Mexico Revolt Forces converge near Torreon in renewed fighting
Opening of the Mexican revolution's second week sees government and rebel units massing toward Torreon. General Escobar leads rebels while General Calles advances with about 18,000 federal troops along the national railroad toward Torreon. Rebel reinforcements move from Mazatlan toward the strike point as federals tighten from the east and south.
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Associated Press
Torreon
Escobar
Calles
Canitas
Mexico City
Zacatecas
Sinaloa
Cruz
Mazatlan
Nayarit
Guadalajara
Almazan
Torereon
Southern Pacific
EL Paso
Tex
Coatuila
Juarez
Jiminez
Torercon
Fire at King Edward Hotel Kills Fourteen in Hong Kong
A fire at the King Edward Hotel in Victoria Hong Kong killed fourteen people including an American seaman Kish from the cruiser Memphis and etc. A U S N Nashville petty officer Phillips saved himself by lowering on two sheets. General Chan Ming Shu and wife escaped injured lightly. The blaze lasted over seven hours and destroyed a major tourist hub.
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Victoria
Hongkong
Kish
Memphis
King Edward Hotel
U. S. S. Nashville
Phillips
Chan Ming-Shu
Kwantung
Charles Piccioli
Charter Amendment Bill Passes House Without Blair Amendment
Raleigh March 11 The High Point city charter bill was amended by Representative Younce to avoid a public vote and passed on its third reading, then sent to the Senate. The Younce change repealed Blair’s earlier provision that would have required a May election on the entire measure.
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Raleigh
Mar
General Assembly
Senate Education Committee
Senate
House
High Point
Younce
Guilford
Blair
Hoover Non Committal On Volstead Act
President Hoover shows an open mind on the Volstead Act as a means to enforce the prohibition amendment though he has not endorsed it. Observers say his stance, aligning with his engineering view, allows him to consider amendments after his national commission investigates enforcement efficacy.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Law Enforcement
Borah
Idaho
Law Enforcement Commission
Mr. Hoover
National Commission
Mexican Transport Progresso Sails On Sealed Orders
The Mexican transport Progresso, after weeks in dry dock for repairs, put to sea under sealed orders. Commodore Garcia Jurado and Captain Angel Del Corzo telegraphed loyalty to the government on March 5, while Consul General Alejandro Lubbert said the vessel would be held until Mexico City issued further orders.
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San Francisco
Mar
Garcia Jurado
Angel del Corzo
Mexico City
Alejandro Lubbert
Honeymoon Interrrupted by Auto Crash Injures Angel of France Bride
Kathleen Burke Peabody known as Angel of France and Col. John Reginald McLean were injured when their chauffeur tried to pass a truck and collided with a second car. McLean suffered a fractured skull and remained unconscious. Burke Peabody was lightly hurt. The couple married here a week ago. she had been a New York collar manufacturer widow.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Kathleen Burke Peabody
Angel of France
Col
John Reginald McLean
McLean
James Irwin
J. Herbert Evans
Mather
Hoover Opens Second Week With Broad Agenda At White House
President Hoover enters his second week with a wide range of tasks from farm relief and tariff revision to law enforcement commission personnel. Congress faces April 15 action while contentious immigration issues rest with the attorney general as Hoover plans many cabinet and staff appointments.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Congress
Law Enforcement Commission
Farmer Clyde Wharton Drowned After Plunge Into Creek
Clyde B. Wharton, 47, a farmer near Fairmont Minnesota, died when his vehicle slid into a shallow creek and pinned him face down in two inches of water. Coroner G H Luedtke ruled no serious injuries, but drowning due to being trapped beneath the machine.
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Farmer
Fairmont
Minn
Clyde
Wharton
Here
G. H. Luedtke
Prince of Wales as Regent Considered Amid King’s Illness
London reports and parliamentary circles discuss appointing the Prince of Wales as regent to rule during King George VI’s convalescence. Legal questions are under review by the attorney general and solicitor general. The Daily Mail notes possible replacement of the current council of state with a regency as the general election approaches in May.
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London
Prince of Wales
George
The
Daily Mail
Council of State
Liberal
Labor Party
U S Negro Millionaire Marries Budapest Girl
An exchange telegram from Budapest reports John Shuttlehand of Minnesota described as an American Negro millionaire wed Edith Greiner a Budapest girl and left for the United States after the ceremony.
