Storm in pursuit of Reltra near Missouri tornado chase
Popular Bluff Missouri April 11 AP a thrilling account tells of a Missouri Pacific train racing to outrun a tornado that killed over two people in northeastern Kansas passengers said engineer M S Thompson saw the tornado and the train sped up to about 70 miles an hour for about 25 minutes before the tornado altered course and the tracks behind the train were torn up Thompson would not discuss the race further but passengers credited him with saving more than 100 people from injury or death as the storm shifted away
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Popular Bluff
Missouri, Pacific
Arkansas
Here
M. 5. Thompson
Thompson
Arkansas storm death toll climbs to 150 in twins
Little Rock reports fluctuating tallies from yesterday's twin tornadoes in northeast Arkansas. At Swifton, 25 bodies recovered and 30 to 50 injured moved to hospitals. Governor Parnell sent tents and supplies to the homeless. Two children were found dead in a drainage ditch, and a boy named Joe Bullard, 11, was recovered from a creek. Total storm deaths rise to 48 with more tallies expected.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Swifton
Harvey Parnell
Jack Defies
Ruth
Joe Bullard
Randall Hudgens
Newport
California senate shifts focus in Hardy impeachment trial
Sacramento April 11 AP Testimony links Aimee Semple McPherson travel with radio operator Kenneth Ormiston to the time she alleged kidnapping in Mexico As Hardy faced impeachment managers in Los Angeles the board sought to show he aided McPherson during the grand jury probe and that she later paid him 2509 by check A newspaper man testified he believed a woman seen with Ormiston in Santa Barbara May 29 1920 matched McPherson Continued on Page Two.
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Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Kenneth Ormiston
Mexico
California State Senate
Carlos S. Hardy
Los Angeles
Hardy
Mrs. McPherson
Assembly Board of Managers
Tme
Mr. McPherson
Scribe Hoard
Wallace Moore
Saltway
Dewnpaper
Ormiston
Santa Barbara
Torture Ordered by New York Judge
New York April 11 AP John McCabe of Brooklyn who admitted beating his wife was ordered by Magistrate Eilperin to kiss her every morning for six months or serve that term in the workhouse. He began the first day in court and then returned home.
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New York
John McCabe
Brooklyn
Eilperin
McCabe
Governor Huey P. Long Formally Impeached by Louisiana House
The Louisiana House votes 56 to 40 to impeach Gov Huey P Long on 19 counts amid bribery allegations and illicit influence. Impeachment managers delay the next court charge on state funds as testimony continues, with Rev J W Tinnin testifying on Longs political influence in education.
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Batton Rouge
Louisiana House of Representatives
Huey P. Long
Adolphe Guey
Pard
Trierville Parish
Felix
Elaine
St. Charles
House
Mary Margaret Cross Found Dead In Hotel Room
A coroner's jury ruled 23 year old Mary Margaret Cross of Anaconda died from an overdose of an anaesthetic self-administered. The body was found in a hotel room by Constantin Tibourchkin who said he did not know she was there until morning.
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Butce
Marygaret Jan Cross
Anaconda
Constantin Tibourchkin
Brockway of Malta Dies at 54 From Pneumonia
Clarence J. Brockway, 54, died of pneumonia at his farm home near Malta after living in the area for years and once homesteaded near Dodeon. He leaves a widow and daughter Edna, a State Normal School student at Dillon.
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Malta
Clarence J. Brockway
Dodeon
Edna
State Normal School
Dillon
Lone girl robs Denver bank in daylight with nitro threat
In Denver on April 11 AP reports a well dressed brunet held up the Colorado State Bank. She demanded all bills from teller C. E. Kenney, threatening to detonate nitro glycerine from a package hidden beneath her arm. A $5,000 ransom was secured as customers remained unaware.
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Denver
Colo
Brunet
Colorado State Bank
C. E. Kenney
Campbell Confesses to Murder of Mrs Mowry in Cranford
Elizabeth New Jersey April 11 AP Henry Colin Campbell was arrested tonight and signed a confession admitting he murdered Mrs Benjamin S Mowry whom he married last August in Maryland He shot her through the head and burned her clothes then threw the body beside a Cranford road near the morgue where it lay unidentified until today Campbell was seized as he neared his home and taken to the county prosecutor office where he signed the confession He denied involvement in the killing of Miss Margaret Brown a New York governess whose burning body was found near Bernardville He is father of three children from his first wife who still lives He claimed poverty forced him to take a second wife and he had met her in Washington DC in 1928 and married her in Elkton Maryland in August of the following year
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N. J
Henry Colin Campbell
Benjamin 5
Mowry
Maryland
Cranford
Campbell
Gmon County
Margaret Brown
New York
Bernardville
Mas
Ias
Fife
Washington, D. C
Elkton
Society Leader Killed in Plane Crash at Long Beach Airport
Mrs. C. C. McWhinney a society leader active in aviation was killed when the plane she and her husband were in crashed at Long Beach municipal airport. Mr McWhinney a noted lawyer piloting the craft was only slightly injured.
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Long Beach
Calif
C. C. McWhinney
McWhimmey
Gentriges Enter Cabinet In Berlin
Berlin April 12 AP President von Hindenburg approved Chancellor Mueller's proposal to include three centrist party members in the cabinet. Former chancellor Joseph Wirth Theodore von Guerard and Adam Stegerwald named as the selections. Official announcement expected tomorrow of the posts they will hold.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Herman Mueller
Joseph Wirth
Theodore von Guerard
Adam Stegerwald
Fatal Blast Destroys Detroit Warehouse Killing One
In Detroit during April a four story riverfront warehouse exploded destroying the building. One man was known dead and several others believed killed as about a dozen people were buried under debris outside the structure. The blast origin was not determined.
