Drys Urged to Bolt Parties for Prohibition Candidate
Mrs Clement L Shaver urges drys to break party ties in 1932 if needed to back a prohibition candidate. An 800 speaker broadcast highlighted a national law enforcement commission report backing nationwide education for prohibition and home example. Mrs Pinchot echoed enforcement tools and accountability.
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Washington
Clement JL. Shaver
Prohibition
Women's National Committee For Law Enforcement
National Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover
Wickersham
Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Longworth's Body Borne to Funeral Train
Kinston report notes Tommy Hill, 25, was seriously hurt in an affray and likely fatally struck after lunging with a knife. John Grege and Junius Potter arrested as witnesses describe a club and punching incident. M
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Kinston
Tommy Hill
John Grege
Junius Potter
Hill
Mooresville
Jim Caldwell
North Carolina
Southern Textile Association
Isle of Palms
Charleston
Walter ©. Taylor
Eastern Carolina
Association
N. C. State College
Raleigh
North Carolina Senate Sets Stage for $10 Million School Fund
The North Carolina Senate approved a revenue bill raising a $10 million equalizing fund for schools, despite the House approving an $18.5 million six month school appropriation from state funds. The measure, advanced as a committee of the whole, goes to roll call Monday night before returning to the House for potential changes or deadlock.
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Raleigh
WN. C
North Carolina
Senate
House
MacLean School Law
General Assembly
Cotton Meet Speakers Set for Augusta Convention
James C. Stone will address the American Cotton Manufacturers association in Augusta on April 24 25 as chairman of the federal farm board. Other speakers include B E Geer Clarence Poe George Sloan W W Long Carl Williams and B B Gossett with farmers invited to join the discussion of agricultural questions.
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Charlotte
James C. Stone
Federal Farm Board
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Augusta
W. M. McLaurine
B. E. Geer
Greenville
S. C
Prisoner Requests Execution At Sing Sing Amid Bank Crash Hardship
A Sing Sing inmate named Larmie asked Warden Lewis E. Lawes to be electrocuted after losing funds in a New York bank crash. He said he was homeless and tired of bread lines, but no reply was reported.
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New York
Larmie
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
English Princes To Sail Homeward
Concluding a triumphant South American tour, the Prince of Wales and Prince George will sail for England tomorrow evening aboard the steamer Arlanza from Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio DE Janeiro
South America
Prince of Wales
Prince George
England
Longworth is laid to final rest in Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House, is buried beside his father at Spring Grove cemetery. Funeral services at Christ Episcopal church were brief with no eulogy. President Hoover, Mrs. Hoover, Vice President Curtis and others attend the burial.
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Aiken
D. C
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
House of Representatives
Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Spring Grove
Christ Episcopal Church
Henry Wise Hobson
Southern Ohio
Hobson
Hoover
Charles Curtis
Squealer Shot In Liquor Feud Dying in Hospital
Pat Murphy a former boot legger lay near death at High Point hospital after three gunshot wounds in a liquor feud. Police hunted John Carter who fled toward Winston Salem after commandeering a car and escaping via Mechanicsville and backyards.
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Pat" Murphy
High Point Hospital
Guards Ready To Prevent Outbreak In Spanish Vote
Madrid April 11 Spain goes to the polls in eight years marking local aldermen elections in about 10 000 municipalities. Troops guard barracks and police stand ready as a test between republicans and monarchists. voting is compulsory for qualified men over 25 with roughly 50 000 aldermen to be chosen across numerous tickets.
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Madrid
Spain
Reichstag Sessions Recorded as Historical Discs
Berlin firm releases phonograph records of the stormy Reichstag session that ended in the secession of the National Socialists and Nationalists. The discs are expected to become valuable historical documents.
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Berlin
Dempsey Signals Possible Divorce During Reno Visit
Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor have quarreled and a divorce suit may follow. The former heavyweight champion, arriving in Reno for a six week stay, says he came for rest and to attend mining interests, not to pursue divorce. He reflects on the fight, notes it may be patched up, or may not, and dispels plans for a ranch.
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Reno
Nev
Jack Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Nevada
Dempsey
Riverside
Wisconsin brewer kidnapped as ransom drops to 100000
Fred Blumer, 50, head of a Wisconsin brewing firm, vanished after a Thursday phone call. A ransom note signed unemployed guys and mailed from Chicago lowered demands to 100000, but sheriff Myron West called the letter a hoax while authorities in two states press the case.
