Dozen Bodies Recovered After Mama Coal Mine Blast
Jenny Lind Ark February 24 The bodies of twelve miners killed when a blast rocked a Mama coal mine near here were recovered by searchers. One miner Charles Newman believed missing. cause of explosion remains a mystery as rescue teams cope with wreckage and fumes.
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Denny Lind
Ark
Charles Newman
Windsor
Mama Coal Company
Newman
Jenny Lind
Charlies Newman
Claud Speigel
Birger Must Die Court Degrees
Springfield Illinois February 24 The state supreme court affirmed Charley Birger’s murder conviction for the Adams killing in Southern Illinois and set April 13 for his execution in Benton Birger smiled at the decision saying what is to be will be The case links to the Shelton gang with Adams as a target and mentions the 1926 bombing and Elmo Thomson’s death. Birger’s lawyers argued prejudice in Franklin county and eight of twenty challenges were used The court found sufficient direct and circumstantial evidence of a conspiracy to murder Adams Adames verdict upheld and a rehearing motion to be filed by Birger’s chief counsel Robert E Smith
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Springfield, II
Southern Illinois
Charley Birger
Myor
Joe Adams
West City
State Supreme Court
Benton
Birger
Illinois
Adams
Shelton Gang
Sheltons
Elmo Thommason
Harry
Supreme Court
Franklin County
Adame
Robert E. Smith
Shaver Sets Houston Talks for Democratic Convention
Clem Shaver chairman of the Democratic national committee left Washington for Houston to plan the June convention. He will meet with Jesse H. Jones to discuss arrangements and funds. Reports say about 300000 dollars has been raised toward a 356000 convention fund with 200000 to go to the national committee under the Houston bid.
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Washington
Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Houston
Teaxs
Shaver
Jesse H. Jones
Coal Probers May Not Inspect West Virginia
The senate sub committee probing Pennsylvania coal fields may not visit Northern West Virginia. Chairman Gooding indicated the trip would not be made now or later. Tomorrow they tour Pittsburgh Coal mines in the Monongahela valley with company officials, then head to Indiana to study conditions before moving on to Washington on Monday.
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Pittsburgh
Senate
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Gooding
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Monongahela Valley
Coal Company
Indiana
Washington
Ald Smiley Chatuk
Consumers Mine
Ohio-Pennsylvania Relief Committee
United Mine Workers
Max Henrici
Pitsburgh
Wheeler
Labor Tribune
Henrici
Exerat
Heatene
Kinloch
Valley Camp Coal Company
Parnassus
H. H. Schwiensburg
E. M. Kepple
Westmoreland County
Kepple
Moon Run
Wiil
McAdoo Debates State Obedience to Constitution Prohibition
Former Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo argues in the March American Review of Reviews that states may disregard parts of the constitution. He cites Maryland and New York’s noncompliance with Prohibition and contends enforcement requires a state-specific statute beyond the Volstead Act.
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New York
American Review of Reviews
Smith
William Gibbs McAdoo
Treasury
McAdoo
Maryland
United States
McAdoo Pointe
Volstead
Supreme Court of the United States
Remus Continues Story Of His Life In Court
Lima Ohio February 24 The habeas corpus hearing for George Remus at Lima state hospital continues with Remus recounting his life as the famed bootlegger and the murder of his wife. He challenges the prosecutors and reflects on remorse calling the act pitiful yet driven by irresistible impulse.
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Lima
Ohio
George Remus
Remus
Walter K. Sibbald
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Lindbergh Tests New Plane With Electric Motors
The Detroit Free Press reports that Charles A. Lindbergh and Major Thomas G. Lenphier tested a new motor at Selfridge Field. The device uses electric magnets for power instead of gasoline.
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Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Charles A. Lindbergh
Thomas G. Lenphier
Selfridge Field
Coal Committee Hears of Alleged Abuse Methods
A U S Senate sub committee in Pittsburgh questioned Moon Run mine officials about wage disputes and alleged abuses by private coal police. Union pickets accused police of misconduct, while a storekeeper testified to pistol prods of a schoolchild.
