filibuster blocks the Swing Johnson Boulder Canyon dam measure. House steering rejects taking up the bill absent Senate action. Senate switches focus to other items and Tyson emergency retirement bill. New York February 24 Allegations arise in the Miller Daugherty trial that United States Attorney Buckner allowed an assistant unadmitted to the bar to try cases, prompting questions of negligence and improper conduct.
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Washington
Boulder Canyon Dam
Congress
Colorado River
Boulder Canyon
Senate
Tyson
New York
United States
Emery P. Buckner
Daugherty- Miller
Aaron Sapiro
Thomas W. Miller
Sapiro
Buckner
Sylvester
Governor McLean to address farm radio lesson program
Governor McLean will speak on Wynne station as the state department of public instruction uses radio to supplement agricultural teaching in high schools. Roy P. Thomas says the program starts at 3 o clock with a talk on vocational agriculture by T E Browne and a poultry lesson by Dr B F Knapp. over 7 000 students at 128 schools in 65 counties participate.
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Raleigh
McLean
Wynne
State Department of Public Instructions
Roy P. Thomas
T. E. Browne
B. F. Knapp
State College
Doctor Loomis Maintains Innocence In Wife’s Death
Detroit police say after nearly 20 hours of questioning Dr. Frank R. Loomis again proclaimed his innocence in the clubbing death of his wife Grace a 34 year old woman. Loomis said he found her body after returning from a walk and offered no motive for the slaying.
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Detroit
Frank R. Loomis
Grace
Loomis
Foreigners Draw In Lines At Shanghai
Foreigners living outside Shanghai's foreign settlement districts were brought inside as defeated Sun Chuan Fang troops retreating from Sungkiang to Hangchow arrived by train. The Cantonese army, victorious, is pushing toward Shanghai to continue its advance.
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Shanghai
Sun Chuan
Fang
Sungkiang
Hangchow
Shantung Troops Arrive Near Shanghai
One thousand Shantung troops arrived tonight from Nanking. Their final destination is likely Sungkiang, 28 miles south of Shanghai, where Cantonese forces are expected to attack next as the northern troops assist Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang in defending the city.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Sungkiang
Here
Peking
Sun Chuan-Fang
Tobacco Market Triggers Light Sale In Winston-Salem
On Wednesday the Winston-Salem leaf tobacco market sold 45,458 pounds with an average over 15 dollars. Total money paid out was 7,011.49 dollars, averaging 15.42 per hundred. Season to date, 48,835,704 pounds have been sold, with today’s sales reported as light around 50,000 pounds.
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Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem
British Threat to Sever Ties with Soviet Russia
London reports that Britain threatens to break diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union over flagrant breaches of solemn agreements. Sir Austen Chamberlain calls UK Soviet ties unsatisfactory and warns breaches could end the alliance. The note accuses Soviet officials of defaming Britain and violating commitments to refrain from fomenting unrest in the empire.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
Austen Chamberlain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
M. Tchitcherin
Austen
Union of Soviet Republics
Bay steamer sunk in fog off Potomac in early today
In Chesapeake Bay fog the steamer City of Annapolis was rammed by her sister ship City of Richmond and sank near the Potomac. Fifty passengers and 53 crew aboard were saved as the Richmond returned to Baltimore with the survivors. One man, Marshall Lee of Baltimore, was hospitalized with internal injuries from the rushing water.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
City of Anenapolis
Potomac River
City of Richmond
City of
Richmond
Anapolis
Annapolis
West Point
York River
Marshall Lee
City of Annapolis
Smith’s Point
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Cove Point
Smith's Point
Minister Attacks City Pride and Street Neglect in High Point
Rev. Dr. Lloyd T. Wilson told the Rotary Club that High Point faces needs to widen English Street and other narrow lanes, lower Southern railroad tracks, and create city parks. He urged immediate street system revisions to address deficiencies and curb costly later fixes.
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Lloyd T. Wilson
High Point
Southern
First Baptist Church
Rotary Club
Wilson
George A. Matton
Louisville
Newport News
Nashville
Europe
Broad Street
Main
Southern Railway
English Street
Banding to Break Up Car Theft Rings in Asheville Area
Raleigh Feb 24. C W Roberts of the Carolina Motor Club says western North Carolina sheriffs join to crack a rising car theft ring centered near Asheville. In two months 141 cars stolen in Asheville, with many crossed into Tennessee where title laws are weak. Roberts urges owners to lock cars and close all windows to deter thieves.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Asheville
C. W. Roberts
Carolina Motor Club
Land of the Sky
Roberts
South Carolina
Tennessee
Mr. Robit
Fire In Manila Wrecks Heart Of Business District
A disastrous fire tore through Manila’s business district causing an estimated loss of 1 to 2 million dollars. No fatalities were reported.
