Unsuccessful plot to bomb Calles special train disclosed
April 11 report from Mexico City says a planned assassination of General Plutarco Elias Calles failed in Jalisco after conspirators and an insurgent network sought explosives. Authorities traced the effort to Cristero groups and rebel generals. arrests are expected and warrants issued for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Pluarco Elias Calles
Jalisco
Torreon
Coahuila
Escobar Manzo
Cruz
Caraveo
Santiago Parez
Insurgenta Fm
Mexican system to be revised in mathematics teaching
Miss Athena Palacios of the University of Mexico outlines a new one year first grade method described as a revolution in teaching mathematics. She says the simplified system could reach U.S. schools by fall and claims six year olds can learn multiplication tables in five weeks, building foundations for arithmetic and higher math.
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New Orleans
Mexico
American Association of University Women
Athena Palacios Profocor
University of Mexico
Miss Palacios
United States
Pew
Mie Palacios
Ford Statement For Past Year Reveals Profit and Surplus
Ford Motor Company in Massachusetts files its annual financial statement with the state commissioner. The report shows a profit and surplus of 582 629 563 on a December 7 base of 72 221 498, down from 654 651 061 in 1927. No dividends were listed for Henry Ford, his wife, and Edsel Ford amid plant and product reorganizations that caused a 42 786 727 loss in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ford Motors Company
Massachusetts
Eny
Missouri Man Lost His Roll New York April 14
Missouri congressman LC Dyer Republican and anti prohibitionist asks curb exchange to reimburse him for losses from selling Hiram Welker Inc stock tied to a Canadian distillery. Officials express surprise as counsel notes no law prohibits Americans from buying foreign liquor stocks and the curb may be privileged to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Missouri
Hiram Welker, Inc
Curb Exchange
LC. Dyer
Exchange
William A. Lockwood
Tachange
Megai
Dyer
House
Washington
Lockwood
Sugar Tank Fell On Factory Foreman in Utah
A large steel syrup tank being dismantled at the Utah Idaho Sugar Factory in Richfield Utah collapsed striking foreman Frank Painter 37 killing him almost instantly. Painter and his family planned to move to Shelley Idaho where he would be foreman at another factory.
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Richfield
Utah
Sgar
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Ballet Room
Frank Painter
Painter
Shelley
Honduras alleges was bombed by the Marines
In Tegucigalpa on April 11 Honduran and American officials met at Las Manos to protest alleged encroachments and a Marine air strike. Officials say a village shack burned after the bombing near Managua and that American soldiers crossed into Honduras on three occasions. Two Honduran citizens were killed and several wounded. Major Joseph A. Rossel represented the U S Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tecucigalpa
Honduras
Las Manos Hondures
Nicaragua
Aimes
Marine Corps
Managua
Monduras
Joseph A Rossel
United States Marine Corps
Las Mana
Planes Join Search for Lost Southern Cross Crew
The Australian seaplane carrier Albatross with five planes was ordered to join the hunt for Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and three companions of the missing Southern Cross. Rescue teams fear for pilot Lieutenant Keith Anderson and Robert Hitchcock, last seen Sunday near Newcastle. The Albatross heads toward Wyndham, aiming to cover vast coastal routes within a week, while air and land parties coordinate operations.
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Sydney
N.S. W
Albatross
Charlies Kingsford-Smth
Wyndham
Australia
Keith Anderson
Robert Hitchcock
Thor
Newcastle Waters
Northern Territory
Troops Ordered to the Border to Bolster Mexico Front
About 1 500 U S soldiers were set to move from Fort D A Russell and Fort Bliss to border points near Sonora Mexico. Units included the 20th Infantry and 7th Cavalry with a field artillery battalion. Eighteen U S Army planes patrolled the border with orders to shoot down Mexican aircraft north of the line. General Lassiter called it a precautionary measure to safeguard the border in a possible emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Sonora
Mexico
20Th Infantry
Fort D. A Russell Wye
7Th Cavalry
Fort Bliss
el Paso
William Lassiter
United States Army
Eighth Corps
Areca
Fort D. A. Russell
Bisbee Aziz
Fort Eiias
Hachita
Lassiter
Meridian Airport Scene and Refueling Standoff
A fragmented report from Meridian about an event at the local airport. A colonel refused to reveal actions taken as fuel tanks were refilled after an apparent interruption. The incoherent text mentions Brownevil Texas and a timeline around 824 without clear context or outcomes.
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Meridan
Misa
Meridian
Brownevil’s
Texas
Pla
Five Die When Plane Crashes in Mexico City
A Mexican Aviation Co plane bound from Mexico City to Brownsville crashed near Tampico just after takeoff killing five: four Americans and one Mexican resident. Victims include Farrell Frazer, Dennis Taylor, Elaine Newcombe, Senor Fernandez, and Robinson. The crash halted passengers, mail, and plans for a return to Texas.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Brownsville
Tex
Texas
Farrell Frazer
New York
Rio Grande
Brownville
Frazer
Grace Parkinson
Mr. Prager
Dennis W. Taylor
Senor S. Fernandez
Elaine Newcombe
Robinson
Taylor
Newcombe
Pord Motor Company
Detroit
Kelly Pield
San Antonio
Parkinson
Ministry of Communications
Brownsvile
Social status not secure for Mrs Gann at Senate Ladies Luncheon
Washington April 14 The diplomatic corps extends to Mrs Edward E Gann sister of Vice President Curtis the same social rank as a Vice President wife Yet her status as associate member of the Senate Ladies Luncheon club remains unchanged The head table seat customarily held by the vice president’s wife will still be occupied by Mrs George H Moses of New Hampshire wife of the president pro tempore of the Senate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Edward E. Gann
Curtis
Senate
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Four Die In Seaplane Collision Near Augusta Drome
Four men were killed when two seaplanes collided at about 300 feet near the Augusta seaplane drome in Rome. Occupants included one lieutenant and three enlisted men, who were rushed to the water in a tangled mass.
