Surviving Children Flee Blizzard as Bus Tragedy Unfolds
In Towner Colorado a bus load of school children is struck by a blizzard. Fifteen children suffer pneumonia or frost bite as six are confirmed dead, including driver Carl Miller. Two doctors and rescue crews reach the isolated ranch to provide aid and begin evacuations to Lamar and local homes.
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Towner
Colo
Blizza
Carl Miller
Samar
Jack Hart
Lamar
Eddie Brooks
Denver
Holly
Andrew Reinhart
Tri- Dbune
Kas
Louise Stonebreaker
Robert Brown
Kenneth Johnson
Orlo Untidt
Mary Miller
Mary
Blanche Stonebreaker
Alice Hussaker
Rosemary Brown
Charles Hussaker
Bryant Untiedt
Maude Moser
Hoover Ends Caribbean Voyage On Battleship
President Hoover concluded his ten day Caribbean voyage returning to Washington on Monday after a last day of rest on the battleship and a final discussion of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands issues. He recalled Belgian relief work and anticipated disembarking at Hampton Roads with time to reach the White House before midnight.
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U. S
Arizona
American West Indies
Herbert Hoover
High Seas
White House
Washington
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Hampton Roads
Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Denmark
Mar
Congress
Treasury
Mrs Hoover Plans Easter Egg Roll Return
Washington reports Mrs Herbert Hoover will leave Asheville to prepare for the White House Easter egg roll. She may bring grandchildren Peggy Ann and Peter, who will join other children on the lawn for Easter Monday festivities. The White House cook plans elaborate colored eggs for Peggy Ann and others as part of the traditional celebration.
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Washington
White House
Mar
Herbert Hoover
Asheville
Peggy Ann
Peter
St. Patrick’s Day
Two Men Burned Escaping Gasoline Fire at Vacant House
J T Wall of Willowbrook street and J M Kennedy of Thomasville route 2 are in Guilford General hospital with severe burns after a gasoline explosion in a vacant corner house at Willowbrook and Taylor streets at 3 this morning. Police say they fled as firefighters arrived. officers found gasoline on the floor and suspect incendiary origin. Arson charges filed. both men allegedly injured while breaking windows to escape. house damage minimal.
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J. T. Wall
Willowbrook Street
J. M. Kennedy
Thomasville
Guilford General Hospital
Willowbrook
Taylor Streets
Wall
Kennedy
Sechrest
Dawkin
Smith
Not New Idea Austro German Union Says Riedl
Berlin reports Dr. Richard Riedl former Austrian ambassador to Germany and trade expert said the Austro German customs union idea dates back 20 years and World War I halted its fusion He noted 1912 plans to join with Romania and Serbia failed due to farm overproduction and argued industrial and agrarian partners are needed with Germany absorbing surplus.
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Berlin
Richard ‘Riedl
Germany
Austria
Associated Press Today
Rumania
Serbia
Hold Services For Dr Elmer R Hoke
Funeral services for Dr Elmer Rhodes Hoke former president of Catawba College Salisbury North Carolina were held in Gettysburg Pennsylvania The Rev Dr George B Richards president of the Reformed Theological Seminary Lancaster preached the sermon Faculty and many students from Catawba College attended the service.
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Gettysburg
Elmer Rhodes Hoke
Catawba College
Salisbury
N. C
Hoke
George B. Richards
Reformed Theological Seminary
Lancaster
Return of Farm Board funds predicted by Teague
Vice Chairman Teague said a large portion or all of the Farm Board loans will be returned to the U S treasury as senators rallied behind the board against abolition. He noted the revolving fund totals 462 million in loans with 173 million repaid and 289 million outstanding, interest collected over 3 million.
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Teague
Farm Board
Washington
Mar
United States Treasury
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Congress
Poll indicates Senate majority opposes gross sales tax plan
Raleigh March 28 A senate poll shows 31 members oppose the gross sales tax plan while 19 favor it. Projections note the House will likely pass the revenue bill on third reading with section E intact. Some senators favor luxury tax but more oppose it, shifting the Senate lineup on tax forms.
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Senate
Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
House
Delhi Pact Gives Gandhi Victory as Congress Passes
The All-India Congress Committee approved the Delhi pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin. The resolution, likely to pass at the delegates’ session, upholds India's demand for complete independence and control over army finances and foreign policy. An independent tribunal would review India’s debt, and either nation could end the alliance at will.
