Report on gangsters and poison bullets found in Capone era Chicago
The Wickersham commission's late report to the Senate details prohibition era Chicago gangsters, naming 300 alleged figures with roles such as dynamite thrower and gunman. It notes discovery of large quantities of poison bullets in rooms used by Capone henchmen and traces money sources.
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Washington
Wickersham Commission
Senate
Ilinois
Chicago
al Capone
Chicago Crime Commission
Democrats Face Liquor Question at Session
Washington March 3 The Democratic playbook centers on whether to take up liquor policy as a major session issue. Party chiefs meet amid mixed calls from the East West and South to push economic rehabilitation over prohibition. Alfred E Smith cautions on informal policy talks while Senators Robinson and Walsh urge a focus on economic recovery to counter GOP claims of prosperity.
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T. D. Harold Oliver Washington
Democratic Party
Washington
Raskob
National Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Hy Harm
Senate Democrats
Robinson
Arkansas
Smith
Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
Idol of Yesteryear in Tangle with a Woman
Maurice Costello film star and his estranged wife were named defendants in a breach of promise suit filed by artist Vivienne Sengter in Los Angeles. The complaint says Costello proposed marriage in Stockton on September 10, 1928 and did not marry. Costello and his wife divorced in 1927. he is father to actresses Helene and Dolores Costello.
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Los Angeles
Maurice Costello
Vivienne Sengter
Costello
Stockton
Calif
Helene
Dolores Costello
Senate votes to raise general tax levy to 2.5 mills
In a long session the senate passed a bill increasing the general tax levy from 2 to 2.5 mills to provide revenue for state government. If declared unconstitutional the measure could trigger a special session. Senator M. M. Duncan of Madison notes the potential impact and ongoing considerations.
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Senate
M. M. Duncan
Madison
Love of Gruesome Berndatta Leads to Murder Plot
Russell Noble, 17, a Sanday schoolteacher, allegedly wrote a crime story while Mrs. Clara E. Ellis lay dying. Surgeons fight for her life after a beating in her mansion boudoir. Noble faces murder charges if Ellis dies. motive initially linked to school funds, then reevaluated by a librarian witness.
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Taterhill
Masa
Russell Noble
Sanday
Clara E. Ellis
Noble
Lawrence
Ellis
Marian Davis
Summer Street
Two Robbers Slain in Battle at Ohio Warehouse
Wildlay Ohio March 3 Two men were shot and killed during a failed robbery at a wholesale grocery warehouse. One victim was Chester Pawlaczy of Toledo. the other’s name was not learned. A lookout escaped as officers with machine guns repelled the attack.
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Wildlay
Ohio
Chester Pawlaczy
Toledo
Senator Partridge Loses Nomination In Vermont Result
In Montpelier Vermont Warren R Austin of Burlington defeated Senator Frank C Partridge of Tractor by about 4000 votes for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate. In this strongly Republican state the nomination is tantamount to election.
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Montpelier
Warren R. Auistin
Burlington
Frank C. Part
Tidge
Tractor
United States Senate
Government probes milk prices and related foods
Washington dispatch reports planned probes by the justice department into milk ink and bread prices across the United States. The Senate inquiry found lower production costs not fully passed to consumers, with investigations expanding to retail meat prices. Economists note wheat and bread prices tend to move together.
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Washington
United States
Justice Department
Senate
Aziculture Department
Jury not yet picked to try Bowles case
Thusboro Otte Marcy 3 The jury box was full but both sides had challenges remaining when the Bowles Loucks murder trial closed today. Nelson A Bowles a Wortland capitalist and Irma C Loucks his former secretary are accused of killing his wife Leona C Bowles
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Thusboro
Otte
Marcy
Nelson A. Bowles
Irma CG. Loucks
Bowles
Wortland Capitalist
Miss Boucks
Leona C. Bowles
Edna Cooper Reticent on Cause of Injuries in Monterey
Edna May Cooper, film actress and flyer, avoids details about her injuries and travel from Hollywood to Monterey. Authorities and her mother seek clarity while her doctor predicts a two to three day discharge, reports describe a week-old scalp abrasion and bruising.
