Chicago gangs face massive roundup after Fox Lake killings
Police in Chicago launched a wide sweep arresting over 100 alleged gangsters including Capone henchmen Jack McGurn Frankie Foster and Izzy Alderman amid a wave of Sicilian shootings across Chicago Detroit and Boston. The crackdown targets Sicilian gangs as authorities fear a brutal liquor war and possible further homicides after the Fox Lake massacre.
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Jack McGurn
Frankie Foster
Izzy Alderman
Capone
Detroit
Chicago
Elle
Foster
Alderman
Fox Lake
Cangland
Leo Mongoven
Moran
Mongoven
Boston
Stere
Chicazo
Cone
Vivian McGinnis
Plead For Speed On Levy Measure
Washington June 2 Two Democratic senators from the northwest and New England pressed for speedy disposal of the tariff bill so business can plan for the future. Other leaders denied plans to delay final action and warned that conference changes must be discussed. A vote was not expected before week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Northwest
New England
Senate
House
Smoot
Utah
Senator Dill
Dill
Walsh
Massachusetts
Harrison
Mississippi
Simmons
North Carolina
Governor Conley Affirms Faith in Youth at Greenbrier
Governor William G. Conley told Greenbrier junior college for women graduates that he has no fears for the younger generation. He warned against “bloodless revolution” in lifestyle but said basic U.S. principles remain intact and progress demands moving forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
W. Va
William G. Conley
Greenbrier
United States
Michigan bank robbery sparks statewide posse chase
Four robbers held up the Antrim County State Savings Bank in Mancelona and fled with $500 as posses of nearly 1000 farmers battled through the day. Herbert Sullivan was wounded. Dr J H R Gerver was seriously shot. State police and airplanes aided the search amid a wild, wooded countryside. The robbers disappeared after abandoning their car near a swamp north of Mancelona.
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Bellaire
Mich
Antrim County
Mancelona
Herbert Sullivan
Traverse City
Lansing
Upstate
Macelona
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Britain Battles Triple Threats in Indian Frontier
In Peshawar, British forces advance into Char Sadda and Prang amid civil resistance wild tribesmen and communism. Martial law imposed eight agitation leaders arrested. Gandhi's day of silence observed. salt raids end as rains come. Tax resistance looms under new regulations.
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Bombay
Peshawar
Britain
India
Punjab
Charsadda
Prang
Tommy Atkins
Mahatma Gandhi
Wadala
Costs of Pennsylvania primary probe rise to near $900000
Expenditures totaling $358 178 for the ticket led by Secretary Davis in the recent Pennsylvania Republican primary push the three cornered contest cost to $897 387. Davis told investigators most funds benefited Frances Shunk Brown and that the Mellons contributed $5 000 each, with checks routed to Brown. The hearing closed after treasurers reported four Davis Brown organizations expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis
Pennsylvania
Senate Campaign Funds Investigation Committee
Senate
Frances Shunk Brown
Davis - Brown
Nye
William S. Ware
Davis-Brown
Mellon
R. B. Mellon
W. L. Mellon
Mellons
Francis Shunk Brown
Samuel Vauclain
Brown
Senator Grundy
Vauclain
Virginian Society Beats Marshal for Inter-Society Trophy
The Virginian Literary Society defeated John Marshal to win the Rodgin trophy at Bluefield College, ending Marshal’s run since 1927. The event, held in the college auditorium, featured declamation, reading, and debate with judges including James H. Gollehon and W. W. McNeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginian Literary Society
Bluefield College
John Marshal Society
Colege Auditorium
Marvin G. Wil-lames
Charles Parker
Vernon Hill
Walter C. Preesey Jr
West Graham
Mary Lazenby
Roberta Pettigrew
Brazil
Edwin Thornhill
Walter C. Presley Jr
Bluefield
W. Va
Leonard D. Bond
Portsmouth
Norene Holston
Montcalm
Bond
Virginia Thompson
Irene's Pal Is Sentenced To Penitentiary For Life
Vernon Ackerman known as Joe Wells received life imprisonment for fatally shooting Deputy Sheriff Lee Wright during a January desert encounter near Phoenix. Irene Schroeder and W. Glenn Dague, convicted of the New Castle Pennsylvania highway patrolman murder, await sentencing in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
Vernon Ackerman
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Here
Lee Wright
