Seven Die as Fresh Tornado Hits Southland
A fresh Alabama storm system swept through Bibb Chilton and adjoining counties, killing seven people and injuring more than 59. The Kilgore family Reunion at Newman Ga suffered all members hurt as their home and farm buildings were destroyed. The storm then moved to East Newman, Toppled six houses and unroofed fifteen others.
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Lawney
Jemison
Thorsby
Harvey Lewis
Buchanan
Rome
Alabama
Bibb County
Lawley
Randolph
Centreville
Mt. Pleasant
Elmore County
Georgia
Corinth
Jim Kilgore
Newman
Kilgore
East Newman
Was This Kidnap Route
The article suggests a nine mile drive from Hopewell N J to the Delaware and Raritan canal then down the Delaware River to the Chesapeake to reach the bay and hide among islands. It notes Norfolk authorities did not pursue the yacht, fueling doubts of immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
N. 4
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Delaware River
Wilmington
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Norfolk
United States Coast Guard
Norfolk Men Off For Hopewell To Talk Over Plans
John Hughes Curtis one of three mediators for the Lindbergh baby case said plans remained for the group to confer with Colonel Lindbergh this afternoon in Hopewell New Jersey. Curtis believed Rev H Dobson Peacock had gone to the Norfolk naval air station to catch a plane to Hopewell but could not confirm departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kisnapers
Harold Dobson Peacock
Christ Episcopal Church
Norfolk
John Hughes Curtis
Guy Burrage
Chesapeake Bay
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hopewell
N. J
Curtis
H. Dobson-Peacock
Naval Air Station
Virginia Coast
Dean H. Dobson-Peacock
Japan Considers Withdrawal From League of Nations
Tokyo signals decision to refuse League covenant statements and risks Japan leaving the League. Reports note government action seen as first step in broader nonparticipation. context tied to China’s use of Article 15 at Geneva.
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Tokyo
League of Nations
Japan
China
Geneva
Shanghai
Execution Delayed At Penn Prison By Snow Storm
A brutal snow storm knocked out electric lines to Rockview prison in Bellefonte Pennsylvania delaying the scheduled 7 pm electric chair execution of Quincy Wallandz a 24 year old from Philadelphia who killed his estranged wife. Officials said preparations continued and the sentence would be carried out once power returns marking a rare postponement of an execution.
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Bellefonte
Rockview Penitentiary
Quincy Wallandz
Philadelpha
Wallandz
Mob storms jail over slaying of two police officers
National guardsmen were deployed in Lakeland Florida after a mob threatened to storm the city jail where four prisoners were held in the slayings of two policemen. Perry Acree and J. E. Johnston were linked to the shootings at the Acree home. Jurors held Perry Acree responsible for Barnett's death.
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Lakeland
Fila
National
T. A. Nicholson
W. T. Barnett
Sam Acree
J. E. Johnston
Nicholson
Acree
Perry Acree
Barnett
Johnston
East Bend
N. C
Sheffield
Ala
Leslie M. Shaw Dies at 84 Former Treasury Official
Leslie M. Shaw former Treasury official and ex governor of Iowa died at 84 from double pneumonia after a cold. He leaves widow, a daughter Mrs John McCullin and a son Earl Shaw in Minneapolis. He had long been a financial topics authority and had nearly completed a manuscript on the government payroll. Born in Morristown Vermont he moved to Iowa and later made Washington his home.
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Washington
Iowa
Shaw
New York
John McCullin
Earl Shaw
Minneapolis
Morristown
Vermont
Calvinsingledmoneymonopole article note
Reader letter from Santa Monica praises a recent financial article in the Sat-Pre-Post and mocks modern governance. The writer argues high government spending reduced unemployment before 1920 and claims current costs to govern are far higher than benefits.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Calvin Coolidge
De Valera backs oath abolition amid Easter unrest
Dublin reports show Eamon De Valera's government pressing to abolish the oath to King George as Easter weekend demonstrations echo calls for a republic. The Irish Free State faces expected opposition in Parliament with backing from independent labor leaders and protests across Dublin and other centers.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Mar
Eamon de Valeria
George
Republican Army
de Valeria
England
Free State
Independent Labor Party
Blackpool
George Buchanan
Independent Labor
James Maxton
de Valera
Ireland
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for March
Treasury receipts for March 25 totaled 4,500,224.85 with expenditures at 10,065,499.35 leaving a balance of 693,727,218.38. Customs duties for 25 days in March amounted to 18,846,109.85.
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Treasury
Washington
British Press Seethes Over U S Tax Bill In House
London papers react to the U S House of Representatives passing the tax bill. Editors warn on dollar weakness and potential pound rise, noting fears of gold standard breach and inflation. Headlines decry Washington politics as a danger to global currency stability.
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London
Mar
United States
House of Representatives
Washington
The
Times
Congress
the Times
Daily Telegraph
Herald
Hoover
the Herald
Good Samaritan Robbed After Intervening In Indiana Harbor
August Mantan 24 rushed to aid during a holdup in Indiana Harbor. He disarmed the robber but was ambushed when the victim seized the gun, robbed Mantan of 45 dollars and his watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Mantan
Manza
Garner to press strong hand on revenue bill revision
Washington dispatch reports House leaders urge Speaker Garner to force through the budget balancing revenue bill after weeks of revisions. Acting Chair Crisp and Rep. Ragon push for a substitute tax plan while the bill faces further Senate amendments and a conference committee, with irrigation relief legislation also on the agenda.
