University farm students to receive diplomas after suspension
In Minnesota, University of Minnesota farm school students suspended for drinking will likely receive diplomas with some required extra scholastic work. First offenders may graduate a few months after commencement, while repeat offenders face further study. The Minnesota Senate formed a special committee to confer with faculty to lift the ban for 17 students. outcomes depend on further talks and next steps.
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St. Paul
University of Minnesota Farm School
Minnesota Senate
Hames
Dew
A J Rockne
H Td. Nicholson
University
Senate
Million in Jewels Lifted in Florida
Palm Beach jewel theft: robbers used a door key and safe combination to raid Charlton and Company in Palm Beach, stealing an estimated 650 000 to 750 000 dollars. Local manager Otto Wegener, who had 20 years with the firm, says he handed over the key and combination to three to four men after being kidnapped and threatened with death. The total loss may reach up to 1 000 000 dollars.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Palm Beach
Charlton and Company
New York Jewelers
Inot
Omn
Otto Wegener
Roosevelt Scandal Ties To New York Politics Draw National Attention
New York coverage links Roosevelt to a widening scandal as opponents push for investigations of Tammany ties and mayoral conduct. Governor Roosevelt denies graft charges, seeks independent probe into District Attorney Crain, while church leaders push for broad city-wide inquiry amid mounting pressure.
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Roosevelt
Charles H. Tuttle
Tammany
New York
Samuel Seabury
Thomas C. T Crain
Tammany Rachem
Walker John Haynes Holmes
Walker
Greater New York Federation of Churches
Housewell
Seabury Named To Probe Gotham District Attorney
Governor Roosevelt appoints Samuel Seabury to head an inquiry into District Attorney Thomas C T Crain amid charges raised by a civic group. Seabury also serves as referee in the appellate division's probe of magistrates courts.
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New York
Samuel Seabury
Thomas C T. Crain
Seabury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Crain
Guatemala Alarmed by Severe Temblors
Guatemala City reports violent earth shocks since last night have caused widespread alarm across the capital and surrounding regions. In California, a Western Pacific derailment near Keddie killed 245 lions with another 140 on the loose after five cars wrecked. No humans were injured.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Keddie
Calif
Mile Post
Western Pacific
Sliding Mountain Menaces French Villages
Four hundred million cubic meters of rock and earth slid down Montains at 500 feet per hour forcing evacuations in Granges Mottee Beauce and nearby hamlets. Army engineers rushed to divert the slide after weeks of heavy rain caused the disaster.
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Chambery
France
Granges
Motteen Beauce
Woman Kidnapped by Robbers Reported by Lover
Chicago dispatch says Frank J. Murray, 47, a married sales engineer, told police robbers kidnapped his sweetheart Norma Newby, 36, in a forest preserve eleven days earlier, took his car and beat him into compliance. the woman remains missing. Murray was not detained.
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Chicago
Frank J. Murray
Ay Forest Preserve
Norma Newby
Murray
HURLS 4 CHILDREN FROM A SEA DOCK
In Mattapoisett Massachusetts William Chester Allin drove his four children to a dock to show them a boat and hurled them into the water before jumping in to die. Wayne, 11, survived by clinging to rocks after swimming a mile to safety, while police searched for the others. The mother had reportedly been ill and prone to bad spells. The incident followed a grim scene at the wharf with no immediate trace of the bodies.
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Wayne
French Will Probe In Past Of Beauty Held For Killing
In Nica France authorities seek character evidence from former homes of Mrs Charlotte Nash Nixon Nirchinger to decide whether charges will be filed in the fatal shooting of her Philadelphia theater man husband. Magistrate Vachier indicated the examination could take weeks and the prisoner may remain jailed during the process. The young beauty asserts self defense as police struggles to obtain her statement.
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Nica
France
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Charlotte Nash Nixon-Nirchinger
Vachier
Prosecution Shuns Woman in Dayle Murder Trial
Salt Lake City March 13 One of two women veniremen for the trial of Jean Dayte charged with the December murder of Memphis jewelry auctioneer Sam Frank was peremptorily challenged by the state. Jury selection continued with delays, as the panel filled. Conviction on first degree murder could bring a firing squad, though no woman has been executed in the state.
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Salt
Lake City
Veniremen
Jean Dayte
Sam Frank
Memphis
Jessica E. Hyans
Alonzo Hutchinson
Monarch rancher shot self in despondency over finances
Great Falls reports Louis Busch, 0, a rancher near Monarch for 25 years, shot and killed himself after despondency over finances and illness. He leaves a widow and eight children aged two to twenty.
