Men Caught Making Calls to Lindbergh Home
Hopewell New Jersey March 8 two men were arrested in a Boston railroad station while placing a long distance call to the Lindbergh home. A New Haven contractor was held on $25 000 bond as police pursue a new angle in the case. Col Schwartz says the investigation remains incomplete with questions answered only after consultation with the Lindberghs.
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Hopewell
N. J
New England
Boston
Col. Lindbergh
New Haven
Philadelphia
Poice
Col. H. Norman Schwartz
Schwartzkopf
Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Ing
Schw
Arthur Garfield Hays
Dudley Field Malone
Col
Henry Breckinridge
Princeton
Hoover pushes economy drive to trim federal costs
President Hoover outlined further federal cuts at a news conference. Cabinet members propose changes to reduce duties and functions across departments, aiming to save millions annually. veterans pensions, post office rates, and agricultural spending cited as targets. He backs the House economy and Ways and Means Committees, noting prior budget cuts and ongoing reductions by appropriations panels.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Congress
Treasury
Frank T. Hines
Brown
Reut
Hyde
House Economy Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Special Economy Committee
House of Representatives
House Appropriations Committee
Tar Heels Named Young Dems Head In Nationwide Drive
Tyre Taylor of Raleigh and Charlotte has been named president of the Young Democratic Clubs of America. The organization aims to recruit 1,000,000 members from colleges and universities before the November elections with backing from the Democratic National Committee. Taylor serves as executive counsel to Gov. O Max Gardner and helped found the North Carolina Young Democrats.
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Nationwide Association of Young Democratic Clubs
Tyre Taylor
Raleigh
Washington, Mar
Association
Young Democratic Clubs of America
N. C
Democratic National Committee
Taylor
John J. Raskob
Mar
Tyre ©. Taylor
Charlotte
Max Gardner
Gardner
North Carolina Young Democrats Organization
Eulogies in Paris Honor Briand Peace Apostle
The body of Aristide Briand lay in state at the Quai d Orsay as preparations for his funeral on Saturday proceeded. Messages of condolence arrived from world leaders including Chancellor Bruening and President Hoover. Paris papers praised Briand and leaders from many sides eulogized his life as a beacon of peace.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Foreign Office
Quai D’orsay
Cocherel
Brittany
Heinrich Bruening
Germany
France
Andre Tardieu
Hoover
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Frank B. Kellogg
M. Briand
Leon Blum
Paul Painleve
Edouard Herriot
New Hampshire Primary Tests Smith Roosevelt Fight
Live coverage from Concord and Washington shows New Hampshire's first presidential primary shaping the Smith Roosevelt contest for the Democratic nomination. Eight at large delegates and four district delegates are on the line, with local results hinting at future battles in nearby states.
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Roosevelt
Concord
N. H
Livermore
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Mar
New Hampshire
New York
Hoover
Kansas
South Carolina
Smith
Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Granite State
Oil Tank Explosion Fatal to Two Firemen
Two firemen were killed and a third injured when the end of a burning 16 000 gallon fuel oil tank blew out on the Lee A Gridley Construction Co property in Knoxville Tennessee The end of the tank was blown across a 50 foot street H Clay Lawless 40 identified as a Knoxville city fireman died at once An unidentified man also died and R H Nash suffered a severed leg from flying debris
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Knoxville
Tenn
Lee A. Gridley Construction Company
H. Clay Lawless
R. H. Nash
Detroit Unemployment Riot Leaves Four Dead at Ford Dearborn Plant
Four killed and many wounded as unemployed demonstrators march on Ford Motor Company in Dearborn. Victims include marchers and bystanders. state police and National Guardsmen mobilize to seal off the plant. Names of the dead include Joe York Joe Debruske and Coleman J Lenz.
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Detroit
Mar
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Service Department
Bennett
Ford
Joe York
Joe Debruske
Coleman J. Lenz
War and Peace in Orient Deadlocked by Events
Neutral mediators renew efforts to halt fighting in the Orient as reports emerge of a new major offensive along a western line near Shanghai. Chinese representatives oppose any armistice they deem humiliating, insisting the League of Nations must resolve the standoff while accusing Japan of overstepping a deadline.
