Federal officers seize suspects in deadly Browning home attack
Seven men were arrested on federal warrants in Kentucky in connection with the burning of the Browning home at Browningtown near Shepherdsville. The slaying of Kate Browning and wounding of her sister and four children followed an ambush as the family fled the blaze. Several related Crenshaw suspects and others were named, with warrants issued for conspiracy to intimidate a federal witness and obstruct justice. Federal agents moved in after delays by Bullitt county authorities.
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Associated Press
Shepherdsville
Kate Browning
Browning
Browningtown
Here
Arthur
Sylvia Hodge
Walter Crenshaw
Elmer Crenshaw
Clarence Crenshaw
Walter
Elmer
John Bolton
Frank Kinder
Frank Hodge
James Harris
United States
Osso W. Stanley
Bardstown
Bullitt County
Stanley
Ben Browning
Relaves
Lou Browning
Angie
Amanda Jones
Peachie
Move to Mabe to Restrict Bishops in Methodist Conference
At Kansas City on May 6 the quadrennial Methodist Episcopal general conference adjourned for the day. A constitutional amendment to curb episcopal power was in play, with a report sought on restricting bishops while witnesses from Copenhagen could be summoned in the case against Bishop Anton Bast.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Anton Bast
Copenhagen
R. J. Wade
Laamatia
R. Clarence Brown
Chicago
Huge 98 Foot Girder Moved by Night Across London
A 98 foot long girder weighing 65 tons was hauled across London by night using trolley cars with a traction engine at each end. The journey took four hours.
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London
Polar Dirigible Outrides Storm in Arctic Mission
The Italia was sighted near South Sydkap in Southern Spitzbergen at 7 20 a m and reached Green Harbor at noon after hours of wind and fog. General Nobile maneuvered to moor the ship, planning several Arctic flights and a North Pole revisit after last summer’s Norge expedition.
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Sydkap
Spitzbergen
Green Harbor
Nobile
Citta di
General Nobile
Arctic
North Pole
Norge
West moves toward Al Smith nomination as Montana backs efforts
Montana Democrats pledge support for Al Smith at the Houston convention amid declared belief he will win on the first or early ballots. Kremer hails Western unity and praises Smith while noting convention preparations and speeches in New York, Washington, and Louisville.
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Montana
West
al Smith
Houston
Kremer
New York
Senator Walsh
Smith
Mr. Kremer
Butte
Commodore
National Club
Jimmy Walker
National Managers’ Protective Association
Frank Walker
Anne Green Kremer
Washington
National Democratic Organization
Claude Bowers
Kremers
Louisville
Chicago
Four Men Slain in Durango Auto Crash and Police Shootings
Multiple violent incidents described. In Durango a car crash killed Louis J. Cates and Thelma Campbell with Ethel Hare and P. M. Smoak injured. In Middletown a Black man, George McCullen, wounded two officers and was wounded by police. In Livingston a unidentified man died after a fight or fall, with only $2 on him and no robbery signs.
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Associated Prees
Durango
Col
Louis J. Cates
Thelma Campbell
Aztec
N. M
Farmington
Ethel Hare
P. M. Smoak
Smoak
Associated Press
Middletown
Ohio
George McCullen
McCullen
Hamilton
Harold W. Roth
Ebert Crout
Death of Carl Smith prompts police inquiry
Carl Smith was injured near 119 South Main and died after hospital treatment. Jones faced a charge of assault with intent to kill but was fined $25 for a disturbance and later released to county authorities. Doctors cited mastoid injury from a possible blow, while veterans from the American and World Wars show interest in the case.
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Smith
South Main
Jones
State Hospital
E. Lorenz
Montana Girl Ends Own Life
Ruth A Good a 21 year old University of Washington honor student killed herself with poison in a Chicago hotel. Her mother Mrs Henry Good found her, and the two had traveled from Rochester Minn for treatment in Battle Creek Mich. The Kalispell Mont family noted her nervous breakdown and prior studies at Missoula and Helena.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ruth A Good
University of Washington
Henry Good
Kalispell
Mont
Rochester
Minn
Battle Creek
Mich
Ruth A. Good
State Highway Commission
Miss Good
State University
Missoula
Spokane
Mussolini Predicts Co operative Economy To Rise
In Rome on May 6 Mussolini told the third convention of the National Confederation of Fascist syndicates that the coming century will see a new form of economy based on cooperation. He praised the fascist struggle against bolshevism scoffed at Marx and saluted Italian workers who accepted pay cuts to fund the battle of the Lira. He did not reference the papal disapproval but teased his critics, eliciting laughter.
