Anderson Hiring For Everglades Of Sunny Florida
Private detectives pursue leads as George Anderson, linked to the Chapman gang, reportedly heads toward Florida to evade pursuit. Authorities suspect Hance and his wife were slain en route to Indianapolis to reveal gang plans. Witnesses tighten circumstantial case against Wolfe in Muncie. fears of gang vengeance keep names confidential.
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Indianapolis
Muncie
Delaware County
George Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Ben Hance
Anderson
Florida
Hance
Indiana
Chapman
Connecticut
Harry Webster
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Webster
Florida Everglades
Dig Turk
Big Turk
Randolph
Wolfe
Yorktown
Middletown Pike
Rum Row Repeats Visit as Coast Guard Spots Three Boats
Coast Guard cutter Yamacraw reported sighting three boats about thirty miles off New York marking Rum Row's first visitors since the liquor fleet breakup. The Bois Des Cuttes, French registry, Arwyco, English registry, and a third boat with unread name were observed. The Yamacraw then docked at Clifton base on Staten Island for repairs before resuming patrols.
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New York
Rum Row
Coast Guard
Yamacraw
Clifton
Staten Island
Bois Des Cuttes
Unidentified woman found in Hudson hospital amid memory loss
In Union City New Jersey a young woman with amnesia was hospitalized and unnamed. A man claiming to be Captain Patrick Leighton from the British embassy identified her as Lady St Austell of London, but the British consulate found no such officer or attaché.
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Union City
N. J
North Hudson
Patrick Leighton
New York
Leighton
Washington
Governors to Meet on Coal Supply to Aid New England
Boston August 17 Governor Fuller invited the governors of Maine and New Hampshire to a conference at the state house next Friday to take definite action to relieve New England from its dependence on antbracive es tua.
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Boston
Fuller
New England
State House
Chapman Studies Super-Crook Puts Behind Bars with Masters
Chapman, described as a captured criminal highly guarded, spends time reading the old masters and composing memoirs in poetry and prose. His memoirs are slated for publication after his death, revealing insights from his prison life.
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Super-Crook
Chapman Lives in Secrecy at Weathersfield Prison
Hartford reports Chapman, imprisoned as a federal offender, studies philosophy and writes while awaiting possible execution. He remains in a locked hospital section with restricted access and guarded daily exercise, amid rumors of potential clemency or a new trial.
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Hartford
Conn
Weathersfield
Indiana
Chapman
Schopenhauer
Anatole France
Cha
Precautions for Gotham Election Amid Tightened Rules
New York August 17 police ordered unusual steps for the September 15 primary. Voter lists will be checked in advance to ensure only eligible electors vote. Mayor Hylan said the measure aims for the most honest primary possible. Senator James J. Walker, the Tammany candidate, is inactive due to a relative's death while Republican dissension over Frank B. Waterman's mayoral bid continues. Leaders like Charles D. Hilles signaled Waterman remains on the fusion ticket.
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New York
Police Department
Hylan
James J. Walker
Tammany
Waterman
Hilles
Watermann
Dentin on Trial Murder of Wife
Los Angeles August 17 jury selection begins in the murder trial of Dr Thomas Young a Beverly Glen dentist charged with suffocating his wife Mrs Grace Young and sealing her body in a cistern. Prosecutors say he killed her to gain access to a 1500000 estate left by her late husband Patrick Grogan the olive king.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Young
Grace Young
Beverly Glen
Patrick Grogan, Jr
LaFollette Jr Opens Campaign On Lost Father Platform
Robert M. LaFollette Jr begins his bid for the U.S. Senate to fill his father’s term with a Republican platform he says voters endorsed three years ago. He pledges government control of Muscle Shoals, repeal of Esch Cummins, higher farm freight relief, opposes injunctions in labor disputes, curbs wartime spending, opposes Mellon taxes, favors direct election of president and vice president, and favors direct vote on the league of nations and world court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
United States
Wisconsin
Robert M. LaFollette
United States Senate
LaFollette
Muscle Shoals
Mellon
League of Nations and World Court
Federal Trade Commission
Democrats to push tariff cuts and tax relief in next Congress
Omaha dispatch reports William A. Oldfield, Democratic National Congressional Committee chairman, urging a broad tariff reduction and tax cuts including repeal of auto sales tax. He attacks the Hoover administration as plutocratic, cites bank failures under Coolidge, and calls for a government that treats all citizens equally.