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Great Falls
Louis Busch
Monarch
Pantages and associates linked to alleged San Diego girl market
Investigators from the San Diego district attorney's staff and Los Angeles county prosecutors questioned a 15 year old girl amid charges that theater man Alexander Pantages real estate operator John Mills and businessman Jesse Shreve profited from a girl market at a San Diego hotel party. Pantages retained counsel as his defense was prepared.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
Pantages
Jerry Geisler
Bartle M. Daniels
Body of bootlegger found in Missouri
Kansas City March 18 The body of Nick Valenti 25 Italian known as boot legger was found at an isolated spot along CHEf drive there late today. There were 10 wounds in it He had been missing for several days and snow in pockets of his clothing indicated the body had lain there since a snow storm last Friday and Saturday.
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Kansas City
Nick Valenti
Chef Drive
Progressives Seek Influence as 1932 Campaign Opens
Washington report on the progressives conference shows Senator Norris and Senator Hull signaling possible party cooperation with Democrats, while expressing doubt about a third party. Senator Caraway hints Roosevelt could be nominated by Democrats if Robinson opposes. House progressives vow to demand key program features before backing either major party.
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Washington
Norris
Acraska
Leberal
Hull
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
Caraway
Arkansas
Roosevelt
New York
Robinson
House
California Filipinos Threatened by Reds Walkout Sparks Protest
In San Juan Bautista California March 13 a Red flag threat of death to Filipinos if they did not strike for higher wages prompted hundreds of field workers to listen. The workers refused to return to jobs until the Japanese Brewers met demands from the so called United American Laborera. The source does not identify who caused the walkout.
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San Juan Bautista
Cal
Canada's envoy Major William Duncan Herridge named minister to U S
Ottawa announces Major William Duncan Herridge a veteran of World War I has been chosen as Canada’s minister to the United States. He is a lawyer, soldier, businessman and student from Ottawa with a distinguished record in public life and national service.
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Willam Duncan Herridge
Ottawa
United States
Itinerant man held in slaying of Virginia Brooks
Herbert Oglesby, 66, an itinerant man, was taken into custody at an automobile camp in El Centro, California, by officers who said San Diego police wished to question him about the death of 10 year old Virginia Brooks. He had been seen in San Diego around the time the girl disappeared in February and near Camp Kearny after her body was found.
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el Centro
Cal
Herbert Oglesby
San Tego
Virginia Brooks
Camp Kearny Mess
Oglesby
San Diego
Brooks
February Li
Trolley crash injures twenty five in Yonkers march
Yonkers N Y March 13 Twenty five persons were hospitalized after a trolley car ran out of control and crashed into a building. Two workers suffered possible fatal injuries as the car caught fire. rescue of 31 passengers was aided by axes and acetylene torches to open the car end.
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Yonkers
Plane Darts From Los Up To Butte In Less Than Six Hours
Butte reports Vance Breese chief test pilot and Peter Beasley president of Detroit Aircraft landed after a 2 hour 5 minute flight from Salt Lake City, the fastest 273 mile trip on record. A Lockheed Sirius low wing monoplane with retractable gear and plywood wings was used, and a ship of identical design is being built for Colonel Lindbergh for delivery at the factory.
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Butte
Vance Breese
Detroit Aircraft Corporation
Peter Beasley
Salt Lake City
Johtet
Los Angeles
Lindbergh
Black cats spark Nebraska merchants trade drive
Superior Nebraska March 13. A shower of black cats fell on Sunday but merchants embraced the omen. They offered a dollar in merchandise to every customer who brought in a healthy black cat, marking one of the best trade days seen by local businessmen.
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Superior
Neb
Herlor
Major General Leroy Irwin Buried With Honors at West Point
Major General Leroy Irwin former Panama Canal Division commander was laid to rest in the West Point Post Cemetery beside his father Brigadier General B J D Irwin who died in 1917. The funeral, held with full military honors, marks a solemn farewell to a distinguished Army career.
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West Point
Gune
Leroy Irwin
Panama Canal Division
B. J. D. Irwin
Denison Cleared by Jury Faces Congress Run
Washington March 13 AP Denison cleared by a jury in District of Columbia court after charges connected to liquor found in an army stocker trunk in his rooms. He expressed elation and said he had been persecuted not prosecuted. He did not commit to running for re election.
