Dry Agent Guilty in Rum Probe
James S. Mack, the first of 21 former customs border patrol inspectors, is found guilty after 15 minutes. He faces two years in Leavenworth and a $5,000 fine for accepting bribes from rum smugglers. Lawrence Fleischman, the undercover agent known as Mr X, exposed the graft and bribe totaling $1,700 for him. Six other inspectors have pleaded guilty. three more defendants face next week trial.
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United Press
Detroit
James S. Mack
Customs Border Patrol
C. C. Simons
Mack
Leavenworth
Detroit River
Here
Windsor
Mr. X
Lawrence Fleischman
Special Customs
Border Patrol
Fleishman
Federal
Border
Foch Laid in State as Nation Honors Great Chief
Crowds of veterans widows and orphans filed past the blue clad body of Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch in Paris today. The coffin rested in a grand casket at Rue de Grenelles while plan for a national funeral on Sunday and Monday was confirmed. The hero will lie beside the unknown soldier flame under the Arc de Triomphe before burial in the government’s ceremonial rite.
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Paris
Ferdinand Foch
France
Rue de Grenelles
Poincare Wins Confidence Vote in Paris Chamber
In Paris the chamber of deputies supported Premier Raymond Poincare’s cabinet with a 334 to 242 vote of confidence during debates on religious questions.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Raymond Poincare
Oklahoma Home Of Comedians At Will Rogers Special
New York report notes Mexico line and Gen Acosta dispatches. President Gil orders court martial, while Coolidge visits the county seat in Northampton. A satirical piece questions Oklahoma’s constitution as a governor can be unseated and a lieutenant governor sets a break.
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New York
Mexico
Acosta
Aguirre
Gil
Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Confession Magazine
Oklahoma
Revival of Senate Rules Battle Promised by Sen Jones
Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington said a reform move will open the new session. He will table a resolution to bar secret nominations unless a majority supports secret sessions and another to end filibusters by requiring senators to speak on the issue.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Wesley L. Jones
Jones
MINERS TRAPPED AS MINE EXPLOSION BURNS TOXIC DUST
Rescue crews fought to reach 300 miners trapped by a blast at Parnassus mine. More than 230 miners escaped or were rescued. several were killed. Investigators examine cause as state official vows mine safety probe. officials cite conveyor failure and coal dust ignition.
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Allshouse
Thomas
Michael A. Musmanno
Parnassus
Kinloch
Kinloch Mine Blast Death Toll Rises to 25
The Kinloch mine disaster near Parnassus Pa adds three more corpses to the death toll bringing it to 25 by noon. Lawrence Allshouse, 28, was rescued alive from the same shaft section moments earlier.
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Parnassius
Kinloch
Lawrence Allshouse
Wealthy Allentown man to be charged in powwow murder
Police say Charles T. Belles, a wealthy citizen linked to powwow practices, will be arrested for the murder of Verna Octavia Delp whose body was found near the transcontinental airmail field. Doctors found no poison. investigators suspect an operation may have contributed to her death.
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Allentown
Charles T. Belles
Verna Octavia Delp
Belles
Miss Delp
Flying Field
Fire claims mother as son alerts siblings in Chicago tragedy
Walter Wells, 14, playing at Arlington Heights schoolyard, spots flames from a roof and rushes home with his two sisters. Firemen rescue Mrs. Lawrence Wells, who dies later at Palatine Hospital, leaving three orphaned children.
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Chicago
Walter Wells
Arlington Heights
Walter
Lawrence Wells
Palatine Hospital
Nevins to Death House as Appeals Continue
Cleveland March 22 James T Nevins sentenced to die July 1 will be moved to the death house at Ohio Penitentiary tomorrow. Attorneys John L Luthringer and H H Feleman press for a new trial in the court of appeals after Nevins’ conviction for the murder of Don Prentius, his county jail cellmate.
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Cleveland
James T. Nevins
Ohio
Nevins
John L. Luthringer
H. H. Feleman
Court of Appeals
Don Prentius
Flood Waters Rising North of Montgomery Florida
Flood waters of the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers rise rapidly north of Montgomery heightening danger for flood refugees. After heavy rains on the Alabama River watershed, meteorologist P. H. Smyth forecast a new rise. the Alabama had been falling after previous floods near Selma.
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Montgomery
Fla
Tallapoosa
Coosa
Here
Alabama River
P. H. Smyth
Alabama
Selma
Weather Bureau
Smyth
Jury Deadlocks in Gallogly Thrill Kill Case in Atlanta
A jury in Atlanta resumed deliberations today in the trial of Richard Gray Gallogly 19 charged with the thrill murder of Willard Smith a drug clerk. Gallogly alleged accomplice of George Harsh who has been convicted for the slaying. Gallogly says he was in the store to stop Harsh from robbing the clerk.
