Kidnaping Case Leads to Bonds Dropped in Tennessee
Charges against Mrs. Annie Tominson and Frank Baskett set at 4000 dollars will be dropped after two youths, Lewis and Arthur Willis, confessed to the March 27 kidnapping of Virginia Jo Frazier. The boys, once linked to the Frazier home, said Baskett and Tominson were not implicated. Virginia Jo was kept three days in a Willis shanty attic before ransom of 3333 dollars was paid, with 3100 dollars found in the boys’ home. The case drew national attention as detectives followed leads and money traces across the city.
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Chattanooga
April
Annie Tominson
Frank Baskett
Virginia Jo Frazier
Fred B. Frazier
W. H. Hackett
Baby
Hackett
Lewis Willis
Arthur Willis
Baskett
Tominson
Virginis Jo
Willis Shenty
Frazier
Chattanoo Hospital
New York
Willis Shanty
Virginia Jo
Seeing party over phone brought step nearer
New York reports a Bell system demonstration shows image and sound transmitted 200 miles from Washington to New York using television like apparatus. Hoover speaks from Washing ton while radio performers at Whippany appear on a small screen. Scientists caution that practical television remains distant. engineers hail distant communication advances.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Herbert Hoover
Bell Telephone
Whippany
N. J
Hoover
Telephone Company
Washington
Alexander Graham Bell
Broadway decree tempers stage with clothing rules
New York district attorney Banton announced a broad crackdown after Governor Smith signed the Wales padlock bill. The law closes venues for a year for obscene or immoral content and holds owners and performers responsible for what is shown on stage. He urged cuts to scenes he deemed filthy and warned night clubs to clothe performers.
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New York
Banton
Smith
Iist
Banton Whic
Brady a Tarzan actor arrested for murder in Louisiana
Will Brady known for his Tarzan of the Apes role is jailed in Morgan City on a murder charge. He will be held for Pensacola authorities who seek him for the alleged killing of a fellow worker at a construction camp. Brady's wife reported he had not been seen since leaving the camp with a note for labor.
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Morgan City
Will Brady
Brady
Pensacola
Fla
Davis
Boues
Nations Instructed To Protest Peking Treatment Of Nationals
Paris April 8 AP government officials from France Great Britain the United States Italy and Japan have been directed to issue a joint note of protest to the Peking government over the mistreatment of their nationals and demand redress and protection.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
United States
Italy
Japan
French Foreign Office
Peking
Nationela
Guard at Sacco and Vanzetti Death Sentencing Hears Next Day
Boston April reports say 300 police will guard Dedham courthouse when Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti face the electric chair after Norfolk county superior court ruling. Defense moves to appeal nationwide as Judge Webster Thayer prepares to sentence.
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Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolmeo Vanzetti
Norfolk County Superior Court
Dedham
Defense Committee
Supreme Court
Webster Thayer
High Court
Sacco Vanzetti
Hundreds Visit Gamble Masion Southern Shrine
Vets and locals attend a motorcade and tour of a historic shrine structure in Massachusetts. Residents from nearby towns joined the event to view the site and discuss its significance. No injuries reported.
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Gamble MA Sion
Ellenton Scene Hosts Confederate Veterans Pilgrimage
Hundreds of Confederate veterans along with sons daughters and escorts gathered at the Gamble Mansion Ellenton for ceremonies closing a Manatee county tour. The Atlantic Coast Line carried over 300 by train from Tampa with free passage for veterans. The event featured Judah P Benjamin Chapter U D C decorations and a Bradenton Marimba Orchestra while a motorcade toured Manatee and nearby towns.
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Shadow Gamble
Southern Shrine of the Confederacy
Ellenton
Manatee County
Ihs
J. R. Etter
C. P. Fuller
Palmetto
Tampa
Mr. Garrison
Gamble Mansion
Judah J. Benjamin
United States
Judah P. Benjamin
Boys of the Grey
Confederacy
London
Bradenton
A. L. Silknitter
Manatee
Bradenton Beach
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Texas Rangers reinforce Borger to enforce crime clean up order
Texas rangers and Governor Moody aides arrive in Borger as raids target gambling dens and dance halls. About 260 people, mostly women, are arrested and more are ordered to leave the town while state officials weigh further action.
