Two Trainmen Die in Nashville Area Wreck
Springfield Tenn March 18 AP two Evansville Indiana men H L Russell and Aaron Moss were killed and engineer Joe Crandall injured probably fatally when a Louisville and Nashville through freight derailed near Springfield. Crandall burned and unable to talk. eighteen cars derailed. engine exploded sending men flying about 100 feet.
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Louisville and Nashville
Springfield
Springfield, Tenn
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Nashville
Evansville
Ind
H. L. Russell
Aaron Moss
Joe Crandall
R. H. Dowden
Henderson Division
Crandall
Dixie Flier
Dixie
Chicago
Jacksonville
Bowling Green
Educator Promoted to Lead St Marys College Women
Nashville March 18 Daniel L Leary today looks forward to a trip to Leavenworth Kansas where he will assume duties as president of St Marys College for women late in August He becomes the second layman in the United States to hold that post principal of Father Ryan high school here for five years prior to the appointment.
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Nashville
Daniel L. Leary
Leavenworth
Kan
St. Mary's College
United States
Catholic College For Women
Father Ryan High School
Peiping Taken Over by Local Authorities Under Yen
Local Peiping authorities acting on Yen Hsi-Shan orders seized all Nanking government offices and services in Peiping. Items taken included telephone and telegraph, Peiping Han kow railway, the Vernacular North China Daily News, and Yen Hsi-Shan’s supporters occupied Kuomintang district offices. No resistance reported as troops moved quietly through busy streets.
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Peiping
China
Nanking
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Chiang Kai-Shek
South
Shansi Kuominchun
Yen
Peiping-Hankow Railway Administration
North China Daily News
Wellington Koo
Kuomintang
Public Health Service Hit By Parrot Disease Scare
Eleven U S public health service workers suffer from psittacosis or parrot fever and research on its cause and cure is paused. Patients show improvement under serum treatment using blood from other victims and virus isolation advances. Surgeon General Cumming warns disease is highly contagious and transmission remains unclear. Three doctors ill have no lab ties. dust or insects may spread germs despite fumigation. Outbreaks followed parrots imported before Christmas with several deaths reported.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Sur
Geeon
Hugh S. Cumming
Cumming
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Outlook
Tennessee expects rain this afternoon and tonight with much colder air. Virginia sees rain tonight ending by Wednesday morning, followed by colder conditions, with stronger winds mainly west and south, and a colder onshore trend into Wednesday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Weather Readings Show Yesterdays High and Low
Readings taken at 6 30 p.m. daily for the preceding 24 hours by C. L. Bunn of the U S Weather Bureau report a high of 63 and a low of 47 degrees yesterday. Rainfall was 0.31 inches.
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C. L. Bunn
Officer Charged in Wife's Poisoning Slayings Case
Major Charles A. Shepard, a surgeon at Fitzimmons Veterans Hospital, was jailed in Denver on a fugitive warrant from Topeka after authorities charged him with poisoning his wife, Mrs. Shepard, who died at Fort Riley last June. An autopsy and toxicology tests indicated foul play. A female acquaintance, reportedly in the south, is cited as having confessed to a friendship with the officer and prompted the investigation.
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Denver
Colo
Charles A. Shepard
Fitzsimmons Veterans Hospital
Topeka
Kas
Shepard
Fort Riley
United States
Richard C. Callen
Department of Justice
South
Senate studies work situation in unemployment hearing
Washington March 18 A Senate committee opened a probe into unemployment conditions with Senator Robert Wagner Democrat of New York testifying that the jobless situation has reached serious proportions The hearing aimed to learn the truth as a delegation from an unemployment conference sought to testify but the panel stuck to its prepared list of witnesses.
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Bueau
Senate
Wagner
New York
Johnson
Capone and guard moved to penitentiary for safety
In Philadelphia Capone and his bodyguard were transported to a penitentiary 30 miles away for safety and then released to avoid possible attack. They disappeared after gaining freedom. In Washington the Senate debated a proposal to exclude immoral foreign books from circulation.
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Philadelphia
Lobby probes recall Ruston probe records in Senate hearing
Senate lobby committee plans a subpoena to Blythe and Bonner to produce records of a $36,100 deposit by Claudius H Huston, Republican National Committee chairman. Huston says the funds came from Union Carbide for the Tennessee River Improvement Association and were deposited with his broker. The association backs American Cyanamid’s Muscle Shoals lease proposal.
