Dry League Charged With Corrupt Acts
Representative Tinkham accuses the Anti-Saloon League and the southern Methodist board of temperance of coercive lobbying. He cites large expenditures from 1883 to 1926 and calls for a senate lobby committee inquiry into their funds sources and political activities.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Anti-Saloon League
Southern Methodist Board of Temperance and Social Service
Tinkham
Rep
Mass
Boston
Southern Methodist Board
James Cannon Jr
Bishop Cannon
Cannon
Curtis
Senate
House
Volstead
League
Andrew
The
Easter Theft Turns Fatal in San Diego
In San Diego on April 15 14 year old Lewis McCoy died after climbing a power tower to steal copper wire to buy an Easter suit and touched a 500000 volt line.
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United Press
San Diego
Cal
Lewis McCoy
Muscle Shoals Bill Shelved by House Committee
The House Military Affairs Committee shelved the Norris resolution for government operation of Muscle Shoals after preliminary debate showed broad opposition. The bill had passed the Senate thrice earlier. a five member subcommittee was formed to draft a lease bill for private use, effectively junking Muscle Shoals measures before it.
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United Press
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Muscle Shoals
Wiespread
Senate
Hayes Body workers vote to stay on strike
About 200 sheet metal workers at Hayes Body Corp voted to stay on strike after a committee reported officials refused to meet demands and discharged strikers. They demand one dollar per hour and warned of a plant tieup as a meeting scheduled for Wednesday morning aims to organize the group with help from the International Labor Defense League.
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Hayes Body Corporation
South Meridian Street
International Labor Defense League
Elevator plunge injures Chattanooga mayor and nine others
In Chattanooga on April 15 Mayor E. D. Bass and nine others were injured when an elevator in the Patten hotel fell four stories to the basement. A total of fifteen people were in the car at the time and all were hospitalized.
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Chattanooga
Bu United Press
Ten
E. D. Bass
Patten Hotel
Strive to Save Kitten Stuns City Rescue Team
A starving kitten trapped between walls in an apartment house has tied up Washington fire department rescue squads for two days. Grappling hooks failed to reach the animal and officials fear tearing down part of the wall may be required to complete the rescue.
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United P
Washington
Fire Department
Traction magnate named as father in actress trial
Olga Edwards 34 testifies in her extortion case at general sessions court detailing intimate meetings with Nathan L. Amster 60, a traction magnate. She describes Paris discussion of a child they hoped to have and disputes over gender and looks amid the trial.
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United Press
New York
Olga Edwards
Nathan L. Amster
Lee
Amster
Paris
General Sessions Court
Rosalsky
Isadora Duncan
Divorce Suit Over Amos n Andy Television Battle
Theresa M. Aronica sues Perry Aronica for divorce in Detroit charging cruelty for denying access to Amos n Andy radio programs for her and the children. The item blends with a Times feature promoting the Amos n Andy series and subscription details.
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United Press
Detroit
Theresa M. Aronica
Perry Aronica
Amos ’N’ Andy
Ousts Mine Group in Illinois Union Rift
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers announces the revocation of the charter of Sub District 4, District 12, at Springfield Illinois as part of a campaign against mine union secessionists conduct.
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Illinois
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
District 12
Springfield
Vote Wet or Day in Times Ballot
Indianapolis voters are urged to register their choice on enforcement or repeal of the dry law as part of a country wide poll by Literary Digest. Ballots must include name address and gender and be mailed or delivered to The Times Vote Editor with a ballot box on the first floor.
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CHE Times
Indianapolis
Literary Digest
Times Office
Times Vote
Armed Guard Doubled At Marion Jail In Bombing Case
Marion Indiana April 15 police doubled armed guards at the jail amid fear of gang violence as Walter Mazurka Chicago henchman of Scarface Al Capone remained in custody. An affidavit charging conspiracy to murder was filed against Lloyd Humphrey with more suspects including Kmieciak Danford Beckett Legos and the Humphrey brothers.
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Marion
Ind
Lloyd Humphrey
Elwood
Humphrey
Tonneau
Walter Mazurka
Chicago
Scarface
al Capone
Mazurka
Lewis Lindenmuth
Ora Slater
Peter Kmieciak
Joe Beckett
Eddie Mulianski
Harry Danforth
Joe Pardo
Indiana
Erma Fern Legos
Andrew Legos
Vernon
Duke Humphrey
Legos
Kmieciak
Beckett
Danford
Humprey Brothers
Gold Star Mother Faces Liquor Charge as Pilgrimage Plans Remain
Detroit April 15 A gold star mother Mrs Elizabeth White aged 50 is charged with selling a half pint of liquor to a policeman and is free on a personal bond. She plans to visit her son Stanley�s grave in France through the Gold Star Mothers pilgrimage funded by the government.
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United P
Detroit
Elizabeth White
Stanley
White girl and negro wed in Lancaster intermarriage case
Willard C. Temple a 25 year old Negro and Miss Margaret H. Drake a 24 year old white stenographer both of Harrisburg Pa were married in Lancaster. The license was obtained Monday making this the third interracial marriage in eight years in the area. Temple had a January arrest for drawing a knife on a taxicab driver and served a county jail sentence after a fine was unpaid. Drake had worked for the state health department and testified as a character witness for Temple.
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United Press
Lancaster
Willard C. Temple
Porter
Margaret H. Drake
Harrisburg
Maris F. Matthews
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Bu United Press
Willard Temple
Margaret Drake
Drake
State Health Department
Temple
Temperature readings by hour
A sequence of hourly temperatures shows 6am 50, 7am 51, 8am 55, 9am 61, 10am 63, 11am 62, 12 noon 60, 1pm 67. The data tracks morning to early afternoon heat levels.
Indians to Blast Lid Off 1930 AA Season Opener
The Indianapolis Indians meet the Kansas City Blues in the opening American Association game at Washington Park. veterans Mike Coyengros and Tom Sheehan start on the mound for the two clubs amid a city parade and ceremonies. Buck Crouse and Big John Peters behind the plate, with Mayor Sullivan and Governor Leslie among figures projecting the ceremonial pitch.
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American Association
Middle West
Indianapolis
Kansas City Blues
Johnny Corriden
Indians
Washington Park
West Washington Street
Hoosier
Mike Coyengros
Missouri Hills
Tom Sheehan
Big John Peters
Champs
Buck Crouse
Reginald H. Sullivan
Harry G. Leslie
Meridian Street
Monument Circle
Washington Street
Ball Park
Opening Day Blues Indians Parade and Game Details
The Times outlines a booster event with seven city bands and player floats, names Cvengros and Sheehan as starting pitchers, and notes possible lineups amid injuries to Sicking Connolly and others. Marines will raise the flag after the march to center field as fans anticipate the first swat.
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Center Field
Times
Cvengros and
Sheehan
Corriden
Zwilling
Eddie Sicking
Tribe
Carriden
Bud Connolly
Second
Boone
Payne
Johnny Corriden
Mike Cvengros
Tom Sheehan
Maund
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Gerken
Sicking
Connolly
Kuhel
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McMillan
Barnhart
Grigsby
Freigau
Smith
Carlyle
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Michaels
Monahan
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