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Shanghai
Mar
Chiang Kai-Shek
Judge frees Gaston officers on bond after Stroupe shooting
Judge T B Finley held a habeas corpus hearing and released Berry Dillingham and O T Sams on 810000 bond until next Monday in Gaston county court. Evan Stroupe was fatally wounded February 14 after saying Sams shot him while hunting a liquor runner. In Washington a Senate resolution to back repeal or modification of the 18th Amendment and to favor state control of liquor was introduced by Senator Lewis.
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Charlotte
Mar
T. B. Finley
Berry Dillingham
O. T. Sams
Gaston County
Evan Stroupe
Gaston County Court
Stroupe
Sams
Washington, Mar
Senate
Lewis
Fatal plane crash near Curtiss Steinberg airport in East St Louis
A tri motor Stinson from Century Airlines collapsed during a night practice, killing two pilots L H Atkinson and James Kirk both 35 from Chicago, injuring Sydney Cleveland 29 Goldfield IA Ira Smalling and Theodore Graff both of Chicago. The five men had arrived from Chicago for practice. plane hit a windmill and wrecked. Three injured were taken to St Marys hospital with Cleveland in serious condition.
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East ST. Louis
Century Airlines
Curtiss- Steinberg
L. H. Atkinson
Chicago
James Kirk
Sydney Cleveland
Goldfield
Ira Smalling
Theodore Graff
Smalling
Kirk
Cleveland
St. Mary’s Hospital
Relief wheat approved for drought area in South Dakota
President Hoover approved a Red Cross request for 5,000,000 bushels of government wheat for the drought area in South Dakota. The action starts relief under the new legislation signed yesterday, bringing total wheat relief to 40,000,000 bushels.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Red Cross
South Dakota
Lindbergh case advice and calls for new laws
Beverly Hills editorial lauds Lindbergh for sound judgment in the kidnapping case. It urges broader public involvement and immediate action to recover the child, while warning of other kidnapped children and proposing new laws and remedies.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mar
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Japanese repulse Chinese insurgents at Hailin
Japanese garrison at Harbin Manchuria reports Chinese insurgents attacked Hailin. After a half hour battle Japanese troops repelled the assault with about 50 Chinese dead and the attackers retreating.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Io Hailin
Shortage of bank funds hinted in Ayden escapade
Ayden North Carolina March 8 an apparent shortage of about 1500 dollars was found in the First National Bank of Ayden accounts. 950 dollars tied to J Dixie Mc Glohan missing assistant cashier. McGlohan and Mrs Theresa Stancil Summerell vanished Saturday with authorities believing they are together. Dr Summerell said his wife sent a Raleigh letter saying she was gone for good and did not love him any more.
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Ayden
N. C
First National Bank of Ayden
G. G. Dixon
J. Dixie McGlohan
Dixon
McGlohon
Theresa Stancil Summerell
North Carolina
Summerell
Raleigh
Consumption of U S Cotton Abroad Shows Remarkable Increase
England March 1931 statistics to be published by the International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers associations show American cotton consumption rising by 662000 bales in the six months ending January 1931. Total U S cotton consumed reached 5940000 bales.
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England
Mar
Winter Storm Rips East Coast In Severe Blizzard
The nation reels as a brutal winter storm claims twenty eight lives at sea and ashore. Coast guardsmen missing after the schooner Anna search. flights and trains delayed. three feet of snow blanket towns like Lancaster and Gettysburg. Maryland towns cut off. Virginia and Carolina coasts see distressed vessels as crews race to aid crippled ships.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Coast
Anna
New Jersey
Haven
Upper
New York State
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Gettysburg
Dixie
Maryland
Virginia- Carolina
Wash
Holmes Observes His List Birthday At 91
Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrated his 91st birthday in Washington as he nears retirement from the Supreme Court. Friends prepared a banquet in his honor with distinguished legal figures expected to attend. He plans to stay at his home and may hear tributes broadcast by radio, including President Hoover’s remarks.
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Washington, Mar
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
Hoover
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