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Monroe
Wis
Fred Blumer
Wisconsin
R. C. Wells
Brewing Company
Blumer
Chicago
Wells
Myron West
Largest illicit liquor ring uncovered in world
The federal government arrested eight men and seized a New Orleans radio station, saying the ring stretched to the Mississippi gulf coast, Canada, and British Honduras. Prohibition agents described the operation as the largest illicit liquor network and pledged more arrests with a sweep expected to reach about 100.
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New Orleans
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Canada
British Honduras
Brother Joseph Laid To Rest On Kalawao Island
Ira Dutton known as Brother Joseph died in Honolulu March 26 and was laid to rest at Kalawao Molokai where he served nearly 45 years. The entire leprosy colony gathered as the U S S Pellican arrived with the body and sailors carried the casket ashore while the band played Aloha oe.
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Kalaupapa
Hawaii
Ira
Joseph) Dutton
Honolulu
Kalawao
Molokai Island
Pellican
Huey Long campaign wrecks on rural highway in eighth district race
In Louisiana a political clash for the eighth district tightens as criminal charges loom before the Democratic primary. Huey P. Long’s campaign calliope crashes on a rural highway. two operators escape injury while John H. Overton and Dr. Claybrook Cottingham vie for the seat once held by James B. Aswell. About 39,000 votes were expected to be cast Tuesday.
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Huey Long
Alexandria
Pril
James B. Aswell
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Congress
John H. Overton
Claybrook Cottingham
Louisiana College
Overton
Marine Captain Killed in Clash With Insurgents
Captain Harlen Pefley of the marines died leading a Nicaraguan Guardia detachment in a clash with insurgents near Logtown, about 12 miles from Puerta Cabezas. An enlisted man was wounded. status of the injured not disclosed. There were about 50 insurgents in the band.
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Washington
Navy Department
Harlen Pefley
Guardia
Nica
Perley
Idaho
Navy
Logtown
Puerta Cabezas
Guardia Patrol
Eaker's Setback Draws Lindbergh Regret in Princeton
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh expressed regret over Capt. Ira C. Eaker's failure to set a west east transcontinental speed record. Eaker's plane forced down in Columbus Ohio due to motor trouble. Lindbergh said he expected Eaker to achieve the feat and denied plans to try the record on his own return trip from Los Angeles.
Federal Agents Seize Motorboats in New York Shipyards
Federal agents acting under orders from Washington seized five large motorboats in New York shipyards. They said the boats were being fitted with high speed engines at various yards, under instruction from federal authorities.
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New York
Washington
Cow’s Tail Saves Coventry Boy From Barn Fire
In Coventry Vermont a 15 year old boy John Carroll escaped a barn fire by grabbing the tail of an excited cow. The cow bolted from the burning barn dragging the boy to safety despite smoke exposure.
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Coventry
John Carroll
Eaker Forces Down During Transcontinental Speed Attempt
Columbus April 11 Captain Ira C Eaker army test pilot forced down here by motor trouble at 5 PM while attempting to set a new west east transcontinental air speed record He abandoned the attempt due to a slipping clutch requiring dismantling the motor He planned to fly again after repairs at Wright Field Dayton and was undecided about continuing the record bid Captain Hawks record stood at 12 hours 25 minutes 3 seconds at the time Baker was near it at Wichita Kansas earlier in the day He expected speeds around 215 to 220 MPH and joked about cigars fueling his plane.
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Columbus
Ira C. Eaker
Frank Hawks
Baker
Hawks
Wichita
Kansas
Cali
Fornia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne
Lisbon under martial law amid island revolt
Martial law and strict censorship constrain Lisbon as a military revolt simmers in Madeira and the Azores. Soldiers halt streets with bayonets while residents report closures and arrests fear the rebellion spreading to the mainland. Carmona and cabinet remain sheltered in the third artillery barracks with a statement of interior quiet.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Madeira
Azores
Carmona
Home
Surgery Frees Three Arizona Pioneers From Blindness
In Phoenix on April 11 three elderly Arizona pioneers from Prescott regained sight after cataract operations funded by the state. Abraham Hamilton Porter, 80, had been blind 25 years. George D. Happer, elderly, 20 years. Steve A. Tyler, 79, blind five years.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Steve A. Tyler
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