Plot to extort 50000 from U S ambassador to Mexico
Boston Post reports a claimed plot to extort $50,000 from Dwight W. Morrow, ambassador to Mexico, by threats against his youngest daughter Constance. The plot allegedly prompted Lindbergh and the Morrows to flee to North Haven, Maine, and prompted Secret Service protection. Constance, 16, was allegedly spirited from Milton Academy by a girl posing as her.
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Boston
The
Boston Post
Dwight W. Morrow
United States
Mexico
Constance
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Morrow
North Haven
Maine
the Post
Secret Service
Milton Academy
Academy
Uncertain Groom Seeks Bride Name From 1927 Marriage
Tucson records show Eugene W. Smith of El Paso Texas requested the name of his bride from a 1927 marriage. He listed St Joseph's sanitarium El Paso as his address and says he married November 16 1927 but cannot recall her name. A license was issued November 14 1927 to Smith and Madelin Dusseau of Covington Kentucky.
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Tucson
Ariz
Superior Court
Eugene W. Smith
el Paso
Texas
Smith
St. Joseph's Sanitarium
Madelin Dusseau
Covington
Garfield County Rancher Death by Own Action
Miles City May 20 AP B A Mumpower of Wason Flats Garfield county committed death by own action here today by slashing his throat Coroner Graves announced no in quest would be held Mumpower a north side rancher was admitted into a local hospital about a week ago for medical treatment While a nurse was preparing his breakfast this morning he placed himself in a bath tub and ended his life His family has been notified.
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Miles City
B. A. Mumpower
Wason Flats
Garfield County
Graves
Mumpower
North Side
Butte Girls Wild Week Ends In Killing Young Mian
AP report describes a fatal auto crash near Butte where Crawford Maret died from injuries after being struck by Mattson’s car as he fixed a tire. The 17 year old Mattson faced no charges yet, while details of a alleged wild week involving other youths and a trip to Whitehall are noted in county file records.
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Butte Girls
Mian
Gar
Butte
Lail
Maret
Mattson
Here
Whitehall
A Mattson
Crawford Maret
Miss Mattson
Great Zep to Try Flight Back Home
Engine repairs to the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin near Cueva France advance as crew and mechanics work day and night to ready the airship for the return voyage to Friedrichshafen. A broken crankshaft and damaged rod connections hinder the first motor removal as passengers including Lieut Com Vincent Clarke and Sir Hubert Wilkins prepare to board on the Graf Zeppelin’s return flight.
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Zep
Cueva
France
Weyl
Eirebip'e
Friedrichahafen
Connec
Vincent Clarke
U. S. Navy
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Toulon
Butte Slayer Sent Up Four to Nine Years
Butte on May 20 AP Louis Gust convicted of manslaughter was sentenced by District Judge J. J. Lynch to four to nine years in prison. Gust killed Tom Kallas on February 14 at a local resort. The crime occurred before the indeterminate sentence law was repealed.
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Butte
Louis Gust
J. J. Lynch
Gust
Tom Kallas
Tod Morgan Retains Welter Title In Victory Over Sorio
Walter Wrigley Field Los Angeles May 20 Tod Morgan junior welterweight champion retained his title by defeating Baby Sal Sorio Mexican of San Bernardino Calif Morgan used sharp jabs and combinations to dominate the 10 round bout with Sorio scoring only a brief knockdown in the third and a distressed moment in the eighth as Morgan built a convincing lead through most of the bout with solid right and left exchanges and clinches continued on page three
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Vitor G. Sidler
Tress Sports
Walter Wrigley
Los Angeles
Tod Morgan
Baby Sal Sorio
San Bernardino
Calif
Morgan
Elfrects
Sorio
Missouri Farmers Offer By Flood Near Kennett Damage Peak
Floods spread across about 50000 acres of Dunklin county Missouri near Kennett with a split levee at St Francis river. Mississippi authorities met at Greenville to seek emergency measures and protect Mounds Landing levee. Two score people were left homeless as crops were ruined.
