Senate Lobby Probe Says Surface Not Scratched Yet
Senate Lobby Committee chair Henry Houste and Senator Laguardis warned the investigation into American Cyanamid’s bid and Shoals project remains incomplete. They cited heavy lobbying, investor losses, and potential national scandal as lawmakers weigh measures to dispose of or lease the Shoals property amid pressure from Cyanamid and allied interests.
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Muscle Quale
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Ficker
Cya
Nig Corporation
Congress
House ‘Military Affairs Sramittes
Norris Rezolution
Inlegardie
Cyanamid Company For
McCormick Campaigns on Dry Platform for Senate
Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican nominee for Illinois senator, will run as a dry. She says she will campaign vigorously on prohibition next fall and remains aligned with President Hoover on law enforcement. She defeated Charles S. Deneen in the primary, focusing on opposition to American adherence to the World Court.
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Washington
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
J. Hamilton Lewis
Charles S. Deneen
McCormick
Deneen
Senate
Florida man sought after triple shooting kills two
A Florida incident leaves two dead and a third shot, with a fourth critically injured as authorities search for the suspect after a week of dispute. Local officials urge witnesses to come forward while the investigation continues.
No Opposition to Health Unit Plans Says K P Holland
K P Holland, senior member of the Board of Revenue, says there is no opposition to paying eight per cent interest on health department warrants. The First National Bank will cash warrants for the rest of the year, enabling the unit to continue operating after a potential March 31 closure due to finances. Holland says commissioners he spoke with oppose only as a formality and that the board is united for the health department’s continuance.
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First National Bank
KP. Holland
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Capone Brother Found Guilty in Miami Beach Court
Albert Capone, said to be a brother of Scarface Al Capone, was found guilty of vagrancy in a municipal court in Miami Beach this morning. He is linked to the Chicago gangster family and the ruling impacts a local public disturbance case.
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Scarface
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Municipal Cour T Here
Eight Pound Trout Caught Near Dothan
S Jackson of route 5 caught an eight pound trout in Mercer creek near Dothan yesterday afternoon. He brought the fish to show to employees of The Eagle soon after landing it.
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Route 5
Mercer Creek
Dothan
Eagle
Another Gang Victim Found in New Jersey Slaying
Police in Newark report another gang slaying in northern New Jersey after discovering a man’s body in an abandoned car at Adams and Clifford streets. An auto license linked to George F. Miller of Teaneck and the car plates were found. Miller had lived with his mother in Brooklyn and had left to visit friends in New Jersey. The victim, whose hands were bound behind him, was shot in the neck and heart and wedged between seats as three men fled in another car.
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Adams
Clifford Streets
George F. Miller
Teaneck
Miller
Quincy Street
Brooklyn
Jewelery Plant Robbery in Newark A P Report
A two gun hold up man overpowered two men at Zeithing and Company jewelry manufacturers office in Newark. He escaped with merchandise valued between 20 and 400 pounds and dollars. No further details provided in the brief AP item.
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Office of Zeithing and Company
Methodist Bishop Requests Lobby Committee Info on Board Activities
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South offered to appear before the senate lobby committee to provide information about the Board of Temperance and Social Service. The action followed Rep Tinkham’s demand for an investigation into prohibition activities by the church group and other bodies. Cannon planned a Durham visit after sending the letter.
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James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Caraway
Senate Lobby Committee
Methodist Board of Temperance and Social Service
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Lobby Committee
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Board of Temperance and Social Service
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South
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Durham
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Federal Council of Churches
Anti-Saioon League
Murder Verdict Follows Body Found Of Miss Baker
Miss Mary Baker a 28 year old Navy Department employee was found shot and beaten with a blunt instrument in a culvert near Arlington National Cemetery. Her abandoned blood spattered car was located after roommates reported she did not return home. Police believe she was murdered and are pursuing leads from a church meeting she attended with Miss Inez Eyre. The victim daughter of Reverend Thors P. Baker lives in Oak Grove Virginia.
