Great Lakes Swell Threatens Shore Cities
Secretary Wilbur tells Governors Dern Emerson and Adams that the Hoover oil conservation program will benefit the entire nation, with the Rocky Mountain states gaining most. He urges fair dealing with permittees and notes general distribution of oil use beyond actual production sites amid anticipated post inauguration readjustments.
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Washington
Wilbur
Dern
Utah
Emerson
Wyoming
Adams
Colorado
Hoover
Rocky Mountain States
Interior
Deal
Hower
Arkansas Guards Rescue Village Refugees After Tornadoes
Between 75 and 100 persons rescued by the National Guard from mountain brea caves near Galen Ark after twin tornadoes. Survivors spent two nights in primitive quarters with little food gathered in small groups. a railroad motor car delivered some food by noon.
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Little Rock
Ark
Murderous drug addict relates shocking crime in New Jersey
Henry Colin Campbell, a 60 year old narcotic addict, is linked to the murder of his wife Mildred Mowry Campbell near Cranford. He confessed to prosecutors that he married her for money to pay installments on a $25,000 home, claiming her savings totaled $1,000. The body was found drenched with gasoline beside a road February 23.
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J. David
Union County
McPherson Kidnapping Case Hears Testimony in Senate
In Sacramento on April 12 AP witness Lorraine Wiseman-Stelaff testified in the impeachment trial of Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy. She claimed Hardy arranged for a woman to pose as Miss X in the McPherson kidnapping inquiry to protect the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and her radio operator Kenneth Ormiston. The case centers on whether McPherson and Ormiston visited Carmel during the alleged captivity in Mexico.
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Sacramento
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Carlos S. Hardy
State Senate
Lorraine Wiseman-Stelaff
Miss X
Wiseman-Stelaff
Castle
Senate
Hardy
McPherson
Los Angeles
Artista’ Colony
Carmel
Kenneth Ormiston
Almeo
Boy Scouts Cling To Cliff as One Falls to Death
Five Boy Scouts and two men remained on a narrow Quartzite mountain precipice near Chewelah Washington as rescuers dueled with jutting rocks. Harold Stiffenson fell to his death while Paul away their climb, Don Hutchinson and others endured with a broken leg for hours as crowds of 200 gathered waiting for a rescue that continued late into the night.
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BOY Scouts
Chewelah
Wash
Paul Away
Ledeo
Hutchingon
University of
Idaho
Montntain
Harold Stiffenson
Don Hutch- Jason
Pan
Vincent Storm
Wilbur Nurse
Chaidoen Palmer
Robert Isagman
Pat Wager
Tinges
Stiffenson
Catts Surrenders on Federal Charge
Sidney J. Catts Jr former Florida governor surrendered in Marianna on a federal warrant accusing him of aiding and abetting a counterfeit ring He posted bond of 17500 and was released
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Marianna
Fii
Sidney J. Catts, Jr
Florida
Early Transfer of Dry Bureau Improbable
President Hoover doubts immediate transfer of the prohibition enforcement bureau to the Justice Department at the coming special session. If no bill is presented, realignment would wait until December's regular session, likely delaying action until next year. Surveys by Treasury and Justice are under way. Attorney General Mitchell outlined required legislation. Inland Empire Education association named A C Hampton of Astoria president for next year at their Washington Oregon Montana Idaho teachers conference. M D Pace of Bonners Ferry Idaho was elected vice president and James Burke of Spokane re elected secretary for the 17th time.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Department of Justice
Hoover
Congress
Treasury
Justice Departments
Mitchell
Spokane
Wash
Inland Empire Education Association
A. C. Hampton
Astoria
Ore
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
M. D. Pace
Bonners Ferry
James Burke
U. S. Will Not Move for Naval Reduction
Washington reports from Geneva indicate the Hoover administration will not authorize any move to accelerate or start a new round of arms talks. Ambitious claims of delegated special authority for Hugh E. Gibson have circulated, but officials deny formal or informal steps toward a new conference. Gibson sails for Geneva to attend the opening session, set for Monday, with no confirmed mandate to alter the course of the negotiations.
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Washington
Guar
Hoover Administration
Hugh E. Gihaon
Geneva
Gibson
Havre Announces Summer Normal School Dates
Havre will host a summer normal school from June 10 to August 9. Local merchants funded the project and a report on available funds will be sent to Chancellor M. A. Brannon in Helena confirming sufficient financing.
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Havre
M. A. Brannon
Helena
Coffer dam collapse fears six men dead in Lansing
Six men were believed killed when a cofferdam collapsed at the South Logan street viaduct in Lansing this morning. Water pressure caused the cavern, trapping workers and triggering rescue efforts by authorities and engineers.