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Union Carbide Company
Tennessee River Improvement Association
The
Improvement Association
Huston
American Cyanamid Company
Senate inquiry expands into Huston activities on Muscle Shoals
The Senate lobby committee summoned Chairman Huston of the Republican National Committee for more questioning about his Muscle Shoals ties as an investigator examined records in New York. John Holand was sent to probe the $36,100 Huston said he raised from the Tennessee River Improvement Association and deposited with his broker Flythe and Bonner for use in the association’s work. All funds were reportedly expended through Huston’s representative W. E. Moore. Senator Walsh involved.
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Walsh
Montana
New York
Blythe
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Huston
Republican National Committee
Muscle Shoals
John Holand
Metropolis
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Scarface Al Capone Rumored to Return to Chicago
Chicago reports swirl around Al Capone after his release from the Philadelphia Eastern Penitentiary. Rumors place him on the Broadway Limited with bodyguard Frank Cline, headed toward Chicago, while police pledge to treat him as any hoodlum.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Capone
Broadway Limited
Pennsylvania
Frank Cline
Doheny Breaks Down On Stand In Bribery Trial
Edward L. Doheny wept while recounting Navy officers urging him to bid on the Pearl Harbor oil storage contract. He said Rear Admiral Robison used threats about a powerful foe and referenced his son Edward L. Doheny Jr., who was killed by his secretary.
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Naval
Edward L. Doheny, Jr
Doheny
J. K. Robison
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
Pacific
Robison
Hogan
Edward L Doheny Stands Trial Defense in Bribery Charge
Edward L. Doheny continued testimony on his bid to clear charges of bribing Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, as the case moves forward.
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Navy Conference Enters Ninth Week Without Parity
London reports the five power naval conference in its ninth week with no sign of a naval treaty. France seeks higher tonnage than others accept while Italy demands parity with France. Stimson invites Dino Grandi for private talks, signaling possible extended negotiations and limited big-five meetings as Paris could delay return.
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London
Andre Tardieu
France
Paris
Ramsay MacDonald
Stimson
Dino Grandhi
Rome
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
M. Tardieu
Prohibition Agents Round Up Liquor Dives on Long Island
Federal and local officers conducted six days of undercover work in Long Island, arresting eleven for selling and possessing liquor. Key figures include H N Bell, R T Saylor, and deputies. bonds set at $1,000 each. Most arrests occurred on the island. others followed in Kingsport.
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Long Island
Little Canada
R. T. Saylor
H. N. Bell
J. H. Parrott
J. J. Thomas
R. R. Rowan
Prohibition
P. H. Davis
United States Marshal
R. J. Saylor
J. E. Upchurch
W. F. Green
Mr. Bell
Mate Light
John Blevins
al Roberts
Washington County
Johnson City
David Hancock
George Smith
Charlie Combs
Lester Johnson
James Ratcliff
Toy Barrett
Kingsport
Ferdinand Kuhn Dies in Nashville at 69
Ferdinand Emery Kuhn longtime Nashville baseball figure and 1909 Southern Association champion president died after months of illness. He was 69 and known as the father of Knights of Columbus in the South. He passed away at his home yesterday.
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F. M. Kuhn
Nashville
Ferdinand Emery Kuhn
Southern Association
Knights of Columbus
South
Chicago crime wave steady, North Side killings rise
Chicago reports another North Side killing as Eternica, newcomer from Rome, is dragged from a sedan and shot by three men. Police link Rita's body found in the river to Capone Moran turf battles and note $500 on the victim. A second North Side robbery ends with two bandits killed in a South Side delicatessen raid.
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Chicago
North Side
Eternica
America
University of Rome
John
Billiken
Rita
Bica
Rica
Capone
George
Bugs) Moran
Aiello
Moran Gang
Bennie Beannett
Rito
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Carmel Heights
Cal
Jack Stewart
Aeronautic Association
Lindbergh
Jack Barstow
U. S. Public Health Service
C. A. Shephard
Wagner Fells Committee
Ruston
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Missouri Pacific
Nickel Plate
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Western Pacific
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M. J. van Sweringen
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