Indiana mayor taken in raid on vice in Calumet district
Federal agents sweep Calumet district liquor and vice ring arresting 200 in two days. East Chicago Mayor Raleigh Hale and Police Chief James Regan among the initial detainees. Nick Sudovich linked to Capone syndicate. Conspiracy charges filed. alleged violations include narcotics and election irregularities, with grand jury probing.
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Hanmond
Ind
Calumet District
Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Raleigh P. Hale
East Chicago
James E. Regan
Nick Sudovich
Scarface al Capone
Calumet
Capone
Philadelphia
Hale
Rogan
Sudoviech
South Bend
Cal“met
Probing Death of Agent in Phoenix Murders
Federal and city officers pursued arrests in the Reynolds murder case after his body was found in an irrigation canal near Phoenix. A witness reported hearing the gunshot, while investigators traced the crime scene and secured a stenographer's statement noting Reynolds planned to address dangerous felons at a dance.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Paul J. Raynolds
Department of Justice
Here
Reynolds
Editor Angel Estrada Dies in Cuba Suicide
Havana reports editor Angel Estrada of El Clear in Remedios killed himself on Tuesday after leaving a note attributing his act to life’s deceptions and grief. The veteran Cuban journalist was known for decades at the helm of the Remedios paper.
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Havana
Angel Estrada
el Clarin
Remedios
Crime Partners May Meet Again in Death House
Havana reports a supreme court ruling that Enrique Pineda, a life-term accomplice in the Nila Munoz murder, must execute Xoila Rodriguez by garrote in Cuba’s death house. Rodriguez, seized in Tampa after a five year global search, was tried last April.
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Havana
Nilla Munoz
Supreme Court
Enrique Pineda
Munoz
Xoila Rodriguez
Rodrigues
Tampa
Fla
Cuba
Rhineland Evacuation Set By Christmas Date
The Hague August 14 reparations delegates fix Christmas as the evacuation deadline. The financial committee suspended work to allow informal talks among delegates after Philip Snowden proposed wording for an official communique. Discussions focus on deliveries in kind and Young plan modifications.
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Hague
Netherlands
Rhineland
Philip Snowden
Snowden
County Court Cuts Tax Levy in Local Budgets
Reports from tax levying bodies show only slight increases where school projects proceed and the eighth cent municipal levy to retire the filtration plant bond issue. County court lowers its day for the year to 91 cents while the city adds eight cents. County totals: General 26, county roads 22, district roads 15, sinking 29 cents, about $202,599. Grafton totals 71 cents incl 50 for general fund and 26 for sinking fund.
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Grafton
Street Car Controversy in New Orleans
In New Orleans on August 14, blood was shed as city hall violence during a street car strike led the commission to a strong stance. Acting mayor J Semmes Wambley condemned rioting and ordered more police and strict enforcement of the ordinance banning competing transportation. The measure takes effect at noon tomorrow while organized labor officials denounced the riotous acts.
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Crescent City
Orleans
Commission Council
Council
J. Semmes Wambley
Ots
E. J. Foster
Executive Committee of
Organized Labor
Final Preparations Made For Departure Graf Zeppelin Tokyo
Final prep work completed in Friedrichshafen Germany for the Graf Zeppelin to depart for Tokyo as part of its world flight. A last inspection of fabric, framework, food, supplies and mail cargo was performed while Dr. Hugo Eckener and aides reviewed weather reports. The 20 passengers join 40 crew for a voyage testing speed endurance and airworthiness.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Tokyo
Zeppelin Company
Hugo Eckener
Graf
Europe
B.S. T
Otto Manz
America
Famous Aviatrix WITNESSES QUESTIONED After Lambert assault
The incident at Crow's Nest is linked to Buz zy Lambert who suffered a crushed skull and other injuries after a morning beating. Doctors report the aim of a spinal puncture was to relieve brain pressure with no operation performed due to lacking surgical signs. Investigators identify two suspects, Michael Muniz and Louis Lorenzo, held in Harrison county jail, while a black banjo player and two Grafton women will appear with the prosecutor in Clarksburg for further inquiry.
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Burl
Lambert
Suddarth
Yessay
Buil
Buzzy
Harrison County
Michael Muniz
Louis Lorenzo
Mani
Lorenzo
W. B. Grimm
Clarksburg
G Veen
James C. Holt
W. J. Mays
Taylor County
Banjo Picker
Grafton
Tressler Held To Grand Jury On Assault Charge
Tressler bound over to a grand jury on an assault charge for allegedly attacking his office assistant Vera Corder 17 on the Flemington Bridgeport highway. Corder testified she feared he would kill her and spent the night in Grafton after the incident near Clarksboro depot.
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Asault
Vera Corder
Flemington-Bridgeport
S. B. Tressler
Brownton
John L. Wittman
Miss Corder
Wittman
Grafton
Tressler
Clarksburg
Weston
Clarkshoro Depot
Air Mail Pilot Lands In Orchard After Fogged Flight
Jack Webster of Hadley Field Dunellen New Jersey piloting an air mail plane bound for Buffalo New York forced to land in an orchard near Susquehanna after losing his way in heavy fog. He tried flares to locate a field but they failed. He then guided the plane to a nearby orchard striking two trees and sustaining minor head cuts. The orchard is noted as a Mormon church foundation site.
