U S Strikes New Blow at Al Capone Beer Racket
Chicago June 18 AP the government moved against Capone's beer empire, estimated at 20 million dollars a year. The indictment follows a federal grand jury action within a week as Hoover’s war on racketeering intensifies. Capone faces legal action on income tax and contempt charges while his gang endures higher bond costs and seizure costs.
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Chicago
Alphonse Capone
Hoover
Capone
George F. Johnson
United States
Chicago Tribune
Johnson
Hoover to Launch Speech Tour From Sunday Night
President Hoover begins a three day speaking tour through Indiana Ohio and Illinois. He will address political and party groups in Indianapolis Marion Columbus and Springfield and plans further stops in Pennsylvan ia July 4. Support within the party shows concern over dissension and calls for a progressive challenge.
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Ohio
Illinois
Hoover
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Indianapolis
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Abraham Lincoln
Springfieldllinois
Columbus
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Philadelphia
Ernest Lee Jahnecke
Navy
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Brookhart
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Wisconsin
Nebraska
California
North Dakota
South Dakota
Romance of girl hitch hiker ends
South Bend Ind June 13 The hitch hiking romance of Miss Elizabeth Wardwell 24 daughter of a retired Watertown New York banker was ended when her father Addison F Wardwell found her with detectives in Hobart Indiana She admitted her identity and said she was traveling with George Reed 17 from Watertown to Hobart They had $10 and traveled by hitchhiking with Wardwell to bring her back to New York the same night
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South Bend
Ind
Ary
Elizabeth Wardwell
Watertown
N. Y
Addison F. Wardwell
Associated Press
Ashtabula
George
Hobart
Rescued From Beneath Stones A Truck Driver Declines Aid
Kansas City report says William Pashel 35 was buried under five tons of stones for two minutes and then rescued by workers. He refused a stretcher saying he was all right. In New York a torn black coat linked to Starr Faithful disappearance was found at Long Beach surf and sent to Mineola police as the investigation continues into her bruised body found earlier.
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Stove
Kansas City
William Pashel
Pashel
New York
Starr Faithful
Long Beach
Long Island
Mineola
Crowley Plot Foiled At Sing Sing Prison
In Ossining New York guards exposed a plot by Francis Crowley to kill guards and make an escape from Sing Sing. A tightly wrapped magazine bound with wire from cot springs was seized during the daily inspection.
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Crowley
Ossining
N. Y
Francis Crowley
Sing Sing
Sony Sete & Tensraneds
Uablagens Boldden
Hammer Surfaces in Thelma Woods Slaying Probe
A hammer possibly used in the killing of 17 year old Thelma Woods was found in the quarry pool and is now in police possession. The body, tied with a rock, was recovered yesterday.
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Lima
Lindberghs Prepped With Emergency Sea Bundle
Lindberghs ready for a projected Orient flight with an automatic life raft and rubber boat packing emergency gear. The kit includes two radio sets, a mast and sail, emergency rations, and a 500 to 3,000 mile daytime to nighttime range.
Order Restored After Outbreak in Roubaix Riot
In Roubaix France on June 13 a street riot by striking textile workers and communists ended with no bloodshed as authorities restored order. Dawn showed defensive measures including barbed wire, barricades and makeshift fortifications. Police and gendarmes prepared to disperse further gatherings and repairs began as officials arrived.
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Roubaix
France
Three Die As Plane Crashes Between Cologne and Saarbrucken
A regular passenger plane on the Cologne Saarbrucken route crashed near Saarbrucken in the morning killing the pilot, mechanic, and two passengers. The incident occurred in Germany with authorities investigating the cause as officials labeled it a fatal aviation accident.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Cologne
Saarbriecken
Railroads to file 15 percent freight rate petition
New York June 13. The petition of the steam railroads of the United States for a 15 percent increase in freight rates will be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission next Wednesday.
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New York
Steam Railroads of
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Salaries of Reno Officials Paid From Divorce Receipts
Reno Nevada amid liberalism and a new six week residence rule has seen divorce filings surge. Washoe county collects fees totaling about 25 dollars per divorce action, with May alone yielding over 10 000 dollars and an annual projection near 78 000 dollars to fund courthouse enlargement plans.
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Reno
Nevada
Washoe County
Morganton man sentenced for manslaughter
Dick Deal of Morganton was sentenced to 10 to 14 years in state prison after striking Walter Simmons with a hammer during an altercation, fatally injuring him. Deal claimed self defense.
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N. C
Dick Deal
Deal
Walter Simmons
Morgaton Carpenter
Goldsboro
Hettie Johnson
Southern
Princeton
Newton
Dick Gurley
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Western Carolina League
Hickory
Brookford
Rhodhill
Marion
Shelby
Concord
Jackson Training School
Plan Memorial
New Bern
Edgar Elliott
Elliott
Pay Streak Found in Yukon Salmon Country
Seattle report states Tom Kerruish, a former Cour D Alene miner, found a pay streak in the Yukon, showing $2000 in two days of sluicing and $4000 in ten days last fall, per telegram from H Wheeler president of Cherie Pass and Yukon at White Horse.
