Chicago gang of kidnappers arrested in $600000 extortion case
Police arrest fourteen men and a woman in Chicago as investigators detail a ring blamed for extorting about $600000 from county victims within a year through kidnapping and torture. One leader claimed $75000 earned in the period. A divorced wife of one suspect is linked to the gang and a cottage at Walmar Lake is cited as a hideout. Authorities plan grand jury indictments for conspiracy to kidnap there.
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Patrick Roche
Theodore Kopelman
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Frank Gusenberg
Norman Resnick
Walmar Lake
Joseph Burke
New Jersey
Charles Mueller
Grand
Monaco declares massive armed defense force in push over foreigners
Monte Carlo reports Monaco now fields 350 armed defenders from a 700 citizen pool including 50 Corsican gendarmes just landed to guard the Casino and palace. Prince Louis bars photography of national defense works amid citizen unrest over foreign influence and Societe des Bains de Mer ties.
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Principality
Monaco
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Prince Louis
Societe Des Bains de Mer
Tellegen Weds Eve Casanova in New Jersey Nuptials
Actor Lou Tellegen and Eve Casanova married by Judge Martin L Ferris at the waterfront home in Asbury Park New Jersey Witness Desiree Tabor opera singer was bride's sponsor Rafael Diaz Metropolitan tenor served as best man The ceremony follows a three year courtship and earlier delays from a hotel fire injury and a prior film career trajectory including stage and film work.
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WN. J
Lou Tellegen
Geraldine Farrar
Eve Casanova
Martin L. Ferris
Batters Home
Desiree Tabor
Rafaelo Diaz
New York
Mr. Tellegen
Atlantic City
Park West Hospital
Tellegen
Anna Marie
Gen. Tellegen
Sarah Bernhardt
France
Jeanne de Brouchere
Miss Farrar
Nina Romano
Miss Casanova
Minor McLain
Theater Guild
Land feud ends in shotgun death near Blairsville
In Blairsville Georgia 65 year old Hugh Brown faces murder charges after shooting Edith Miller 25 who shielded her father Jim Miller 55 amid a long running land line feud. Brown said he believed Miller was armed, the shooting occurring near disputed property nine miles west of Blairsville. Brown remains jailed.
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Edith Miller
Jim Miller
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Mexico will deport bankrupt thespian troupe
One hundred members of a Paris touring opera company in Mexico City asked the government to deport them after the manager vanished and salaries remained unpaid. The Interior Department agreed. Most cast are Russian, and they will depart on the first steamer from Vera Cruz to Europe.
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Europe
One Brother Dies After Feud Shooting
Robert Wilson, 28, of 533 Baum Street, died at Genere Hospital from a bullet wound in the left breast. His brother Willie, 18, remains in hospital with a leg wound. Caroline Wilson said Arthur and Chester Gilbert shot the brothers after a prior fist fight. Police seek the Gilbert brothers who vanished after the incident.
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George Dooley
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Arthur
Chester Gilbert
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Wilson Brothers
Collections March 15 Expected To Reveal Extent of Damage
Washington reports the surplus for the current fiscal year is shrinking as the stock market collapse threatens 1929 income tax receipts. Treasury officials monitor first quarter tax intake, noting a reduced surplus could vanish even with strong year end payments, as a $10 million Farm Board request looms.
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Mariemont votes against annexation to Cincinnati
Citizens in Mariemont met in the Town Community House to decide on political status. Out of 155 present, 3 favored annexation to Cincinnati while 127 supported incorporation as a village and 25 declined to indicate a choice. A committee led by Boyd Jordan was formed to discuss a potential annexation with Mariemont Company officials.
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Boyd Jordan
Robert Schmidt
Virgil Stewart
John G. Quin
Mariemont Citizens’ Council
Warren Leavitt
Mariemont Messenger
Poison Liquor Fatalities Terrify Ft Totten Area
Four Sioux Indians are dead and three more are critically ill after drinking suspected poison liquor at a dance near Tokyo on the Ft Totten Indian Reservation. Names of the dead include Razety Francis and Jerome Onhouse. Detained suspect Matthias Taylor is questioned over auto fuel theft at a Tokyo store.
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Ft. Totten
Razety. Francis
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Onhouse
Jerome
Coates
Sedlack
Obero
Mike Goodhouse
Matthias Taylor
Paralyzing illness cases mount in three Tennessee counties
Johnson City reports fifty partial paralysis cases with diagnosis eluding doctors. Washington County Health Officer Dr. S. Moody cites thirty three cases and notes investigation into possible poison alcohol as a cause. Carter County Health Officer Dr. E W King reports nineteen cases. Continued on second page.