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Washington
Panama
Faward
Fenton
Charles E. Lane, Jr
Tinois
St. Louis
District of
Denison
Prohibition Unit
iMariog
Hia
Highway contracts let in 12 Montana counties this month
Montana highway contracts worth over 1.5 million dollars will be let at the commission meetings on March 20 and 27. The 16 contracts cover road building in Rosebud, Custer, Park, Gallatin, Philips, Valley, Granite, Missoula, Ravalli and other counties, excluding Helena area and Lewis and Clark. The bids follow a January setting similar in size and precede an April 29 offering. W C Whipps, secretary, said the March batch will not match last month’s record awards.
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Commission
Montana
Highway Commission
Highway Department
W. C. Whipps
Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Rosebud
Custer, Park
Gallatin
Philips
Valley
Granite
Missoula
Ravalli
Massachusetts Calls for Constitutional Convention on Prohibition
Boston March 13 The Massachusetts legislature called on Congress to convene a constitutional convention to consider repeal or amendment of the prohibition amendment. Governor Ely did not need to sign but he approved the action. Massachusetts is seen as an early state to invoke the two thirds requirement to summon a constitutional convention.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Congress
Joseph B. Ely
Mother's plea seals life term for murder suspect
Bardstown Kentucky March 13 AP the quivering words of a mother 500 miles away led Carl James railroad official Anthony Plotrowsky alias Topsy Proway allan Anthony Peterson to accept a life sentence rather than face death penalty after a plea bargaining offer. The mother Agnes Plotrowsky spoke from Detroit guiding her son amid fear and confusion.
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Bardstown
Carl 8
James
Anthony Plotrowsky
Topsy Proway
Allan Anthony Peterson
Detroit
Ag Mazsitum
Agnes Plotrowsky
Chicago furniture merchant dies in Drake Hotel fall
Alexander H. Revell, 73, a wealthy Chicago furniture merchant, civic leader and golfing enthusiast, died after falling from the ninth floor bathroom window at the Drake hotel. Family and doctors believe the death was accidental as he was gradually losing his eyesight.
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Chicago
Alexander H. Revell
Drake Hotel
Revell
Death of War Vet Triggers Farm Murder Row Over Missing Money
Clyde Baker a 43 year old disabled war veteran is shot dead by his father in law W P Hunter 70 at a farm home near Billings. Hunter says he shot to protect Baker s 18 year old step daughter Norine amid a quarrel over a vanished $25 sent from Salt Lake City about Baker s suspicion of his wife s daughter.
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Billings
Clyde Baker
Remy Dillarou
Baker
W. P. Hunter
Tancher
Norine
Dillayou
Retired Army Officer Drowns In His Auto In Portland
Portland reports a car sped down a hill and plunged into the Willemietta Tiger last night, carrying Captain Harvey J. Silverstone, retired Army officer, to a spectacular death. Police identified the car and driver today as investigations continued.
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Portland
Ore
Harvey J. Silverstone
Hoover says Texas oil scale blocks import cut plan
President Hoover warned that reducing imports will fail unless the Texas oil pool is prorated on the same basis as others. After Wilbur announced most importers agreed to cut, Hoover said limited imports and a Texas adjustment could reshape the oil industry. Governor Sterling criticized the railroad commission’s hands off policy, tying East Texas flows to low crude prices and endorsing a bill to remove oil and gas regulation from the commission.
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Washington
Hoover
Texas
Wilbur
Ofl Conservation Board
TEXAN
Austin
Tex
Ross
Sterling
Railroad Commission
Eeat
Akron Woman Aims For World Altitude Record In Plane
Akon city March 13 Miss Frankie Renner thirty of Akron flew a Waco monoplane to an altitude around thirty six thousand feet in a bid to beat the women's world record of twenty seven thousand four hundred eighteen. A sealed barograph will go to Washington for calibration after the flight.
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Akron
Frankie Renner
Antitoxin Brought to Fight Arctic Diphtheria Quake
Point Barrow Alaska reports 500000 units of antitoxin arrive to combat a diphtheria outbreak. Pilot Jos Crosson delivered the supply from Point Lar as four new cases raise the total to unknown.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctic
Jos Crosson
Down
Point Lar
Morrow May Represent U S In Naval Pact Talks
Washington March 17 Senator Dwight W. Morrow of New Jersey and Mrs Morrow likely to be named as the American representative on a five power naval committee. The group will draft the final form of the Franco Italian settlement tonight while the United States weighs accepting the invitation. The Japanese government endorses an American led approach aimed at a London type agreement acceptable to Britain France Italy and Japan. The move suggests possible U S signing of the final pact upon completion.
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C. PL Williamson
Washington
United States
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Europa
Marrow
Geltel
London
Sapee
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