Insurgents Seize Santo Domingo As President Seeks Asylum
Insurgent forces captured the fortress and key public buildings in Santo Domingo consolidating their control across the Dominican Republic. President Horacio Vasquez fled to the French legation with Vice President Alfonseca as Gustavo Diaz sought asylum, with no bloodshed reported and the city remaining quiet.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Horacio Vasquez
Legation
Alfonseca
Gustavo Diaz
Senate
Tardieu to Form New French Cabinet After Chautemps Fall
Paris reports Former Andre Tardieu definitively accepted the task of forming a new cabinet to succeed the Chautemps ministry dissolved by the chamber. President Doumergue urged Tardieu to lead a wide union cabinet with Raymond Poincare, who refused the post, citing health and fatigue.
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Paris
Andre Tardieu
Chautemps
Chamber of Deputies
Domergue
Raymond Poincare
Tardieu
Poincare
London
Doumergue
Belgium Seeks Parliament Approval to Repay Part of Loan
Brussels Feb 26 Belgium plans to ask parliament for authorization to repay 30 million dollars of the 50 million dollar loan taken in May 1920 in the United States. The loan was to be refinanced by June 1945 through yearly refunds of 2 million dollars plus 12 percent interest.
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Brussels
United States
Officers Ready To Stop Unemployment Parade In Chicago
Chicago police prepared to stop a planned march of the unemployed toward city hall after handbills urged workers from Chicago and northern Illinois to meet at Musicians Hall and proceed to the city hall. Last week police reserves kept order as paraders reached the building.
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Chicago
City Hall
Ilinois
Musicians’ Hall
Naval Conference Delegates to Resume Negotiations
London Feb 26 AP chief delegates to the naval conference voted to resume negotiations immediately and continue the work except where it conflicts with French interests. The halt since the Paris defeat of the Tardieu government ends today. French Ambassador Fleurian attended, noting Tardieu had visited the Elysee to form a new cabinet.
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London
Tardieu
Paris
Fleurian
France
Elyse
Hannah Pleads Not Guilty in Horst Child Homicide Case
Charles Hannah enters a not guilty plea on child stealing charges tied to the 14 month old Melvin Horst disappearance from Orrville. An arraignment before Judge U S Saunders was held behind closed doors amid safety precautions. Hannah admitted in a confession to killing the child, whose body has not been found.
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Hannah
Horst
Wooster
Ohio
Charles Hannah
Melvin Horst
Orrville
U. S. Saunders
Former Oil Man Sentenced in Mexico City Funds Fraud
Robert Ratto, former cashier for Pierce Oil in MIXICO CITY, was sentenced by the third penal court to nine years imprisonment on charges of misappropriation of company funds. He was extradited from New York a year and a half ago and will appeal.
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Mixico City
Robert Ratto
Pierce Oil Company
Ratto
New York
Mexico City
Senate reacts to threatening letters with humor and caution
Senators received threatening missives from unknown readers. Some letters mocked danger while others suggested bombs in the chamber. Vice President Curtis, Republican Leader Watson, and Senator Copeland were targets. Most letters are under investigation by the Department of Justice with Capitol agents involved.
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Washington
Senate
Curtis
Watson
Copeland
Department of Justice
Over The Bridge To Superiority
Dr Alfred Adler at Columbia University argues that heavy bridge playing signals an inferiority complex. He says bridge offers relaxation but becomes a mental habit used to conquer others and display superiority when a player wins.
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New York
Alfred Adler
Columbia University
Farm Board to Continue Aid for Wheat Purchases
Federal Farm Loan board chairman Legge said the board will press on with assisting cooperative farm associations to buy wheat to stabilize prices. He urged conservative business men to back the policy as 6,000,000 bushels have been purchased and 9,000,000 bushels advanced, with holdings to wait for market improvement or rise above purchase price.
