Spanish police crack down on plot to overthrow Rivera regime
Bordeaux reports a broad conspiracy to topple Primo De Rivera with aims to arrest all high officials and deport them. The frontier press claims 2,000 arrests across Spain, implicating the Archbishop of Saragossa, Rev. Vidal Veraguer, and other leading plotters, as police boast of their dragnet success and warn of further revelations.
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France
Primo de Rivera
la Petite Gironde
Hendare
Bayonne
Spain
Saragossa
Vidal VV Veraguer
Monster Theatrical Merger Coming Up
New York Sept. 12 AP Warner Brothers Pictures Inc announced control of Branley Company of America which owns First National Pictures and interests in 260 motion picture and vaudeville theaters in the Middle Atlantic states The merger seen as the first step toward the largest consolidation in theatrical history and may unite with Keith Albee Orpheum vaudeville interests and possibly Shubert theaters nationwide
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New York
Warner ‘Brothers Pictures, Inc
Branley Company of America
First National Pictures
Middle Atlantic
Keith Albee-Orpheurm Vaudevilla
Shubert
Inch of Snow Falls Near Anaconda
One inch of snow fell near Southern Cross, 18 miles west of Anaconda, with more expected tonight. Georgetown Lake also saw snow, forcing fishermen to leave the popular resort.
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Anaconda
Mont
Southern Cross
Georgetown Lake
Six planes race across continent in dawn endurance Flight
Planes took off from Rootsvelt Field in a bold non stop marathon toward Los Angeles. Early in the event, several ships were forced down and one returned to the start. The first to land was a Stinson piloted by Clifford McMillan of Syracuse on a Pennsylvania mountain top. Another Stinson faced a clogged gas line and also made a forced Pennsylvania landing.
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Rootsvelt Field
Marathon
Los Angeles
Erief
Stinson
Clifford McMillan
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Sac
Slayer of 4 Dead in His Cell in County Jail
Sacramento reports Percy G. Barnes, who confessed to killing four relatives of his wife, was found dead in his jail cell. Authorities believe he died by his own hand.
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Sacramento
Cal
Percy G. Barnes
Tno
Indians Vote Here This Year In Montana Election
The Democratic State Central Committee reports 13,142 Indians in Montana will be eligible to vote in November. Most are expected to back the Democratic ticket. Prior to a new law, Indians had to prove their status to gain citizenship and many did not vote. Indian population has risen from 244,437 in 1920 to about 340,000 across 193 tribes, Oklahoma leading with 120,103 and Delaware among the lower figures.
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Democratic State Central Committee
Montana
Diang
Ofice of Indian Affairs
Indian Office
Oklahoma
Delaware
Murder of Dapper Slaying Cleared Up in Pittsburgh
Four men held in Pittsburgh statewide inquiry into the slaying of Dr. Harry R Dapper, a young physician, three weeks after he was reportedly threatened over money. Police say prisoner John Meckley, 36, claimed the physician was shot by a man who owed him funds and threatened to sue.
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Pittsburgh
Apy
Harry R Dapper
John Meckley
Dapper
Six Prisoners Escape Fordham Hospital Ward
Six inmates escaped from the prison ward at Fordham hospital early today and shot a police officer in pursuit, authorities report. The incident disrupted hospital routines as officers search for the fugitives.
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New York
Fordham Hospital
Shootig the Yniceman
Thompson Refuses to Cough up Coin in Chicago Coffers
Mayor William Hale Thompson and County Treasurer George F Hardling filed a joint appeal bond to undo a judgment accusing seven defendants, including Fahery, of conspiring to take 1.7 million dollars from the Chicago treasury as alleged expert fees for real estate men.
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Chicago
William Hale
George F Hardling
Harding
Hugo Freend
Tulky
Chicago Tribual
Michael J. Fahery
Board of Joral Improvements
Tudgs
Efter
the Tribune
Nail ing a Lie in the Whispering Campaign
AXY governor nominee responds to a whispering campaign by publishing a statement denying accusations he was intoxicated at the New York state fair in Syracuse. He brands the circulating charge as slander and defends his conduct in a formal release issued from his executive offices. Continued on page ten.
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Alca
Houston
Syracuse
Graph
West Virginia
Smith
Ogden L. Mufis
the Treasury
Lindy Takes Part in Thrilling Maneuvers at Great Air Show
In Los Angeles on September 12 AP reports three trans continental caravans raced at Minesfield as part of the 1928 national air races. Col Charles A Lindbergh joined the air extravaganza piloting an army bomber as leader of The Three Musketeers replacing the late Lieut J J Williams who died in a crash Monday night.
