Coroner's Inquest Opens After Oxford Shooting
In Anniston May 27 AP says a coroner's inquest opened to hear conflicting statements from Mrs W C Gunn about the shooting near Oxford. Mrs Gunn said three men halted their car and robbed them while Mr Gunn fired, but Mr Gunn later denied firing and said the robbers took more than $8 after killing him. A pistol with a spent cartridge was found near Choccolocco creek bridge. The coroner's jury planned to reconvene at Oxford around noon.
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Anniston
Ala
Chear
Mra
W.C. Gunt
Oxford
Gunns
Jacksonville
Cathérine
Yeato
Choccolocco Creek Bridge
Ogee Center
Jack Persons
Sylacauga
Gunn
Deputy Sheriff Hilson Linked to False Check Charges
West Monroe La saw news that Deputy Sheriff John Hilson left town amid reports he will face charges of false pretense connected with alleged bad checks. The Avant Matter suspect, A Mundo, formerly chief investigator for Attorney General Charles McCall, was mentioned in dispatches. Sheriff C J Roll Mis received word by telegram that Mundo will be in court Wednesday morning.
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John Hilson
West Monroe
A. & Mundo
Charies C. McCall
Hilson
West Monroo
C. J. Roll
Year As Bride Makes Anne Veteran Of Skies
One year after marrying Charles A Lindbergh in Englewood New Jersey Anne Morrow Lindbergh has earned a pilot’s license and flown nearly 30000 miles. She navigated the couple’s transcontinental Easter flight and photographed Mayan Ghost Cities from the air while joining a U S president’s birthday party at a summer camp.
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Anne
United States
Anne Morrow
Los Angeles
Anne Lindbergh
Dentist tarred and feathered in Hammond incident
Dr. L. Newsom a prominent Hammond dentist was tarred and feathered by a mob in front of a 24 hour restaurant. He was given until daylight to leave and departed at 5 AM in an automobile. Newsom, formerly from Mississippi, ran to a doctor’s office to have the tar removed as Hammond police and press kept details confidential.
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Hammond
8. L. Newsom
Graf Zeppelin Preens for Havana Lap Flight
The Graf Zeppelin neared its next leg from Pernambuco toward Havana Cuba and Lakehurst New Jersey timbered by fuel mail and ballast replenishment. Dr Hugo Eckener aims to depart late with a plan to avoid the Amazon estuary and cross the equator before traveling north to Havana and the Bahamas then Lakehurst. Three new passengers including William B Leeds joined in Rio de Janeiro for the voyage northward.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Havana
Cuba
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Natal
Amazon River
Bahamas
North American
Eckener
Germany
Amazone
Caribbean
Equatorial
Graf
Equator
Rio Janeiro
William B. Leeds
Rico Janeiro
Friedrichshafen
Seville
Spain
Negro Charged With Highway Robbery of Nashville Storekeeper
William Clark a black man is arrested in Birmingham on charges of murder and highway robbery in the Nashville Tennessee slaying of a merchant. Tennessee officers expected to transfer him to that state. He is linked to a Nashville holdup and to a later suspected fatal robbery. He was held without bond in the county jail after arrest at a baseball game. The article also notes Hoover signing the Wittaneen bill transferring prohibition enforcement to the Department of Justice on July 1.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Clark
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Clack
Nashville
Fry
W. T. Smith
Washington
Hoover
Wittameen
The
Treasury
Department of Justice
Man Dies of Gun Wound in Memphis Court Hospital
Joseph Edney, 29, of Ripley Tennessee, died at a Memphis hospital from a bullet wound. Telcom Norvell, 24, of Brownsville Tennessee, was held there on charges of firing the shot.
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Memphis
Tenn
Joseph Edney
Ripley
Telcom Norvell
Brownsville
Dry Leaders Puzzle Over Court Edict
Washington May 27 The Senate faces a sharp clash over a Supreme Court ruling that bootleg buyers are ordinarily immune from prosecution. Senator Sheppard of Texas urges immediate legislation to punish buyers, while Senator Jones of Washington opposes. The House Judiciary Committee approves three enforcement bills aimed at speeding federal prosecutions and clarifying misdemeanors under the prohibition laws.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Sheppard
Texas
Jones
House Judiciary Committee
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Flood conditions ease around Shreveport as red river recedes
Red River flood impact shifts with Cross Bayou water dropping and evacuees in camps receiving care from Red Cross. Isolated Armistead and East Point near Red River levee crevasse remain, but human life is unaffected. Levee at Shreve Island holds as repairs proceed toward Alexandria while Notre Dame fields close for a new stadium next fall.