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Washington, Mar
Democra House
Garner
Crisp
Ways and Means
Ragon
Ark
Senate
Slayer Joe White Gets Three Years in Manslaughter
Brewton Alabama March 28 Joe White was sentenced to three years in prison for first degree manslaughter in the knifing death of Ed Morris a Boston Red Sox pitcher at a fish fry in Flomaton Alabama on February 29 Morris was slated to depart for the Red Sox training camp in Savannah Georgia White’s lawyers announced plans to appeal the conviction and sentence
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Brewton
Ala
Joe White
Ed Morris
Boston Red Sox
Morris
Flomaton
Red Sox
Savannah
White
Moravian Easter Sunrise Draws 25000 in Winston-Salem
Despite rain threats the Moravian sunrise Easter service in Winston-Salem drew the largest crowd in 160 years. Officials estimated the throng at over 25,000 as the band played the processional twice before ceremonies moved from church to the graveyard. Bishop J Kenneth Pfohl conducted the service.
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Winston-Salem
J. Kenneth Pfoh
Drys Warn Wet Planks Will Be Rejected at Conventions
Washington reports that organized dry forces vow to oppose any wet planks or referendum tactics in party platforms or on ballots next June. Edwin C. Dinwiddie of the National Prohibition Board declares the effort a defeat for the party and warns millions to withhold support if wet positions are adopted. Continued on page 4.
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Washington
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
National Prohibition Board of Strategy
Council of United Dry Forces
Mrs Pickett Freed Of Murder Charge Plans Rest In Virginia
Lola Pendleton Pickett, acquitted of murdering her daughter Elizabeth by poison, plans a rest visit to her sister in Virginia after Easter. She spent her first freedom night at her daughter's home and will travel to Boone Mill to see Mrs. C. D. Smith.
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Lexington
Lola Pendleton Pickett
Virginia
Elizabeth
Boone Mill
C. D. Smith
Barrels of Herring Float Ashore at Long Beach
Long Beach residents gathered 1800 barrels of pickled herring washed ashore Saturday. Coast guardsmen firemen policemen and locals waded out in boats to claim the catch. Captain Schellenger later said the supply was condemned as the herring had been discharged from the sea.
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Long Beach
George Schellenger
Coast Guard
Glass Bill to Worsen Depression Says Banker
Rudolph Hecht of the American Bankers association told a senate committee that the Glass banking revision bill would deepen the low mood by restricting credit and deflating securities, undoing recent reconstruction gains and hindering stock market stability.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Rudolph Hecht
New Orleans
Economic Policy Commission
American Bankers Association
Hecht
Federal Reserve
China and Japan tied in talks over troop withdrawals
In Shanghai on March 28, Chinese and Japanese negotiators remained deadlocked on troop withdrawals as the Chinese side refused compromises. A Japanese spokesman said the talks would continue.
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Shanghai
Eight Million Still Out of Work In U.S. Says Green
President William Green of the AFL estimates about eight million Americans remain unemployed. He notes March failed to show normal seasonal relief and warns funds may run dry, risking widespread hunger unless relief efforts continue.
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U. S
Green
Washington
United States
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Organization of Relief
Trio of Kidnapers Called To Trial For Abduction In Denver
Three men George Reed Art Taylor and Joe Pennell faced trial on kidnapping charges in Denver for abducting bakery executive Benjamin P Bower held five days threatened with a $50 000 ransom note published after a note was released Bowes reported no payment was made Leader Joseph Clinton Riley later killed himself when cornered by police in a Denver house and faced a murder charge.
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Denver
Mar
Benjamin P. Bower
George Reed
Art Taylor
Joe Pennell
Bowes
Joseph Clinton Riley
Favorite Sons in Limelight as Primaries Head Week
Washington dispatch notes another wave of state conventions selecting delegates for presidential ballots. Senator Nye opposes Hoover, Cutting still hostile to renomination, Reed enters Missouri’s convention as a favorite son, Maine and Iowa set uninstructed slates aiding Roosevelt, while Oklahoma Governor Murray and Robinson party lines loom for 1928 echoes.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Hoover
Nye
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Missouri
James A. Reed
Maine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Iowa
Roosevelt
Murray
Oklahoma
Arkansas State Committee
Joseph Robinson
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Clanton
Chilton County
Bat
C Charlies
A. Lindbergh
Penn Prison
Florida
Leslie M. Shaw
Treasury Oficial Is
Yours
Dixie
North Carolina
Atlanta
J. T. Donnelly
R. N. Talmadge
Brinch Heinerts
Paris
A. C
Roy Shannon
Little Rock
James Norton
Arthur Smith
Winchester
Robert Lee Shaver
Phenix City
Jim Burroughs, Jr
Scottsboro
Whitwell
Tenn
Eapaes
Ed Morris’ Slayer
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