Juarez under rebel control as peace restored in Mexico
Report from Mexico City states Juarez was attacked and captured by rebels with only 200 government troops. General Matias Ramos claimed a successful defense and asked to march his force into loyal territory, but the government ordered transfer by train to Piedras Negras across the U S border.
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Mexico City
Juarez
Matias Ramos
Rampez
Ramo
United States
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pase
Laredo
Mexico
Juerez
Cuy
Marcelino M. Murrieta
Chihuahua City
International Bridge
National Railways of
Torreon
Interior of
Murrieta
Nurrieta
War Claims Arbiter Rules On Seized German Ships
Edwin B. Parker dismisses claims for three North German Lloyd vessels and Liebenfelsa as not merchant ships and allows claims for four others including Princess Alice and Coblenz. The decision clarifies that ships retained as German public ships are excluded from remuneration under the 1928 act, affecting 103 seized vessels with total claims of 6.23 billion dollars.
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Washington
Mar
War Claims Arbiter
Edwin B. Parker
United States
Lloyd
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Lockson
Hansa Line
Liebenfelsa
Princess Alice
Coblenz
Holsatia and
Sambia
Congress
United States Court of Claims
Naval Board
Unsettled Weather With Rain Likely Across Regions
The forecast notes unsettled conditions tonight with likely rain in the northwest portion and warmer conditions in the southwest. Sunday should continue unsettled with lingering showers possible in the northwest and steadier warmth elsewhere.
Vatican Diplomats Meet Pope in Close Audience
More than 100 diplomats accredited to the Vatican gathered in the Throne Room to be received by the pope. Brazilian ambassador and dean Mattheas Azeredo delivered the body’s address praising the pontiff’s predecessors and the Lateran Treaty aims. The pope thanked the diplomats and stressed peace with Italy, noting many nations were not represented.
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Vatican City
Mar
Vatican
Mattheas Azeredo
Ower
Wiasom
Italy
Holy See
United States
Japan
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Curtis Receives Historic Gavel Gifts for Vice Presidency
Washington reports Vice President Curtis now presides over the Senate with five new gavels from friends nationwide. Gifts include walnut from Peabody High School Kansas an ivory salmon-headed piece from Alaska an orange Osige gavel from Herbert Hoover’s Missouri farm a saloon-wood gift from Guthrie Oklahoma and a Civil War tunnel wood piece from Virginia.
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Curtis
Senate
Peabody High School
Kansas
Alaska
Herbert Hoover
Normandy County
Misouri
Guthrie
Okla
WC .U
Virginia
Whoopees at Public Expense in Chicago Sanitary District Payroll Scandal
Chicago investigators raid Central Auto Service Company seizing records showing vanity cases powder and alcohol terms in notes and Dills. Prosecutors say sanitary district trustees and staff enjoyed costly autos funded by the service company and billed the district for entertainment. A subpoena was issued to SaraCino president of the company for explanations.
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Chicago
Chicago Sanitary Districts
Auto Service Company
Central Auto Service Company
Sanitary District
Saracino
Three Witnesses Identified in Gang Murders Case
Chicago reports that six state witnesses are under guard after death threats as a grand jury begins hearing testimony from the principal witness in the Wat torney Walker Butler said. The witnesses identify three men—Jack McGurn, Rocco Fanelli, and John Scalise—alleged to entered a north side garage just before seven men were killed February 14.
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Chicago
Wattorney
Walker Butler
Sre
Jack McGurn
Rocco Fanelli
John Scalise
Paris Marshal Foc. Improves. requests daytime rest
Paris reports Marshal Foch showing better condition as doctors allow him a daytime rest break and ask for quiet hours during the day for recovery.
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Paris
Marshal Foc
Not Mandatory on President McCormack Urges Hoover
Representative McCormack of Massachusetts asserts the 1924 immigration law gives the president discretion on April 1 to issue quotas based on two percent of foreign born from the 1890 census. He argues the act’s language shows only discretionary intent and asks Hoover to keep the law operative until Congress acts.
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Washington
Hoover
McCormack
Massachusetts
Congress
McCormick
Closest Friend of First Lady Arrives in Washington
Mrs Ray Lymen Wilbur wife of the new interior secretary is expected to receive the First Lady's closer friendship in the capital. Their bond began at Leland Stanford University. Health issues may limit social duties while Mrs Wilbur stays in a hotel suite and plans partial participation in ceremonies.
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Washington
Mar
Ray Lymen Wilbur
Herbert
Government to Launch Prohibition Poster Campaign
Commissioner Doran of the prohibition bureau approves a government advertising drive to expose liquor evils and promote prohibition. A fifty thousand dollar educational fund from a recent congress bill will finance the poster campaign to aid law enforcement.
