Willebrandt Refuses Senate Testimony On Prohibition Funds
Washington June 25 Associated Press Mrs Joel Walker Willebrandt former assistant attorney general refused to testify before the expenditures committee about transferring the dry enforcement unit from treasury to the justice department She told Chairman Williamson she would appear only if subpoenaed noting the committee cannot compel involuntary witnesses Pending a vote eight toseven she was invited to testify later Tuesday in a dispute over the probe and the party's plans to hold hearings on enforcement measures
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Dickson
Presa
Washington
Joel Walker Willebrandt
Asytanii
Treasury
Justice Department
Willebrandt
House
Boy Guardsman 16 Shot and Killed by Sergeant
Detroit on January 25 a 16 year old Michigan National Guardsman Stanley Prusinowski was shot and killed by Sergeant Joseph Poggioni after missing drill. The sergeant said he fired after the youth ran and ignored a warning shot. Police and state officials opened inquiries with Governor Green promising a personal investigation.
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BOY Guardsman
Detroit
Jan
Michigan ‘National Guard
Stanley Prustnowski
Joseph Poggioni
Poggione
Prusinowski
Hamtramck
Zigmund Kaczynski
Prusivowakt
Will
Fred W. Green
Tetrait Free Press
Washington
Lansing
Mich
Unies Completa
John 5. Bersey
Bersey
Joseph Poggions
Stanley Prusinowski
Rain Corporation manager seeks Chicago Board of Trade membership
William Kellogg general manager of the Rain Corporation applies for membership on the Chicago Board of Trade grain pit. Sponsors George Saunders and Fred Lewie back Kellogg as members of the board. Application decision set for February 3 amid questions if the move serves the corporation’s trading needs. In Kansas Samuel R. McKelvie, wheat member of the federal farm board, plans to attend in advisory capacity as regional marketing talks unfold.
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Rain Corporation
Board OF Trade
Chicago
William Kellogg
Riners' National Girl
Chicago Board of Trade
Kellogg
Grain Corporation
Troge
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Kansas
National Grain Corenoration
McKelvie
Samuel R. McKelvie
Federal Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Topeka
Divorce Declared A Popular Sport In Court
Denver January 25 Judge Charles C Sackmann remarked that divorce has become a popular sport stating people are proud of it. He granted a divorce to William Platt from Mrs. William Platt after the proceeding.
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Denver
Arles C. Sackmann
Anying
Liiam Platt
William the
Poison Plot Aimed at Woman Sparks Extradition Fight
Chicago January 25 An alleged attempt to poison Mrs Elizabeth Deakin wife of former Watertown Wisconsin auto dealer J H Deakin led to the arrest of Mata Tessman 45 mother of seven children. Tessman a former neighbor denied the charge and said she would fight extradition to Wisconsin. Love letters she thought were Deakin s but were prepared by Mrs Deakin prompted the charge according to Watertown district attorney Harold Hartwig. Mrs Deakin received a tainted package containing candy and an ice cream bar with a note From Guess Who She halted the treat and investigators found the sweets contained deadly poison before Tessman vanished from Watertown.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Deakin
J. H. Deakin
Watertown
Wis
Mata ‘Tessmian
Tesaman
Deakins
Wisconsin
Tasaman
Deakin
Texsman
Bucket in well yields moonshine in Denver incident
Federal agents reported a pump near a well produced moonshine as copper gaskets gurgled. Investigators found two barrels with 46 gallons beneath the pump and arrested Frank Cooper on a prohibition violation charge.
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Denver
Frank Cooper
Flood relief aids reach isolated Indiana, Mississippi districts
Relief efforts press forward as Wabash and White river floods isolate Indiana communities. Air drops from Indiana National Guard aircraft base Evansville deliver food and clothing to stranded residents. In Missississippi, levee guards fear bombing as Swanlaka flood crest prompts orders to shoot down aircraft.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Indiana National Guard
Evansville
Greenwood
Misg
Tallahatchie
Swanlaka
Mississino
Bud Pepper
Page
Castle quits Chicago Humane Society in tears
Chicago Jan 25 Mrs Frederick Laughlin former Irene site resigns from the boards amid tears and applause. She demands removal of names of disloyal members from society stationery. The meeting grows tense as other directors resign and sobbing women react to accusations against "deadheads" on letterheads.
