Solon To Ask Booze Probe
Mafia vengeance claims a second informer in the Billy Ranieri kidnapping case. Joe Perconti, who aided arrests, was murderously slain at his Joliet home, his body found on the sidewalk with decapitation by gunfire. Two sawed-off shotguns mentioned.
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Roy Rald
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KMOX
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Globe
KMRC
Star Hour
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Texas
Arkansas
Blease calls for inquiry into Panama junket drinking
Sen Cole Blease of South Carolina demanded a senatorial inquiry into alleged drinking by Congress members on their Panama junket aboard the government ship Ancon. He said affidavits show liquor at capital functions but he would not reveal them unless necessary, urging equal enforcement of prohibition for all.
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Washington
Cole Blease
South Carolina
Panama
Sam
Congress
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Blease
Hoover votes push policy aims echo Brisbane notes
In Today column Arthur Brisbane reviews President Hoover's address and the voters' directives on tariffs waterways and relief. He argues farmers must organize and avoid government price fixing while warning against foreign underpayment and tariff disputes. A Park Avenue killing is noted as New York interest.
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Hoover
New York
Park Avenue
Sandbags and Stones Used in Attempt To Hold Flood Waters
The Mississippi River flood threat near Knowltons Landing in Helena Arkansas prompted 500 men to shore a main levee with sand bags lumber and stone. Communications were cut within 25 miles as engineers rushed 500000 sand bags 50000 feet of lumber and stone to the scene. The river was eroding the levee crown and a break could flood thousands of acres and property though residents had evacuated to higher ground.
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United Press
Helena
Ark
Mississippi River
Knowlton’s Landing
Here
White River
Blake walks to electric chair for murder death
In Huntsville Texas on April 19 Robert Blake faced execution by electric chair after days of tension. He entered the chamber erect and smiled faintly nodding to spectators before accepting the straps and dying at 12 24 a m. He wrote a letter to his mother and expressed gratitude to the guards.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Tex
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Robert
R. E. L. Allen
E. L. Angier
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Senate panel declines to Question Mellon on hold in office
The senate judiciary committee decided not to call Secretary Mellon in the inquiry into his right to hold office after receiving his statement that he resigned all executive connections before entering the cabinet and that his only business interests now are stock holdings in paints lumber and service.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Raid Finds Large Still Near San Jon In New Mexico
Sheriff J. W. Moncus and deputies raided a still in the bad lands east of Tucumcari near San Jon early Wednesday, seizing 25 gallons of white mule and seven barrels of mash. The still was warm but the bootleggers had fled before police arrived.
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N. M
J. W. Moncus
Here
San Jon
Record crowd attends final cooking class at city auditorium
Mrs Ida Chitwood expert chef hosts a week long cooking school for News and Globe audiences at the city auditorium. Demonstrations include decorated roast fish tips bread varieties and sandwich making with unique open face sandwiches. Prizes include a gas range shown all week drawing wide interest.
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City Auditorium
Ida Chitwood
News and Globe
Noted banker of England dies in Paris
Paris April 19 Lord Revelstoke of England a leading figure in reparations talks died suddenly in his Paris apartment at 65. His death disrupts a plenary session as Allied and German delegates faced a stalled reparations conference. Delegates postponed Monday session awaiting provisional settlement terms.
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Paris
United Press
Lord Revelstoke
Germany
New Scions Learn Rise Motion In Housecalm
Two newly elected representatives in the U S House were seated when a motion read the committee do not arise The pair then rose but sat again reddening as they realized the motion signaled the adjournment stage in the proceedings The Associated Press reports from Washington on April 19.
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Associated
Washington
Canyon Meet Sees Busy Registration Day At WTSTC
About 600 registrations were recorded at noon for the Interscholastic league meet at West Texas State Teachers College, with expectations of doubling by day’s end. Scholastic eliminations began, finals in declamation and extemporaneous speech scheduled for tonight, and contestants were assigned rooms after a morning assembly.
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West Texas State Teachers College
W. F E. Lockhart
College
Education
Mexican Orchestra Here Tomorrow on Triumphal Tour
The Tipica Fronteriza orchestra of Old Mexico arrives tomorrow for two performances at the Municipal Auditorium, afternoon and night, with Adela and Esperanza Cortez as featured singers. Tickets are at City Drug Store under the Tri-State Fair Association.
