Chicago Mob Roundup Seizes Seven Racketeers at Coliseum
Police arrest seven racketeers after a boxing show in Chicago as business leaders urge action to end gang violence. Detectives rove among 4,000 fans, seize seven men led by David Mulligan and Sam Albin, warn that further arrests will come, and plan citizen committees to curb terror.
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Chicago
Coliseum
la Salle Street
Maurice Byrne
David
Mulligan) Albin
Epicure Club
Sam Albin
Benjamin
Buddy) Jacobson
Morris Eller
Octavius Granady
James Cohn
Frankie Foster
George Kreiss
Clark Street
Moran
Izadore Lazarus
John
Dingbat) Oberta
Joe Saltis
Chicago Association of Commerce
Underworld
Isham Randolph
Association of Commerce
Police aid in hunt for missing girl linked to magazine crew
Police pursue a magazine subscription ring believed to involve Cleo Heffelman 19, stepdaughter of W A Meyer of 819 North Chester Avenue. Heffelman answered an ad and worked for a man listed as W A McWilliams of New York City to solicit subscriptions in Indianapolis. The man and three other workers left for Kentucky.
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W. A. Meyer
North
Chester Avenue
Meyer
Cleo Heffelman
W. A. McWillams
New York City
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Mrs Mary McKee Dies After Long Illness in Cambridge City
Cambridge City, Ind., Feb 8 Mrs Mary McKee 60 died after a long illness. A native of Jackson township she was a daughter of Milton and Temperance Purviance. She leaves husband Elmer a daughter Mrs Eva Shockley of Ypsilanti Mich two sons Walker of Cambridge City a brother Frank Purviance of Dayton Ohio and an uncle John Purviance of New Paris Ohio.
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Cambridge City
Ind
Mary McKee
Jackson Township
Milton
Temperance Purviance
Elmer
Eva Shockley
Ypsilanti
Mich
Walker
Frank Purviance
Dayton
John Purviance
New Paris
Knife Stab Incident Triggers Juvenile Study in Pa Town
In Ancaster Pennsylvania 9 year old Hiram Battie Jr threatened teachers with an unloaded revolver and bread knife and stabbed Miss Dorothy Wiley with a three inch blade. Juvenile authorities weigh how to handle a boy who emulates villains from movies. He cried at the police station yet insisted the teacher deserved the attack saying he wanted to go home.
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United Press
Hiram Battie Jr
Hiram
Dorothy V. Wiley
Standard coal mine disaster toll reaches twenty
The Standard coal mine disaster in Helper Utah raises the death toll to twenty as three rescue workers are killed when a rock slab collapsed during efforts to reach three missing men after an explosion on Thursday night. Clarence E. Smith of Great Falls Montana John R. Loman of Vedello New Mexico and Walter Henderson of Standardville Utah were the fallen rescuers.
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Buy
United Presse Helper
Utah
Standard Coal Mine
Clarence E. Smith
Great Falls
Mont
John R. Loman
Vedello
N. M
Fire toll $200000 from Seattle waterfront blaze
A second fire in a week and third in six months struck the Seattle waterfront, destroying large quantities of stored furniture and government equipment in the Oceanic building. The blaze lasted nearly three hours with all city equipment, including fireboats, dispatched. Origin undetermined. Unofficial damage above $200,000.
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United Preas
Seattle
Wash
Oceanic
Hogs Show Small Gain at City Yards
Hogs gained slightly at the city stockyards with prices about 5 cents above Friday’s average. Bulk weights 150 to 300 pounds sold $10.90 to $11.15, top $11.25, receipts 2,500, holdovers 597. Cattle, calves, and sheep receipts noted. market mostly steady. Chicago hog receipts 12,000 with 9,000 directs. holdovers 3,000. Early bids 180 to 220 pounds at $10.90 to $11. 280-pounders at $10.50.
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Chicago
Pope condemns Russian attacks on churches in letter
Pope Pius XI denounces the Soviet Union for closing churches and promoting anti religious campaigns in Russia in a letter to Cardinal Pompili. He calls the acts horrible and sacrilegious wickedness against God.
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United Press
Vatican City
Pius XI
Cardinal Pompili
Soviet Union
Russia
Stock Market Outlook Signals Broad Business Recovery
In New York on February 8 the Chamber of Commerce summary notes improving business and rising payrolls. It predicts hesitancy will fade within sixty days and full prosperity within weeks, aided by lower discount rates and enduring security yields. The piece cites constructive financial news and potential rail mergers as signs of continued uplift.
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Thomson _& McKinnon
New York
United States Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Pacific
Senator Couzens Sees Son-in-Law as Nice But Plans Talk
Senator James Couzens of Detroit says his daughter Margot Chewning's husband is a "nice young man" but he plans a long talk with him to assess his future. The couple eloped a week ago and were introduced at the capitol by Mrs. Chewning.
