Crematorium for Gangster Victims Sought in Chicago
Chicago prosecutors hunted for evidence of a gangster crematory amid a brutal gun war. Pat Roche said links point to a North Side gang using a cremation device to hide corpses and destroy corpus delicti. Police uncovered dynamite instead of human remains in a West Side garage during the probe.
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Chicago
Atwney
Pat Roche
Attorey
North Side
William Higgins
Minn
Ben Manett
New York
Roche
Pattackers
Thomas Maeric
Tertos
Granady
Somnerio
Harrison Street
Olice
Fox Lake
Joe Blue
Terry Druggan
Atey
West P
Caped Maniacs Yet at Liberty in Rye Field Capture
In MIA Michigan on June 4 AP reports a capture in a rye field and the arrest of another man, leaving four criminals at large after a break from the state hospital for the criminally insane. A freight train at Owosso was also noted, with five remaining at large after a breakout from the hospital.
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Nia
Midh
Owosso
State Hospital
Mia, Mich
Yeeter
Hoover to Call Special Session on London Naval Treaty
President Hoover plans a special session after Congress adjourns to address the London Naval Treaty. Senator Watson and Senator Moses reported the plan amid party talks on coopering with Congress and handling reform of the Republican National Committee. Borah, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, submitted Johnson of California’s request for more Washington London correspondence. Ratification of the treaty was expected within a fortnight of debate.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Watson
Moses
New Hampshire
Congress
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Johnson
California
Actress Lila Lee Denies Desertion in Kirkwood Divorce
Lila Lee replies to divorce suit by James Kirkwood denying desertion. Filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, her answer indicates a request for custody of their six year old son James Jr. The couple wed in July 1933 when Lee was 18 and Kirkwood 4. they separated several weeks ago.
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Los Angeles
James Kirkwood
Lila Lee
Kirkwood
James, Jr
Mies Lee
Not Guilty Pleas Entered in Avant Slaying Case
Four defendants Lee Phillips Clyde Smith Randall Jones and Charlie Brown pleaded not guilty in Geneva Circuit Court to the 1928 murder of Prof Claude F Avant Slocomb high school principal. Phillips faces trial June 9 others to follow. State seeks death for all charged with first degree murder.
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Dr. Smith
Clyde
J. Norton Mullins
John Haynes
Extrie Today
Phillips
Frey Cleared to Run in Alabama Democratic Primary
A state subcommittee ruled George Frey of Birmingham eligible to run in the August 12 Democratic primary for state senator. J. D. L. Byars was barred from candidacy for the state legislature. Other applicants were rejected for filing after the deadline.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Frey
J. D. L. Byars
Moulton
State Democratic Executive Committee
Bond Issue for Toll Bridge to Dauphin Island Defeated
Incomplete returns from a special election show the proposed 1.1 million dollar bond for a toll bridge to Dauphin Island defeated by 972 votes. Preliminary tallies indicate 7,104 votes in Mobile City and County with 4,068 against and 3,006 for the bond.
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Mobile
Ale
Dauphin Island
Graf Zeppelin Aims for Seville In Record Atlantic Flight
The Graf Zeppelin, aided by west to east winds, pushed toward Seville Spain from Friedrichshafen after leaving Lakehurst Monday. At 5 am European time the airship tracked 1,825 miles east of New York with speeds near 85 mph, aiming to beat the 47 hour total for its Atlantic crossing and continue to its European hangar.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Seville
Spain
Hugo Eckener
New York
Graf
Lakehurst
N. J
Fayal
Azores
Graf Zeppelin
Here
Fortieth
Pernambuco
Rio Janeiro
Likehurst
Europe
Pacific
Bill to authorize commissioners 10 day law case
The U S house debated a Hoover commission bill to empower United States commissioners to try petty offenders under anti liquor statutes in an effort to ease federal court congestion. Other measures included Stobbs Moore and Christopher gon bills. LaGuardia Bachmann Tucker Ceiller led the opposition.
