Lawyer abducted in St Petersburg amid citywide manhunt
James Bickers, a prominent criminal attorney known for opposing local lawlessness, was abducted by five men as he returned from church and later taken to St Petersburg General Hospital with numerous head and body injuries. Police, deputies, and special officers, aided by two airplanes, conducted a massive search for the assailants. Bickers had led anti-gambling efforts against dog tracks and recently filed bribery and malfeasance charges against Sheriff Gladstone Beatin, amid threats from underworld figures.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
James Bickers
Bickers
Gladstone Beattin
Underworld
Scribes in Fight Upon Prohibition
Washington April 28 AP Formation of an authors and artists committee of 212 writers cartoonists and illustrators to cooperate in efforts to repeal or modify the prohibition law was announced by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment Invitations to join went to over 1 000. Members listed include Samuel Hopkins Adams George Ade Zoe Akins F Scott Fitzgerald James Montgomery Flagg Rupert Hughes Sinclair Lewis Anita Loos Christopher Morfey Maxfield Parish Clare A Briggs Percy F Crosby James Cabell Edgar Lee Masters
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Washington
Authors and Artists
Association Against the
Association
Samuel Hopkins Adams
George Ade
Zoe Akins
William Heebe
Irvin
Cobb
Vina Delmar
F. Scott Fitzgerald
James Montgomery Flagg
Rupert Hughes
Sinclair Lewis
Anita Loos
Christopher Morfey
Maxfield Parish
Clare A. Briggs
Percy F. Crosby
James Cabell
Edgar Lee Mastegs
Southern business man dies by self-inflicted actions
New Orleans April 12 AP James F B Otis a prominent business man died here today from self administered poison and a gunshot wound yesterday He also fired at his office before attempting death by his own hand
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New Orleans
James FB. Otis
New Revolution in Venezuela Reported Near Frontier
A foreign dispatch from Araquez Colombia reports Venezuelan revolutionary troops led by General Arevalo Cedeno have occupied Orza on the Arauca River near the Colombian frontier. The claim notes location and commanding general, with emphasis on cross border revolution activity.
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Venezuela
Bogota
Colombia
Arauez
Arevalo Cedeno
Orza
Arauca
Lwingston Pastor Challenges Abolishing Baccalaureate Service
Livingston reports on Park County High School board action to abolish the baccalaureate service for graduation. Rev. Alexander Aiton and Rev. Allon comment on the decision, describing it as a spiritual function that endures in high school life despite the change. The piece notes student publications and community reactions, emphasizing the clash between religious tradition and curricular policy.
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Livingston
Alexander Aiton
Methodist Church
Board of Trustees
Park County High School
Aiton
Allon
Schol Board
Torch Slayer on Job Again In Apparent Slaying
Police probe a gruesome torch slaying of a young woman believed to be about 22. Her charred body was found in a ravine near Scaradaie as investigators sought to identify the victim and determine motive. An autopsy by Dr. Amos O. Squire found she had been strangled.
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New York
Scaradaie
Ardsley
Canadian Pacific
Dor
Amos O. Squire
Nine of One Family Die in Erie Freight Crash
Middletown New York April 2 Nine members of one family were killed and the tenth seriously injured when a westbound New York Chicago Erie express struck the automobile driven by Antonio Vianchi of this city. His wife and children were among those killed as seven died at the scene and two later in a hospital. Vianchis had waited for an eastbound freight to pass before entering the crossing.
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Middletown
N. Y
New Hampton
New York-Chicago Expres
Erie Railroad
Tonio ‘Vianchi
Vianchis
Fantania
Train crashes car. four die in Indiana tragedy
Jeffersonville Indiana April 22 AP Four persons were killed instantly when a passenger train struck their car near Marysville. The victims were Edgar Snodgrass four and his three sons Howard seventeen Henry sixteen and Wilbur five all members of the Marysville household. They were returning home after church services.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Marysville
Edgar Snodgrass
Howard
Henry
Wilbur
Eleven temblors felt in Greece with panic in Kalvryta
Eleven earth shocks, which damaged houses and caused panic, were felt at Kalvryta and Pello panneaus today. No casualties were reported. The tremors were reported from Athens with April 2 and 8 dates.
