Six Men Drowned on Kanawha River Construction Job
HARLESTON W Va Mar 9 Six workers on a new steel bridge across the Kanawha River were drowned when a cable bucket broke loose throwing the men into the swift river. The victims included E C Lacy of High Point N C and five other riggers from Virginia and North Carolina. Department officials planned an inquest while divers searched the river for bodies.
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Kanawha River
Charleston
E. C. Lacy
Kanawha
Leston
West Virginia
Harleston
W. Va
Mideam
A. Squirer
Danville
Vahanies Anderson
O. Lacy
High Point
N. C
F. Morrison
Neer
George Hunter
Rebels Move Southward To Establish War Front
About 250 rebel soldiers and accompanying officers entrained for the south from Juarez to link with federal forces advancing toward Torreon. General Miguel Vallees led the Juarez attack with troops armed with rifles, side arms, ammunition and machine guns, as families accompanied them. In Mexico City, Gen Calles concentrated forces near Zacatecas for a potential decisive engagement, while rebels push south toward Sinaloa Durango and Zacatecas despite a government report of the Pacific coast advance being checked.
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Pacific Coast
Sinaloa
Calles
EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Torreon
Miguel Valles
Mexico City
Mar
Plutarch Elias Calles
Zaccatecas
Zacatecas
Mexico
Durango
Radio Leads Trading a Stocks in New York
sensational buying movement in new and old stocks on the exchange follows reports of expansion. The Corporation of America stock rose to a high after a split and delays in merger talks with Western Union caused only a temporary setback. Over 1,000,000 New York shares changed hands as prices swung from Wednesday's lows to today's peaks. The Gramophone Co acquisition of Marconiphone adds to radio stock optimism.
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Wid York
O Corporation of America
Don
New Stock Exchange
James G. Harbord
Imerger
Western Union Teleh Company
Radio m
New York
London
Gramophone Co
Marconiphone
Marconi
Ic Entertainment
Ford to Establish Plant in Holland
Plans are under way to establish a Ford Company plant in Rotterdam Holland with a capital of about 5 000 000 florins roughly 2 000 000 dollars. The aim is to extend Ford business by building a factory for manufacture of Ford motor vehicles.
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FORD
Holland
Rotterdam
Mar
Ford Mo
North Carolina House Limits Highway Dept Salaries
The North Carolina House passed a bill to cap the highway department employee salary at 10000 dollars a year. The measure would apply only to the highway department as amended. Other actions included extending robbery with firearms to a felony with a 30 year maximum and licensing barbers pending senate ratification. Frank Page had been the highway chairman at 15000 dollars. A S Hanes was appointed after Page resigned.
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Raleigh
Mar
House
Highway Department
Senate
Hargett
Onslow
Frank Page
Highway Commission
Page
Gardner
A. S. Hanes
Girl Recovered From CES 10 Aid Marjorie Dowdy
Seventeen-year-old Nell Fincher of Charlotte plans to travel to Lynchburg Virginia with her father to aid the parents of ten-year-old Marjorie Dowdy who has been unconscious for 30 days after a February 6 automobile collision. The visit follows a mutual support effort sparked by similar injuries in both families.
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Charlotte
Mar
Nell Fincher
Lynchburg
Marjorie Dowdy
Miss Fincher
George A. Fincher
Derita
Dowdy
Fincher
Yekita
Aged Man Celebrates 104th Birthday Interest in Modern Dress
Salt Lake City March 9 N V Reeves will turn 104 tomorrow and today expressed his liking for modern feminine attire. He commented that today’s dresses are more attractive than those of 80 years ago though he does not find today’s girls more beautiful.
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Salt Lake City
N. V. Reeves
Lindbergh Opens Mexico U S Airmail Route From Brownsville
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh inaugurated daily air mail service between Mexico City and Brownsville Texas with nine passengers and a heavy mail load. The flight linked Mexico City to a Dallas Chicago northbound route, promising 36 hour letter delivery from Mexico City to New York. Crowd control issues occurred as the Lone Eagle landed and crowds pressed forward.
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Mexico City
Brownsville
Texas
Tex
Mexico
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Tampico
Texas Air Transport
San Antonio
Dallas
Chicago
New York
Anne Morrow
Reed Honored by Fellow Citizens
Kansas City March 9 Former Senator James A Reed was welcomed home by about 600 Missourians at Union Station after returning from Washington to Cherry Street home He plans to devote his full attention to his legal practice and praised his friends and neighbors for their support during his career and setbacks.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed
Reed
Senate
San Francisco
Houston
Alfred E. Smith to Receive Laetare Medal
Notre Dame announces Alfred E. Smith of New York will receive the Laetare medal for 1929, Notre Dame officials say. The Laetare medal, given annually on Laetare Sunday, is the highest U S Catholic honor and parallels the pope’s Golden Rose for distinguished world affairs.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Alfred E. Smith
New York
University of Notre Dame
United States
Rome
Viscount Finlay Dies at 86 in London
Viscount Finlay of Nairn died in London at age 86. He served as the British member of the permanent court of arbitration at the Hague in 1920 and later as a member of the international court of justice established by the League of Nations.
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Viscount Finlay
London
Viscount Finlay of
Nairn
Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
International Court of Justice
League of Nations
Miquel Escapes Jail Foe Captured After Shootout
Elverez Miquel the 28 year old killer who escaped Schuylkill county jail by smuggling a pistol in a Bible was captured in a barn at Cresson three miles from Pottsville by state police. He resisted arrest firing at Corporal Fleming wounding him lightly and was returned to jail. A woman linked to the escape Mrs Clara Fessle of Summit Station is being questioned.