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Washington
House
United States
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Senate
Stobbs
Moore
Christophergon
Stobba
Wet Bloc
Drys
LaGuardia
New York
Bachmann
West Virginia
Tucker
Virginia
Ceiller
Rebel Yell Opens Fortieth Veterans Reunion in Biloxi
The fortieth reunion of United Confederate Veterans kicks off on the Mississippi Gulf Coast with veterans, families, and a parade of memories. Rear Admiral Thomas P. MacGruder and Governor Theodore G. Bilbo address attendees as cannons thunder and songs echo.
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Rebel Yell
Biloxi
Miss
United Confederate Veterans
Gulf Coast
Thomas P. MacGruder
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
Bishop Cannon Defies Senate Lobby Committee
Bishop James Cannon Jr refused to answer questions on his 1928 anti Smith activities calling them private matters. The hearing adjourned with no quorum and no penalties imposed, as Cannon warned he would not submit to an “intolerable” inquiry. The panel may be reassembled or a new one formed upon return of Chairman Caraway.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Senate Lobby Committee
Congress
Southern Methodist Church
Senate
Alfred E. Smith
Caraway
Arkansas
Cannon
Walsh
Montana
May ‘Loud Koffinke
William Loud Fowler
Oakland
Calif
Emily Loud
New Haven
Conn
Loud
Wife shoots husband then kills mother in Louisiana tragedy
In Bunkie Louisiana on June 4 1937 Mrs Dalian T Brown 30 was mortally wounded by her husband who then killed his mother in law Mrs Docle Sheets and killed himself. Brown had sought reconciliation after separations. Mrs Brown was hospitalized and the coroner ruled death by murder and self inflicted wound. A second item notes J A Lee announces a July census of Dallas County school children with about 34 people to conduct the count.
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Bunkie
Dalian T. Brown
Sheets
Selma
Als
J. A. Lee
Dallas County
General advance in freight rates anticipated
Washington reports a shift in railroad rate policy as court rulings and economic factors may favor a general freight rate increase. Analysts note the Hoch-Smith line of rulings and the Commerce Commission's valuation and return standards could support higher charges despite recent downward trends in earnings and earlier reductions in agricultural product rates.
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Clinton Coffin
Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoch-Smith
Commerce Commission
Bureau of Railway Economics
Three Die In Panhandle Crash Near Garretts Cross Roads
A wagon and automobile collision on the Panama City highway near Garretts Cross Roads, 15 miles from Dothan, killed J N Barnes and two children Annie 16 and Estis 10. J D Barnes survived with severe injuries and later died. a triple funeral was planned at Mt Enon church. GE Hobday of Chattanooga faces manslaughter charges with $2000 bond. The crash occurred as the Barnes family returned from Madrid, near their home, and left the mother in grief.
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Panama City
Garrett's Cross Roads
Dothan
J. N. Barnes
Barnes
Annie
Estis
Mt. Enon
J. D. Barnes
E. Hobday
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hobday
Florida Republicans Begin Runoff Question After Primary
In Florida, Ruth Bryan Owen leads in the fourth district with 39,969 votes to 10,590 for DeWitt T. Deen after 311 of 420 precincts. Tom A. Yon leads in the third district with 10,177 over Sidney J. Cats 5,576 and J. Harvey Bayliss 144 after 182 of 285 precincts, delaying any runoff chances.
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Jacksonville
Ruth Bryan Owen
Tom A. Yon
Florida
Owen
DeWitt T. Deen
Daytona Beach
Yon
Sidney J. Cat S
J. Harvey Bayliss
Sheriff McClellan trails in Blountstown primary vote
Special to The Easter reports Ernest A. McClellan active Calhoun County sheriff received only about 20 percent of the vote in Blountstown Florida election day. He will oppose R. J. Flanders in the second primary to be held two weeks later.
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Blourtstown
Fla
Ernest A. McClellan
Calhoun County
R. J. Flanders
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