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Lansing
Mich
Logan Street
Hope of Finding Aged Wanderer Alive
Livingston April 12 AP Hopes to find W. Rufus 76 who disappeared from his home Wednesday faded as family and friends feared two paralytic strokes left him unable to endure freezing temperatures. Continuous search yielded no trace. inquiries at nearby ranches and Hazeman hill failed. Authorities said a body could not be recovered until the flooded stream subsides. A wire from two sons in California said pleas were en route.
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Livingston
Rufus
Hazeman Hill
Anan
California
Pilex
Mexican Rebel General Manzo Crosses Into Arizona
Nogales April 12 The Mex can rebel general Francisco Manzo and 15 officers crossed the international line into Arizona. He and his escaping staff were taken in custody by United States immigration officers. Manzo was reported to have been relieved of command by Gen Gonzalo Escobar and will be examined by immigration officers tomorrow. He was allowed to return home to be with his family and confer with American lawyers as a military investigation continued at rebel headquarters in Cananea.
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Nogales
Ariz
Francisco Manzo
Arizona
Manzo
Cassody
United
Rabel
Iawyere
Cananes
Escobar
Carnegie Foundation on brink of bankruptcy says pension expert
Monell Sayre, international pension expert, says the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching faces near bankruptcy due to management ineptitude. He spoke at a dinner in Columbus, noting the foundation’s $30,000,000 burden and urging an $8,000,000 campaign to fund a pension system for Methodist churches. Continued on the next page.
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Ohio
Monell Sayre
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of
Bayro
Protestant Episcopal Church Pension Fund
Church of England
Federal Reserve System
Brotherhood of Disciples of Christ
Brotherhood
Ta Campaign
Mits
Cnt
Carnegia Mounda
New Clue Ties Torso Victim to Hope Curtis Case
Los Angeles police pivot tonight to Miss Hope Curtis, a 21 year old Nollywood girl, as the torso found in the Los Angeles river last week is checked against her measurements. An intimate South American club habitué linked to Curtis is under investigation after the two stayed at the same hotel before she rented a deserted house. Curtis’s brother William and mother in Kansas City are among relatives noted in the inquiry.
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Los Angeles
Miss Hope Curtis
Hollywood
Miss Curtis
Wiliam Curtis
Ives
Alva
Okla
Kansas City
Chicago and other burgs flooded by rising Great Lakes
The Great Lakes basin brimmed over as water flooded streets and basements in Chicago and Canadian cities. Experts cite deforestation and rainfall as causes while city authorities warned of rising river levels and damage to foundations. Continued on Page Two.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Canada
Jakes
Wunenota
Indictments under Jones law in Great Falls move forward
Great Falls April 2 AP More than a score of persons indicted by a federal grand jury under the Jones law for liquor related offenses. Charges include manufacturing sale transportation exportation and importation with penalties up to five years in prison and $10000 fine. Most names withheld awaiting arrests. Readiness to try Jones law cases later this year.
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Great Falls
Teer
Bois
Jones Law
Montana
Illinois Bank Raiders Use Girl as a Shield
Illinois bank raid in Lansing sees two armed robbers enter the Lansing State Bank with a girl held as shield. They force vault cash totaling about $10,000 and kidnap cashier Walter Winterhoff, releasing him blocks away. An armed guard watched powerless as customers were moved and a second robbery occurred nearby in Lemont.
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Chicago
Lansing State Bank
Lansing
Ill
Walter Winterhoff
F. W. Schultz
Winterhoff
Amanda Schultz
Husband Sues for Divorce Over Wife Chewing Tobacco
Jefferson City Missouri April 12 AP Leonard Green files for divorce alleging his wife began chewing tobacco shortly after their June 1928 marriage. He says he was surprised and pained by her habit and she called him various pejoratives.
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Jefferson City
Leonard Green
Leonard
Major Segrave Knighted for Land Speed Record
Major Segrave arrived home from America with a world land speed record and learned King George had knighted him. The knighthood marks a rare honor for land speed, previously awarded for aircraft feats. The message came from Craigwell House praising his brilliant performance.
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Southampton
Eng
D. Segrave
America
George
Craigwell House
Allies Decide Sum Germany Must Pay
Paris April 12 AP Germany faces allied reparations total to be discussed with Hjalmar Schacht presenting a plan by tomorrow. The annuities, projected at a near 1 trillion marks and 70 trillion marks over 17 to 21 years, aim to resolve the long dispute over postwar finances.
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Germany
Paris
Continentés
Hjalmar ‘Schacht
Anto Untts
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