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Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
National Confederation of Fascist Syndicates
Il Duce
New Council to Organize Tonight After Caucus
Alderman Tom Morgan of the Sixth ward is to be re elected as council president after a Democratic caucus held Saturday night. The body will elect a vice president, likely from the minority Republicans who plan a caucus before tonight’s meeting. Mayor Beadle will assign council committees as more than a dozen are voted on. The new organization will begin work Wednesday night with several minor items on the agenda.
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Tom Morgan
Sixth Ward
John Callow
Beadle
Chinese Considering Boycott Of Japanese
In Nanking dated May 6 Gen. Chiang Kai-shek said Japanese brutality included firing on soldiers and civilians leading to over 1 000 deaths. He accused Japanese forces of mass killings and pledged to expose the attack to the world. The chamber of commerce Students union and labor unions telegraphed the Nanking government to defend national self defense.
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Tsinan
Chamber of Commerce
Students’ Union
Nanking
China
Tainan
Chiang Kai-shek
Government urged refuges to aid birds nationwide
Paul G. Redington head of the Biological Survey advocates wildlife sanctuaries. He urges flooding Bear River marshes Utah opening Cheyenne bottoms Kansas as permanent refuge and full purchase of the Upper Mississippi Wildlife and Fish refuge to protect bird life.
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Washington
Paul G. Redington
Federal Bureau of Biological Survey
Bear River
Utah
Cheyenne Bottoms
Kansas
Upper Mississippi
Bratianu Calls Alba Iulia Congress An Opposition Episode
Premier Vintila Bratianu told the Associated Press in Bucharest that the peasants party congress in Alba Iulia did not merit the foreign criticism, stressing Romania's desire for peace and its resistance to revolutionary acts. He praised orderly conduct but denounced a motion he called reprehensible.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Roumania
Vintila Bratianu
Peasants’ Party
Alba Iulia
Congress
Hickmans Appeal Sets Tuesday Court Battle
Defense teams gathered in Los Angeles to prepare Hickman appeal to the California Supreme Court in Sacramento Tuesday. Chief counsel Jerome Walsh and California associates plan to challenge the insanity defense law and the plea of not guilty by reason of insanity as tied to his murder conviction of Marian Parker.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Sacramento
State Supreme Court
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Hickman
California
Marian Parker
Walsh
Auto Kills Woman Crossing Denver Street
Mary Tenner, 40, was struck and killed by an automobile while crossing an intersection in Denver. The driver, Ernest Bracio, was held by police for investigation as Miss Tenner died while being carried to the Salvation Army home near the crash site.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
Mary Tenner
Ernest Bracio
Miss Tenner
Salvation Army
Rain adds to danger at dam at Table Rock Cove
May 6 report from Table Rock Cove South Carolina describes a leaking earthen dam on Saluda Creek forcing thousands to flee to higher ground. Engineers trench the mountain side to prevent drainage soaking the dam end. the sloughed material is seen as a prop, with efforts aimed at keeping the dyke intact to avoid a break.
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Table Rock Cove
S.C
Saluda Creek
Table Rock Mountain
France Moves to Improve Finances
New York May 6 plans of the French government to strengthen its finances took shape today with American banks to begin accepting subscriptions tomorrow for a French republic 75 year 5 per cent internal loan. The issue is unlimited and will pay off advances from the Bank of France, retire short term obligations, and remove a large amount of paper francs from circulation, currently quoted about 25 to the dollar.
