Washington fights Mexican rebel air and postmaster graft
In a Senate inquiry, Brookhart exposes large GOP campaign donations from postmasters in Mississippi Arkansas and Tennessee. affidavits reveal postmasters paid for jobs and gifts including cash and even hogs. Separately Washington intensifies efforts to protect Americans amid rebel actions in Sonora and Sinaloa urging warns to rebel leaders and dispatching ships to safeguard interests along the border.
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Washington
Brookhart
Senate Patronage Committee
Mississippi
Postoffice Department
Mexico
Sonora
Sinaloa
Waco
Ariz
Stimson
Good
Wilam Lasqiter
San Antonio
Frank 5. Cochey
Arizona-New Mexico
Viert
Fausta Topete
Topete
Ilea
Stafford Named Agriculture Commissioner for Montana
The long time farmer leader Mr Stafford has been appointed to head Montana’s agriculture department. He previously led the Montana farm bureau for three years and worked with the American Mortgage Company and the state land board on land loans and farm appraisal. He has supported the Montana State Fair and will oversee farming initiatives as the new commissioner.
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Fann Toader
Montana Farm Bureau
Mr. Stafford
Reid
Arth American Mortgage Company
Iand Board
Montana
Victim of Train Found Dead Near Clearmont
Authorities in Miles City buried a man found dead along the Northern Pacific tracks beyond Clearmont. The foreman said the man, about 40, plainly clad, likely fell from a moving train. identity could not be established.
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Miles City
Northern Pacific
Clearmont
Here
Mex Federals Grog Teks Arizona May Detain
A 14 car Southern Pacific special train carried 295 Mexican federal soldiers, 46 women, 42 children, and horses from El Paso toward Naco to reinforce the garrison at Naco Sonora against rebels. Officials said the train carried officers including General Ignacio Floren. Continued on Page Seven.
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el Paso
Tex
Naco
Ariz
Mexico
Sonora
Destina Diers
Earle Pras
Ignacio Floren Wan
Pennitt
Ederala
Paso
Canada Protests Rum Ship's Loss
The Telegram reports a Canadian protest letter regarding the U S Coast Guard seizure of the British schooner Say Alone is en route to Washington. Sent by the Canadian government, it is addressed to Vincent Massey in Washington to be delivered to the U S secretary of state.
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Toronto
Apri S
United States Coast Guard
Washington
Vincent Massey
Fiend Slaying Case Involving Los Angeles Woman
Police probe the murder of a young woman found dismembered with a torso washed up on the Los Angeles River near Compton. Autopsy shows she was not pregnant and the body suffered postmortem mistreatment, with investigations focusing on locating the head and limbs, reviewing missing persons records, and chasing tips linked to the Hollywood area. Juan Manriquez and his son found the torso by the river as headlines noted.
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Los Angeles
Poliies
Los Angees
Compton
Seok Fi
Missing
Stockyards
Hollywood
Juan Manriquez
Pipe FireKills Man and Burns Nine Buildings
Salt Creek, April 5 AP John Van Hobel 64 died today from burns received while cleaning a car carburator. A pipe smoking spark ignited gasoline causing an explosion and a blaze that destroyed nine buildings including the North and South raft office. Two garages were destroyed. Van Hobel crawled into water to extinguish flames, was pulled out and died at a Midwest hospital.
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Salt Creek
Wyon
John van Hobel
Hobel
Jott
Midwest
Chinese Slayer Goes Via Hemp Via Hemp
Fractured obituary style report from San Quentin California notes Leong Fook a 53 year old Chinese man was executed today for the murder of Mrs Jean Fat in Visalia California. The text mentions depreciation of property and the Creek adoption of Christianity as a late detail.
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San Quentin
Calif
Leong Fook
Jean Fat
Visalia
Laidla
Man Creek
Death Toll Under Prohibition Surges In 1930s Report
Washington reports from April 5 show Assistant Secretary Lowman stating that enforcement of the national prohibition has cost 195 lives since it began. He notes 145 were killed by prohibition agents, 35 by the line of duty, with coast guardsmen responsible for five deaths in the last 15 months. He cites 16 total killings in 15 months, 11 by agents and 5 by coast guardsmen, and notes seven agents and two customs inspectors slain.
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Washington
Lowman
The
Treasury
Treasury Department
Prohibition
Mills
Beauvais Sues Stillman Over Publicity Damage Claim
Fred S Beauvais Canadian guide files a 500000 damage suit in Westchester Supreme Court against James A Stillman and Florence Leeds alleging his professional and personal life were harmed by publicity from the Stillman divorce. The congested calendar delays trial for about a year and a half.
