Four Louisiana convicts escape prison on eve of murder trial
A group of four Orleans Parish inmates overpowered guards at the Louisiana Penitentiary receiving station and fled in a prison car toward New Orleans. One suspect, Adam Webster, was recaptured in Magnolia, Mississippi, after a gun battle. The others remained at large as hundreds of pursuers with bloodhounds encircled three fugitives in nearby woods. Steve Beck and Jim Heard led the group. Heard was wounded earlier.
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Louisiana Penitentiary
Here
Orleans Parish
Steven J. Beck
Jim Heard
St. Francisville
Adam Webster
Pike County
Miss
Magnolia
New Orleans
Fred Wilson
Wilson
Webster
Beck
Alexandria
Mississippi River
Cleveland Owen
Oregon
Heard
Michaelson Denies Liquor in Baggage in First Public Statement
Chicago congressman M A Michaelson indicted in Jacksonville Fla for smuggling liquor issued his first public statement after arrest. He asserts trunks transported from Cuba contained no intoxicants and vows to prove his innocence. The indictment, public two weeks ago, concerns six quarts whisky five quarts assorted liquors and a small keg.
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M. A. Michaelson
Chicago
Jones Bill
Jacksonville
Fla
House of Representatives
Illinois
United States
Cuba
Key West
Bar of Justice
Missouri faculty ousted and reinstated in sex study fallout
At the University of Missouri the full Board of Curators upheld the permanent discharge of Dr Harmon O Degraff and reinstated Dr Max F Meyer with a one year suspension. Mowrer was permanently ousted earlier. The controversy over a sex and marriage questionnaire had stirred state politics and reached the legislature.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri Today
Harmon O. Degraff
Max F. Meyer
Meyer
Degraff
G. H. Mowrer
Mowrer
Dr. Meyer
James E. Goodrich
Inquiry on Amendments and World Court Mentioned in Tinkham Speech
Boston Congressman George H Tinkham urged President Hoover to include enforcement of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments in a national probe. He argues for laws to enforce temperance and constitutional integrity, cites Hoover addresses, and links the I'm Alone case and a potential anti lynching bill to broader U S policy.
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Charles Michelson
New York World News Service
Washington
George Holden Tinkham
Boston
Hoover
United States
Congress
Tinkham
Hoeverm
South
High Seas
Supreme Court
I’m
Auto crash near Springfield claims Dayton man life
Porter J Hopkins, 45, of 139 Whitman Street Dayton, was killed when his car skidded and overturned four miles west of Springfield while attempting to pass vehicles. Three companions, Noah Weils, A. A. Tompkins, and Chester Tompkins, escaped with minor injuries. Hopkins' skull was crushed in the blaze.
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Springfield
Porter J Hopkins
Whitman Street
Dayton
Hopkins
Noah Weils
A. A. Tompkins
Chester Tompkins
Fatal crash kills two in Pine Grove area
In Ironton Ohio Fred Hill aged 85 and Minnie Pennington 56 of Pine Grove were killed when their car plunged twenty feet off a Newcastle pike embankment. Two other passengers Charles Heading 38 and Callie Gilmore 20 were hospitalized after the rollover near Ironton during a trip to Pine Grove.标题
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Ironton
Fred Hill
Minnie Pennington
Pine Grove
Newcastle Pike
Charles Heading
Callie Gilmore
Hill
Pope blesses 25000 Alpine Guards in St Peter's Square
Pope Pius XII from a Vatican window bestowed a Pontificial benediction on about 25,000 Alpine Guards veterans gathered in St. Peter's Square and 50,000 onlookers. The crowd cheered as the pope, appearing younger, raised his hand and hat and five times blessed the assemblage. The scene united a cross section of the Catholic world amid banners from Piedmont Milan and other locales. The massed bands played Giovinezza as the pope’s benediction ended the ceremony.
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Pope
Vatican City
Vatican
Pius
Italy
St. Peter’s Square
St. Peters
Eviva Polba
Eviva la Conciliazione
Piedmont
Milan
Stoning of Prohibition Agents after Roseto Hotel Raid
Six Philadelphia prohibition agents were rescued by Pennsylvania state police from a mob of more than five hundred in Bethlehem after a raid on a Roseto hotel. Cars were vandalized and a Roseto special officer, Leonard Martocci, was jailed for interference after arresting agent Austin McGarvey on a DUI charge, later cleared by a doctor.
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Bethlehem
Philadelphia
Roseto
Here
Austin McGarvey
Leonard Martocci
Mortocci
McGarvey
Bangor
New York Sees Record Warm April Day
New York experiences a historic heat surge with 86 degrees reported at 3:45 PM, shattering the previous April record by ten degrees. The day began cool but rapidly climbed from 47 at midnight to 83 by evening, as summer edged out spring in a rare weather anomaly reported by the New York World News Service.
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New York World News. Service
New York
Weather Bureau
Three Ohioans Feared Lost in Lake Erie Gale
Fremont reports three local men missing after a fifty mile gale struck their small fishing boat in Sandusky Bay. C. J. Notstine, Earl Fought, and Carl Graves were last seen at 10 am running a trot line offshore. Coast Guard from Marblehead search teams and Fremont residents scoured the bay overnight amid heavy seas and darkness. Graves and Notstine were married with two children each.
