Federal and Rebel Lines Narrow in Chihuahua Clash Looms
Federal and rebel forces are 17 miles apart in Chihuahua as both sides prepare for a major clash. The government presses two-column pursuit into central and western Mexico while rebels claim plans to advance toward Mexico City. Reports also note rebel defections, air raids, and federal reinforcements nearing Mazatlan.
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Associated Press
Chihuahua
Mexico
Mexico City
Calles
el Paso
Carles
Federan
Cug
Jimenez
Mazatlan
Culiacanrom
Treurmejilla
Sonora
Mesquite
Weather to turn warmer with showers in Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee expects cloudy skies with occasional showers tonight and Saturday with somewhat warmer temperatures especially in the east portion Saturday. Virginia will see increasing clouds and warmer tonight followed by Saturday showers, possibly in the west late tonight. Readings show yesterday's highs around 67, with prior day values and rainfall at 6 p.m. for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
West Portion
C. L. Bunn
Taxing Laws Move Toward Senate Approval in Tennessee
Nashville March 20 committees from both houses have agreed on cigarette and malt tax bills. The cigarette tax would be one tenth of a cent per cigarette and malt tax five cents per pound. The Senate trimmed the general appropriation bill after large cuts to salaries and operating expenses of state employes. A recall motion for the Tennessee Tech appropriation failed. Johnson City corporate limits bill passed. Jackson auditorium bill also cleared. Most Senate time was spent on local bills.
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Nashville
Tenn
General Assembly
Tennessee
Senate
Hall
Tennessee Tech
House
Ons Vate
Johnson City
Barry
Jackson
Priest Shot in Chicago Churchyard by Group
In Chicago on March 29 Father C. A. Erkenswick of the Church of the Holy Ghost was shot three times in the head and twice in the back by one of several men who asked for the chief priest to deliver a letter. A suspect was captured after police surrounded a nearby house. The priest remained gravely wounded.
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Chicago
C. A. Erkenswick
Church of the Holy Ghost
Walter Erkenswick
Hint
Legislative probe threatened in dry raid killing case
AURORA ILL March 29 inquiry into the killing of Lillian Deking by a county comes as Representative Thomas J O Grady of Chicago says he will introduce a resolution for a complete investigation after authorities refused to start one Fairchild has not been seen since the raid in which Mrs Deking was fatally shot her husband Joseph clubbed and one of the raiders shot by her 12 year old son Gerald Carleton Shultz assistant states attorney said he did not know where the investigator was He denied the charge that Fairchild was sent away because he could not identify the body Deking's attorneys contend the search warrant sworn on Fairchilds testimony was illegal Roy Smith the deputy sheriff who shot Mrs Deking and was shot by her son Gerald is in serious condition in an Elgin hospital The inquest into Mrs Deking death is set for next Thursday Oscar E Carlstrom attorney general said he would send a representative to determine what prosecution if any is warranted
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Aurora
Lillian Deking
Thomas J. O’grady
Chicago
State Assembly
Fairchild
Deking
Hollywood Day unfolds in Los Angeles courts
In Los Angeles on March 29, Hollywood figures appeared in four cases. Director William Nigh settled a 20 000 suit for 5 000 with Leonard Benedict who accused him of impersonating an officer. Actress Rita Carewe testified burglaries by Ralph Campbell, held on a 30 000 bond. Actress Erna Dunn sued for 51540 over a hair perm dispute. Sally Phipps named an attorney guardian to oversee her 8500 annual income after a dispute with her stepfather.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
William Nigh
Leonard Benedict
Benedict
Jean Jarvis
Rita Carewe
Rita Darnell
Movie Colony
Ralphy
Campbell
Erna Dunn
Ben Verschlesser
Sally Phipps
Roger Marchetti
Telephone System Buys RCA Wireless System
The International Telephone and Telegraph Corpora tion agreed to acquire RCA Communications Inc the RCA wireless arm for about 100 million dollars. The deal signed near Paris by Owen D Young David Sarnoff and Thomas W Lamont makes ITT the world’s largest international communications system with telephone telegraph cable and wireless reach.
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New York
New York Herald-Tribune
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
R. C. A. Communications, Inc
Radio Corporation of America
Herald- Tribune
Paris
Owen D. Young
David Sarnoff
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgen and Co
Forl.t. & T
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Spring Weather Clears Ice Gorge on Missouri River
BISMARk, N D March 29 Federal meteorologist O W Roberts says spring temperatures melted an immense ice jam along a 20 mile stretch of the Missouri River causing extensive flood damage and washed away mid surface soil while large rock and sediment deposits ruin farmland and shift river channels creating isolated farm plots and land losses. Federals capture Mesquite rebel post.