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Atlanta, Ga
Richard Gray Gallogly
Willard Smith
Gallogly
George Harsh
Harsh
Tammany Hall Shows Split Over Next Leader
In New York the Tammany Hall saga to pick a leader ahead of the municipal election intensifies as 34 district leaders called the “little fellows” clash with the “big fellows” led by Alfred E. Smith and James J. Walker. Women co leaders demand inclusion as the executive committee meeting looms and names like Martin G. McCue John Curry and Edward J Ahearn surface as possible heirs.
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New York
Famimany Hall
Little Fellows
Big Fellows
Tammany Hall
George W. Olvany
Alfred E. Smith
James J. Walker
Robert F. Wagner
James A Foley
Croker
Et. Murphy
Olvany
Martin G. McCue
John
Aimee Semple McPherson Subpoenaed For McPherson Case
Los Angeles reports state assemblyman Clare Woolwine will bring Aimee Semple McPherson to Sacramento to testify April 8 in the impeachment trial of Superior Judge Carlos 5 Hardy. The probe may reopen the McPherson disappearance and People vs McPherson with questions of obstruction of justice.
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Los Angeles
Sacramento
Aimee Semple McPherson
Thestate Senate
Carlos 5. Hardy
Clare Woolwine
Angelus Temple
McPherson
Walter Littile
Board of Managers
Hardy
Mrs. McPherson
TRY OPERATION TO FEED BOY
New Orleans March 22 Winton Strickland, kept alive for six of eight years by a stomach tube, awaited transfer to a Philadelphia hospital. Dr Chevalier Jackson will decide if an operation can enable swallowing. At age two he swallowed lye, injuring the esophagus and leading to tube feeding.
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New Orleans
Winton Strickland
Philadelphia
Chevalier Jackson
University of Pennsylvania and
Jefferson Medical School
Michigan Senate approves amended Like for Pint bill
The Michigan senate passed the amended Cuthbertson bill increasing penalties for first time dry law offenders while removing bootlegging as a life term offense after four convictions. It sets jail terms and fines for sale and non sale liquor violations and notes House concurrence is expected promptly. Federal prohibition forces plan a strong border push against rum runners this spring with a large officer presence on the Canada border.
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United Press
Lansing
Mich
State Senate
Cuthbertson
Hutoited Press
Washington
The
Treasury
Canada
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Cincinnati Men Seek Bus Rights
Cincinnati businessmen Samuel J. Lipp and L. L. Wiedman proposed an exclusive bus franchise to Cincinnati's public utilities committee after a Thursday meeting at the Northern Hotel. They indicated eight tickets at 50 cents, backed by General Motors Corp. support, and said they would draft a formal franchise within a week with plans for modern equipment and solid financial backing.
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Public Utilities Committee
City Council
Cincinnati
Northern Hotel
Samuel J. Lipp
Valley Line
Point Pleasant Transportation Co
L. L. Wiedman
City Transportation Commission
General Motors Corp
Canton
Trevathan Marries 417th Couple as Springfield Justice
Springfield Missouri on March 22 reports Justice of the Peace TR HW Trevathan completed his 417th marriage yesterday after 18 years in office. The ceremony adds to a long record of local nuptials confirming his steady tenure and role in community life.
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Springfield
Justee
Trevathan
Dover Mayor Groh Held on Bribe Charge in Dover
Special to Canton Daily News Dover Mayor Peter J. Groh 51 of Dover was jailed after state officers alleged he accepted a $50 bribe to allow liquor to be hauled through the city. Prosecution plans await arrival of state officials. Groh known for controversial liquor enforcement tactics.
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New
Philadelphia
Peter J. Groh
Dover
Tuscarawasco
Canton
Dailey News
Groh
Little
E 3Dst
Rupert Rfr
Beetham
Attorney General's Office
Spear
Hia Life
Auburn To
City Wide Open Indictments Hit Ocean City Officials
Cape May grand jury indicted Ocean City mayor Joseph G Champion police chief Howard Johnson and 20 officers on a nonfeasance in office charge tied to a citizens committee claim that the town was wide open for bootlegging and gambling. The panel said local leaders winked at lawlessness and demanded Champion's resignation.
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Cape May
N. J
Ocean City
Citizens’ Committee
Cape Mayo
Joseph G. Champion
Howard Johnson
Champion
Watts upheld in council meet
Orrville council approved Watts of Orrville for a clean bill of health after Watts testified for the defense in the Horst kidnapping case in Wooster last week. Merchants supported Watts as a capable local officer amid the trial controversy. Local commodity ad lines follow with unrelated grocery items and prices.
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Orrville
Watts
Wooster
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