Irey and Lindbergh Flew in Quest for Baby
Elmer L. Irey chief of the internal revenue bureau's intelligence unit who helped convict Al Capone reportedly flew with Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh to Martha's Vineyard on a search for the Lindbergh baby. The effort involved negotiations and the plane carried Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage and others as silence surrounded the case.
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Washington
Elmer L. Irey
Internal Revenue Bureau
al Capone
Washing Star
New York
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Martha's Vineyard
Norfol
Charles A. Lindbergh
Guy H. Burrage
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk Boat Builder
H. Dobson- Peacock
Charles
Lindbergh
New England
Nellie
Irey
Henry
Fight Against Tariffs In Tax Bill Promised By Democrat
Washington April 16 A Democrat pledged to fight including tariffs in the billion dollar tax bill as Senate finance committee hearings proceed. Senator Hull said he would move to strike import duties at once and bar adding new ones, amid pressure for duties on oil coal copper and lumber. Some Democrats oppose, while others back tariffs on oil. Senator Tydings proposed limiting tariffs to avoid delaying the revenue act. The committee pressed on with witnesses from industry and expected to close by Friday.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Tavinea Ail Imnarte
Cordell Hull
Tenn
Senate
Hull
Connally
Texas
Gore
Oklahoma
Tydings
Smoot
Utah
Shortridge
California
Watson
Waterman
Colorado
Moses
New Hampshire
Glenn
Illinois
Hastings
Delaware
Herbert
Rhode Island
Austin
Vermont
Batley
Blaine
Pritchard
North Carolina
Heflin
Alfred E. Smith
Presnell Freed After Murder Trial Ends in Acquittal
George Presnell, 60, was acquitted of first degree murder in the 29 year old killing of neighbor Lewis Buchanan. His wife testified in his defense as the case reopened after decades in shadow. Presnell had fled to Iowa after the 1903 slaying, later returning to face the charges.
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Bakersville
N. C
George Presnell
Lewis Buchanan
G. R. Snyder
Presnell
Buchanan
Iron Mountains
Tennessee Line
Iowa
George
Pratherville
Recommendation Made In Favor Of Bankhead Votes
A Senate committee recommended dropping the contest against Senator Bankhead and investigating the contest against Senator Bailey. Final approval rests with the Senate. Former Senator Heflin filed the Bankhead challenge and George M. Pritchard challenged Bailey.
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Bankhead
Washington
Senate
Bailey
N. C
Heflin
George M. Pritchard
Southern Railway reports six million deficit in 1931
The Southern Railway suffered a deficit of 6.92 million in 1931, blamed on weaker general business and competition from trucks, waterways, and pipelines. Revenues fell to 97.72 million, while costs dropped, leaving a modest balance despite lower fixed charges.
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New York
Southern Railway Company
Southern Railway
Soldiers' Bonus Issue Moves Before Legion Posts in NC
Raleigh reports the soldiers' bonus issue will be debated Monday night by American Legion posts across North Carolina as part of a nationwide victory campaign. Posts split between immediate payment and backing National Commander Stevens, with votes requested and results to be sent to state commander Bourne.
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Legion
Raleigh
American Legion
North Carolina
Henry L. Stevens
Warsaw
N. C
Henry C. Bourne
Tarboro
The
Morganton
Middle
Insull holding firms placed in receivership in Chicago
Seven large Insull holding and investment trusts were put in the hands of receivers to conserve securities and arrange payment of 40 million. The move does not affect major Insull utility operating companies, most of which show profits. Middle West Utilities and related companies, valued at about 3 billion, had receivership designated with Insull as one of the receivers. Three trusts were put under receivership after portfolio values fell from about 400 million to under 100 million.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Insull
Middle West
Stimson Arrives at Geneva for Disarmament Talks
Secretary of State Stimson arrived in Geneva to study the disarmament conference and meet key figures. He lunched with British foreign secretary Sir John Simon and discussed disarmament and Sino Japanese issues. Chancellor Bruening, fresh from Berlin, had a lunch with Soviet foreign affairs commissar Litvinoff celebrating Rapallo anniversary.
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Geneva
Stimson
John Simon
Henrich Bruening
Berlin
Maxim Litvinoff
Rapallo
Abductor Slayer of Little Girl Saved By Guards From Mob Threat
Richard Read, 53, confessed to abducting and killing Dorothy Hunter, 8, in Selden Kansas. Sheriff Ed McGinley protected Read from an enraged mob as officers moved him to safety near Achilles. Coroner Dr. Hennenberger reported a skull fracture from a blow. Read had earlier claimed he was abducted by others.
