Four Kentuckians slain in two gunfights near Mammoth Cave
Ambrose Williams, 30, was shot and killed during a raid on his Owsley Fork home by a party of officers including Deputy Lloyd Lane Sheriff Albert Bogie and Deputy U S Marshal Boyd Sandlin They claimed a gallon of whisky and a small still were found Williams fled after being ordered to surrender and was shot in the back Williams wife and two children witnessed the incident Lane faced technical custody awaiting an examining trial Judge Goodloe said the shooting may have occurred in Jackson County and that the raiding party had a federal warrant.
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Richmond
Ambrose Williams
Lloyd Lane
Owsley Fork
Kentucky
Williams
Lane
Albert Bogie
Madison County
United States
Boyd Sandlin
Bogie
Goodloe
Jackson County
Isaac Battle in Mammoth Cave Country Claims Three Lives
In Brownsville Kentucky on March 30 a pistol battle near Bee Springs left Merideth James Stroud 42 and Isaac Duvall 32 and Floyd Duvall 26 dead. Curley Johnson 25, son-in-law of Merideth, surrendered after claiming the Duvalls shot Merideth first. Johnson, Issac Duvall, and Floyd Duvall were farmers in Mammoth Cave country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Cave Country
Brownsville
Bee Springs
Here
Merideth
James Stroud
Duvall
Isaac
Floyd
Isaac’s
Curley Johnson
Johnson
Duvalls
Issac Duvall
Floyd Duvall
Johnon
Hindenburg Signs New German Cabinet Names
Berlin March 30 President von Hindenburg signed the cabinet list proposed by Chancellor Bruening. He appointed Gottfried Treviranus as Minister for Occupied Territories and Hermann Detrich as Vice Chancellor and Economics Minister.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Bruening
Gottfried Treviranus
Occupied Territories
Hermann iDetrich
Mrs Therese Workum Dies After Eight Week Illness
Therese Mayer Workum 62 widow of Attorney David J Workum died at her Belvedere Apartments Avondale after an eight week illness. She led in Jewish and educational circles and aided war entertainment. She leaves a son Lee J Workum and three daughters Erne Ach Herbert Schwab and Edgar Johnson with siblings in New York City. Funeral at Mrs Schwab's home 678 North Crescent Ave with burial in United Jewish Cemetery.
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Therese Mayer Workum
David J. Workum
Belvedere Apartments
Avondale
Cincinnati Board of Education
Gift Memorial Scholarshp Foundation
Council of Jewish Women
Cincinnati Woman’s Club
The
Peace League
Man’s City Club
Oard
Council
Jewish Women
Guincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Frieberg & Workum
Workum
Lee J. Workum
Erne Ach
Herbert Schwab
Edgar Johnson
Gustav Blumenthal
Hugo Blumenthal
New York City
Schwab
North Crescent Avenue
David Phillipson
James G. Heller
United Jewish Cemetery
Apple Jack Prize Winner Is Raided
Daniel A. Shafer aged 84, famed for winning a Chicago World's Fair prize in 1893 for apple-jack, was arrested on liquor selling and public nuisance charges. His sons secured release on 1000 dollars bail until Monday. Shafer previously operated a distillery between Middletown and Montgomery and produced about 400 barrels yearly.
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Middletown
Daniel A. Shafer
Shafer
Montgomery
Giant Utility Merger Announced in Delaware Plan
New United Gas Corporation, formed under Delaware law, announced a plan to acquire the securities of United Gas Company and its Louisiana subsidiaries Louisiana Gas and Fuel Company and the Palmer Corporation of Louisiana. The merger, described as among the world’s largest gas consolidations, would put combined 1929 gas sales and future revenues above 22 million and 26 million respectively.
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New York
United Gas Corporation
Delaware
United Gas Company
Louisiana Gas and Fuel Company
Palmer Corporation of Louisiana
Texas
Louisiana
Magnolia Gas Company
Electric Power and Light Corporation
Louisiana Gas and Fuel
Bandits Capture Three More Missionaries in Kiangsi
Kiangsi Province bandits seized three foreign missionaries at Yuanchow Western Kiangsi, including Rev and Mrs R W Porteus of England and Miss N E Gemmell of the United States. Two women and a man escaped to the mountains, flighted by two British and one American rescuer. The raid followed a February 3 kidnapping of Finnish missionaries from Yuan Chao.
