Senate probes to grill Anti-Saloon League actions
Senate Lobby Committee will investigate methods and money spent by dry and wet groups on prohibition efforts. Key witnesses include Representative Tinkham and potential probes of the Anti-Saloon League and Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. Ontario Premier Ferguson may testify to defend Canada liquor control.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Caraway
Muscle Shoals
Anti-Saloon League
Association Against the Prohibition
Tinkham
Federal Council
Prohibition
Lobby Committee
Diso
Canada
George Howard Ferguson
Ontario
House Judiciary Committee
E. C. Drury
Ferguson
Representative Linthicum
Dem
Pierre S. du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Capitol Hill
Law Enforcment Commission
Judiciary Committee
Enforcement
Com
Divorces Sought by Gladys J Klein in Early 1920s Affair
Gladys James Klein filed for divorce from Commander Jacob Henry Klein Jr. in Reno New March 27. They wed in San Francisco December 14 1912 and alleged desertion in New York October 27 1926. Custody of their 15 year old son to wife with $2 monthly alimony and $100 monthly child support plus schooling costs. Klein, once observer on the ZR-3 maiden Atlantic flight, was tied to naval service and aviation leadership.
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Reno
New
Jacob Henry Klein, Jr
Atlantic
Los Angeles
Gladys James Klein
San Francisco
New York
Klein
Eckener Honored With Geographic Society Medal
Dr Hugo Eckener receives the National Geographic Society gold medal for his Graf Zeppelin global flight. He is named among ten modern explorers, with praise for his crew and the United States Navy support.
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Washington
Hugo Eckener
National Georgraphic Society
Jags
America
Germany
Peary
North Pole
Charles A. Lindbergh
Floyd Bennett
Richard E. Byrd
United States Navy Department
Eckener
Gilbert Grosvenor
Engineer Slain On Speeding Train In Michigan Crash
Michigan Central passenger train No. 14 sped down a grade between Jackson and Ann Arbor with engineer Floyd Finch of Jackson unconscious at the throttle. Fireman R H Van Order stopped the train and took it to Ann Arbor where Finch died. An inspector later said a mail crane hook likely struck Finch.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan Central
Jackson
R. H. van Order
Floyd Finch
van Order
Finch
Chelsea
Natural shooter turned thief trial ends with 90 days jail
Miles Demmitt, a Negro, confessed to theft while claiming craps skill before Judge John Lupe in Chicago. Officers testified he was found with a crowbar before a jimmied slot machine and ninety eight pennies on him. The judge sentenced him to ninety days and 235 dollars fine for the theft.
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Chicago
Miles Demmitt
John Lupe
Demmit
Miser's Golden Hoard Found by Laborer
Marshall Michigan reports laborer William Caffery found a jug containing $2,000 in gold dating 1850 to 1890 in an old building on a farm owned by Charles Budlon. The coins belong to Caffery unless heirs of the late Lee prove rights to the property.
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Marshall
Mich
William Caffery
Caffery
Here
Charles Budlon
Lee
Sisters in Knife Duel Over Love in Mexico City
Two Ayala sisters Dominga and Angela fought a knife duel after a party at Dimas Garcia's home over love for the same man. Both were seriously wounded and admitted to a hospital, occupying adjoining beds.
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Mexico City
Dominga
Angela Ayala
Dimas Garcia
Angela
Dimas
Corpse Comes to Life Under Student's Knife
The lifeless body Fidel Zamudio was picked up on a Mexico City street and assigned to Juarez clinic for dissection by students. After cleaning, a knife pierced the chest, bleeding followed and the body, misidentified as dead from catalepsy, showed signs of life as science attempted to save him.
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Mexico City
Fidel Zamudio
Juarez Clinic
Za“mudio
Poll Shows 73 Percent Favor Repeal or Modification of Prohibition Law
The Literary Digest poll reports 1,244,483 votes from 20 states and DC. Of these, 527,388 favor repeal, 383,117 favor modification to allow light wines and beer, and 333,978 favor enforcement. Kansas remains dry with the South unsettled. North Dakota shows a dryer swing, while Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and others lean enforcement.