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Ene Castle
Chicago Humane Society
Chicago
Dendada
Doga
Dra. Mc-Laughlin
Weather outlook for the coming week begins Monday
The forecast covers the Northern Rocky Mountains with unsettled early week conditions. Occasional light snow is expected as temperatures run well below normal across the region.
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Rocky Mountain
Lasky Narrowly Escapes Drowning During Canoe Trip
American film magnate Jesse Lasky narrowly escaped drowning in Guerrero state Mexico while canoeing the Balses river. His party, missing for three weeks, returned to Mexico City with details of the rescue. Lasky Sr., 19, helped in the rescue of his father Kenneth Wortley of Los Angeles, who nearly drowned after their 18 foot canoe overturned earlier. Continued on Page.
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Mexico City
Jesse L. Lasky
Moving Picture
Balses
Guerrero
Jessa L. Lasky
Kenneth Wortley
Los Angeles
Indlan
Kay
Lasky
Wortley
Norwegians Ready Aid If Byrd Rescue Needed
Washington officials assured Friday that all rescue options would be mobilized if Admiral Byrd and his team cannot leave Little America before spring. Norwegians expect sea ice to break and offer help with icebreakers. Northland could be sent if Byrd’s party is in danger. The nearest American vessel lies 9,000 miles away, and a rescue would be launched if required.
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James Cope
Washington
Little America
Mattars
Byrd
South Pole
Rosa Sea
State Department
Coast Guard
Mieebreaker
Northland
ODA
B. M. Chiswell
Anssistant
Clarence S. Kempft
Navy
South Polk
Ifo
Admiral Byrd
Mrs Richard Croker Nominated For West Palm Beach Council
Mrs Richard Croker widow of Tammany Hall leader is nominated for West Palm Beach town council. Trained by her husband in politics she appears certain to win. She inherits about $6 000 000 from the New York political boss and is described as an Indian descendant.
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Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
West Palm Beach
Fla
Croker
New York
New York Communists Clash as Police Break Up Riot
In New York City on January 26, a Communist demonstration outside City Hall ended in a melee. Ten people were injured as police used a flying wedge to disperse the crowd after protest over Steve Ratovis’s death. Robert Minor and editor of The Daily Worker were hurt. Minor was knocked unconscious by a club. About 2,688 participants were involved. Ratovis had died the previous day from a patrolman fired during a Bronx vegetable market strike.
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New York
Steve Ratovis
Reaux
Herbert Benjamin
Communist Party
New York City
Grover A. Whaleo
Roger Baldwin
American Civil Liberties Union
Samuel Minowitz
Iran
Somen
Katovic
Bronx
Ifa
Hia Clib
Katovis
Two Die in Jail From Excess Alcohol Intoxication
In San Francisco on January 26 two inmates died in the county jail from acute alcohol intoxication. The victims were Christopher Chase, 68, jailed 90 days for vagrancy, and Ross Withrow, 69, serving a 10 day vagrancy sentence. Sheriff William J. Witzgerald reported the deaths.
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San Francisco
Wiliam J. Witzgerald
Christopher Chase
Ross Withrow
Reds Shed Propaganda in Disturbed Pajaro
Watsonville California January 25 AP Circulation of seditious Communistic pamphlets in Pajaro valley prompted heightened police and official precautions to curb riots in Pajaro and Monterey county. The leaflets urged white and Filipino workers to unite against the American Legion police and farm owners as common enemies. Police said the circulators claimed affiliation with the communist party and Young Communist League district 14 of San Francisco.
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Watsonville
Cal
Pajaro Valley
Poace
Monterey County
Circulara
American Legion
Communist Party
Young Communist League
San Francisco
Frisco Society Folk Robbed by Two Thugs at Bridge Party
In San Francisco a $25,000 robbery disrupted a top guests bridge gathering at the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. M. Campbell Smith. Two intruders forced entry, tied up 12 guests, and stole jewelry and cash before fleeing. Alyce Campbell, a Piedmont socialite and defense witness in a Pantages case, was among the victims. The crime, believed planned by someone familiar with the hosts, left police searching for the culprits.