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White Plains
Fred S Beauvais
Aganat
James A. Stiman
Florence Leeds
Westchester County Supreme Court
New York County
Stllman
Beauvais
Tornado toll rises across four states with heavy damage
Fifteen dead and scores injured after violent tornado winds struck Nebraska Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota overnight. North Minneapolis and Lake Minnetonka area hardest hit with many buildings destroyed and communication down. Dead include two in Reeves Wisconsin and two in Forest Lake Minnesota. farmer fatalities reported near Littlerock Town and Taylor Falls Minnesota. Continued on page seven.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Lake Minnetoka
Rice Lake
Wis
Reeves
Forest Lake
Minn
Littl Rock
Taylor Falls
Roberts
Hudsom
Worthington
Pershing Linked as Potential French Ambassador Post
Washington rumors name General John J. Pershing as a possible successor to the late Myron T. Herrick as ambassador to Paris. White House and State Department officials said no decision had been made, with other contenders including Dwight F. Davis Henry T. Fletcher Frank Kellogg and Manesco Tint. President Hoover seeks a deeply qualified candidate and may pair Pershing with Charles G. Dawes in a two wartime figure diplomatic team.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
America
France
Myron T. Herrick
Paris
White House
State Department
General Pershing
Dwight F. Davis
Henry T. Fletcher
Italy
Frank B. Kellogg
Manesco Tint
Hoover
Bey
Great Britain
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Pershing
State music meet bands contest at five auditoriums
The eighth annual Montana high school interscholastic music meet continued into a second day with mixed glee club and band contests featuring entrants from Anaconda Browning Lewistown and Bozeman. The final session tomorrow includes an all state band and an all state glee club with additional plans for an all state orchestra. Tomorrow will also declare next year's host and officers.
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Bareman
Meontata
Loftus Ward
Billings Polytechnic
State College
Roy Freeburg
The
State University At
Missoula
Still Found on Crow Reserve
Charged with operating a still on the Crow Indian reservation, J Y Johnson was arraigned before U S Commissioner Farl V Cline. He was taken into custody by A I Dotr berger, special officer of the bureau to Indian affairs assigned to Crow agency, late Thursday on an island in Pryor freck, 20 miles south of Billings. A still of 100 gallon capacity, 450 gallons of whiskey mash and whiskey making paraphernalia were confiscated.
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Billings
Crow Indian Reservation
J. Y. Johnson
U. S
Farl V. Cline
A. I. Dotrberger
Bureau To Indian Affairs
Crow Agency
Pryor Freck
Germany Will Bare Spies Acts in U S
Washington reports that Germany will reveal spies' acts in the United States from August 1914 to April 6 1917. The record includes sabotage claims, wartime explosions in New Jersey, and related correspondence. The commission may review these materials as the German side prepares a full production.
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Washington
Germean
Karl Imany
von Lewinski
Germany
United States
New Jersey
Cruiser Brings Body of Herrick From Brest
The French cruiser Tainville bore the body of Ambassador Myron T. Herrick from Brest to New York, saluted by 19 guns as it departed at 10 30 p m. Assisted by third secretary William Schott, an American escort, the voyage aims to land the remains in about a week. Herrick’s family and the embassy official expressed deep gratitude for France’s gesture.
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Brest
France
Tainville
Myron T. Herrick
New York
Atlantic
William Schott
Romanian Wreck Claims 27 Lives Near Bezen
The Bucharest Jassy express derailed near Bezen in a snowy dawn accident, killing 27 and injuring 65. A faulty roadbed is blamed as survivors endure in the wreckage before help arrived.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Strike of mill folk expanding in Carolinas
Five thousand textile workers idle in North and South Carolina with no end in sight to strikes. Loray mill officials in Gastonia distribute last pay to about 1000 strikers and tell those not wishing to remain employed must vacate mill houses. In Union, South Carolina Monarch and Ottaway mills refuse to arbitrate the stretch out system as workers had walked out.
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Charlotte
N. C
North
South Carolina
Gastomia
Loray Mills
Union
S. C
Monarch
Ottaway Mills
Aystem
Hoover would gut tax on earned incomes first
President Hoover proposes taxing earned incomes be the first relief focus when tax revision begins. He cautions six months before action, pending government outlay review, and favors reducing earned income tax to curb thrift penalties. He also calls for cutting waste and reorganizing agencies to offset expenses.
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Hoover
Washington
Congress
Mellon
Treasury Department
Farm Aid Bill Will Meet Proxy's Views
Washington dispatch reports administration leaders confident in farm relief bill support as Congress prepares to draft a measure for the special session. House and Senate agriculture committees move to write the bill, with McNary and Wyde backing a streamlined plan.
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Washington
APJ
Hoover
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Congress
House
Hern
McNary
Vwyde
Some Progress on Reparations
The German delegation to the second Dawes committee met allied experts in private talks to seek precision and clearer elucidation of allied reparations claims. The specialists reportedly narrowed gaps on fundamental questions and gained closer agreement than previously.
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Dawes
Drys in California Face Sincerity Test
Sacramento April. Assemblyman James L. Quigley of San Francisco introduces a bill repealing the Wright act and Jones Stie act and incorporating the federal Jones Stalker act penalties for prohibition violations. He says the measure tests the sincerity of the drys and accuses liquor interests of profiting under current laws.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Assemblymnan
James L. Quigley
San Francisco
Quigley
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