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Pittsburgh
United States Senate
Senator Gooding
Republican
Idaho
H. M. White
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Moon Run
White
Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Washington
James Dinsdale
Coal and Iron
Mary Kauchik
Acmetonia
Consumers Mining Company
Wheeling
Huntington Savings Bank Crisis Deepens with Missing Treasurer
Baltimore February 24 state banking department took over Huntington Savings Bank amid a $40,000 shortage uncovered after the disappearance of Louis F. Levy 65 treasurer of the institution.
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Baltimore
Huntington Savinge Bank
State Banking Department
Louis F. Levy
Secret Service Eliminates Bribe Taking Dry Officials
The Milwaukee Journal reports a far reaching secret service bureau within the prohibition department makes bribery by federal agents virtually impossible. Dry workers are shadowed and may be called on the carpet for unnoted stops. The force is described as so organized that no agent can sustain shady dealings for thirty days.
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Secret Service
Milwaukee, Wis
Milwaukee Journal
Prohibition Department
Prohibition
Dynamite Blast at Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse Trial
Ottawa Illinois February 24 testimony links dynamite to December blast that wrecked the Pleasant Valley schoolhouse injuring teacher Iola Bradford. State aims to convict Hiram Reed on bombing charges amid witnesses describing explosive odor and frightened pupils.
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Ottawa
Ill
Pleasant Valley
Hiram Reed
Reed
Iola Bradford
Mies Bradford
Theodore Paris
Paris
Albert Paris
Frank Hayes
Bank Robbery in Kansas City Nets $50737 Insured
A band of 10 to 15 robbers armed with sub machine guns shot the City Bank in Kansas City at 9 15 am and fled in two cars with 50737 dollars. No injuries occurred though shots were fired at staff and customers. Police suspect Chicago and St Louis gangsters aided local men.
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Kansas City
R C. Kemper
Chicago
St. Louis
Chicago and St. Louis
Hoover and Lindbergh Suggested for Office
Everett Massachusetts February 24 Governor Fuller urged the State Federation of Womens clubs to consider Hoover and Lindbergh for the presidency and called for greater women participation in politics. He had earlier said the next president would be Hoover or Smith but gave no further candidate discussion.
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Everett
Mass
Hoover
Lindbergh
Fuller
State Federation of Womens’ Clubs
Washington
United States
Alerbert Hoover
Alfred Smith
Hoover explains flood aid views before senate committee
Secretary Hoover backed the administration flood control plan including floodway spillway and levee strengthening. He avoided committing to a government state cost split while urging a presidential commission to study all factors and report in a year. Hoover defended major items and noted engineering versus economic aspects.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate Commerce Committee
Hawes
Democrat
Missouri
Willis
Ohio
Commerce
War Department
Mississippi Valley
Congress
Willie
Springfield Ouster Bid by Miller Denied by Court
In Springfield on February 24 the supreme court refused a mandamus to force quo warranto action against Governor Len Small. J Bert Miller sought to oust the governor claiming misused state funds. the court ruled he could not initiate against the executive as an individual and left undecided the unconstitutional exemption law question.
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Springfield
Ill
Et‘forta
Goveror
Len Small
Supreme Court
J. Bert Miller
Kankakee
Small
Sangamon County
Miller
Io Sangemon County
State
Sow
Saeed
Hoover Willis Fight for Ohio Support Starts
Hoover and Willis declare a finish fight for Ohio’s delegation to the Kansas City convention and for popular endorsement in the April 24 primary. Carmi A. Thompson heads Willis at large. Theodore F. Burton leads Hoover at large. each side places a woman and includes Negro delegates.
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Carmi A. Thompson
Willis
Theodore E. Burton
Hoover
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Frank B Willis
Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Cleveland
United Sates
Theodore F. Burton
Hugh Clark
Steubenville
Wilma Sinclair Levan
FE. W. B. Curry
Springfield
Leroy H. Godnan
A. Lee Beatty
Cincinnati
James R. Garfield
Lowden
Ilinois
Charlies Curtis
Charles K. Fisher
Wi'min+top
Hickman Blames Hunt In Joint Murder Trial
William E. Hickman introduced a confession accusing Welby Hunt of firing the fatal shot in the 1926 Christmas Eve drugstore killing of Cavy Toms. Both youths contest responsibility and Hunt’s attorney protests the record of the confession as evidence.