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Memphis
Tent
Dunklin County
Missouri
Kennett
Board of Mississippi
Greenville
Miss
Mounds Landing
St. Francis River
Transient Loses Leg Under Cruel Wheels
Livingston May 20 AP Homer Richardson about 40 received injuries after falling under a freight while attempting to board at Greycliff. He had one leg amputated and the other may be lost. found beside the track by a train crew and taken to Big Timber.
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Livingston
Homer Richardson
Paknowh
Greycliff
Wickersham to Lead National Law Enforcement Commission
Washington May 20 AP George W Wickersham selected by President Hoover as chairman of a national law enforcement commission with nine other lawyers and one woman, aiming to map a two year program. Notable members include Newton D Baker Frank J Loesch Roscoe Pound William I Grubb Monte M Lomann William S Kenyon Kenneth F Mackintosh Faul J McCormick Henry W Anderson Ada L Comstock. Four potential appointees declined due to other commitments.
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George W. Wickersham
Taft
Hoover
National Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Iby
Peraonnel
Newton D. Baker
Whisan
National Crime Commission
Frank J Loesch
Chicago Crime Commission
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law Sdopt
Wiliam I. Grubb
Northern District
Alabama
Monte M. Lomann
Louisiana Dar Asadclation
Willam 8
Kenyon
Jaws
United States
Kenneth Fl. Mackintosh
Washington State
Sup
Premen Court
Faul J. McCormick
District
California
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
Ada L. Comstock
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Stone
Hordan Fiske Stone
United States Supreme Court
Harles
Evang Hughes
Atate
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Benjamin Cardoza
New York
Atta Court of Appeals
Boy Kills Classmate in Row Over Girl at Jefferson High
In Portland Oregon on May 20 Herbert Beem 17 a Jefferson high school student was shot in a school corridor by Walter J Funke Jr 17 a fellow student during an argument over a girl Beem received three shots and died within minutes at a hospital Funke then turned the gun on himself and died later Beem was taken to the hospital in critical condition and died shortly after
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Portland
Ore
API Herbert
Beem
Jefferson High School
Torlayy
Walter J. Furke, Jr
Funke
Fort Worth Plane Still Aloft After Long Flight
Fort Worth Texas May 20 The plane Fort Worth attempting to beat the Army ship Question Mark endurance record remained aloft at 10 33 p m tonight about 35 hours after takeoff. It has 116 hours 40 minutes 15 seconds to go to break the record.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Brea
Lieutenant Dies in Plane Crash Near Belfridge Field
Lieutenant Worin W Bhade of Haya Kung attached to the First pursuit group of the United States Army Air Corps died when his plane crashed in a plowed field a few miles west of Yellow Springs Ohio during army maneuvers. He was en route from Wright Field Dayton to Norton Field and engine trouble was blamed. He trained at Kelley Field Texas and graduated from the advanced class there last March.
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Yellow Springs
Setonad
Worin W Bhade
Haya
Kung
United States Army Air Corps
Belfridge Field
Miah
Here
Firat Pvrsuit
Jelgaea
Norton Cield
Columbus
Ohio
Shade
Norton Field
Wright Field
Dayton
Kelley Field
Texas
U S Ready to Cut German Reparations Claims
Washington May 20 The United States may redact its claim for army of occupation expenses if Allies agree to cut theirs. Officials stress no change in U S reparations policy yet. Only about 3 percent of the American claim has been paid. total outstanding is 203,667,110.75 dollars. Secretary Stinson hinted U S would cancel a proportional share if others follow suit.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Army of Occupation
Yeover
Executive Department
Stinson
Weather Halts Rome Flight Plan for Green Flash Team
Old Orchard Maine May 20 AP Preparations of Roger Q Williams and navigator Lewis A Yancey to take off in the mono plane Green Flash for a projected Rome flight were halted by reports of bad weather along the ocean path. The flyers arrived here from Teterboro New Jersey.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Rome
Teterboro
New Jersey
Illinois salesman shot to ribbons in Springfield incident
Springfield, May 20. Cesare Sansemen, an Illinois salesman formerly with the Italian consular office, was shot 16 times by machine guns and killed tonight. Two children playing nearby testified that two large automobiles pulled up and opened fire. The motive and further details were not immediately clear.
