Byrd Returns to Dunedin After Antarctic Expedition
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his Antarctic expedition team arrived in Dunedin New Zealand, greeted by thousands. Crowds cheered as bands played national songs, recalling Byrd’s polar feats including the South Pole flight on November 29, 1929, and his earlier Arctic and transatlantic adventures.
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Dunedin
N. Z
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Marie Byrd Land
Byrd
South Pole
North Pole
Floyd Bennett
Bernt Balchen
Ashley McKinley
Harold J
June
Jule America
Spitebergen
North Jole
France
New York
Eleanor Bolling
National Women To Defend Prohibition At Hearings
National women from multiple states, led by Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, testify before the House Judiciary Committee on proposed repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment. Mrs. Ford’s message supports retention of dry laws as beneficial to women and the nation.
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Washington
Mar
House Judiciary Committee
Foreign Mission Board
Henry Ford
Henry W. Peabody
Boston
Women’s National Committee For Law Enforcement
Prohibition
Peabody
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
John F. Sippel
Baltimore
Drys
Sippel
F. J. Johnson
New York
Federation of Foreign Mission Boards of North America
Clarence Marshall Busch
Miami
National League of American Pen Women
Bertha K. Landes
Seattle, Wash
Mary Woolley
Mount Holyoke College
Liquor Blame In Tennessee Paralysis Outbreak
A Tennessee report details 96 illness cases across 16 counties with adult males affected and one woman. Symptoms begin with a cold, followed by numbness in legs and severe pain, but no fatalities yet. Doctors investigate spinal fluid as they search for a cause and potential treatment.
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Johnson City
Tenn
King
Elizabethton
Taft Lies In State As Nation Pays Final Honors
The body of William Howard Taft lies in state at the Capitol as Congress adjourns for sorrow. Flags float at half mast from White House to distant outposts. Eight service pallbearers and Supreme Court justices honor the former president and chief justice during solemn services at Arlington and All Souls Church.
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Wyoming Avenue
Mrs. Taft
White House
Congress
Taft
Capitol
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Arlington National Cemetery
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Roth
Senate pays tribute to Taft death and funeral group named
In a five minute session on March 10 the Senate adopted a resolution of regret for William Howard Taft and adjourned until Wednesday. Vice President Curtis was authorized to appoint a 20 member funeral representation headed by Senator Watson of Indiana with Republicans Smooth, Borah, Jones, Norris, Johnson, McNary, Pittman, Shortridge, Fees, and McCulloch among others and Democrats Overman, Fletcher, Smith, Swanson, Ashurst, Sheppard, Ransdel, McKellar, Harris, and Trammell named to the committee.
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Washington
Senate
William Howard Taft
Curtis
Watson
Indiana
Smooth
Utah
Borah
Idaho
Jones
Norris
Nebraska
Johnson
California
McNary
Oregon
Pittman
Nevada
Shortridge
Fees
Ohio
McCulloch
Overman
North Carolina
Fletcher
Florida
Smith
South Carolina
Swanson
Virginia
Ashurst
Arizona
Sheppard
Texas
Ransdel
Louisiana
McKellar
Tennessee
Harris
Georgia
Trammell
Student's Shot At Instructor Fatal Accident Claim
Pittsburgh March 10 Newell Gibson 24 a chemistry instructor at Carnegie Institute of Technology died from a bullet wound suffered Saturday at a party at Walter O Krebs a metallurgy student at the United States bureau of mines Krebs says the shot was accidental when he tried to take the revolver from Gibson fearing he did not know it was loaded.
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Pittsburgh
Newell Gibson
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Walter O. Krebs
United States Bureau of Mines
Krebs
Gibson
Justice Sanford To Rest In Native Tennessee Hills
Justice Edward Terry Sanford will be laid to rest in Knoxville Tennessee after his death in Washington. A Supreme Court delegation led by Chief Justice Hughes and Justices McReynolds Butler and Stone attended the funeral ceremonies in his native Tennessee.
