Murder price paid for killing mayor in revenge plot
In Anaconda on April 20, Charley Birger is charged with plotting the murder of Mayor Adams of West City. Youths testify Birger offered $50 per hit, and $350 to each shooter after the Dec 12 assassination. The witness Thomasson, from reform school, implicates Birger and associates as driving the crime. state seeks death penalty for Birger.
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Bunton. Iis
Charles Ringer
Southern Times
Mngster
For Adamns
West City
Shelton
Thomasson
Hirger
Elmo
Issa
Steve George
Adams
Charley Birger
Birger
Adamne
Ray Hyland
Drning
Charles H. Miller
Connie Ritter
Fred Jem
Shady Rest Ca
Portae
Tiliriols
Menard
Roy C. Martin
Alleged aerial smuggler slain shocks border probe
Government agents linked to a crackdown on air smuggling report five nights of surveillance near Eagle airport. Two planes reportedly carried ten Chinese passengers from the port to Tijuana and back toward San Diego, as McLenny awaits trial on liquor smuggling indictments. Earnings of Jamaica’s government railway surge above all of 1925 in six months.
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Ford Wheeler
Purcell
Eagle Airport
Tijuana
San Diego
Los Angeles
McLenny
Liberty
Government
Jamaica
Flood Threatens Deep South as Mississippi Levees Strain
Widespread flooding worsens across Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas with breaks at Glasscock and Natchez endangering Concordia Yazoo City and nearby parishes. Officials fear new crests from the Arkansas river embankments and the Red River mouth to New Orleans. Blasting levees continues as emergency measures seek to avert further disaster.
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Attyhs
Fithe
New Orleans
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Glasscock
Natchez
Concordia
Arkansas River
Mreather Bureau
Louisiana
Charles H. West
Mississipp River
Red River
Caernarvon
St 'Bernard
Planquemines
John St. Parker
Ida
Glasseven
Stanborniy
Concordia Parish
Blick
Ouachita
Red
Ferriday
Nia
Vidalia Front
Mosetowne
Convicts Turned to Relief as Flood Inundates South
National relief drives mobilize 150 vessels and countless private craft to evacuate homeless across flooded Louisiana areas. Former Governor Parker coordinates camps at Baton Rouge and Natchez while Hoover plans continued field visits. Red Cross appeals rise as President Coolidge and cabinet boost rescue measures amid rising waters.
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Satenez
Asa
Atandc
Gut Sonate
Creat Lakes
Natohes
Tdaliiony
Parker
Tel
Eau Cattata
Baton Rouge
Natenex
Simail
Hope Ie
Hong Rose
Arkansas
Mississipp
Memphis
Hoover
Washington
Coolidge
Cabinet Committee
Red Cross
Caernarvon
Crescent City
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Commerce Secretary
O'Keefe
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Anaconda Standard
Shady Rest
U. S
Schultz
West Broadway
Alf
Carville
Inge
Mene
Pine Blut
McGehee
Hickman
Little Rock
Ark
ELN
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Wein
National Trunk Factory
W. Broadway
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