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Shanghai
North China Daily News
Changsha
Hunan Province
Kiangsi Province
Yuanchow
Kiansi
China Inland Mission
R. W. Porteus
England
China
N. E. Gemmell
Miss Gemmell
R. H. Glazier
Kiangsi
Speakeasy Owners Favor Repeal or Modification of Prohibition
New York March 30 report from the New York World News Service surveys speakeasy operators. About twenty to one favor repeal or modification of Prohibition citing graft and extortion by authorities and criminals as key motives. Police estimate 32,000 speakeasies in the city, but only about 200 proprietors or bartenders could be polled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Whalen
United States
Aimee Semple McePherson
Mrs. McPherson
Roberta
The
Holy Land
Russia
Oklahoma's wild oil well soars as gusher wastes thousands of barrels
The Mary Sudik No. 1 oil well in the south Oklahoma City field erupted last week and continues to spout oil and gas at high rates. Estimates place production near 2000 barrels per hour and gas flow around 200 million cubic feet daily. Crews fight to cap the well while workers and sightseers flock to the area and residents evacuate amid high costs and hazardous conditions.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Mary Sudik No
Indian Territory Oil Company
Monte Carlo Prince's Puppet Wins Light Opera Election
In Monaco, Mayor Eugene Marquet's party wins national and municipal elections with an overwhelming majority. Police and army crowds watched calm voting as the prince contemplates remaining on the throne and easing faction tensions amid casino ties.
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Monte Carlo
Eugene Marquet
Monaco
Marquet
Prince Louis of
Casino
Pierre
Charlotte
M. Bonaventure
Tilson Charges Democrats With Concealing Hoovers Record
Representative Tilson accuses Democratic leaders of concealing facts about Hoover's first year in office. He lists six measures passed by Congress including tax cuts worth 169 million dollars and a 300 million dollar roads program, arguing they boosted employment and business confidence. The statement follows his return from illness and cites farm relief, public buildings, radio commission, and reapportionment as key items. He credits the Farm Board and Haitian Commission actions as indicators of Hoover policy impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Republican National Committee
Tilson
Federal Radio Commission
Farm Board
Hawks Land Safely After Tow Glider Flight Leg
Capt. Frank Hawks completed the third leg of his coast to coast glider towing flight. He detached from the tow plane over Tucson and landed safely at 7:25 p.m. after 400 miles flown today. The journey began in San Diego and included refueling at Yuma before reaching Phoenix.
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Hawks
Tucson
Ariz
Frank Hawks
San Diego
California
San, Diego
Cal
Marcy
New York
Yuma
Phoenix
Jernigan
Wallace Franklin
Ann Arbor
Mich
R. E. Franklin
University of Michigan
Two Emery Wheel Accidents Kill Workmen
A coincidence links two fatal injuries from emery wheel fragments. William Rastatter, 40, died at Christ Hospital after a March 26 accident at Aluminum Products in Beekman Street. Charles J. Schott, 56, died at home from a head fracture suffered while sharpening a knife two weeks earlier at E. Kahn & Sons on Spring Grove Avenue.
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William Rastatter
Esmonde Avenue
Christ Hospital
Charles
J. Schott
Butcher
Iliff Avenue
Price Hill
Rastatter
The
Aluminum Products
U. S. Guarantees Capone’s Safety on Miami Trip
Capone plans to travel to his Southland home in peace as U S Marshal W F Fox reports a court injunction shielding him from arrest. The injunction covers twenty sheriffs across Georgia and Florida and Florida Governor Carlton. Departure time and transport remain unannounced, with an airplane as a possible option.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Alphonse Capone
Southland
United States
Miami
W. F. Fox
Georgia
Florida
Capone
Gov
Carlton
Aimee McPherson Sails New York Crusade Visit
Aimee Semple McPherson arrives in New York with her pilgrimage to the Holy Land amid fanfare. Roberta McPherson accompanies her while plans include a Last Supper vigil and crucifixion scene as crowds photograph the evangelist and her entourage. The initial Go With Me plan previously folded after costs rose and a temple split.
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Evangelist
Holy Land
Christ
Jesus
Mt. Calvary
Jordan
Gethsemane
Via Dolorosa
Pontius Pilate
Mrs. McPherson
John Gowen
Angelus Temple
Hoboken
Four Die as Coastwise Ship Crashes Vancouver Excursion Boat
Four people were killed and twelve injured when the excursion boat Swan returning to Vancouver from Longview was rammed head on by the coastwise steamer Davenport off St Helens Oregon on the Columbia River. Four were missing and possibly drowned as the Swan and tug Dix towed toward a sandbar.
