State closes its case against Means bringing up damaging evidence
The prosecution finished its case in the Gaston B. Means embezzlement trial over $104,000 from Mrs. Edward B. McLean tied to a Lindbergh ransom claim. Witnesses said Means discussed recovering the baby with Guggenheim and a former prisoner who described a plan offering fifty to one hundred thousand dollars, with warnings to stay silent.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Edward B. McLean
Means
M. Robert Guggenheim
McLean
Washington Post
Robert F. Fleming
Edgemoor
Maryland
Guggenheim
Fleming
New York
Senate Debates 300 Million Jobless Relief Bill
The Senate debated a Democratic 300 million dollar bill to aid unemployed, moving to speed passage with administration support. Wagner led the sponsor's push, proposing Reconstruction Finance Corporation advances to states with repayment offset by future highway funds, and state government control of funds.
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Washington
Senate Today
Senate
Hoover
Wagner
New York
Federal Aid Vital
Reconstruction Corporation
Dill
Coolidge Still Opposed to Prohibition and Declines VP Bid
Plymouth Vermont June 10 Calvin Coolidge states his prohibition stance remains unchanged and he would not accept a vice presidential nomination. A reported draft as Hoover’s running mate was deemed futile, amid notes from Representative Celler about a Cosmopolitan magazine interview.
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Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge
Hoover
United Press
Coolidge
Celler
New York
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Bandits Rob Bank Branch in Washington Heist
Bandits robbed a Washington Mechanics Savings Bank branch and fled with 15000 dollars. The heist occurred today in Washington and authorities search for the suspects.
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Washington
Washington Mechanics Savings Bank
Enterprise Announces New Health Column Your Teeth Their Relation to Your Health
The Enterprise previews a health information feature titled Your Teeth Their Relation to Your General Health debuting June 12. Writers are eminent authorities focusing on diet and mouth hygiene and will answer readers questions.
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Enterprise
Official canvass begins in North Carolina primary results
Raleigh on June 10 reports the state board of elections started the official canvass of last Saturday's primary. An addition error of 10,000 votes prompted an afternoon recheck. no material changes from unofficial returns were noted. Reynolds leads Morrison in both short and long term U S Senate races. Ehringhaus leads Fountain for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Morrison and Fountain may demand a second primary within five days.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Board of Elections
Avery
Reynolds
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
Wet
Cameron Morrison
Charlotte
Dry
United States
Senate
Morrison
Tom C. Bowie
West Jefferson
Superior Court
Frank D. Grist
Bowie
Grist
Arthur Simmons
Burlington
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
R. T. Fountain
Rocky Mount
Ehringhaus
Fountain
A. J. Maxwell
Farm Relief Bills Gain Headway in House Ag Committee
Washington June 10 Two farm relief bills moved forward in the house agriculture committee one for the export debenture and another covering the debenture equalization fee and domestic allotment plans The debenture measure passed 14 to 6 and would be mandatory after enactment The six to eight tally on the other bill reflected support from Farm Bureau National Grange and National Farmers Union which seek to empower the farm board to use the debenture equalization fee and domestic allotment plan at its discretion
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Jones
Fulmer D
Farm Bureau Federation
Violet Sharp Found Dead After Kidnapping Link
Violet Sharp a nanny for the Morrow family was found dead in a pantry with poison in a bottle in her room. Investigators say she was to be questioned today about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Autopsy pending in Bergen County.
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Raphael Gilady
Bergen County
Morrow
Col
Charles A. Schoeffel
Colonel Schwarzkopf
Miss Sharp
Hopewell
Schwarzkopf
Englewood
Florida primary reshapes congress seats amid referendums
In Jacksonville on June 10 Democratic returns show Mark Wilcox winning the fourth district nomination to oppose Ruth Bryan Owen, with a run-off likely between Tom Yondry and Millard Caldwell in the third district. Mayor John T. Alsop Jr. and W. J. Sears face a runoff for at large nomination, both referendum candidates.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Mark Wilcox
West Palm Beach
Ruth Bryan Owen
Tom Yondry
Millard Caldwell
John T. Alsop, Jr
W. J. Sears
Scripps-Howard backs Alfred E. Smith in editorial clash with Roosevelt
Scripps-Howard newspapers publish an editorial urging support for Alfred E. Smith over Franklin D. Roosevelt. The piece likens Roosevelt to Hoover, extols Smith’s decisiveness and action, and critiques the tariff bill and Roosevelt’s New Deal approach.
