End of Strike Seen by Gastonia Officials
Gastonia officials report a violent labor protest ended with 29 strikers and teens jailed after a parade riot. National and local authorities dispersed the mob at the business district as Governor Gardener ordered investigations and arrests to crack down on the Native Workers Union rioting.
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Gastonts
N.C
Labor Demonnvasion
Amy
Vera Bush
Patheyt
Amd
Als
Mistriet
John G. Carpenter
Sturttal
Native Workers Union
O. Max Gardener
Deputi Vernal
Seletor Carpent
T ‘House
Mics
Opera Singer Hurt in Fall During Cavalleria Rusticana
In Vienna on April 22 AP reports the Met Opera prima donna sustained painful injuries after slipping on stage stairs during Cavalleria Rusticana. She continued singing despite the blood and later received medical care and rest to resume after intermission.
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Vienna
Metropolitan Opera
Chmagny
Cavalleria Rusti
von Hinuedl
Failure Reparations Talks End Without Accord
Seven nations announced they failed to reach an agreement on Germany’s reparations with a special committee to draft a report. The door remains open for further negotiations as delegations work to find a possible final settlement.
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Germany
Naional
Ath
Uiahimols Mterleton
Weather Outlook for Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee fair with some warmer trends in west and central portions tonight. Wednesday brings increasing cloudiness and further warming. Virginia shows fair skies with frost tonight and a warmer, fair Wednesday with light to variable winds.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Baptist Paper to Attack Sunday Baseball in L A
The Arkansas Baptist publication of the Arkansas Association of Baptist churches announces this week’s issue will editorially attack Sunday baseball. Lead editor Rev Ben M Bogard says Golden Blount of Searcy has agreed to challenge the law legalizing Sunday baseball in Pulaski County in court, arguing it is an unconstitutional local measure under the seventeenth amendment.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ben M. Bogard
The
Baptist and Commoner
Arkansas Association of Baptist Churches
Pulaski
Bogard
Golden Blount
Searcy, Ark
Husband, Denied Child, Personal Crisis Report
In CNICAGO on April 22 AP reports John Wildman and his estranged wife Bessie kneel beside the bier of a mutual friend. Wildman realizes his wife is at his side with their boy Robero. She rises and leaves. later a man’s body is found in an alley with Wildman’s birth certificate held and a note reading This 's all I have.
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Cnicago
John Wildman
Bessie
Wildman
Harry Robert
Young Tilgham loses bid to avenge father’s killer
Davenport Oklahoma April 25 Young Bill Tilgham who escaped the Tennessee prison a month ago to avenge his father Bill Tilgham famed frontier peace officer was returning to prison after his plan to confront Wylie Lynn failed by about fifteen minutes Lynn formerly a federal prohibition officer killed Tilgham’s father at Cromwell Oklahoma five years earlier Tilgham was arrested by Police Chief Marvin Roberts awaiting on a bus for Lynn who arrived on the same bus with two guns Tilgham had been jailed in Tennessee for attempted bank robbery prior to his escape Lynn was tried for the slaying but acquitted on self defense and later jailed briefly for contempt of court
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Davenport
Okla
Bill’ Tilgram
Tennessee Penitentiary
Bill Tilgham
Secant
Young Tilgham
Marvin Roberts
Wylie Lynn
Cromwell
Lynn
F. 3 B. Wilson
Tennessee
Memphis
Tilgham
Dodge City
Kan
United States
Oklahoma Territory
Germans Hope Reparation Talks Reopen Despite Setbacks
In Paris on April 2 AP reports reparations experts failed to reach a solution and began drafting a report on the failure of the reparations commission. The plenary session opened after delays caused by Dr Hjalmar Schacht’s return from Berlin amid talk of new negotiations, but a communique gave no sign talks would resume. The Germans remained hopeful for a renewal of discussions on payments, while the French and Belgians stayed impassive.
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Berlin
Alles
Ling
Exhume Ordered in Warden Slaying Probe
In Pine Bluff Arkansas county officials moved to exhume the body of Warden George W. Goelzer at the Tucker prison farm to verify reports he was beaten before death. Emily Taylor, a trusted employee, is jailed without bond on murder charges after initially confessing to self defense then accusing another warden Earl Wright. Sheriff Brewster, Prosecuting Attorney Ross and Coroner Rowel traveled to Tucker to supervise the exhumation.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
George W. Goelzar
Tucker
Goelaer
Goelger
Emily Taylor
Taylor
Goelzer
Earl Wright
Brewster
Ross
Rowell
American proposals may bring about arms accord
Geneva echoes tentative steps toward a disarmament framework as American proposals discussed by Ambassador Hugh Gibson gain attention. Delegates study vessel by vessel adjustments, tonnage transfers, and age and gun caliber factors to harmonize power between England France Italy and the United States.
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Preparatory Commission
League of Nations
World Court
Washington
England
America
West
Philippines
Guam
Panama Canal
France
Italy
French press praises Gibson disarmament proposals in Geneva
Paris reports the French press largely lauds American disarmament proposals presented at Geneva yesterday. The comments emphasize hope for progress and a hopeful path toward easing tensions, with emphasis on U S leadership and allied support.
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Paris
Geneva
Gibson disarmament proposals welcomed by Britain
London reports that disarmament plans advanced by Ambassador Hugh L. Gibson will receive immediate attention from top British officials. The cabinet is expected to review the proposals at Wednesday’s Downing Street session with no dissent heard in the British press.