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Edna Cooper
Monterey
Calif
Maren
Edna May Cooper
Hollywood
Miss Cooper
Santa Monica
Joseph Buckwell
Carmel
William Over
Daughter of WWI Victim Found Dead in New Jersey
Renita Bischoff, 16, daughter of Vivian Gordon, died from gas poisoning after being found unconscious in her father Fahy Blachoff’s house in Audubon New Jersey. Police could not determine if it was accidental or intentional, hoping to clarify in ongoing investigation linked to her mother’s murder and related graft case.
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Audubon N. J
Renita Bischoff
Vivian Gordon
New York
Hunter Bischoff
John K
Bischoff
Fahy E. C. Blachoff
United States
Miss Gordon
Miss Bischoff
Woman with pistol holds city hall workers at bay
In Philadelphia city hall a woman armed with a pistol threatened about 25 City Engineering Bureau employees for about 30 minutes. She roamed among stenographers, declaring she wanted to shoot. Detectives arrived by phone and subdued her as she faced the crowd.
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Philadelphia
City Engineering Bureau
Sehngt
Unit Plan of Leasing Oxered by Congress
A Mayely-A serate bill to permit the secretary of interior to continue the unit plan of leasing public lands for petral enti and of shale development wan! passe) today by the house NM now I goes (o the president.
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Washington
Mayely
Scretary of Interior
Petralenti
New York Communists Riot at State Capitol
A mob of about 200 men and a few women disrupted the New York State Capitol assembly chamber, shouting for unemployment relief. Troopers used force to restore order after a 20 minute disturbance, injuring several people and commentating on the session.
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New York
State Capitol
Allan
V. Maren
IAPI
Assembly Chamber
New York State
Bute
Three Put Up For Murder Of Buckley Trial Opens
Detroit March 3 The state opened its murder trial of Ted Pitti Angelo Livecchi and Joe Rom Bowles for killing radio commentator Gerald E Buckley. Prosecutor Toy outlined the state's theory that the killers were part of a gang linked to campaign funds for former Mayor Charles Bowles and that Buckley was assassinated for his anti crime crusade.
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Detroit
Gerald E. Buckley
Charles Bowles
Ted Pitti
Zino
Angelo Livecchi
Joe Rom Bowles
Martin
Rahing
Karry
Toyy
Buckley
Poison gin kills inmates at Sawtelle home, 37 ill
Two inmates of the National Soldiers' home at Sawtelle died today and officials said poisoned Jamaica ginger contributed to their deaths. Announcement reports 37 men ill from drinking the extract, with six nearly paralyzed.
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Los Angeles
National Soldiers' Home
Sawtelle
Jamaica
General Motors ties with Western Air Express in stock move
Los Angeles March 3 Affiliation of General Motors through its General Aviation unit and Western Air Express surfaced in Western Airs bid to list 50000 additional shares on the Los Angeles Stock Exchange. The price paid was not disclosed but estimated between 750000 and 1000000 dollars for about 24 percent of Western Airs outstanding stock. Western Air Express holds a large stake in Transcontinental and Western Air and related carriers.
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Los Angeles
General Motors Corporation
General Aviation Corporation
Western Air Express
Western Air
Los Angeles Stock Exchange
General Motors
Harris AM. Manshue
New York
Body of Raves Girl Ordered Exhumed in Indiana
Valparaiso Indiana March 3 The body of Arlene Draves will be exhumed from a country cemetery tomorrow to offer evidence in the Virgil Kirkland murder trial. Four doctors will examine the remains to test the defense claim that a broader exam might show four friends could not be ruled out as responsible for her death.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Arlene Draves
Virgil Kirkland
Kirkland
Military cortege honors two American chiefs in Panama
Three regiments of United States troops escorted the bodies of Lieutenant General Edgar Jadwin and Major General George Leroy Irwin through Cajon Panama to transport to the United States.
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Cajon
Panama
United States
iGeneral Edgar Jadwin
George Leroy Irwin
St. Maniel Tate
Four bandits raid Hollywood apartment in gunpoint theft
In Hollywood Florida during March four dinner party bandits invaded an exclusive apartment using a sub machine gun. They tied up guests and robbed owners of cash and jewelry totaling about 42 450 dollars. The group fled with approximately 1800 dollars in cash. Police investigate.