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Manila
No Necessity of Visit to Mexico and Nicaragua
Secretary Kellogg informs Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Borah that there is no need for a planned committee visit to Mexico and Nicaragua. Two State Department officials Stokley Morgan and Williamson Howell Jr. will brief the committee at today’s session, while Borah continues to push for action during Congress recess.
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Washington
Coolidge
Kellogg
Borah
Mexico
Nicaragua
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Stokley Morgan
Department
Williamson
Howell, Jr
Central America
Large Volume Yarn Sales Hit Gastonia Market
In Gastonia the past week saw record yarn sales across fine yarns territory with one million spindles accounting for 1,095,154 pounds sold in 14 days. Corded yarns also strong as mills run ten weeks ahead amid price rises from one half to four cents due to cotton shortages. Spinners seek higher prices while inquiries remain active on combed and carded counts.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
Kernersville Boy Swallows Toy Car
The five year old son of Mrs. James Devine of Kernersville is alive with a toy automobile in his stomach. He swallowed the inch and a half car while playing days ago. A Kernersville physician says nature may remove it, otherwise X rays will be used.
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Winston-Salem
James Devine
Kernersville
Here
Interstate Commerce Commission Approves Wheeling and Lake Erie Stock Issue
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Wheeling and Lake Erie to issue 222,276 shares of new common stock today. The action clears the way for the railroad to raise capital as part of its restructuring.
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Washington
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Interstate Commerce Commission
British cruiser Colombo ordered to Nicaragua to protect lives
The British cruiser Colombo, from the West Indies station at Bermuda and commanded by Captain A. M. Lecky, is sent to Nicaragua to safeguard British lives and interests amid ongoing civil warfare. The move follows a Managua message that the American minister could not guarantee protection in renewed street fighting.
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London
Colombo
West Indies
Bermuda
A. M. Lecky
Nicaragua
Central America
Managua
Lenoir Rhyne Pleased With Large Donations
Lenoir Rhyne College officials and students hailed new growth as gifts totaling 450000 would aid expansion. The North Carolina synod approved bonds worth 259000 to support a large building program while 200000 in gifts was noted, including 150000 from an unnamed friend and 50000 from J. S. and W. A. Mauney. The library building had burned recently.
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Hickory
LenOir-Rhyne College
North Carolina Synod of the Lutheran Church
Salisbury
J. S
W. A. Mauney
Kings Mountain
H. B. Schaefer
Lenoir-Rhyne
Spirit of Sun Yat Sen Guides China Says Kinston Minister
Dr Abram Cory, a Kinston minister and Nanking University trustee, says Sun Yat Sen's will directs China to develop the nationalist movement and demand its place among nations. Cory notes the will urges peaceful national progress and cautions that a Chinese strike could be more feared than war.
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Kinston
Sun Yat Sen
Abram Cory
Kinston Min
Nanking University
China
Cory
Sun
Nanking
Bay steamer City of Richmond sails after collision rescue
The City of Richmond returned to Baltimore with 103 aboard from the sunken steamer City of Annapolis after a fog collision in Chesapeake Bay near Smith's Point. Rescue crews report no serious injuries and a tug is guiding Richmond to port.
Steamship St. Anthony to land Annapolis survivors at Newport News
The Consolidated Navigation company announced that the steamship St. Anthony will land survivors from the City of Annapolis at Pier 5, Newport News, expected to reach before noon.
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Norfolk, Va
Consolidated Navigation Company
St. Anthony
City of Annapolis
Newport News
Passengers Rescued From City of Annapolis Sinking En Route to Baltimore
Chesapeake Steamship officials report survivors from the City of Annapolis wreck were being carried toward Baltimore aboard the City of Richmond after the disaster last night. The City of Baltimore stood by until all were safe. no details on the St Anthony were available.
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Baltimore
Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Army Base
South America
Philadelphia
Chesapeake Line
St. Anthony
No Loss of Life in Chesapeake Collision
A message to the navy from the steamer St Anthony reports no loss of life after the collision of the City of Richmond and the City of Annapolis near Smiths Point Virginia. The Annapolis vessel sank in 12 fathoms at 2 10 am twenty five minutes after the crash a mile northwest of Smiths Point. The Annapolis naval academy superintendent ordered a submarine chaser to assist if possible.
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Washington
Japy
Navy Department
St. Anthony
Richmond
Annapoelis
Smith's Point
Annapolis
Navral Academy
Retired pitcher Stanley Baumgartner to join newspaper work
Philadelphia February 26 AP reports former major league pitcher Stanley Baumgartner has announced retirement from baseball. He will work for a newspaper after a career with both major leagues and a Pacific Coast League Portland club assignment.
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Philadelphia
Stanley Baumgartner
Baumgartner Hadeen
The
Athletica & Year
Portland Club
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Tabs
Shantung
Lee Mason
Chenandega
Mason
Kernersville Lad
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