Rebels Close in on Naco Amid Mexican Border Battles
About 3,800 rebel troops advanced toward Naco as 1,200 federal defenders held entrenched positions. Civilians near Naco may be evacuated if fighting erupts. Rebels moved toward Escalon and a likely clash south toward Chihuahua City, with heavy fighting also reported near Mazatlan and Culiacan in Sonora and Sinaloa. General Cruz wounded. dissension among rebel leaders noted. ambassador Morrow labeled a propaganda agent by rebel commander Escobar.
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Naco
Mexico
Escalon
Cachimba Pass
Chihuahua City
Mexico City
Mazatlan
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Baja California
Sonora
Cruz
Chihuahua
Escobar
Morrow
Kidnaped Girl Wins Hearts Of Policemen At Charlotte
In Charlotte on March 30 a 12 year old girl Alice Labutis kidnapped in Philadelphia arrived homeward with Curtis Devonshire the driver who brought her on a 24 hour car trip. Devonshire was jailed while Philadelphia police prepared to extradite him. Alice received new clothes and candy from local police and spent the night with a police matron before continuing home. Devonshire claimed no motive and said he was drunk. he admitted using a pretext to lure the child but said he got lost and planned to take her to Jacksonville. He waived extradition and fears facing his wife and family.
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Charlotte
N. C
Alice Labutis
Philadelphia
Alice
Curtis Devonshire
Pennsylvania
Devonshire
Charlotte Police
Jacksonville
Curtis S. Devonshire
Seventy Escape as Fire Destroys Ricks Hotel Annex
A six story annex of the Ricks hotel in Rocky Mount burned in an early morning blaze of undetermined origin. Seventy guests in 140 rooms escaped safely as firemen from Rocky Mount Tarboro and Wilson fought the flames. Minor injuries among staff and guests were reported while the main hotel remained in use. The loss was estimated between 100000 and 500000 dollars.
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Rocky Mount
Ricks Hotel
Tarboro
Wilson
House Body Continues On Farm Relief
Washington reports the senate agriculture committee took a day off from farm relief hearings allowing the house committee to catch up. House leaders planned long sessions to hear ideas from spokesmen across agriculture, with McNary noting no hearing today due to absence of out of town witnesses.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
House Committee
Washington
House
McNary
Senate Committee
Supposed Rescue Hero in Jail Explodes Myths of Deeds
Ben Nodlere, seaman on the Florida during the rescue of its crew, is jailed in Omaha after an incident with a government mail employee. He says Philadelphia reports inflated his hero status and he watched the events from the deck. He had been feted there before fleeing hero worship.
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Omaha
Neb
Ben Nodlere
Florida
Philadelphia
Life
Americta
E. H. Thompson
Roman Clergy Blesses All Private Houses In Rome
On Holy Saturday Rome priests blessed every private home and public building for the first time since 1870. Parish clergy, aided by altar boys, spread holy water and offered prayers, with small donations supporting parishes and the poor. The Senate later saw a conciliatory blessing of committee rooms after initial resistance.
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Rome
Chamber
Monte Cittorio
Senate
Palazzo Madana
Farini
Senate Chamber
Christian Nabbed After Five Year Search
George R. Christian, sought since 1924 for an alleged $2,000,000 theft from the Day and Heaton brokerage in New York, was arrested in San Antonio on a charge of misusing the mails. The charge was filed in Newark by his brother Louis of Maplewood. Federal authorities ordered his removal to Newark, as announced by Russell Wine, assistant U S district attorney.
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San Antonio
Tex
George R. Christian
Day and Heaton
New York
Newark
N. J
Louis Christian
Maplewood
Russell Wine
United States
United States Takes Dismal Swamp Canal Toll Free
Elizabeth City N C March 30 The Dismal Swamp Canal will be taken over by the United States government and made toll free today according to a wire from Congressman Lindsay C Warren.
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U. S
Elizabeth City
N. C
United States
Lindsay C. Warren
Cumberland River rises as Nashville floods threaten city
Nashville faced a mounting flood as the Cumberland River climbed past 50 feet after heavy rainfall. More than 700 families were displaced with hundreds more ready to evacuate as warehouses and factories in low areas suffered damage and police fielded ongoing rescue calls.
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Nashville
Tenn
Weather Bureau
Cumberland River
Morrow labeled propaganda agent by Mexican rebel leader
General Jose Gonzalo Escobar, commander in chief of the revolutionists in Juarez, calls Dwight W. Morrow a propaganda agent for the Calles regime. Escobar asks the diplomatic mission to relay the accusation to the state department and the American public, urging an inquiry into Morrow and Calles motives.
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Juarez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Dwight W. Morrow
United States
Calles
Jose Gonzalo Escobar
Washington
Escobar
State Department
Morrow
General Calles
Latin America
Revolutionary Army
Mr. Morrow
Oil Permits Cancelled and Refusals Hit Government Lands
Secretary Wilbur announced 349 oil prospecting permits cancelled on government lands 942 oil and gas permit applications refused and 326 permit holders urged to show cause for revocation as the oil conservation board begins to function. He noted favorable reaction with some Western opposition and said unjust cases would be reviewed in hearings.
