Hoover urges public to aid in gang fight
President Hoover called for broad public support to enforce laws and help break up gangster activity. He said no new federal racketeering laws were planned and urged stronger local enforcement while noting federal help to Chicago authorities. Attorney General Mitchell and Treasury officials described coordinated federal actions against organized crime and tax prosecutions.
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Farmer Surrenders After Fatal Shooting Near Greenville
Will Aikin a Hunt county farmer surrendered after fatally shooting Will Williams 29 in the Preetons community. Aikin said he fired several times with a single barrel shotgun after Williams jumped from his horse during a meeting near Aikin’s home following a hunting outing.
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Tex
Will Aikin
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Conference Looms Large as Italian and Russian Ministers Meet
A brief report notes yesterday's talks between Dino Grandi of Italy and Maxim Litvinoff of Russia on a high level conference seen as highly significant. The exchange suggested broad consensus on the conference's importance despite unspecified reservations.
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Maxim Litvinoff
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Milan
Ice raft battle ends as Eskimo survivor reaches shore
Joe, an Eskimo hunter on a sea ice island, built a rough raft from ice and used a rifle stock as a paddle after a 42 hour ordeal chasing polar bears. He reached shore near Barrow, Alaska, exhausted and frostbitten, having killed one bear and wounded another. Temperatures ranged from 20 to 30 degrees below zero during the drift.
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Associate Press
Point Barrow
Alaska
Joe
City to Advertise Bids for Gravel and Tractor Tracks
The Palo Duro pumping plant site or the first siding west of Canyon will receive 40 cubic yards of one and two inch gravel after the commission granted authority Tuesday night to City Manager Bill Durham. Durham was also authorized to advertise for bids on a tractor track set.
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Palo Duro
Canyon
Bill Durham
Commission
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