Chaos and Anarchy Rampant in Ukraine Dispatch Reports
A Dimenta dispatch says fighting rages in the Ukraine with hundreds dead in Kamenetz Podolsk as revolutionists seize several cities and garrisons. Officials recapture the town after soviet reinforcements, while unrest spreads toward Odessa Tiraspol Moghilev and other southern areas as meetings are canceled and authorities brace for civil war.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Dimenta Today
Ukraine
Kamenetz-Podolsk
Dniester
Kishineff
Mixed Commission
Dimineatu
Odessa
Tirsopol
Moghilev
Aussia
Warsaw
Volhynia
Kiev
M. Menjinsky
Ogpu
M. Chubar
Moscow
Wake Forest Professor Dies After Auto Crash Near Spindale
Dr. W. A. Johnson, anatomy professor at Wake Forest College, died in Rutherfordton hospital from injuries from a midnight crash near Spindale. He was en route from Asheville to Shelby to attend the Wake Forest Mercer football game when his car struck another vehicle. Driver Kelly Curry, a Rutherfordton negro, was arrested for reckless driving.
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Rutherfordton
W. A. Johnson
Wake Forest College
Spindale
Johnson
Wits
Bridges
Lee
Lattimore
Moore
Shelby
Megrees
Asheville
Wake Forest Mercer
Kelly Curry
Curry
Convicts Surrender After Murder Of California Guards
Convicts at Folsom Prison, Cal., released guards and surrendered after a standoff that left more than 500 officers and guards involved in the siege. Warden Smith accepted terms as inmates sought assurances on meals and safety. The incident occurred amid fears of continued violence and mass starvation tactics.
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Folsom Pew
Folsom Prison
Cal
Smith
Warden Smith
R. E. Mittlestaedt
Folsom
Chicago Gang War Presses On Amid Bombings and Robberies
Chicago police report a fresh bomb attack at the home of Peter Spingola, linked to the Genna gang. The incident follows two prior bombings targeting gambling houses, with one gangster and a policeman killed in the latest violence as rival gangs clash across the city. A Thanksgiving road house raid yielded $1,200 from 49 guests. other crime cases include the discovery of Arthur Hartz’s body and multiple shootings involving gang figures and a robbery incident.
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Chicago
Peter Spingola
Genna Brothers
Henry Spingola
Peter
Peter Genna
Spingola
Lucille Genna
Angelo Genna
Genna
Arthur G. Hartz
James Cole
Membr
Frank Washington
Harold Hess
Romania Faces Crisis After Bratianu Death amid Titulescu Illness
Bucharest reports say Premier Ionel Bratianu has died and Foreign Minister Nicholas Titulescu suffers double pneumonia, raising fears of instability. Guard levels in the capital are tripled as Carolist supporters may protest. Vintila Bratianu assumes regency until a funeral is held. The Liberal party seeks a new leader while internal rivalries threaten unity.
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Bucharest
Ruemania
Ionel Bratianu
Nicholas Titulescue
Carol
Bratinau
Romania
Paris
Magda Lupescu
Bratianau
Liberal Party
Lberal
Prezan
Liberals
Bratianu
Lib
Baldwin Is Given Vote Of Commons
London November 25 The House of Commons upholds the Baldwin government policy at the Geneva tri party conference rejecting Labour's censure 316 to 105. Commander Kenworthy proposes a maritime Locarno with Japan calling a Tokyo conference. Sir Austen Chamberlain blames inadequate preparation. Bridgeman defends the British delegation. The United States asked to join a five power talks.
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London
Baldwin
Geneva
House of Commons
Ts House
Japan
Tokyo
Kenworthy
Admiralty War Staff
Commons
Great Britain
United States
Austen Chamberlain
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
Howver
Austen
Iid
Women Buy Cotton Goods Over Silk in Chicago Survey
Chicago women favored cotton goods over silk in a census bureau industrial survey. In 1926 cotton sales reached over 104 million dollars while silk sales totaled about 40 million. Dry goods and nations accounted for 5.5 percent of Chicago's five billion dollar wholesale sales.