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Washington
Mar
Wilbur
Spry
The
Land Office
Interior Department
Hoover
Department
Interior
Department of Justice
Petroleum Institute
Oil Conservation Board
Investigator Held In Death Mrs. Deking
Boyd Fairchild county investigator tied to the liquor raid in which Mrs. Lillian Deking was killed was held for questioning. He was found at Odell Alabama and hidden outside Kane county. State's Attorney George Carbury refused to reveal where he was taken or whether he was held in protest. Fairchild maintained he bought moonshine at the Deking home, a claim that led to the raid Monday night in which Mrs. Deking was shot.
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Aurora
Ill
Boyd Fairchild
Lillian Deking
Odell
Kane County
George Carbury
Fairchild
Deking
Ambulance Driver Fired After Striking Patient
G T Gunter Grady Hospital ambulance driver discharged after admitting he struck patient H G Shirley to quiet him. The incident followed an altercation at a dairy firm where Dairy Co president Harry Helmer said he overheard Gunter and Dr W R McGinty discuss such treatment. McGinty denied the remark. Grady Hospital is municipally operated.
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Atlanta
Hospitals and Charities Committee
City Council
G. T. Gunter
Grady Hospital
H. G. Shirley
Harry Helmer
Gunter
W. R. McGinty
Congressman Michaelson Sought After Prohibition Violation
Chicago dispatch reports U S authorities sought M A Michaelson congressman after a Florida grand jury indicted him six months earlier on possession transport and importation of liquor. A $2000 bond was set and deputy marshals were to pursue the missing congressman if he did not surrender.
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Michaelson
Chicago
M. Alfred Michaelson
United States
Edwin K. Walker
Rollins College Hosts First Statesmanship Institute Close
The first annual institute of statesmanship at Rollins College in Winter Park ends with a recap including college presidents professors from a dozen universities and editors from two magazines. Dr. Hamilton Holt notes next year’s meeting and thanks Cornelius A. Pugsley for increased support. The event is described as post partisan with talks on prohibition agriculture industry and politics by Norman Thomas John Kendricks and Oswald Garrison Willard.
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Winter Park
Fla
Institute of Statesmanship
Rollins College
Hamilton Holt
Cornelius A. Pugsley
Institute
Holt
Norman Thomas
John Kendricks
Princeton University
Oswald Garrison Willard
the Nation
Aged Woman and Son Burn to Death in Elkton House Fire
Mrs. Anna Mahoney 70 and her son Edward 50 were killed by fire at their Elkton Maryland home early today. Police believe robbers shot the woman and her son before setting the house ablaze.
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Elkton
Anna Mahoney
Edward
King George Speaks to Crowd in Public Appearance
King George the Sixth made his first public appearance since illness in Bognor Regis. After a band concert at Craigwell House he sat in bright sun with Archbishop of Canterbury and addressed a cheering seaside crowd, expressing hope they enjoyed the morning music before returning to his sun-room.
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Bognor
Eng
King George
Craigwell House
Archbishop of Canterbury
Sea Wall
Airmail to India Inaugurated by Imperial Airways
Croydon reports the first air mail service to India inaugurated today aboard an Imperial Airways liner. Sir Samuel Hoare, air secretary, traveled as far as Egypt before continuing.
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India
Croydon
Eng
Imperial Airways
Samuel Hoare
Egypt
Allen Takes Curtis Old Senate Post in Kansas Pick
Governor Clyde M. Reed of Kansas announced Henry J. Allen will fill the senate vacancy created when Charles Curtis became vice president. The decision followed a conference with President Hoover and officials including Secretary Good and James Francis Burke.
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Washington
Henry J. Allen
Kans6éas
Charles Curtis
Senate
Allem
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Hoover
Good
War Department
James Francis Burke
Republican National Committee
Topeka
Reed
Custis
Kansas Judicial District
Four Girls Drown When Auto Plunges Into Creek
In Mt Gilead Ohio four girls died when their car left a road and entered a small creek. The bodies were found after a truck driver spotted the car in the stream. Two identified victims are Ruth Lukens of Marion and Ada Michener of Waynesville. Watches stopped at 10, fog described as heavy, suggesting the vehicle went off the road near a curve.
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MT. Gilead
Ohio
Here
Ruth Lukens
Marion
Ada Michener
Waynesville
Au Automobile
Flowery Easter Frocks Bloom In Rainweather Forecast
Weather forecasters predict chilly Easter across the Atlantic states with showers and possible snow flurries in some areas. A low pressure system from the arctic will bring a cooler weekend, affecting parades and indoor dressing for Easter in eastern cities and as far west as Ohio and Georgia.
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Washington
Atlantic
Georgia
Ohio
Arctic
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Lower Lake Region
Atlantic States
Hoover Edict Halts Strike Of Rail Men
Four thousand Texas and Pacific railway workers who planned to strike at 6 am returned to work after President Hoover issued a proclamation creating an emergency board of inquiry. The board will report findings to the president, and under the rail labor act a 30 day restraint on further action applies. The dispute centers on working conditions and reimbursement for losses claimed after yard moves from Longview and Marshall, Texas to Mineola, Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Dallas
Texas and Pacific Railway
Hoover
Samuel E. Winslow
Board of Mediation
Longview
Marshall
Texas
Mineola
Tex
Shreveport
Sex Questionnaire Profs Chosen Head of Philosophy Society
Dr. Max Meyer, recently relieved from the University of Missouri, was unanimously elected president of the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Kentucky session. His selection was approved by the executive council amid no formal mention of the sex questionnaire. Nashville, Tennessee was chosen as the 1939 meeting city with no date set.
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Lexington
Max Meyer
University of Missouri
Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology
University of Kentucky
Dr. Meyer
Nashville
Tenn
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