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ST Helens
Ore
Swan
Vancouver
Wash
Longview
St. Helens
Columbia River
Davenport
Larson
J. E
Florist
Lundy
G. E
Richard Belland
Portland
Belland
Jack Mitchell
Dix
Seret
R. G. Anderson
Bandman
Seventh Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Ohio
Longview Bridge
Heiress Custody Dispute Settled In Philadelphia
Marjorie Schiele the Cincinnati heiress will stay with her grandmother Mrs. H F Adolph Hawke after a custody fight that involvedMme Keppell Bethell the girl’s mother. habeas corpus was dropped following an agreement reached in Philadelphia authorities reported. The mother declined to comment on the disappearance and could not be reached for attorney details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Schiele
Cincinnati
Crim & Ryan Detective Agency
Mme. Keppell Bethell
India
H. F. Adolph Hawke
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
the Commercial Tribune
New York
Lorraine Avenue
Clifton
Mme. Bethell
Hawke
Not a snake in a car load bootleg gin case ends in hysteria
Susie Williams, 21, of 1241 Central Parkway, drank bootleg gin sold as Snake less Gin. After intoxication she suffered hysteria delirium tremens and a broken left ankle, jumping from a second story window while pursued by a lavender elephant.
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Susie Williams
Central Parkway
Susie
General Hospital
Pickrel Announces Run for Lieutenant Governor in Ohio
Dayton attorney William G. Pickrel, who declined to run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, tonight announces his candidacy for lieutenant governor. He will likely be George White’s running mate after withdrawing from the governorship race to back White. Party leaders sought his campaign strength to keep unity and bolster the ticket.
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Dayton
William G. Pickrel
Vic Donahey
Pickrey
George White
Marietta
White
Pickrel
Ohio State Bar Association
Juicy Scheme Ends With Jail For Makis Boham
Makis Boham operated the Juicy Steak restaurant at 520 West Fifth Street. He fraudulently charged cab riders by setting up a scheme with three cabs and inflated license costs. After two months of collecting fares, patrol officers arrested a cab driver, David Ellis, as he collected a $1 fare. Boham admitted involvement to police.
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Makis Boham
West Fifth Street
Makis
Seafert and
Crampton
Burglary Up 40 Percent in Ohio for 1929, Survey Finds
Ohio indictments show burglary rising 40 percent in 1929 over 1928 with 2 729 indictments making up about one third of property crime. Total property prosecutions 9 544. 1929 convictions 3 751 at 39 percent. Major counties include Cuyahoga 80 percent, Franklin 11 percent, Hamilton 52 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clarence J. Brown
Cuyahoga County
Franklin County
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Akron
Kentucky mine blast traps sixteen workers in cave in
Rescue teams at Kettle Island Kentucky worked through the night to reach sixteen Pioneer Coal Company miners entombed by an explosion. Air turned foul as efforts neared the spot and officials feared most had perished. John Daniel Kentucky Mine Inspector led a skilled crew and rebuilt brattice walls to improve airflow.
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Kettle Island
Pioneer Coal Company
John Daniel
Kentuck
Daniel
Suicide of Van Wert County highway chief
D. H. Thomas, 49, longtime Superintendent of Highways for nine years, killed himself on a farm eight miles west of Van Wert, Ohio, by firing six buckshot loads from a double-barreled shotgun into his body. He reloaded four times after the initial blasts and was found by his son Henry still alive.
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van Wert
D. H. Thomas
van Wert County
Here
Thomas
Henry
Temperature trends across states with a regional forecast
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions in Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee on Monday with possible showers. Indiana and West Virginia expect increasing clouds and mild temperatures, with rain or snow in northern areas Tuesday. A table lists current and high temperatures and precipitation across cities such as Eastport Louisville Boston Nashville Albany Cleveland New York Detroit Washington Jacksonville Atlanta New Orleans Galveston Pittsburgh and more, followed by March 1930 climate figures.
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Tennessee
Indiana
North
West Virginia
Eastport
Louisville
Jackville
Atlanta
Orleans
Galveston
Pittsburgh
S.W
Nor
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