States tighten crime laws in 1927 legislatures
A 1927 survey shows 19 state legislatures enacted anti crime statutes. New York passed 17 Baumes bills, California and others toughened penal codes, outlawed machine guns, raised penalties for embezzlement and boosted police powers, with life terms for habitual offenders in several states. Missouri threats death penalty for first degree armed robbery.
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New York
New
California
South Dakota
North Dakota
Iowa
Baumes Crime Commission
Caleb H. Baumes
Baumes Commission
Eer
Nebraska
New Jersey
Indiana
General Assembly
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Wyoming
New Mexico
Kansas
Texas
Utah
American Bar Association
Nevada
Missouri
Armour Wins United States Open Golf Championship
Tommy Armour of Washington D C won the United States Open at Oakmont after a dramatic playoff with Harry Cooper. Armour sealed the title with a decisive 76 in the final round while Cooper faltered on Oakmont's bunkers, giving Armour a three stroke margin and the silver trophy.
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Tommy Armour
United States
Oakmont
Washington
D. C
Biro
Jos. Angeles
Harry Cooper
Bobby Jones
Tommy
Armour
Cooper
Bult
Los Angeles
Legislature action on crime and eugenics law
Arizona passed a bill making auto theft a felony. Idaho funded the state board of eugenics to implement the 1926 sterilization law targeting feeble minded, insane, epileptics, degenerates and habitual criminals.
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Arizona
Idaho
State Board of Eugenics
Hope Persists for Missing French Airmen Nungesser Coli
In Quebec on June 17 hope remains lively to locate the missing French flyers Nungesser and Coli. Although officials say the lights seen in the St John district were the Chuteaux Gaets power house, reports of unusual lights persist and Georges Rousseau the trapper recalls hearing an aircraft on May 9 near the Ste Marguerite river by the Saguenay.
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Quebec
Nungesser
Coli
Germain
Begin
St. John
Chuteaux Gaets
Georges Rousseau
Ste. Marguerite River
Saguenay
Barker and McAllister Visit Capital City on Legal Business
John T. Barker and Frank W. McAllister of Kansas City were in the Capital City yesterday on legal business. They have many friends here who are glad to see them.
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John T. Barker
Frank W. McAllister
Kansas City
Capital City
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Frank McAllister
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