Trail of blood after Joliet jail escape drive
A Joliet prison break left three condemned men at large and wounded officers as two guards were overpowered and three inmates remained in jail. Leo Grant, Chicago policeman, died of bullets fired by a Mexican escapee identified as Roberto Torrez. The fugitives sped to Indiana Harbor before their car was wrecked.
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Chicago
Joliet
Leo Grant
Grant
Roberto Torrez
Will County
Peter Klein
Model New Penitentiary
Stateville
Bert Cans
Indiana Harbor
John Krincich
Ind
Caban
Friend inedeed asks to serve out prison
James G. Brown of Marianna asks Gov John W. Martin to let him wear prison stripes and finish the sentence of his friend Nasreférrea tune Inave r tortat, with the matter referred to the Prison Board for Pardons in Tallahassee Florida. Brown claims exceptional sympathy capacity in the state’s history.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
James G. Brown
Marianna
John W. Martin
Ernor
Nas
Tortat
Two Held as Armored Car Robbery Case Unfolds
Pittsburgh detectives report the arrest of two suspects and the discovery of the bandits nine men sought in an armored payroll car robbery that yielded 104000. The car with PA plates 102895 was found near Bentleyville after the blast at the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company
Ginger Hill
Bentleyville
Sus- Reise Omuena
Detroit
Pennsylvania
J. A. Gillmore
Monongahela City
Gillmore
Stanley Sywczieck
Stanley Stanko
Michane Falween Rahanea
Tae Dace
Express Company
Coraopolis
Coverdale
Haitian Government Bars Senator King from Haiti Visit
The Haitian government notified Senator King of Utah that he is undesirable and forbidden entry. The State Department, despite efforts by John H. Russell, American High Commissioner, could not change Haiti's stance as King tours the West Indies and denounces U.S. policy in Haiti.
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Senator King
Island
U.S
Washington
King
Dem
Utah
Haiti
State Department
Borno
John H. Russell
Mr. King
Camille Leon
United States
Senate
M. Leon
Port Au Prince
Hannibal Price
Limiting Plans at ARMG Parley Be Flexible
New York World News Service reports that Grew outlining a three power naval talks in Geneva slated for June 1 or soon after expects formal acceptances. France and Italy may send observers while formal participation remains uncertain. Discussions aim to define needs for modern cruisers submarines and auxiliary craft with flexible terms.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Geneva
Great Britain
Japan
Ita
France
Italy
Paris
Rome
United States
England
Movie Business Battle for Control of Studios
Theaters fight for concentration of power as a few film giants vie for dominance. Industry barons shape shows, money, and influence in a high stakes struggle across the studio landscape.
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New York
New Yark World News Service
Wall Street
Wilu Ude Dll
Asiliipy
Adolph Zukor
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
First National Pictures, Inc
Cioantic
Daughter Defies Curzon Widow in London Headlines
English heiress Miss Marcella Duggan, daughter of Alfred Duggan of Buenos Aires, fled home amid marriage rumors with Mr Rice. The Marchioness Curzon, widow, denied reports and said the daughter would return Monday. Miss Duggan, 19, would need her mother’s consent before any engagement.
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London
Eral
Saver
Marcella
Lord Curzon
Duke and Duchess of Rutland
Sunday Express
Miss Duggan
Mr. Rice
Rice
Stamara vi Awhiuvis
Curzon
Alfred Duggan
Buenos Aires
Mr. Duggan
Grace Elvina Hinds
J. Monroe Hinds
Alabama
Boy Scout Hangs While Testing Rope Knots
In New York on March 12 police report 15 year old Brooklyn Scout John S Weymar hanged himself in his cellar during a knot tying test for Eagle Scout, after making a hangman’s noose and tightening the rope too much while practicing.
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New York
John S. Weymar
Brooklyn
Conscience Drives Woman to Repay 2-Cent Stamp After 28 Years
An anonymous woman sent a two-cent stamp to A. L. Behymer, Cincinnati Postmaster, to atone for using a previously used stamp on a letter mailed 28 years ago. She joined a church, felt she would go to hell without restitution, and vowed to confess. The stamp and letter will be sent to Washington for action.
