Prison Break At Marquette State Prison Ends With Deaths
Four convicts attempting a mass escape at the Marquette state branch prison barricaded themselves in the industrial building and freed hospital exits. Acting prison physician A. W. Hornbogen was slain in the hospital. Guards and trusty Frank Oligschlager were wounded. Germano, Rosbury, and Hohfer, linked to prior Detroit gang activity, died by self-inflicted or self-inflicted gunfire after guards used gas. Police slayings noted. warden reports loss of control averted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
State Branch
A. W. Hornbogen
Tony Germano
Toledo
Ohio
Birmingham
Leo Duver
Charles Rosbury
Frank Hohfer
Germano
Hohfer
Laman-Andrews
Detroit
James P. Corgan
Frank Oligschlager
Pris
Dixie Senators in Cotton Parley With Farm Board
Wealthy kidnaped turfman Jack Lynch denied ransom when released in Illinois. Nine Southern Senators invited to confer in Washington on a plan for the Farm Board to buy cotton at six cents now and six cents in October 1932, with Senator George coordinating discussions among Connally Gore Thomas Hull McKellar Bailey Morrison Harrison.
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Washington
Egypt
George
Georgia
Farm Board
State Department
Cairo
Connally
Texas
Gore
Thomas
Okla
Hull
McKellar
Tenn
Bailey
Morrison
North Carolina
Harrison
Nye Finds More Gifts To Cannon
Washington August 27 The senate campaign funds committee heard Basil Manly say Bishop James Cannon Jr held eight political funds from 1928 totaling 68717. Only 22544 of that amount was given to Nipshlen Banthers the odist leader tied to anti Smith democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Basil Manly
James Cannon, Jr
Prime Minister MacDonald Faces Labor Resistance in Budget Fight
London reports Prime Minister MacDonald and a nonpartisan ministry begin planned economy measures to cut dole by ten percent as unions and the Labour Party prepare to block reforms. Conservatives unite behind Baldwin while Liberals waver under Liberal and Grey influence. cabinet fate and leadership issues loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
MacDonald
Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
Stanley Baldwin
David Lloyd George
Lord Grey
Laborites
Mr. MacDonald
Dominions
J. H
Evidence Taken In Smart Trial In Rutherfordton Court
In Rutherfordton North Carolina on August 27 the state began presenting evidence against Fred Smart charged with the June murder of Forest City Police Chief Austin Price. Four of 17 witnesses testified in two hours with prosecutors aiming to show threats against the officer prior to Smart’s drunkenness arrest. Dr. W C Bostic testified wounds could have caused death and described examining the body after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherfordton
N. C
State Today
Fred Smart
Austin Price
Forest City
W. C. Bostic
J. Will Press, Jr
Marion
Bostic
No Announcement From Jeffress On Camp Floggings
Raleigh August 27. E B Jeffress chairman of the state highway commission said he would not announce any decision on reports of wholesale floggings of county prisoners in highway camps until the matter is carefully studied. He was in his office briefly before heading to Greensboro for a political barbecue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
E. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Tammany Seeks Peace in Battle With Roosevelt
Albany report says Tammany Hall, facing defections over the New York city investigation, seeks peace with Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Democratic circles expect Roosevelt to offer a path to heal the split by sending a message to a special session to extend the city probe to upstate Republican districts. An insurgent Brooklyn senator, William Lathrop Love, split with the Senate Democrats, while Assembly Democrats adjourned after four hours without agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Tammany Hall
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tammany
Brooklyn
William Lathrop Love
House
Assembly
Sub Nautilus Crew Probe Arctic Ocean Bottom
A radiogram from Capt. Sir Hubert Wilkins aboard the submarine Nautilus reports sampling the Arctic Ocean floor at 5,220 feet depth. The column of mud measured 17 inches long and one inch thick, brown to pale blue, indicating polar deposits spanning many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York American
Arctic Ocean
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Leonard Wood Jr Dies of Pneumonia at 39 in New York
Leonard Wood Jr, son of the late U.S. Army General, died at Bellevue Hospital in New York at age 39 from pneumonia. He had been an army officer and magazine writer and studied at Cornell after an influenza illness in the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonard Wood, Jr
United States Army
Bellevue Hospital
Young Wood
Cornell University
Pacific Northwest
Lindberghs Rest Day In Tokyo Visit Two Shrines
Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh spent a rest day in Tokyo with time set aside for the couple to recuperate from the flight from New York. They experienced a slight earthquake and visited Japan's two greatest shrines as part of their official visit activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Charles A. Lindbergh
Japan
New York
Church Leaders To Try To Oust Walker As New York Mayor
Berlin Aug 27 John Haynes Holmes pastor of the Community church New York and Rabbi Stephen Wise plan to return to New York mid September to renew efforts to have Mayor Walker ousted Holmes, who chaired the city affairs committee, petitioned Governor Roosevelt to remove Walker last spring and was denied He noted how New York’s bad reputation spreads to Europe including Russia.