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Greece
Athens
Kalvryta
Pellopanneaus
Chamber of Commerce Opens 27th Annual Meeting in Washington
The 27th annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States begins Tuesday in Washington. Julius H. Barnes will deliver the keynote address on Growing Responsibilities of Business. Topics include oil conservation, Federal Reserve Board policy, farm relief, tariffs, and immigration law provisions. The national council will nominate 18 directors for the coming year.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Julius H. Barnes
Chimaker
Federal Reserve Board
National Council of the Chamber
Three Idaho Lads Die Under Car At Goat River
Bonnets Ferry Idaho April 28 AP three young men Jesse Leach Edgar Coltine and Paul Osborn members of prominent families were killed when their car from Kitchener British Columbia plunged over the Goat River bank, turned over and pinned them under five feet of water after leaving a dance in Kitchener.
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Bonnets Ferry
Idaho
Jesse Leach
Edgar Coltine
Paul Osborn
Kitchener
B.C
Goat River
Kitchner
House Asked to Conduct Probe Over Immigration Legislation
Washington April 28 AP A resolution to authorize investigation of alleged propaganda by foreign and other groups to influence immigration legislation is readied for introduction by Rep Cable Republican Ohio The measure targets agitators using the national origins quota provision repealed by Hoover as a smear to split immigration restrictionists The Ohio congressman says the aim is to discuss methods used to undermine public sentiment for stricter quotas and later measures affecting Western Hemisphere nations
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Washington
Representative Cable
Republican
Ohio
Hoover Wadie
Cable
Mexican General Es cobar to Cross Border in Sonora
Gen Gonzalo Escobar, commander of the Mexican revolutionists, hurriedly left toward eastern Sonora amid reports federal forces from Chihuahua threaten the region. Gen Borquez says Escobar may command defense at Puplito and Carreras passes as Yaqui and Mayo fighters guard the passes. Ramora rumors say Escobar may fly to El Paso or Douglas to surrender to U S immigration officials.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Gonzalo Escobar
Mexican Revolutionists
Chihuahua
Francisco Borquez
Iscabar
Federal i
Borquez
Hscober
Puipito
Carrotas Passes
Juan Almazan
Marcelo Carayoo
Pulpito Pase
Ramon Yucupicio
Carreras Pass
Ramora
Hacabar
Cananes
el Paso
Texas
Douglas
Ariz
United States
Fausto Topele
Hermosillo
Senate to Act on Farm Aid Bill
Washington April 28 AP with a close vote in prospect the senate will decide this week on the disputed expert debenture plan and possible farm relief legislation. Administration leaders are confident they have enough support to defeat the debenture plan opposed by President Hoover and to pass a measure similar to one already approved hours earlier. If carried out the farm bill will be in the hands of a state and house conference by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hoover
State
House
Moonshine to Fuel Police Cars in Cold Weather
Kansas City police will use over 700 gallons of alcohol seized in a Feb 14 raid to prevent radiator freezing next winter. Police Chief John L. Miles said the plan will save about 700 dollars in costs.
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Kansas City
John L. Miles
Jury in Lanham case dismissed in Stockholm Nebraska
Stockholm Neb April 28 AP The jury in the Kenneth Lanham murder case of his sweetheart Catherine Carter at Clutiy Neb last October was dismissed today after failing to reach a verdict.
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Stockholm
Neb
Kenneth Lanham
Catherine Carter
Clutiy
Denver College Student Drowns in White River
Richard G. Blickensderfer 23 of Denver Colorado, a second year Dartmouth Medical School student, drowned this afternoon in the White River Vermont during an outing by the Dartmouth Canoe club.
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Hanover
N. H
Richard G. Blickensderfer
Denver
Colo
Dartmouth Medical School
White River
Vermont
Dartmouth Canoe Club
Jugo Slavs Shot by Gendarmes Near Frontier
On the frontier a Jugo Slav schoolmaster and a high school boy were shot by gendarmes after being arrested in Agram for distributing seditious literature. They were taken to a frontier spot to witness how the material was smuggled before attempting to flee into Austrian territory and were killed as their bodies crossed the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Agram
Two men killed in New York back room slashing incident
Police found the bodies of two men in a New York back room with throats cut and faces and shoulders slashed. The incident was described as part of an alleged ongoing crime. Further details were to be continued on page Trad.
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New York
Big Muddy River Levee Breaks Again Near Grand Tower
AP report from Murphysboro Illinois notes a new break in the Big Muddy River levee near where it flows into the Mississippi six miles south of Grand Tower. The break increases floodwaters across 24 square miles as the south Grand Tower levee system failed Saturday. Jackson County Engineer Thomas Dunn said the Mississippi carries an unusual bilge of water, with no expected overflow unless river stage rises two more feet.
