Mexican Revolution report shows Calles forces advance
Action against dry Raiders looms as General Calles’s main army advances northward toward Escalon. Rebels retreat from Mazatlan and siege of Mazatlan ends as federal troops push toward Culiacan from Durangwa. American airman Duez Morrison released at Nogales. rebels plan a counter air unit. Quiet along the border though rebels move within miles of Naco.
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Mazatlan
Culiacan
Durangwa
Sinaloa
Calles
Chihuahua
Naca
Duez" Morrison
Nogales
Ariz
Naco
Sonora
Weather Rain and Colder in Tennessee and Virginia
Rain tonight and Thursday in Tennessee with cooler temperatures especially in the west. In Virginia mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with likely showers and a slight warm spell tonight. Readings note yesterday and a year ago, taken from p.m. observations by C. L. Bunn, U.S. Weather Bureau.
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Tennessee
West
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
U. 8
Kingsport Kiwanis Give Away Jersey Bull
Reth's Noble Tiddledywink, a thoroughbred registered Jersey bull, was presented to C. P. Calhoun near Gate City at 3 30 this afternoon as a gift from Kingsport merchants. The Band Stand event drew several thousand, with farmers and livestock raisers in attendance to promote improved regional cattle stock. The Kingsport Kiwanis Club sponsored the gift to support the local stock raising industry, following a similar earlier giveaway of Rotherwood Oxford Beau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reth
C. P. Calehoun
Gate City
Kingsport
Kiwanis Club
Rotherwood Oxford Beau
Former legislator of Tenn convicted mail order frauds
Jackson Tenn March 27 Bog lovers from many states testified in federal court that M. H. Goldston a Paris Tennessee lawyer and former county judge and legislator defrauded them by mail order purchases of pediiweed dogs. Thirteen witnesses from Iowa Pennsylvania Ohio and elsewhere described misrepresentation in circulars and dogs never delivered. Goldston was found guilty of using the mails to defraud and sentenced to four years in the Atlanta penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenn
Jackson
Tens
Mareh
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Ohio
M. H. Goldston
Paris
Tennessee
All Goldston
Atlanta
Bomb blasts cause heavy damage in Chicago
Chicago officials report two bomb explosions causing about $20,000 in damage and injuries. A North Side grocery owned by Dominic Desalvo was hit first, shattering windows and rattling nearby areas from the Gold Coast to the Loop. A second blast hit the Dorle Social and Athletic club, wrecking its doorway and breaking surrounding windows with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gold Coast
Loop
Dominic Desalvo
Farm relief rift grows between Hoover and Congress
President Hoover faces a widening split with congressional farm relief leaders as they draft measures for the upcoming special session. Some leaders demand the president drive the plan, while Hoover insists Congress should write legislation under the Kansas City platform guidance. The dispute centers on principles beyond the equalization fee and the scope of the relief program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. West
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Congress
House
Kansas City
Foreign Legion of Yank Fliers Join Mex Rebels
Juarez Chihuahua March 27 The Yankee Doodle Bird men an air squadron of American pilots has joined the rebel army Captain R H Polk American aviator at Jimenez named flight commander to lead at least three more U S pilots in air combat against federal forces The rebels base at Jimenez faced federal bombing with four killed and 27 injured and Torreon air raids caused casualties The rebels claim two bombing planes and several others suitable for conversion into fighting or bombing ships
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Juarez
Chihuahua
R. H. Polk
Jimenez
Foreign Air Legion
United States
Jose Gonzalo Escobar
Torreon
Endurance Flight to Prove Auto Gas Safe for Planes
Martin Jensen started a 6 hour endurance flight in Roosevelt Field New York to test gasoline as airplane fuel. The effort follows the 85 hour solo record by Lieut. Royal B. Thomas and uses a 450 gallon fuel load. In Washington public health officials report meningitis cases rising but remain unalarmed. In New York John D Rockefeller Jr returns from Europe and comments on Stewarts removal underscoring ethical standards.
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Roosevelt, Field
WN. Y
Martin Jensen
Royal B. Thomas
Jensen
Washington
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Europe
Stewart
Spanish Flyers Fail To Set Long-Distance Record
In Bahia Brazil on March 27 Spanish aviators Captains Jinkenez and Iglesias failed to set a world long-distance record when fuel ran short. After sighting the Brazilian coast they planned to reach Rio Janeiro but landed at Camassary near Bahia. Captain Iglesias praised the Planet Jesus Del Gran Poder for withstanding head winds during the flight.
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Bahia
Brazil
Jinkenez
Iglesias
Seville
Spain
Rio Janeiro
Camassary
Jesus del Gran Poder
Negroes Held in Ark State Pen for Safe Keeping
LITTLE ROCKArkansas March 27 Two negroes Ben Ever and Clarence Garrick held for slaying Perry Miller city marshal at DeWitt were in the state penitentiary for safekeeping today brought by national guardsmen under orders of Governor Parnell The removal followed a court request after a conference with the sheriff Though no violence appeared likely a rumor of a storming reached authorities and a special La DeWitt circuit court was expected to be called to try the wounded suspects Gartick was shot in the battle while Ever escaped and was wounded by a Miller brother two days after the slaying. firewrecking liner Europa and Lopez filles Houston items noted in Hamburg and Mexico City segments.