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Berlin
John Haynes Holmes
Community Church
New York
Stephen Wise
Walker
Holmes
City Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Europe
Russia
Harvey's Liberty party names Harvey for president
Delegates at Montene convention pick W H Harvey known as Coin as presidential nominee and approve a platform calling for a five year moratorium on private debts and mortgages. Running mate named is Andrae Nordsweg of Los Angeles. The platform also seeks monetary reform and public ownership of utilities to fund government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Montene
Ark
W. H
New “Liberty” Party
Andrae Nordsweg
Los Angeles
New Party
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Democratic Party
Will file suit against 24 bank directors in Gastonia
O F Mason Jr said Bank Commissioner Hood will sue in September 24 directors and officers of the defunct Commercial Bank and Trust of Lincolnton Cherryville Kings Mountain and Mt Holly for 500000. Summonses issued against 24 officials list names including Crowell Byars and Groves. Bank closed in April 1929 and charges allege negligence and mismanagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Crowell
C. H. Hoover
Wade S. Buice
A.S. Karesh
W. W. Glenn
M. &. Herndon
O. G. Falls
C. M. Robinson
C. D. Stroupe
W. J. T. Styers
W. E. Long
R. G. Cherry
A. H. Guison
J. B. Thomasson
H. C. Harrelson
J. A. Abernethy
BE. H. Byars, Jr
E. E. Groves
Commercial Bank
Lincolnton
Cherryville
Kings Mountain
Mt. Holly
Mason
Dr. Crowell
Byars
N. C
Ehringhaus to speak in Charlotte at Civilian Club
Democratic gubernatorial candidate J C B Ehringhaus will address the Civilian club in Charlotte tomorrow afternoon and will speak by radio from station WBT tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehringhaus
Charlotte
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
WBT
Forty Killed In Artillery Raid On Portuguese Rebels
In Caneza a hillside bombardment by troops targeted rebels sheltering after yesterday’s brief revolt against President Oscar Carmona. Forty killed and about 200 wounded as Lisbon held quiet aside from soldiers on duty in the streets after the violent outbreak that claimed lives yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Caneza
Oscar Carmona
Charred Rancher Found On Nebraska Ranch
ATKINSON Neb Aug 27 The charred body of James J Reiser 45 year old rancher and two week groom was found in a burned barn on his 2000 acre ranch twenty miles northeast of here Evidence said by County Coroner Julius Cronin that Reiser started the fire in all farm buildings then entered the burning barn to die motive undetermined
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkinson
Neb
James J. Reiser
Here
Julius Cronin
Reiser
Twin Turtles Hatch From Single Egg Near Santana
SANTANA Fla Aug 27 Twin turtles were hatched from a single egg today at the farm of F W Anderson near here Anderson said the father of the twins is believed to be 900 years old while the mother, comparative A debutante, is but 200 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santana
Fla
F. W. Anderson
Anderson
Forest Fires Claim 7 Lives Across Four States
Seven deaths were charged to western wildfires this season as forest and brush fires burned in four states. Idaho summoned more troops to Garden Valley as Lowman and Placerville faced threats. Wyoming and Montana saw fires with winds hampered by shifting showers, while California reported multiple fires including a Lake County blaze destroying a mining plant and many homes.
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Boise
Idaho
Northwestern
Garden Valley
Lowman
Placerville
Grimes Pass
Whitefish
Mont
Deer Creek
Kootenai Forest
Anton Obermayer
Forest Service
Yaak River
Wyoming
Newcastle
National Guard
California
Lake County
Selecting jury in Berrier case near Lexington
A jury was completed by 12 50 this afternoon to try Dudley Moore an 18 year old African American for murder at the Davidson superior court. The court recessed as new evidence will be heard regarding the slaying of Mrs Jacob G Berrier at her farm home six miles north of Lexington. The change of venue motion was overruled by Judge Wilson Warlick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Guilford
Carter Dalton
Wade P. Renfrow
C. W. Harris
Dennis G. Brummitt
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Richard T. Fountain
Allen J. Maxwell
Willis Smith
Cameron Morrison
Josiah William Bailey
Thomas C. Bowie
Frank Grist
Morrison
C. Grayson
J. T. Burrus
Lexington
Dudley Moore
Jacob Berrier
Wilson Warlick
Davidson
Jacob G. Berrier
Wild Bull Firpo Seeks Dempsey Return Match
BUENOS AIRES Aug 27 Jack Dempsey’s resumption of boxing has stirred Luis Angel Firpo who fought Dempsey in 1923. Firpo, weighing 260, says he has done roadwork and will be ready in six months if Dempsey wants a rematch. He shows no interest in other opponents.
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Buenos Aires
Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Firpo
Dempsey
Polo Grounds
Firpo
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Self
Dennis G. Brammitt
R. T. Fountain
J. A. Maxwell
DIXIE
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Chicago
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Jack’’ Lynch
Lake Geneva
Wis
Lynch
Wisconsin Highway
Nye
Cole
Manly
Continental Trust Company
Bishop Cannon
American National Bank of
Richmond
Continental Fund
F. C. Ferguson
Hudson County National Bank
Jersey City
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Frelinghuysen
Jeffress
Sachems of
Hall
Briny
Leonard Wood
Lindberghs
City Lake
Walton
Berrier Case
Moore
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