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London
Geneva
Hugh L. Gibson
Belgium
Downing Street
Gibson
Belgian Gas and Germ Proposals Adopted by League
In Geneva on April 23, the League of Nations preparatory commission adopted Belgian proposals to ban poison gas and bacteriological warfare under reciprocal conditions. The commission also supported a Soviet draft urging ratification of the 1925 Geneva protocol, which also prohibits gas and bacteria in war. Public access was restricted amid secrecy concerns and litvinoff attended as Soviet vice foreign minister. Several delegates protested press exclusion from discussions.
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Geneva
Preparatory Commission On Disarmament
League of Nations
Maxim Litvinoff
Loudon
Rockefeller Junior Stranded as Car Breaks Down in Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller Jr. was stranded when his car broke down in Tarrytown. Scores of passing motorists failed to recognize him and he needed a ride to a garage.
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Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Kingsport Faces Six Day Local Phone Outage
Kingsport will be without local telephone service for about six more days as Inter Mountain Telephone crews work to restore lines. A temporary Chicago switchboard arrives tomorrow and will take four days to install, restoring long distance today. The manager, RK M Johnson, says a permanent board will likely replace the temporary unit soon.
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Kingsport
RK. M. Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
Fire destroys $500000 worth of gasoline and goods in derailment
In St Louis suburb South Ikwood an inbound Frisco freight train derailed early today triggering a spectacular fire and a series of explosions. Gasoline oil and merchandise estimated at 500000 were destroyed. There were no fatalities. Train service on the Mid mainline was halted and not expected to resume until later today.
Leggers Charge Officers Bribed in Alabama Trial
Testimony in federal court in Birmingham alleges bootleggers paid protection money to 16 officials including Sheriff Curtis J Falkner of Shelby County and four deputies and four former deputies. Amounts ranged from 25 to 37.50 per week.
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Birmingham
Ala
Curtis J. Falkner
Shelby County
Cameron Presbyterians Seek Fund to Retain Ousted Pastor
In Cameron Texas on April 23 AP reports that members of Cameron Presbyterian Church plan a fund drive to keep Rev H D Ken ley as head of an independent church after he was ousted on heresy charges by the Central Texas Presbytery. The Women’s Auxiliary and several members withdrew pledges from the 1928 budget.
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Cameron
Texas
Cameron Presbyterian Church
H. D. Kenley
Central Texas Presbyterian
Spanish Fliers May Settle Old Border Dispute
In Lima April 23 Spanish fliers Captain Ignacio Jimenez and Francesco Iglesias left Arica for Lima. They carried documents in the Tacna Arica dispute between Chile and Peru. Dispatches from Santiago said the entrusted letter from President Ibanez to Chilean ambassador Emilio Figueroa-Larrain grants power to sign a treaty to settle Tacna-Arica.
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Lima
Peru
Ignacio Jimenez
Francesco Iglesias
Arica
Chile
Santiago
Ibanez
Emilio Figuieroa-Larrian
Tacna-Area
Despondent Man Stabs Wife Daughter Then Dies
Chicago report details William Shannon a 65 year old jobless man who stabbed his wife seriously wounded his daughter Harriet 18 and killed himself with the same blade. The wife lay unconscious likely to die and Harriet fled the home bleeding from knife wounds.
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Chicago
William Shannon
Harriet
Auto and Boat Trade Lands Man in Jail
El mer E. Young of Memphis Tenn is jailed in Newport Ky on a false pretenses charge. He allegedly traded Robert Swatzer a houseboat and motor boat for an automobile that did not belong to Young and later disposed of the boats to a Cincinnati man before they were returned. Young claimed to be the son of J. J. Young Owensboro race horse owner. His wife was questioned as officers pursue how Young obtained the vehicle. The case may go to the U S Department of Justice.
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Newport
Elmer E. Young
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Swatzer
Young
Cincinnati
F J. J. Young
Owensboro
Loyal Workers Organize at Bemberg and Glanzstoff
In Elizabethton Tennessee officials report a growing non union group named the Loyal Workers of Bemberg reaching about 1500 members with some signed to the Loyal Workers of Glanzstoff. Union non recognition continues as leaders seek AFL support for strikers.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Rhea
Loyal Workers of
Bemberg
Loyal Workers of Glanzstoff
Chemical Department
Bewberg
F. &. Stubbs
Stubbs
American Federation of Labor
Flood Floods Bury 14 000 Acres in Arkansas Farm Belt
Snow Lake Arkansas reports over 5 000 homeless as waters from the Mississippi levee breach flood Phillips and Desha counties. More than 14 000 acres of farmland inundated with no loss of life and livestock saved. White River floodwaters penetrate Snow Lake area. Laconia circle section nearly submerged.
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Snow Lake
Ark
Phillips
Desha
Laconia Circle
Mississippi River
Knowlton’s Landing
White River
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Los Angeles
Mrs. Ehrlich
Britain
L. D
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Oscar H. Riddle
Carnegie Institution
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American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Glanzstaff
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Bemberg Raven
Iloyal Workers
S. C. Rae
Bemberg Chemical Department
American Glanstoff Company
McMahon
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
J. M. Moreland
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Fort Lauderdale
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