British Trade Expo Opens in Buenos Aires With Royal Visit
The Palmero Park event drew twenty two million dollars in British goods and featured the Prince of Wales and Prince George as main attractions. An international radio hookup broadcast the opening ceremony to the Americas as Sir Herbert Gibson thanked the royal party and President Uriburu for hosting the British fair. The prince praised the exhibition’s role in British Argentine trade and future industrial prosperity.
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Palmero Park
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Gibson
Herbert Gibson
Argentina
Uriburu
London
Buenos Aires
Great Britain
Police hunt for Norma Newby believed abducted and slain
Chicago March 14 County highway police searched a 30000 acre forest preserve for Norma Newby 36 feared kidnapped and murdered Eleven days had passed since she vanished and Frank J Murray 47 a salesman told investigators robbers abducted them March 2 forced him to drive to the preserve beating him unconscious and stealing his car Murray said he had a 17 year friendship with Miss Newby and she threatened to tell his wife about it but he was not held.
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Chicago
Norma Newby
Frank J. Murray
Murray
Miss Newby
Whiskey cargo burned by officers near Beaufort
Beaufort South Carolina March 14 officers destroyed 400 cases of bottled in bond liquors and wines captured on a boat near here in January. The cargo was trucked to the city dump and set on fire before sunrise, a blue flame drawing a crowd of early risers.
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Beaufort
8. C
Hoover to Speak Eight Times in Coming Months
President Hoover plans eight speeches in April May and June with dates including April 13 at the American Red Cross annual convention and June 16 a review at Columbus Ohio. Other engagements cover the Pan American Union April 15 the International Chamber of Commerce May 4 and Red Cross anniversary May 21 with ceremonies at Valley Forge and dedications in Indianapolis Marion and Springfield.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
American Red Cross
White House
Grand Army of the Republic
Columbus
Ohio
Pan American Union
International Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Valley Forge
Indiana Republican State Editorial Association
Indianapolis
Harding
Marion
Lincoln
Springfield
Ilinois
Will Hold Slayer For Trial By Jury
NICE France March 14 Under no circumstances will Mrs Fred G Nixon-Nirdlinger who killed her husband here last Wednesday night be released without jury trial the examining magistrate said this morning She will be brought before the ordinary session of the court of assizes which does not meet until August the magistrate said There is always a possibility he added that she might be admitted to bail after my investigation has been completed but there is no reason to suppose that will take place immediately.
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Nice
France
Fred G. Nixon-Nirdlinger
Court of Assizes
Transport Pilot Saves His Plane
Charlotte dispatch reports Wilson Andrews, an eastern air transport pilot, forced a landing near Concord when three cylinders blew out his mail plane motor. He commandeered a passing car to bring the mail to Charlotte, then resumed to Atlanta around 2 am after another aircraft was dispatched from Richmond.
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Charlotte
Mar
Concord
Wilson Andrews
Eastern Air Transport
Atlanta
Richmond
Communists Report Mob Flogged Local Organizers
Paul Cline district organizer of the Communist party says C. J. Coder and Lewis Hurst reported to have been kidnapped in Dallas last Thursday and arrived here treated for injuries from a mob flogging.
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Kansas City
Paul Cline
Communist Party
C. J. Coder
Lewis Hurst
Dallas
Texas
Twin brothers end life with slow poisoning in Chicago
In Chicago on March 14 twin 21 year olds Thomas and Stephen Hall, paralyzed by Fredericks paralysis for six years, drank poison in a dining room toast to death. Their mother found them, and doctors pumped most of the poison from their stomachs but relief from illness was impossible.
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Chicago
Thomas
Stephen Hall
William
Fredericks
Stephen
Bishop Cannon Assists His Son in Legal Dismissals
Bishop James M. Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South secured the dismissal of bad check charges against his son Major Richard M. Cannon over a mountain summer school operation near San Bernardino. Charges against Nellie Bennett, the elder Cannon’s sister in law and secretary, were also dropped. Major Cannon, recently jailed 90 days in Pasadena for unpaid wages at El Monte, has appealed that case.