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London
Mar
Budapest
John Shuttlehand
Minnesota
Edith Greiner
United States
Negro Dies After Police Shootout In High Point
Officer H D Stout fired five shots from a 38 police special as Harris advanced with a knife after police were called to arrest him at a cafe. Harris died at Guilford General Hospital. Martin was wounded but alive. Coroner's inquest ruled death at the hands of an officer in the line of duty. Harris, a South Carolinian, had lived in High Point five months and worked as a log roller for Peerless Veneer.
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Harris
Yow
Guilford General Hospital
Martin
Stout
W. W. Harvey
Greensboro
High Point
Peerless Veneer Company
Vail Street
Fire hits Colonial Hotel in Reading. $900,000 toll
A fast moving blaze destroyed the Colonial Hotel at Fifth and Court streets Reading. Ten injured and property loss around $500,000. Nine guests unaccounted for. proprietor C H Contos expects others found in shelters or elsewhere. Names include Mrs Lillian Ruth Abe Selleck and John Love among the injured.
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Reading
Colonial
Fifth and Court Streets
Lillian Ruth
Pittsburgh
Abe Selleck
Cleveland
John Love
Freemont
C. H. Contos
Caveman Passion Spurs Violent Proposal to Wed
Chicago report recounts Francis Nessel, 25, who, angered by Miss Florence Golde's rejection, violently attacked her after a theatre party. He shoved her, punched her, and slashed her with a knife, then carried her to a hospital amid police arrival. Golde reportedly agreed to marry him.
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Chicago
Florence Golde
Francis Nessel
John
Miss Golde
Francis
Nessel
Body of Kanawha river bridge worker recovered in Charleston
The body of R. E. Balyard, of Cauley Bridge, is recovered after six bridge workers were drowned when a cable supporting a bucket collapsed over the Kanawha river. Five others remain missing as search continues. officials blame improperly hardened bedding for the cable anchor. Supervising engineer W F Morrison and bridge superintendent George Hunter are held on bond pending investigation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha River
R. E. Balyard
Cauley Bridge
H. A. Squirer
Danville
M.T. Tokker
Henderson, N
Charles Anderson
George Nicholson
Western Union
E. C. Lacy
High Point
N. C
W. F. Morrison
George Hunter
Atlantic Bridge Company
Wanderer on road freed in murder case mixup
James Ford a wandering philosopher was arrested in Williamsburg on suspicion of murder but released after officials learned Joe Gardiner the man sought for shooting a motorcycle policeman in New York had been killed in Harrisburg Pennsylvania, authorities said.
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Williamsburg
James Ford
Ford
Joe Gardiner
New York
Gardiner
Harrisburg
Crazed Wife Attacks Man In His Bed
In Charlotte, Martin Briggers, a farmer from near Allen North Carolina, and his wife were taken to a hospital after police found Briggers with a fractured skull and missing teeth and Mrs Biggers with a self inflicted throat wound. A seven year old slept nearby uninjured. Authorities suspect the wife attacked with an axe during a family tragedy following her brother Will McRorie’s death.
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Charlotte
Martin Briggers
Allen
N. C
Breggers
Mrs. Biggers
Will McRorie
Dr A J A Alexander Dies in Kentucky
Versailles Kentucky March 11 Dr Alexander John Aitche son Alexander widely known as a leader in the Presbyterian church and in prohibition activities within the democratic party died at his estate Woodburn House last night He was 53 years old and credited with helping ratify the eighteenth amendment by the Kentucky legislature A Princeton graduate he earlier served as a medical missionary in Korea
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Versailles
Alexander John Aitcheson Alexander
Presbyterian Church
Woodburn House
Alexander
Kentucky
Princeton
Korea
Delicate features of reparations bank debated in Paris
At a plenary session of the international committee on reparations experts discussed the international bank to handle reparations payments. They addressed relations with state banks, capitalization, and using the bank to extend credit to world trade. Lord Revelstoke to study capitalization. Sir Josiah Stamp to lead a drafting committee. Dr. Schacht returned to Berlin for the interim.
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Paris
International Committee On
International Bank
Lord Revelstoke
Josiah Stamp
Dr. Schacht
Reichbank
Berlin
Priest slain by parishioner after mass in Canton church
The Rev. Father Joseph A. Riccardi was fatally shot in his Canton church after mass by Mamie Guerrieri a congregation member. Prosecutor Henry W. Harter Jr said Guerrieri confessed. She cited mistreatment of her five year old daughter Palmena at the parish school. The bishop suggested dementia. Guerrieri held without bail.
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Canton
Ohio
Joseph A. Riccardi
Henry W. Harter, Jr
Mamie Guerrieri
Riccardi
Secutor
Palmena
Guerrieri
Joseph Schrembs
Cleveland
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