Congress recesses after final hectic day in June
Washington June 20. The senate finance committee works amid a Capitol lull over the tariff measure while both houses adjourn for vacation. Debate centered on prohibition and the Paris debt relief plan, with Hoover facing pressure over debentures and a possible extension if France ratifies before August 1.
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Snook Took Key From Girl's Ring
Columbus reports state Dr. James H. Snook admitted taking a key from Miss Theora R. K. Hix’s ring at the scene of her death. The key opened the shared room Snook surrendered to the landlady before the body was identified. Det. Otto Phillips quoted Snook on returning the key after Wednesday discovery.
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Theora RK. Hix
Ohio State
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Entire Country Still In Grip Severe Heat Wave
Nationwide heat wave gripped the nation with record June temperatures from New York to California. Cities reported 92 in New York and 98 in Los Angeles while storms in the east caused deaths and power outages. Cooler air approached New England but Midwest and Southwest remained hot with Phoenix at 108 and Denver at 99.
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Italian seaplanes trigger straits commission note
The mixed straits commission condemned Italy for a seaplane flight over the eastern Mediterranean saying it violated the straits convention which bans passage of military forces stronger than the Black Sea littoral power. The note suggests a reference to the League of Nations. Duce Mussolini publicly congratulated the crews upon their return from the tour.
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Hoover to enforce Boulder Canyon act in full
White House announced President Hoover will issue the order to place the Boulder Canyon dam act in effect. The six month negotiation period for a seven state Colorado river compact has expired with no agreement. Arizona has dissented as Washington conferences failed to produce a plan acceptable to it.
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Current Scribners banned in Boston
The June 20 issue of Scribners Magazine was banned in Boston after Police Superintendent Michael H. Crowley ruled the current chapter of Ernest Hemingway's Farewell to Arms highly objectionable. The serial presents an anti war argument through the exploits of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front.
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Scribners Magazine
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Ernest Hemenway
Tilden Reaches London Championship Semis
Bill Tilden advanced to the London tennis championship semi finals at the Queens Club by defeating fellow American Wilbur F. Coen Jr. 6-2 6-3.
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Wilbur F. Coen, Jr
Rhinelander Pursues Divorce From Mulatto Wife in Las Vegas
Harley A. Harmon, counsel for Leonard Kip Rhinelander, announced plans for a new divorce filing against his wife Alice Jones Rhinelander on grounds of mental cruelty. The action, to be filed July 1 in Las Vegas, names Rhinelander as Lou Russell, a 26 year old member of a wealthy New York family, who has resided in Las Vegas since January.
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Stowaway Schreiber Sails Home After Unplanned Atlantic Flight
Arthur Schreiber from Portland Maine left Paris for the United States aboard the Yellow Bird after stowing away on the trans Atlantic monoplane. He expressed contrition to flier Armeno Lotti Jr and thanked him for friendship while acknowledging his foolish stunt. The crew had earlier discovered the extra weight caused the non stop flight to fail.
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Wet Dry Controversy Heats Up Across U S Waterways
The June 20 AP report details rising conflict over enforcing Prohibition with city shootings and a Detroit river gun battle between federal agents and rum runners. It notes new enforcement campaigns, warnings from Atlanta Police Chief Beavers, and Ottawa concerns about civilian harm.
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Carpet King and Ex Richest Bachelor Dean Cochran Dies
Alexander Smith Cochran former richest bachelor in America and philanthropist died at Saranac Lake after going there to regain health. He chaired Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Co of Yonkers New York, one of the world’s largest carpet works, established by his grandfather and inherited in 1993. His fortune was once estimated at 39 million dollars.
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Goldhurst
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Alexander Smith Cochran
Alexander Smith and Sons
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America
Ganna Walshe
Cochran
Violent Storms Claim Lives in Croatia and Macedonia
Violent thunderstorms in Croatia and Macedonia killed eleven people and injured many more in disturbances yesterday. A primary school in Kamensko was struck by lightning injuring children, and near Uzskub lightning struck during a rush for shelter, killing two and shocking six. Rail link between Wales and Gratzke was paralyzed.
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Forty-Four Convicts Escape Texas Prison Farm
Forty four convicts kidnapped three guards at the Clements estate prison farm near Brazoria Texas early today and escaped. A few hours later three were recaptured, two of them after being shot by a local cattleman. The remaining escapees are believed to have scattered into the Brazos river bottom underbrush.
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Bandit Confronts Doctor Over Immediate Operation
In Chicago a transient threatened Dr. F Seigfried Jackson during an office visit. The doctor suggested delaying the tonsil surgery until tomorrow, but the patient produced a pistol and demanded immediate action. The incident left $210 with the doctor and the patient still without the procedure completed.
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Port Stanley Emerges as Lake Erie Rum Running Base
Port Stanley, Ont., has become the base for liquor running on Lake Erie after a strong border patrol drive. A flotilla of 60 mph ram boats operated from new headquarters in the harbor, awaiting a dash to Cleveland across the lake.
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Motorman Arrested For Smash
A motorman is under arrest in New York charged with homicide after a rear end collision between two elevated trains on the 112th to 113th street line in the Heights. One person was killed and 35 injured, including guard Edward Bretman who died after rescue efforts.
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William F. Emerson
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Edward Bretman
Yellow Bird fliers congratulated by Byrd
Commander Richard Byrd sent a radiogram from the Antarctic praising Jean Assolant Rene Le Fevre and Armeno Loiti for their brilliant Yellow Bird trans Atlantic flight. The message conveyed heartiest congratulations to the trio.
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Paris
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Antarctic
Jean Assolant
Rene le Fevre
Armeno Loiti
East Detroit Rum Runners Sought by Customs Officials
United States customs officials seek a Detroit east side gang accused of firing on patrol boat No. 4191 in the Detroit River near Windsor. The mahogany craft with a white strip fled into Canadian waters after a running gun battle. officials warn the men are highly dangerous.
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Mexicans Await Papal Answer On Church Crisis
Mexico City reports Mexicans awaited a Vatican decision on the long running church dispute after Pope Pius agreed to consider a tentative settlement mediated by the Chilean embassy and interim talks with President Portes Gil bishops and church leaders. No decision arrived by nightfall with Rome likely to respond today.
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Leopold Ruiz Y Flores
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May McAvoy Plans for Wedding Announced
Los Angeles June 27 The wedding plans of film star May McAvoy and groom to be Maurice G. Clear Beverly Hills broker were publicly revealed as they visited the county license bureau. The ceremony is set for June 26 in a Beverly Hills church.
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May McAvoy
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Unloaded gun incident sparks tense talk in Chicago
In Chicago on June 20 Mrs Jeanette Anzolone boasted about shooting a burglar to friends at her home. A guest pleaded not to and the hostess claimed the gun was not loaded, prompting unease among those present.
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Jeanette Anzolone
Rare white opossum spotted in Midway yard
Samuel C. Bifong, a farmer from Midway township, found a snow white opossum in his front yard vines. Game authorities call the sighting exceedingly rare and noteworthy for the region.
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Samuel C. Bifong
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