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Los Angeles
Minesfield
Oakland
California
America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cel. Lindbergh
Musketeers
Lieut J J Williams
Ezra Meeker 15 INL Lecture Postponed
Ezra Meeker the pioneer who travelled to Oregon in a covered wagon 78 years ago suffered indigestion in Detroit and postponed a lecture to Fordson Mich schools until he recovers. Nearly 100 years old, he arrived by motor car with a prairie schooner ton and modern accessories as a guest of Henry Ford.
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Midh
Ezra Meeker
Oregon
Fordson
Mich
Meeker
Buffalo
Henry Ford
End Gin Wedigsby Hs Vin
A shabbily dressed Chicago mother of nine and expectant with another baby walked into a police station and handed the sergeant a pistol saying she had killed Dominick Finn, a former constable, at his home while he slept. She claimed Finn extorted money after she sold liquor to feed her family and threatened arrest. Her eight younger children live with her.
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Chicago
Ada Johnoson
Dominick Finn
Johnson
Hquor
Finn
Plane Crash Kills Three In Oakland District
An airplane carrying two men and a girl crashed into a house in Oakland. Victims were Jessie Wallace 14 and her brother T A Wallace 25 both of Oakland and Clyde L Berry 30 the plane’s pilot from Alameda. Police said Berry an amateur flyer had been operating a plane about two years and took off from Oakland airport to give the girl and her brother a pleasure trip. Witnesses reported the craft suddenly dived before striking the house. cause undetermined.
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Cal
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T. A Wallace
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Clyde L Berry
Alameda
Berry
Radio Commission's Power to the Tested in Chicago Suit
A federal suit filed in U S district court challenges the federal radio commission and its order to reduce broadcasting power. The action fights the reduction ordered for WCRW Chicago and signals similar suits for WEDC Chicago. Attorneys for owner Clinton R. White say temporary relief is sought while the case proceeds.
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Chicago
Federal Radio Commission
United States District Court
WCRW
Qchicago
Score
Commission
Clinton R. White
WEDC
Bailiff shooting leads to arraignment for Myron Caffey
The surrender of federal drug agent Myron Caffey to municipal authorities for arraignment on assault with a deadly weapon charges stems from the shooting of bailiff William Beaty during a raid in early spring. U.S. District Attorney George Johnson ordered 17 police to take Caffey to court for the probable hearing, with a potential grand jury appearance after a requested pretrial waiver.
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Chicago
Myron Caffey
Dru J
William Beaty
Epring
George E .& Johnson
United States
Prince George Visits Fairbankses in Hollywood
Prince George of England, son of King George V and a lieutenant on HMS Dorien, arrived in Hollywood by car and stayed with Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford at their Hollywood home. Buckingham Palace reportedly ordered him not to fly to the film capital, so he traveled from Santa Barbara to be their guest.
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Hollywood
Cal
Prince George of England
George V
Duorhan
Santa Barbara
Douglas- Faibapkegad
Mary Pickford
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Pickfair
Fuibanks
Church leaders urge defeat of Smith at Puget Sound talks
In Tacoma on Sept 12 AP reports Bishop Titus Lowe of the Methodist Episcopal church urged ministers and laymen at the Puget Sound Methodist conference to join a campaign against Democratic presidential candidate Albert E. Smith and oppose any move to bring harm to America.
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Tacoma
Wath
Titus Lowe
Methodist Episcopal Church
Puget Sound
Ashurst and Hunt Lead Opposition Across Barely Counted Iowa Votes
Phoenix dispatch reports scattered precincts show United States Senator Henry F Ashurst and Governor GW Hunt, both Democrats, leading opposition as returns lag. Republican contender Judge John C Philips trails by about 1,000 votes to John H. Udall in the governor race.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Wth
Iowa
United States
Henry F Ashurst
GW. P Hunt
John C Philips
John HL Udstl
Gaul British Pact Stirred Opposition
Geneva Sept 12 AP The Franco British naval accord faced opposition as Lord Cushendun disclosed at a League of Nations disarmament session. He warned intimations suggest the pact may prove distasteful to other parties with equal right to vote and speak. He also opposed fixing a date for the preparatory disarmament commission meeting.
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Lord Cushendun
League of Nations Assembly
Partes
Lord Cuskendun
Cal Silent on His Share in Campaign
Washington article reports a White House conference where President Hoover and PJ discussed the Republican campaign but did not reveal the retiring leader’s role in supporting the presidential candidate, leaving speculation over his involvement unresolved.
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W. G. Ragsdale
Washington
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White House
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