Torch killer Campbell linked to multiple marriages in New Jersey case
Elizabeth, April 13 New York World News Service reports H Colin Campbell a white haired Elizabeth engineer led a double life marrying five Omaha women in 1914 and later bigamously marrying Miss Orselea McCready. In Chicago he wed another wife and later faced murder accusations tied to Miss Margaret Brown. Union County prosecutors pursue May 14 indictment as details emerge.
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New York World News Service
Elizabeth
N. J
H. Colin& Campbell
New Jersey
Omaha
Campbell
Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Walter L. Church
Orselea McCready
Florida
Miss McCready
Emma Bullock
Oak Park
Bullock Campbell
Mildred Mowry
Greenville
Toung
Abe J. David
Union County
New York World 3Rews
Somerset
Union Counties
Margaret Brown
New York
Bernardsville
David
William F. Wagner
The
Pinkertons
Clarence E. Case
Brown
Somerset County
Francis L. Bergen
Bergen
Reparations Question Faces Allied German Experts
Paris reports Dr. Hjalmar Schacht heard Allied demands on Germany’s postwar reparations. Estimates place present value between 10 and 12.5 billion dollars, payable as fifty eight annuities with varying terms. Experts expect publication of the full proposal Monday to curb speculation.
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Paris
Hialmar Schacht
German -Reichsbark
Germany
Dr. Schacht
United States
One Needs Diversion in Used Car Listings
An appeal urges readers to take a break from routine by enjoying nature with a car. It promotes The Commercial Tribune used car listings, suggesting readers find worthwhile buys today and buy a good used car now.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Jugo Slav War Plan Allegations Reported by Rome Paper
Rome dispatch says Giornale d Italia prints two page spread claiming Yugoslav documents outline aggressive war plans against Italy. The article cites a call for no quarter and killing enemy combatants, plus instructions on mobilization and irregular troops. A government official denies any official Yugoslav manuals advocating war on Italy.
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Jugo-Slavia
Italy
Rome
Giornale d'Italia Today
Giornale d'Italia
Belgrade
Jugo- Slavia
Elephant Wins Alcohol Permit For Circus Medicine
Moe the circus elephant, ill with pneumonia, received an alcohol allotment approved by Prohibition Administrator E Yellowley at the circus's urging. Dr. William Muldoon, chief veterinarian, insisted liquor could save the animal's life, and Moe began an alcohol diet amid other remedies.
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New York “World News Service
Chicago
Moe
E. €. Yellowley
William Muldoon
Muldoon
Peru
Ind
Sunguats land calls troopd in west coast
From Nogales Arizona dated April 13 reports say 1200 to 2000 federal troops disembarked at Guaymas Sonora from the gunboat Progresso and the steamship Montezuma. Simultaneous reports note four rebel troop trains moving south toward Giffymas with Gen Fausto Topete in command.
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Nogales
Ariz
Guaymas
Sonora
Progresso
Giffymas
Fausto Topete
Rebel Gen Leopoldo Rebatte Considers Surrender
Mexico City April 13 In Nogales Mexican Consul reports rebel Gen Leopoldo Rebatte with a large Sonora force will surrender unconditionally if spared prosecution and life of his officers. President Portes Gil promises generous treatment within military law and urges Rebatte to concentrate troops at Nogales for federal instructions. Extradition of leaders unlikely as they are belligerents under international law.
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Rebatte
Mexico
Portes Gil
Nogales
Leopoldo Rebatte
Sonora
Gil
Francisco Manzo
United States
Calles
Jesus M. Aguirre
Vera Cruz
Fourth Detroit note bandit pockets $6,000 at Peninsular State Bank
In Detroit on April 13 a fourth note bandit used the same robbery method in a month. A man walked to the teller Marvin Wash 22 and handed a note demanding all the money. Wash said the hold up was deliberate and the bandit dropped a couple of bills as he departed.
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Detroit
Peninsular State Bank
Marvin Wash
Youth Burns to Death at Oil Plant Incident
Springfield Ohio April 13 Arthur Raster aged 18 was burned to death when fumes or a spark ignited an oil drum he and his father J H Raster 45 were using at the Standard Oil Company plant. The father sustained minor burns.
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Springfield
Arthur Raster
Standard Oil Company
J. H. Raster
ABC Certificate Rule Forces Marriages in Angora
In Angora on April 13, the Turkish government orders marriage licenses only to applicants with ABC certificates proving knowledge of the Latin alphabet A to Z. Deserters from alphabet schooling face penalties, fines, and imprisonment. Applies to Turks aged 16 to 45 after May 30, 1929.
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Angora
Turke
Turkey
Ghazis
ABC
Two Monoplane Mid-Air Collision Near Detroit Airport
Detroit April 13 two monoplanes locked in mid air over Ford airport tumbled from about 500 feet killing H Kreider president of Kreider Reisner Aircraft and Capt Alan E T Bruce chief test pilot of All American Aircraft both instantly. William C Naylor chief engineer of Stout Laboratories suffered serious injuries.
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Detroit
Ford
Avia
H. Kreider
Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company
Hagerstown
Alan E. T. Bruce
All-American Aircraft Company
Akron
William ¢. Naylor
Stout Engineering Laboratories
Kreider
Naylor
Bruce
Ranger
Challenger
Detroit Flying Club
Royal Air Corps
France
Reed Avers Volstead and Jones Laws Behind his Fiery Speech
Former Senator James A. Reed denounces the Volstead and Jones statutes in Kansas City addressing the Young Democrats and Women's Jefferson clubs. He accuses federal employees of spying and graft, blasts politicians as jackasses, and condemns pulpits used for political tirades as intellectual dregs. He invokes Jeffersonian federalism and state division of power as remedies.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed
Young Democrats
Jefferson Club of
Missouri
Jefferson Democratic Club
Reed
Thomas Jefferson
Volstead
Jones
Congress
United States
Jefferson
Youth Brushed From Trolley In City Street Crash
Harry Wolf aged 18 of 2566 Beekman Street suffered a skull fracture and multiple injuries after a truck near the curb struck him as he hung from a rear doorway of a moving street car on Freeman Avenue. Passenger Mollie Eckerlin, 40, of 2433 Bloom Street, also injured. Both taken to St Mary's Hospital in Betts Street.