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Santa Fe
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Tipica Fronteriza Orchestra
Old Mexico
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Adela
Esperanza
Mexico City
Tri-State Fair Association
City
Santa Fe New Mexican
Tipica Fronteriza
St. Michael's College
Senoritas Adela
Esperanza Cortez
Hidalgo County Officials May Resign Office
In Austin on April 19 attorneys debated a district judge's finding that Weslaco returns were miscounted in the Nov 6 election. They urged the Hidalgo County commissioners court be recanvassed and that the new result be certified to the secretary of state if the court fails to act, potentially affecting Gordon Griffin's election as district judge over J F Leslie.
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United Press
Austin
Texas
Hidalgo County
George Calhoun
J. F. Leslie
Calhoun
Weslaco
Gordon Griffin
McAllen
Leslie
Hidalgo County Commissioners Court
Griffin
A. W. Cameron
Secretary of State
Commissioners’ Court
Phantom Bandit Captured After Weeks of Robberies
Houston police nabbed the citys elusive phantom bandit after a weeks long pursuit. The suspect, linked to about 25 robberies, was taken into custody in Houston on April 19 amid a citywide search and ambulance service calls noted in the chase.
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The
Associated Press
Houston
Bass Singer to Be Radio Feature at WDAG Tonight
Games Black a local bass singer formerly of Dallas will be featured on WDAG radio tonight from 8 to 9. He is an accomplished artist whose solos have pleased listeners on Dallas and local programs on multiple occasions. Griggs ambulance. Phone 4311.
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WDAG
Games Black
Dallas
Mr. Black
Federal Armies Gather for Sonora Campaigns
Two large Federal forces prepare to confront rebel bands in Sonora as Gen. Lazaro Cardenas coordinates 10 000 troops to San Blas and Navajoa while Gen. Juan Andreu Almazan moves 10 000 men through Pulpito Pass toward Sonora. An aviator dies preventing insult to Portes Gil and Morrow as a poster incident unfolds in Mexico City.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Sonora
Calles
Lazaro Cardenas
San Blas
Sinaloa
Navajoa
Creepes
Casas Grandes
Chihuahua
Juan Andreu Almazan
Pulpito Pass
Jose Gonzalo Escobar
Francisco Urbalejo
Nuevo Leon
Durango
Coahuila
Associated Trans
Emilio Portes Gil
United States
Dwight W. Morrow
Joaquin Garcia Bolanox
Portes Gil
Anbastador
Morrow
Mexico
Bolanos
Amarillo Mail Fraud Case Involving Elizabeth Murray
Fort Worth on April 19 federal officials prepared to summon witnesses for the removal of Elizabeth Murray who was arrested in San Jose on a mail fraud indictment. Murray allegedly promised to make Mrs. Lela Barnum a life member of the Woman's History Foundation for $1,000. The indictment names prominent figures and claims she posed as a Washington based organizer. An Arizona letter indicates she sought funds in exchange for vouching for others.
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Associated Prensa
Fort Worth
Federal District Attorney's
San Francisco
Elizabeth Murray
San Jose
Cal
Alex Mood
Federal District Attorney
Elizabeth Tarkington
Lela Barnum
Amarillo
Society For the Promotion of Arts and Letters
Washington, D. C
Woman's History Foundation, Inc
Murray
Barnum
H. G. Wells
Pekin University
Cairo
Confusion Over Farm Bill Grows on Capitol Hill
Washington April 19 Confusion over farm relief legislation mounted as White House silence persisted amid a growing dispute between the house and senate over the tariff bounty plan. Advocates claim Senate support strengthens while House leaders resist. Secretary Hyde to report on Germany and Norway as possible evidence for the plan.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
White House
House
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ian
Hyde
Germany
Norway
Congress Daily: Farm Relief Debates and Political Moves
The House meets at noon to push farm relief while the Senate is in recess. The Ways and Means Committee discusses the Mellon secretaryship. A tentative farm relief bill with debenture ideas was sent to committee, and rules were adopted to speed debate. The Senate, receiving about 350 bills, confirmed Charles J. Rhoads as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. House Democrats caucus to fill the Ways and Means vacancy with Harry C. Canfield of Indiana.
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Senate
Ways and Means
Mellon
Charles J. Rhoads
Philadelphia
Harry C. Canfield
Indiana
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