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Colby
Kas
Dorothy Hunter
Selden
Richard Read
Ed McGinley
Thomas County
Read
Achilles
McGinley
Atwood
Charles E. Hennenberger
Rawlins County
Rexford
Kansas Prairie
Burlington
Colo
T. R. Read
Colorado
Floyd Hunter
Roosevelt 5 Off On Speaking Tour
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt prepares for a western swing to Minnesota while Alfred E. Smith weighs stumping in a possible direct clash. Roosevelt plans six drafts of his Minnesota speech and may add a rebuttal to Smith's recent attack. Smith eyes invitations to Massachusetts and Pennsylvania ahead of the April 26 primaries as delegates shift in Roosevelt favor.
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Alfred H. Smith
Washington
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Minnesota
Alfred E. Smith
8&J. Paul
Smith
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Massie Tells Story Of Slaying Of Kahahawai
Lieut. Thomas H. Massie testified about confronting Kahahawai with a pistol and Kahahawai’s confession of attacking Mrs. Massie. He described planning the abduction with Clarence Fortescue and others and recounted threats to force a confession. The tale ties to the lynching that shocked Hawaii’s social and political circles.
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Massie
Kahahawai
Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
Navy
Hawaii
Hyde backs resubmission of prohibition issue
Secretary Hyde says he would not oppose returning the prohibition question to the people for settlement. After attending the Missouri Republican convention in St. Louis he affirmed his dry views unchanged yet supports resubmission and the people’s right to vote. He refused to stand between citizens and their vote on the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Washington
Hyde
St. Louis
Police Chief Kills Man Trying To Arrest Him On Liquor Charge
Princeton Kentucky April 16 Jess Whittinghill 40 of Trigg county was shot and killed by Princeton chief Everett Jones who had attempted to arrest him on suspicion of transporting whiskey Two other men in the car with Whittinghill jumped out when halted and Jones said he fired into the ground three or four times and believes a bullet struck Whittinghill by accident during the confrontation
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Kahahawaii
Massie
Kahahawai
Koko Head
Princeton
Jess Whittinghill
Golden Pond
Trigg County
Everett Jones
Major Stanley F. Ryan 41 Dies by Suicide at Fort Bragg
Major Stanley F. Ryan of the 5th Field Artillery shot himself in his Fort Bragg office after writing a note to his wife. He was 41, a Montana native, UC Berkeley and West Point alumnus, stationed about 10 months. Captain John Nash found the body. burial planned for Arlington Cemetery Tuesday.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Stanley F. Ryan
5Th Field Artillery
U.S. A
Fort Bragg
Ryan
Montana
University of California
West Point
John Nash
Regiment
Arlington Cemetery
Swedish Financier Kreuger Found Guilty of Fraud Allegations
Investigators report forged Italian bonds totaling about 100 million dollars linked to Ivar Kreuger and associates Carl Lange Sven Huldt and Victor Holm. They allege dummy directors fictitious assets and non existent companies to paint a stronger picture of Swedish Match finances. Kreuger allegedly wrote bond names and printed plates found in his secret safe. The disclosures end romantically glamorized image of the industrialist and mark a sharp turn in the inquiry.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ivar Kreuger
Paris
Treasury
Mr. Kreuger
Kreuger
Carl Lange
Sven Huldt
Victor Holm
Associated Organizations
Dagens Nyhether
Nya Dagligt Allehanda
Dickinson Named K C P Keynoter by Republican Rally
L J Dickinson Iowa senator and farm relief champion chosen as keynoter and temporary chairman by the Republican National Committee arrangements panel. Dickinson led the farm bloc in Congress and backed the McNary Haugen and equalization fee measures. Other officers named include Gleason Burke Fess Sanders Haynes and J N of Arkansas in the roll call of convention aides.
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Chicago
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Republican Party
Dickinson
Republican National Committee
Senate
Lafayette B. Gleason
New York
James Francis Burke
Pennsylvania
Lehr Fess
Ohio
Everett Sanders
Indiana
Col
Glenn Haynes
J. N
Arkansas
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Baby
Sms Pws
State
Midwest
George L. Greene
J. C. McBee, Jr
National Capitol
Women's Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Elections Committee
Southern
Del
Alabama
Wis
Rassment
Clarence Darrow
Granville Fortescue
Albert O. Jones
EB. J. Lord
Ross
Territorial Police
Noth
Iffiger
K. C. P. Keyncter
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