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Borger
Tex
Texas Rangers
Dan Moody
Boyd Gatewood
R. L. Robertson
Gatewood
Robertson
Moody
American Engineer allegedly murdered in Sonora attack
Dispatched reports from Nogales say Fred Crombs, an American mining engineer, was slain by bandits near Esperanza Sonora. A Chinese cook with Crombs died and a Mexican chauffeur was wounded. A Nogales report names the victim as Fred Comini and places the murder on the preceding Saturday.
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Mexico City
United States
Fred Crombs
Nogales
Ariz
Esperanza
Sonora
Crome
Fred Comini
Japs Land 800 Sailors After Shanghai Attack
Eight hundred additional Japanese sailors were landed at Shanghai last night after Chinese snipers attacked Japanese guards on the north Szechwan road. Admiral Williams, the American commander in China, reported this to the navy department.
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Washington
Shanghai
Szechwan Road
Admiral Williams
China
Navy Department
Bath Tub Girl Aids Carroll Pardon Bid
Chicago Journal sources report Joye Hawley the bath tub girl in seclusion in New York plans to seek help from Attorney General Sargent and President Coolidge to obtain a pardon for theatrical producer Harl Carroll. She allegedly asked Federal Judge Goddard in New York for clemency claiming the bath tub trial story was wrong after Carroll was sentenced to one year and a day for perjury.
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Chicago
April
Chicago Journal
Joye Hawley
New York
Sargent
Coolidge
Harl Carroll
Goddard
Tradition Breaks as Confederate Veterans Parade Draws Tampa Crowd
The United Confederate Veterans Grand Parade for its 27th reunion moved through downtown Tampa in military formation but skipped the usual march behind the Confederate flag. General J C Foster and General Felix Robertson rode in a ceremonial display as bands played and smoke bombs drifted above the crowd.
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Tampa
Five Mile
United Confederate Veterans
J. C. Foster
Houston
Tex
Felix Robertson
Texas
Forrest
Dixie
Executive Dies In Attempt To Save Dog
Maplewood N P April 8 AP This community honors Stuart L Weill 37 a $50 000 a year executive who sacrificed his life to save a dog. Weill general sales manager of Western Electric leaped onto railroad tracks to chase the dog and was killed by an express near the station. The dog was fatally injured and had to be shot. Weill a native of San Francisco was formerly with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph in San Francisco and Portland Oregon.
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Maplewood
N. P
Stuart L. Weill
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Weill
Maplewood Station
San Francisco
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Portland
Oregon
Two Killed One Shot In Rum Duel Off Miami
S. Alexich of Miami, with a pistol ball in his neck, says a clash with a coast guard patrol boat led to the death of two companions aboard a rum running craft off Miami. Alexich was brought to a hospital by police ambulance. authorities report he is a government prisoner. Coast guard units at Fort Lauderdale had no report of the incident by noon. the boat lacks radio and Alexich was semi-delirious, making details uncertain.
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Miami
S. Alexich
Fein x Horpital
Coast Guard
Alesich
Fort Lauderdaly
Alexich
Engine men missing Parsons Ram April
Two Missouri-Kansas-Texas passenger train engineers were missing after floods caused two trains on separate tracks to derail about 20 miles from here. Roughly 15 people were injured, several seriously, as the trains plunged from the rails into flood waters.
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Parsons
Ram
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
San Antonio
Tex
End to Fees for County Traffic Cops
In Tallahassee a bill by Senator Swearingen seeks to abolish the fee system for traffic police outside incorporated towns and switch to county salaries. The Senate adjourned after a 30 minute session as the House did not meet. The session opened with 37 House bills and 35 Senate measures, with several local bills advancing.
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Tallahassee
Swearingen
Senate
House
Florida
House of Representatives
Philips
Wil‘iston
Bullard
DeFuniak Springs
Gulf Power Company
Conley
Okeechobee
Board of Bond Trustees
Getzen
Bushnell
Sumpter County Court
Budget Commission
Martin
Wagg
Catte
Oliver
Palm Beach
Broward County
Pryan
Fort Lauderdale
24Rd Judicial Circuit
Brovard
Seminole
Volusia Unty
Parria
Titusville
Loans Assailed by Senator Reed Reported in Detroit
The article details Senator Reed of Missouri accusing Weyl and Zuckerman brokers of bad faith in loans to Idaho potato growers. Sapire defends the funding as proper, claiming loans of 2500 and 1500 dollars were requested by the growers’ organization committee.
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Detroit
April
Los. Arig
Weyl
Zufinan Turoug
Aaron
Zuckerman
Sapire
Sapiro
Organ Flan
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