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San Bernardino
Cal
James M. Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Richard M. Cannon
Major Cannon
Here
Cannon
Nellie Bennett
Pasadena
el Monte
Skeleton solves mystery of Don Allen disappearance
In Big Bear Valley California a skeleton and an exploded shotgun shell bearing a confession ended the ten year search for Don Allen a prospector. The shell carried threats from Frank J. Laptino and a final note of remorse. Investigators found a wood grave marker for Allen with the name and dates. Laptino has not been located by residents or authorities.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Don Allen
Thomas Stocker
Allen
Big Bear Valley
Frank J. Laptino
Sorny
Mr. Allen
Stocker
Laptino
Associated Press to Broadcast News Drama Nationwide
New York March 14 Associated Press will present a half hour national broadcast from its New York news room showcasing editors reporters and two NBC announcers. Kent Cooper and M H Aylesworth will speak with George Hicks and James Wallington guiding the program which covers the making of the day’s news using printers and photographs for realism. The show on top of the world airs at 7:30 p m with short wave stations and transmitters listing WEAF WJZ WCSH WLIT WHAM CKGW CFCF WFLA WSU WHAM WBAL WTAG WIOD WRC WOC WHO KWK WMC WJDX WBEN WCAE WENR WTMJ WRVA WSMB KTHS WBAP WREN WEBC WEEI WGY WOW WPR WPTF WAPI KOA KFI KGO GKW KHQ KOMO KPO KFSD KTAR etc and transmitters W2XAF Schenectady 31 48 meters and W8XK Pittsburgh 25 4 meters.
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Cooper
M. H. Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Company
Aylesworth
Chicago
George Hicks
James Wallington
NBC
J. M. Kendrick
WEAF
WJZ
WCSH
WLIT
WHAM
CKGW
CFCF
WFLA
WSU
WBAL
WTAG
WIOD
WRC
WOC
WHO
KWK
WMC
WJDX
WBEN
WTMJ
KTHS
WBAP
Wren Webc
WEEI
WGY
KFI
KGO
KTAR
W2xaf
Schenectady
Pittsburgh
Convict Gangster White Convicted in Pflaume Murder
Chicago March 14. William Three-Fingered Jack White, noted robber and gangster, was convicted today of murdering Policeman Edward Pflaume of Forest Park. The jury fixed the penalty at fourteen years in prison.
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Chicago
William
Jack” White
Edward Pflaume
Forest Park
North Carolina student artists vie for state honors at Catawba
North Carolina student artists who won district musical events compete at Catawba College Salisbury for state honors in piano voice violin flute and hymn playing under Mrs. Eric Norden of Wilmington.
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Salisbury
Mar
North Carolina
Catawba College
Eric Norden
Wilmington
Reidsville Club Players Hurt in Hit Run Crash
Reidsville Bi-State League players Van Howard Alvis Shaw and David Somers were injured when their car was struck by a hit run driver near Hardy's Mill. The incident occurred today as the team traveled for a game. Police investigated the crash and reported non fatal injuries.
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Reidsville
Mar
van Howard
Alvis Shaw
David Somers
Hardy’s Mill
Hester Leads Duke Bar Association Reform at Duke Law
Durham March 14 H L Hester of Winston Salem heads the newly organized Duke Bar association at Duke University Law School, guiding the formation of the campus legal group.
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Durham
Mar
H. L. Hester
Winston-Salem
Duke Bar Association
Duke University Law School
Poet Rachel Lindsay to read at Davidson College
Davidson March 14. American poet Rachel Lindsay will give a reading of her poems at Davidson College on March 27.
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Davidson
Mar
Rachel Lindsay
Davidson College
Davidson elects captain and manager for 1932 team
G L Doc Mathis Rural Hall N was elected captain and K Morton Jr Charleston W Va manager of the 1932 Davidson basketball team. In Goldsboro Ludy R Aycock of Pikeville was seriously injured when he fell into a wood saw. Three ribs were severed his face injured and an arm mangled required amputation. Condition critical despite transfusion.
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Davidson
Mar
G. L
Doc” Mathis
Rural Hall
K. Morton, Jr
Charleston
W. Va
Goldsboro
Ludy R. Aycock
Pikeville
Jury Sets Aside Verdict in Widow’s $50,000 Seaboard Suit
Henderson March 14. Judge Cranmer set aside a jury verdict awarding $6,500 to Mrs Eva Story Hunt in the $50,000 suit against Seaboard railway over her husband’s death, granting a new trial.