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Red Cross
Armistead
East Point
Shreveport
Red River Parish
Natchitoches Parish
Cross Bayou
Red River
Shreve Island
Reece Plan Faces House Battle Over Muscle Shoals Disposal
The Reece plan for leasing Muscle Shoals to private interests drew House debate as supporters of government operation clashed with foes. Democratic Hill urged backing government operation, while Quin pledged to defeat the Reece bill and push the Senate measure. The plan, suggested by Hoover, envisions a three member board issuing 50 year leases for fertilizer and power plus Cove Creek dam construction at 37 million dollars, with project cost around 127 million and depreciated value about 70 million.
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Washington
Reece
Muscle Shoals
House
Tennessee
Th House
Representative Hill
Alabama
Boulder Canyon Dam
Quin
Mississippi
Senate
Hoover
Congress
Cove Creek
Wilson Dam
Ten New Yorkers Named in Whiskey Case Subpoenas
Ten prominent New Yorkers were subpoenaed to testify today before a federal grand jury in the Edward Tatham whiskey case. The British distillery director and associates allegedly planned to smuggle liquor into the United States by ship to a 12 mile limit and ashore by small boats. Edward Tatham is free on $10,000 bail.
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New York
Promin Ence
Edward Tatham
Lquor
Robert B. Watts
United States
Tatham
Toronto
Justerini and Brooks, Ltd
London
Bomb explosions hit Chicago injuring residents and causing damage
Bomb explosions in northwest Chicago early today injured two people and caused about 15 000 dollars in damage. Rude Rasmussen and Minnie Rasmussen were treated for cuts and bruises after a dynamite blast wrecked a brick building entrance. John Galandak and his five children were awakened by falling plaster but unharmed. Police have no clues to the bombing.
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Chicago
Northwest
Acanth
Rude Rasmussen
Minnie
John Galandak
Rasmussen Nor
Galandak
Officers Indicted for Conspiracy Break Booze Law
Five northwest prohibition leaders face federal indictments for bribery and conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. Roy C. Lyle of the Washington Oregon Alaska office, Whitney, Corwin, Fryant, and McKinney named. bonds set. grand jury investigated for days.
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Reattle
Wash
Northwest
Roy C. Lyle
Washington
Oregon
Alaska
Lyle
William M. Whitney
Earl Corwin
Richard L. Fryant
Dc. T. McKinney
Corwin
Northwest Prohibition Office
Honolulu
United States
Wesley L. Jones
Whitney
Fryant
Anthony Savage
McKinney
Policeman Found Dead In Speakeasy In Chicago
Chicago May 27 AP reports Policeman John McDonalds was found dead with a bullet wound to the head in a North Carolina Avenue speakeasy front. The pistol lay near his hand and the cash register had been rifled. Five men were detained after Patrolman Claude Alexander heard a shot and entered the cigar store front.
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Chicago
John McDonalds
North Carolina Avenue
Claude Alexander
McDonald's
Widow Mary Smith Sentenced for Liquor Offense
Mrs Mary Smith aged 70 began a one year sentence at the state farm for women in Little Rock after conviction for liquor law violations last November. The supreme court denied her appeal and judgment was ordered into effect.
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Fayetteville, Arkh
Mary Smith
State Farm For
Little Rock
Supreme Court
Roscoe Turner Begins Flight to Los Angeles
Lieut. Col Roscoe Turner with Gilmore as mascot departed Roosevelt Field at 3 03 40 am on a one stop flight to Los Angeles aiming to set a new Atlantic to Pacific speed record. He planned a stop at Wichita Kansas and spoke of future attempts and a fast cross continental service backed by Earl Gilmore.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Gilmore
Roscoe Turner
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Pacific
Frank Hawks
Turner
Wichita
Kansas
Charles A. Lindbergh
Earl Gilmore
Girl Flyer Sets New Loop Record At Hat Box Field
Miss Laura Ingalls a 25 year old New Yorker who learned to fly 18 months ago completed 980 inside loops in 3 hours 40 minutes at Hat Box municipal airport Murrogee Oklo surpassing her own women’s mark and the 344 loop record set May 3 at Lambert Field St. Louis She earned 1038 in prize money and nearly eclipsed the men’s 1433 loops by Speed Holman as army officers watched from atop a hangar to count the loops
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Mubrogee
Oklo
Laura Ingalls
Hat Box Municipal
Miss Ingalls
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Mildred Kaufman
Charles
Speed) Holman
St. Paul
William P. McFall
National Aeronautical Association
F. P. Lahm
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Lena
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