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New York World News Service
New York
Kansas
Rock of Gibraltar
Literary Digest
South
District of Columbia
North Dakota
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Nebraska
Prison Riot at Missouri State Prison Triggers Drastic Rules
More than 1,200 inmates rose up, with 400 subdued by guards and militiamen after a noon clash in the dining hall. A prior work strike disrupted prison factories, with 80 percent locked in cells. Warden Rudolph vowed a hard boiled regime and no leniency, while investigators probe a planned overnight uprising and arson attempt.
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Jefferson City
Missouri State
Leslie Rudolph
Rudolph
Mafia menace keeps husband from divorce in court
Carmen Corrado testified that fear of a mysterious gang and threats of punishment of a violent nature kept her husband, Alvina Corrado, from pursuing a divorce for eight years. Judge Hoffman granted a divorce on grounds of cruelty citing the couple’s hostile, terror-filled domestic life.
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Carmen Corrado
West Highth Street
Charles W. Hoffman
Alvina Ventry Corrado
Sycamore Street
Corrado
Newport
Hoffman
Woman Hangs Self and Kills Three Children in Tennessee Cabin
Dorothy Welsh, 28, in D Armond near Harriman, leaves note to Aunt Lizzie Hammond claiming she is in trouble and in response to her act she hangs herself in the kitchen while three sons Freddie eight Edgar seven and Sherman five are found drowned in a nearby pond. Relatives discover the scene after Welsh husband Sherman, recently laid off in Cincinnati, is contacted. Police conclude it is suicide and say the note asks for items to go to Aunt Lizzie.
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Harriman
Tenn
D’armond
Here
John Hendrix
Hendrix
Dorothy Welsh
Lizzie Hammond
Will Davidson
Roane County
Mrs. Welsh
Four Children Die From Gas Fumes At Frederick
In Frederick Maryland on March 27 four children aged 16 months to eight years died from gas fumes after their mother left the house for about twenty minutes. The bodies were found in the kitchen with all stove jets open. Firemen and physicians tried to revive them but failed. The mother, Mrs. Lester Shields, had come to stay with her sister Ms Joseph Bussard following a quarrel with her husband.
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Frederick
Mary Lucille
Myrtle Estelle
Elsie Yvonne
Helen
Joseph H. Bussard
Lester Shields
Boyd
Unidentified Man Found Unconscious on River Bank
Police found a 50 year old man in shabby clothing lying under a trestle on Ludlow Street last night. He was unconscious with exposure and was taken to General Hospital where physicians work to resuscitate him. The man’s identity remains unknown.
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General Hospital
Ludlow Street
Tressle
Poet Saty in Milan Reveals D Annunzio Inspired Murder Tale
In Milan, Gabriele D Annunzio is linked to a twenty five year old murder case through a confession by Antonio de Silvestro, an ignorant shepherd. De Silvestro admits the court's conjectures matched the crime, which inspired the poet to craft a drama closely mirroring the events.
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Italy
D’annunzio
Coralif van Paassen
New York World News Service
Milan
Gabriele “D’annunzio
Antonio de Silvestro
Oan
D'Annunzio
De _ Silvestro
German coalition crisis tops Senate debate on consultative treaty
Berlin March 7. The Mueller cabinet resigned after parties failed to agree on unemployment insurance, von Hindenburg asked ministers to stay on. Dr. Heinrich Bruening, a Centrist, named as potential new chancellor to form a cabinet. Centrists may lead a new coalition with Democrats, Populists, Bavarians, and others as the Young plan pressures continue.
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Berlin
Herman Mueller
von Hindenburg
Heinrich Bruening
Reichstag
Mueller
Gustave Stresemann
Democrats
Bavarian People’s Party
Dr. Bruening
Bavarians
Christian Socialists
Economic Party
Highway and public works funding moves advance in Congress
The House Public Roads Committee approved a 30 million dollar federal highway aid plan for 1931 to 1933 with 5 million added for 1931. The Elliott bill authorizing 230 million for public buildings passed Senate amendments and heads to the President. Additional river and harbor funding totals 12 million with allocations to Cleveland and Ashtabula harbors. A 44 hour postal week bill advances through a House sub committee, proposing a half holiday Saturdays with extra pay for longer days. Longworth signals tariff debates but no agreement yet.