Roberts Joins Supreme Court Bench Crowded Ceremony
Washington reports Justice Owen J. Roberts took the oath and sat on the Supreme Court despite a crowded historic courtroom. The court adjourned its term to October and scheduled Sherman act antitrust cases for October 27 while reviewing Jones Act penalties contested by Frank Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Pennsylvania
Justice Sanford
Tennessee
Justice Roberts
Sutherland
Europe
Charles Elmore Cropley
Film Board of Trade
Frank Ross
Viaduct Club
Elm Grove
West Virginia
Former Budget Director Herbert Lord Dies in Washington
Herbert M. Lord, former director of the budget, died today in Washington. He had been in ill health since retiring last year. Lord, noted as the world’s greatest paymaster, served as director of finance for the War Department during World War I, handling pay totaling over 24 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert M. Lord
United States
General Lord
War Department
Dickinson Leads Hamill In Iowa GOP Senate Race
Des Moines reports early returns in the Iowa Republican senatorial primary show Congressman L. J. Dickinson commanding a lead over Governor John J. Hamill as results from 157 of 2,433 precincts come in. Dickinson tallies 11,966 votes to Hamill's 6,516 with other candidates also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
L. J. Dickinson
John J. Hawmill
Iowa
Dickinson
Sanu
Lund
Payne
Ade
Zeppelins Long Ocean Crossing Begins From Lakehurst
Graf Zeppelin starts its eighth ocean crossing from Lakehurst with 22 passengers including four women and a crew of 50. The voyage includes a stop at Seville and continues toward Friedrichshafen, marking the longest nonworldflight voyage since last year's round-the-world record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
New York
Hugo Eckener
Navy
Dr. Eckener
Asbury Park
Long Island
Graf
Seville
Spain
Friedrichshaven
Europe
Americas
Africa
Equator
Graf Zeppelin Passenger List for Europe Voyage
Lakehurst New Jersey June 2 writer lists passengers for the Graf Zeppelin voyage to Europe. Included are Sir Hubert Wilkins and Lady Wilkins Mr and Mrs John H Greaves of Great Kills New York Lorenzo E Baker son of banker George B Baker Stuyvesant Le Roy French New York attorney Burton Preston importer Mansfield Ohio a 70 year old aviation enthusiast Adelardo Novo director of Diario Espanol Havana and Mrs Charles B Parker of Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
Graf Zeppelin
Europe
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Wilkins
John H. Greaves
Great Kills
N.Y
Lorenzo E. Baker
George B. Baker
Stuyvesant le Roy French
New York
Burton Preston
Mansfield
Adelardo Novo
Diario Espanol
Havana
Charles B. Parker
Cleveland
Prison Labor Products Sale Studied By State Officials
State officials from thirteen states and the District of Columbia meet in White Sulphur Springs to study cooperative handling of prison made goods after the Hawes Cooper bill takes effect in 1934. Governors and committee chairs from DC to West Virginia lead discussions on manufacturing farms highways and procurement standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
Conley
W. Va
Hawes-Cooper
District of Columbia
West Virginia
New Jersey
Maryland
Alabama
Delaware
Florida
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Georgia
J. EK. C. Bisshoff
Charles A. Moffett
Alabama State Board of Administration
R. M. Youell
Virginia State Penitentiary
B. H. Dunaway
H. N. Bradley
Nevada executes killer in new lethal gas chamber
R. H. Bob White, convicted of Louis Lavell’s 1928 Elko murder, dies in Nevada’s new gas chamber. The 200 pound inmate showed a calm smile as ten one ounce eggs of potassium cyanide dropped into sulfuric acid produced quick death in about nine and a half minutes. Spectators, including two women, watched through chamber windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nev
R. H
Bob) White
Louis Lavell
Elko
Nevada State Prison
White
B. B. Hamer
Nevada
Mae E. Kenney
Margaret Skeeter
Reno
Virginia
Matt Penrose
Penrose
Bob
Matt
Oakland
Prime Minister Wins Treaty Tilt in Commons
Prime Minister MacDonald defeated a Conservative motion to appoint an eleven member committee to examine the London naval treaty by 282 votes to 201. Baldwin argued the US was studying the pact. MacDonald said UK hearings would differ from US practice and affected future relations with the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
MacDonald
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
United States
Great Britain
League of Nations
