Americans Fire Big Guns in Nanking Raid First Since World War
British and American forces shell the Cantonese positions around the Standard Oil plant in Nanking. About 100 American sailors take part in the landing to rescue foreign nationals including the American consul. several killed or wounded. Wires cut, limited news as ships rush to the scene.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Standard Oil
Wolsey
Wu Hu
U. S
Standard Oil Plant
United States
Noa
Preston
Emerald
Nves
Nanking Sey
Washington
Williams
Navy Department
Arca
Man Gets Slayer Of His Brother In Kentucky Feud
A Kentucky feud tale ends with Lee Owney 26 captured after trailing two men accused of killing Ramey Wireman 34 at Puncheon Creek near Royaltown. Owney, held in Magoffin County Jail, was handed to authorities after being found in Breathitt County and forced to ride to Salyersville.
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Salyersville
Mare
Kentucky
Lee Owney
Magoffin County
Ramey Wireman
Wireman
Puncheon Creek
Royaltown
Owney
Proctor Wireman
Victor Wireman
Puresuit
Breathitt County
General strike in Shanghai broken amid clashes and political shift
Shanghai reports a partial strike continuation despite an official call off as mill workers tramway and rail staff and post office and customs workers stay out. Nationalists gain leverage with Pai Tsunp Hsi Pressures split moderates and communists while a separate push sees Nanking and Chinkiang captured, yielding control of the Yangtze valley with minimal bloodshed.
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Shanghai
General
Post Office
Pai Tsunp-Hsi
Political Bureau
Pai
Chapei
Foreign flotilla shells Nanking area to aid evacuees
American and British warships opened fire on Nanking outskirts after Southerners shelled foreigners, aiming to clear a hill where Consul Davis and staff sought safety. About 155 Americans and accompanying foreigners sheltered at the hill as evacuation plans moved forward.
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Shanghai
Erican
Nanking
Davis
Standard Oil Company
Noa
Preston
Emerald
John K. Davis
Socony Hill
Pillsbury
John D. Ford
Peary
Manila
Poyang
Lee Randolph to be Returned to Iowa
Nashville march 24. Governor Peay's office today honored a requisition of the governor of Iowa for the return to that state of Lee Randolph under arrest in Memphis on a charge of wife desertion.
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Nashville
Peay
Iowa
Lee Randolph
Memphis
Smith Favored by Burleson as Democratic Presidential Pick
Albert Burleson postmaster general, former Wilson cabinet member, says New York Governor Al Smith is the outstanding Democratic choice for president and would win the South, with Dan Moody a likely Texas candidate. A Dallas conference signals Smith may seek Texas support for the 1928 nomination.
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Austin
Texas
al Smith
New York
Albert _ Burleson
Whsey
O Burleson
William G. McAdoo
Dallas
Smith
Murdered Editor Henry Judd Gray Confesses in New York
Gray and Ruth Snyder admit they plotted the murder of Albert Snyder, editor of a motor boating magazine, amid charges of homicide. Gray, a Connecticut salesman, fled from Syracuse and was arrested in New Jersey. Mrs. Snyder, his accomplice, has a daughter aged nine.
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Henry Judd Gray
Ruth Snyder
Albert Snyder
New York
Digitrict
Newcombe
Queens County
Gray
Syras Tuse
Snyder
East Orange
N. J
Plead Not Guilty In Snyder Murder Case
Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Justice Callaghan in Queens on murder charges for Albert Snyder. Trial set for April 11. remanded without bail to Queens County jail.
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New York
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd ‘Gray
Supreme Court
Callaghan
Queens County
Water power commission plan faces opposition
Nashville dispatch reports strong opposition from Representatives Savage of Montgomery to Representative Gallimore of Weakley for establishing a water power commission. Savage favors adding an experienced electrical engineer to the public utilities commission instead of a governor appointed board, proposing a regulatory panel for power development.
