Earl Carroll Sentenced for Perjury in Bath Tub Party Case
New York June 4 Earl Carroll host of a Broadway bath tub party was sentenced to a year and a day in Atlanta penitentiary with a $2000 fine for perjury during grand jury testimony. Two indictments dropped. two others not guilty. Carroll appealed while on bail. Witness Joyce Hawley, 17, testified about the party and tub drinks.
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Earl Carroll
Atlanta
Goddard
Carroll
Phil Paine
The
Daily Mirror
Paine
Washington
Earl Carroll Theater
Countess of Cathcart
Ellis Island
Augustus Thomas
al Jolson
Irvin Cobb
Joyce Hawley
Farmer and Congress Clash Over Middlemen Relief
Speech compares farmers to consumers and producers separated by middlemen. criticizes Washington advisers and calls for cutting middlemen to connect producers with buyers. Ends with praise for Bull Durham as relied upon aid, in a rural political voice.
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Congress
Washington
America
Agriculture
Durham
Bull’’ Durham
Commuters Hit By Exploding Manhole Fire at Pier
A fatal manhole blast and ensuing fire on the Hudson Bay line pier at 129th Street terrified thousands of commuters. One man died when blown from the cover, others injured. fire damaged the pier, water mains, and windows. Firefighters faced high tides until nightfall with searchlights aiding efforts.
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New York
129Th Street
Jersey Palisades
Robert Meehan
Daniel Goff
Chauncey M. Depew
Special Yellowstone Train Excursion From Big Timber
Special excursion to Gardiner Gateway in Yellowstone Park offered from Big Timber. Round trip is 2 hours 50 minutes via the Northern Pacific. Tickets available at the Northern Pacific station.
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Gardiner Gateway
Yellowstone Park
Big Timber
Northern Pacific
Border Patrol Gunfight Leaves Man Wounded Near Sweet Grass
Clarence Goettle of Lewistown was reported in critical but hopeful condition after being shot by border patrol officer A. J. Brunner. Brunner fired four shots as a southbound beer-car refused to stop near Sweet Grass, injuring Goettle with buckshot and driving him to a hotel for care.
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Great Falls
Clarence Goettle
Lewistown
A. J. Brunner
Border Patrol
Federal Immigration Department
Brunner
Goettle
Sweet Grass
Sweetgrass
J. Bowen
Bowen
Mystery car case ties California line to river wanderers
Investigators traced an automobile line in California linked to a missing vehicle found near a riverbank. A later probe suggested the occupants may have wandered afoot after a fishing trip, but no fishing gear was found in the car, prompting officials to abandon that theory. A collection of items including a tailor made suit, A400 diamond ring, watches, and travelers diet supplies were recovered, while two suitcases remained undisturbed.
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California
Canada
Rajcomn
Prohibition Debate Shifts as Senate Delays Action
Washington June 7 The senate judiciary committee deferred action on all net prohibition proposals to allow Senator Reed to prepare a minority report. In Ohio political circles former Senator Aliee Pomerene enters the Democratic race highlighting Volstead Act revision and prohibition as the fall election issue.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Reed
Missouri
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Buckeye
Aliee Pomerene
Pomerene
Frank B. Willis
Frank F. Dentseh
Cleveland
Prohibition
Senate Prohibition Committee
Means
Colorado
Judiciary Committee
Goff
West Virginia
Harrold
Oklahoma
Walsh
Montana
Edge
New Jersey
Bruce
Maryland
Edwards
Senate Prohibition Committee inaction on national referendum
The Senate prohibition committee adopted a report urging indefinite postponement of bills for a national referendum on prohibition and for modification of the 18th Amendment and the Volstead act. The measure faces judiciary committee approval with minority views pending.
Coolidge Order On State Officers For Enforcement Upheld
A Senate judiciary subcommittee majority finds President Coolidge acted within his rights in employing state officers as prohibition enforcement agents, terming the move an expression of policy rather than a binding order while noting prior authorities already allowed such appointments. A minority views the action unauthorized.
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Washington
Coolidge
Judiciary
Senate
King
Utah
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Forestry Service of
States
Wilson
Reclamation Service
Treasury
Prisoners Lash Whipped in New Castle Workhouse Yard
John Fee and Thomas Kelly received 40 lashes each in the New Castle county workhouse yard for highway robbery. They serve 15 year terms. A photographer, Samuel Shulman, was ejected then climbed a wall to snap pictures and was fined 35 and costs.
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Wilmington
Del
John Fee
Thomas Kelly
New Castle County
Fee
Kelly
Samuel Shulman
McPherson Woman Seen Here And There
A Salonen–McPherson link surfaces as Aarne J. Salonen, tied to a desert car on the Madison river, vanishes with a companion. A man of interest led rancher Dick Murray toward Butte where authorities opened a search after a diamond ring and dusty attire appeared. Salonen, a Finlander, had recently traveled from New York via California before disappearing.
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Butte
Los Angeles
Aarne J. Salonen
Madison River
Aimee Semper McPherson
Angelus Temple
California
Salonen
Companion
Dick Murray
Murray
Yellowstone
West Broadway
Department of Justice
United States
New York
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Ask O. Nordstrom
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Helena Butte
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