Scarface Al Capone pleads guilty to tax and prohibition charges
Federal Judge James H Wilkerson will sentence Capone on June 30 after Capone pleaded guilty to evading income taxes on about 1 038 654 84 over ten years and conspiring with 68 others to manufacture and transport beer in the Chicago area since 1921 Two other defendants also faced prison terms while Capone left the court under heavy guard reflecting the severity of the cases and potential penalties.
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Capone
Chicago
Scarface
al” Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Convicted Negro Farm Hand Taken From Jail
In Huntsville Alabama Thomas Jasper a black farm hand convicted of disturbing a white girl home was taken from the city jail by two unidentified white men who fled. Police feared lynching. the men opened the rear door locked Jasper in his cell and disappeared. Jasper was fined one hundred dollars but returned to jail when unable to pay. Officers note prior similar accusations against him.
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Huntsville
Ala
Thomas Jasper
Jasper
Tomb of Late President Dedicated in Marion Ohio
Thousands gathered as Warren G Harding’s tomb was dedicated in Marion Ohio with President Hoover and Calvin Coolidge praising his postwar leadership and accomplishments including the Washington arms talks. Ohio Governor White and former Senator Frelinghuysen lauded Harding’s character and impact while avoiding scandal references.
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Marion, Ohio
Marion
Warren
Ing
Hoomer
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Hoover
Harding
Alaska
Coolidge
Harding Memorial Association
Washington
State of
Ohio
George White
Warren G. Harding
America
J. S. Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Herbert Hoover
Lindbergh Receives Honorary Degree at Princeton
Princeton New Jersey June 16 Col Charles A Lindbergh receives Master of Science at Princeton University's 184th annual commencement alongside six other honorees including Frank Kellogg Willa Cather and Newton Baker. Degrees conferred by Dr John Grier Hibben.
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Princeton
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Princeton University
Col
Lindbergh
Frank B. Kellogg
Great Britain
Coolidge
Willa Cather
Miss Cather
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
John Grier Hibben
Equalization Board Set to Meet on School Topics
The state board of equalization will meet in Raleigh on Thursday to discuss teacher allotments county school organization under the new school law and centralized purchasing of school supplies. Secretary Leroy Martin said county superintendents reports on teachers used enrollment and attendance are being received. Brower the state purchasing agent will discuss buying plans with the board under the new law.
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Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
Leroy Martin
Martin
Brower
Wil
Division On
Board of Equalization
Counsel fights revocation of RCA radio licenses
Washington June 16 counsel for Radio Corporation of America challenged a court ruling that a civil judgment of monopoly does not trigger Section 13 denial of licenses. Hearings examine whether the FCC must refuse renewals for NBC and RCA subsidiaries and transfer WENR’s license if needed.
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Washington
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Commission
RCA
National Broadcasting Company
RCA Victor Company, Inc
Radiomarine Corporation of America
RCA Communications, Inc
Louis Titus
Xxx
Titus
Commission
Elisha Hanson
Milwaukee Journal
WENR
Chicago
NBC
Rmits
Hanson
WCMJ
Oswald Schuette
The
Radio Protective Association
Waning Mine Strike Activity Reported in Belmont County
Sheriff Howard Duff and Major John A. Blount of the Ohio national guard believe strike activity in Belmont county is rapidly waning as scores of miners return to work at the Lafferty Provident and Fairpoint mines in St Clairsville on June 16.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
Howard Duff
John A. Blount
Ohio National Guard
Lafferty, Provident
Fairpoint
Capone Ring Suspect Faces Three year Term
Kansas City report states Guy Brock, alleged Capone liquor ring member, pleaded guilty to selling alcohol and conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. He faces three years in prison and a $7,500 fine as 47 other ring members remain under indictment.
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Kansas City
Guy Brock
al Capone
Middle Western
Starr Faithfull mystery case widens with leads
Nassau County District Attorney Edward L. Edwards said fifty new angles emerged since yesterday in Starr Faithfull's death case. He emphasized two men, Jack Greenway and Bruce Winston, as key to tracing Starr’s movements the day before she vanished.
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Starr Faithfull
Mineola
N. Y
Eda
Nassau County
Tony
Mr. Edwards
Jack Greenway
Bruce Winston
Miss Faithfull
Greenway
Winston
Starr
Harry Stoner
New York
Stoner
Tucker
City Employees Face 10 Percent Salary Cut
Henderson North Carolina June 16 city council voted a ten percent decrease in salaries of all city employees and eliminated the fee system in office, where it had been in practice.
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Henderson
N. C
Circulation managers meet in Asheville
The International Circulation Managers association held its annual meeting in Asheville on June 16. Charles A. Webb president of the Asheville Citizen-Times and L A Hoffman of the St Louis Star were featured speakers. About 3800 people attended the gathering and business matters were discussed.
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Asheville
N. C
International Circulation Managers Association
Charles A. Webb
North Carolina Holds 121 Embryo Physicians Exams
Raleigh June 16 AP reports one hundred twenty one embryo physicians entered state medical examinations for licensure. Two women attended the tests including a negro, while fourteen physicians from other states sought North Carolina licenses through reciprocity.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Dr. Sallee Dies at Preachers School in Richmond
Dr. W. Eugene Sallee of Richmond Virginia home secretary of the foreign mission board of the Southern Baptist convention died of a heart attack last night during a preachers' school at Meredith College. A native of Kentucky he spent 27 years as a Baptist missionary in China and entered the ministry from Texas.
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Sallee
Raleigh
W. Eugene Sallee
Richmond
Foreign Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Meredith College
Salle
Kentucky
China
Texas
Man 18 Drowned In Dan River Near Reidsville
Rufus J. Brown formerly of Mount Airy drowned in the Dan river eighteen miles north of Reidsville while swimming with companions who said he was seized by cramps.