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Associated Press
New York
Bank of France
Moody Wins Texas Delegate Contest In Uninstructed Vote
Dallas May 6 Gov Dan Moody appears to have won the Texas democracy campaign for delegates uninstructed on presidential candidates. Saturdays precinct conventions show 71 of 253 counties reporting 1481 uninstructed delegates and 1234 instructed for a dry plank. Counts list 326 for Alfred E Smith 93 for Jesse Jones 45 for Moody 17 for Walsh and 3 for Donahey.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Dan Moody
Alfred E. Smith
Jesse Jones
Houston
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Flood Bill Conference Hints at President’s View
The house and White House clash over flood control funding and protections for lands in floodways. Coolidge says the measure lacks adequate Mississippi valley contributions and federal damage safeguards. Conference report delays until tomorrow with possible withdrawal if revisions are needed.
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House Flood Committee
Coolidge
House
Mississippi Valley
Congress Braces for End of First Session Flood Bill Talks
Washington May 6 Congress eyed a conference tomorrow between President Coolidge and House and Senate conferees on the Mississippi river flood control bill. A possible adjournment by May 26 depended on reaching agreement. If not, adjournment might wait until after party conventions as flood relief loomed large. The MacNary Hauen bill and tax reduction were also on the agenda with a veto outlook, while the Jones White ship line bill advanced to conference. Other major issues like Muscle Shoals Boulder Canyon dam and railroad consolidation were unlikely to see final action this session.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
House
Senate
National Party
Coolidee
Senate Finance Committee
Boulder Canyon
Lindbergh Landing Sparks Rush at Curtis Field
Two people were knocked down as about 2,000 surged toward Lindbergh at Curtis Field in New York as he landed after a flight with friends. Lindbergh swerved the plane to avoid the crowd and waited in the aircraft until police opened a path for his car.
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Curtis Field
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Butte High School Notes Highlights Student Work And Promotions
Butte High School reports senior Eda Mannick assisting in the principal’s office while bookkeeping students complete the 26 exercises and begin the Goodwin set. Multiple classes list top dictation scores and promotions through stenography levels with numerous named students.
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Eda Mannick
Goodwin
Bob White
Ogda Smith
Louise Rex
Alpha McGilvery
Virginia Cameron
Gertrude Heikkinen
Esther Maier
Ethelyn Barton
Alta Lee Barton
Anna Johnson
Lillian Cowling
Marie Karwhese
Barbara Thomas
Mary Frances Brown
Jean Crumby
Marion Redlich
Ina Tibbetts
Theodore Corkulus
Alice Perry
Madeline Lynch
Mayme Paskulich
Mildred Kenoffel
Eleanor Ferrero
Sara Deitch
Myrtle Tarrow
Fred Steiner
Bertha Hentalla
Goldie Curnow
Arlee Richards
Mary Knight
Ethel Borzick
Dorothy Dolan
Alice Johnson
Mildred Thomas
Isabelle Warren
Myrtle Spencer
Eva Pohndorf
Bookkeeping
C. W. Keeland
Ellen Hill
George Lane
Mary McCourt
Helen Paige
Ida Mae Matteson
Margaret Howells
Mary Moffat
Dorothy Jenkins
Grace Richards
Margaret Geach
Mercedes Burk
Janet Cassidy
Ellen Hirvi
Esther Crestetto
Leona Callow
Alice Burkland
Dorothy Evatt
Rhea Foote
Vernie Johnson
Alice Owens
Anna Pohndorf
Florence Pohndorf
Ercel Risto
Ann Ryan
Mary Clare Wall
Helen Riipi
Laura Harris
Virginia Ostberg
Frances Paul
Agnes Sibley
Bernice McLellan
Caroline Mark
Robert Brome
Virginia Camerson
Martha Connelly
Margaret Diedrichs
Kathryn Erickson
Vera Golubin
Helen Lee
Virginia Malloy
Eva Palonen
Lucile Rossiter
Charlotte Sutphen
Virginia Sutphen
Marion Thomas
Jeannette McGrade
Helen Oliphant
Verena Retallack
Stella Vukanovich
Edna Williams
Gwen Matthews
Prohibition raid ends without liquor at Backendorf farm
Prohibition agents raided William Backendorf’s farm near Salt Lake City but found no still. Their departing car stalled in mud and Backendorf charged $2 to pull it out.
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Salt Lake City
William Backendorf
Backendorf
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