Chinese Situation Eases Slightly for Americans in Shanghai
Washington reports a calmer mood as Shanghai saw no violent outbreak after a planned demonstration. Admiral Williams returns a landing force from the Pittsburgh, while 1,500 Marines stay ashore under General Butler. The Henderson heads to bring more Marines. ships gather from Honolulu and the Atlantic. State Department plans further evacuations and withdrawal of consulates in Changsha and Chunking.
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Washington
Mar
Admiral Williams
Shanghai
Navy Department
Pittsburgh
Smedley D. Butler
Wilbur
White House
Coolidge
China
San Diego
Henderson
Atlantic
Radio Today
Pacific
Honlulu
State Department
Changsha
Chunking
Naval Reinforcements Shift Focus to Shanghai
U S naval forces land near Shanghai as tensions rise in the Far East. Admiral Williams reports a very tense situation and concentrates ships around Shanghai while destroyers Noa Preble and William B Preston move in or are detained. American lives in danger prompt rapid Marine mobilization.
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Washington
Nanking
Shanghai
C. S. Williams
Navy Department
Noa
Preble
William B. Preston
Far East
Admiral Williams
Pittsburgh
General Labor Union
The
International
Heroes of Nanking Fire Signal Duo Earned Praise
Henry O Warren of Olin Iowa and Benny D Taylor of Lincoln California directed American warships on the Yangtze River during the Cantonese attack. They repeatedly exposed themselves to shellfire from a building of the Standard Oil plant on Socony Hill to signal naval fire and coordinated the escape of foreigners to safety under orders from consul Davis.
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Shanghat
Apj
Nanking
Henry O. Warren
Olin
Standard Oil Company
Socony Hill
William
Preston
Davis
McLean to Head NC D A R Convention Speakers
The North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution opens its annual convention in Wilmington with Governor Angus W McLean and other leaders scheduled to speak. About 200 to 300 delegates are expected from state chapters. Senator William E Borah cannot attend but will address later.
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Wilmington
Mch
Daughters of the American Revolution of
North Carolina
J. B. Sidbury
William E. Borah
Daughters of the State
Angus W McLean
Albert Cox
Raleigh
Walter D. Murphy
Salisbury
Jacob S. Allen
Philadelphia
James A. Moss
American Flag Association
W. O. Spencer
Winston-Salem
China Kills Nanking University Leader A Loyal Friend
The Rev Dr John E Williams vice president of Nanking University was shot to death by a Chinese soldier in Nanking. Reverend A Edwin Keigwin of West Bend Presbyterian Church praised Williams as the greatest single contribution their church has made to Christianity and announced support for his widow and children. Williams helped merge mission schools into a thriving Nanking University.
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New York
John E. Williams
Shawnee, C
Nanking University
Nanking
China
Edwin Keigwin
West Bend
Dr. Williams
Collett Favored In North-South Women's Golf Title
Pinehurst March 28 AP Miss Glenna Collett of Providence R I former national women's champion looms as the favorite in the woman's united north and south golf championship with Miss Virginal Van Wie of Chicago as likely strongest foe. Semi finals included Collett Van Wie Baker and Quier with Collett defeating Mrs Ronald Barlow two up Van Wie overcoming Bernice Wall three and one Baker beating F C Burrows five and four and Quier topping Maureen Orcutt three and two.
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Pinehurst
Glenna Collett
Providence
R. I
Virginal van Wie
Chicago
Collett
Miss van Wie
E. H. Baker
Belmont
Mass
Edith Quier
Ronald Barlow
Philadelphia
van Wie
Bernice Wall
Oshkosh
Wis
Baker
F. C. Burrows
Miss Quier
Maureen Orcutt
Metropolitan
Forest Fires Ravage Eight North Carolina Counties
Fires across eight or more counties in southeastern North Carolina have destroyed thousands of acres of timber amid a week of strong southwest winds. Onslow and Pender counties report severe damage with homes burned. motorists report heavy smoke along routes from Wilmington to Charlotte and Wilmington to Warsaw. Only rain is seen as likely to halt the blazes.