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Pottsville
Elverez Miquel
Schuylkill County
Cresson
Miguel
Fleming
Elveraz Miguel
Louise Jacks
Clara Fessle
Summit Station
Here
Marshal Foch Sits Up In Bed For Fifty Minutes
Paris reports Marshal Ferdinand Foch was allowed to spend 50 minutes on a chaise lounge in his sick room today. Doctors said he is safe from immediate danger to his lungs and that his heart and kidneys are good. Temperature 99.5 and pulse 88 deemed right for the moment.
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Paris
Ferdinand Foch
Daveniere
Dartmouth Choristers Win Glee Club Honors Again
The Dartmouth College glee club won the inter college contest at Carnegie Hall for the second year running. New York University placed second and Ohio State University third in the event with 13 other university glee clubs competing.
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New York
Dartmouth College Glee Club
Carnegie Hall
New York University
Ohio State University
Mann Denies Wish to Control Southern GOP Patronage
Horace A. Mann southern manager for Herbert Hoover said he did not seek control of southern patronage and told the Republican National Committee he would have nothing to do with political patronage. He attended the committee meeting at Chairman Work's invitation to discuss the southern political situation. He denied seeking credit or a patronage plan for the South.
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Horace Mann
South
Washington
Horace A. Mann
Herbert Hoover
Republican National Committee
Mann
National Committee
Executive Committee
Hoover
Republican Party
Hoover Briefed On Farm Relief And Mexican Turmoil
President Hoover closes his first week with talks on farm relief and Mexican insurrection. Senate and House leaders plan early hearings on a farm relief bill due for the April 15 special session, aiming for quick passage. The plan calls for a federal revolving fund and a national farm board to manage surplus crops.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
House
Senate
Congress
Hoover
Kellogge
State Department
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Snell
House Rules Committee
National Farm Board
Brookhart
Iowa
Mr. Hoover
Dixon Seeks White House Post in Interior Changes
Joseph M. Dixon of Montana is named first assistant secretary of the interior under President Hoover. E C Finney moves to solicitor as Ernest O Patterson resigns. Dr Hubert Work faces renewed scrutiny over royalty oil contracts. David S. Ingalls named assistant secretary of the navy for aviation succeeding Edward P. Warner. Dixon is sixty years old.
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Washington
Hoover
Interior Department
Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
E. C. Finney
Finney
Ernest O. Patterson
Hubert
Sinclair
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Senate
David 5. Ingalls
Cleveland
Navy
Aviation
Edward P. Warner
Boston
Dixon
Graf Zeppelin May World Tour Plan With Lakehurst Stop
F W Von Meister announced Zeppelin officials request Navy permission to use Lakehurst Station around May 1 for Graf Zeppelin second Atlantic crossing. The plan includes May June and July flights from Germany and a three stop world tour with Tokyo San Diego Lakehurst as legs.
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Graf Zeppelin
Lakehurst
New York
F. W. von Meister
L Luftschiffbau Zeppelin Company
Friedrichshafen
Navy
von Meister
Graf
Germany
Tokyo
San Diego
Experts Propose National Bank Plan To Handle German Reparations
Paris March 9 The reparations experts outline an international bank to act as trustee for German annuities and disburse funds to creditor nations. The bank would centralize transfers between creditors and issue banks, potentially receiving clearing and investment deposits and easing wartime machinery for final settlements.
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Paris
Germany
Bandits Hold up Ambridge Gas Office and Escapes
Two robbers struck the Ambridge Gas company office in Ambridge this afternoon and escaped with $3,000 after shooting manager Archibald Pew in the arm as he attempted to sound an alarm.
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Pittsburgh
Ambridge Gas Company
Ambridge
Archibald Pew
Pew
May Stage Auto Speed Trial Today
Major H. C. D. Segrave of England and J. M. White of Philadelphia prepare to attempt a new automobile speed record on the nine mile ocean speedway at Daytona Beach. Segrave plans two official runs tomorrow to establish an average speed against the wind and with the tide near low tide.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
H. C. D. Segrave
England
J. M. White
Philadelphia
Segrave
White
Major Segrave
Police Chief Fined Twenty Five Dollars
Belvidere Chief of Police Arthur Lawrence was fined 25 dollars and reprimanded by the fire and police board after denying he was awake when a resident heard prowlers. Donald W. Adams testified he phoned after hearing noises and was told the chief had retired for the night.
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Rockford, WI
Arthur Lawrence
Belvidere
Fire and Police Board
Donald W. Adams
Diplomatic Liquor Import Hint Rocks Washington
Washington rumor swirls as diplomats speculate a corps member plans to stop importing liquor. The unnamed source suggests a veteran minister may have ruled his legation dry, prompting questions about who started the movement and its diplomatic implications.
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Washington
Ington
D’arte
Portugal
League of Nations Council Sets World Court Course
The Geneva council approved inviting jurists led by Elihu Root to study US adherence to the World Court of Justice and scheduled a June Madrid session. It signals broad support for American participation and reassures trust in Spain's regime amid fears of revolt.
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America
Spain
Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
World Court of Justice
Elihu Root
Madrid
Council
United States
World Court
Court of International Justice
R Eugene Gray Jr. burial in Winston-Salem obituary
Funeral services for R Eugene Gray Jr a prominent Winston Salem businessman who died at his home after several days of pneumonia will be held at West End Methodist church tomorrow afternoon. He was engaged in the insurance business and previously worked with the North Carolina insurance department in Raleigh from 1915 to 1920.
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Winston-Salem
Mar
R. Eugene Gray, Jr
West End Methodist Church
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