Deputy Payne Trial Ends Without Verdict In Liquor Case
A Tuscaloosa jury failed to reach a verdict after two hours deliberation in the trial of Aubrey Payne, deputy sheriff, charged with transporting more than five gallons of liquor. Witnesses testified to a sale of 30 gallons of whiskey for 60 dollars. James Waldo Morrison, former deputy sheriff, was found guilty of distilling whiskey. Further deputy sheriff trials were postponed to another day.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Aubrey Payne
Payne
Bill Turner
Lewis
A. C. Swindle
James Waldo Morrison
Bristow Kidnap Case Reveals Ransom and Rescue
J E Bristow, a San Antonio mining operator, was held for ransom in a western Mexican region. Captors celebrated with a feast while demanding payment. he was freed after negotiations. He plans to speak about his captivity and escape upon return to Tepic and Mexico City.
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Pangelo
Tex
Ah J. E. Bristow
San
Eld
Bristow
Gordon Obie
San Angelo Morna
Piletew
Delgado
Olen
Brigton
Eaate
Ahuacatlan
Tepic
Mexico City
Metew
Sue
Preacher Caught in Hotel Liquor Raid
In St Paul a man who said he was Rev. William F. Diehl pastor of St. Lucas Evangelical church Fairbault Minn was arrested with four others after a federal raid on a room at the Junior hotel. A flask of liquor was found and charges of possession and sale were planned against the others while Diehl planned to be charged with illegal possession. Diehl called the situation a terrible mistake.
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ST. Paul, Minn
William F. Diehl
St. Lucas Evangelical
Fairbault
Minn
Maurice Silverman
Prohibition
Diehl
W. Yeske
Albert Kallesa
George Kerwin
W. L. Ballard
St. Paul
Faribault
Silverman
Maitland Hurt In Auto Crash After Hawaii Flight
Lieut Lester J Maitland commander of the first plane to fly from the Pacific coast to Hawaii is seriously hurt in an automobile collision in San Antonio Texas He suffers a crushed chest and facial cuts In Las Vegas Nevada Mrs Ruth Maitland was granted a divorce hours earlier she charged nagging cruelty and other issues The Maitlands have a five year old child
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San Antonio
Tex
Lester J. Maitland
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Ruth Maitland
Las Vegas
Nevada
Maitlands
Gandhi movement grows in strength in India report
A 10 line dispatch notes the civil campaign led by Mohandas Gandhi gaining strength across India. Police struggle to manage the salt law protests, though authorities are not overwhelmed, with police finding it increasingly difficult to handle the situation.
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London
Mehatess Gandhi
India
Bootlegger Morals Claim Sparks Local Quip by Cantey
Cecil Cantey part owner of Walk-Over Boot Shop says bootleggers have morals like others. His car was stolen last night and found today at the old fair grounds. A whiskey odor inside the Buick Sedan suggested it carried a large quantity of booze into Dothan.
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Cecil Cantey
Dothan
Supreme Court Rules on Passenger in Car Injury Liability
Alabama high court holds owner not liable for injuries to a rider who asked for a ride in an accident near Clanton on August 1, 1928. The decision involves Clarence Wurtzburger of Birmingham and Giss Oglesby, with other rulings on real estate license laws and a bank check case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court of Alabama Today
Clarence
Wurtzburger
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Giss Eloise Ogiesby
Clanton
Miss Oglesby
Wurzburger
Miss Ogiesby
Supreme Court
W. P. Knight
John J. Watson
Etowah
Jefferson
Ola Brown
Mamie Fogarty
M. A. Marcum
Security Trust and Savings Bank
North
Senate to Probe Post Office Leases Amid Fraud Claims
Senator Blaine of Wisconsin charged fraud and negligence in post office property leases and urged a senate probe. Postmaster General Brown welcomed the inquiry as the administration defended the deals. Fess of Ohio signaled Republican support for a vote before adjournment.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Blaine
Wisconsin
Senate
Brown
Fess
Ohio
Coolidge Declares No Return to Public Life
Former President Calvin Coolidge says in a May issue article he has no intention of returning to public life. He comments on prohibition tariffs market playing and the idea of running for senator or a new term. He argues that continued influence would burden the administration and seeks to mind his own business.
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
Hearst
International
Cosmopolitan
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Kaye Don Again Puts Off Speed Record Try
British racer Kaye Don faced minor motor trouble delaying a new world automobile speed record at Ocean Speedway in Daytona Beach. He completed four runs reaching 182 mph before towing the car to the garage and announcing plans to renew attempts tomorrow.