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Justice Sanford
Tennessee Hills
Washington
Tennessee
Edward Terry Sanford
Supreme Court
William Howard Taft
Knoxville
Charles Evans Hughes
McReynolds
Butler
Stone
Seventh Hanger in Wyoming Brings Landmark Execution
RAWLINS Wyo March 10 Joseph Brownfield 54 was hanged at the state prison shortly after midnight the seventh man to pay the supreme penalty in Wyoming history. Brownfield had been convicted of murdering Theodore Thomas last November after shooting him and assaulting Mrs Thomas last July.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Joseph Brownfield
Brownfield
Theodore Thomas
Thomas
Taft's Thrashing of Editor Remembered
In Cincinnati young William Howard Taft once visited a newspaper office and severely thrashed an editor described as a blackmailer. The editor, famed as a prize fighter and gang leader, fled the city and the paper never appeared again after the incident. Earlier he had worked as a reporter for the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
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Washington
Mar
William Howard Taft
Cincinnati
Alphonso Taft
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Asheboro Woman Kills Husband in Apparent Domestic Tragedy
Archie Smith is dead after Ora Smith shot him in their bed at 2 o clock this morning. Authorities say she is not responsible due to physicians declaring her insane. The scene included the couple’s year old child and the mother and sister were waking when the shots were fired.
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Archie Smith
Ashesorg
Ora Smith
Oeeles
AL Toe Lime
Muraer Lueres
Postpone Trial of Doheny Until Wednesday
The bribery trial of E. L. Doheny was postponed until Wednesday due to the death of William Howard Taft. Doheny, 73, was in court with Mrs. Doheny as Justice Hitz announced the recess and Doheny arrived calmly with his wife ahead of time.
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Washington
Mar
E. L. Doheny
Wealth Oil
William Howard Taft
Justice Hitz
Scientific Dog-Catching Fatal To Catcher But Not To Canines
Hammond Indiana launches a new dog pound Death Chamber built by Skinno Summers to exterminate multiple dogs with gas. After a half hour he enters to collect corpses and finds himself unconscious from gas while dogs roam undisturbed and alive. A policeman discovers Summers asleep beside the chamber with dogs running free.
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Hammond
Ind
Gene de Servi
Evanston
Skinno Summers
de Servi
Summers
Niewmile
University Student Missing Ten Days Sought in State
Morgan P. Moorer, 17, Ashe ville freshman at the University of North Carolina, disappeared from campus ten days ago prompting a state wide search. Authorities fear possible mental imbalance as Moorer is described as solitary and depressive and a few witnesses report seeing a youth matching his description on the Chapel Hill Raleigh highway last Wednesday. He recently applied for a Charlotte chain store job. Moorer is six feet tall, 130 pounds, with dark hair and brown eyes and wore a blue serge suit when last seen.
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Chapel Hill
Morgan P. Moorer
Asheville
University of North Carolina
Moorer
Raleigh
Charlotte
George Gannon Myrover Dead Fayetteville Editor
Fayetteville editor George Gannon Myrover died yesterday from paralysis. He served over fifty years in Cape Fear newspapers, including a long tenure at the Fayetteville Observer. He began in journalism at 14 and is survived by his widow and seven children.
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Fayetteville
Mar
George Gannon Myrover
Fayetteville Observer
Journal
Fag Blamed For Apt House Fire Miss Carlton and Miss Boozier Die
Memphis authorities believe a lighted cigarette dropped by a young woman as she fell asleep started an apartment fire early today. Firemen found Grace Carlton, 30, near a door and Mytle Boozier, 29, on the bed, both burned beyond recognition.
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Memphis
Tenn
Grace Carlton
Myttle Boozier
Miss Carlton
Miss Boozier
No Ruling In Lavarre Cases Before South Carolina High Court
In Columbia on March 10 the South Carolina Supreme Court heard two William Lavarre cases but issued no opinion. One argument involved a rule to show cause why Judge Mauldin’s injunction stopping Lavarre from interfering with the Spartanburg Herald Journal Co. should not be superseded.
