Bloody Fighting In Mexico Believed In Progress Today
Dispatches from Tepatitlan describe fierce three day clashes between about 1,000 religious rebels and General Saturnino Cedillo's Federal army. Rebels repulsed attacks with hand to hand fighting and held key positions near Tepatitlan, 50 miles east of Guadalajara, while Cedillo claimed superior numbers would prevail.
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Mexico City
Saturnino Cedillo
Tepatitlan
Jalisco
Christo
Christ King
Cedillo
Calles
la Prensa
Guadalajara
Tepatitilan
Mexico
Chapultepec
Masiaca
Advertising Not The Answer For Southern Cotton Industry
Major I D Carson of N W Ay er Son urged Southern cotton manufacturers to abandon advertising questions and first fix industry problems. Speaking at the Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia in Brunswick he said advertising cannot replace clear thinking and decisive action. He cited plant quality, labor, pricing, and consumption demands as priorities before marketing.
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Brunswick
I. D. Carson
Philadelphia
N. W. Ayer & Son
Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia
Textile
Sugar Institute
Wool Institute
Democrats Split Over Export Debenture Farm Plan
At a Democratic caucus in Washington 31 of 39 Senate Democrats discussed the export debenture plan. Some members urged the minority to back the plan in the farm relief bill, while others questioned broad party alignment and official stance remains unclear.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Newspaper stock purchase eyed at convention debate
The American Newspaper Publishers Association tabled a resolution opposing International Paper Company stock purchases without a vote. Colonel Robert Ewing of New Orleans had offered the measure and sought to condemn nonjournalistic entrants into the newspaper field, praising the convention's attention to the issue.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
International Paper Company
Robert Ewing
New Orleans
Ewing
Tech Golf Team Heads to Duke and UNC Trip
Georgia Tech's golf team plans a two game trip starting in Atlanta and traveling to Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina for matches with Duke University and the University of North Carolina.
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GO. Tech
N. C
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Durham
Chapel Hill
Duke University
University of North Carolina
Woman masquerader jailed nine months in England
London April 25 Mrs Irma Valerie Arkell Smith known as Colonel Barker was sentenced to nine months at Old Bailey for perjury filing a false marriage entry with another woman. She had pleaded guilty to perjury in misrepresenting herself as a retired British Army colonel. The recorder called her an unprincipled mendacious adventuress.
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London
Irma Valerie Arkell-Smith
Barker
Old Bailey
Recorder
Hoover Asked to Address Southern Newspaper Meet
A delegation from the Southern Newspapers Publishers Association invited President Hoover to speak at their July 3 4 and 5 meeting in Asheville North Carolina. Senator Tyson said Hoover had not given a definite reply but the group remained hopeful he would accept.
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Hoover
Washington, D. C
Southern Newspapers Publishers’ Association
Agheville
N. C
Tyson
Gober to comment later on Michaelson case
William M. Gober former U S attorney for Florida said he may speak within thirty days about the indictment of Congressman Michaelson of Chicago on liquor smuggling charges and the resignation of Gober and assistant Francis L Poor He said he had nothing to add to known facts and would not comment on Poor's suggestion that the indictment sparked the shakeup Michaelson was indicted last October and will be tried May 6 in Key West after posting bond
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Tampa
Fla
William M. Gober
United States
Florida
Michaelson
Chicago
Francis L. Poor
Gober
Department of Justice
Poor
Key West
Brookhart Chair Reservation Stirs Senate Debate
A resolution to keep the Senate patronage committee with Senator Brookhart as chairman was introduced by Senator George but blocked for immediate action by Senator Blease. Brookhart, Iowa Republican, left the post office sub committee to join the interstate commerce committee while the sub committee probes federal appointments in southern states.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Brookhar
Iowa
George
Georgia
Blease
South Carolina
Brookhart
Post Office
Interstate Commerce Committee
Increase in Tariff on Cuban Sugar Is Asked
Ernest A. Burgieres of New Orleans, president of the Domestic Sugar Producers Association, urged raising the tariff on Cuban sugar at the group’s first annual meeting in Washington. He attacked the policy of coddling Cuba while U S farmers face surpluses of corn and wheat and related difficulties.
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Washington
Ernest A. Burgieres
New Orleans
Domestic Sugar Producers Association
United States
Cromartie to be sentenced today in Georgia case
Douglas Georgia April 25 court officials said sentence would be passed at 2 p m on Harl Cromartie a member of a Hazlehurst family convicted in Superior Court here yesterday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a child in an automobile accident A fine or jail term is prescribed by the verdict with sentence to be handed down by Superior Judge W D Dickerson
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Douglas
Harl Cromartie
Hazlehurst
Cromartie
W. D. Dickerson
Florida Fruit Fly Fight Seeks 4 Million Aid
Acting Chairman Wood of the House appropriations committee proposed a 4.25 million dollar measure to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida and beyond. Hearings set for Friday before the appropriations and agriculture committees. The plan would redirect unused balance from a 5 million appropriation to fight the pest with state and local cooperation and discretionary spending by the secretary of agriculture. A Capitol conference was called to consider Hoover's recommendation to provide 4.5 million for Florida fruit fly combat.
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Washington
Wood
House Appropriations Committee
House
Appropriations and
Agriculture Committees
D. C
Capitol
House Appropriations and Agriculture Committees
Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Florida
Agriculture Committee
Negro Slayer Shot After Drawing On Liberty County Posse
Sam Spencer, accused of killing Deputy Sheriff H A Johnson, was shot when he emerged from Kent Island swamp and drew a pistol. He was captured by a Liberty County sheriff's posse led by Sheriff M F Clark and Sheriff Jack Griffin. Spencer was wounded by several bullets and jailed in Hinesville as doctors expect recovery. A special court term will be sought to indict him once his condition allows.