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A. L. Behymer
Cincinnati Postoffice
Behymer
Paine Demands Resignations Over Sears Land Deal
Memphis Mayor Rowlett Paine asks J Hasse and A L Parker to resign from the City Planning Commission on charges tied to Sears Roebuck purchase of land for a 3 million dollar Memphis branch plant. Parker was his best man and Hasse a wedding guest on the mayor’s anniversary.
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Memphis
Tenn
Rowlett Paine
Do. J. Hasse
A. L. Parker
City Planning Commission
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Parker
Paine
Starkville
Miss
Hasse
Blizzard Buries Colorado and Plains. Towns Isolated
A three day blizzard raged over Eastern Colorado and Western Nebraska and Kansas cutting trains and highways. Ira Vowel a Brewster Kan schoolteacher died after his bus was trapped and he and a coach separated on a long walk. Colby and Julesburg faced ten foot drifts as roads closed and air mail flights were redirected.
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Kansas City
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Ira Vowel
Brewster
Kan
Vowel
Wray
Colorado Springs
Colby
Kane
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Denver
Col
Rocky Mountain
Palmer Lake
Greeley
Cripple Creek
Julesburg
Noted Artist Elizabeth Wentworth Dies in Apparent Suicide
Concord Mass March 12 Miss Elizabeth Wentworth, a noted artist, ended her life at home by tying a rope to her neck and leaping from stairs after eluding two nurses during a recent illness. Her act follows an apparent failed attempt to intervene.
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Concord
Mass
Elizabeth _ Wentworth
Oklahoma Marshal Slain in Gore City Streets
H. R. Pratt city marshal was found dead from a gunshot in Gore Oklahoma early today. Authorities have not identified a motive for the killing.
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Oklahoma
Gore
Okla
H. R. Pratt
Girl Killed as Plane Crashes in Scottdale
In Scottdale Pennsylvania on March 12 Miss Pauline Reynolds aged 21 died when the airplane she rode in crashed to the ground and was wrecked. The aviator Carl Strickler was not hurt and the cause remains undetermined.
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Scottdale
Pauline Reynolds
Carl Strickler
Mexican Ambassador Returns With Answer to U S Ultimatum
Teller continues to pose illness of a assumed brother as the reason for the visit. He plans to conclude conferences and depart for Washington, while the Mexican ambassador returns with a reply to ultimo demands from the United States.
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U. S
Teller
Property laws behind note exchange shape Mexican oil policy
Mexico City March 12 Ambassador Teller to Washington with Mexican reaction to US demands after talks with President Calles. Officials say U S pressure on property laws met with reticence as Morones argues against Mexican stance while oil injunctions linger awaiting Supreme Court decision.
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Mexico City
Calles
Manuel Tellez
Washington
United States
Tellez
Foreign Office
Sheffield
Sruuves Weee YU Cewee
Grew
Teller
Mexico
Mr. Grew
Presidentalles
Alvaro Obregon
National Palace
Luis N. Morones
Supreme Court
N. Y
Weston Walker Granted Lifespan Support Fund
Anne Nichols and William De Lignemare set aside a fund for Edward Payson Weston providing 150 dollars monthly at 6 percent, until his death, aiding the aged walker after years of poverty. G H Maines announced the gift as Nichols sailed to Europe for her play Abies Irish Rose production.
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New York
Edward Payson Weston
Walker
Anne Nichols
William de Lignemare
Weston
G. H. Maines
Weston Committee
New York Press Club
Miss Nichols
Europe
Abie
Greenwich
Wealthy Hat-Clad Woman Robs Three St. Louis Stores
A well dressed young woman, aged 25 to 30, held up two stores and a restaurant in St. Louis, escaping with 134 dollars after directing a accomplice to loot cash registers. She wore a blue hat at first, later brown with red trim, and sought cigarettes during the spree.
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ST. Louis
John Haranjas
Edward Grosscuph
Grosscuph
Governor vetoes joke bill to license cosmetologists
Indiana Governor Ed Jackson pocket vetoed a bill to license complexion artists, deeming it a poor law despite legislative theater and lobbying. The measure failed to become law, leaving Hoosier hair bobbers and face lifters without the proposed licensure for now.
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Indianapolis
House
Senate
Blue laws to be enforced Gov Richards declares
Columbia March 12 Gov Richards announces continued enforcement of South Carolina blue laws on Sunday. Golf playing and gasoline sales are banned to honor the century old statute. Motorists who do not fill tanks tonight lose Sunday automobile jaunts and golfers tomorrow face arrest.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
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