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Chicago
United States Census Bureau
Damages Sought by Widow in Davidson Railway Death Suit
In Lexington on November 25 widow Nannie ad Ven Saltz filed a $200,000 damage suit in Davidson County court against Winston Salem and Southbound Railway Co. for the death of her husband James Saltz, engineer, killed in a January 8 1927 derailment near Wadeboro. The complaint cites track neglect water ponding softening the fill defective locomotive and soggy ties as causes. Mrs Saltz administers the estate. the family resides in Lexington.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Nannie Ad Ven Saltz
James Saltz
Winston-Salem and Southbound Railway Company
Winston Salem and Southbound Railway Company
Widow Saltz
McCrary and DeLapp and
Raper
Dalton Rockingham Man Held for Murder After Fatal Shooting
Winston Salem November 25 Will Patterson 40 was killed in a fight at Matt Hatcher’s home near Settles Bridge Rockingham County Leon ard Dalton 21 was arrested at his home and held in Wentworth in the case Witnesses say Patterson aided a nephew in a scuffle with Dalton and was shot while over him by Dalton after subduing him with a stick.
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Winston-Salem
Will Patterson
Matt Hatcher
Settles Bridge
Rockingham County
Leonard Dalton
Midvight
Wentworth
Patterson
Dalton
Coast Guard Aids John Adams Floating Theatre in Norfolk
The coast guard cutter Carrabasset and two patrol boats were sent to assist the Johns Adams floating theatre from Philadelphia reported sinking off Thimble Shoals light. The vessel lies in the navigation path and will be beach/blocked to keep the channel clear.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Carrabasset
Johns Adams
Philadelphia
Thimble Shoals
Uzcudun Faces Risko in Madison Square Garden Ten Rounds
Paulino Uzcudun continues bid for heavyweight honors tonight at Madison Square Garden against Johnny Risko, the Cleveland puncher, in a hard hitting ten round bout.
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New York
Paulino Uzcudun
Madison Square Garden
Johnny Risko
Cleveland
Remus's Sister Testifies in Murder Trial Today
George Remus murder trial in Cincinnati features his sister Mrs. Gabriel Ryerson of Plainwell Mich as witness. She describes night of October 5 and events at the Price Hill mansion and Eden Park shooting.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Gabriel Ryerson
Plainwell
Mich
Ryerson
Remus
Price Hill
Eden Park
Sibbald
Folsom Prison Garrison Mirrors War Zone
About 500 National Guardsmen police and state officers occupied Folsom Prison California turning the confinement site into a war torn scene with heavy security and patrols.
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Folsom Prison
Cal
California
Italy Albania defensive treaty draws praise in Rome papers
Rome dispatch notes general satisfaction in Italian newspapers over the recently signed defensive treaty with Albania. The accord signals regional security aims and wide approval in official and public circles.
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Rome
Italy
Albania
Tragedy in Painesville as three men slain in shooting
In Painesville Ohio on November 25 Peter McCrory 47 Fred Cook 29 and Alex Cook 26 were killed and Arthur McCrory 19 was wounded in the arm in a shooting affray tied to domestic troubles involving the elder McCrory. Authorities report the incident stemmed from family discord.
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Painesville
Ohio
Peter McCrory
Fred Cook
Alex Cook
Arthur McCrory
McCrory
Richmond Man Surrenders After Killing His Wife
In Richmond Virginia on November 26 Bickers M Bibb aged 62 confessed to killing his wife. He beat her with a heavy ornamental clock and choked her until death after forcing entry when locked out. Bibb surrendered fifteen minutes after his statement to patrolman J T Riddell.
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Richmond
Bickers
M. Bibb
Beighbor
J. T. Riddell
Bibb
A. 5. Wright
Captain Wright
First Claim Develops For The $5,000 Reward Texas Bankers Offered
Police report three men loitering near chief of detectives William E. O'Connor home with a bundle of clothing concealing three pistols. One man, William Clifford, 33, previously jailed after a bombing, taunts police. In Texas Odessa a bank robber died in a duel as bankers' war on bandits offered dead bandits rewards of five thousand dollars.
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Texas
Chicago
William KE
O’connor
O'Connor
William Clifford
Odessa
Tex
Texas Bankers’ Association
Citizens’ National Bank
Reeder Webb
Craig County
Tom Jones
Webb
Bankers’ Association
Southwest Police
Cuba's naval seaplane departs for Havana via Miami
A Cuban naval seaplane, arriving in Daytona Beach from New York on November 23, took off toward Havana after a stop in Miami at 12 39 p m, heading on the return leg of its course to Cuba.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Cuba
New York
Havana
Miami
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