Four Buildings Burned in Knoxville Blaze. Four Die
Fire destroyed four downtown structures in Knoxville injuring several and killing four people. Bodies identified include Sylvester Wilkerson 40 Sallie Wilkerson 24 and Arthur Sharp 16. Gas main explosion hindered rescue as Western Union and Postal Telegraph service disrupted.
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Knoxville
Tenn
W. P. Chandler
Director of Public Safety
Sylvester Wilkerson
Sallie
Arthur Sharp
Carl Merchel
G. W. Baleck
Rachel Goodwin
James Bilkina
Clyda Davis
Public Safety
Western Union
Postal
Yost and Roper Testify on Eighteenth Amendment at Dry Law Hearing
Fielding H. Yost and Daniel C. Roper appeared as supporters of the eighteenth amendment before the House Judiciary Committee. Yost via telegram argued that college youth drink less than before prohibition and warned that legalized sale places would serve the same purpose as saloons. Roper, former internal revenue chief, criticized the dispensary system for failing to curb drinking while noting some merits in restricting sales and minor protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Fielding H. Yost
University of Michigan
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
House Judiciary Committee
Yost
Lenna Lowe Yost
America
Alonzo Stagg
Chicago University
Roper
South Carolina
Prohibition
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
State Central Bureau
Maps Sold To Company Maps Sold To Company
Claudius Huston testified before the Senate to by committee that he sold maps prepared by the Tennessee River Improvement Association to the Union Carbide Company which had contributed 86,100 to the association. He said the maps would benefit Carbide and were still held by the association with a record to be provided. He denied plans to resign as Republican chairman, saying reports were erroneous.
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Washington, Mar
Republican National Committee
Claudius HH. Huston
Senate
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Union Carbide Company
The
Tennessee Association
Carbide Company
Tennessee River
Muscle Shoals
Caraway
Huston
Blaine
Republican
Wisconsin
Chambers of Commerce
J. W. Worthington
New York
Fire wipes out Kirin theater killing 130 in blaze
In MUKDEN Manchuria a wooden theater two months old burned yesterday killing 130 Chinese men women and children and injuring 20 others. Defective wiring is suspected as the disaster source with earlier reports listing 76 dead and 16 missing.
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Kirin
Mukden
Manchuria
Mar
Rengo
Tokyo
Dixie Shivers as Mercury Tumbles Across the South
Atlanta reports frost in several states as temperatures drop in the Southeast. Asheville records 25 degrees, while Charlotte 88 and Raleigh 38 at 7 am. Forecaster Von Herrimann expects warmer air today but warns of a chilly weekend with frost in Georgia Alabama Mississippi Virginia and North Carolina.
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Atlanta
Asheville
N. C
United States Weather Bureau
G. F. von Herrimann
Charlotte
Raleigh
Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Virginia
North Carolina
Florida
Bank of England Cuts Rediscounts
The Bank of England reduced the bank rate today from four to three and one half percent. The move follows a downward trend in world money rates driven by commodity price declines and weak trade. Authorities eased monetary stringency as discount rates fell out of step with the official minimum after the Wall Street boom collapse.
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London
Bank of England
New York
Wall Street
Stalin resignation rumors ridiculed by Tass
Official Tass dispatches from Moscow call reports that Joseph Stalin was forced to resign "ridiculous nonsense" in response to widespread foreign reports. In Washington the Senate lobby committee summoned Fred Haggerson of Union Carbide and W E Moore to probe Claudius Huston’s brokerage account.
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OSCOW
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party Central Committee
Tass
Ashington
New York
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Senate Lobby Committee
Fred H. Haggerson
Union Carbide Company
W. E F. Moore
Huston
Senate approves $1.50 lumber tariff reshaping trade
The Senate voted 39 to 38 for a $1.50 per thousand board feet tariff on soft wood lumber now on the free list. The rate targets fir, spruce pine, hemlock and larch including railroad ties and poles. An added Copeland amendment exempts Canadian rough stock not more than planed on one side.
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Senate
Washington, Mar
Jones
Washington
Copeland
New York
Canada
Hawes
Missonori
Sheppard
Texas
Byenator Walsh
Massachusetts
Mexico
Washingtons Japanese Cherry Blossoms In Full Bloom Soon
Washington prepares for a burst of spring as over 800 single cherry trees in West Potomac Park are expected to be in full bloom by April 1, with double flowering trees in East Potomac Park following. The trees, varieties including Happiness Dawn Snow Flakes and Yellow Gow, will show pink to greenish gold hues through May 1.
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Washington
Mar
West Potomac Park
Charles Henlock
Horticulture Division of
East Potomac Park
Henlock
William Howard Taft
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Taft
Llananess
Russians Protesting Pope's Act and Soviet Atheist Drive
Moscow dispatch reports widespread Soviet protests over the pope's prayers and St Peter's services. Rallies urged intensified five year plans, anti kulak campaigns, and stronger atheist societies while Voronezh district workers funded an airplane project as a response. A Minsk Polish church official said no clergy persecution occurred. arrests were for anti governmental agitation.