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United Press
Ashington
James Couzens
Detroit
William J. Chewning
Margot Couzens
Washington
Senate
Couzens
Frank
Young Chewning
Three Men Arrested in Dyer Act Automobile Theft
Three men identified as William E. Bradford, Jack Adams, and John Smith were arrested in Crawfordsville Indiana for violating the Dyer act after admitting they stole a car driven to Danville Illinois. They stopped at Waynetown to pawn a watch for gas money, leading to police involvement. Bradford also revealed prior bond jumping and past hijacking incidents.
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All Times
Crawfordsville
Ind
William E. Bradford
Columbus
Jack Adams
Denison
John Smith
Ironton
Danville
Waynetown
Here
Merle Remley
Hoover Honors Sir Esme Howard at White House
President and Mrs Hoover hosted a distinguished White House reception Friday night honoring retiring British ambassador Sir Esme Howard and Lady Howard. Cabinet members, British embassy staff, General John J Pershing, senators, representatives, Dean Roscoe Pound, Miss Mabel Boardman and others attended.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
White House
Esme Howard
Lady Howard
John J. Pershing
Senate
House
Dean Roscoe Pound
Harvard
Mabel Boardman
Electric Bed Report From New York Aims at Comfort
In New York on February 8 Professor Irving Fisher of Yale, famed economist, is depicted using an electric bed and cooling device while reading Fortune. A posse of some twenty seven assistants reportedly observe, though a Negro porter is noted as excluded.
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Times Special
New York
Irving Fisher
Yale
Fortune
New Business
Fisher
DAY TRANSFER BEFORE HOUSE DAY
The House prepared to vote on the first Wickersham prohibition reform bill moving enforcement from Secretary Mellon to Attorney General Mitchell. The key issue is keeping the alcohol unit in the Treasury while granting the attorney general veto power over permits.
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United Preva
Washington
House
Wickersham
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Mitchell
Industrial Alcohol Unit
Treasury
Expenditures Committee
Attorney General
Taft Shows Marked Improvement at Home
Washington Feb 8 The condition of William Howard Taft was much improved with doctors omitting the midnight bedside call for the first time this week. No physician visited his home during the evening and he enjoyed a restful sleep for the second straight night.
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United Press
Washington
William Howard Taft
Taft
Beekeepers Short Course Deferred at Purdue
The annual beekeepers short course at Purdue University Feb 17 to 19 has been postponed. Professor J J Davis head of entomology announced the delay as he left for Washington to attend a federal conference on the European corn borer and a meeting on coddling moth control.
Hiccoughs Subside for Lansing Man After Nine Days
William Phillips 72 retired farmer of Lansing was recovering from a nine day hiccough siege. This marks the third time he has suffered the ailment, with a prior episode lasting twenty three days. Mooreland Indiana reports John Pope 76 dead leaving a widow and eight children in various nearby towns.
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United Press
Lansing
Mich
William Phillips
Mooreland
Ind
John Pope
Edward
Ft. Recovery
Lmer
Herbert Evans
South Bend
Granville Manhouse
Newcastle
Bessie
Elmer
John Jr
Lawrence
Ada
Evangelist Dr. Halle to Speak in Richmond March 2
Dr. H. H. Halle of Chicago, famed for quoting Bible verses from memory, will address a Richmond audience on March 2. He is described as possibly the only person in America to have memorized the entire Bible.
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Richmond
Ind
H. H. Halle
Chicago
Tonnage Split Now Task for Navy Experts
London reports naval parity talks focus on warship classifications and tonnage splits. Delegates draft schedules for battleships cruisers and auxiliaries to plan a total tonnage split. Britain and the United States favor immediate battleship reductions and a sliding cruiser cap, with carriers a point of contention due to development needs.
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NAVY
London
France
Henry L. Stimson
J. Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Fighting colonel Hamrock resumes guard duties at Canon City
Patrick J. Hamrock 55 known as the fighting colonel of the 157th Infantry in World War I left a sick bed to take command at the state penitentiary in Canon City. He said guards will be reorganized on a military basis and those not proficient with rifle and revolver will be dismissed.
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United Press
Denver
Patrick J. Hamrock
One Hundred Fifty-Seventh Infantry
State Penitentiary
Canon City
Weather Report From Air at Nine Thirty A M
In the air at 9 30 a m wind west nine miles an hour barometric pressure 30 21 at sea level temperature 30 ceiling and visibility unlimited field slightly frozen
Student Bradway Dies of Acute Diabetes Near Dublin
Dublin, Ind. February 8 Thomas L Bradway 18 died three miles southwest of Dublin from acute diabetes He was a Bentonville high school student He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Bradway and a sister Mary Louise Bradway
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Times Special
Dublin
Ind
Thomas L. Bradway
Bentonville High School
Thomas Bradway
Mary Louise Bradway
Chicago Hopes Rise On Tax Sale to Aid Unpaid Workers
Chicago faces continued financial strain as Herbert C. Heller may buy the entire 1930 tax anticipation warrant issue of 27.2 million dollars. City officials seek relief by selling warrants, while Mayor Thompson and the Strawn committee clash over how to fund salaries and avoid scrip payments. Action spans City Hall, major banks, and the Lake Zurich Milk Co. dispute.