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Hollywood
Florida
Boy L A Prosecutor Files Charge Against William Boyd
Los Angeles dated report states city prosecutor files a complaint against William Henry Boyd a 43 year old film actor and former New York stage actor for possession of liquor. Boyd and two other actors were arrested at a Hollywood home last week after neighbors complained about a noisy party.
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Los Angeles
City ‘Prosecutor's Office
William Henry Boyd
Film Lee
New York
Boyd
Kidnaper of Banker Leads Posse to Loot Cache
Oakland detective tale says J I Palmer, in custody for kidnapping J W Cardoza manager of Hayward Bank of America, led officers to a stash of $44,900 stolen from the Oakland branch. Cardoza is cleared by bank officers who report he was too exhausted to speak after the robbery.
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Posse
Oakland
Cal
Mare
J. W. Cardoza
Hayward
Bank of America
J. 1. Palmer
Hayward Ranch
Cardoza
Senate and House Agree on Deficiency Bill Changes
Acceptance yesterday by the conference committee of the house and by that body itself of senate reductions in appropriations in the first general supply bill from the house suggested the lower chamber will not fight hard against upper chamber gestures. The vocational school salaries were cut by 1000 and added elsewhere, while other upper body figures remained intact. A supplemental deficiency appropriation bill was amended by the senate and accepted by the house, including reductions to the orphans home and the state prison. Senate Bill 106, contentious in afternoon debate, was killed.
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James W. Scott
House
Senate
Senate Vote Falls Short of the Mark
President Hoover's veto of the Muscle Shoals bill was sustained by the Senate in a 49 to 34 vote after hours of debate. Norris of Nebraska and Black of Alabama led attacks on Hoover for not signing the measure, accusing him of breaking promises and bowing to the power trust.
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Washington
Hoover
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Black
Alabama
Senate orders probe of public building contracts
The Senate tonight directed an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into government contracts for public buildings and possible price fixing among building material manufacturers. Senator Shipstead, a Minnesota farmer labor senator, introduced the resolution seeking inquiry into collusion between bidders and treasury department officials.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Treasury Department
Hoover to End First Half of Term Today
President Hoover plans to end his first five years in office by marching to the Capitol to sign final bills and receive notice that Congress has adjourned sine die. He has spent two days reading and signing last minute measures and sent his veto message on the Norris Muscle Shoals bill. He vetoed the veterans loan bill and two Indian payment bills last week.
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Washington
Hoover
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Congress
Senate
Norris Muscle Shoals
Remuarn
No Corruption Found in Davis Campaign Probe
The senate campaign funds committee cleared Senator Mavis of Tornsylvania of dishonorable conduct in his election bid, but faulted the Davis Brown ticket expenditures as excessive and inimical to the militia. Expenditures totaled $624,998 in the Pennsylvania primary and overall campaign spend was $649,000. Davis issued a statement praising the report and saying no conduct reflecting on his integrity was revealed.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Seenator
Mavis
Senate
Nye Sted
Davis
FLAC
Divis
Pennsylvania
Laval Regime Granted Vote of Confidence
The Laval government won a decisive passage in the chamber of deputies approving the foreign ministry budget by 51 to 14. The vote followed a day of sharp attacks on Briand’s policies and his spirited replies on foreign issues.
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Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Foreign Ministry
Aristide Briand
Briand
Idaho Divorce Law Paused Over Governor Veto
Idaho legislature paused action on a proposed divorce reform after Governor C Ben Ross vetoed a bill to allow state residents 90 days to qualify for divorces. Proponents argued the measure carried moral implications, while the change would not alter existing law the bill aimed to shorten residence requirements.
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Idaho
Boise
Mareh
C. Ben Ross
Oie Sant
Irwin and Gandhi Reach Peace Terms for Indians
AP dispatch reports British Viceroy Lord Irwin and Mahatma Gandhi agreeing on terms to end civil disobedience in India. The accord allows Indians to make their own salt from seawater, reducing government monopoly control and signaling progress toward peace after a year of tension and unrest.
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Lord Irwin
Aaron
Bordew
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