Robbers and detective die in Chicago gun battle
Chicago police engage three robbers in a fierce exchange after a burglary at Harry Sucherman's apartment. Detective Jerry Murphy was fatally shot, Lieut. Edward Conroy wounded, and a third robber captured after tear gas. One bandit killed, another wounded, identity Holzman. captured man Samuel Waterman claimed no ties to the others. Sucherman leads Vienna Sausage Co. The gang had burglarized another unit weeks earlier.
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Chicago
Harry Sucherman
Sucherman
Joseph
Jerry Murphy
Murphy
Edward Conroy
Richard O'Malley
O’malley
Holzman
Sam Wolfe
Bridewall Hospital
Samuel Waterman
Vienna
City Club Women Plan Highway Beautification Project
Dothan will receive two miles of tree lined highways under a state forestry program. New Century Club member Mrs. Earl F. Moody notes clubs statewide plant a tree in memory of mothers. The Forestry Commission donates trees. Dothan will buy equal numbers for the effort with help from Study Club Mothers Club and Sorasis Club.
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State Forestry Commission
Dothan
Earl F. Moody
New Century Club
Mooody
Club Federation
Study Club
Mothers Club
Sorasis Club
Nation Eyes Action On Prohi Changes
Congress moves to realign enforcement of Prohibition as President Hoover’s recommendations push for a Department of Justice bureau. Key plan transfers prohibition enforcement from Treasury to Justice, adds inspectors and judges, and expands prison facilities while outlining casual violation penalties.
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Walter Chamblin
Washington
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Chairman Williamson
House Expenditures Committee
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Williamson
Treasury
Justice Department
America
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Senate
Longworth
Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Garner
Texas
Capitol
Judiciary Committee
United States
Prohibition Enforcement
Coast Guard
Border Patrol
Senator Borh
Idaho
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Cleveland City Manager Ousted in Turbulent Vote
Cleveland Ohio January 14 The city council voted 14 to 11 to suspend and remove City Manager William R Hopkins effective immediately with a public hearing set before final removal January 22 Former State Senator Daniel E Morgan slated to take over January 27 amid rift with Republican leader Maurice Maschke over patronage at City Hall
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
William R. Hopkins
Mark Hanna
Tom L. Johnson
Hopkins
Daniel E. Morgan
Maurice Maschke
Sportswoman Catherine Furey Killed in Car Crash
Glocester Mass January 14 Catherine D Furey 33 a sportswoman involved in wrestling watches was killed when her car skidded and struck a tree breaking her neck.
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Glouchester
Mass
Catherine D. Furey
Corridor man with standing in his community
A local resident noted for his role in the neighborhood is described as a figure with influence within the community. The report highlights his connection to residents and ongoing involvement in local affairs.
Two Parrot Fever Deaths Reported In New York And Toledo
Two new deaths from parrot fever Psittacosis are reported in the United States. In Toledo Ohio Catherine Tierney 67 a church housekeeper died in hospital becoming the citys second victim. In Johnson New York Mrs Leon F Swears 35 died early today the illness marking the states first death from the disease. The Swears family was affected as a parrot in the home drooped before illness and the husband killed the bird. Mrs Francis Swears 35 also fell ill.
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Toledo, O
Catherine Tierney
Good Shepherd Church
Toledo
Johnson
N. Y
Leon F. Swears
New York State
Francis Swears
Teacher Faces Trial in Tennessee Slaying
Madisonville Tennessee January 14 Phillip Lee 24 a school teacher prepared to plead self defense in a murder trial after an argument over disciplining Charles Young and the punishment of Youngs children.
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Madisonville
Tenn
Phillip Lee
Charles Young
Young
Prohibition's Tenth Anniversary Reflections and Debates
Washington marks ten years of constitutional prohibition. Officials debate enforcement efficiency and potential 1930 challenges. Leaders from the Anti-Saloon League and the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment cite social attitudes and economic impact as federal actions and court questions loom.
