Brisbane column highlights aviation, shipping, and Russia plans
Arthur Brisbane comments on Prince of Wales travels by air boosting Britain and US aviation. Ruth Hanna McCormick seeks naval committee seats, inheriting Mark Hanna’s shipping drive. Russia launches a five year industrial push with railways canals and power plants, warning capitalists not to laugh at its claims. A bootlegger is described in a brief note.
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Russia
Air Features Tonight Radio Schedule Highlights
Air Features Tonight presents a program lineup from 6:00 to 9:00 featuring Choristers Orchestra led by Vaughn de Leath and Adrian Schubert with symphony selections. Empire Builders and Grand Opera follow with multiple network stations listed, including WGY WTAM WWJ WGN KSD WOW and others.
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Train Crash Kills Three as 40 Hurt Near Yankee Stadium
A rear end collision on an elevated line near the 167th Street station between a steel subway train and a wooden LIRR car killed three people including J. Cullen the subway motorman and injured about forty others with many seriously. A fire followed the crash as passengers panicked and surged for exits.
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Yankee Stadium
167Th Street
J. Cullen
William J. Schultz
Day in Congress Highlights Farm Relief and Tariff Work
Senate resumes farm relief debate. House convenes at noon with no definite program. Wage and Means Republicans push tariff bill while the judiciary committee weighs Secretary Mellon's eligibility. Agriculture panel prepares supplemental farm aid plan for a special session.
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House Agriculture Committee
Americans Escape Rebels Attack on Train to Guadalajara
Two American sugar operators, Emil King and B F Johnston, escaped a rebel attack near Villanueva Michoacan while en route to Los Mochis. The train fight lasted 47 minutes as a military escort repelled the Cristeros injuring King in the hand.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Emil King
King
B. F. Johnston
New York
Los Mochis
Sinaloa
Villanueva
Michoacan
Two Baths Last Saturday Prompt Water Use Spike
Amarillo residents reportedly used about 7 000 gallons for two baths and lawn watering while washing cars. City records show total water pumped rose from 2 300 000 gallons for the week to 3 560 000 on Saturday, nearing peak summer days.
Plan Fight on Speakeasies in New York City
New York on April 29 reports a citizens committee launching a campaign to exterminate the 32,000 speakeasies said to pay $20,000,000 in graft annually for protection. Camp William E. Chase of the International Reform Federation accuses Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen of effectively licensing these dens. David Barnett, Prohibition Educational League chair, leads a constitutional campaign committee with a public meeting planned to push enforcement and close the establishments.
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New York
Camp William 8. Chase
International Reform Federation
Grover A. Whalen
Hoover
David Barnett
Prohibition Educational League
Pennsylvania Man Named Assistant Treasurer Nomination
George O. Barnes of Pennsylvania was nominated today as assistant treasurer of the United States. The notice appears in the Associate Press report from Washington dated April 29.
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Mexico City
Francisco Borquez
Sonora
Plutarco Elias Calles
Roberto Cruz
Associate Press
Washington
George O. Barnes
Pennsylvania
United States
Call on Moody to Stop Sunday Movie Shows
A resolution asks Governor Moody to use all powers to close Sunday moving picture shows. Rep Ben Woodall of Marshall chairs the criminal jurisprudence committee and calls for an immediate meeting after adjournment. An amendment by Rep M E ONeil of Frisco suggests the governor close the shows or convoke a legislature session.
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M. E. O'Neil
Frisco
Grand Jury Empaneled for New Court Term
Judge Henry Bishop charged the grand jury this morning after a delay in selecting twelve jurors. Investigations will cover lawyering, medicine, insurance, school tobacco sales, and other topics, with focus on cases where indictments must lead to convictions.
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E. C. Paxton
Ben Smith
Earl Saunders
Carl Sullivan
Walter Blackburn
W. F. Cobb
J. B. Baysinger
J. N. Eastwood
J. D. Brady
Young Oklahoma Bride's Wedding Car Crash Claims Life
A wedding party car from Waurika veered into a ditch near Chickasha on April 20 killing one woman and severely injuring the bride's sister. The 15 year old bride and Harley reportedly eloped and were married earlier that day by Rev. H. E.
