Lindy aboard yacht returns to Norfolk on negotiations
John Huyes Curtis arrived at the Norfolk naval base aboard the yacht Marcon after another voyage as a negotiator in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case. Captain Lackmann planned another trip today. Reports said the Maroon was seen on the inland waterway with an unidentified yacht nearby and one passenger possibly Colonel Lindbergh.
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John Huyes Cutis
Naval Base
Norfolk Boat
F. H. Lackmann
the Ledger-Dispatch
Aterway
Colonel Lindbergh
RACKETEERS SCARED INTO PAYING TAXES
Chicago May 6 The government’s courtroom hunt for income taxes has flushed over one million dollars from frightened gangsters and their tainted incomes. U S district attorney George E Q Johnson has sent seven hoodlums and two politicians to prison as delinquents continue to settle with the collector. Names of many are withheld. Charles Capone Ralph Capone and associates have been sent to federal prisons. George Chamberlain faces trial for tax evasion on a million dollar sum.
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Chicago
George E. Q. Johnson
United States
Johnson
Ralph Capone
Jack
Sam Guik
Lawrence O'Brien
Gene Oliver
Beer
Terry Druggan
Frankie Lake
George Chamberlain
Union Depot at Shaw Opera House with Young Doug Fairbanks Jr
YOUTHFUL stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Joan Blondell open in Union Depot at Shaw Opera House. Alfred E Green directs a comedy romance set in a vast railway station with a large crowd of travelers and a strong supporting cast.
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Union Depo
Joan Blondell
Opera House
Brinkman
Union Depot
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
He Alds
Alfred E. Green
Guy Kibbee
Alan Hale
George Rosener
David Landau
Mary Doran
Rita Flynn
Polly Walters
Ruth Hall
Mae Madison
George MacFarlane
Earle Fox
Lose King
Frank McHugh
Lillian Bond
Spencer Charters
Ben Taggart
Robert, Homans
Doug Fairbanks
Doug, Jr
Prosecution Costs contrasted with Vast Treasury Gains
Johnson argues that income over three years dwarfs costs, with millions poured into the treasury. He notes costs of prosecution as negligible by comparison, highlighting a substantial net gain across the period and a large treasury impact.
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Johnson
Kruschen Salts Ad Promises Safe Fat Loss For Women
An old newspaper advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a safe, harmless fat loss aid for women. It claims a daily half teaspoon in hot water before breakfast reduces fat, boosts energy, and improves appearance, with a four week supply sold at Grafton Drug and Chemical Co Red Cross Pharmacy and other druggists, money back if not satisfied after the first bottle.
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Kruschen
Grafton Drug and Chemical Co
Red Cross Pharmacy
Adv
Minstrels Return With Van Arnam at Strand Theatre
John R. van Arnam brings his Minstrels to the Strand Theatre Monday and Tuesday with Billy Henderson and 25 other blackface comedians. The program includes Freaks and other sideshow stars, while Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer heads a major presentation of the thriller. The cast features Wallace Ford Leila Hyams Olga Badanova Rosco Ates and more as a tale of a trapeze artist and a scheming lover ends in revenge by the freaks. The United States remains the globe’s top consumer of mineral raw materials.
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John R. van Arnam
Billy Henderson
van Arnam
Strand Theatre
o’“Ted “Robbins
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Wellace Ford
I A “Possessed
Ford
Miss Hyams
Washington the Man and the Capital film at Grand Theater
The Warner Bros Vitaphone two reel special Washington the Man and the Capital will be shown tonight and Saturday at the Grand Theater. Authentic portrait of George Washington, directed by Arthur Hurley, with Clarence Whitehill in the title role. Also notes nationwide nine month Washington bicentennial celebration and praise from Washington officials and educators. Fire data: forest service says dropped matches and burning tobacco started fires in 1,872 places in 1931.
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Washington
Warner Bros
Vitaphone
Grand Theater
United States
George Washington
Lenfant
Capital
Clarence Whitehill
Metropolitan Opera Company
Tod Browning’s Creepy Mystery Drama Behind the Scenes
Strange forms in the dark and an eerie mystery drive a grim plot of revenge in Tod Browning’s most striking screen contribution.
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Tod Browning
Borah Urges Silver Restore and Armament Cuts in World Recovery
Senator Borah in the Senate outlined three paths to global economic recovery and denounced international leadership. He urged restoring silver to challenge the gold standard, warned of the dangers of ongoing armament buildup, and criticized the Geneva disarmament conference as unlikely to curb weapons. He linked reparations, disarmament, and silver restoration to Europe’s recovery, citing Rome’s fall as a warning and stressing that without these steps, prosperity will not return.
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Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Rome
Plestre
Europe
Idaho
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