Mexican rebels press drive toward Torreon amid north and coast fighting
Rebels seize and threaten Mazatlan and Puebla Guadalajara as General Calles concentrates at Torreon. Reports claim Durango and Puebla fall, while Escobar’s forces trap federals and aim for Mexico City. Aguirre captured and executed. rail and telegraph lines damaged to hinder government forces.
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Jimenez
Chihuahua
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Mexico City
Puebla
Guadalajara
Plutarco Elias Calles
Callies
Torreon
Coahuila
Oklahoma Governor Change After Senate Removal of Johnston
Oklahoma City March 21 W J Holloway the fourth governor in six years after Henry S Johnston was removed by a senate court on incompetency Johnston had been suspended pending trial Holloway acting chief executive since the removal Heir Johnston said I have lost the office of governor I have retained my honor and integrity The removal capped more than two years of political turbulence with Johnston's confidential secretary O Hammonds at the center of criticism and accusations of dominance of state offices
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Oklahoma City
W. J. Holloway
Oklahoma
Henry S Johnston
Senate
Holloway
Johnston
J. C. Walton
Molloway
Ifice
Jooston
O. Hammonds
Miss Anne Morrow to be a June bride
Miss Anne Morrow and her fiancé Colonel Chenes A Linabergh announced they will marry in June. They have not chosen whether the ceremony will be in Mexico City or the United States, with Ambassador Morrow likely to influence the location.
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Mexico City
Mar
Anne Morrow
Miss Morrow
Chenes A Linabergh
Mexico
United States
Morrow Moe
Cuernavaca
Rebel Leader Executed After Vera Cruz Court Martial
Gen. Jesus M. Aguirre, chief rebel commander in Vera Cruz, was executed at La Magras after a court martial. The date and whether his body would be moved to Mexico City for burial were not released.
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Mexico City
Mer
Jesus M. Aguirre
Vera Cruz
la Magras
Death of Max M Beaver Prompts Grand Jury Probe
Salt Lake City officials in a district attorney led session agreed to call a grand jury to investigate the death of former city treasurer Max M Beaver found poisoned in the apartment of Ernest J Colvin. The inquiry will also review a private audit showing a possible 100000 plus shortage in the treasurer's office and a forged $4000 salary advance receipt attributed to city auditor Alvin Keddington.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Max M. Beaver
Ray van Nott
Beavers
Beaver
Ernest J. Colvin
Alvin Keddington
Keddington
Milton Carlson
Los Angeles
Housewife Still Has Full Time Job on Her Hands
Bureau of Home Economics study from the Department of Agriculture reports that housewives average about 51 hours of homemaking work per week. The data, drawn from over 2,000 women, shows city and town housewives both exceed or match the typical male workweek, with only 10 percent working less than 40 hours weekly.
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Washington
Bureau of Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Liberal victory in Eddiebury by election gains seat
The Liberal candidate R. J. Russell won the Eddiebury by election caused by Sir H. Barneton’s death. Russell secured 10 223 votes while Conservative Lieut. Col. A O. Fenwick Palmer gathered 6 931 votes.
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Cheshire Eng. Mare
Eddiebury
H. Barneton
R. J. Russell
A. O. Fenwick Palmer
End of Foch Recalled as German Opinion Divides
Austria lauds Marshal Foch’s strategic genius and memorials praise his brilliance as a tactician. In Berlin editorials, Germans express mixed emotions over his conduct at the Armistice, with some condemning harshly and others recalling his role in ending the war. The scene at Compiegne is cited as a symbol of German humiliation.
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Vienna
Austria
Foch
Neue Freie Presse
Wiener
Taggeblatt
Berlin
Marshal Foch
Boersen Courier
Germany
Lokal Anzeiger
von Hindenburg
Compiegne
Mathias
Ureberger
Wealth in a Suitcase: Mackenzie Confesses Murder in Chicago
John Mackenzie admits killing Arthur Glanke on October 24 after a long dispute over a "spite wall" and reveals a concealed fortune of bonds and mortgages totaling 450000 found in a battered telescope. He had lived frugally while police discovered the wealth, and coroner’s inquest blamed him for Glanke’s death. He says he was in Milwaukee Christmas Eve and had a cross airplane flown over the city.
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Mackenzie
Arthur Glanke
Glanke
West Side
Y W C
State Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Snappy Court Martial Ordered for Aguirre in Mexico
Mexican government reports rebel forces threaten Mazatlan Sinaloa as General Jesus M Aguirre leader of the revolt is captured near Vera Cruz and hidden in a forest. General Acosta orders a swift court martial with photographs before and after execution to prove the rebel’s death.