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Los Angeles
William E. Hickman
Cavy Toms
Welby Hunt
Hickman
Hunt
Toms
Marian Parker
E. J. Oliver
Ant
Simon
Underworld
A. Gray
Teaoen
Illinois Republican Hall Proposes $7500 House Pay Cut
Representative Hall of Illinois introduces a bill to reduce pay for representatives to 7500 dollars annually. He notes the issue helped his campaign and recalls salaries were 7500 before a 10 000 raise two years ago as Congress and Senate members retain higher pay.
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Wrahington
Representative Hall
Republican
Illinois
Representatives
Hall
House
Congress
Torch Slayer Still At Large In Miss Brown Slaying
Bernardsville New Jersey February 24 officials say the torch killer of Miss Margaret Brown remains at large. A middle aged man of high social standing is suspected though the prosecutor says nothing definite is known. Mrs Brown was found burned behind a hot dog stand and burial occurred at Fort Lee. Police chase clues from a blue sedan sighting and two witnesses while the funeral drew no new leads.
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Bernardsville
N. J
Margaret Brown
Bergen
Brown
Bernardsville-Morristown
Fort Lee
Miss Brown
Jury convicts Dr Charles M McMillan in first degree murder
In Los Angeles on February 24, a jury of eight women and four men found Dr Charles M McMillan guilty of first degree murder in the death of his employer Mrs Amelia Appleby. The verdict recommended leniency with life imprisonment. sentencing set for next Tuesday before Superior Judge Douglas Edmunda. The state alleged McMillan plotted to gain nearly $1 million from Mrs Appleby’s estate.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Charles M. McMillan
Amelia Appleby
Douglas Edmunda
McMillan
Appleby
Chicago
Mrs. Appleby
Dr. McMillan
Court Denies Freedom To Greenbrier Prisoner
The West Virginia Supreme Court denied a writ of habeas corpus for Bob Spence convicted of second degree murder in the death of state police officer James L. Lowe. Spence, serving fifteen years at Moundsville, argued illegal custody after a retrial order in Greenbrier County in 1927.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bob Spence
Greenbrier
James L. Lowe
State Supreme Court
Spence
Moundsville
Lowe
Richwood
Hearings on Esch Nomination End In Questioning
Senate committee hearings on John J. Esch for the Interstate Commerce Commission concluded with next Monday set for action as inquiry into Pennsylvania strike conditions resumes. Texas supporters urged confirmation while a Pittsburgh Coal company attorney linked Mellon to board members, urging Esch's confirmation.
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Daily Telegraph
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
John J. Esch
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Capitol
J. Campbell
Senate
Hoch-Smith
Texas
Walker
Fullbright
A. W. Barkley
Fee
Kentucky Ator
Lake Cargo
Western Kentucky
Barkley
Aitchison
Commission
Hugh-Smith
House On Interstate Commerce
Mellons
Court appeal urged over lake cargo coal decision
A debate closed as traffic leaders urged appealing to courts rather than Congress over the lake cargo coal decision. F C Fullbright argued against congressional review and Neely pressed Gutheim for ties to Mellon banks and the Pittsburgh Coal Co. while stock movements showed no advance information.
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Associated Press
Neely
West Virginia
Esch
Lake Cargo
F. C. Fullbright
Houston
Tex
National Industrial Traffic League
Publc
Interstate Commercce Commission
Congress
Hore
August G. Gutheim
Pittsburgh
Mellon
Mellon Banks
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Gutheim
Cedes
Vance
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Arkansas
Convention City
Mpadoc
Coal Committee
Illinois Supreme Court
Hoover Willis
Secretary of
Mmillan
Senate Committee
TEXAN
Penn
Sylvania Company
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