Abortive British Tactics in India Prompt Arrests
Bombay dispatch reports Mahatma Gandhi's civil resistance facing a setback with Abbas Tyabji and followers arrested as they prepared to raid the Dharssana salt works from Navsari. Mrs Sironji Naidu assumes leadership as troops tighten control of Navsari Poona Sholapur.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Abbas Tyabji
Navsari
Dharssana
Tanbji
Siron
Naidu
Taabji
Tyabji
Namletgars Kach Eri
Navsavi
Sholapur
Poona
Royal Ulster Rifles
Gujerat
Haji of
Turangeai
Peshawar
Haji
Hin
Smabhadar
Mardan
Shiroda
Shivoda
Maharastra Satyagraha Civil Disobedience Committee
Rubio Expresses Sorrow For Mexican Disaster
President Ortiz Rubio voiced profound sorrow for a national disaster that claimed two brave Mexican servicemen, Colonel Pablo Sidar and Lieutenant Carlos Rovietta, after a failed attempt to fly to South America. A Carthage Eucharistic congress drew about 400000 attendees.
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Rubio
Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Pablo Sidar
South America
Carlos Rovie- Tosa
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee sees generally fair conditions with a possible local thundershower Tuesday afternoon in the extreme southwest. Temperature remains about the same. Virginia largely cloudy and warmer tonight and Tuesday with moderate winds. Readings note yesterday's high near 72 and no rainfall reported. data taken at 6:30 p.m. by C. L. Bunn U.S. Weather Office.
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Tennessee
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
U.S. W
Roberts Nomination To Supreme Court Faces Senate Review
Little opposition noted as Owen J. Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court is discussed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Chairman Norris plans a subcommittee review to report before next week. Support remains despite past anti prohibition remarks tied to Roberts’ 1923 speech and calls for integrity.
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme
Bciet
Senate Judiciary Committee
Norris
Senate
Tikély
Roberts
Charles Evans Hughes
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Fy Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Reed
Pennsylvania
19 Year Old Pilot Sets New Record
New York May 12 AP Frank Goldsborough aged 19 holds the unofficial junior trans continental flight record after flying from Los Angeles to New York in 28 hours 18 minutes of actual flying time. He stopped at Paso Texas Tulsa Okla and Columbus Ohio en route facing a storm between Paso and Tulsa. The record was previously held by classmate Dick James of Flushing high school.
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New York
Frank Goldsborough
Los Angeles
Iate Brice Goldsborough
Frances Grayson
New York City
di Paso
Texas
Tulsa
Okla
Columbus
FF Paso
Dick James
Flushing High School
Mexican airmen die in Costa Rica long distance flight attempt
Two Mexican aviators Colonel Pablo Sidar and Captain Carlos Rovirosa perished when their American made monoplane Morelos crashed into the Atlantic near Porto Limon Costa Rica during a bid to set a world long distance record. They left Cerro Loco near Oaxaca at 6 21 a m with 1030 gallons of fuel and had traveled about 1000 miles before the disaster while weather hindered the voyage.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Porto Limon
Pablo Sidar
Carlos Rovirosa
Pacific
Chile
Cerro Loco
Crazy Hill
San Geronimo
Oaxaca
Mexico
Sidar
Morelos
Atlantic
Forte Limon
Census figures show city population increases in 1930 data
The 1930 census lists Rome Georgia at 21,835 a rise of 8,583 or 64.7 percent Columbus Georgia 42,871 up 11,746 or 37.7 percent Greensboro North Carolina 53,422 up 33,051 or 168.9 percent Meridian Mississippi 32,527 up 9,128 or 39 percent Houston Texas 290,811 up 152,535 or 110 percent Joplin Missouri 31,250 up 1,348 or 4.5 percent Berkeley California 81,543 up 25,507 or 45.51 percent McAlester Oklahoma 11,805 up 1,175 or 11 percent.
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Columbus
Greensboro
N. C
Meridian
Mins
Houston
Texas
Joplin
Berkley
Calif
McAlester
Olela
Naval Treaty Explained by Secretary at Senate Hearings
Secretary Stimson and Navy Secretary Adams testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the London conference arms pact. Rear Admiral Pratt joined to explain technical details as Sen Johnson pressed for full clarification. Hearings aimed for open session within a week to ten days with a Senate vote expected after two weeks of debate. Chairman Hale planned questions on possible changes to naval construction policy linked to the treaty.
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Washington
Simson
America
Senate Foreign. Relations Committee
Johnson
California
Stimson
Arams
Navy Department
Adams
Hale
Naval Committee
Census participation urged by The Kingsport Times
The Kingsport Times urges residents to fill and mail a census form to Dr. H. S. Smythe in Bristol or visit the Times office to complete a blank. The notice stresses every person must be counted and warns the opportunity is very short. It includes a partially legible sample form with questions on residence, name, relation, race, age, education, birthplace, language, naturalization, occupation, employment, work yesterday, veteran status, and war service.