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Aguirre
Calles
Durango City
Naco
Sonora
Vera Cruz
Jesus M. Aguirre
Chapultepec
Acosta
Mazatlan
Jaime Carillo
Sinaloa
Ral Iturbe
Francisco Manzo
Carrilo
Carrillo
Culiacan
Martha Weds Crown Prince in Oslo Norway
Olaf crown prince of Norway and Princess Martha niece of King Gustav of Sweden wed in Our Saviour Church. The ceremony drew royal guests and thousands of well wishers as carriages rolled to the palace for a royal luncheon and public celebrations. Princess Martha wore silver lame with orange blossoms. Christenings and processions marked the grand union.
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Oslo
Norway
Olaf
Martha
Gustav
Sweden
Our Saviour
Carl
Duke of York
George
Haakon
Queen Maud
Royal Palace
Paace
Handball doubles champs test in national championship
Willis A Kammann and Al Schuffelberger of Detroit AC survive a three game scare to advance to the quarter finals in the national four wall handball championship. They beat Fred Spalte and Joe Powers of LA AC 21 16 12 21 21 5. Lane McMillan and Alfred Bannett of Olympic club advance by default in another second round match.
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New York
Champins Willis A Kammann
al Schuffelberger
Detroit AC
Detroiters
Fred Spalte
Joe Powers
Los Angeles AC
Pacific Coast Aces
Alfred B Bannet
Lane McMillan
Olymic Club
San Francisco
Jack Stenco
M. Cunningham
St. Louis
Levee Breaks on Indian Grave River Flood North of Quincy
The Indian Grave levee on the Mississippi River failed about five miles north of Quincy, flooding some 20 000 acres of improved farmland. The break lies below the Yock Creek levee, threatening the north end as waters surge through the district. Authorities fear the embankment may fail on both sides with the flood advancing rapidly.
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Quincy
Indian Grave
Mississppi
Students Protest Missouri Faculty Removals
About three thousand Missouri students met to appeal to the board of curators after the executive group ousted three faculty members over a six question survey. Dr Harmon Degraff was dismissed effective March 23 and Prof Jesse Wrench was reprimanded, actions seen as preventing possible campus violence.
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Columbia
Board of Curators
University of Missouri
DOATG
Harmon O. Degraff
Jesse Wrench
University
House Committee On Appropriations
I Institution
Long voyage ends as Captain Schutte reaches safety
Captain Jacob P Schutte, 70, who aimed to cross the Atlantic in a 20 foot lifeboat named the batteraer, is aboard the steamship Marques De Comillas heading to San Juan Porto Rico after rescue in mid Atlantic by Spanish steamer captain Miranda. The lifeboat crew faced death from thirst and hunger until rescue.
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New York
Jacob P. Schuttewear
Atlantic
San Juan
Porto Rico
Marques de Comillas
mid-Atlantic
Associated Press
Miranda
Lisbon
Explosion Traps Miners in Kinloch Mine Shaft
At Kinloch coal mine in Parnassus Pennsylvania an explosion left 30 to 50 miners unaccounted for while over 200 escaped to the surface. Rescue efforts faced dangerous gas and blocked workings as teams searched in and around the mine mouth.
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Parnassus
Kinloch
Valley Camp Coal Company
O. F. Taylor
Taylor
World Court Adversely Seen by Borah on Advisory Jurisdiction
Senator Borah argued that the world court’s advisory powers intrude on national prerogatives and could threaten American adherence. He warned the court acts beyond a true judicial role, calling the situation a larger dispute rooted in the court being used for political ends. He did not discuss Geneva formula adjustments.
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Washington
World Court
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League of Mations
United States
Geneva
Elihu Root
Commission On Court
Senate
Fuller Named as Ambassador to France in Place of Herrick
Boston Herald reports Washington correspondence that Alvan T Fuller former Massachusetts governor is tentatively chosen as ambassador to France succeeding Myron T Herrick. Fuller arrives in Washington Saturday afternoon aligning with Henry L Stimson new secretary of state in the capital.
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Boston
Boston Herald
Washington
Alvan T Fuller
Massachusetts
Myron T. Herrick
France
Fulter
Herald
Henry L. Stimson
Nineteen Burned to Death in Canadian Train Wreck
Survivors tell how passengers burned as two Canadian National Express trains collided at Drocourt near Parry Sound Ontario. Nineteen dead, many injured, rescuers search debris as officials prepare investigations by the Dominion board and coroner to determine fault.
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Parry Sound
Ont
Canadian National Express
Here
Peor Drocourt
Barnstead
Ferguson
White
Miller
Smith
Strutt
Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners
Canadian National Railways
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Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
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