Accused of Trading Wives Without Divorce In Nebraska
Otto K B Slade and Horace Reed are held on adultery complaints for living with each other’s wives without formal marriage or divorce. The women were turned over to juvenile authorities but allowed to return home to care for two children each and their chickenpox illness.
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Lincoln
Neb
Otto KB. Slade
Horace Reed
Towle
Bennett
Slade
Reed
Ben
Minister Seeks 50000 From Aimee's Mother
Seattle April 8 A minister of the Disciples denomination filed a breach of promise suit for fifty thousand dollars against Mrs Minnie Kennedy mother of Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson of Los Angeles. The Rev H H Clark charges she promised to provide him a Seattle tabernacle and a gospel ship for missionary work in Alaska and the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
H. H. Clark
Disciples
Minnie KE. Kennedy
Aimee Semple McPhereon
Los Angeles
Gordon McGanvran
Clark
Alaska
Pacific
Aluminum Company Defends Its Practices At FTC Hearing
Aluminum Company of America presented testimony at a federal trade commission hearing to deny withholding shipments or crippling competitors by unfair trade practices. The hearing resumes a long running antitrust investigation into the company and its alleged monopoly in the aluminum industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Federal Trade Commission
Chase National to Acquire American Express in Global Merger
The Chase National Bank and Chase Securities propose to acquire American Express in a merger that expands capitalization to 4,000,000 shares each after a five for one split. American Express stockholders receive five bank shares and five corporation shares for every three Express shares. American Express, once a rail express leader, will retain travel services and forex through existing arrangements. The deal leaves nate and management unchanged with 35 U.S. branches and 60 foreign branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Express Company
Chase National Bank
Chase Securities Corporation
American Express
Corporation
Railway Express
American Railway Express Company
American Railway Express
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Adame Express Company
Chase National
United
National City Book
Guaranty Trust
Testimony In Divorce Suit To Travel 10 000 Miles
Gustav L. Brown, master of Commander Byrd s Eleanor Bolling, sues for divorce from Vesta Jenna Brown. Brown will give testimony by wireless from New Zealand, a 10000 mile distance, after his Byrd expedition voyage began last June. Harry T. Bauerle sought permission to question Brown by wireless before Judge Finletter.
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Philadelphia
New Zealand
Gustav L. Brown
Byrd
Eleanor Bolling
Mre
Vesta Jenna Brown
Brown
Harry T. Bauerle
Finletter
Permision
Delta Tau Delta Defies National on Virginia Liquor Use
Baltimore dispatch reports Beta lota chapter of Delta Tau Delta at University of Virginia defying the fraternity’s rules over liquor in the Charlottesville house. An alumni inquiry panel will review the case as prep for possible charter revocation. The issue arose after President Coolidge’s visit and a statewide scandal claim.
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Beta Lota
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
University of Virginia
Baltimore
The
Baltimore Sun
Delta Tau Delta
Charlottesville
Virginia
Coolidge
David Hepburn
Virginia Anti-Saloon League
Byrd
Alderman
Three Escaped Convicts Recaptured Near Magnolia
Baton Rouge, April 8. Three of four convicts who over powered guards and escaped from the receiving station of the state penitentiary yesterday had been recaptured tonight. Fred Wilson, a escaped purse snatcher, was recaptured at Hazelhurst Mississippi. Steven J. Beck, a bank robber, surrendered today to a posse near Magnolia, Mississippi, and Adam Webster, serving a breaking and entering sentence, was recaptured yesterday. The fourth man fled to liberty and was linked to Jim Heard, a convicted burglar facing trial with Beck for the murder of a trustee in the Angola prison break last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
State Penitentiary
Maggnolia
Mies
C. R. Mixon
Fred Wilson
Hazelhurst
Misa
Steven J. Beck
Magnolia
Mine
Adam Webster
Jim Heard
Beck
Angola
Cashier of Wayne Bank Missing with $5000 Short