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Moscow
Mar
Soviet Union
St. Peter's
Minsk
Pius
Voronesh
Moscow Industrialization Fund
Father Avglo
Mogislevsk
Telephone Bond Agreement Not Binding Says Court
The state supreme court ruled that a telephone agreement to post bond is not binding in the case against Macon Merrick of Halifax county. A superior court decision was reversed, and the bond agreement deemed ineffective. The court also affirmed that John Macon should be electrocuted next month for the officer's killing during a 1912 arrest attempt in Warren county.
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Raleigh
Mar
State Supreme Court
Macon Merrick
Halifax County
John Macon
Megro
Macon
Warren County
Don Donning For World Speed Record Run At Daytona
British racer Kaye Don said he would attempt to break the 231 mph automobile speed record late this afternoon at Daytona Beach if conditions on the ocean speedway permit. He expected to start shortly after 4 p.m. with favorable northeast wind and tides affecting the beach surface.
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Daytona Beach
Fla. Mar
Kaye Don
Ocean Speedway
Don
Radiator Catches Queen Bee To Put Autoist in Swarm
Adrian Michigan March 20 A man named Clif ford Poll encountered a hive on his car radiator as he drove along a country road The queen bee remained on the radiator while the swarm trailed the car Poll leapt from the vehicle and freed the queen with a screwdriver The queen buzzed thanks and the swarm dispersed without a loss of life or injury
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Adrian, Mich
Clifford Poll
Mr. Pool
Mr. Poll
Poll
Slayer Chooses Death Before Utah Firing Squad
Delbert Green 21 selects execution by firing squad at Utah state prison for killing his wife her mother and her stepfather. Judge Pratt schedules May 17 by Farmington court. Baby and relatives survived the attack after Green shot them while the wife refused to return. Green claimed insanity at trial.
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Salt Lake City
Utah State Prison
Delbert Green
Green
Eugene EB. Pratt
Farmington
Layton
Utah
Ogden
Doheny Lawyer Denounces Patriotism in Trial
In Washington on March 29 Frank Hogan defending Edward L. Doheny argued that prosecutor Atlee Pomerene slurred patriotic citizens. Hogan challenged Pomerene's bribe allegations tied to a $100000 transfer to Albert B. Fall over Elk Hills naval oil reserve. He pledged to present only the facts and urged acquittal unless guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt.
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Washington, Mar
Edward L. Doheny
Atlee Pomerenes
Frank Hogan
Doheny
Pomerene
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Doreny
Hogan
Cuba Quiet Amid Nationwide Strike Despite Protests
Havana reports a peaceful country as the nationwide strike declared by most trades shows no major unrest. Five leaders are detained aboard the Maximo Gomez for deportation while some interior cities maintain work, and Havana's transit and coffee shops suspend service. Cigar makers walk off and the sugar industry halts until Friday morning.
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Havana
Mar
Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Matanzas
South Carolina Adopts Graduated Chain Store Tax
Columbia South Carolina house passed two bills taxing chain stores one providing a graduated tax and another taxing gross receipts at one half of one percent and sent both to the senate for consideration.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Senate
Man Charged With Attempt to Burn Woman To Death
D. Moore, a prominent Oakwood businessman, charged with arson and attempt to murder in Mexia Texas after an alleged hotel room attack on 23 year old Miss Wilma Jones. Jones was rescued from a burning bed to which she had been bound and gagged as guests found smoke and alerted rescuers.
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Mexia
Tex
Mer
Moore
Oakwood
Fairfield
Wilma Jones
Miss Jones
State Auto Inspectors Are Held At Bay By Tagless Driver
In Brevard two state automobile inspectors J. P. Champion and W. C. Martin were held at gunpoint for about an hour by Arthur Ledford of Etowah Henderson county. Ledford, who had no license, threatened to kill any officer who interfered. The officers persuaded him to calm then departed with the gun still pointed.
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Brevard
Mar
J. P. Champion
W. C. Martin
Swain County
Arthur Ledford
Etowah
Henderson County
Ledford
Briand Paris 10 Consult Tardieu London Meeting Amid Naval Crisis
The Franco Italian parity deadlock at the naval conference keeps Briand and Paris officials in talks with Tardieu while MacDonald arranges a Grandi meeting in London. The Liberal coalition eases coal bill pressure as Tokyo awaits signals on the US Japan accord. American delegates mostly suspend work.
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London
Brie
France
Paris
Tardieu
MacDonald
Grandi
Italy
David Lloyd George
Tokyo
Crowther Charges Garner on House Coalition Over Tariff
Representative Crowther of New York accused Texas Democrat Garner of seeking a coalition within the House of Democrats and what he called pseudo Republicans to back the tariff bill. He described Garner’s group as slightly damaged for sale and noted the senate’s influence on tariff proceedings before the bill returns to the House for changes.
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Washington
Mar
Garner
Texas
House
House of Democrats
Representative Crowther
New York
New Yorker
Senate
Capone Reported In Miami Home
Jacksonville Journal reports Al Capone is at his winter home in Miami after attempts by Governor Malone and sheriffs to bar his visit. The Journal says Capone reached Miami late yesterday.
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Jacksonville
Ela
Jacksonville Journal Today
Alapons
Miami
Chicago
Carlton
Florida
iMami
Journal
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