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Waurika
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Britten Attacks Gibson Plan On Naval Strength
Chairman Fred Britten of the House Naval Affairs committee charges Ambassador Hugh Gibson with aiding British and French diplomacy by disarmament proposals. He cites Gibson's call to exclude trained army reserves from national strength and his prior support for the British category theory for naval power.
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Fred Britten
House Naval Affairs Committee
Hugh Gibson
Britten
Gibson
Anne Declines To Interview Newspapermen
Misa Anne Spencer Morrow wife to Col. Charles Lindbergh arrived in St Louis from Mexico City and moved on to New York. The party refused access to newspapermen as they traveled by train. An inserted ad repeats an Investors tip for a high school auditorium event on April 30 at 8 20 p m.
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ST Louis
Misa Anne Spencer Morrow
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Mexico City
New York
Relief work under way in storm area in Georgia
The Georgia Red Cross and authorities began distributing tents, cots, clothing and food at dawn to 1,000 homeless in Statesboro Metter and Cochran as death toll rose to 51 and injuries to 400. Damage estimates were not yet available while flood waters receded in the Central Mississippi Valley and levees held.
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Statesboro
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Cochrane
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Cape Girardeau
Murphysboro
Chester
Cairo
Yother
Ilinois
Missouri Pointe
Senate Approves 4.52 Million To Fight Florida Fruit Fly
The Senate today passed a House bill making 4.52 million dollars immediately available to combat the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida. The item appears in a Washington dateline dated April 29. A note mentions a Black Mask Production titled His Best Investment and a High School Tuesday night event at 4:20.
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Florida
Jewel Robber Makes Big Haul Forget Loot
The burglar robbed Arthur Kruger’s flat and fled, leaving gems and valuables worth 2000 dollars. Mrs Kruger found the loot missing and a new topcoat gone, while police noted the thief discarded a ragged overcoat in the exchange. The crook’s “trade” left the original garments behind in a curious scene.
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Senate approves ten federal judges nominations
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported ten federal judge nominations including Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin to the court of customs appeals and Curtis D. Wilbur to the Ninth Circuit. Others named were George T. McDermot and Orie L. Phillips to the Tenth Circuit, Alfred C. Cox, Francie G. Caffey and John M. Woosley to the Southern District of New York, Clarence Galeton to the Eastern District of New York, J. Lyles Glenn to the South Carolina bench, and Alfred A. Wheat to the District of Columbia Supreme Court.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Court of Customs Appeals
Curtis D. Wilbur
Secretary of the Navy
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
George T. McDermot
Kansas
Orie L. Phillips
New Mexico
Tenth Circuit Court
Alfred C. Cox
Francie G. Caffey
John M. Woosley
Southern District Court of
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Clarence Galeton
J. Lyles Glenn
Two Change Pleas and Get 20 Year Term
In Madison on April 29, Rose Pope and Philip Kolster both pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder and received 20 year sentences each from Superior Court Judge 8. B. Schein. The charge related to an attack on Pope's husband John near the city Saturday night.
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Wis
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Philip Kolster
Wisconsin
Superior Court
B. Schein
Mia
Pope
John
Poison Plot Tied to Rasputin Death Suspected in Paris
Paris April 29 French police weigh a poisoning conspiracy linked to the Rasputin death. Prince Felix Yousoupoff, Count de Larentys and guests faced suspicious illnesses. Larentys’ valet Baptiste Carbonnel confessed to poisoning food, citing hypnotic influence from Illia Pedan who offered 40,000 francs. The prince and Pedan flee to Austria. the Countess Larentys fears a revenge campaign against their family.
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Paris
Rasputin
Russia
Prince Felix Yousoupoff
Count de Larentys
de Larentys
Baptiste Carbonnel
Illia Pedan
Pedan
Austria
Larentys
Demidoff
Sunday Death Toll Rises From Weekend Auto Crashes
A Sunday spree of motor vehicle crashes killed at least 84 people across the country, with many in the East. Fatalities included nine from one New York family in a grade crossing crash near New Hampton, several in Indiana and Illinois, and multiple victims around Philadelphia and Detroit area.
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Gladys
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