Wayne West Virginia April 1 The Wayne County Bank cashier C H Saunders 27 has been missing since March 31 and a 5000 shortage is recorded in bank books Bell J Prichard president says Saunders left Wayne for Portsmouth Ohio and has not been heard from since State banking commissioner H A Abbott reported the sole finding is the five thousand dollar discrepancy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
W. Va
C H. Saunders
Wayne County Bank
Bell J
Pritchard
Prichard
Saunders
Portsmouth
H. A. Abbott
Escobar 16 Named Provisional Chief
Juarez April 8 General Jose Gonzalo Escobar proclaimed provisional president of the Mexican insurgents. He considers a cabinet and has named Alejo Bey minister of the treasury, Bey a former governor of Sonora and Chapultepec Castle steward. Rebels claim control of Torreon while federals hold Santa Rosalia, Bocailla, and Parra north of Torreon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosalia
Boquilla
Parra
Torreon
Colonel Cunnyngham Begins Road Survey
Huntington West Virginia April 8 Floyd E Cunnyngham Eckman examined records in the office of H J Spelman road commission division engineer Cunnyngham was named by Governor Conley to make a survey of the highway system
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Floyd E Cunnyngham
Eckman
H. J. Spelman
Road Commission Divis
Cunnyngham
Conley
Tariff changes urged to aid labor and unemployment data
A labor federation delegation asked President Hoover to seat a labor representative on the tariff commission and curb foreign child labor. Former Maine governor Ralph O. Brewster pressed states to take charge of unemployment statistics, arguing national data lag behind other nations.
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Brewster
Maine
Matthew Woll
Federation
Organized Labor
Tariff Commission
Eariier
Ralph O. Brewster
White House
Woll
Hoover
America
Judge Hardy faces duster hearing in McPherson case
In Sacramento the impeachment trial of Superior Judge Carlos B. Hardy of Los Angeles began before the state Senate. The charge cites a $2,500 fee for aiding and advising Aimee Semple McPherson during the grand jury investigation of her kidnapping claims. McPherson and her mother, Minnie Kennedy, faced conspiracy charges but were not tried. McPherson, arriving in fashion, attended photos before the Senate session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Kennedy
McPherson
Artists’ Colony
Mt. Carmel
Calif
Kenneth Ormiston
Temple
Hardy
Escaped Prisoner Surrenders After Week of Evasion
Eldorado Arkansas April 8 Wallace Goley who escaped from Union county jail with three others turned himself in near Junction City Louisiana. He said I am tired of dodging officers. He was the third of the quartet recaptured. H G Snake Cain remains at large. Joe Streiter and Claud Burnett were captured.
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Eldorado
Ark
Wallace Goley
Union County
Junction City
Galey
H. G
Snake” Cain
Pendleton
Oklahoma
Joe Streiter
Claud Burnett
Diplomats Seek State Dept Ruling on Mrs Gann Status
The British ambassador Sir Esme Howard will ask the State Department for a definite ruling on Mrs. Edward Everett Gann the sister of Vice-President Curtis. Senator Heflin proposed congressional action to assure Mrs Gann equal rank at official dinners if Secretary Stimson delays. The issue centers on where the vice president’s hostesses stand among foreign diplomats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Esme Howard
State Department
Edward Everett Gann
Curtis
Kellogg
Mr Gann
Mr Gann At Social Functions After the Wives of the Heads of Foreign Missions
Stimson
Gann
Heflin
Democrat
Alabama
Kelloge
Stmenon
Aliens barred from entering United States under quota ruling
Supreme Court unanimous decision holds aliens from Canada and other nations cannot be considered temporary business entry to work. The ruling restricts cross border labor flow, affirming Congress's aim to protect American workers. Col Charles A Lindbergh plans return trip to the United States to attend Myron Herrick's funeral and visit fiancee Anne Morrow. The aviator will fly a government plane before piloting his private aircraft northbound toward Brownsville Texas.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Great Britain
United States
Mary Cook
Scotland
Antonio Danelon
Italy
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Nota
Federal District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Sutherland
Congress
Mexico City
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
New York
Cleveland
Myron T Herrick
Paris
Valbuena Air Field
Dwight W. Morrow
Cuernavaca
Lindbergh
Anne S. Morrow
Brownsville
