Hoover Reply to Petition From International Falls Council
International Falls Minnesota June 21 AP appeals to President Hoover from the city council for relief from what they call an unbearable prohibition enforcement situation. The White House reply says the federal government does not intend to exceed the law. The June 1 letter was sent after a raid on liquor operators and the council sought action. The matter was referred to the treasury department.
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International Falls
Minn
Hoover
White House
Treasury Department
Walsh Calls Food Merger Omnious Prompting Inquiry
Washington June 21 AP Senator Walsh Democrat Montana described a $50 million New York food merger as ominous and urged a searching inquiry by the department of justice. The plan would unite Fleischmanns Royal Baking Powder and E W Gillett Ltd of Canada via stock exchange under J P Morgan and Co. No official statement yet.
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Washingtor
New York
J. P. Morgan and Co
Department of Justice
Walsh
Montana
Department
Attorney General
New Combines
Fleischmane Company
Royal Baking Power Company
E. W. Gillett Company, Ltd
Canada
O'Brien
William J. Donovan
Mississippian girl held for killing neighbor
Grace Noblin, 24, of Starkville Mississippi, is held for murder after shooting Alter Bush 48, who she says attacked her father I F Neblin 70. Bush died en route to a doctor. Sheriff placed Noblin in a courthouse room awaiting tomorrow’s hearing.
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Alter Bush
I. F. Neblin
Starkville
Miss
Grace Noblin
Ava
Bush
A. E. Gammit
Miss Noblin
Three Boys Die In Trench Cave-In At Anderson
Three boys aged seven to eleven died in Anderson Indiana this afternoon when the side of an open sewer trench caved in burying them. The victims were Eugene Snyder 11 Frederick Walter Haney 7 and Charles William Jones 8.
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Anderson
Ind
Eugene Snyder
Frederick Walter Haney
Charles William Jones
Bank of Fairmont Robbed in Broad Daylight Loots Six Thousand
Three masked bandits robbed the Bank of Fairmont in Fairmont Nebraska shortly before closing time. They forced cashier Roy Stines and assistant cashier Dewey Kisor into the vault and took roughly six thousand dollars in cash and securities. County officers pursued the trio as state agents rushed from Lincoln to assist.
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Fairmont
Neb
Bank of
Roy Stines
Dewey Kisor
Lincoln
Insanity Plea to be Made for Dr. Snook
A divided Columbus jury indicted Dr James H Snook for first degree murder in the slaying of Theodora Mix a 24 year old Ohio State coed The doctor confessed to killing her during a quarrel in his automobile and slashing her jugular vein to end her suffering The indictment was presented to the grand jury by Prosecutor John J Chester The case traces Snooks relation with Miss Mix from her arrival at his veterinary clinic three years ago through the night of the murder more details to follow in the thirty page grand jury report
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Columbus
Theodora E. Mix
Ohio State
James H. Snook
John J. Chester
Dr. Snoak
Miss Hix
G N Fireman Killed Engineer Hurt After Bridge Collapse
Glasgow notes a Great Northern train wreck near Enwwworth siding ten miles from Sidney. Fireman John Kline, 28, died. Engineer Joseph McMurtry, 41, injured. Bridge weakened by a night fire. McMurtry transported to Sidney hospital. Kline crushed between engine and tender. Families listed in Seattle and San Francisco.
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Glasgow
John Kline
Great Northern
Joseph McMurtry
Enwworth Siding
Sidney
Great Northern Richey
Sidney Hospital
Kline
McMurtre
Seattle
San Franciata
Thrown Off Train Killed After Robbery in Forsyth
William Allison of Great Frith Idaho died in a hospital from a fractured skull after being thrown from a moving train following a robbery. He was found near the track by Howard and the body awaits relatives' arrival in Forsyth awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Forsyth
William ON
Allison
Great Frith Idaho
Thaga
Howard
Rela
Uvew
Hugh Gibson Dent to Aid Gen Dawes
Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson, head of the U S delegation to the League of Nations disarmament talks, is authorized by President Hoover to travel to London to discuss naval disarmament with Ambassador Dawes. He will brief the new British representative on the Geneva formula for evaluating ship strength and the Geneva conference outcome.
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Hugh Gibson Dent
Gen. Dawes
Washington
Hugh S. Gibson
Belgium
League of Nations
Hoover
London
Dawes
Mate Department
Teague of Nations
Gibson
Court of St. James
House tariff hearings focus on flax and agriculture
Washington June 21 Associated Press reports three Senate Finance subcommittees heard witnesses urge changes to the tariff bill mainly for agriculture. Rep Business North Dakota pressed for higher flax seed and related product duties arguing better rates would spur crop diversification in the Northwest.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Representative Business
Republican
North Dakota
Northwest
Burtneas
Bootleg Gang Trial Ties Las Vegas Officials to Prohibition Era Scandal
In Carson City federal court, Mayor J F Hesse of Las Vegas and three other defendants face conspiracy charges tied to bootlegging and police corruption. James Ferguson, termed a reputed bootleg king, and former Las Vegas Chief R E Lake are among the defendants. A witness recounts a boy shot during a crackdown and witness testimony details protection payments by Ferguson.
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Renn
New
Tune 21
APY
J. F Hesse
Las Vegas
Nev
Tris
Carson City
Hesse
Wilbur
Ly Party
R. E Lake
Roy Neagle
Dormer
James Ferguson
Clark County
Boulder’ Dam
Ferguson
President Hoover postpones fishing trip near Madison Va
Washington June 21 The president, amid oppressive heat, delayed his planned fishing trip to the preserve near Madison Virginia until tomorrow. Mrs Hoover will accompany him and the trip is expected to start early tomorrow.