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The
Kingsport
Herry
United States
Multary
Prohi Questions and Church Debate At Dallas Meeting
Delegates at the Methodist Episcopal Church South quadrennial conference in Dallas weigh temperance issues and censure bids against bishops for alleged political activity. Proposals include memorializing Congress for stricter prohibition enforcement and praising Supreme Court rulings. other discussions cover a possible constitutional framework and eight year bishop tenure.
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Dallas
Texas
Methodist -Episcopal Church
South
Committee On
Washington
North Carolina
John M. Moore
H. M. Doubose
Tennessee
Cannon
Mouzon
Moore
Alfred E. Smith
Supreme Court
Fire at Bayway plant blankets Elizabeth in black smoke
A blaze broke out shortly after noon at the American Tar and Distil late company Bayway plant in Elizabeth New Jersey. The fire drew out the entire city fire department as crews battled the flames and heavy smoke spread over the area.
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Elizabeth
N. J
American Tar and Distillate Company
Bayway
Bishop Gannon informs funds disbursed for anti-Smith group
Washington May 12 Bishop James Gannon Jr wire to Senator Caraway said he personally received and disbursed nearly all the Virginia Anti-Smith committee funds in 1928 but did not report to Congress because it was not required by law.
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Cannon
Washington
James Gannon, Jr
Caraway
Senate Lobby
Congress
Senator Johnson's Office Raided Again in California
Washington May 13 AP reports a second raid on Senator Johnson's California office with six file cases opened and contents scattered. No items missing. Security tightened after earlier break in. At Senate tariff talks Hoover opposes, Senate plan seeks to restore congressional tariff power amid fierce debate. Connally vows to fight any elimination as administration aims to push schedule.
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Nashington
Senate
Johnson
California
Hoover
Connally
Texas
Congress
East Tennessee Hears Road Heads
East Tennessee officials including Charles M. McCabe Charles H Love and J C Davis left Nashville for an East Tennessee tour to speak on patrol tobacco and tax matters. They will visit Knoxville Kingsport Johnson City Morristown Rogersville Bristol and return by Friday morning.
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Nashville
API
Charles M. McCabe
Charles H. Love
Finance and Taxation Department
J. C. Davis
State Highway Patrol
East Tennessee
Neds
Knoxvilel
Kingsport
Johnson City
Morristown
Mexico Orders Mourning Day for Air Pilots
Mexico declared a national day of mourning for Colonel Pablo Sidar and Captain Carlos Rovirosa who died in a crash off Costa Rica. Plans include state funerals rivaling Captain Emilio Carranza’s 1928 memorial, with Sidar once commanding air corps units and mounting Latin American goodwill flights.
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Pablo Sidar
Carlo Rovirosa
Mexico
Air Corps
Costa Rica
Mexico City
Carlos Rovirosa
Buenos Aires
Emilio Carranza
Mount Holly
New Jersey
New York
Carranza
Sidar
Somaunnder
TB Tee
Rail and Motor Crashes Claim 11 Lives Across South
The weekend saw 11 deaths from rail and motor crashes in the south. Fatalities included four in Georgia auto accidents and two each in North Carolina and Mississippi, tied to train derailment near Harrison, Mississippi. Other losses spanned Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Louisiana as motorists and train crews perished in collisions and derailments across multiple counties and towns.
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Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Associated Press
Harrison
Miss
Henry Biller
Colauitt
Tallahassee
Fla
Bilton Hightower
Raymond “Averitt
Damascus
Julius J
Degive
Atlanta
Grantville
J. T. Clark
Stuart
B .W. Maddux
New Ouleans
W. Baker
Vicksburg
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Lucy Sandlin
Durham
Sallie
Scarborough
Wenell
N. C
Raleigh
Dorothy Shirley
Montgomery
Sarah Elizabeth Williams
Jackson
Tenn
Knighton
Brownsville
Monroe
Houston Rises into 200000 Population Class in 1930 Census
Washington reports Houston Texas jumped to the 200000 class in the 1930 census with a population of 290811. Dallas grew 63.8 percent to 260397, while Akron Birmingham Memphis Syracuse and Worcester were overtaken in the advance. Syracuse passed Worcester to rank 37th in 1920.
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Washington
Houston
Texas
Dallas
Akron
Birmingham
Memphis
Syracuse
Worcester
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Stock Mart
Walter Anthony
Savannah
Canfarerice
Byrd Party
Ashley McKinley
Byrd Exploration Party
San Francisco
O. A. Thorne
Shawn
A. N. Parker
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Dent
Smoot
Utah
McKellar
Brock
Secret Service
House
John S. Freeman
Dora
Alt
Margaret Ruddy
Oscar Carmyhell
Athens
Ala
Horace Barnwell
Jacksonviles
Rovirosa
Gosta ‘Rica
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