Plan Conference On Consolidation Anticipates Inquiry
Washington December 28 A Senate interstate commerce committee plan calls for a thorough investigation into the influence of holding and investment companies on railroad management. Chairman Couzens says Congress must know motives as well as facts before any intelligent legislation on railroad consolidation. The Interstate Commerce Commission notes stock acquisitions could suppress competition, with the Clayton Act prohibiting direct purchase of competing roads. Continued on Page Three.
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Cousens
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Couzens
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
E Commission
Commission
Racketeers trap ends in deaths during siege at union offices
In Chicago on December 28 three bandits armed with shotguns and revolvers were cornered by police at the Tire Workers and Repair Vulcanizers Union headquarters while demanding ten thousand dollars from union leader Power. An ensuing exchange left five officers wounded and three bandits dead, with one officer gravely injured. The dead include William Dinky Quan.
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Chicago
Michael Powers
Tire Workers and Repair Vulcanizers
Power
Powers
William (Dinky) Quan
Skull of New Peking Man Nearest Approach Yet
Peiping China December 28 skull of the new Peking Man recently found by a Chinese geologist near Peiping was shown publicly at a Geological Society meeting. The skull is the most complete of its kind yet found with a fully intact brain case unlike earlier finds. Prof Amadeus William Gray says it is the nearest approach to the missing link, while Roy Chapman Andrews comments on the discovery.
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New
Peiping
China
Peking
Quar
Geological of
Amadeus William Gray
Mesa Geological Survey
Beloves
Royapman Andrews
Roads Watched in Search for Three Slavers
New Castle Pa December 28 police intensify manhunt for two men and a woman after they shot and killed state highway patrol Corporal Brady Paul and wounded Private Ernest Moore. A car matching the bandits description sparked sightings near Mt Jackson Ohio with a net widening toward Toledo. Authorities station guards on western Pennsylvania highways while an observation plane resumes aerial search.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania
Brady Paul
State Highway Patrol
Ernest Moore
Mt. Jackson
Toledo
Burke
Chicago
Bandit Captured After Bank Robbery Pursuit in Kentucky
Bowling Green residents arrested Elmer Grayson after a Thursday bank killing of J. Robert Kirby at Oakland in Warren County. Grayson, ex Indianapolis resident, was found at Blaine Dutt's home and transported to Nashville for safekeeping. Friend French Elrod aided the arrest and was detained. The other two bandits remained at large in Bowling Green as authorities closed in, with continued coverage on page two.
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Bowling Green
J. Robert Kirby
Smith's Grove
Oakland
Nashville
French Elrod
Elrod
Howling Green
Hoover enforcement commission report partially satisfies dry senators
Washington December 28 The prohibition inquiry by the Hoover commission has not fully met dry senators demands for progress details. Senator Harris plans to push open hearings and challenge secrecy, seeking a halt to further funds until a report is issued. The dispute includes departments and the White House, with a four condition conclusion and a forthcoming recommendations page.
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Washington
Hoover Aw Enforcement Commission
Harris
Georgia
White House
Merger of Car Building Firms Needs Approvals
Chicago December 28 The merger of three car building firms into a 400 million dollar corporation awaits stockholder approval Pullman Inc leads the merger acquiring Standard Steel Car and Osgood Bradley and their subsidiaries The plan retains Pullman Car and Manufacturing as a separate unit under Pullman Inc Leadership roles are named for J P Drake D A Crawford and C A Liddle with P H Joyce named president of the merged Standard Osgood Bradley group
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Chicago
Pullman, Inc
Standard Steel Car Company
Osgood-Bradley Company
Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company
Pullman Inc
J. P Drake
Standard Company
D. A. Crawford
Pullman Company
C. A. Liddle
Boy’s Compassion for Wounded Bird Endangers Life
In San Francisco a 10 year old, Buddy Vierra, lay in critical condition with a bullet wound in his back after he paused to comfort a wounded sea gull, despite orders from three older boys who fired on him and fled in a car. Police received a description of the youths and the license plate.
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San Francisco
Buddy Vierra
Buddy
Runners May Have Drowned After River Escape
Detroit December 28 four crew members of three Tum ranning boats are believed drowned after leaping into the Detroit River to escape customs border patrol. Two others were rescued as inspectors seized the smuggler boats with a cargo of guar valued at over thirty thousand dollars.
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Detroit
John J Foley Dies At Home In Baltimore
John J Foley 66 died at his Baltimore home from a stroke at 1 PM yesterday. He relocated from Grafton and was long associated with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Fairmont and here. Born February 28, 1863, in Swantown Maryland, he worked as a foreman and skilled machinist, later retiring to reside in Grafton.
