DOJ targets shyster lawyers in national drive
Attorney General Homer Cummings leads a nationwide action against lawyer criminals aiding gangsters and robbers. He orders J. Edgar Hoover to investigate and press charges, targeting doctors who assist public enemies and lawyers who profit from crime.
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Washington
W.P
Department of Justice
Homer C. Cummings
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Louis Piquett
Chicago
John Dillinger
Ben B. Laska
James C. Mathers
Charles Urschel
Clayton
May
St. Paul
Dillinger
Cummings
United States
St Louis Kid Leads Paramount Bill With Cagney Comedy
The St Louis Kid headlines at Paramount with James Cagney as a truck driver delivering hilarity and action. Patricia Ellis co stars with Allen Jenkins while the bill includes Amarillo Big Spring game footage and local entertainment notes.
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Paramount
St. Louis
REX
Jack Rolt
Marshell van Pool
Ethel Powell
Roseland
Rob Mueller
Jimmie Cagney
Cagney
Patricia Ellis
Allen Jenkins
Miss Ellis
Lubbock
Letter Influencing France and Napoleon Revealed
The article recalls Bluecher’s inquiry into the Marne and a letter sent to Marie Louise with an apology for reading it. It suggests the missive could alter destinies of France and Napoleon, reflecting on the old adage never write or destroy a letter and noting Joseph J. Fiske’s observation about the “one hundred and…”
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Marne
Bluecher
Marie Louise
France
Napoleon
Wealth and intelligence across races and history
A commentary argues that wealth does not prove racial superiority or control of money. It notes that leading rich men have varied origins and cites figures like Rockefeller, Mellon, Ford, and Baker, while acknowledging Jews and non Jews alike strive for wealth. The piece questions Hitlers money race theory with examples from history and science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew W. Mellon
Henry Ford
George F. Baker
Europe
Rothschild
Noted Washington Widows and a Poet’s Fate
The text catalogues prominent Washington social figures led by Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and others. Lamar Hollingshead praises a young wife, prompting Judson C. Doke to shoot and a jury acquits him on unwritten law as the courtroom cheers.
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Washington
Isabella Greenway
Florence Kahn
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
J. Borden Harriman
Lamar Hollingshead
Judson C. Doke
Mr. Doke
Doke
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Quick Relief For Aches
A local advertisement touts Ballard's Snow Liniment for aching muscles sprains strains backache and lumbago. It claims ingredients deliver a surge of warmed blood to ease congestion and pain with pricing at 30 and 60 cents.
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Ballard
Toronto tales of embezzlement births and a tragic poet
A 23 year old university student was killed after refusing to write a letter to Doke's wife confessing love. Doke 34, a milk inspector, faces trial for alleged embezzlement of 1800 city funds. Toronto headlines recount Miller's 1926 death leaving 500000 for prolific births and Mrs Dionne's stipulation barring her quintuplets amid a race for large families. Mrs Grace Bagnato, a Toronto court interpreter, is mentioned in the same report.
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Doke
Charles V. Miller
Toronto
Dionne
Matthew Kenny
Grace Bagnato
Toronto Court
Noted Talk of 22 Children and Radio Torpedoes
The piece discusses Mrs Bagnato's brood of 22 children with 13 born before a race, compares it to ancient Olympias, and cites Major Casey of Du Pont foreseeing radio controlled aerial torpedoes in future wars. It envisions U S production of such weapons for national defense.
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Bagnato
Mussolini
Olympias
Major Casey
The
du Pont Company
United States
Uncle Sam
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Dick Powell
Marshall van Pool
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van Pool
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