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Washington
Colton
House Public Roads Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Elliott
House
Senate
Delaware
Milwaukee Harbor
Wis
Hurley
Cleveland (O.) Harbor
Ashtabula (O.) Harbor
Kendall
House Post Office
Longworth
Zwick Faces Bank Raid Charge in Germantown
The Foxy Bob Zwick gang is accused of leading a Germantown First National Bank robbery that netted about 7000 dollars. Police set roadblocks into Cincinnati and Kentucky after the 8:30 a.m. raid as detectives pursue the trio tied to a prior failed West Alexandria hold-up. Diamonds insured in Chicago robbery tied to S Kaplan official.
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Bob
David Oblinger
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Emmett Kirgan
Barney J. Houston
West Alexandria
Americans Plan for Consultative Naval Pact At London Conference
A committee of the American delegation at the London naval conference completed a definite plan for American participation in a consultative pact among naval powers if adopted. Senator Borah denounced such a pact as a pious fraud, urging a clear definition of what a consultative treaty entails while Senate leaders react to the London proposal.
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London
Naval Conference
Stimson
Dwight W. Morrow
Joseph P. Robinson
Hugh Gibson
Washington
Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
United States
Swanson
Virginia
George
Dem
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minn
London Parley
Father Awarded Daughter in Custody Battle
Judge Fred L. Hoffman in Common Pleas Court awarded custody of six month old Juanita to Daniel Heuberger Jr. after a habeas corpus fight against his in law parents in law Mr and Mrs Charles Scherrer. The Scherrers will retain visitation as part of an agreed order reached at the judge's suggestion. Attorney Paul V. Connolly represented Heuberger with Charles K Pulse for the Scherrers.
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Juanita
Fred L. Hoffman
Common Pleas
Yesterda
Daniel Heuberger, Jr
Rushton Read
Charles Scherrer
Evanston Avenue
Ethel Heuberger
Heuberger
Scherrers
Hoffman
Paul V. Connolly
Charles Kk. Pulse
Mrs. Scherrer
Mother Fails To Find Cincinnati Girl After Long Trip From India
Mrs. Henriette Bethell, newly returned to New York from India, learned her daughter Miss Marjorie Schiele, 17, is missing from Cincinnati with her grandmother Mrs. H. F. Adolph Hawke. The girl had been living in Rawal Pindi with Marjorie's father since her second marriage in London.
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Cincinnati
India
New York World News Service
New York
Henriette Bethell
Lorraine Avenue
Clifton
Marjorie Schiele
H. F. Adolph Hawke
Bethell
H. Keppel Bethell
Herman Schiele
Schiele
Marjorie
Tax receipts near 550 million mark for March
Treasury officials report March 25 income tax receipts totaling 542 432 841, signaling the month will exceed 550 million and support the 1930 fiscal year revenue plan. The report notes potential continuation of a tax cut for 1929 income if Congress funds 1931 expenditures, with corporate returns showing a prosperous year despite market losses.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Temperatures Across States Forecast With Sloping Rise
Regional forecast notes for Ohio Kentucky Tennessee West Virginia and Indiana show Friday and Saturday conditions vary from mostly fair to partly cloudy with temperatures edging higher. A 1930 table lists current highs and lows for cities including Nashville Cleveland Chicago Detroit New York and Omaha along with rainfall and wind details for the period.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Indiana
Eastport
Louisville
Boston
Nashville
Albany
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
Atley
TUS. S. Marie
Wash’ton
Chicago
Jasks
Cseier
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Huston
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
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Union Carbide Company
Tennessee Association
50Me
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Columbia
Neota
Iano
Jersey
York
Dakota
Pene Wen
Pennsylvania
Kota
Wisconsin
J. H. Klein, JR
Uivorge
Mas. Klein
Cincinnatan
Mr. Klein
Jacob H. Klein
Grasselli Avenue
Woodward High School
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Smith
France
President Lincoln
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Station
Europe
Navy
Securit Department of Battelle, Ludwig & Co
Geographic Society
Lowing
Lizzie
Sherman Welsh
Big Four Railroad
Sharonville
Welsh
John Gilpert
Main Street
FOR
House Roads Committee
Hermann Mueller
ZWICK
Germantown
S. Kaplan Company
Fulton Street
Harry Beck
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