Virtual Prohibition Referendum Foreseen With Congressional Race
A chaotic jumble of trial testimony emerges as Tyene Schroeder, an Arkansas jail inmate, claims she killed to save her lover amid gunfire during a Phoenix shooting incident. Negress Mrs. Mattie Jackson corroborates, describing Schroeder’s statements and plans to kill a sheriff, with details tying to Pennsylvania and Arizona lawmen and a narcotics charge against Schroeder.
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Phoenix
Pennsylvania
Sir Louis
Anther Butte
Pennsylvan
Dague
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Inest Moorn
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Bitter campaign in Davis Grundy race in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on March 17 Secretary James J. Davis announced candidacy for the United States Senate as part of a slate battle with Franels Shunte Brown seeking the gubernatorial nomination May 20. United States Senator Joseph R. Grundy and Deputy Auditor General Samuel S. Lewis oppose Davis with former Governor Gurard Pinchot aiming for the Republican nomination. Deyney and Maxey named for Brown-Davis slate. Gov. Fisher’s stance awaited as counties declare loyalties.
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Harrisburg
Brown
United States
Joseph R. Grundy
Mave
Samuel S. Lewis
Pseles
Republican Gubernetorial
Gurard Pinchot
Wall
Republein Prupernatolis
Upnor Fisher
Tw Mellons
West Indies
Goverux
Mellons
Neisher
Jude George Maxey
Lackawanna
Brown-Davis
Supreme Court
Philip 4. Deyney
Tinga
Secretary of Internal
Dewey
State Grange
Davis
Wisher
Inquiry into Enforcement Considered by Senate Panel
Washington March 17 The Senate judiciary committee discussed a proposal to investigate dry law enforcement chaired by Wickersham and Atttorney General Mitchell to present a report on the prohibition unit. The move aims to reveal officer dismissals corruption cases and collusion with bootleggers amid political controversy.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Mar
Senate
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Aw Enforcement Commission
Mitchell
Prohibition Unit
Withersham
Norris
Borah
Idaho
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Nine Cars Of Crack Train Derailed Near Batesville
Nine cars of Illinois Central passenger train number 4 from Memphis to New Orleans derailed and overturned south of Batesville Mississippi. Nine people were injured none fatally. Officials said the injured were being taken to Memphis by a special train. The wreck damaged the engine and five rear Pullmans.
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Batesville
Miss. Mar
Illinois Central
Memphis
New Orleans
Jett Finky
Noted English Journalist Speaks to Woman's Club on Russia
R K Ratcliffe, noted English journalist, spoke on America Russia and Britain before a sizable Woman's Club audience. He outlined Russia as a dictatorship of the proletariat with a five year plan including industrial expansion socialization of farms and a campaign against the church. He contrasted American democracy with British labor government and noted Gandhi's non violence movement as influential.
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Woman's Club
R. K. Ratcliffe
Salah
America
Britain
Ratclifte
Ratchite
Asia
China
England
Rath
Anertea
P Mter Mactonald
London
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
India
Ratcliffe
Al Capone Granted Release From Eastern Penitentiary
Governor John Fisher signed papers releasing Alphonse Capone and his bodyguard Charles Kline from the Eastern penitentiary in Philadelphia. The governor affixed his signature at 11:15 a.m. after arriving at his office for the first time in weeks. The reasons for the clemency were handled before the papers were finalized.
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Harrisburg
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Fisher
Alphone
Searfuse Al)capone
Charles) Kline
Eastern
Philadelphia
Today’s Five Best Radio Entertainments Lineup
Radio listings show WJZ and NBC at 6:00 EST with Mormon Tabernacle Choir, WEAF and NBC at 8:00 AST with Voice of Firestone, WABC and NBC for Céco Couriers, WAR and NBC at 8:30 EST with A P Gypsies, and WABC with CBS Network featuring The Columbians.
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Mormon ‘Taberns Choir
WEAF
Voice of Firestone
WABC
Céco Couriers
WAR
A. & P. Gypsies
CBS
the Columbians
Fear as Fire Destroys Vessel In La Vorada Port
A ship named Bucaramingy burned in La Vorada port at dawn, sinking with 14 passengers asleep aboard. The captain stayed to help fight the blaze, locking in a cabin as the vessel went down. The steamer had arrived from Barnaguilla the previous night.