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Hinesville
Sam Spencer
Kent Island
M. F. Clark
Liberty County
Jack Griffin
Screven County
H. A. Johnson
Bulltown
Spencer
Johnson
Southern Airways Seeks Transcontinental Mail Route
The Southern Airways Association pressed Assistant Postmaster General W. Irving Glover for a Washington to Los Angeles air route carrying mail passengers and express. Proposed stops include Richmond Raleigh Columbia Augusta Macon Columbus Montgomery Selma Jackson Meridian Vicksburg Monroe Shreveport Wallas and Fort Worth with aim of extension to Los Angeles. Glover noted a parallel route exists from New York to New Orleans and current service does not justify a new line.
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Washington
The
Southern Airways Association
W. Irving Glover
Southern Trans-Continental Air
Los Angeles
Airways’ Association
Richmond
Raleigh
Columbia
S. C
Augusta
Macon
Columbus
Montgomery
Selma
Ala
Jackson
Meridian
Vicksburg
Miss
Monroe
Shreveport
Wallas
Forth Worth
Tex
J. Ralston Cargill
Glover
New York
New Orleans
Post Office Department
Tornadoes and Blizzards Hit Western States Today
Tornadoes and blizzards hit Texas Nebraska and Wyoming causing deaths injuries and widespread destruction. In Texas two tornadoes damaged Siocum and Ben son Springs killing seven people and leaving many homeless while a second twister injured one and made 75 homeless. Nebraska reports blizzards floods and cloudbursts with towns cut off and transport halted. Wyoming faced severe blizzard fear of loss of life and ruined communications across the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain
Tornadoes Strike East Texas Towns Killing Seven
Two tornadoes ripped through three east Texas hamlets yesterday killing seven people and injuring at least twenty one while causing property damage as officials assessed the toll and delay.
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Palestine
Tex
Texas
Wounds in Courtroom Gun Battle In Kentucky
Olive Wah Ky April 25 P Austin Pields brother of former Governor William J Fields and Chief of Police HL B Carter shot and wounded each other in a pistol battle in police court today Deputy Sheriff Jim Walker of Carter county bystander was wounded and may die
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Olive Wah
Austin Pields
William J. Fields
HL. B. Carter
Jim Walker
Carter County
Bystander Killed as Police Battle Breaks Out in Madison
In Madison Georgia Bryant Hodge a garage mechanic was killed by a stray bullet from a county officer during a police confrontation after a raid. N L Slater is jailed in Athens and J E Ivy wounded in the arm with facial powder burns.
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Madison
Bryant Hodge
N. L. Slater
Athens
J. E. Ivy
Slater
Ivy
Hodge
Griffin Approves School and Water Bond Issues in Special Election
In Griffin Georgia a special election yielded 1 417 votes for a 100 000 school bond and 1 419 votes for a 184 000 water bond with eight and three opponents respectively. The vote totals show overwhelming support for both projects.
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Griffin
French Criticism Triggers German Reichsbank Rate Rise
Paris reports severe criticism of Reichsbank President Hjalmar Schacht for failing to stop gold withdrawals. The critique caused a discount rate rise from 6.5 to 4.5 percent, aimed at stabilizing the bank and protecting Dawes plan reparations and payments amid currency pressures.
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Reichbank
Paris
Hjalmar Schachit
Reichsbank
House Moves Toward Enacting Farm Relief Bill
The House nears final action on a farm relief bill amid support from the Hoover administration. Senate opposition grows to the export debenture plan, with Republicans Frazier and Brookhart voicing dissent. Democrats in conference avoid binding support while Robinson notes some party sentiment for the proposal.
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Washington
D. C
The
House
Congress
Senate
Hoover
National Legislative Agency
Senate Agriculture Committee
Frazier
North Dakota
Wie
Brookhart
Robinson
Arkansas
Heflin Resolution Vote Planned on Senate Regret
Senator Watson announced in Washington that a vote will be held tomorrow on Senator Heflin's resolution asking the Senate to express regret for the treatment he received during a Ku Klux Klan speech in Brockton Massachusetts on March 18.
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Washington
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Heflin
Alabama
Brockton
Mass
Trial testimony closes in Hardy case with McPherson witness
In Sacramento on April 25 the taking of testimony in Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy's trial ended after a swift session. Aimee Eemple McPherson testified, her $2,500 "love gift" to the jurist cited in the proceedings.
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Sacramento
Cal
Carlos S. Hardy
Aimee Eemple McPherson
Extradition papers asked for Herman Childers
Atlanta Ga April 25 Ex extradition papers for the return of Herman Childers escaped convict have been issued by Governor Hardman at the request of the state prison commission. Childers was captured in Charlotte North Carolina Deputy Warden R T Mobley will go to Charlotte to return the prisoner. Childers was convicted February 1927 of assault with intent to murder and sentenced to eight years.
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Atlanta
Corpsa
Herman Childers
Govern Por Hardman
State Prison Commission
Childers
Charlotte
N. C
R. T. Mobley
Chattahoochee County
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Lorraine Wiseman-Stelaff
Hardy
Los An
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Decatur
Walter Dorsey
Sen. Brookhart
Publishers
Waldorf-Astoria
Negro Slayer
POSSE
Liberty
Southern Airways
J. Hill
Detroit Flying Club
West
Kentucky
Mr. Hoover
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