Mississippi River floods hit three states rendering hundreds homeless
Flooding along the Mississippi and tributaries swelled across Kentucky Arkansas and Tennessee with about 500 families evacuated as rain continued. Warnings issued for the White River in Arkansas and the St Francis and Big Lake areas show flood stages rising. Levees protected farm land while towns like Claunch Bay Laneford and Lake City faced flood waters. A Wabash river levee break near Emison Indiana flooded over 20 000 acres damaging wheat and leaving few residents.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tennessee
White River
Clarendon
St. Francis
Big Lake
Ark
United States Engineers
Claunch
Bay
Laneford
Lake City
Vincennes
Ind
UPA
Wabash River
Emison
Rescue ships save five from sinking tug near Ushant
In Plymouth England today the H M S Frobisher St Cyr us and Snap Dragoon arrived with five survivors from the tug St Genny which sank in a storm near Ushant light yesterday during fleet target practice. Twenty three crew members were drowned.
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Plymouth
England
H. M. S. Frobisher
St. Cyrus
Snap Dragoon
St. Genny
Ushant Light
Deaf mute testifies in San Francisco court dispute
In San Francisco on January 14 Judge George J. Steiger presided over a petty theft case involving Ed Quinn, a deaf mute. He used expressive gestures and notes, drawing sympathy but not an acquittal. The judge stated, I dislike sending a deaf-mute to jail, and sentenced him to thirty days.
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San Francisco
Police Cour
George J. Steiger
Ed Quinn
Quinn
Firefly musical comedy to play at city auditorium
DeWitt Thomayg announces the presentation of the musical comedy Firefly at the city auditorium Monday night January 20. It will be the first local read show in a year and the Firefly company comes with a strong reputation from critics. The cast includes many principals and chorines, with 28 rooms reserved at a local hotel. The show is described as a continuous whirl of merriment and pretty girls, and a large crowd is expected.
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DeWitt Thomayg
City Auditorium
Dothan
Firefly
Thomas
Qualifying in District 3 for County Board of Revenue
J Willie Varnum of Beat 7 visited town Monday to qualify as a candidate for District 3 on the county board of revenue.
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J. Willie Varnum
Weather Report for Alabama Sees Theft of Bed and Cloudy Skies
Weather ALABAMA: Theft bed with occasional rains and colder air in the north. Tonight’s portion shows cooler conditions. Wednesday will be mostly cloudy and cooler in the interior.
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Alabama
Sparks from saw blamed for mine blast near Stra ven
Survivors brief the Birmingham inquiry that sparks from a miner saw caused an explosion at Peerless-Cababa Coal near Straven 40 miles southwest of Birmingham. Six men died Arthur Lawley Coleman Davis Susan Brantley Robert Vernon Bill Lanier Mack McCain. Seven were trapped with Jim Chesser later found alive and seriously hurt.
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Birmingham
Ala
Peerless-Cahaba Coal Company
Straven
Here
Arthur Lawley
Coleman Davis
Susan Brantley
Robert Vernon
Bill Lanier
Mack McCain
Jim Chesser
W. &. Hillhouse
Frank Cash
Andrew Mills
L. Gould
Local Shrine Club Sends Sixteen Members to Montgomery
Sixteen members of the Local Shrine Club left this morning for Montgomery for an official meeting of the organization there. Names of the local men making the trip could not be secured.
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Shrine Club
Montgomery
Four Die In Pay Car Dynamite Job At Glen Alden
Wilkes Barre Pa Jan 14 1949 four men died and two were injured in an attempt by robbers to dynamite a Glen Alden Coal Company pay car to take 36000 payroll. The blast wrecked the car but most funds were saved by a wounded miner who stood over the chest until help arrived.
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Wilkesbarre
Glen Alden Coal Company
Harry Powell
John Sgokil
Posses
Work in the M M Degree at Pythagoras Lodge 659
The M M degree will be the feature of tonight's meeting of Pythagoras Lodge No. 659 A F and A M at the Masonic Hall J S Talley W M announces. First meeting since Christmas holidays a good attendance is expected. Visiting Masons invited and local members urged to attend and assist in the work.
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Pythagoras Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
J. 5
Talley
W. M
Deputies Hunt Kidnappers After Florence Shooting
In Chandler Arizona a deputy sheriff and a second officer were wounded when a car carrying a blonde woman and two men opened fire and fled. An armed posse searched central Arizona highways for the trio whose vehicle bore a 1930 Kentucky plate and had kidnapped the Florence deputy.
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Arizona
Chandler
Ariz
Florence
Joe Chapmen
Lee Wright
Mesa
Here
Chapman
Wright
Government scientist jokes about pure air and Congress
A government scientist quips that there is no pure air while implying lawmakers hinder clarity. The remark contrasts scientific certainty with the noisy deliberations of the House of Representatives.
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House of Representatives
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