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Wilmington
Mar
Fedt
North Carolina
Bladen
Brunswick
Pender
Robeson
Columbus
Duplin
Onslow
Jones
New Hanover
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
New River
Topsail Township
Pender County
Charlotte
Goldsboro
Hamlet
Warsaw
City Clean-Up Campaign Aims For Four Ward Drive
City health officials announce an annual clean-up starting Monday April 4 through April 21. Ward one leads the effort with crews using brushes and brooms while other wards follow on fixed dates. Residents must separate combustible and noncombustible trash and place containers for city removal. Boy Scout groups may assist. fees apply if trash is moved from back lots.
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Health Department
High Point
City
Boy Scout
Dr. Coe
Cabinet summoned in special session over Shanghai anti-foreign propaganda
London reports that the British cabinet met in a special session to address the Chinese situation as anti-foreign propaganda surges in Shanghai, a key refuge for foreigners in Nationalist China.
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London
Shanghai
Nationalist
China
Ford's Food Stores Stirring Ire Among Regional Dealers
Detroit March 28 Henry Ford expands into selling food and household goods drawing protests from regional retailers who accuse Ford dealers of undercutting prices and planning a national boycott. Ford markets attract thousands with large volume buys and low prices, expanding in Highland Park L Anse Iron Mountain and Kentucky.
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Detroit
Mar
Henry Ford
Ford
Highland Park
Ford Company
Ford Group
L’anse
Mich
Iron Mountain
Kentucky
France ready to defend Shanghai concession rights
Paris reports France will defend its concession in Shanghai against any Chinese aggression. Reinforcements have been ordered from Tonkin and Annam. About 2,300 to 2,600 French troops are present in the Shanghai settlement, cooperating with Major General John Duncan of the British forces, with no immediate plan for a united allied command.
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Paris
France
Shanghai
Tonkin
Annam
John Duncan
International Settlement
Rebels suffer heavy losses in Mexican clashes
Sixty rebels killed and 100 captured in Cerro Picados firefight in Jalisco last week. Thirty four federal soldiers killed and 20 wounded. In Hidalgo Santiago Village clash, three killed and 28 wounded.
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Mexico City
Mar
Cerro Picados
State of
Jalisco
Arrandas
Santiago Village
State of Hidalgo
Child Returned After Tennessee Father Yields Ransom
In Chattanooga a two year old girl kidnapped for four days was found safe on a minister's porch after her father paid a $3,333 ransom. The child, Virginia Frazier, showed signs of drugged sleep but was unharmed. The reunion followed swift police and public effort.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Virginia Josephine Frazier
Fred B. Frazier
Frazier
Cian
Detroit gang war claims first machine gun attack
Police say two men were killed and a third wounded when a machine gun opened fire behind a steel door in an Alexandrine avenue apartment. The victims were George Cohen and Joseph Bloom. Frank Wright, 23, of Chicago, survived after exposure to the volley. Wright described a three-man assault aimed at freeing a kidnapped acquaintance. Police trace the violence to rival Detroit gambling houses with possible foreign gunmen involvement. A sawed off shotgun, a rifle, and cartridges were found. tenants Abe and Simon Axler, Sam Miller, and John Tolzdorf had rented the unit weeks earlier.
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Detroit
George Cohen
Joseph Bloom
Frank Wright
Burke
Chicago
Wright
Phillip A. Neudeck
Bloom
Cohen
Alexandrine Avenue
New York
Abe
Simon Axler
Sam Miller
John Tolzdorf
Marines Head North to Sail for China
United States Marines concentrated at Philadelphia for service in China move from North Atlantic posts. About 805 men will depart for the Pacific coast and Shanghai aboard the Henderson, which sails from San Diego on April 3. Colonel Harold C. Snyder leads the new sixth regiment, about 1500 strong, with 700 at Paris Island, who will entrain for the Pacific.
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Philadelphia
China
North Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Shanghai
Harold C. Snyder
Orient
Philadelphia Naval Base
Henderson
San Diego
Sixth Regiment of Marines
Paris Island
S. C
British violence denounced by Chinese in Canton protest
March 28. The Nationalist government at Canton threatens measures over British violence as a consequence of last week’s punitive expedition raid on Chinese villages near Bias Bay. Canton residents stir public sentiment by spreading exaggerated claims of wholesale village killings.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Bias Bay
Church experts plan eastern mission to improve admin
Raleigh reports that Dr. Fred A. Agar of New York City along with Dr. Charles E. Madry and Dr. B T Vann of Raleigh and others will travel this week to Durham Winston-Salem Charlotte and Shelby to study more efficient church administration. Last week meetings occurred in Wilson Henderson Oxford Roxboro Kinston and Siler City.
