Red Thursday unrest grips cities and ends in deaths
A nationwide wave of communist unemployment demonstrations on Red Thursday led to three deaths in Germany and scores injured or jailed across the United States and Europe. Police clashed with marchers in New York Washington Berlin Halle Cologne London Paris Stockholm Gabonz Athens Detroit Boston Milwaukee and other cities, with numerous arrests and injuries.
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United States
Canada
Europe
Berlin
Halle
Germany
Gotham
New York
William Z. Foster
City Hall
Union Square
Washington
White House
Cologne
London
Mansion House
Paris
Stockholm
Gablonz
Athens
Detroit
Campus
Martius
Boston
State House
Buffalo
Lafayette Square
Milwaukee
Cleveland
New Britain
Conn
Seattle
Los Angeles
One Killed And Eleven Injured In Smashup
A flagman died and at least eleven others were injured when the second Seminole Limited section rear ended the first at Glen Alta Georgia. The wreck damaged two Pullmans and a heavy observation car. A relief train carried doctors and nurses to the scene. Injured passengers include Mrs Bloomberg L Morrison J H Seaborn C H Wilson W R Kimorell Mrs L E Boetz Harry Williams Mrs D H Fromme Mrs B P Killingsworth and Mrs A J Culberson.
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Columbus
Mar
Florida
Chicago
Birmingham
Glen Alta
R. Bloomberg
South 29Th Street
Ala
L. G. Morrison
Marion
J. H. Seaborn
Phenix City
C. H. Wilson
W. R. Kimorell
Southlawn Avenue
Kansas City
L. E. Boetz
South Wabash Avenue
Harry §. Williams
State Street
Fremont
Mich
D. H. Fromme
Parker Avenue
River Park
B. P. Killingsworth
Columbiana
A. J. Culberson
South Street
St. Petersburg
Fla
Storm warning details issued by weather bureau
Weather bureau issues advisory for southeast storm warnings from Hatteras to New York and southwest warnings to Jacksonville. Storm of marked intensity centers over Kentucky moving east north east with increasing winds likely gale force this afternoon or tonight and shifting to westerly tonight along the Florida coast.
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Washington
Mar
Weather Bureau
Hatteras
New York
Jacksonville
Florida
Kentucky
Dolly Madison Birthplace Boulder Unveiled at Guilford College
In Greensboro on March 7 a four ton rock boulder marking Dolly Madison birthplace at Guilford College was unveiled by the Guilford Battle chapter Greensboro and the Alexander Martin chapter High Point, part of the 380th annual state DAR convention. Mrs Lowell Fletcher Hobart addressed the assembly and spoke on the national order’s work as hundreds of women attended various sessions and business reports.
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Greensboro
Guilford College
Dolly Madison
United States
Guilford Battle
Alexander Martin
High Point
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lowell Fletcher Hobart
National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
North Carolina
Hobart
National Order
Whitt R. Stone
Ralph van Landingham
Charlotte
Babe Ruth Refuses Ruppert Offer In Salary Talks
In St. Petersburg on March 7 Babe Ruth rejected Col. Jacob Ruppert's compromise of 85,000 for 1930 or 80,000 annually for the next two seasons. Both sides made concessions but failed to seal a deal as the Crescent Park clubhouse meeting ended without signatures. Ruth offered 85,000 for two years. Ruppert declined. Previous demands were three years at 85,000 with a top bank offer of 75,000 for two years.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Babe Ruth
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Yankees
Ruth
Ruppert
Crescent Park
Col. Ruppert
Izzie Friedlander Dies in Baltimore Hospital
Izzie Friedlander a former Raleigh resident now living in New York died in a Baltimore hospital early today. Relatives identified the body. he had used the alias Samuel Henkel when admitted and was suffering from poison.
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Raleigh
Mar
Izzie Friedlander
New York
Baltimore
Friedlander
Samuel Henkel
Naval Delegates Short of Money in London
Washington dispatch reports the American delegation to the naval conference is "short of money" but will not be left stranded in London if Congress fails to provide funds. The delegation holds return tickets, and Acting Secretary Cotton told a congressional committee it needed additional support.
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Washington
London
Congress
Cotton
State Department
Schacht Resigns From Reichsbank Over Hague Plan
Berlin March 7 Dr Hjalmar Schacht announces resignation as Reichsbank president stating he cannot oversee execution of a revised reparations plan. He says new Hague protocol departs from the Young plan, placing burdens on Germany and undermining creditors’ leverage. His staff say he will stay until his successor is chosen.
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Reichsbank
Germany
Reichstag
Dr. Schacht
Man Kills Wife and Doctor in Jealous Rage
In South Bend Indiana Leo Dambinski 24 shot and killed his wife 26 and Dr J L Curt is 47 a negro physician after returning from an errand for medicine. The wife mother of three and expecting a fourth and the physician were shot in the head. The slayer fired one shot at the physician and three at his wife. The three children witnessed the tragedy. Dambinski surrendered to police after the killings. Jealousy was the apparent motive.
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South Bend
Ind
Leo Dambinski
J. L. Curtis
Dambinski
Unemployment day clash leads to fence climbing fine
William Lawrence, tied to a protest near the White House, is fined 25 dollars or five days in jail for climbing a fence during the unemployment day demonstration. Edith Briscoe, 19, junior communist leader, is held on a 500 dollar bond after pleading guilty to assaulting a park policeman.