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Nashville
Tenn
Gallimore of Weakley
Legislative Hydro-Electric Power
Savage
Montgomery
Gellimore
Public Utilities Commission
Power Developmenta
Tennessee Weather Summary Confused Report
Weather notes for Tennessee and Virginia show a mix of terms about fair and colder conditions. Frost is mentioned for tonight with light to heavy changes noted later. Temperature readings are inconsistent and reference prior dates, with scattered mentions of high and low temperatures and unclear timestamps.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Senator Robinson on China Rows and Treaty Enforcement
Little Rock Arkansas March 24 Senator Joseph T Robinson declares that enforcing present treaties in China with France Japan and Great Britain would mean war and that the State Department may know its course but has not shared it publicly He warns of disturbing situations in China and Mexico favoring arbitration and cites the anti smuggling treaty with Mexico as a policy threat to allies while noting Calles regime could fall if arms embargo ends
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
China
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
France
Japan
Great Britain
State Department
Miblic
Robertson
Mexico
Robinson
Calles
Merchant Prince Seeks to Divorce Third Wife
Henry Siegel once a department store magnate seeks a divorce from his third wife in Hackensack New Jersey. He names 24 year old former clerk Jessie Zimmerman as co respondent. The couple wed in Scranton in 1918 after his second marriage ended. Zimmerman has left for Boston and Mrs Siegel is living with a daughter in Brookline Massachusetts. Service by publication will be pursued.
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Siegel
Geneseo
N. Y
Scranton
Marie Vaughn -Siegel
Jessie Zimmerman
Rutherford
Zimmerman
Boston
Brookline
Mass
Lenoir City Man Dies in Auto on Roadside
Charlee Mauk of Lenoir City Tennessee drove to the roadside on Wednesday afternoon and died, apparently from a heart attack. Workmen found the car stationary for an hour and discovered the body, with identification limited to W W Fisher of Lenoir City. Fisher had traded bate with Mauk yesterday, and the body was taken to Bristol for the parents, Mr and Mrs Abram Mauk.
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Johnson
City
Charlee Mauk
Lenoir
Tenn
Mauk
W. W. Fisher
Lenoir City
Fisher
Bate
Cand
Abram Mauk
Bristol
Chinese Tong War Breaks Out Over Truce
Violent clashes erupt in Chinese quarters across Brooklyn Newark Chicago and other cities as a two year truce between Hip Sing and On Leong tongs expires Police guard tong headquarters and homes amid fear of a wider outbreak Fatal shootings occur including Lee Poy and Chin Look in Brooklyn and Chin Park in Chicago. casualties tallied as five dead and multiple wounded through the night
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New York
United States
Brooklyn
Chicago
Manchester
Conn
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Newark
New. York
Lee Poy
Chin Look
Poy
Look
Chin Park
Chinatown
Ion
American government sells arms to Diaz government of Nicaragua
Washington reports the United States backed Diaz regime by arming Nicaragua with 3000 Krag rifles 200 Browning machine guns and 3 000 000 rounds of ammunition in a deal worth 217 748 dollars to be paid by notes due January. The sale occurred about a month before President Coolidge's policy drew Senate opposition from Chairman Borah.
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Nicaragua
Washington
Coolidge
Nicaragaint
Safdy
Changes in Sapiro libel suit prompt adjournment bid
Detroit March 24 Schapiro’s amended libel declaration lists 141 alleged changes against Henry Ford. Defense seeks adjournment to Monday for review of eleven pages of the new filing. Judge Raymond allows a 2 pm recess to prune the declaration while Gallagher defends the case.
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Detroit
Aaron Capiro
Henry Ford
Fred M. Raymond
Sapiro
Eight Mine Fire Burned Men Near Norton Virginia
Eight men were badly burned in a mine explosion at Splash Dan several miles from Norton Virginia yesterday afternoon. The blast occurred while workers were at their shift and the cause was not learned. The condition of several men was described as possibly fatal.
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Norton
Fire destroys Norton stores and home in West Norton
A major blaze in West Norton, Norton, Va., last night caused about 317,000 in damage. The flames leveled Nash Culbertson and John Stidham’s stores and Mr Stidham’s residence adjoining the business. Origin of the fire remains unknown.
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Norton
West Norton
Nash Culbertson
John Stidham
Kidnapping Reported in Chattanooga Bed Scene
Virginia Josephine Frazier two year old daughter of Fred B. Frazier and mayor pro tem of Chattanooga was kidnapped from the family home while her parents were in Tampa Florida. The child slept beside her brother as an automobile carried her away.
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Chattanooga
Virginia
Josephine Frazier
Fred B. Frazier
Tom
Frazier
Ake
OMB
Mss Fragiér
Rashid Ae
Automobili
Tampa
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Man Trail
Chinkiang
Yangtze Valley
Peking
Port Hsiakwan
Yangtue
Consul Davis
Ruth. Snyder
Bai
Art
Water Commission
Gallimore
Yiesrtel Bunn
America
Merchant Prince
William Henry Gallagher
Ford
Gallagher
Sapira
Dearborn Independent
Chattanooga Gire
Commissioner’ of Schools
Fred B.frazier II
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