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Springfield
Cesare Sansemen
St. Salesman
Sansemen
Lord Rosebery's Long Career Ends
In Zipsom England on May 21 AP reports the Earl of Rosebery died at 2:.... The aged statesman, who had just celebrated a second birthday, was driven from his Darhans home to Epsom when a cold worsened into illness. The end came yesterday as the illness progressed, ending a long public life.
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Zipsom
England
Lord Recehers
Satcson
Uther
Darhans
Epsom
New Jersey college rush ends in death at Rutgers
In New Brunswick New Jersey on May 20 a Rutgers University pajama rush between freshmen and sophomores turned fatal when 19 year old William L Rarner of Jersey City sank into the Delaware and Raritan Canal trying to escape a group of sophomores. A rescue attempt saved Tesavas who was taken to New Brunswick hospital but Rarner died without regaining consciousness.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers University
William L. Rarner
Jersey City
Tesavas
Rail ruling victory for railroads in IC C valuation case
Washington May 20 The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that IC C valuation methods for rate making must reflect current construction or reproduction costs. The decision, with Justice Butler not participating, limits the commission’s broad valuation reach and impacts railroad rate tools. The St Louis O Fallon railroad argued the ruling following an ICC order sought in a nine mile segment in southern Illinois.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Jvates Butler
St. Louis O'Fallon Railroad
Southern Timals
inter= BIAtO Commerce rommieston
Machine Gun Raiders Slay Two Cops in California Heist
San Diego May 20 AP three suspects captured after machine gun ambush killed two special police officers and stole eighty thousand dollars in checks and five thousand eight hundred in cash. The robbery occurred on the National City dike south of San Diego as traffic flowed heavily. Victims were Jose Perez Correga and Nemesio Mouroy ambos, guards for Agua Caliente, with Corrga transporting the resort receipts to a San Diego bank. The plan appeared well prepared and the pursuing officers closed in near Ta Jo lla, Morenso plates noted.
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San Diego
Calif
Ta Jolla
Poller
National City Dike
Nemesio Mouroy
Agua Caliente Company
Tesort
Tijuana
Mexico
Borrega
Receinia
Agua Caliente
Fnally
Monroy
Parachute Jumper John Lockwood Killed in Missoula Flight
John Lockwood a 33 year old parachute jumper died from injuries after a jump near Portland Oregon. He was on his third drop of the day when a cross wind caused his parachute to collapse near ground. He survived by his widow and three children and was returning to Missoula Montana for burial.
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Portland
Ore
John Lockwood
Lockwood
Missoula
Montana
Park County Pioneer Takes His Own Life
Livingston reports Adam Troutman 75 a pioneer of the Oregon valley country south of here shot and killed himself. The county authorities were advised Sunday. His body was found by ranch employees where he had been working. Troutman came to Cook City as a prospector in 1878 and was part of the Troutman and Winkle firm of Boulder City in earlier days. He had no known relatives.
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Livingston
Adam Troutman
Oregon Valley
Here
Troutman
Cook City
Troutman and Winkle
Boulder City
Reckless Driver Held for Killing in Miles City
Paul Potter, 47, is dead after a collision with a grain truck. Daw, a World War veteran and operator of an electric battery shop, faces a manslaughter charge. a coroner's jury found he drove carelessly and sideswiped the truck. Mrs. Florence Noyes escaped injury. Richard Chesworth, driver of the grain truck, was exonerated.
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Miles City
Paul Potter
Daw
Potter
Florence Noyes
Dawson
Richard Chesworth
Lrieke
House Standing Pat in Tiffon Debenture
Washington on May 20 a roll call vote in the house on the expert debenture plan was seen as possible after farm relief conference committees agreed to seek it. Views varied on whether the house should vote since the senate had no right to initiate the debenture section. The strongest inclination favored an early pallor to show the senate the plan is not desired by the house. More definite information was expected before the conference committees tomorrow.
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Raymond Z. Henley
Associated Prose
Washington
House
Farm Relief Conference
Senate
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