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Ashington
William Lawrence
Edith Briscoe
Junior Communist League
White House
Doughton Blasts Tilson as Republicans Deterred
Rep. Doughton of North Carolina argues Republicans seek a new lease on power on false claims of recovery. He cites bank failures in 1928 and 1929, labor unemployment, and accuses Tilson of miscrediting the Federal Reserve Act and Farm Loan Act, urging caution against GOP promises.
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Washington
Mar
Doughton
North Carolina
United States
North Carolinian
Green
American Federation of Labor
Davie
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
House
Miss Orcutt and Van Wie Reach Finals in Florida Tourney
In a thunderstorm showdown at St. Augustine Maureen Orcutt defeated Glenna Collett 2 and 1 to reach the Florida east coast golf tournament final. Virginia Van Wie beat Hetekh Hicks 3 and 2 in the other semi final setting up a final between Orcutt and Van Wie.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Maureen Orcutt
Glenna Collett
Virginia van Wie
Chicago
Hetekh Hicks
New York
Hoover to speak on employment situation today
President Hoover is expected to address unemployment conditions at his regular semiweekly press conference with Washington correspondents at 3 pm today.
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Hoover
Washington
Flood Victims Return Home in Southern France After Deluge
Refugees from Tarn and Garonne valleys trudged through mud to assess destruction to homes and shops under a blue sky. Neighbors offered shelter where available as the flood’s toll rose to 201 dead with estimates of many more missing.
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Toulouse
France
Tarn
Garonne
Two Public Health Service Employees Suffer Psittacosis
Washington report states Mrs. Sadie Carlin and Robert Lanham of the Public Health Service are ill with psittacosis. Carlin contracted the disease while handling cultures. Lanham’s infection remains unexplained as his watchman duties didn’t involve cultures or sick birds.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Sadie Carlin
Robert Lanham
Five Acquitted In Wiggins Case
A Mecklenburg county jury acquitted Horace Wheelus O O H Luneford Fred Morrow Troy Jones and Lowery Davis of second degree murder in the death of Mrs Ella May Wiggins and the fatal shooting on a Gaston county highway. The defense contended she was killed accidentally by a member of her own group and alibis were offered. The case leaves the true shooter gummed by mystery.
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Mecklenburg County
Horace Wheelus
Oo. H. Luneford
Fred Morrow
Troy Jones
Lowery Davis
Superior Court
Gaston County
Wiggins
Horace Wheelas
A. L. Bullwinkle
Gastonia
Wheelus
Lunsford
Morrow
Jones
Davis
Legge Sees Farm Prices Advancing
Chairman Legge of the farm board told the senate agriculture committee that the bottom had been reached in price declines and improvement was in sight. He and Secretary Hyde discussed the farm question in executive session as McNary scheduled a Nye resolution inquiry. Legge said the board focuses on stabilizing agricultural commodity prices with wheat and cotton having fallen recently.
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Washington
Mar
Legge
Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
Hyde
McNary
Committee For
Nye
Senate
Napoleon of the Stage Dead at 70
A. L. Erlanger theater manager of Law and Erlanger died in New York at age in his seventies after two weeks of illness. He was famed as the Napoleon of the stage for pioneering a sound business basis for theatricals.
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New York
A. L. Erlanger
Erlanger
Law and
Conference Back Into Full Swing At St James Palace
At St James Palace the naval conference resumed with Aristide Briand representing France. Prime Minister MacDonald urged a faster pace, predicting a treaty soon and asked for fleet tonnage figures to speed up category tables. He will meet Briand at Chequers Sunday as heads plan next plenary session.
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St. James’ Palace
MacDonald
Briand
Chequers
Reconsideration of Sugar Tariff Demanded in Senate
Senator Nye of North Dakota urged reconsideration of the sugar tariff increase in the senate after a coalition of democrats and republican independents reversed a provision that restored a cement duty to the tariff bill.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Nye
North Dakota
Bank of St. Pauls Fails to Open Doors in North Carolina
In St Pauls North Carolina the Bank of St Pauls the only bank in town did not open this morning. A small run on deposits yesterday and rumors of closure led directors to close the bank. Deposits fell from 210000 to 140000 in two weeks according to officers.
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ST. Pauls
N. C
Mar
Bank of St. Pauls
St. Pauls Bank
Wealthy old lady returns to ramshackle Seattle home
Mrs. Francis Jackson, 83, once dubbed the Old Lady of the Lamps, leaves a sanitarium after a court-ordered mental test and receives a $90,000 rainy day fund. Judge Everett Smith says she is sane. She plans to live with her son William, who accompanies her home after 16 years of frugal living and stock holdings found hidden under the stove.
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Seattle
Francis Jackson
Everett Smith
William
Willie
Taft shown better as physician reports slight improvement
Washington March 7 former president Taft continues valiant fight against disease at Wyoming Avenue home. Dr Francis Hagner said Taft is probably a little better with no worse than yesterday while letters from admirers pour in offering wishes and advice for his recovery. Taft maintains life grip though no clear improvement since yesterday morning and nourishment is described as fair.
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Washington
Mar
Francis Hagner
William Howard Taft
Mar.f
Wyoming
William Howard Fuaft
Taft
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