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Little Rock
Ark
Perry Miller
DeWitt
State Penitentiary
Parnell
Ben Ever
Clarence Garrick
W. J. Waggoner
Lonoke
Sherif C. C. McCallister
Arkansas County
Gartick
Marshal Miller
Ever
Miller
Love for Dead Husband Brings Death to Widow
In Chicago on March 27, 72 year old widow Emily Kiely tended her husband’s grave at the Lutheran cemetery in Niles Center. She died after visiting the grave when footprints led to a pool and her body was found in the water. Her niece, Mrs. Fred Lumpp, alerted authorities upon missing her aunt. The report notes Kiely’s habit of keeping fresh flowers on the grave despite frail health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Emily Kiely
Niles Center
Kiely
Fred Lumpp
Retreat of CHEFCO forces after defeat near Chane army
Chinese Nationalist troops retreat following a defeat by Marshal Chane's forces. A Japanese freighter rescues crew of the Italian destroyer Muggia after it sank in a storm near Tokyo.
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Chefco
China
Marshal Chane
Tokyoq
Chinese Rebels Capture Chefoo No Opposition
Chinese rebels under Marshal Chang Tsung-Chang entered Chefoo Shantung at 8 a m and seized control largely without resistance after 7 000 nationalist troops defected Trailing fighting had driven the nationalists eastward toward Ninghaichow as looting fears rose and a peace transfer was being arranged by the local chamber of commerce Soldiers and civilians avoided crowds as shops closed and residents stayed indoors
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Chefoo
Shantung
Chang Tsung-Chang
Cornflower
Trenton
Chang
Shantung Province
Liu Chen-Nien
Ninghaichow
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Soldiers May Eat Reindeer Meat If Beef Prices Soar
Washington March 27 Reindeer meat from Alaska is being studied by Quartermaster General Cheatham as an alternate army staple. He notes that canned or frozen reindeer can be delivered cheaper than beef and is examining a proposal to add it to commissary stocks. Gerald De King testifies in the liquor raid trial, recounting his mother’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alaska
Cheatham
Commissaries
Cardinal Aurelis Galli Dies at 63 in Rome
Rome reports the death of Cardinal Aurelis Galli at age 63 easing the Sacred College to 60 members. Cardinal Lucidi, created with Galli in 1928, lies gravely ill with bronchial pneumonia at 62. Italians now number 27 of the college, foreigners 33.
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Rome
Cardinal Aurelis Galli
Sacred College
Cardinal Lucidi
Cardinal Galli
Husband of Slain Woman Demands Raid Accountability
In Aurora March 27 Joseph Deking through counsel called on State's Attorney Carbury to prosecute Kane County raids over the shooting death of his wife at their home Monday night. Attorney Milroy warned he may seek a special grand jury if authorities do not act, contending the raid legality hinges on proper warrants and questioning whether deputies displayed any warrant during the two raids. Roy Smith, a deputy, shot Mrs Deking as she rushed to aid her husband who was felled by a blow.
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Aurora
Joseph Deking
Robert A. Milroy
Carbary
Kane County
Carbury
Deking
Dekine
Sherif
John Doe
J. Weber
Milroy
Smith
Boy borrows trolley car after waiting for Owl car
St Louis March 27 Stuart Overlin a 20 year old Kentucky born meat cutter recently arrived in the city decided to take a street car home He boarded a deserted car at the public service barns, rode about two miles, and was intercepted when four patrolmen pulled the trolley wire to stop him Overlin said he had a few bottles of home brew and that he tired of waiting for an Owl car He was jailed on a tentative charge of taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Stuart Overlin
Kentucky
Public Service Company
Overlin
UT Prexy's Son Suspended for Attempted Cheating
The Commercial Appeal reports UT Knoxville freshman H A Morgan Jr son of the university president and two others were suspended for alleged attempts to obtain exam questions. An instructor said they were found at 3 30 am ransacking the medical college office to copy questions for that day. They reportedly lowered themselves from a third floor window with a rope and hid under furniture before barricading another room. The executive committee barred readmission until fall 1930.
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Memphis
H. A. Morgan, Jr
University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee Medical College
Young Morgan
J. H. Lesher
Knoxville
A. A. Taylor
Jackson
Tennessee
O. W. Hyman
College of Medicine
Hyman
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Celiacan
Harriman
Genteal Press
Emory
C.P. Calhoun
Jersey
Dawes
Budger
Dominican Republic
Desalvo
Dorle Social and Athletic Club
Foreign Legion of Yank
O.K
Hamburg
Europa
Mexico City
Houston
Auro
Gerald de King
Jury
U. T
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