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Scripps-Howard Press
Roosevelt
Hoover
Smith
New York
Howard
Theewspapers
Scripps-Howard
al- Saad
Arca
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
New York City
Tammany
White House
Vets Segregate Communists From Bonus Marchers at Anacostia
Police moved to separate communists from wary bonus marchers at Anacostia Flats as $5,000 gifted to the veterans’ food fund was accepted to keep inflammatory propaganda out of camps. Pelham Glassford said discharges would allow equal treatment while keeping hardliners apart for law and order. Authorities projected up to 10,000 veterans at the site by tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Anacostia Flats
Veterans Food Fund
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Radio League
Littleflower
Pelham D. Glassford
William C. Fowler
District of Columbia
Glassford
Anaccostia
William G. Stott
Metropolitan Police Pos Wegd
Morrison Reynolds Rival Camps Open North Carolina Senate Fight
In Raleigh North Carolina Cameron Morrison and Robert Reynolds set up state headquarters as a Democratic senatorial contest heats up. Morrison allies including Don Scott and David Strain clash with Reynolds backers while issues such as prohibition and the 1920 second primary spark political maneuvering and a Reynolds caucus is planned.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Cameron Morrison
Robert R. Reynolds
Col
Don Scott
Graham
Morrison
David L. Strain
Asheville
W. Read Johnson
Winston-Salem
Gardner
Mary
Reynolds
West Jefferson
Tom C. Bowie
Asheville Mar
Camp Officials Held Without Bond In Prisoner Death
Prison camp officials Captain C W Courson and guard M Higginbotham were held without bond on murder charges over the death of 19 year old prisoner Charles Maillefret found strangled in a sweat box. A coroner inquest found them responsible for the fatal incident at a road camp near Sunbeam.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Charles Maillefret
C. W. Courson
Sunbeam
M. Higginbotham
Divers Salvage $45,000 From Sunken Egypt Gold
Divers from the Italian salvage ship Artiglio II reached the Egypt off Brest France and recovered bullion valued at $45,000 from the gold room after a two year, life costing effort. The long quest began in 1922 and despite repeated disasters the crew pressed on amid fierce seas and losses.
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Brest
France
Artigliio II
Ezy
Egypt
Artiglio
Raffio
Dry plank passes in women's clubs convention
Bulletin reports overwhelming support for a bone dry plank in urban and Democratic platforms by women’s clubs at their convention. In a separate game in Brooklyn, June 10, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn players fought at second base with Bill Herman involved.
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Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Bill Herman
Four Die From Gas Well Fire Near Jackson Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi a gas well explosion and fire at the Atkinson Valentreur No. 1 killed four workers and injured one. J W McCarroll Bill Taylor Laurice Atkinson Wayland Atkinson Jack Burnham died or was injured. The blaze lighting miles around prompted talks of costly snuffing efforts and possible expert help.
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Jackson
Miss
J. W. McCarroll
Bill Taylor
Laurice
Wayland Atkinson
Jack Burnham
Atkinson Brothers
Securities Spirited Away In Fake Errand Theft
Philadelphia report: about $200000 in securities delivered minutes earlier vanished from the Girard Trust Company offices. Clerk Erwin A. Fiero rushed on a call saying to fetch $50000 in bonds from a business department, but the bonds and the checked securities disappeared on his return.
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Philadelphia
Girard Trust Company
Broad and
Chestnut Streets
Pennsylvania Company
Erwin A. Fiero
Fiero
North Carolina Line merges with Norfolk Baltimore Carolina Line
J. S. Williams president of North Carolina Line Inc says his Wilmington to Baltimore freight company will merge Monday with Norfolk Baltimore and Carolina Line Inc of Norfolk. The combined firm will operate ships between Wilmington and Baltimore.
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Wilmington
N. C
J. S. Williams
North Carolina Line, Inc
Baltimore
Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina Line, Inc
Norfolk
Wild Bill Sizemore Escapes Hospital Capture
Sheriff John Irwin Jr was informed that Wild Bill Sizemore who terrorized the county jail was escaped from a government hospital in Newport News Virginia. The escape occurred after he was taken there for treatment following his earlier incident.
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Charlotte
John Irwin, Jr
Wild Bill Sizemore
Newport News
Irwin
Newberry Chief Elected President of Fire Chiefs Division
Henry Well, chief of the Newberry fire department in South Carolina, was elected president of the Southern Division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs in Brunswick Georgia. J L Miller, chief of Concord North Carolina, was named secretary.
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Brunswick
Henry Well
Fire Department
Newberry
S. C
International Association of Fire Chiefs
J. L. Miller
Concord
N. C
Will Rogers on Politics and Prohibition in America
Beverly California June 9 Will Rogers jokes about Iowa nominating a radio announcer for senator. He mocks McAdoo for proposing voters decide on prohibition and other amendments. He praises Charles Dawes as president material but doubts commitment. Rogers ridicules Dawes for wavering.
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Calif
Iowa
McAdoo
Charley Dawes
Sultan of
Morocco
Eva
Aimee
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