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Washington
Legge
Federal Farm Loan Board
Stabilization Corporation
Movie Actors Seek Readmission To U S
NOGALES Ariz Feb 26 Efforts were under way to win readmission to the United States for Gilbert Rowland and Boris Karvsoft motion picture actors denied entry by immigration authorities. The pair were held in Mexico Monday after returning with the Metro Goldwyn Mayer company from location at Mazatlan. They are said to be English subjects.
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Nogales, Ariz
United States
Gilbert Rowland
Boris Karvsoft
Mexico
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Company
Mazatlaun
Cardinal Merry Del Val Dies After Illness
Cardinal Merry Del Val former Papal secretary of state and Archpriest of St. Peter's for fifteen years died today from heart disease during an appendicitis attack. In Phoenix a $25 million International Commercial Trust Corporation was formed with three Phoenix men as incorporators.
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Rome
Cardinal Merry del Val
St. Peter's
Phoenix. Arts
Phoenix
International Commercial Trust Corporation of Phoenix
Outstanding Educator of the Year Named for Dr Randall Condon
The Association of Exhibitors of the National Education Association awarded Dr Randall Judson Condon superintendent of Cincinnati schools and former Helena Montana superintendent the educator of the year honor.
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Atlantic
National Education Association
Randall Judson Condon
Cincinnati
Helena
Mont
Missing Western Air Express Plane Vanishes Over Mohave Desert
Western Air Express flight from Kingman Arizona to Alhambra California disappeared Sunday. Crew of three pilots and steward are missing after a storm and several search efforts by military and civilian planes. The craft was near Cajon Pass heading west toward the Alhambra terminal when contact was lost.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
California
Western Air Express
Kingman
Ariz
Alhambra
Calif
March Field
James A. Coles
A. W. Bieber
John Slaton
Slaton
Doles
Bieber
Arizona City
Albuquerque
N. M
Chicago Em ployes Still Unpaid Amid Rescue Fund Drive
Chicago's 42 000 unpaid workers wonder if Saturday means payday or another day to wait as volunteers pursue a 74 million dollar operating fund. With 37 million pledged so far and 13 more needed, leaders say payments hinge on reaching 50 million before tax collections resume around July 1.
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Chicago
Phillip R. Clarke
Silas H. Straw
National Commander To Visit Arizona Convention in Nogales
O. L. Bodenheier national commander of the American Legion will attend the Arizona Legion convention in Nogales in August. It is estimated that Legionnaires, Legion Auxiliary members, and disabled veterans will also attend the gathering.
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Nogales
Ariz
O. L. Bodenheier
American Legion
Arizona American Legion
Zuvy Legionnaires
Legion Auxiliary
For a Nickel Elsie Goodman Fends Off Robbers
CHICAGO February 26 AP. A five foot tall man named Elsie Goodman defeated two armed robbers. He knocked the revolver from the first assailant and the two fled. The incident leaves speculation about what he might have done for a dime.
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Chicago
Elsie Goodman
Goodman
Rule Filipino May Not Wed White Girls
A California Superior Court ruling declares Filipinos Mongolian under miscegenation law, enabling annulling of over 100 marriages since 1921 between white women and Filipino men. Judge J A Smith issued a permanent writ barring licenses for Tony Moreno and Ruby Robinson, after Mrs Stella Robinson challenged the union.
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Los Angeles
J. A. Smith
Smith
California
Tony V.moreno
Ruby Robinson
Stella R. Robinson
Earthquake Rocks Imperial Valley Border Areas
A 15 second quake struck at 6 25 p m yesterday affecting Imperial Valley and northern Lower California. Residents remained calm with no damage reported though buildings rocked perceptibly. No cracks were found in any structures.
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Calexico
Calif
Imperial Valley
Lower California
Mexico
Invasion Of Gang Leaders Of Chicago Feared By Mexico
Mexico City dispatches warn that Chicago gang leaders forced from the city may invade Mexico amid a crackdown. Papers urge strict border watch to block crossing and prevent a crime wave unseen in Mexican history.