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San Francisco
M. Campbell Smith
Taveln
Money
Charles Dulles
Prac
Smith
Misa Alyce Campbell
Piedmont
Alexander Pantages
On & Mane Klaughter
Los Angeles
Wan
Rich Chicago tax revolt moves to aid poor citizens
A Chicago political clash unfolds as 40,000 city county and school employees face unpaid bills on January 1. Strawn leads a 29,000,000 pledge from major corporations, offering help only if government entities seek the funds directly, while warning any intrusion will be refused.
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Chicago
Nomoerick M. Grant
Atanas
Aanorton
Cook County
Bilis TH
Strawn
Citizens’ Rellat
Pion
Six Die in Fire at Atlanta Michigan Family Home
A blaze in Atlanta Michigan killed six members of the Kent family as a stove pipe overheated late last night. Mrs William Kent and children Lucille seven William eight Thomas nineteen Agnes thirteen Qoneeta fourteen died. A ninth family member Cruce sixteen suffered facial burns but was reported improving. The fire began about 10 minutes before midnight and engulfed the house before the ice truck arrived at 2 am. Kent was away at his job in a local automobile factory.
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Atlanta
Mich
Thin Village
William Kent
Lucille
Willam
Thomas
Agnes
Qoneeta
Cruce
Kent
Finit
Beauty Parlor Is Man's Only Hope
Chicago reports that with women of 60 appearing like college girls men seek facial treatments weight reducers and hair dyes to avoid being mistaken for their wives father according to the National Beauty and Barbers' Supply association briefing.
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Chicago
National Beauty and Barbers’ Supply Association
News waiter killed while cleaning gun
Raymond F Horn, 33, city editor of the Minneapolis Journal, died today in a garage accident while cleaning a gun before a hunting trip. Survived by widow and a son. Horn formerly worked for Aberdeen SD American and Sioux Falls Argus Leader, served as a World War I lieutenant, and joined the Journal three years ago. The dispatch also notes the Paris steamship, damaged by a fire, now features a glass dance floor lit by 1,200 bulbs.
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Minneapolis
Raymond Fr. Horn
Minneapolis Journal
Horn
Aberdeen
S. D
Sturon College
Huron
Sioux Falls
Journal
Nationalist Celebration Promises Tense Independence Day
London observers warn India independence day may bring untoward events amid nationalist fervor. Gandhi urges peaceful methods, but some Indian groups show dissent. In Calcutta, 13 youths were arrested in raids seizing bomb making materials and seditious literature. trials pending.
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London
India
England
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Calcutta
Eielsen Borland airplane 16 found in Alaska
Seattle news reports the Eielsen Borland plane found after missing since November 3. Pilot Carl Hen Elemen and mechanic Earl Borland were lost while attempting to fly from Teller Alaska to North Cape Siberia carrying passengers and cars for the Nanuk fur trade ship. Dorbandt flew another plane on a round trip. he turned back on the second leg. Continued on Page 8.
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Carl Hen Elemen
Earl Borland
Teller
Alaska
North Cape
Siberia
Feg
Nanuk
Noma
Frank Dorbandt
Nenuk
Teller Nav
Dorbandt
Rancher Sent Up In Assault Case
Bozeman January 25 Frank DeHaan a rancher was sentenced to three and a half years in state prison by District Judge B. Law for second degree assault on Mrs. R. T. Slonema wife of a rancher living near Bozeman. Slonema was struck over the head with a rifle. DeHaan was convicted November 6 despite an insanity plea by his counsel.
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Bozeman
Frank DeHaan
Lodly
B. Law
R. T. Slonema
Sionema
DeHsan
Immigration Forces Urged to Halt Alien Influx and Unemployment Aid
Washington January 28. Lawmakers demanded stopping of alien influx tied to unemployment relief and backed a bill for annual compulsory alien registration. Immigration chair Johnson noted Congress has funded the bureau to curb concealed entry, while the House debated a staffing bill boosting immigration service by 985000 and 3,000,600 in total.
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Ma Dill
House
Johnson
Immigration Committee
Congress
Immigration Bureau
Tour Department
Immigration Service
Tnef
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Hame
FILM
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Charles Palmerston Anderson
Episcopal Church In
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Paris
Bengals
Eielsen- Borland
Seattle
Wash
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Fairbanks
Eielsen-Borland
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