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Rome
Augusta
Leutenant
Woman flyer killed in crash at Long Beach airport
Mrs C C McWhinney, safety leader and aviation figure, was killed when the plane she rode with her husband crashed at the municipal airport. Her husband was mildly injured. In Wisconsin, four seriously injured and four others hurt when a cab from Chicago crashed near Fond du Lac during a heavy rain. Reports from New York describe political and criminal items with various oblique references.
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Long Beach
Calif
Mra C
Fond DU Lac
Wis. Apria
Forty six dead as Arkansas tornado devastates towns
A tornado roared through north central Arkansas killing forty six people and injuring nearly a hundred. Swifton suffered twenty one dead, Guion five, Parkin area fatalities included twelve black residents, with numerous families named among the dead. Rescue runs faced flooded roads and debris as crews from Newport, Swift and Batesville aided hospitals overwhelmed by the injured.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Swifton
Newport
Guion
Parkin
Feller- Swifton
Charlies Defries
Grace
T. C. Bullard
Leona
Paul Butler
Zela
Ed Riley
Buster
Wth
Esther Riley
E. Riley
Howard Wills
Cleo Nicholson
A. J. Rowlett
John Loy
Lorado
Jonesboro
Henry Lowthan
Tom Adams
Bono
Swiftm
Batesville
Guton
Swift
Sneed
Texas Guinan Alibi Plea Marks Salon Royale Trial
Texas Guinan testifies she never drank or sold liquor and denies ownership or management of the Salon Royale. Federal court recalls her for cross examination as evidence of earnings is reviewed. Mexico City reports a clash between Agrarians and rebels near Concepcion Del Oro with several killed and captured.
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New York
Texas Guinan
Broadway
Miss Quinan
Lquor
Mexico City
Americo City
Concepcton del Oro
State of
Zaca
Four Yankees in Mexico Rebel Capture Endures Firing Squad Threat
Two adventurers from Texas and two from New York joined rebels near Guadalupe and were sentenced to death but reprieved and returned to the United States. Gilbert, Butler, Wood, and Gay faced harsh prison conditions before Interceding aid saved Gilbert. Butler’s fate remains unclear. Nash Motors quarterly net income totaled 4,116,870 dollars, 151 dollars per share, up from 2,604,378 last year.
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St. Gilbert
Eastland
Texas
Butler
United States
Wood
Long Island
New York
Allertion
Gay
Ameri Texas
Amon
Guadalupe
Juares
Gilbert
Juarez
Jimenez
Robert Swain
el Paso
Gonzalo Escobar
Nash Motors Company
Rebels press Naco siege as thousands converge on town
Mexican rebel forces gathering from Chihuahua and Sinaloa move toward Naco Sonora to attack the federal garrison said to number about 1,000 under General Lucas Gonzalez. The rebel command led by J Gonzalo Escobar and Fausto Topete grows to more than 12 000 with 75 millimeter guns and gas bomb plans feared by federal defenders.
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Naco
Lucas Gonzalez
Sonora
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Chihuahua
Pulpito Pass
Agua Prieta
Here
Sinaloa
Fausto Topete
Topete
Reoel
Ariz
Murdered Woman Identified in New Jersey Case
Elizabeth New Jersey April 11 Identified today as Mrs Richard M Campbell of Greenville Pennsylvania the murdered woman found February 23 on a Cranford roadside with a bullet wound to the head and burned by flames. Acquaintances Mrs D Staub and Mrs H G Dodds named her. Police search for her husband a physician who reportedly planned to open a sanatorium in New York. The case recalls the flame enshrouded body of Margaret Brown found near Bernardsville last year.
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Greenville
New York
Santorium
Campbell
Magaret Brown
Bernardsville
Cranford
Insurance Man Annoyed Him Sparks Desertion of Walter Cyr
Walter Cyr a young farmer in Concordia Kansas disappeared for 72 hours after drafting a goodbye note to a reinsurance agent. Hundreds searched the countryside before Cyr was found on a straw stack. He swallowed poison but survived after medical treatment. Cyr said the agent’s attention drove him to seek escape.
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Concordia
Kas
Walter Cyr
Cyr
Inman Trial Details Wife Desire to Romp and Divorce
The Reno divorce trial of Walter P Inman and Melene Patton Inman resumed with Walter testifying he used detectives only twice since separation and denied heavy drinking. He said he would take his wife to amusements if she returned home by one or two in the morning, which she refused.
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Reno
Walter P Inman
Melene Patton Inman
Inman
Sutherland Continues as Alien Property Custodian
Wasllington reports that Sutherland remains in the role of alien property custodian under the Moorer administration as of April 11, with Wes announcing ongoing continuity in the position.
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Wasillington
Sutherland
Moorer Administration
Wes
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Perez
Coloys Station
Jauisco
Guanajuato
Bat
Lindy
Lindbergh
Eva Lindbergh Christie
Red Cake Falls
Minn
Fiver
FORD
Smith
U. S
Escobar
Caes
Liscoln
Ghette
Grant
Ayreno Orbe
UN Mexicat
Guinan
Agrariane
Peter Trevino
Eusedio Gielinds
Agrarians
Anne Morrow Filancre
Yankees
Paso
Nash
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