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LA Vorada
Coloihin
Mar
Vlcamer Bucaramingy
Eaphaiis
Don
Magdalena
Barnaguilla
Federal court opens session at Erie today
In Erie, about a hundred criminal and civil cases are slated for trial as the United States court begins a session. Judge Gibson and Schon will preside, with a retired judge assisting. U.S. Attorney Louis E. Graham and several assistants will attend. A case against L. L. Harness of Cleveland for auto theft will be heard. drugs, grand jury work, and execution of trials in Pittsburgh for May are planned. In Paris, the former dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera died in exile, with his burial to be in Seville per his wish, as Spaniards pay silent tribute. He had warned he would never see Spain again and suffered from influenza and heart strain leading to his death.
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F.P. Schonjunker
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Louis E. Graham
Rie Court
Reamtown
Ralph E. Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Salle
Ifs
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Seine
Order of Carmelite
Spain
Gerez
Seville
de Rivera
United Pi
Alberto Bandelac de Pariente
Frankfurt
Germany
Funeral services for former Governor Brumbaugh in Huntingdon
Prominent Pennsylvanians are expected to attend the funeral of former Governor Gartin G. Brumbaugh, president of Juniata College, to be held in Huntingdon tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be at the darklesburg cemetery in Huntingdon County.
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Huntingdon
Pennsylvania
Black and White Dominate Milady’s Easter Fashions
New York fashion writer Dorothy Mahoney notes Easter parade outfits will favor black and white with muted color accents. Neutrals like navy and dark tweeds lead streetwear while capes, tailored suits, and wrap-around Vienne coats gain popularity. hats stay chic with velvet trims and fabric brims. gloves elongate, and hemlines vary from three to eight inches, with wrap dresses and distinctive yokes featured.
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Dorothy Mahoney
United Press
New York
J. Sherwood Smith
Patou
Grand Couturiers
Paris ‘Couturiers
Prohibition to Shape Key 1930s Congressional Contests
Prohibition will play a major role in forthcoming congressional elections with both wet and dry factions seeking to force candidates to take positions. Massachusett s politics center on figures like William M. Butler backing Hoover against modification. The fight will aim to show Prohibition as superior to the old saloon and justify another decade of enforcement, while wet forces push to highlight flaws and rising costs.
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Mewname Glapper
United Press
Washington
Massachnetts
Wm. M. Buller
Republican National Committee
Hoover
House
Senate
Drys
Dryst
Congress
Prohition
Rayraptal Robins
Chicago
Henry Ford
Thos Edison
W. W. Atterbury
Pierre DuPont
Union League
National Republican
New York
Literary Digest
Comite
Wil Gach
Stock Market Gains Amid Mixed Morning Trading
New York traders saw reduced volume yet rising prices as the day progressed. United States Steel led afternoon gains with Steel Common up 3%, A M Byers up 3 1/4 points, Bethlehem 1 1/2, and Colorado Fuel 1 point. oil shares hit early highs while broad industrials strengthened and copper moved higher alongside utilities and special issues.
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NEW York
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Steel
A. M. Byers
Bethlehem
Colorado
Anglo French talks eye new formulas as delegates argue
London May 17 United Press states that Anglo French discussions on naval and economic formulas proceed with a focus on workable compromises. Delegates report progress, noting not haste but success as talks consider which points require agreement and which can be dropped.
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Webb Miller
United Press State Corespondant
London
Wien
Umand Chine
Wai
Duthel
France
Dumants
Teast
Machopali
A.V
Fander
Wotedgr
Minjatew
Aristida Eviintl
Rene Muveigll
Hei Tanihe Dilanesnil
Sihyiley
Mieltit
Wattton Wieclawntin
Seweimie
Pardieu
Paris
Exchange Telegraph Company
Frenth
Carlton Hotel
Limenell
Tardien
Chequers
Dwight W. Morrow
City Council to Meet This Evening for Key Bid Action
City officials scheduled regular session tonight to consider a contract for 1,000 feet of fire hose. Bids opened at the February meeting. Ben F. Starr, recently in Florida, expected to return to Cornel this evening.
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Ben F. Starr
Florida
Camden Courier Reports Scarface Aly Capone May Fly to Chicago
The Camden Courier reports Alphonse Scarface Capone is moments from release in an eastern Pennsylvania prison and plans to fly to Chicago in a specially chartered airplane.
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Philadelphia
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