House approves one sided farm relief bill in 367 to 34 vote
Washington April 25 AP The new farm relief bill backed by Hoover aides passed the House by 367 to 34 with only two Republicans in opposition. It would create a federal farm board with a revolving fund of 500 million to aid cooperative associations and launch a comprehensive relief program for farmers. The measure goes to the Senate where a rival export debenture plan is pending.
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Washington
House
Congress
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Stafford
Wisconsin
Senate
Agricultural Committee
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Western Storm Death Toll Is 9
Nine known dead and about 30 injured as spring storms ravaged the western region. Tornadoes wrought destruction in Texas and Nebraska while Wyoming endured a severe blizzard. Red Cross assistance moved to Slocum and Center Texas as communities faced wide spread devastation and homelessness.
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Wyoming
Texas
Nebraska
Red Cross
Slocum
Bengon Springs
James
Antioch
Henretta
Cotton Ford
Jackson
Center
Red Cross At
County to corral abandoned horses in Petroleum county
Winnett April 25 County commissioners passed a resolution for a county wide roundup of abandoned horses. It is estimated several hundred unclaimed horses are eating off the Petroleum county range. The roundup starts May 27.
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Winnett
Petroleum County
Forged Papers Admit Aliens, State Dept Seeks Vigilance
Washington report by AP details wholesale forgery of documents to admit aliens to the United States. The State Department warns that forged American passports visas and birth certificates are used to gain entry. Authorities say a vigilance system is being built to combat this widespread fraud. Assisted by criminal networks, the schemes involve multiple document types.
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By & P. Williamson
Associated Press
Washington
United States
State Department
Proxy Fritz Medal Presented at White House
Outstanding engineers gathered at the White House to present Herbert Hoover with the John Fritz medal for notable scientific or industrial achievement. The award is sponsored by ASCE, ASME, AIME, and AIEE.
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Washington
White House
Herbert Hoover
John Fritz
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Woman slayers to go scot free in Kane County
Kane County grand jury failed to vote a true bill against Deputy Ray Smith who shot and killed Mrs. Lilianda King in a raid on her home last month. Reported from Geneva Illinois with details continuing on page true as of tonight.
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Geneva
Ill
Kane County
Ray Smith
Lilianda King
Kugent Boyd Fairchild
Dry
Mexican Rebels Flee From Federals in Sonora Flight
Report from Mexico City dated April 25 states the main insurgent army in southern Sonora is moving northward in a retreat from advancing federal forces. After abandoning entrenched positions at Maslaca they evacuated Navejoe, 25 miles north, by moonlight.
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Mexico City
Sonora
Maslaca
Navejoe
Moon
Mex Federal Bomb Cuts Train in Two
A federal bombing plane hit a rebel transport train near Naco Sonora with six bombs one direct hit derailing a car while approximately 1000 soldiers aboard were on board. The train bound for Pulpito Pass carried west coast troops to reinforce the Agua Prieta sector. Federal planes also bombed Nogales and Agua Prieta with no casualties reported. Rebels at Nogales set barbed wire in trench areas.
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Agua Prieta
Nogales
Aged Man Burned, Paramour Detained
In South Paris Maine April 25 AP a 75 year old Hartford farmer Elihu Turner was found burned and headless in his fire swept home. Mrs Anna Merrill Welch 26 Lisbon Falls was jailed with two daughters while police investigate the death. Turner had been a widower and alleged father of the woman’s youngest child.
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Paris
Elihu Tuvener
Hartford
Turner
Mra
Anna Merrill Welch
Lisbon Falls
George H. Record
Ducksfield
Patient leaps to death from Milwaukee hospital window
Milwaukee April 25 AP Ed ward Wilson of Chicago, a Mount Sinai patient, leaped from the hospital’s fifth floor into Cedar Street traffic during rush hour, dying almost instantly.
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Milwaukee
Edward Wilson
Chicago
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cedar
Head of Bao Gang Inquest Delayed on Double Life Ties
Chicago April 25 AP The inquest into the death of J Dr Frank Brady dentist shot in his office last night was adjourned to May 7 to allow police to probe his alleged double life. Brady also known as Frank Wadjina is tied to the Midget Fernekes gang as their brain while denying direct evidence linking him to the crimes. Fernakes wife was Brady s foster mother and he is serving a life sentence for bank robberies with several killings. Police say Brady suspected in attempts to bomb Cook county jail while incarcerated.
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Chicago
Frank Brady
Brady
Frank Wadjina
Cook County
Hundreds Lose Homes After Georgia South Carolina Tornadoes
A series of tornadoes carved through Georgia and South Carolina wrecking hundreds of dwellings and injuring many. Death tolls cited include 33 in Georgia and six in South Carolina with multiple towns such as Cochran, Netter, Rentz, Pelzer, and Anderson reporting fatalities and injuries. Widespread homelessness followed as crops suffered potential heavy losses and new storms continued to strike muted by late reports. The first twister hit near Cochran, followed by a second storm west of the initial path.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Cochran
Netter
Candler County
Rentz
Pelzer
Anderson
Addiiion
Beere
Candler
Aimee McPherson Love Offer Ties Judge Controversy
In a Los Angeles impeachment hearing, Superior Judge Carlos T. Hardy faced scrutiny over accepting a check described as a love offer in from Aimee Semple McPherson. Mrs Torraine Wiseman Sevlaff testified as a surprise witness, detailing testimony that propelled the impeachment inquiry.
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Carlos T. Hardy
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Torraine Wiseman
Sevlaff
Fighting Bob Enshrined In Fame's Hall At Capitol
A statue honoring Robert M. La Follette Sr. is placed in the National Statuary Hall as Mayors and scholars look on. Two names, Philip F. La Follette and Robert M. La Follette Jr., attend and speak during the ceremony. The event marks Wisconsin’s gift to the nation amid a crowd of supporters and friends.
