Great Britain Fears Desert War In Arabia
London dispatches report mounting anxiety over a possible desert conflict in Arabia with Ibn Saud's Wahabi tribesmen said to have attacked villages in Transjordan. British forces ready near Basra and Amman, with armored cars and planes on alert as the government weighs swift action to defend Mandated territories.
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Rak
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Amman
Palestine
Kowelt
Sultanate
Nejd
Near East
Ibn Seu
Mecca
Reyidh
Weather advisory Warns of southeast storm from Maine to Cape Hatteras
Weather bureau issues storm advisory at 9:00 am. Central disturbance over northern Ohio will move eastward and intensify rapidly, with easterly gales expected this afternoon and shifting to westerly tonight. Delaware Breakwater to Eastport, Maine and area south to Cape Haterras under small craft warning.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Delaware
Eastport
Maine
Cape Hatteras
Ohio
Flappers May Get Vote in England
London reports Premier Baldwin promising a bill to grant votes to flappers in the House of Commons next Monday. The measure would enfranchise young women under thirty, placing them on the same footing as men, with a large gathering of women expected to back it.
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London
House of Commons
Baldwin
American Financier Verg Hl in France
SICH France March 9 Howell Gould American financier reportedly underwent an operation yesterday at a Riviera hospital near Nice. Hospital authorities gave no details but said he was comfortable this afternoon. Lord Dawson of Penn King George's personal physician attended.
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Howell Gould
Indey
Monthoron Hogellel
Nice
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Lord Dawson of
Penn
King George
Riviera
Collision Fatal to Munson Liner Hermes Sinks in Fog
In dense fog the Munson liner Hermes sank in the Mississippi River about 820 miles below New Orleans after colliding with the Italian steamer Modena. The Hermes crew were taken aboard the Modena, which was heavily damaged but reached New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Munson
Hermes
Mississippi River
Munson Line
Modini
H. Natsom
Hermets
Louisa Street
Munsen
Home Bombed in Chicago After Junk Dealers Union Exit
Manuel Rudman says withdrawal from four junk dealers' union prompted the attack. A large dynamite bomb exploded at his three story brick home around midnight, demolishing the entrance and throwing Joe Rudman, his wife, and five children from their beds, though no one was injured.
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Chicago
Junk Dealers
Manuel Rudman
Joe Rudman
Fox Hunt In Boston Ends With Feisty Fox Capture
A brown fox sauntered through Boston's Sankine district as police, alerted by witnesses, chased it through streets. Officers cornered Reynard under planks in a building under construction and hauled the animal to the Franklin Park Zoo, a city foxing cautionary tale.
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Hoston
Boston
Sankine
Foston
Newrear
Reynard
Franklin Park Zoo
Vily
Control of Radio Broadcasts Becomes Big Congress Issue
The House prioritizes a plan to assign radio wavelengths by state population as an amendment to extend the Federal Radio Commission. The proposal aims for equal station distribution by population, likely boosting southern stations while reducing Northern and Western allocations.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Federal Radio Commission
Commission
Davis
Tennessee
Hous D“Ivérehan
Virginia Makes Lynching a State Offense
Governor Byrd signed the anti-lynching bill into law, making lynching a state offense. Anyone participating in a lynching may be prosecuted for murder under the new statute.
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Richmond
H. F. Byrd
General Assembly
Inventor of New Fuelless Motor Seriously Sick
Lester J. Hendershot, who claims to have invented a fueless motor, was admitted to Emergency hospital in Washington. Attaches sought to keep his ailment secret though authorities would only say he was injured. His arrival followed a visit from Charles A. Lindbergh who inspected the motor in Detroit.
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Washington
Lester J. Hendershot
Hendershot
Charles A. Lindbergh
Detroit
Weather Summary for Virginia and Tennessee
Virginia fair and colder tonight and Saturday with fresh to strong southeast winds shifting to westerly by tonight and diminishing Saturday morning. Tennessee fair tonight and Saturday, colder tonight with a slow rise in extreme western areas on Saturday. Readings taken at 6 am daily show yesterday's high 65 and low not listed. rainfall 0.00 inches in the past 24 hours.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Wsesurrsse
Governor of Rome’s marriage annulled by Roman Rota
The Roman Rota tribunal annuls the marriage of Prince Ludovico Spada Potenziani, Governor of Rene. The princess is Countess Papadopoli. An appeal by the defender of the bends is entered against the annulment. The princess was absent from last season’s official duties and Donna Myriam Potenziani stood for the governor.
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Rome
Brillante
Roman Rota Hes
Ludovico Spada Potenziani
Rene
Papadopoli
Donna Myriam Potenziani
Levine Returns to Miami From Havana Flight
Charles A. Levine’s Columbia completed the Havana to Miami leg in two hours and two minutes landing at the local field. Aboard were Levine pilot Stultz and Mabel Bell “Queen of Diamonds.” Plans include a Berlin non stop flight in about two months with Ball and Stultz assisting.