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Chicago
Mexico
Mexico City
State School For Deaf And Blind To Close Early
In Tucson on February 26 AP reports the state school for the deaf and blind will close on March 15 due to rising enrollment and lack of funds. A new law prohibiting anticipation of taxes forces an earlier end than May. Seventy seven students will return home until the fall term in September.
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Tucson
Pantages Seriously Ill in County Hospital
Alexander T. Pantages theater magnate, convicted of assault, is gravely ill in the county hospital after suffering the most serious heart attack of a series Sunday. He was jailed awaiting appeal from a 1 to 50 year sentence for attacking dancer Hanice Pringle, 17, in October.
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Los Angeles
Alexander T. Pantages
Pantages
Hanice Pringle
Dancer
Washington Sets New Weather Mark
Washington and coastal observatories posted February records as a warm wave returned to the eastern seaboard. A heat prostration occurred in Washington DC after a record 4 degrees. Boston reached 74 and Philadelphia logged 792 10 for the day’s high.
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New York
Seaboard States
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Avenue
Boston
Philadelphia
Day With Congress
Senate continues tariff bill review while panels probe Muscle Shoals and federal power. Committees examine private calendar measures, repealing or amending the eighteenth amendment discussions resume, and banking group hearings. Navy funds debated as military affairs and agriculture boards study waste farm product use.
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Senate
Lobby Committee
Muscle Shoals
Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Power Commission
Judiciary Committee
Banking Committee
Military Affairs
Appropriations
Agriculture Committee
Santa Fe plans motor tours from Winslow to northern Arizona
The Santa Fe Transportation Company seeks a certificate to operate motor coaches and Cadillacs from Winslow for sight seeing in northern and eastern Arizona. If approved at the March 4 hearing, tours begin about May 15 to Hopi and Navajo country, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, Meteor Crater, Grand Canyon, White Mountains and other points.
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Daily Mail
Phoenix
Winslow
Santa Fe Transportation Company of Santa Fe
Arizona
Arizona Corporation Commission
Cadillac
Petrified Forest
Painted Deserts
Meteor Crater
Grand Canyon
White Mountains
Ortiz Rubio favors charity over banquet honor
A letter from President Ortiz Rubio's office states he does not want a banquet in his honor. It specifies that funds raised for the event should be donated to charity.
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Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
Earthquakes Reported in Imperial Valley
Seismologists in Pasadena report twenty five shocks within twelve hours in the Imperial Valley with more likely on closer examination.
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Pasadena
Cal
Imperial Valley
Snook seeks clemency after Supreme Court denial
In Columbus on February 26 the Snook case moved to Governor Myers Y. Cooper after the Supreme Court refused to hear it. Attorneys for James Howard Snook, a 49 year old former professor, asked for a stay of execution pending clemency review. If granted, the board of clemency will review his conviction before next Friday’s planned electric chair date.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
James Howard Snook
Myers Y. Cooper
Cooper
Board of Clemency
Snook
Taft Losing Ground Physicians Report
Dr. Francis R. Hagner said former chief justice William Howard Taft was "continuing to lose ground" and "not as well as he was a few days ago." The noon bulletin noted Taft was gradually growing weaker, suffering no pain but in more serious condition than the day before.
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Washington
Francis R. Hagner
Prohibition Hearing Sparks Calls for Amendment Repeal
Washington reports the house judiciary committee hearing on dry laws featuring Nicholas Murray Butler urging outright repeal of the eighteenth amendment as Columbia University president argues for state control of liquor. Dr Francis J Gerty of Cook County Psychopathic Hospital testifies next in the session.
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Washington
ADPI
John Augustine Ryan
Social Action
National Catholic Welfare Council
House Judiciliary Committee
Hoover
Mitchell
National Law Enforcement Commission
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Francis J. Gerty
Psycopathic Hospital
Cook County
Inois
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Camille Chautemps
Radical Socialist Party
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Harry W. Chase
University of Ilinois
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Chase Wil
David Kinley
Congress
Santa Fe Company
Rubio
Taft
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