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Murphysboro
Big Muddy River
Mississippi
Grand Tower
Distriet
South Grand Tower
Thomas Dunn
Jackson County
Rotarians Gather for Montana District Session in Great Falls
Rotarians from 16 chapters in Montana meet in Great Falls for the two day district session opening Monday. More than 300 expected with J B Ton Sutton international president of Rotary arriving to address the conference. The program includes a general assembly, afternoon sightseeing, governor's ball, and reports from District Governor FW Church. Potential candidates for Governor include Sterling M M Wood of Billings and Frank R B Venable of Butte. Sutton will address British Isles Rotarians via trans Atlantic telephone from Bournemouth.
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Great Falls
Clha
Montana
J. B. “Ton” Sutton
Tampico
Mexico
Interna
Rotary
A General Assembly
Church of Great Falls
Sterling MM. Wood
Bilings
Frank RB. Venable
Tuite
Church
Sutton
Sutton Is Scheduled To Address the Convention of Rotarians of the
British Isles
Bournemouth
England
Five dead in Elkhart head on car bus crash
An auto and a bus collided eight miles east of Elkhart Indiana killing five people, four from one family. The Mabie family members Mrs Ural Mabie 47, Charles Jr 17, Vaughn 19 and Ruth 14 perished. Daniel Pana 20 also died. Ruth’s twin Ruby Mabie was critically hurt and ten bus passengers sustained minor injuries.
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Elkhard
Ind
Elkhart
Ural Mabie
Charles, Jr
Vaughn
Ruth
Daniel Pana
Ruby Mahic
Austin Stack Irish leader dies after operation
Dublin April 28 AP Austin Stack a key Irish leader executed after the Easter uprising of 1916 died following an operation His death sentence had been commuted and he served as minister of home affairs in the first and second administrations of the Irish revolutionary period
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Dublin
Austin Stack
Stack
Dail
Tariff overhaul debate looms in Congress
Washington reports indicate the Fordney MacCumber tariff law will be sent to Congress for a sweeping revision after seven years in operation. Republicans and Democrats brace for opening clashes in the House as the Ways and Means committee nears completion, with likely introduction Thursday and possible debate next week. The measure promises numerous duty increases and changes to administrative provisions, with Democrats invited to participate in reporting to the full chamber.
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Washington
Congress
House
Democratc
Wseran
Hun diplomat slain wife wounded in Hungary shooting
Budapest reports Dr Emil Schreiner a former consul in the service was shot dead last night in a village near Erdenverg. His wife was badly wounded with a shattered leg. Police found no trace of a motive or suspects and could not determine a motive.
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Budapest
Hungary
Emil Schreiner
Coneular
Erdenverg
Angesasain
Tornado Kills Woman and Wounds Six in Camden Area
A tornado near Camden South Carolina killed Nora Murphy, a Black woman, and injured 15 white residents. The storm damaged numerous buildings, including a schoolhouse and a fraternal lodge. The date was April 23 and the incident occurred about 10 miles east of Camden at Antioch.
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Camden
S. C
Nora Murphy
Antioch
Fire injures twelve as San Francisco building burns
Fire swept the Sommer and Kauffman building on Market Street near Fourth causing $250,000 to $300,000 in damage. Twelve firemen were injured or overcome by smoke.
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San Francisco
Sommer and Kauffman
Market Street
Fourth
Three Movie Figures Die in Plane Crash Near Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on April 28 three men connected to motion pictures were killed when a Travelair monoplane crashed during an early morning flight from Rogers airport. The victims were William H. Oviatt Jr., 22, Ray M. Scott, 25, and Mack A. Fluter, 25. The plane, bought for the pilot by his father, crashed in a oat field near Leyela opilege where Japanese laborers worked.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Rogers Airport
William H. Oviatt, Jr
Ray M. Scott
Mack A. Fluter
Travelair
William H. Oviatt
Falmouth
Mass
Morris Gest Productions
New York City
Oviatt
Scott
Charles Murray
Leyela Opilege
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Chamber OF Commerce
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General Escobar
J. G. Lizarrago
Tedel
Ligarrege
Torpeto
Jer- Mosillo
Topete
Iermosillo
Lanham
Denver College
Jugo
Zagreb
Jugo-Slavia
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St. Lows
St. Louis
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