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Detroit
River Front
Trotzky Barred by Teat Cabinet Order in Germany
Berlin reports the German cabinet refused Leon Trotzky a visa to visit Germany for medical advice, after reviewing the matter since mid February. He would not be considered a deniable resident or invalid within the republic, and the decision blocks his travel.
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Berlin
Leon Trotzky
Turkey
Ire
Peage Maker Meets Bloody Fate on Butte Road
Brown Yateman, 22, a Black man, was shot and badly wounded during an altercation at Mammy's Shack on the Butte-Anaconda highway. Yateman said Frank Yamer, a Black man, threatened a woman with a gun, took it, then returned it before firing.
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Bute
April St
Brown Yateman
Mammy
Butte-Anaconia Highway
Yateman
Frank Yamer
Yamer
Session May Weigh Transfer of Prohibition Unit
Washington April session of Congress considers adding to its agenda legislation to move the prohibition enforcement unit from the treasury to the justice department. President Hoover discussed the idea with leaders including Rep Cranton. Attorney General Mitchell favors rapid authorization as the department absorbs the new function amid administrative reorganization.
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Justice Department
Washington
Aril I
Treasury
Hoover
Representative Cramton
Michigan
Drynp
Mitchell
Woenan Phan Et
War correspondent and officers chase cold trail at Mullan Pass
A local war correspondent, aided by Chief Spurzem and Deputy Parsons, mushed toward Mullan Pass in search of a hot lead on an Oakland coupe tied to the torso murder saga. They found the abandoned car buried in snow near the last sheriff’s stand but no new clues. A tip from Simhurst implicated Dr Stirling, driver of the Oakland, who had left his oil field town to dodge bad-check charges.
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John Bilstrom
Greenhorn Mountain
Jay Welsh
N. P
Austin
Blossberg
Jay Spurzem
Lewis and Clark County
Art Parsons
Mullan Pass
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Weower
Mullen Pass
Spurzein
Simhurst
Stirling
Oakland
Charles Warren Goodale dies in Boston mining figure
Charles Warren Goodale mining engineer from Butte Montana died in Boston at age 73. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate of 1905 began in mining with a sleuthing firm and rose to chair the bureau of safety at Anaconda Copper Mining in 1918 renowned as a metallurgist with a long Treasure State career.
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Boston
Charles Warren Goodale
Butte
Mont
Simelining
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Colorado
Arizona
Montana
Bureau of Safety
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Honolulu
Attempted assassination fails against Gen Calley in Mexico
Mexico City April 11 The military garrison chief said an unsuccessful bombing and assassination attempt was made on Gen Plutarco Lutlas Calley in Jalisco. Authorities are searching for a man and a woman as principal conspirators. Continued on Pages Two.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Lutlas Calley
Jallaco
U S May Sell Airplane Ships
New York World reports Joseph E. Sheedy of United States Lines traveled to Washington to seek ownership of the naval airplane carriers Lexington and Saratoga for the line. Officials say no decision has been made yet, amid talks after purchasing Leviathan and other ships for the Shipping Board.
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New York
New York World
Joseph E. Sheedy
United States Lines, Inc
P. W. Chapman & Company
Washington
Lexington
Saratoga
Leviathan
Texas Guinan Freed by New York Jury
New York April 11 A federal court jury found that Terna Guinan had no part in maintaining a common nuisance at the Salon Royale by abetting no minor there The verdict prompted loud cheers as spectators clapped and one man seized the hostess and kissed her She exchanged handshakes with the 12 jurors after about an hour and four minutes of deliberation If convicted she faced a year in jail and a $1000 fine
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New York
Terna Guinan
Salon Royale
Mqnor
Iiny
Ana Eonce
Atlas
Aged Man Missing. Posses In Search In Livingston
Local officers and volunteer firemen continued a search for W. B. Rufus a 76 year old man missing since Wednesday afternoon. Family says he has suffered two paralytic strokes. He lived in Livingston for years and formerly worked in Northern Pacific railroad shops.
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Livingston
W. B. Rufus
Northern Pacific Railwy
Plane Southern Cross Found Alive After Wide Search
In Sydney on April 12 AP reports the Southern Cross was located near the Port George mission in Western Australia after days of searching. The Canberra and other planes relayed that AJT was alive and well and food had been dropped. The craft was later said to be on a mud flat south of Port George, with radio contact established at 11 38 a m and a call for the crew to walk into open ground.
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Sydney
Australia
Southern Cross
Port George
Kimberly
Western Australia
Canberra
Curtis Has Way Dioter Honored
Washington April 11 AP The first dime since the social controversy, Mrs Edward Everett Gann attended an official dinner with about 200 guests. Her chair sat at the host's right, while Vice President Curtis and the chair for Mr Gann were placed apart. The dinner honored Pablo Ramirez Chilean minister of finance.
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Washington
Por
Edward Everett Gann
Ambassador Davila
Chile
Curtis
Gann
Capital Society
Hall of Nations
Pan-American Union
Pablo Ramirez
Interstate Pact on Oil Cut Suggested
Washington April 11 AP The Federal Oil Conservation board told the American Petroleum Institute that a plan to curb oil output could be pursued via an interstate compact with the federal government as a party through congressional action Secretary Wilbur said the board would send Dr Otis Smith to consult oil producing states and assess views on the proposal The institute had asked board approval for a plan to reduce output to 1928 levels but faced an attorney general opinion denying authority to approve such an agreement
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Tha
Federal Oil Conservation Board
American Petroleum Institute
Wilbur
Institute
Otis Smith
Povernega Ak Iy Meese Oe Fe
Dieappeoym
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