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Unemployment to Shrink Under Seven Billion Dollar Program
Secretary Lamont outlined a nationwide seven billion dollar construction program to ease unemployment. He cited reports from governors and public utilities, targeting rapid action in 1930 with boosts for public buildings and federal road aid. Several state construction totals and a utilities expansion were noted, along with speeding highway work nationwide.
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France Flood Toll Rises to Near 400 In Moissac Area
Moissac reports 125 dead with 35 bodies found today and Montauban, Agen, and surrounding towns show heavy losses. Over 3,000 houses destroyed within a 300 square mile flood triangle as villages lie under water and crops vanish.
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Dr Cook Paroled From Penitentiary Explorer Believes Amundsen Alive
Dr Frederick A Cook physician explorer was released on parole from Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary after a fraud conviction. He plans to study narcotic degeneration cure in Chicago with Dr P F Thompson then return to Texas. He doubts Roald Amundsen survived the Italia crash and says his former companion Giotng can manage two years on northern food to reach civilization.
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Leavenworth
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North Pole
Chicago
P. F. Thompson
Plover
Texas
Leaveworth
Italia
Giotng Canpanionsen
Granddaughter Party Then Grandma Foss Forgets Bedtime
Grandma Foss, aged 95, forgot her usual 9 o clock bedtime as family gathered at Hotel Alms in Cincinnati to celebrate her long life. Born Adelaide in Gasany, widow of J H Foss, she raised 19 children and remains connected to two nuns and several grandchildren and great grandchildren from Washington to Montreal.
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Jgi Moormann
Edward A. Foss
Mary St. Henrys
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Mary Adely
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D. C
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Canada
Senate Opposes Conservative Jurist in Sanford Vacancy
Washington report details Senate resistance to the conservative bloc on the Supreme Court as it discusses filling the Sanford vacancy. It notes pressure on President Hoover following the deaths of Justice Sanford and former Chief Justice Taft, with speculation on potential nominees amid party and Senate dynamics.
Two Motor Deaths Raise Hamilton County Toll
A fatal crash at Alms Place and Lincoln Avenue left Ella Perkins 54 dead and her daughter Ethel Battle 27 seriously injured. Driver Dominic Rocchio 19, arrested, with moonshine found in the car. Witnesses cite speeding. Calmeise 27 not injured. Police investigation continues.
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Ella Perkins
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Ethel Battle
Rocchio
Henry Calmeise
Negro
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Calmeise
Andrew Hertel
Haiti Provisional Government Plan Approved by Hoover
Investigating Committee reports President Hoover approves a provisional Haitian government plan aiding a transition from President Louis Borno. The plan foresees civil service leadership, a short interim under Borno, and a three month path to a constitutional order with elections and a new legislature.
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Briz
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Council of State
Taft to Lie In State at Capitol Taft Funeral Plans
The widow and children of William Howard Taft chose a hilltop site overlooking the Potomac for his burial. Taft will lie in state at the Capitol with a 21-gun salute and a public viewing under the dome. A military escort, pallbearers, and Supreme Court members will participate in the funeral arrangements led by Chief Justice and President Hoover. The procession from All Souls Church to Arlington and to the cemetery will include a motor hearse and a large military escort.
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William Howard Taft
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Potomac River
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William Wordsworth
Duke of Wellington
Alfred Tennyson
Hoover
Taft
Ft. Myer
Charles P
Robert A. Taft
Col. Campbell Hodges
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Byrd and party arrive safely in New Zealand
Read Admiral Richard E. Byrd and members of his Antarctic expedition land at Dunedin New Zealand aboard the City of New York after over a year on the Ross Sea ice. The city of 85 000 greets him as first to fly over both poles, met by officials at the harbor. In Schenectady the same day a radio chat is planned between Byrd and Adolph S Ochs from New York Times via WGY at 7 30 am Tuesday, spanning more than 10000 miles.
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New Zealand
Richard E. Byrd
New York
Ross Sea
Byrd
Eleanor Bolling
Habor
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WGY
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Ochs
New York Times
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Belated Groom Bigamist Appears In Texas Court
SAN ANTONIO March 9 The groom R A Davis and his bride of six days moved to annul their marriage after a Mexico City courtship. Davis, a World War veteran from Mesa Arizona, was detained at the border for lacking a passport and reportedly vanished at the Rio Grande. His wife and mother in law traveled from San Antonio. officials investigated a possible mental lapse as Davis was treated for a heart ailment in a Laredo hospital.
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R. A. Davis
Mexico City
Davis
A. A. Gutknecht
Laredo
United States
Mesa
San Angelo
Texas
Temperatures and Weather by State and City
Weather forecast for several states predicts fair and warmer conditions Monday and Tuesday with increasing cloudiness and likely showers in many areas. Temperatures and a 24 hour precipitation table follow, listing readings for cities such as Boston Cleveland New York Nashville and Louisville with corresponding highs lows and rainfall.
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West Virginia
West Pennsylvania
West New York
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