Boston Man and Two Sons Drown At Sea
Robert Russell Ames a Boston realtor and his two sons Richard and Henry perished when their 55 foot ketch Hamrah was struck by a mid Atlantic storm during the Newport to Norway race. Three crew members survived bringing the battered vessel into Sydney Nova Scotia. The widow sails to join her husband and sons. Richard had just graduated from Harvard and Henry had finished his sophomore year. The elder Ames washed overboard as the rescue attempt failed in heavy seas.
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Boston
Robert Russell Ames
Richard Glover Ames
Henry Russell Ames
Hamrah
Newport
Norway
Atlantic
Robert Weed
Milton
Sheldon Ware
Charles Foster Tillinghast
Providence
R. J
Sydney
N. S
Ames
James Barry Ames
Harvard Law School
Susan Russell Ames
Richard
Harvard
Henry
Harry
Father
Senate Bank Bill Would Create Seven Governor Federal Reserve
The Senate Banking Subcommittee led by Senator Glass approves a banking bill creating a seven member Federal Reserve Board with 14 year terms and removing ex officio Treasury and Comptroller posts. The measure was detailed in a copy released Monday. The bill aims to restructure the central bank and governance of monetary policy.
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Washington
INS
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Glass
Reserve Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal
Linn
Accountants Begin Audit of Four Iowa Democratic Leaders
Des Moines AP two accountants started reviewing the bank accounts of at least four state democratic leaders. They will report findings to the Polk county grand jury as part of an inquiry into political campaign contributions. Subpoenas covered Gov Clyde Herring Lt Gov Nels Kraschel former Democratic Chairman E J Feuling and Frank Comfort.
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Des Moines
Carl Burkman
Polk County
Grand Jury
Clyde Herring
Nels Kraschel
E. J
Relief grants totalling 88 million to fund July aid
Washington AP Harry L Hopkins the relief administrator announced July relief grants totaling 88 174139 for ongoing aid programs. Iowa received 459559 Minnesota 1750000 Missouri 2000000 Nebraska 879000 North Dakota 8000000 and Wisconsin 3000000 with no funds for special or rural rehab programs, which moved to the rural resettlement agency.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Rural Resettlement Administration
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Acquittal for Bruno kin in Kelayres election massacre
In Pottsville, five of Joseph J. Bruno’s kinsmen were acquitted of murder in the Kelayres mass killing that killed five Democratic marchers. Philip Bruno was convicted on four counts of manslaughter, while Joseph Bruno faces appeals after two prior trials for manslaughter and second degree murder.
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Joseph Bruno
Pottsville
Joseph J. Bruno
Kelayres
Arthur Bruno
James
Alfred Bruno
Joseph
Paul Bruno
Anthony Orlando
Philip Bruno
Bruno
Grand jury indicts for perjury and slot machine conspiracy
The grand jury indicted Arthur on perjury and others for conspiracy to operate gambling devices. Prosecutors expect trials not before the September term. Indictments detail testimony by Lucile Coan and named individuals connected to the alleged slot machine scheme in Sioux City and Crops.
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Robert H. Munger
Arthur
Lucile Coan
Max Duckworth
Duckworth
Ed O'Connor
Joe Siegel
Sioux City
Miss Coan
O’connor
Siegel
Hattie Brown
Siegel O'Connor
Cedar Rapids
Ree
Alma Berry
Edward L. O’connor
Glenn L. Schmidt
State Bureau of Investigation
W. H. Millhaem
Town Liquor Commission
J E. Brennan
Jack Worden
Ike Sherman
S. Kroloff
Jack Lynch
Charles Wood
John Dalin
Jack Graham
Dick Maley
John Anderson
Clarence Adams
Ville Smith
George Boettcher
Charg
Grand Jury
Langer sought for grand jury subpoena in Iowa probe
Statewide slot machine protection letters and a tense chase unfold as Langer evades a Dubuque county search warrant. An officer signs the warrant late at night but a wrong address delays action. Langer departs Wisconsin after records are reportedly destroyed amid an ongoing probe into protection payments for operators.
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The
Gazette
Donald P. Barnes
Cedar Rapids
John Battin
Dubuque
Sioux City
Langer
Dubuque County
Barnes
Grand Jury
Joe Gagen
Fonda
Ann Harding
Schweitzer admits killing Dickinson in hotel murder case
Schwertzer breaks silence admitting he killed attorney Dickinson after a confrontation in the Book Cadillac dining room. Prosecutor McCrae plans a first degree murder indictment likely Tuesday. Schweitzer says he was forced to shoot when Dickinson resisted and grabbed the weapon. one shot hit, two fired in the car, and a final shot was aimed at Dickinson's head. He claims the shooting followed a prearranged plan with the Jackson sisters and a Rouge Park ambush.
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McCrae
Schweitzer
Jackson Sisters
Dickinson
Rouge Park
McCrea
Eeeny Cutter
Jefe
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Commissary Chief in Alaskan Colony Ordered to Quit
Palmer Alaska AP The Matanuska colonization project begins its house cleaning with Warters the Commissary Manager ordered to leave town within 24 hours The action halts colonists house construction as government investigator substantiates some colonists claims The dismissal unsettles valley residents and prompts a quick turnover of Warters belongings as he prepares to depart
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Palmer
Alaska
Matanuska
Eugene
Warters
Carr
Brothers End Record Flight Up 653 Hours
In Meridian Mississippi two aviators Fred and Al Key concluded the longest continuous flight in history with the Ole Miss after 653 hours 33 minutes aloft. They surpassed the unofficial 647 hour mark and the official 55314 hour record set in Chicago in 1930, landing at 6 05 p m CST to a crowd of about 18 000.
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Meridian
Miss
Fred
al Key
Ole Miss
National Aeronautics Association
Dale Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
St. Louis
John
Kenneth Hunter
Chicago
National
Lamar Hotel
Soviet Protest to Japan Over Siberia Border Incidents
Moscow lodged a vigorous protest with Tokyo alleging Japanese and Manchukuo troops invaded Siberia. The Soviet note held Japan responsible for current and future incursions and warned of grave consequences in Russo Japanese relations.
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Moscow
Siberia
Manchukuo
Tokio
Russia
Japan
Confessed Slayer's Brother Also Jailed
Victor Thompson 19 and brother Gerald 25 are jailed after the assault and murder of Mildren Hallmark in Peoria. A mob of over 200 gathered outside the county jail Sunday demanding the prisoners be turned over for vengeance as guards kept them inside.
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Peoria
Victor Thompson
Gerald
Mildren Hallmark
Thompson
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Jane
Reno
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