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Kaye Don
Ocean Speedway
Daytona Beach
Fla
Way Cleared for Three Power Pact at Naval Parley
London April 10 complete agreement reached among United States Great Britain and Japan at the naval conference and the way is clear for a three power pact. Prime Minister MacDonald Secretary Stimson and Reijiro Wakatsuki met this morning and settled a minor point on training ships. A five power treaty was not abandoned but its fate would be known by tonight.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Prew
London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
MacDonald
Stimson
Reijiro Wakatsuai
Briand
France
Hugh S. Gibson
Grandi
Italy
Census takers refuse to visit Moonshiner islands in Mississippi River
Martin Tennessee April 10 AP The Tiny Islands along the Mississippi River near Beal County are described as moonshine strongholds with about 1 000 residents. Census supervisor M H Biggs reports none of his 135 enumerators will work there despite double pay and boat fare.
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M. H. Biggs
Mississippi River
Kentucky
Shelby County
Memphis
Biggs
Washington
Wickersham Under Fire From Senator Caraway
Washington April 10 The clash centers on George W Wicker sham former attorney general and former RoSver law enforcement commission chair as Senate Lobby Committee pins him to ties with international banking while leading the councils foreign relations policy committee. Testimony links him to efforts shaping foreign policy and naval programs amid charges of influence.
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Washington
George W. W.kersham
RoSver Law Enforcement Commission
Caraway
Senate Lobby Committee
Wickersham
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Virginia College Students Stage Riot Over Theatre Prices
Charlottesville, April 10 AP University of Virginia students rioted after admission price hikes at two theatres. Dozens injured as police used night sticks, one officer hurt. About a thousand students gathered on campus and marched to the theatre in protest, then agreed to arbitration between a student committee and the manager Fred Twyman.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Eraity Hospital
Acuta
Edwin A. Alderman
Main Street
Alderman
Fred Twyman
Yesterny
Lincoln Memorial University presses on with classes amid student strike
Harrogate Tennessee April 10 AP authorities at Lincoln Memorial University announced plans to continue classes despite a student strike over four professors and a university administration reshuffle. Judge J H Morrison said only a small portion of about 400 students joined the walkout. Student body president Clay McCarroll and Judy Morrison weighed in on academic freedom and faculty dismissals.
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Harrogate, Tenn
Lincoln Memorial University
Mountain Boys and Girls School
J. H.S. Morrison
Morrison
Clay McCarroll
Knoxville
Judy Morrison
Georgia Independent Baseball League President Jailed on Warrant
Albany Ga April 10 AP W H McGoldrick head of the Georgia Independent Haxetsi League was held in jail under a felony warrant from Beaumont Texas. He and Beatrice Blankenship who had been living with him as his wife were reportedly married here yesterday after arrest.
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Albany
W. H. McGoldrick
Georgia Independent Haxetsi League
Beaumont
T+x
Metsold
Rick
Beatrice Blankenship
Allasny
Prohibition War Drives Illinois Senate Fight in 1926
In Chicago James Hamilton Lewin endorses Ruth Hanna McCormick as the pro prohibition issue dominates their race for the U S Senate. McCormick centers her platform on dry policy while Lewis argues personal liberty under liquor laws amid a shifting political landscape.
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Chicago
Prohibition
James Hamilton Lewin
Senate
Anti-Saloon League of
Ilinoia
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Asue
Lewis
Medill McCormick
Denech
McCormick
Deneeh
Arkansas presbytery ends inquiry into Rev Hay Wilson Smith
Acceptance by the Arkansas Presbyterian presbytery of a commission report finding the soundness of the faith of Rev Hay Wilson Smith satisfactory terminates an inquiry ordered after his views on evolution surfaced. The action was reported from Osceola on April 19.
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Osceola
Ark
Arkansas Presbytery
Hay Wilson Smith
Fia
Alabama Governor urges preparedness at Education Association
Governor Bibb Graves addressed the Alabama Educational Association in Montgomery urging preparedness as the foundation of victory. He praised the state’s industrial progress, urged teachers to prepare students for an expanding southern economy, and noted Alabama’s transport, health, and educational advancements. The address was part of a convention program at the new city high school.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Alabema Educational Association
Alabema Foundation
LG. G. Cardinal
Montgomery County Board of Education
New City
Theodore Swann
Alabama Industrial Development Board
Morris Bush
Birmingham
Olive J. Dodge
Mobile
Graves
Horace Gr c
Alabama
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MTS
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Marcum
Jefferson Court
Naval Parley
Weet
Tennessee
The
Federal Council of Churches
Council of Churches
International Busrness
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League of Nations
China
Virginia College Students
M'Cormick
James Hamilton Lewis
Foundati
Alabama Educational Association
Supt. Harmon
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Youngsetown Sheet & Tobe Co
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