Texas
Exoneration in Slaying Clears Two in Dover Bootleg Raid
A Lexington coroner's jury exonerates constable Clarence Potts and assistant Eugene Seitz in the slaying of Fred Hearrington during a Dover liquor raid. Hearrington, 40, died from a gunshot wound. Seitz acted to defend himself and Potts. Prosecutor Ike Shelton said no further steps unless new developments arise. Testimony says Hearrington fired at the raiders before Seitz shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Fred Hearrington
Dover
Hearrington
Eugene Seitz
Seitz
Clarence Potts
Ike Shelton
Lafayette County
Seltz
Smith To Help Choose New Tammany Chieftain
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith will join the seven member committee of Tammany Hall to consult with the By Four on selecting a new leader. Other Big Four members are Mayor James J. Walker Surrogate James Foley and Senator Robert F. Wagner. Leading candidates include Martian G. McCue John F. Curry and Edward J. Ahearn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred FE. Smith
Tammany Hall
James J. Walker
James Foley
Robert F. Wagner
George W. Olwany
Martain G. McCue
John F. Curry
Edward J. Ahearn
Dawes Suggested as Successor to Houghton
Washington reports former Vice President Charles G. Dawes named as a possible ambassador to Britain to succeed Alanson B. Houghton. Hoover conferred with Secretary Stimson and Henry M. Robinson before a call to Houghton on April 27.
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Dawes
Houghton
Washington
Britain
Alanson B Houghton
New York
Arkwright Coal Company Achieves Full First Aid Efficiency
Morgantown West Virginia April. The 269 employees of the Arkwright Coal company reached 100 percent efficiency in first aid instruction as required by the state department of mines. State and federal representatives announced Arkwright as the first in the state to gain the distinction and presented certificates to all employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Arkwright Coal Company
State Department of Mines
Coal Company Perconnel
State Mining Department
United States Bureau of Mines
Arkwright Company
State Department
Baltimore Methodist Conference Praises Hoover Election
The Baltimore annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church closed its sessions in Washington after endorsing Prohibition adherence and Hoover's presidential victory. It elected Center Street Church in Cumberland Maryland as next meeting place and heard the conference appointments read by Bishop Herbert Welch of the Pittsburgh area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore
Methodisl Episcopal Church
Herbert Hoover
Center Street
Cumberland
Bisho Herbert Welch
Pittsburg
Woman in Wheelchair Falls Five Stories at Hospital
Baltimore April 8. Mrs Jennie Sweiger 60 patient dies after elevator lift shoots up while a student nurse moves the chair from the X ray to her room. Coroner J B Potter returns verdict of accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Jennie Sweiger
H. Potter
Border Situation Alarming In Palomas Capture Of Rebels
Two American cattlemen acting for federals capture an insurgent garrison of sixty at Palomas Chihuahua. Commander killed in the operation. Army units report progress near the border with heightened security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palomas
Chihuahua
Mexican Revolution Shifts as Calles Takes Field Command
The Associated Press reports Calles departs to lead the federal campaign on the west coast arriving in Guadalajara en route to Mazatlan. Eighteen American planes guard the border as rebel forces retreat into Sonora while provisional president of the insurgents is named and railways are cleared of marauders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Leas
Mexico City
Washington
Calles
Callies
Guadalajara
Mazatlan
Naco
Sonora
Jose Gonzalo Kacobar
The
Insurgenta
Pacific
Ost
Francisco Manzo
Eacobar
Juarez
Chihuahua
Callee
Cedilio
Mazatland
Cedillo i
Sinaloa
San Blas
Almazan
Chihuahua City
Shoplifter’s Alibi Delays San Francisco Court Action
Police Judge George Steiger hears Blanche Pringle defend a shoplifting arrest with a bizarre alibi. The defendant claims to have been a former Chicago store detective who stole to prove her value to local store management. The case lingers as the judge questions her explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
George Steiger
Blanche Pringle
Chicago
Atore
Pinchot Wife Treated After Hair Tonic Dose Mistake