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Chicago
Herbert C. Heller
New York
H. Wallace Caldwell
Board of Education
George K. Schmidt
William Hale Thompson
Silas H. Strawn
Citizens’ “Rescue Committee
Chicago Business World
Lake Zurich
Strawn
Opening Markets Report Shows Mixed Instability in Rail and Industrial Shares
New York stocks opened steady for rail issues while the industrial list moved lower on selling. Canadian Pacific rose near a point on word of a four for one stock split, with several majors like New York Central and Atchison holding gains or steady. Oil and utility shares fluctuated, with Standard Gas up and Westinghouse Electric slipping, while United States Steel eased. Trading was quieter than earlier in the week.
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United Press
New York
Canadian Pacific
New York Central
Atchison
Missouri Kansas Texas
Delaware Lackawanna and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Standard Gas
Standard of
N. J
Stone and Webster
Schulte
International Combustion
Republic Iron and Steel
United Aircraft
Ational
Westinghouse Electric
Johns Manville
Atlantic Refining
Simmons Company
Warners Brothers Pictures
Auburn Auto
Montgomery Ward
United States Steel
Demure Gals Menace Hollywood Say Gladys Hall
Hollywood gossip warns that the real danger to men is not Negri or Swan songs but demure stars like Gish Gaynor and Brian. Gladys Hall in Motion Picture Classic argues women ruin men’s lives while many hearts are not broken by sultry sirens. He cites Chaplin and others and advises men visiting Hollywood to avoid certain heroines to prevent lasting heartbreak.
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Times
Ollywood
Cal
Hollywood
Negris
Naldis and
Swansons
Gishes
Gaynors
Brians
Gladys Hall
Charlies Chaplin
Satie Grey
Harold
Mildred Lloyd
Cops chase bandit through city in daring gunplay
A spree of banditry and burglaries hit the city Friday night with multiple holdups at filling stations and shops. One bandit escaped police after a five minute struggle with a station attendant, while other raids yielded cash, watches, and a car stolen from Danville. In Evansville a local man died in a rail yard mishap, and a former resident Helen Beamer Coleman is reported dead in East Bloomfield Illinois.
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Herschel J. Foxworthy
West
Morris Street
Shell
Belmont Avenue
Foxworthy
J. H. Grimes
Danville
Carl Losey
Kentucky
Senate
Losey
Michael Morrisey
Kentucky Avenue
South Street
Washington Street
Supreme
Troy Avenue
Bluff Road
Charles Jones
North
Pershing Avenue
Tenth and Dorman Streets
Franklin T. Oldham
Barth Avenue
Virginia Avenue
Reno Bixler
Pleasant Run Parkway
Sheridan Avenue
Anthony Koskey
North Keystone Avenue
Ben F. Holmes
North Capitol Avenue
State and
English Avenue
George van Pelt
West Street
Charles Ryan
New York Street
Dan V. White
Dorothy Ryan
Allan Chastain
West Michigan Street
William A. Elbrecht
Bates Street
Times &Secial
Evansville
Ind
Helen Beamer Coleman
Robert HE Coleman
East Bhloula DL
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Chicago & Northwestern
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Famous Players
Fisk Tire
General Electric
Geenral Motors
Hudson ‘Oto
Kenn Co
Mont Ward
NY Central
Nor Ameroo
Pennsylvania
Weess
Thomson & McKinnon
Amer Car Pie Foundry
Am Steel
Stene
Beth Steel
Ohio
Bary Brians
Janet Gaynors
Dzaaa
Allied Po
Super Power
Assocas
Ark Gas
Blu Pinervice
Ford “of Canada
Fox Theater
Nglan
Goldman Sachs
Gulf
Peotenes
Mount Asses
Mid West
Ovine
Newmont Normanda
Balt Creek
Sttee Stutz Motor
Sel Industries Ui United L
Pree
Tees
James T. Hamill Co
Rve
Adams
Eebeesen A
Auburn Os
Bendix Aviation
Warner Pre
Butte
Lil Chicago Corp
Grigsby Grunow
Thea
Houd Hershey
Iron Pireman
Aebee
Libby
Amer Lt & Pwr
Perfect Circle
Ts Swift Pabernss
United
Wee Zenith Radio
Rob Filling Station
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