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Washington
Robert Marion la Fallatin
Wisconsin
Philip F. la Follette
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Trina
Senate
Amazing masquerade ends as London war hero in disguise
London April 25 AP The most amazing masquerade ended in humiliation for Mrs Irma Valerie Arkell-Smith who long posed as Colonel Barker a war hero. She was sentenced to nine months in prison in Old Bailey for making a false statement to obtain the marriage registration. The marriage to a woman 1924 featured a husband unknown to the wife in its duration. The recorder called her an unprincipled mendacious adventuress.
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London
Irma Valerie Arkell-Smith
Colonel Barker
Old Bailey Court
Long Accused of Killing Plot in Louisiana Hearing
In Baton Rouge on April 25, testimony before the Louisiana house of representatives claimed Gov. Huey Long urged his ex-body guard to murder Rep. J Sanders due to Sanders opposition to a tax proposal. The house later rejected charges that the militia aided gambling raids near New Orleans. vote 43 to 56.
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Huey Long
J. ¥. Sanders
Sanders
Louisiana House of Representatives
House
New Orleans
John H Geiger Pioneer Montana Figure Dies at 70
John H Geiger 70 a pioneer Montana resident died at his niece Jane Gations home in Missoula He was a retired Libby district rancher longtime state senator from Flathead county and once hauled freight from Fort Benton to Missoula He belonged to Helena Elks and Woodmen lodges His body was sent to Libby for burial
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Missoula
John H. Geiger
Montana
Jane Gation
Libby
Geiger
Flathead County
Fort Benton
Helena Lodge of Elks
Woodmen
Dying Man Says Wife Shot Him in Stratford
Oliver Beardslee of Stratford, a noted opponent of woman suffrage who vowed not to vote if the amendment passed, died from a gunshot wound. He told police his wife Gladys Foster Beardslee fired during a quarrel, but she denied it saying he shot himself in a shed. He had recently inherited about $100,000 and lived a secluded life with his parents until their deaths.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Oliver Beardslee
Stratford
Gladys Foster Beardslee
Beardslee
Closing argument in Hardy Cao case leads defense
Sacramento April 26. Closing arguments mark the defense in the impeachment trial of Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy. The defense centers on the alleged aiding of evangelist Aime Semple McPherson in efforts to disprove accusations. Page Two continued.
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Sacramento
Cal
Carlos S. Hardy
State Senate
Aimer Semple McPherson
Hardy
Levees Crumble as Mississippi Flood Threat Looms in Illinois
Quincy residents flee to higher ground as heavy rains swell Mississippi tributaries and trigger a forecast that the Mississippi at Quincy could reach 22 to 22.4 feet by Friday. Officials warn this would surpass 78 year flood records and approach the 1811 heat flood. Farmers move livestock to bluffs and store belongings in upper stories amid fears levees may fail. Continued on page seven.
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Ill
Hannibal
Lima Lake District
Hunt District
Lima Lake
Paris Powwow Aims to End Mission Without Break
Paris April 25. An agreement on reparations remained hoped for yet evening in some quarters while a majority of delegates seek a way to end their mission without closing doors to future talks. Queen L Young, American expert and committee chair, continues to press to prevent a final rupture.
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Paris
Ihe
Qweenl Young
Cult Colony Leader Charged With Double Murder
In San Francisco an affidavit filed in the state supreme court accuses William E. Riker, leader of a Holy City cult in the Santa Cruz mountains, of murder. The affidavit by Evelyn Rosencrantz, serving a life sentence in San Quentin, states she personally knew Riker to be involved in murders in November 1927, though victims are unnamed.
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San Francisco
William E. Riker
Holy City
Santa Cruz Mountains
Here
State Supreme Court
Evelyn Rosencrantz
San Quentin
William
Sugar Producers Back Corn Sugar Tariff Aid at Convention
Washington April 25 sugar producers' association meeting turned from tariff demands to support corn growers in securing legislation to restore the industry. The convention adopted unanimously a resolution that it does not oppose federal action to permit use of corn sugar without label declaration in many foods. The group of 19 sugar states plus interests from Louisiana, Florida and Hawaii backed a 46 cent per bushel increase for cane sugar in the raw urban market amid Cuban sugar protests and a report by Ernest A Burgieres of New Orleans.
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Washington
Aryl — ‘Pha Domestic Sugar Producers’ Association
Sugar
J.oulalana
Florida
Hawaii
Ernest A. Burgieres
New Orleans
Mail plane down but pilot not hurt
St. Joseph Missouri April 25 AP Harry Lewis the northbound airmail pilot on the Dallan to Chicago route was forced to take a lasting 10 miles north of here this afternoon by motor trouble. He was uninjured and the plane was not damaged.
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St. Joseph
Harry Lewis
Dallan
Chicago
Here
Mojtar
Grhe
Hutchins Named President of University of Chicago
Hubert Maynard Hutchins, dean of Yale Law School, appointed president of the University of Chicago by Harold H. Swift, chair of the board. At 20, he is the youngest president of any major American university. The announcement came in Chicago on April 26.
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Chicago
Hubert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
Harold H. Swift
Hutchins
Law
Yale University
Graf Zeppelin completes 3400 mile flight to base
Friedrichshafen Germany April 123 AP The dirigible Graf Zeppelin landed at its home port at 1024 tonight after a 57 hour flight over southwestern Europe the Mediterranean and northern Africa. It traveled about 3400 miles since leaving Tuesday afternoon carrying 20 paying passengers and mail for cities along the route.
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Germany
Graf Zemelin
Europe
Mediterranean
Africa
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