Seabury probes threaten Tammany and Roosevelt era
A sweeping investigation led by Samuel Seabury into New York City politics expands to police, courts, and city departments. The probe targets Tammany Hall, Mayor Gene Walker, and District Attorney Crain, with hundreds of witnesses, legal battles, and a half million dollar budget shaping a potential historical turning point.
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Paul Harrison
NEA
New York
Samuel Seabury
Delong
New York City
Seabury
Tammany Hall Ag
Alfred E. Smith
Tammany
Smith
Roosevelt
Gene J . Walker
Albany
Samuel H. Hofstadter
Hofstadter
State Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Appelate
Traffe
Walker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas C. T. Crain
T. F. Keller
Ing
Harry C. Perry
Michael J. Cruise
John T. Howard
James A. McQuade
King’s County Register
Peter J. Curran
New York County
Charles Buckley
Thomas M
Tom” Farley
Farley
City
George W. Olvany
Russell T. Sher
Wood
Sherwood
Ary
Seebury
W. F. Doyle
John F. Curry
Girl Wins Music Scholarship From Royal Conservatory
Oakland girl James Heritage, 13, violin and piano prodigy, wins a three year scholarship at the Royal Conservatory in Stockholm after earning a place in the University of California symphony orchestra.
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Oakland
Cal
Eee
James
Royal Conservatory
Stockholm
University of California Symphony Orchestra
Highlights In Mooney Life Conviction And Battle For Freedom
The NEA recounts Tom Mooney as the era’s most famous prisoner and traces his 15-year fight for freedom after a controversial 1917 conviction linked to the Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco. It covers key witnesses, pardons, affidavits, and political appeals through 1931.
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NEA Service
Tom Mooney
America
Dred Scott
U. S. Supreme Court
Mooney
California
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Debs
Rena Brink Hermann
Warren K. Billings
San Francisco
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
United Railway
Carmen
Wilson
William D. Stephens
Stephens
John McDonald
Estelle Smith
Dora Monroe Wegee
Lewis Smith
C. C. Young
Baltimore
California Supreme Court
Eepitkivale
Rena Mooney
Mary Mooney
San Quentin Prison
New York City
James J. Walker
Angelo Rossi
James Rolph, Jr
Ford Praises Soviet For Russian Tractor
Henry Ford informed Soviet authorities that Russian made tractors operate very satisfactorily and wished good fortune to Russian industry. Ford this spring purchased two tractors from the Red Putilov factory in Leningrad and thanked officials for the opportunity to examine them and for their courtesy.
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Moscow
Henry Ford
Ford
Red Putilov
Leningrad
Russia
Ryuassian
Chrysanthemum Show Draws 36000 Visitors in St Louis
More than 36,000 people visited the chrysanthemum show at Missouri Botanical Gardens in St Louis over the week. The display attracted local residents and visitors who admired hundreds of varieties during the event.
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Missouri Botanical Gardens
St. Louis
Hollywood Lights and the Elusive Public Taste
Hollywood notes the fickle public mood as trends shift between big hits and fresh formulas. The current belief is audiences crave old fashioned romance with noble youths and sweet heroines overcoming obstacles to triumph.
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Hollywood
The Champ a Box Office Champion Yet Simple and Sentimental
The review lauds The Champ for its simple plot focusing on a boy’s adoration of his father, played by Wallace Beery with Jackie Cooper as the wonder-child. King Vidor’s direction is highlighted, and despite its emotional pull, the film is not a trendsetter, as Westerns and rugged pictures typically dominate earnings.
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Wallace Beery
Jackie Cooper
King Vidor
First Film on Airplane Endurance Contests
A new motion picture titled What Goes Up is announced as the first film based on airplane endurance contests. The project is to be produced by an independent company, Goldal.
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Gold al
Women stars in The Mad Parade and Hollywood romance lull
Lilyan Tashman Evelyn Brent in The Mad Parade at Rialto Wednesday and Thursday. First screen work of Iowa trade newspaperman William Crouch. Glorias Swanson divorced husband remarries Michael Farmer. Dorothy Mackaill marriage to Neil Miller signals shift as younger generation shown by Charles Bud- as a sign of changing romances.
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Lilyan Tashman
Evelyn Brent
Rialto
William Crouch
Iowa
Constance Bennett
the Marquis
Gloria Swanson
Gloria
Michael Farmer
Dorothy Mackaill
Neil Miller
Hollywood
Charles ‘Bud
Dog trotted home 300 miles to Hart after moving van escape
A police dog named Pat, once owned by Frank Quail, traveled from Columbus Ohio back to Hart in four days after escaping a moving van. Pat now has a new master, Robert Mason, son of Mrs Quail.
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Mick
Pat
Frank Quail
Columbus, C
Robert Mason
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Bloom's Furniture Exchane
East Washington
High Point Young Men’s Christian Association
Dy" Rogers
Mary Brian
Eddie Quillan
Maureen O'Sullivan
Russell Gleason
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