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Harry Wolf
Beekman Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Betts Street
Mollie Eckerlin
Bloom Street
Wolfe
Fairmount Street
Freeman Avenue
Hopkins Street
Freeman
Wolf
Mack Shelton
Charleston
W. Va
Henry Hall
Chatman Street
Madison
Edward Roads
Lester Lawson
Madison Road
General Hospital
Ohioan Found Guilty of Murder in Illinois
Edwardsville, Illinois. Stanley E. Maxwell of Fairport, Ohio, was found guilty of the murder of Edward A. Deadman of Venice, Illinois, assistant night yard master of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. Deadman was shot at his home on November 22 by one of two men who came to beg food. The penalty was life imprisonment.
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Edwardsville, Ill
Stanley E. Maxwell
Fairport
Edward A. Deadman
Venice
Ill
Terminal Railroad Association of St
Toombs Convicted In Stock Fraud Case In St Louis
Roy C. Toombs, former president of the International Life Insurance Company, was found guilty of issuing false stock certificates. He received a three year prison term and a $3000 fine. The case relates to a $3.5 million asset removal and the company’s crash. Assets remain unrecovered, with remaining business sold to Missouri State Life Insurance Company.
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ST. Louis
Roy C. Toombs
International Life Insurance Comnery
Toombs
Missouri State Life Insurance Company
Man Dies of Wounds After Room Shooting at Theater
Carroll Clark a 29 year old projection machine operator in Oklahoma City died of gunshot wounds suffered in Thelma Graham 23 a troupe member at the same theater was held by police Graham said she entered the room just as the shot flashed Clark told officers the woman did not shoot him and she denied knowledge of the shooting
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Carroll Clark
Thelma Graham
Dry Law Is Greatest Legalized Fraud In the World
In Cleveland the New York Congressman Fiordello LaGuardia labeled prohibition the greatest legalized hypocrisy globally. He warned enforcement would cost the U S about 200 million dollars in two years and urged admitting the experiment has failed after a five hour talk to a large City Club audience.
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LaGuardia
Ohio Club
Cleveland
Fiordello LaGuardia
New York
United States
Dry Agents Track Juices for Prohibition Compliance
The Prohibition Bureau announced a nationwide probe into products affecting national prohibition. Commissioner Doran said investigators already reviewed the corn sugar market and will survey California juice grape production to track dispositions after sale. He aims to compile data on every commodity convertible into alcohol and will move to the next product upon completing each survey. The Leviathan incident prompted warnings that serving medicinal liquor as a beverage could lead to prosecution, with customs officials in New York handling such cases.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Prohibition
Doran
California
Bureau
Leviathan
New York Honors Herrick as Body Returns from France
The body of United States Ambassador Myron T. Herrick arrived on the French cruiser Tourville and was taken to Grand Central then to Cleveland for funeral services. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and officials paid respects as crowds lined the way, flags flew at half mast, and the procession followed two escorting ships through New York Harbor.
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New York
Myron T. Herrick
America
France
United States
Tourville
Grand Central Terminal
Cleveland
Monnday
Charles A. Lindbergh
Herrick
Paris
Ambassador Herrick
Nantucket
Marblehead
Cincinnati
City
Macom
Manhattan
Legion of Honor
Macom. Coast Guard
Oiling the G. O. P. Machine at Washington Dinner
The Gridiron Club staged a satirical dinner sketch led by President Hoover with Taft and Roosevelt as guests. Members lampooned official aides as mechanics and surveyors in a mock Hoover machine, while the mock landing on Pennsylvania Avenue and policy schemes drew laughs and light ridicule.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
Hoover
Dining Club of Washington
Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Curtis
Stimson
Mellon
Mitchell
Senator Borah
Hoover Machine
Crash
Roy
Roberts
Mare
Kansas City Star
Coolidge
Pennsylvania Avenue
Plymouth Rock
Corbett
John L
Mr. Mitchell
Prisoners Sentenced in Durance Vile Case by Judge Cochran
Judge Cochran sentences 144 prisoners to 200 years in durance vile and fines totaling 60000 dollars. The action follows a major criminal case with a large number of defendants.
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Durance Vile
Eighty Sentenced in Covington Federal Prohibition Case
Federal Judge A. M. J. Cochran presided over sentences totaling nearly 200 years and about 60,600 dollars in fines for 144 prohibition violators in the Eastern District of Kentucky. Eighty people received penitentiary terms, thirty-four under the Jones Act, with two prisoners escaping from the Covington Federal Building during the proceedings.
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A. M. J. Cochran
Covington
Kentucky
Newport
National Training School
Chillicothe
Walter Gleason
Second
York Streets
Will Smith
Chestnut Street
Gleason
Diffiden Police
Federal
Smith
Federal Building
Gleason Sngly
Fourth Street
Charles Humes
Humes
Chestnut and
Patterson Streets
Atlanta
Peter Seot
Glenman
William “Doc” Russell
Hayden Wittman
Internal Revenue
Obert Cottingham
Floyd Collins
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
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LAMAN
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Jack
Sunguats
West Coast
Topete
Maryland Aircraft Company
A. E. T. Bruce
U.S
Tui
Illinois
Pan Dr. Work
Department of the Interior
Judge Cochran
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