Baldwin
United States Senate
England
Mingo Jury Acquits Mrs Lily Ratcliff
A Mingo county jury in Williamson acquits 40 year old Lily Ratcliff of the slaying of 28 year old Mabel Atwood in a Williamson theater several months earlier. Ratcliff had pleaded temporary insanity as she sat with her husband Clay Ratcliff during the fatal shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
Lily Ratcliff
Mabel Atwood
Father Feeds Wee Babe With Medicine Dropper In Incubator Box
Simpsonville South Carolina June 2. Mr and Mrs Will A Hamby report a three day old baby girl weighing one pound one ounce at birth. The infant is described as normal and receiving care with a medicine dropper for feeding and a home made incubator box under construction to maintain warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpsonville
S. C
Jane 2
Will A. Hamby
Curtis Addresser Marshall Class at Huntington Commencement
Vice President Charles Curtis spoke at Marshall College commencement in Huntington on June 21. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and attended a luncheon and reception with officials and alumni. Senators Hallanan and Hatfield also spoke, praising Marshall and urging expansion as Curtis urged a hopeful future and world peace through reasonable U.S. efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Charles Curtis
Washington
Marshall College
Walter S. Hallanan
University of Southern West Virginia
James S. Lakin
State Board of Control
Curtis
United States
Henry D. Hatfield
Hatfield
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Leonard J. Busby
Chicago
Leonard
John Shawkey
M. P. Shawkey
Marshall
Tralee Woman Held on Bond After Shooting Incident
Nellie Burton 29 of Tralee was held on $1,000 bond after a magistrate hearing on charges of shooting Oakley Davis 22 of Tralee Saturday night. Davis was attempting to break into Burton’s home when she fired. Doctors at Mullens hospital said they held little hope for his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
W. Va
Nellie Burton
Tralee
Wyoming County Grand Jury
Oakley Davis
Burton
Davis
Mullens Hospital
Frisco Air Ferry Dives Into Water After Collision
An Oakland estuary accident involving a San Francisco air ferry killed likely Mrs. J E Hawley of San Francisco and left four others with minor injuries. Ferry pilots George Mac Callum and Fred Hammer were aboard a craft operated by Air Ferries Ltd. The crew and passengers were insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
San Francisco
J. E. Hawley
George MacCallum
Fred Hammer
Broadway
MacCullum
Hawley
J. Kugler
Isabel Stewart
Chicago
Samuel E. Stewart
Honolulu
Stewart
Virgil Unks
San Leandro
Joseph J. Tynan
Air Ferries, Ltd
San Francisco Bay
Congress overrides Hoover veto on veterans pension bill
Congress enacts a liberalized pension measure for Spanish war veterans despite President Hoover's veto. The Senate 61 18 and the House 298 14 vote backed the bill, with administration leaders unable to block action. The measure costs about 11.5 million dollars and expands eligibility for disability pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
House
Republican Young Guard
Knutson
House Pensions Committee
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Goff
West Virginia
Goldsborough
Maryland
Lankford
Virginia
Swedish cabinet resigns after wheat tariff defeat
Sweden stood without a ministry for the first time since 1928 after the Lindman cabinet fell on a wheat tariff vote. King Gustave asked the conservatives to retain control while a new government is formed as agrarian opposition opposed the grain levy. Cr Ekman of the Peoples party was tipped as a potential new prime minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Lindman
Rike Stag
Gustave
Cabinent
Arvid Lindman
Cr. Ekman
The
Peoples Party
C & C to Extend Guyan Valley Branch Railway
Paul Shepherd Huntington engineer filed with the Mingo county clerk maps showing plans for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad to extend its Guyan valley branch to West Gilbert. The route would cross Humber Creek Horeee Creek and Browning Fork and traverse property owned by States Coal Coke Company, a subsidiary of United States Corporation.
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Michigan
Savings Bank
NYE Expense
Keystone State
Virginian Society
Irene
Pal
Supreme Court
Hamill
Zeppelin
Homeland
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
New
Bob White
Elko Gambler
Mingo Jury
H. D. Hatfield
Frisco Air Ferry
Guyan Valley
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