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Queen of Diamonds
Wilbur Stultz
Levine
Berlin
Miami, Fla
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Havana- Miami
Havana
Cuba
New York
Miami
Florida
Stultz
Mabel Bell
The
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Clarence Chamberlin
Mabel Ball
Bert Acosta
Chamberlin
Walter Hinchcliffe
England
India
Miss Goll
South America
Death ends Wanamaker noted merchant aviation backer
Atlantic City March 9 Rodman Wanamaker head of Wanamaker Stores died at his Ventnor villa Buck Hill at 1 30 am from uraemia. His son Captain John Wanamaker and daughter Mrs Mernanda Wanamaker Mann were present with Dr David Barnes. Funeral plans in Philadelphia. Wanamaker backed Byrd’s trans Atlantic flight and offered 25000 reward for Nungesser and Coli. Stores in New York Philadelphia Paris London closed until funeral. He was 65.
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Rodman Wannamaker
New York
Philadelphia
Ventnor Vila
Buck Hill
Uriwinia
John Weuemaker
Mernanda Wanamaker Mann
David Barnes
Wanamaker
Associated Press
Pj Gadnan Wanamaker
Grover Whalen
Atantic Avenue
John Wanamaker
Mector Munn
Whalen
Paris
London
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Mr. Whaten
Redman Wanamaker
Lewis Redman Wanamaker
Richard E. Byrd
France
Nungesser and
Coli
Lewis Rodman Wanamaker
Hoover Definitely in Race in Four States
Hoover, longtime secretary of commerce, is in the race in four states for 136 delegates to the Republican national convention. His opponents fear he will reach 204 delegates after adding three more states with 73 delegates and his supporters moved to enter the May primary.
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Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Ankas City
War Time Relief and Food Administrator
Buzzard Causes Fatal Plane Crash Over Nicaragua
In Nicaragua on March 9 a buzzard is blamed for a fatal test flight crash. Co William S. Byrd of Orange County and Sergeant I A Frankfurter of Quantico died when their plane collapsed near Esteli after wing damage supposedly from a misstruck by a vulture. Both aviators jumped from 250 feet. parachutes failed to deploy. Byrd served 12 years in the Marines with aviation time at Pensacola. Frankfurter, an experienced flyer, leaves a widow and three children in Quantico. his father resides in Palenville, Green County.
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Managua
William S. Byrd
Orange. 5
I A. Frankfurter
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Ocotal
Ardatge
Burzaril
Nostrut
Lisdom
Esteli
Byrd
Marines
Pensacola
Frankforter
Swaratoga
Stinson and Haldeman Fall Short of Endurance Flight
Detroit reports Eddie Stinson and George Haldeman failed to set a new endurance record as a heavy Stinson-Detroit monoplane was forced down by a snowstorm after circling Selfridge Field since yesterday. They planned a second attempt once weather permitted.
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Detroit
Eddie Stinson
George Haldeman
Stinson
Haldeman
Ruth Elder
Atlantic
Lake St. Clair
Selfridge Field
Man Pays Daughter of Doctor Old Debt
Newport News Virginia reports a curious case of cultural debt repayment. Mrs. Carter Perkins received an $80 check from a former patient of the late Dr. Pryor Richardson, claiming he owed the doctor a $20 bill at his death decades ago and that interest accumulated. In another item, six Chesterfield County schools formed the Sand Hill Dramatic Club to promote drama and social life, with each school staging a play and all receipts kept by the presenting school.
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Newport News
Diogenes
Mra
Carter Perkins
Pryor Richardson
Richardson
Chesterfield’ County
8.C
Operators oppose late decision in Lake cargo rate case
Coal mine operators from the southern territories plan to sue in federal courts to overturn an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling on lake cargo rates. Governor Gore of West Virginia presided as railroads including Chesapeake and Ohio, Norfolk and Western, and Louisville and Nashville considered joining the appeal. Attorneys said there is ground for a likely successful challenge to the commission’s refusal of voluntary rate reductions affecting coal shipments to the Great Lakes and Northwest regions.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio River
James D. Frances
Southern
Chesapeake and &Ia
Norfolk and Western
Leviville
Nashville
J. V. Norman
Louisville
Ecommerce Commission
Gore
West Virginia
A. ©. Needies
F. M. Whitaker
Chesapeake and Ohio
Addison R. Smith
Louisville and Nashville
Esch
Senate
John 4Isch
Comision
Ohio
Fatomac
Great Lakes
Northwest
Pennsylvania
Woman Opens Massachusetts House Prayer History
In Boston AP report, Rev. Flore M Neagles, pastor of Bethany Memorial Christian Church Lynn, offers the first public prayer by a yeoman before the Massachusetts House of Representatives, marking 148 years of the General Court. Speaker John G Hell Eran Routhely announced the invite.
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Flore M. Neagles
Massachusetts House of Representatives
General Court
Commonwealth
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Harry W. Kimball
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