Mrs Gifford Pinchot, wife of a former Pennsylvania governor, was treated at a private Savannah hospital after taking a hair tonic by mistake for medicine. She recovered and continued to Florida to join her husband on a scientific cruise, noting the tonic likely posed no danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Gia
April
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Key Weet
Fla
Jon
South Seasore
Pinchot
Tal Ted
T. P. Waring
Three Prisoners Plead Guilty To Jail Break Charge
In Charleston West Virginia on April three prisoners tied to the Kanawha county jail escape pleaded guilty to jail breaking and were each sentenced to two years and six months in prison. The defendants are Gay Helmick Pat Shiffiett and MM Pieher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Gay Helmick
Pat Shiffiett
MM. Fpieher
Fire station deemed hazardous must go in 30 days
East Liverpool Ohio faces action as the downtown fire station, a landmark for 36 years and formerly a livery stable, is ordered removed within 30 days by Ray R. Gill state fire marshal at Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Ray RR. Gill
Columbus
Harmless Home Made Bomb Found in Albany Mail
A crude bomb sent to Governor Franklin D Roosevelt in Albany proved harmless. The device used a four inch iron pipe filled with black powder and three matches, hidden in a tin box. A porter knocked it with a broom triggering the matches and smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Franklin D Roosevelt
Albany
Blames Educators for Son’s Death at Huntington High
In Huntington West Virginia a hearing was ordered by the city school board to examine allegations that principal Edgar Q Swan and assistant principal T Smith Brewer were morally responsible for the death of 15 year old William M Crook Jr. The petition by Mrs William M Crook alleged the pair failed to inform her of her son’s suspension prompting him to run away and die in an Ohio auto crash. The petition asks that the teachers not be reappointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Huntington High School
William M. Crook Jr
Edity School Board
James H. Strickling
Mra
William M Crook
Edgar Q Swan
T. Smith Brewer
Ohio
President Hoover’sReception Line Shrinks at White House
Report notes a dramatic decline from 1775 attendees to 36 handshake seekers at the White House public reception. Capitol Hill officials instructed members of the house and senate to limit visits to ten constituents each to gain entry with credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Hoover
Capitol
House
Senate
Executive Mansion
U S Planes Bombard Honduran Town Report
American planes from Managua Nicaragua reportedly bombed rebel camps along the border and also hit the Honduran town of Las Limas causing extensive fire damage. Local Laval citizens are said to be greatly unsettled by the attacks.
Bluefield Council Defers Action on Wes Graham Removal
After lengthy discussion and a crowded session, the Bluefield Virginia Side council voted 5 to 3 to defer action on the original ordinance removing Wes Graham from the corporation. Attendee speeches included W. L. Sexton for the measure and K. C. Patty for the opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Graham
Corporation of
Bluefield
Virginia
Metelafe Wallace
Pancake
Fink
Hinegardner
Pippin
Hkeypolds
Graham
Council
W. L. Sexton
K. C. Patty
Virginia Side
Sinclair must serve jail term for contempt of senate
The Supreme Court unanamously rules Harry F Sinclair must serve three months in jail and pay a $500 fine for contempt of the senate in refusing to answer questions tied to the Teapot Dome oil investigation. He has 25 days to seek a rehearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F Sinclair
Supreme Court
Senate
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
F. G. Bonfile
John Leo Stack
Bonfile
Stack
Albert Tt. Fall
Senate Committee
Justice Butler
Mal Daugherty
Houses
Congress
Bia
Bomb blasts injure several in New Delhi assembly
In New Delhi April 84 bombs exploded from a gallery injuring several members as the legislative assembly met. Sir Bomanjee Delalal was among the injured. leaders including Sir George Schuster were hurt. A signed pamphlet blamed labor turmoil and claimed the Hindu Socialist Republican Army ordered the attack to halt reform and expose bureaucratic hypocrisy.
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New Delhi
India
Legislative Assembly
Bomanjee Delalal
George Schuster
Baldrain
Hindustan Socialist Republican Army
Perge
Wang
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