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Raleigh
Fred A. Agar
New York City
Northern Baptist Convention
Charles E. Madry
B T. Vann
Durham
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Shelby
Wilson
Henderson
Oxford
Roxboro
Kinston
Siler City
Japan seeks talks with Shanghai nationalists over Nanking incident
Tokyo reports no more trouble expected at Shanghai or Nanking. The government will not send troops and plans negotiations with Shanghai nationalists for apologies and reparations linked to the Nanking incident.
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Tokyo
Shanghai
Naeking
Drowning Cause Found in Death of Heuck Wife
A coroner's jury in Washington ruled that Gladys W. Heuck, wife of a former physician at St. Elizabeth's hospital, died by drowning in an unknown manner. The verdict was delivered today.
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Washington, Mar
Gladys W. Heuck
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
A. W. McAllister Jr in Serious Auto Crash
In Fayetteville on March 28 a large automobile driven by A W McAllister Jr of Greensboro struck a wagon carrying a negro couple and their adopted daughter. Lulu McCullum was killed. the others were hospitalized but expected to recover. McAllister was released on his own recognizance awaiting coroner’s inquest when the injured can leave hospital.
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Fayetteville
Lulu McCullum
A. W. McAllister
Greensboro
McAllister
Funeral for Mrs. Jenny Lynn Paschall at Muir’s Chapel
Mrs Jenny Lynn Paschall died suddenly at her Guilford County residence. Funeral services were held at Muirs Chapel Guilford College with Rev H L Powell and Rev Joseph Peale officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. She married J W Paschall in 1882 and had four children, three surviving. Pallbearers listed.
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Jenny Lynn Paschall
Guilford College
Muir’s Chapel
H. L. Powell
Joseph Peale
G. E. Gilliam
A. H. Edwards
H. A. McNairy
Wake Sheriff holds two suspects in elderly assault case
Otis Harrison and Sade Ray surrendered to Wake County Sheriff Numa Turner and were jailed on charges of breaking and entering, assault, and larceny in the March 21 attack on 75 year old widow Fannie Davis near Raleigh. Gaston Jones was arrested last week. A hearing date was not announced.
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Raleigh
Otis Harrison
Sade Ray
Fannie Davis
Numa Turner
Wake County
Gaston Jones
Italian aviator arrives in Havana from Port au Prince
Havana reports Commander Francesco De Pine do, an Italian aviator, arriving at 1 42 p m from Port au Prince Haiti. The AP dispatch notes the arrival during a period of regional air activity.
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Havana
Cuba
Francesco de Pinedo
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Debate Over Sapiro Suit Against Ford Is Heard
In Detroit on March 28 federal Judge Fred M. Raymond allowed part of Aaron Sapiro's $1,000,000 amendment to his libel suit against Henry Ford but denied mistrial and rejected Sapiro’s full demand for a retractation. The court also ruled letters from Sapiro requesting retractions of Ford’s Dearborn Independent statements could be admitted in part.
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Highland Park
Ford
Detroit
Mar
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Fred M. Raymond
Sapiro
Dearborn Independent
Raymond
Stewart Hanley
Ford Counsel
Hanley
the Independent
Young Shoe Salesman Is Held On Murder Charge
Joe Pierce a 23 year old Hickory shoe salesman was arrested and charged with second degree murder in the death of Dr. G H Gerberding a former Lutheran seminary president who was struck by an automobile near Lenoir Rhyne College. Clarence Hefner a material witness aided police and Pierce faces a Wednesday preliminary hearing. Dr Gerberding a prominent Lutheran theologian was reportedly preparing a religious work.
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Hickory
Mar
Joe Pierce
G. H. Gerberding
Pierce
Gerberding
Lutheran Seminary
Chicago
Lenoir-Rhyne College
U-Drive-I
Clarence Hefner
Hefner
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On Leong Tong
Tennessee
Baptists
Japan
A. W. M’alister, JR
Wake
Ford Fort
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