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Omaha
Neb
Democrata
Congress
William A. Oldfield
Democratic National Congressional Committee
Representative Oldfield
Mellon
Hoover
Weeks
Wilson
United States
Harding Coolidge
New England
General Conference of Prohibition Men Today
Washington Aug 17 Assist ant Secretary Andrews will lead a general conference with prohibition division chiefs and state directors. The meeting aims to discuss enforcement ahead of the September 1 re organization for the dry era. Initial plans listed 30 of 70 officers, later expanded to include nearly all officers except Hawaii Porto Rico and Alaska directors.
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Washington
Andrews
The
Treasury
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Alaska
Simple Funeral Service for Mrs J P Morgan
Simple private funeral held at St John of Lattington Episcopal Church for Mrs J P Morgan wife of financier. Cremation took place at Fresh Pond crematory and ashes to be buried in Morgan cemetery. Services attended by family and few friends with Rev Charles Hinton officiating. Flowers from the Morgan estate covered the altar.
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Tocust Valley
J. P. Morgan
Episcopal Church of St. John of Lattington
Matinecock Point
Fresh Pond
Morgan Ay
Ust Valley
Kansas Prohibition Crusader Released on Bond in Mellon Letter Case
LI K Rbeeme, a Kansas City prohibition crusader, was freed on a $7,509 bond after being charged with writing a threatening letter to Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon. P Faris of Clinton and three other signers posted the bond. The case moves to Washington where the letter was received accusing laxity in prohibition enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
LI. K. Rbeeme
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
P. Faris
Clinton
Prohibion
Washington
Treasury
English Miners Talk Revolution in Coal Strike Threat
In Wales on August 17 1944 coal strike rhetoric warned of revolution as miners justified wage maintenance for nine months. Leader Cook claimed a disciplined revolutionary army could be built and urged strong measures against alleged red menace cited by church figures in London.
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Wales
Great Britain
Cook
Earl Marx
Baldwin
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
W. A. Gough
West Virginia Author Sued Over Character Name
New York treasury department operative Joseph E. Walker sues D Appleton and Co for 50000 claiming a recently published novel uses a hero named Walker who was a train robber before joining the secret service. Walker says he is the only Walker in the service and warns his reputation suffers. West Virginia author Melville Davisson Post of Lost Creek says no Captain Walker exists in the unit.
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New York
Joseph E. Walker
Treasury Department
Captain Walker
United States
Secret Service
Uncharted stretch explored by MacMillan
Washington reports that aviators of the MacMillan экспression traversed a vast fenced arctic stretch to deposit supplies at Ellesmere Island base. Naval observers noted snow covered peaks and deep valleys unseen by man, including an uncharted lake frozen over in the northwest Ellesmere region.
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Washington
McMillan
Ellesmere Island
Municipal President slain by pirates in Palawan
Manila August 17 Municipal President Patero and his wife of Corona town Palawan were murdered today by a dozen Moro pirates who looted money and jewels from their house. The pirates fled in a sailing vessel pursued by Philippine constabulary exchange of shots reported.
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Manila
Patero
Corona
Palawan
Constabalax
West Virginia Legion Opens Convention in Martinsburg
West Virginia American Legion opened its annual convention in Martinsburg with reports from Commander J. P. McGinn and Adjutant R. G. Merrick. A memorial to late J. Byron Nickerson preceded a push to divide the department into more districts and expand travel allowances for officials.
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West Virginia
Memory Nickerson
Pleasants
St. Mary's
McGinnis
Vestimape
Tax Reductions by End of Year
Treasury projections show substantial income tax cuts possible, with Mellon Smoot and Tilson backing lower surtax and normal rates. They call for a surtax cut for incomes above 12 000 and revised normal rates across income bands, aiming for quick action once the Ways and Means Committee acts in October.