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COLUMBIA, S._C
William Lavarre
State Supreme Court
Watts
T. J. Mauldin
Lavarre
Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Taft Funeral Broadcast Planned by All Souls Church
Fungal services for William Howard Taft in All Souls Unitarian Church Washington will be radiocast over NBC networks from 1 40 to 2 35 p m EST tomorrow The broadcast opens with an announcer introduction A short musical service precedes the tolling of the church bell as the funeral cortege nears the church
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New York
William Howard Taft
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Washington
National Broadcasting Company
Congress To Scan Lamont Proposition On Speeding Up Public Works
Commerce Secretary Lamont outlines a sweeping plan to accelerate a 7.0 billion construction program across federal state municipal and private sectors to curb unemployment. He cites rapid public works expansion in New York Pennsylvania and Ohio and notes bids for large building projects and army navy housing flood control dock work speeding up along with utility expansion and state programs totaling hundreds of millions in multiple states. The move follows hearings planned by a senatorial committee on employment agencies and planning programs.
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Washington
Lamont
Commerce
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Army and Navy
Elinor Smith Sets High Altitude Record Attempt
At Roosevelt Field on March 10 Elinor Smith a 1 year old pilot? attempted a new women’s altitude record claiming 42 060 feet with two altimeters showing 32 005 and 30 900 feet and a sealed paragraph for Washington.
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Roosevelt Field
Mar
Elinor Smith
Marvel Crosson
Miss Smith
Washington
Fire at Chinkai naval base theater kills 104
A fire at a Shinkai motion picture show on the Chinkai naval base in southern Korea kills 104 and injures over 100. Most victims are Japanese sailors, wives, and children attending the Russo-Japanese war 25th anniversary screening. The blaze, starting about 3 pm, trapped many inside a warehouse, with efforts by blue jacket firefighters preventing spread to a nearby ammunition magazine.
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Seoul
Korea
Chinkai Naval Base
Shinkai
Mukden
Naval Base
Ame Mation
Blue Jacket
French Demands At Naval Conference Reported
London dispatch notes tense start as Briand seeks a security pact with Britain backed by France against European threats. Paris reportedly wants mutual aid from Britain, while the United States resists broader entanglements. Optimism remains despite the hard bargaining.
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London
Mar
America
Great Britain
France
St. James’ Palace
M. Briand
United States
Briand
MacDonald
Boy Shot by Playmate During Farmyard Scuffle
Ten year old Tommy Anderson, son of J West Anderson, is in critical condition after being shot in the stomach by A Fletcher Ruff Jr. while playing at the Ruff home. The boys believed the shotgun was empty and the incident occurred with several other youths present.
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Rock
Tommy Anderson
J. West Anderson
A. Fletcher Ruff, Jr
Anderson
Ruff
Navy Opens Five Day Battle Of The Caribbean Training
Cristobal, Canal Zone March 10 Two great battle fleets maneuver for a mock conflict called the Battle of the Caribbean. The Blue fleet led by Admiral Nurton sails from Cristobal to meet the Black fleet commanded by Admiral Cole.
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Navy
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Mar
Caribbean
L. M. Nurton
California
W. C. Cole
Wyoming
Arkansas
Utah
Florida
New York
Oklahoma
Nevada
Harnett Democrats plan county convention to name candidates
Raleigh dispatch reports Harnett county Democrats will hold a April 16 convention to name Democratic candidates for county offices and abandon primaries. The move aims to avoid friction from the Simmons Bailey primary race, with delegates limited by township Democratic vote totals from 1928. One candidate, O. P. Shell, vows to enter the primary.
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Raleigh
Lillington
Harnett County
Harnett
Pondent
F. M. Simmons
J. W. Bailey
O. P. Shell
Dunn
House of Representatives
Hornet
Police Bruise Three as Communists Sing Inter Nationale
In Paris on March 10 three policemen were badly bruised while breaking up a gathering of about 20 communists outside a subway station where they sang the Inter Nationale.
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Paris
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