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Washington
Hoover
Madison
Wmte
Col J C Roop Named Director Of Budget
Col J G Roop of Nebraska was appointed by President Hoover as director of the budget. He succeeds Tierbert M Lard whose resignation was already effective. Roop was with the Dawes commission in Santo Doming, served in World War I as a lieutenant colonel and later as a colonel of engineers. He attended the University of Dennvania.
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Washington
J. G. Roop
Nebraska
Hoover
Roop
Tierbert M Lard
Santo Damings
Dawes Commission
Ife
University of Denn
Vania
Oklahoma Oil Men Seek Fresh Powwow With Governors
Oklahoma independent oil operators plan a delegation to Governor W. J. Holloway to urge a conference of oil producing state governors in Washington. They seek a tariff on oil and revocation of Interior order 3443. The move follows a statewide petition to President Hoover and Secretary Wilbur for oil policy modification to allow exploration in New Mexico.
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Oklahoma
Santa, Pe
Hoover
Wilbur
Department of Interior
New Mexico
Washington
Licent
Hugh BR. Woodward
Francis C Wilson
Heriman Rt. Crife
B.C. Mossman
G. C. Staley
Colorado Springs
Church Gains Liberty Under Mexican Clergy Pact
The Pact pledges Mexico to allow Catholic hierarchy to designate priests for registration and to permit church based religious instruction. It also reserves clergy to seek constitutional amendments in the future. Archbishop Ruiz and Bishop Diaz met with the president to sign the declaration, signaling goodwill.
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Portes Cull
Klaremont
Mexico
Ruiz
Panal
Diaz
Kapultener Palace
Mare
Iowa college 16 defying courts defies board action
Des Moines June 21 AP Des Moines university 1929 graduates may accept injunction diplomas issued June 3 or exchange for a proper legal certificate offered by the board of trustees The board voided credits and diplomas issued by Dr HC Wayman and the faculty who ran the school for three weeks after May riots Judge Shankland said the diplomas are legal and a later board action cannot overturn them The board says it alone may issue diplomas and certificates for graduation and will offer proper certificates in exchange for unauthorized diplomas except for students known to have participated in the riot or who are under investigation
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines University
Board of
HC. Wayman
Shankland
Edith M. Redman
Hart
Explosion at Canton vaults kills nearly 100 people
London dispatch reports an explosion in two vaults beneath the Compottndl Veastmund hospital at Canton, followed by a fire. Nearly a hundred persons perished, including 30 patients.
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London
Ap—The Exchange Telegraph Company
Yongkong
Canton
Concordia leader denounces prohibition killings
Dr. W C Kohn president of Concordia College and Missouri synod Lutheran official condemns the shooting of innocent citizens by prohibition officers calling it criminal. He criticizes the Volstead laws and urges adherence to temperate conduct per biblical views. Continued on pages two.
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River Forest
W. C. Kohn
Concordia College
Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church
Tr. Kohn
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Missouri Synod of the
Lutheran Church
Dr. Kohn
Ty. Kohn
Czar of Movie Industry Granted Divorce and Custody
Tod Sullivan reports that the motion picture industry czar has been granted a divorce from Helen Thomas Hays and awarded custody of their 14 year old son William Harrison Hays by Judge Arthur de Bay in the Sullivan circuit court. The couple married in 1900 and separated years ago. the action was not contested by Mrs. Hays. Hays, a former Republican national chairman in 1920 and postmaster general, heads the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America.
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Sullivan
Tod
Will Ho Ways
Motion Police
Helen Thomas Hays
William Harrison Hays
Arthur de Bay
Sullivan Circuit Court
Abs. Hays
Hays
Llarding
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Indiana
Camera Blast Delays Ford Return at York Pier
On June 21 a flash powder explosion injured several cameramen and passengers at the Pier while Ford and family reps arrived from Europe aboard the Berengaria. Henry Ford and son Rebel Ford were present. the blast shattered glass, minor injuries reported, crowd dispersed after the incident.
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York
Toure Ford
Feleed
Natty
John Selunz
Schultz
Wassengers
Requier
Henry Ford
Rebel
Ford
Benson
Europe
Falls Roy 4 Run Over Badly Hurt
In Great Falls on June 21 AP reports John Ragt 4 was run over by a milk wagon driven by Rex Vahn of Ayrestire Dairy. He suffered a broken right arm and bruises but is expected to recover.
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Great Falls
John Ragt
Rex. Vahn
Ayrestire Dairy
Lawyer Backs Trial by Jury
Carney KE Newlin, president of the American Bar Association, urged modifying court rules to let the trial judge advise the jury rather than act as a mere signchead or colorless moderator. He spoke at the Town Bar association Convention in Marshalltown Iowa, defending trial by jury amid calls for abolition.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Carney KE
Newlin
Americcan Bar Association
Town Bar Association
Airplane Patrol of Forests Begins Soon
Miskoula June 21 AP In Idaho and Washington two airplanes from the Forest Service near Spokane are set to patrol forests this summer to detect fires. The patrol aims to improve early warning while weather and ice conditions permit takeoffs from local airports.
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Miskoula
Montaus
Idaho
Earth
Flint
Western Hazard
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English
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W. Vd
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Snook
G. N
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