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John J. Poley
Bartlett Avenue
Baltimore
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fairmont
Foley
Swantown
Westernport
Fingerprint Identifies Fugitive From Auburn Riot
Los Angeles police Captain Al Slaten said fingerprint records prove James Olivia, 23, held here is Joseph Capito, sought in New York for escaping Auburn penitentiary during the riot last July 28.
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Los Angeles
al Slaten
James Olivia
Joseph Capito
New York
Auburn Penitentiary
First Membership List Of Gift Club Monday
The First List of the Gift Club invites readers to send name and address to the Gift Club Manager. Members can win prizes including a brand new automobile or cash. The club, organized by the Sentinel, will publish a list of members and showcase prizes. It promotes a circulation campaign across Grafton and beyond, with continued details on page four.
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Sentinel
Theutomobile
Grafton
Elsp the
Case Against Supt H A Rice Is Dismissed
In Blueville on Friday afternoon Squire M D Allender dismissed the assault and battery case against Supt H A Rice of the city schools. Maloney's charge ended quickly as witnesses testified at the Henry Kramer free room with a crowd outside. Attys Warder Watkins and Friedman represented the sides, and the school board was present.
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Squire M.D. Allender
Blueville
Billy" Maloney
H. A. Rice
Henry Kramer
Atty
Hugh R. Warder
Young Maloney
W. Merle Watkins
Rice
Harry Friedman
Board of Education
Pres. Jos. A. Jolliffe
Wealthy Rhinelander Granted Divorced In Las Vegas
Leonard Kip Rhinelander of a New York family obtained an uncontested divorce from his wife Alice Jones Rhinelander in Las Vegas. Rhinelander, who came to establish residence, indicated he would remain there, while the former spouse was not represented in court and made no comment.
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Las Vegas
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New York
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Rhinelander
New Rochelle
N. Y
Negro Ecoachman
Beer baron of move proposed Chicago evades for enactment
Chicago reports Terrence Druggan again dodges Internal Revenue Service efforts to tax his beer wealth. His Miami Beach home sold for 40000 to A H Dressler, a bank director and Druggan bondsman, amid claims the property was worth 170000. Dressler reportedly bought for Frank Morrison, said to be Maxwell Street market boss. In Washington, Representative Garner invited independent Republicans to form a coalition to push tariff rates in line with the Smoot Hawley bill, seeking a record vote and House approval of Senate rate sections. The note adds U S fur seal and fox pelts revenue totaling over 500000 from 1928 29.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Terrence Druggan
Internal Revenue Department
Druggan
Miami Beach
A. H. Dressler
Dressler
Frank Morrison
Maxwell Street
Washington
Garner
Texas
House
Senate
Rival Actions Wage Fight for Liquor Control
Rival Detroit and Buffalo liquor gangs wage a deadly battle for Ontario output. Federal investigator C M Granter arrives as the war claims a Detroit smuggler's life and prompts disappearances. Higher wages lure Buffalo traffickers, smugglers shrink crossing the Niagara River as patrols tighten.
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N. Y
Detroit
Ontario
C. M. Granter
Tretaur
Bridgeburg
Port Colborne
Fort Erie
Buffalo Gang
Theara River
Coast Guard
Eugene F. Downey
Bessie Love Is Latest 10 Ring Wedding Bells
Hollywood California December 28 screen actress Bessie Love becomes Mrs William Ballinger Hawks in a high profile ceremony attended by Beverly Hills stockbroker Georgene Hawks and prominent social figures. Bridesmaids include Carmel Myers Norma Shearer Bebe Daniels and Mary Astor relatives and industry peers in attendance. Both to as of 28 years old.
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Hollywood
Cal
Essie Love
William Ballinger Hawks
Miss Love
Beverly Hills
Kenneth
Ard Hawks
Ji Horton
Blands Sweet
Shall Nelsan
Ralph Blum
Carmel Myers
Attic
Irving Thalberg
Norma Shea
Howard Hawke
Shearer
Ke L. Hawks
Mary Astor
Dom
Bebe Daniels
Irene Mayer
Howard
Kenneth Ha
Hawi
Believe Youth Girl's Slayer Florence Wisconsin Dec 28
Florence county officials watch over a jail cell as a youth described as Erdman Olson, a fugitive slayer, and his sweetheart Clara Olson. Nine arrests at a lumber camp near the upper Michigan border, the youth refuses to reveal his name or origin. Sheriff Davis commented on height and continued on page.
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Florence
Wis
Erdman Olson
Clara Olson
Micigan
Davis
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