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Reidsville
N. C
Rufus J. Brown
Mount Airy
Dan River
Here
Insurance Agents Close Convention in North Carolina
The North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents closed its annual convention in Asheville with Thomas C. Hayes of Charlotte elected president Wrightsville Beach chosen as the 1932 meeting site. Other officers include Richard L. Meares Wilmington first vice president James W. Tisdale Asheville John Peacock High Point Louis Conner Raleigh as second vice presidents and W. S. Markham Durham re-elected secretary treasurer.
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Asheville
N. C
North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents
Thomas C. Hayes
Charlotte
Wrightsville Beach
Richard L. Meares
Wilmington
James W. Tisdale
John Peacock
High Point
Louis Conner
Raleigh
W. 8. Markham
Durham
Train crash injures over twenty at Woodlawn station
A New Rochelle bound commuter train derailed at Woodlawn after its last car jumped a switch. It sideswiped a work train, overturning a tank car and injuring more than twenty passengers. Most injured were from New Rochelle and Mt. Vernon. eight hospitalized.
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New York
New Rochelle
Woodlawn
Mt. Vernon
Dynamiters Sentenced To 12 Months On Road
George Styles and Robert Perkins plead nolo contendere to dynamiting Rev J N Wise’s home during the Clinchfield mill strike disruptions in 1929 and are sentenced to 12 months on the roads. Wise testified he saw them throw the dynamite from a car and flee.
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George Styles
Robert Perkins
J. N. Wise
Clinchfield Mill
Marion
N. C
Nolo
J.N. Wise
Clinchfield
Mr. Wise
Perkins
Styles
W. L. Hogan
The
Union
Battleship Tows Nautilus Toward Queenstown Ireland
On board the U S battleship Arkansas enroute to Copenhagen the Wyoming towed the disabled Nautilus submarine through heavy rain and fog toward Queenstown Ireland for repairs. The Nautilus in which Sir Hubert Wilkins hopes to reach the North Pole became disabled Sunday and messages indicate the engines remained unable to operate and towing effort was slowed by rough weather.
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U. S
Copenhagen
Denmark
Wyoming
Queenstown
Ireland
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Papal Nuncio Ordered to Protest Segura Expulsion
Pope Pius directs the papal nuncio in Madrid to file a protest with Spain over Cardinal Segura’s expulsion. Observatore Romano quotes the pope saying the cardinal represents Catholic Spain and the Catholic world, and his expulsion harms them all.
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Segura
Vatican City
Pius
Madrid
Cardinal Segura
Observatore Romano
Spain
Grissom Sees Daniels Winning NC Governor Nomination
U S collector Grissom predicts Josephus Daniels could secure the Democratic nomination for governor in next June’s primary, with James S. Duncan or another Republican as the rival depending on the Democratic choice. He notes Republicans may back Daniels if he is the nominee and a regular Democrat would aid Duncan or another GOP contender.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
James S. Duncan
Greensboro
Republican Executive Committee
Gilliam Grissom
U. S
Internal Revenue
Grissom
Daniels
United States Senate
Cameron Morrison
Charles A. Jonas
Jake Newell
Charlotte
Morrison
Jonas
Dennis G. Brummitt
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
A. J. Maxwell
Daniels and Fountain
George E. Butler
Clinton
America's Mayors Sail For New York
Havre France June 16 America s touring mayors sat for New York on the Ile De France this morning ending a tour of France which began on May 21 Several of the visitors promised that they would be back soon Sponsors in France plan to invite 100 American newspapermen to spend two months in France next year Announcement of this project was made last night at a farewell dinner to the mayors.
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Havre
France
America
New York
Ile de France
Negro Jailed For Illegal Operation
Rocky Mount June 16. J J Hood a black doctor was jailed to await hearings on charges of performing an illegal operation on Julia Weeks a 27 year old white woman of Enfield who died Saturday. Coroner W C Williams of Roanoke Rapids filed the warrant after performing the post mortem.
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Rocky Mount
J. J. Hood
Julia Weeks
Enfield
Wood
W. C. Williams
Roanoke Rapids
Graduation Held At Yale University Commencement in Woolsey Hall
Graduation exercises took place in Woolsey hall for Yale University's 230th commencement in New Haven. Rain dampened pomp as 681 diplomas were awarded: 323 BA 170 BPh 188 BS. Graduate school degrees and honorary degrees were to be conferred tomorrow.
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New Haven
Conn
Woolsey Hall
Yale University
Bruening Wins First Round of Reichstag Fight
Berlin reports Bruenings government wins the first round in parliament as the Reichstag council of elders rejects an extra session. The evening meeting will again discuss a special Ways and Means Committee session on the emergency tax decree and ongoing government opposition.
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Berlin
Bruening
Reichstag Council of Elders
Reichstag
Ways and Means
Man held for murder of wife over fried chicken
Greenwood South Carolina June 16 John Cox 40 a farmer was held on a murder charge after his wife 28 was slain over accusations she ate too much fried chicken at a guest gathering Inquest testimony from Coxs stepdaughter Stella May Barton said he dragged her to a bedroom and fired a shotgun The guests J D Taylor and J W McGee testified Cox warned them to take the woman if they wanted her as he planned to quit her tomorrow
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J. D. Taylor
J. W. McGee
South Green
Cox
Bookkeeper Held Up By Two Masked Men
Two masked men held up Conley Rawls, a bookkeeper for the People's Bank in Dresden Tennessee as he opened the bank. They forced him to unlock the vault and fled with about 5000 dollars. Public police search follows for suspects.
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Dresden
Tenn
Conley Rawls
People’s Bank
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