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Seattle
Yukon
H. Wheeler
Cherie Pass
White Horse
Wheeler
Tom Kerruish
Cour D'Alene
Kerruish
Durham Gangster Will Die In Chair
HILLSBORO N C June 13 Bennie Griffin 21 described as Durham s toughest gangster during his trial is scheduled to die in the electric chair August 14 for the murder of Ivor Price Orange county blockader but may gain a delay through appeal Griffin was convicted of shooting Price instead of paying him for a delivery of whiskey He was also charged with two other slayings those of Katherine Mangum and Henry Smith aged negro cafe proprietor
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Hillsboro
N. C
Bennie Griffin
Durham
Ivor Price
Orange County
Griffins
Price
Katherine Mangum
Henry Smith
Doumer Named President as Laval Forms New French Government
In Paris on June 13 Paul Doumer became president of the French Republic, succeeding Gaston Doumergue. He was greeted by officials, with Laval presenting the new cabinet and Doumergue rejoining his private life. In Charleston the Southern Textile Association elected T. W. Mullen president, with Frank K. Petrea as VP and H. H. Ler as board chair, while discussions urged better labor training and honest advertising of southern textile capabilities.
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Gaston Doumergue
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Dervilles
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Frank K. Petrea
Columbus, Ga
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Board of Governors
Charleston
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Columbus
H. H. Ler
Greenville
D. C
M. R. Vick
Rosemary
N. C
R. J. Jennings
Lanette
Ala
Fred Still
Greer
Culver Batson
Lynchburg
L. A. Elmore
Rhodhils
J. C. Corn
Columbia
Atlanta Pastor Beals Found Shot in East Point
Rev. Young A. Beals, pastor of Jefferson Street Methodist Episcopal Church South, was found dead from gunshot wounds near his car in East Point. A two-shot double barreled gun lay nearby and a note to his wife Helen Beals was recovered reading a final farewell and urging her to protect their son Allen.
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Young A. Beals
Jefferson Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
East Point
Helen Beals
Helen
Allen
Brewers Fined for Obstinacy Over New Panama Tax
Panama City reports a war between the government and brewers and saloon keepers over a new three cent per litre tax. Breweries and bars are fined thousands daily for refusing to pay the levy which began Wednesday, while only two small dispensers have paid. Consumers turn to rum and whiskey as beer sale wanes.
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Panama City
Panama
Seismologists Conclude Eastern Meeting in Columbia
Seismologists gathered for the eastern section of the Seismological Society of America in Columbia, after electing officers, ended their two day program. Delegates traveled to Charleston to view relics from the 1886 earthquake.
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Columbia
S. C
Seismological Society of America
Charleston
Mystery death theory grows over Starr Faithfull case
The story reports a theory that Starr Faithfull ended her life by her own actions while Nassau County authorities seek evidence of murder involving prominent social circles. A new diary may support murder claims, with long Beach Long Island drowning cited. London and New York coverage note police probes and a narcotics squad inquiry.
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New York
Starr Faithfull
Nassau County
Greenwich Village
London
Boston
Long Beach
Long Island
Daily Sketch
Scotland Yard
America
Barker
Mine Picketed By 400 Workers
In St Clairsville Ohio on June 13 four hundred men and women including children gathered at the new Lafferty mine of the M A Hanna Coal company to halt operations. Deputy sheriffs moved the crowd and prevented gathering while less than half of the 320 workers reported for duty. Officials said threats forced many to stay away. the miners denied threats.
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ST. Clairsville
Lafferty
M.A. Hanna Coal Company
Latest Official List of Chicago Gangsters Status
Chicago's official list notes Al Capone as public enemy No 1 under six months for contempt and facing tax fraud indictments. Tony Volpe public enemy No 2, facing deportation on illegal reentry with appeal. Capone brothers and associates hold various sentences or appeals for tax fraud and related charges in federal court.
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Chicago
al Capone
Public Enemy No. 1
Tony
Mops) Volpe
Public Enemy No
Capone
Ralph Capone
Jack Guzik
Capone Gang
Frank Nitti
Leavenworth
Sam Gunsile
Jack
Bootleg Leader Surrenders To Deputy Marshal
Roney Eaton, sought as head of a bootleg gang blamed for the slaying of a deputy U.S. marshal, surrendered with two companions in Booneville Mississippi after state troops joined the chase. The incident began when officers stopped a car in which Eaton and four others rode. Eaton was pursued as a parole violator.
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Booneville
Miss
Roney Eaton
United States
Clyde Rivers
Eaton
Ask President Peru To Resign
CARCAS, Venezuela. June 13. The Venezuelan congress, acting as a full committee, demanded President Juan Bautista Perez resign at a special session. Reports from Colombia over the past two months mention rebellion against the Perez government, despite April denials of any revolutionary movement.
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Venezuela
Juan Bautista, Perez
Colombia
Perez
Vegogueia
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