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Karachi
India
Delhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Irwin
all-India Congress Committee
Congress
all-India Committee
Great Britain
Earthquake Shakes Philippine Region Reported Here
A strong earthquake about 7800 miles away near the Philippine Islands was registered at 4:53:16 a.m. today on instruments at the Carnegie Institution of Washington Seismological Laboratory in Pasadena California.
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Pasadena
Cal
Philippine Islands
Carnegie Institution of Washington Seismological Laboratory
Seven Robbers Foiled in Bank Robbery on 7th Street
AP reports at 7th Street and Amsterdam Avenue sirens blared as seven men attempted a National City Bank heist. Six fled toward a car on Broadway, Rudolph Merrill captured one after bullets were fired. the suspect Bobby Murphy was arrested for attempted robbery and gun violation as a police squad dealt with the crowd.
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New York
7Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
National City Bank
Broadway
Rudolph Merrill
Merrill
Bobby Murphy
Murphy
Wanderer Confesses to 1914 Villisca Axe Slayings
DETROIT MAR 28 AP A 48 year old wanderer confined in Wayne County jail awaiting burglary sentence confessed to detectives about killing six people with an axe in Villisca in June 1914. He identified as George Meyers and said a stranger promised $5,000 for the killings and $2,000 was paid in advance. He admitted slaughtering the Moore family but denied knowledge of the Stillinger girls deaths. He said the rest of the promised money was never paid and that the murders haunted him.
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Detroit
Mar
Wanderer
Wayne County
Villisca
George Meyers
Meyers
Joseph Moore
Joe Stillinger
Rickman
Anderson
Moore
Stillinger
Kansas City
Ountry
Sentiment Grows for Tax Increase to Meet Deficit
Washington march 28 sentiment for a tax increase to meet a 700 million deficit gathered strength from democrats and independents Republicans. Rep Crowther of New York endorsed administration leaders on both sides that no increase would be necessary. Hull Tennessee said the deficit was the greatest yet faced under peace and blamed Hoover administration mistakes. La Guardia New York said income and inheritance taxes seemed inevitable with Norris Nebraska cooperation idea.
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Washington
Crowther
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Hull
Tennessee
Hoover
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
Reed
Pennsylvania
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
House
Kvale
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Frear
Co op Associations Are Voted Against By Tobacco Growers
In South Boston and Farmville Virginia tobacco growers voted against forming cooperative associations to handle 1931 crops. Committees were instructed to continue organizing efforts to market crops in 1932, citing insufficient pledged tonnage to justify formation.
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Boston
Bright Tobacco Growers
Dark
Farmville
Warrant Issued For Arrest of Dempsey's Wife
A warrant was issued for Estelle Taylor, film actress and wife of Jack Dempsey, in municipal court after she failed to appear to answer a charge of forcing another automobile off the highway.
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Angeles
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Armored Car To Return Burke 10 Face His Trial
From Michigan comes word that Burke the con quired killer faces transfer to St Joseph Michigan for trial on charges of slaying Policeman Charles Skelly in 1929 and the Moran gangsters case. Michigan and Chicago officers cooperate while Burke awaits transport amid security.
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Burke
St, Joseph
Michigan
Fred Burke
America
St. Joseph
Mich
Charles Skelly
Chicago
Barney Porter
Milan
William E. Pentz
Charles Byrd
Richard F. White
Fred CC. Burke
Balchen Arrives St. John Airport
Bernt Balchen landed at St John airport at 5 05 p m on his return from a search mission for Viking disaster survivors near Horse Island Newfoundland He had flown from Corner Brook Newfoundland after noon and planned to depart for Boston the next morning.
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ST. John
N. B
Bernt Balchen
Horse Island
N. F
Corner Brook
Boston
Amendment 10 Considered By House On Monday Night
North Carolina lawmakers debate a revenue bill tied to a general sales tax with an amendment by Representative Ewing proposing a two mill per kilowatt hour tax on power companies. The senate, facing internal splits and reports of 28 senators opposing any sales tax, may deadlock or pivot to the Hinsdale luxury tax proposal. If the amendment passes, the bill must survive further readings in the House before moving to the senate, amid a charged political fight over the tax plan.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Senate
House
Senate
Ewing
Cumberland
Joint Finance Committee
Day of
General Assembly
Autopsy Pending in Henry Abrams Death Case
Greenville suspects in Henry Abrams death remain jailed without bond after an autopsy, with investigators awaiting results. The case involves Raymond Stancill as a principal defendant, and the autopsy was conducted today with a habeas corpus hearing separating the six men from release.
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Greenville
N. C
Henry Abrams
Raymond Stancill
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Balchen
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Wilmington
Ruth Bryan Owen
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