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Washington
Mar
Poaters
Suitaby
Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Snow Assures Alu Reservoirs Well Filled
Southeastern Idaho faces a favorable irrigation season with precipitation and snowfall near normal to 15 percent above normal. Snow in Minidoka, Cache and Targhee forests is deep and drifted, supporting near normal water year prospects. Reservoir storage remains strong with American Falls at 1.4 million acre feet, Jackson Lake 616 thousand, and Blackfoot Marsh 240 thousand.
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Boise
Mar
Idaho
State Reclamation Department
Cache National Forest
Targhee National Forest
Snake River
American Falls
Jackson Lake
Blackfoot Marsh
Lindbergh Initiates Mexico City to Brownsville Air Line Flight
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh flew over Brownsville at 1 30 pm and landed at 1 34 pm inaugurating the Mexico City Brownsville air line. He carried the first official air man northward from Mexico City. A large crowd cheered the flawless landing at the municipal airport. Passengers included George Rihl president of the Mexican Aviation Co and officials from the civil aviation ministry postal department and media outlets.
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Brownsville
Tex
Charles A Lindbergh
Mexico City
United States
Lindbergh
Fied
Lindburgh
George Rihl
Mexican Aviation Company
Athl
Gutavo Mireles Espinosa
Juan G. Villas
Flashes of Life Events Across Cities
A collage of brief notes from Rio de Janeiro Nassau Los Angeles Sarasota Paris Columbus and Sarasota recounts of stamping coffee berries iron bands to deter rats eagle roosters mounted trophies and a railway fracture extended travel for medical care with social and political mentions and personal anecdotes.
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Nassau
Hamas
Program Dedicated Indian Members of Local Legion Post
George LaVatta of Pocatello and Indian workers from Short Line shops will broadcast on WOW Omaha tonight from 7 to 8 PM Central. The program honors Chief Tendoy and Indian members of the Pocatello American Legion post. Commander Ed Ames urges Pocatello members to listen to LaVatta’s address, following his attendance at Hoover’s inauguration in Washington as a guest of Union Pacific president Carl Gray.
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George LaVatta
Pocatello Indian
American Legion
Omaha
Tendoy
Pocatello Post
Ed Ames
laVatta
Hoover
Washington, D. C
Carl Gray
Union Pacific System
Union Miners Enjoined From Meetings Near Knox Mines
International officers of the United Mine Workers of America declined comment as a Superior Court injunction prevented union miners from holding meetings at Bicknell and Vincennes amid threats against Knox Consolidated Coal Co. employees. District officials head to Indianapolis for talks. union officials oppose a $5 daily wage, citing a Terre Haute agreement fixing a $6.10 scale for Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Mar
United Mine Workers of America Today
Linn D. Hay
Bicknell
Vincennes
Knox Consolidated Coal Company
Terre Haute
Indiana
Diinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Knox Consolidated
Indiana Field
Snowbound Highways Delay Idaho Travel Through Spring
Three major Idaho routes remain blocked by snow. The Blackfoot to Arco road and the Horseshoe Bend road near Boise are expected to reopen soon. The Sawtooth Park highway from Twin Falls to the Stanley basin is closed at Galena summit with limited chances of opening before early summer.
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Idaho
State Highway Department
Blackfoot
Arco
Horseshoe Bend
Boise
Sawtooth Park
Twin Falls
Stanley Basin
Galena Summit
Dynamite Blast Claims Six Men in Scribner Nebraska
Dodge county officials press toward closure as a Thursday dynamite blast in Scribner Nebr costs six lives and injures nearly fifty. Firemen dominate casualty list with four dead at the scene or shortly after. Wheeler Strube garage owner and Arthur Schoeneck truck driver were among the dead with further fatalities feared.
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Scribner
Neb
Dodge County
Strube
Arthur Schoeneck
Rebels Gain Control of Juarez as Northern Campaign Opens
Revolutionary forces under General Michael Vales seize Juarez securing full control of the city. Casualties are reported as heavy on both sides, including two Americans killed and several wounded. U.S. troops remain quartered at Fort Bliss pending further orders.
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el. Paso
Michael Vales
Juarez
Teddy Barre
Chid
Flaso
Fort Bliss
Gener
Martin Ramos
Selling War Materials to the Mexican Federals
The state department approves supplying surplus war material to the Mexican government including rifles and ammunition and considers delivery by water or through a border town. Mexico also seeks to import privately made airplanes from the United States amid tensions with rebel forces in Nogales Sonora. Reports say a Mexican field at San Luis on the Sonora border could handle 5 to 20 planes. An embargo on unauthorized shipments is issued to curb rebel purchases.
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War Department
War Good
United States
Yuma
Arizo
Ing
San Loula
Sonora
Nogales Sonore
Mexico
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