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Coolidge Toy
Mellon
Smoot
Utah
Finance Committee
Tilson
Connecticut
Treasury
Tilton
Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coolidge
Senate
Mussolini Declares No Such Thing as Liberty
London reports Benito Mussolini told a Daily Express Rome reporter that liberty exists only in philosophers imagination and that civilization requires loss of personal freedom His praise for Julius Caesar as his ideal and his view that mass cannot govern mass are noted in the interview
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London
Benito Mussolini
Daily Express
Rome
Solini
Mussolini
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Greb Wins Middleweight Clash and Defeats Burns
Detroit reports world middleweight champion Harry Greb defeated Tommy Burns of Detroit in a ten round bout. Greb also stopped Phil Abrams of New York in six rounds. Sally Seamon of New York defeated Jimmy Brady of Detroit in the junior lightweight bout in two rounds.
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Greb
Detroit
Harry Greb
Tommy Burns
Phil Abrams
New York
Sally Seamon
Jimmy Brady
Alleged Acid Attack to be Probed by District Attorney
Huntington West Virginia August 17 Prosecuting Attorney L R Via announced a thorough investigation of the alleged acid attack on Elizabeth Cunningham a 23 year old stenographer who remains near death from burns She denied attempting suicide and said she did not see her assailant Police say the poison was poured over her while she sat in a bank building office with her back to the door Detective Bowman said police concluded she attempted suicide but VIA will explore other possibilities ensuring a complete inquiry
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Chapman
Ben Sefackis Eesra
F Anderson
Cosgmens
Hancete
Indiana Farmer
Connecticut
Huntington
W. Va
L. R. Via
Elizabeth Cunningham
George Bowman
Miss Cunningham
Huntington Police Department
Via
Children's Hospital
W. R. Hall
Detective Bowman
Anote
Debt settlement talks move toward final agreement
President Coolidge announced that the American and Belgian debt commissions may reach a settlement when they resume talks tomorrow in Washington. Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot reported progress despite a deadlock, with plans for a 3 p.m. session to finalize terms acceptable to Belgium and Congress.
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Plymouth
Coolidge
Mellon
Smoot
Utah
American Debt Commission
Washington
American Commission
Commission
Ladiow
Treasury-Secretary
Prevaces
Brussels
Great Britain
Congress
Ludlow
Ite House
Vil of Tyson
Echo Inn
Mr. Coolidge
Vermont
J. Calvin Coolidge
William McKinley
Nelson A. Miles
Woodstock
Mr. Smoot
Belgium
American Congress
Treasury
Mr. Mellon
Water Tank Collapse Injures Two Boys in Chelsea
In Manhattan Chelsea a twenty foot steel water tank holding over 20 000 gallons collapsed while two eight year old boys played nearby. Peter Rogers remained in serious condition and Edward Costello was expected to recover.
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New York
Chelsea
Manhattan
Peter Rogers
Edward Costello
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General Conference OF Prohibition
Macmillan
Otate
American Legion
Charleston
National Guard
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Induhaat Miekahtrevor Repor
Rating and
Penhandle
Oanaha
Parkersburg
Okley
Grafton
Durbin
C. A. Gebert
Pennsylvania
Uests
Moss
Mp Duff
Ernest Discher
Wheeling
H. E. Peyton
C. H. Wood
Princeton
C. C. Pearson
Morgantown
C. W. Shank
J. . Henderson
Montgomery
C. S. Seipp
St. Marys
E. Watkins
J. J. Smith
Scarboro Finance
J. M. Kline
J. C. Holt
A. M. Keister
Americanism; Miss Elsie Beatty, Parkersburg; M. C. Whitacre Welch; R. C. Walker
M. Langford
Martinsburg
W. B. W. B. Lovett
Welch
E. J. McDonough
Beckley
Andy Edmiston
Weston
W. EB. Leonard
Worthington
D. E. Cross
Philippine
J. . Gusher
Clarksburg
Cy Pulsifer
Bluefield
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