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Bismark
N. D
Missouri River
Here
Huff
O. W. Roberts
Adverse Trade Conditions Due To Bad March Weather
March weather slowed farm work and dampened trade in the Sixth District. Retail and wholesale activity declined from January and February last year, with modest gains in consumption in February. Cotton cloth production rose from a year earlier while Alabama pig iron output and coal production also increased. Bank loans rose between February 18 and March 18 though investments fell, cash reserves reached a near year peak, and building permits across 20 cities dipped modestly, averaging 13 percent below February 1928.
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Atlanta
Sixth District
Federal Reserve Bank
Alabama
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Utilities Probe Will End May 1
Washington March 89 Edgar A McCulloch, chairman of the federal trade commission, said the investigation of the publicity activities of public power utilities would conclude about May 1. Afterwards the National Electric Association would be given an opportunity to reply to testimony and evidence. Commission counsel Robert E Healy said a few more witnesses and documents remained. Hearings began in March 1928.
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Washington
Edgar A. McCulloch
Federal Trade Commission
National Electric Association
Robert E. Healy
Commission
Stabber Gets Life Sentence in Corvallis Slaying
In Corvallis Oregon on March 29 Lanza Bryant twenty of Corvallis was found guilty of first degree murder for the stabbing death of Oregon State College grid star and assistant coach Lewis Dickerson. The jury recommended life imprisonment after the verdict rendered last night. Bryant stabbed Dickerson December seventeenth when he accosted the athlete and Mae Trexell Bryant's alleged fiancée. The coach died four days later.
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Corvallis
Ore
Lanza Bryant
Lewis Hip
Dickerson
Oregon State College
Bryant
Grid
Mae Trexell
Carrier Service Improvement Notice
The circulation manager asks readers to report missed papers by calling 140 to help reduce kicks and misses and improve carrier service.
Martin Jensen Holds Endurance Flight Record
Roosevelt Field New York March 29 Martin Jensen claims an unofficial solo endurance flight record of 35 hours 33 minutes 21 seconds. He landed at 5 84 55 p m yesterday after 8 minutes 22 seconds longer than the late Royal V Y Thomas. Officials note the National Aeronautical Association does not list solo records. He began with one gallon of high test automobile gasoline left in tanks to show auto gas can substitute for refined airplane fuel. He flew a Bellanca monoplane powered by a 206 horsepower Wright Whirlwind engine.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Martin Jensen
Royal VY. Thomas
National Aeronautical Association
Jensen
Bellanca
Even Flowers Cause Marital Rift Takes Court Stage
In a Chicago divorce hearing Judge Sabath heard Mrs. Martin describe a daisy petal ritual that allegedly drove her to separation. She claimed her husband Walter Martin exhibited a petal plucking fixation and refused alimony, while daisies were out of season. The proceedings also noted Henry L. Stin’s oath as secretary of state and Baton Rouge reports alleging bribery by Standard Oil.
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Martin
Washington
Henry L. Stini
I State
Baton Rouge
Long
Standard Oil Company
Governor Long accuses Standard Oil of instigating trouble
Baton Rouge March 29 AP Governor Huey P Long blasted Standard Oil as behind murder allegations and official misdemeanors He said the company spent ten thousand dollars opposing his oil tax in Baton Rouge and charged media with lies He claimed the firm has stormed the state house and bought or overpowered allies in a long campaign against him and his policies
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Baton Rouge
Standard Oil Company
Huey P. Long
Nattine
State House of Representatives
Supreme Grand Jury
Long
Wei
Asi Standard Oil Publications
State House
Farm Relief Plan Forms Core of Hoover Era Aid
The House Agriculture Committee begins shaping a farm aid bill based on Hoover campaign ideas. A farm board price stabilization agencies and a revolving fund appear as core elements. Hearings will continue with emphasis on how the farm board should operate.
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Washington
Hoover
House Agriculture Committee
Farm Board
Work to Start Next Monday on Glanzstoff Unit
Elizabethton March 29 Work on the second seven million dollar unit of the American Glanzstoff plant is set to begin Monday. Dr Mothwurf president said grading and excavation have been let to B G Young of Johnson City. The unit mirrors the first and will be completed in about a year, boosting local construction activity.
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Elizabethton
American Glanzstoff Corporation
Mothwurf
B. G. Young
Johnson City
G. Young
Cretion
Glanzstoff
Bemberg
Congressman Indicted Over Six Month Old Booze Count
Jacksonville Florida March 20 A warrant for the arrest of Representative M Alfred Michaelson of the Seventh Millingis district charging violation of the national prohibition law has been in federal hands since October Indicted by a federal grand jury for attempting to smuggle liquor into Florida from Cuba One trunk seized after a bottle of liquor inside it broke Federal officers confiscated the trunk for investigation and the indictment followed Details were not released Williams said the indictment had been returned His office would be closed for Good Friday holiday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
M. Alfred Michaelson
Mlingis
E.R. Williams
Federal District Court
Michaelson
Florida
Cuba
Willams
Williams
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