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Fremont, O
Sandusky Bay
C. J. Notstine
Civil Service Commission
Earl Fought
Carl Graves
Coast Guard
Marblehead
Bay
Lake Erie
Fremont
Port Clinton
Danbury
Graves
Notstine
Bomb Found In New York Post Office Aimed At Roosevelt
A dynamite bomb addressed to Gov. Franklin D Roosevelt was found in the General Post Office in New York City. A porter stepped on the package by accident, breaking a fuse. Police noted a four inch iron pipe, three quarters of a stick of dynamite, wax and matches inside a candy box marked Mansion House Albany.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
General Post Office
Thirty-third Street
Eighth Avenue
Thomas Callegy
Hoboken
N. J
F. D. Roosevelt
Albany, N
Twentyninth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Woman Found Dead in Little Miami River Murder Suspected
The body of a woman, with distinct facial scars, was found in the Little Miami River between Milford and Camp Denison. Authorities suspect murder as signs differ from drowning. A large touring car seen near Milford at 4 AM fled police. Two Milford boys reported the sighting near the river bank.
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Miami
Milford
Camp Denison
Cincinnati
Pierson
Edward Yagen
Everett Smith
Convicted Ohio robber nabbed after Philadelphia gun battle
James A. Walton of Cleveland, a leader in the February Ohio Penitentiary escape, was wounded in a running gun fight with Philadelphia detectives and captured. The other four escapees, including Pat McDermott and Mike Jocko, were recaptured within a day. Walton’s wounds are not serious.
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James A. Walton
Pat McDermott
Ohio
Philadelphia
Columbus
Cleveland
Walton
Assassination of Rebel General Escobar Ushers Major Border Clash
The Associated Press reports renewed Mexican revolution fighting along the border. U.S. cavalry declares a danger zone in Presidio Texas to guard Americans as rebel forces under Generalissimo Escobar move toward Pulpeto Pass, while Gen. Raul Cardenas is killed by deserters. Reinforcements reach Ft. Huachuca and rebels threaten Villa Acuna and Del Rio.
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Raul Cardenas
Frank S. Cocell
Ft. Huachuca
Naco
United States
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Chihuahua
Pulpeto Pass
Sonora
Casas Grandes
Caraveo
Chihuahua City
J. Andreu Almazan
del Rio
Tex
Villa Acuna
Mayor’s hostess quits over staged Earhart photo
Philadelphia city hall stirred as Mayor Harry A. Mackey’s official hostess Mrs Hope Craig Wynkoop left after a photographer wanted a portrait with Amelia Earhart. City Statistician Mrs James W Kyle objected, prompting a public drop in callers to the mayor’s reception room.
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New York World News Service
Philadelphia
Harry A. Mackey
Hope Craig Wynkoop
Wynkoop
James W. Kyle
Dreyfus Case Shocks Paris As Bellon Returns Home
A Marseilles hairdresser Bellon, wounded in war and later jailed on Devil's Island after denouncing a spy, is released after eleven years claiming innocence. He returns to France broken in body and spirit, with Premier Poincare pressured to act. He left wife and son on the island as passage was unpaid.
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France
Young Bellon
Devil's Island
New
Bellon
Mitchell
Devil’s Island
French Guiana
Raymond Poincare
Premier Poincare
Backwash of Corruption Waves Reaches Impeachment Stage
Chicago dispatch notes growing political scandal as Gov Huey P Long of Louisiana and Judge Carlos S Hardy of California prepare for impeachment trials. The piece ties McPherson kidnapping fallout to judicial ethics and reports Louisiana Senate rules setup for Long’s trial while Oklahoma’s governor was recently removed for incompetence.
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Chicago
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Carloss. Hardy
Los Angeles
California Superior Court
California
Aimee Semple McPherson
Sacramento
Hardy
Angelus Temple
McPherson
Temple
Santa Barbara
Kenneth Ormiston
Oklahoma
U S Army Air Forces Ordered to Attack Mexican Planes
Eighteen American aircraft were ordered to patrol the U S border near Naco Ariz after a bloody fight between Mexican rebels and federals. Planes from Galveston and Dodd Field arrived at Fort Huachuca Ariz to defend American lives and property.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
Naco
Ariz
Frank S. Cohell
Amercan
Sonora
Lucas Gonzales
Galveston
Dodd Field
San Antonio
Fort Huachuca
Army
Rio Grande
Rebels Seize Ojinaga After Two-Hour Battle
Half of the 90-strong garrison at Ojinaga revolted and, after two hours of fighting, wrested control from insurgents. Rebel Lieut. Col Raul Cardenas was killed. Capt. Quintanilla reported killed. Two American guards wounded. International Bridge reopened at 6 pm as U.S. cavalry watched the riverfront.
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Texas
Presidio
Tex
Ojinaga
Raul Cardenas
International Bridge
United States Cavalrymentrew & Strong
Col
Cardenas
Quintanilla
Rebels Surrender Palomas Garrison to Two American Cattlemen
Rebels at Palomas garrison in Chihuahua surrender to Frank Williams of San Pedro Chihuahua and Gerald Thompson of Santa Rosa New Mexico, acting for Mexican federals. The turnover follows a peaceful seizure by Gen. Aguirre a month earlier.
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Palomas
Chihuahua
Aguirre
Col
Fernandez Gonzalez
Frank Williams
San Pedro
Gerald Thompson
Santa Rosa
N. M
Rebel leader Denies Mexican Rebels in Naco Incident
Francisco Borquez, commander of rebel troops in Sonora, issued a statement to the people of the United States denying that Mexican rebels caused the shooting of an American cavalryman near Naco Arizona yesterday. He insisted the rebels were not responsible and defended the rebel cause as non-secessionist.
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U. S
Sonora
Mexico
Francisco Borquez
United States
Naco
Ariz
Borquez
Nace
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