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Henderson
Eva Story Hunt
Seaboard Railway
Fire causes heavy damage in Durham business district
A large fire in Durham caused about 850,000 in damage affecting a block of downtown shops including Bishop Clothing, Friendly Cafeteria, University News Stand, J Bache Brokerage, and Ellis and Stone stores. Gas lines burst and explosions occurred as flames spread from a basement fire up through two to three story structures. One firefighter was slightly injured.
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Durham
Mar
Women studying liquor problem in the South
In Memphis the Woman’s Missionary council of the Methodist Church South reports Prohibition enforcement is under study by its bureau of Christian relations led by Mrs. A Newell. Education of public school children on alcohol effects and social drinking will be covered in a future report. Delegates say Methodist women are mailing vigorous letters to congressmen urging federal supervision of motion pictures.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
Bureau of Christian Relations
Woman's Missionary Council
Methodist Church, South
A. Newell
Greensboro
N. C
Contract Work Shows Increase Across Two Months
Washington reports a rising trend in contract construction with January activity nearly half of new operations totaling about 10 million dollars. About 2,252 workers were under contract, plus 1,415 on flood control. Three major bridge projects are planned in Nebraska and Louisiana, hiring 800 more workers.
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Washington
Lytle Brown
Harey
G. B. Pillsbury
Army Engineers
Missouri River
South Omaha
Nebraska
Black River
Johnsville
Louisiana
Red River
Shreveport
Senator Predicts Hoover's Election
Former Senator W. B. Pine of Oklahoma says the Democrats will nominate Al Smith in 1932 and that President Hoover will be re elected. Pine, returning from six years as a senator, is a Norris bloc member and believes the people won t have Smith.
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Okmulgeer
Okla
W. B. Pine
Democratic Party
al Smith
Hoover
Pine
Norris Bloc
Smith
Chinese Lecturer Ng Poon Chew Dies in Oakland
Dr Ng Poon Chew aged 65 editor lecturer and essayist died suddenly of a heart attack while dining in Oakland. He was managing editor of Chung Sai Yat Po the Chinese daily illustrated newspaper he founded in 1899.
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Qakland
Cal
Ng Poon Chew
Redistricting plans offered in Raleigh amid delays
Raleigh March 14. A joint general assembly panel failed to report a bill to redraw congressional districts. Absentees halted action as Sen Grier proposed a multicap plan keeping some districts intact while remapping others. Sen Folger also presented a split fifth proposal affecting multiple counties.
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Raleigh
Mar
Joint General Assembly Committee On
Grier of
Iredell
Senate Group
Joint Committee
Folger
Surry
Grier
Franklin
Wake
Nash
Johnston
Virginia Line
Vance
Granville
Person
Caswell
Rockingham
Stokes
Forsyth
Durham
Orange
Alamance
Guilford
Chatham
Randolph
Scotland
Hoke
Lee
Moore
Richmond
Anson
Union
Montgomery
Davidson
Davie
Yadkin
Wilkes
Stokes and
Business woman claims record in high altitude flight
Akron Ohio March 14 A businesswoman Miss Frankie Renner secretary treasurer of Robbins Flying service soared in a Waco biplane reaching an estimated 33 000 feet as a weather bureau calibration awaits to confirm a new women’s altitude record surpassing Ruth Nichols 30 064 feet. After four hours four minutes she descended with frostbite risk to toes and minor mouth and ear effects from 50 below zero conditions.
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Akron. O
Mar
Frankie Renner
Robbins Flying Service
Waco
Weather Bureau
Washington
Ruth Nichols
Rye
N. Y
Renner
Col Leroy Springs Opposes Night Work in Mills
Col Leroy Springs a leading South Carolina textile operator declares personal opposition to night work for women and youths in textile mills. He questions motives of textile association leaders advocating eliminating night shifts, accusing them of financial aims rather than humanitarian concern. Despite his efforts to end night work in his mills, workers oppose the change.
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Charlotte
N. C
Leroy Springs
South Carolina
Col. Springs
School in Warren County Burns Down
Henderson March 14 The Drewry consolidated school Warren county burned yesterday with losses estimated at 9000 dollars. The fire started on the roof apparently from sparks. The teachers and 150 pupils escaped uninjured. Insurance totaling was carried and it is understood the structure will be replaced at once.
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Henderson
Drewry Consolidated School
Warren County
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