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Stanton
Jack Webster
Hadley Field
Dunellen
N. J
Buffalo
N. Y
Susquehannan
Webster
Pennsylvania Power Company
Toy Land
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Rum runners land liquor at Detroit docks in broad daylight
Canadian press report describes a daylight landing of liquor at the Detroit docks. Witnesses say Coast Guard patrols briefly left sight below the Ambassador Bridge, allowing 40 cases of whiskey to be moved from a speed boat to an automobile in three minutes.
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Windsor
Ont
U. Coast | Guard
Detroit
Coast Guard
Ambassador Bridge
Five Men Die In Explosion At Cal Oil Plant
In an Aug incident at the Shell Oil Company plant in California a crew of six suffered a deadly blast. Five men died including M Ferguson 26 John Y Biddle 83 James A Bernere 21 Jeremiah Allen 86 and Lester J Smith 88. Survivor J J Corbett 25 from Redondo Beach was badly burned when a six inch pipe in a hot room burst and gasoline fumes ignited spraying workers with flame.
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Cal
Shell Oi Company
J. J. Corbett
Redondo Beach
M. Ferguson
John Y. Biddle
Agent Disappears Before Pantages Prelim Hearing
Los Angeles district attorney Fitts says William Jobelman publicity agent for Alexander Pantages vanished on the eve of the theater magnate’s preliminary hearing on charges of attacking Eunice Pringle, 17, a dancer. The state counted on Jobelman as a star witness for today’s hearing.
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Los Angeles
Fitts
William Jobelman
Alexander ‘Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Jo~ Belman
Affidavits Sought On Cheat River Fish Die Off
Local sportsmen and Wild Life League members collect affidavits from Taylor county residents who visited the Cheat river after the poison discharge that killed fish along the stream and banks from Parsons to Rowlesburg. Citizens who observed dead or affected fish after July 26 27 are urged to contact John W Brown or I B Tsing er to have affidavits sworn before a notary.
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Wild Life League
Taylor County
Cheat River
Parsons
Rowlesburg
Preston County
Mays
John W. Brown
East Main Street
1. B. Tsinger
Jas. T. Murphy
Main Street
Soviet Plane Forced Down Near Irkutsk
The Russian military plane Land of the Soviets, en route from Moscow toward New York, was forced to land 170 miles from Irkutsk in Siberia. Tass said it landed in an uninhabited area after taking off from Krasnoyarsk Sunday afternoon. The aviators hoped to reach Chita, about 400 miles beyond Irkutsk, after flying 1,700 miles in 36 hours.
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Moscow
New York
Irkutsk
Siberia
Tass
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarks
Lake Baikal
Chita
Airplane Hangar Designated as Execution Chamber in Coast Guard Base
In Ft. Lauderdale on August 14 a United States coast guard base hangar is named the execution site for James Alderman, an ac melee runner who killed two coast guardsmen in 1927. A scaffold will be erected in the seaplane hangar and non officials will be barred from viewing. The hanging area is within the hangar, cut off from observation on all sides.
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Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
United States Coast Guard
James Horace Alderman
Coast
Train Collision Kills Eight in Lodz With Troops Involved
Eight people died and several were injured in a Lodz freight train collision today. A defective switch is suspected as the cause. One train carried a detachment of troops, and five of the dead were soldiers.
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Warsaw
Lodz
Snook Case Goes To Jury In Ohio Slaying
Columbus reports that Dr. James H Snook faces a jury after prosecutors urged the death penalty for the killing of coed Theora Hix. Defense attorney Max Seyfert portrayed the victim as a consenting partner in a three year love affair that led to the tragedy.
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Columbus
James H. Hook
Theora Hix
0. C
John J. Chester, Jr
Ohio State
James HL. Snook
James Hyser
Max Seyfert
Seyfert
Miss 'Hix
Paxe Tours
New Mexico Village Swept Away By Torrential River
August 14 in New Mexico reports San Acacia and San Marcial flooded by Rio Puerco waters. Livestock drowned, property damage estimated at 100000 dollars. No human casualties. Residents fled to higher ground. trains used for evacuation. Volunteers fortified the Rio Grande levee at San Marcial to block more water.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Mont
Vermont
Lake Bomoseen
Middlebury
Glen Falls
N.Y
Lake George
New Mexico
San Agacia
Albuquerque
N. M
San Marcial
Rio Puerco
San Acacia
Rio Grande
Puerco
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Graf Zeppelin
sEavng Cateer
Lady Hay
Dirigible
Rutland
Banjo
Associated Press
Marvel Crossan
California
Ohio
Menty “Lelae
Brownton Mine
W. H. Miller
Illinois State Department of Registration and Education
Scranton
Land Liquor
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