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Mary Baker
Navy Department
Arlington National Cemetery
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Lyon Village
Church of Epiphany
Inez Eyre
Miss Eyre
Miss Paker
Thors P. Baker
Episcopal
Oak Grove
Virginia
Choctawhatchee River Flood Bill Moves to Senate
A Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably on a House bill to survey the Choctawatchee River in Florida and Alabama to study flood prevention and control methods. The measure would authorize a $14.90 appropriation.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Senate Commerce Committee
TWO OFFICERS KILLED MAKING PROHI ARRESTS
In Louisiana, Chief Deputy Womack was shot during a liquor search at a lumber camp. Richard Grogan, intoxicated, killed him and was jailed and charged after a coroner ruled Womack's death a gunshot wound. A second line reports a Washington, D.C. shooting where Prohibition agent Lamar York was killed after arresting two suspects. York, from Nanaville Tennessee, died from a head wound.
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Richard Grogan
Jena
Andrew Womack
Catahoula Parish
Womack
Here
Grogan
la Salle Parish
Catahoula
Srea
Crawford Womack
Centenary College
Washington
Lamar W. York
Prohibition
York
Nanaville
Tennessee
Midwest Weather Shift Lowers Chicago Temperature Fast
The Midwest cooled rapidly after a warm spell as a wind shift dropped Chicago from around 90 to 52 degrees within an hour. Cloudy, cool conditions forecast with light rain in the south Dakota area. A cedar rapids storm moved temps after storms in eastern Iowa. fires in Iowa and Indiana burned 290 acres, with 100 farmers tackling the blaze near Shueyville and Rotonda.
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South Dakota
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Cedar Rapids
Oil Gusher? What Of It Theyre Grandparents
Oklahoma City April 12 Vincent and Mary Sudik gained a fortune when their Mary Sudik No 1 oil gusher erupted. While crews controlled the flow they celebrated their first grandchild Elizabeth Ann Straka born to their daughter Mrs Joe Straka, sparking media attention and jokes about marriage proposals to Mrs Sudik.
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Quulahoma
Vincent
Mary Sudik
Army airships seek altitude record over Sacramento
Twenty pilots from the 6th pursuit squadron based in San Diego, led by Captain H. M. Elmendorf, are at Mather Field to push pursuit planes beyond the five mile ceiling for a high altitude record. The mission tests climb capability, maneuverability, and intership radio contact with ground stations, using fur lined gear and oxygen. A separate plane over Palo Alto photographs President Hoover’s home while flying from the university campus to downtown San Francisco. In Italy, Mascagni era grottos in Postumia gain lighting via an eleven mile main cable and heavy cable system. In Youngstown, merger of Youngstown Sheet & Tube with Bethlehem Steel was approved.
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Mather Field
Army Air Corps
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Elmendorf
Tose
Mather Neld
Guy Kirksey
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Hoover
San Francisco
Presidio
Negro Sentenced Life for Murder in Livingston
In Livingston Alabama on April 2, JA Po Jones Frown, a Black man, was sentenced to life imprisonment after a Sumter county circuit court found him guilty of first degree murder in the death of W. Q. O. Hall, a prominent Sumter cattleman. Ed Hall, of Livingston and Memphis, faced $500 bond on an assault with intent to murder charge after allegedly firing at the defendant as he was taken from the courtroom. Tensions were high and Brown was moved from the county jail amid Sheriff W. T. Seales's comments on precautionary measures.
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JA Po Jones
Sumter County
W. Q O. Hall
Simter County
Ed Hall
Memphis
Hall
Brown
W. T. Seales
Prospect shoots auto salesman in Chicago
In Chicago on April 12 AP reports auto salesman Ward Wolf was shot on a south side street less than an hour after taking a man named Weber out for a car demonstration. Wolf died from a heart shot. the roadster was wrecked nearby and no one at the agency knew Weber. An exhibition of Mexican schoolboy art opened at the Palais des Beaux Arts.
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Feward Wolf
Weber
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Palais Des Beaux-Arts
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Annual meeting ends at Nook Association in Alabama
J M Burnett was elected president of the Abahams Education Association at Tuscaloosa closing session. New executive committee members include J A Kellar and L Frazer Tanks with officers C Smith W J Baird and Anne Shepard. The body approved pursuing a master school insurance policy to begin in the 1900 3 scholastic year, preferring individual policies via group bargaining over the prior group plan.
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J. M. Burnett
Tuscaloosa
Abahams Education Association
Seasion
J. A. Kellar
Covington County
L Frazer Tanks
Birmingham
C. Smith
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Florence
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Dale S. Roung
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