Buying Bootleg Liquor Lawful, Says High Court
United Press report from Washington details the Supreme Court ruling that buying beverage liquor from a bootlegger is lawful under the Volstead act. Justice Sutherland said the act imposes no criminal liability on the purchaser, noting Congress has not penalized buyers. The Farrar case cites that enforcement has not treated purchases as illegal. The Norris matter was dismissed on technical grounds.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Farrar
Boston
Sutherland
Congress
Alfred E. Norris
New York
Probe death of prisoner in city jail
A 37 year old automobile salesman, F E Sparks of 310 East St Clair Street, died after eleven hours in a city jail cell following an automobile crash. Police report a cerebral hemorrhage as the cause, but no autopsy was ordered. City officials issued tighter cell monitoring rules after multiple deaths. Sparks was arrested at midnight Friday after his car struck a parked vehicle on St Clair and Meridian streets. Police engaged emergency responders but Sparks died at 10 30 Sunday night.
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C. H. Keever
C. H. Bakemeier
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Attendarts
Jerry E. Kinney
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William Hereth
East Street
Washington Street
Ted
Frank Dowd
Frederick Crum
Sparks
Harold Dawson
Liverpool
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Meridian Streets
Frank McDonald
Claude Kinder
Song of the Flame runs with impromptu publicity stunt
A short circuit on the Circle theater canopy sparked a blaze that set fire to castle and tower scenery. Smoke rose from the tower creating a realistic effect. Fire crews quickly controlled the flames with no damage to the theater or injuries reported.
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Circle Theater
Oldest Marine William H. Savage Dies at 93
William H. Savage 93 long-lived veteran of varied life dies in San Pedro after a career as judge state senator pony rider and Indian fighter Born in Limerick Ireland 1837 he was said to be the nation’s oldest Marine
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United Press
San Pedro
Cal
William H. Savage
United States
Savage
Limerick
Ireland
Former Governor Smith to write book on government for citizens
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith announces a forthcoming book aimed at explaining government to the average reader. The work, tentatively titled The Citizen and His Government, is slated for publication next year.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Gove
Irene Castle protests council order to shoot unlicensed dogs
Irene Castle McLaughlin former dancer and dog refuge founder in Deerfield sends a strong protest from Waukegan to the city council condemning the order to shoot all unlicensed dogs. She offers shelter at Orphans of the Storm and calls for humane treatment.
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United Press
Waukegan
Ill
Irene Castle McLaughlin
Good Samaritan
McLaughlin
Deerfield
Long skirts lift beauty bills for Chicago women
In Chicago on May 26, Mm. Helena Rubinstein, a beauty authority, says long skirts have raised American women's beauty expenditures by several hundred thousand dollars as exposed knees draw more attention to the female face.
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United Press
Chicago
Helena Rubinstein
Beauty Authority
Grundy Spent 332000 for Senate Race in Pa Primary
Senator Joseph R. Grundy disclosed personal spending of 291000 of the 332076.14 total by his committee in his bid for the Pennsylvania Republican Senate nomination. Secretary James J. Davis reported personal expenditures of 10541.45 with 9190 received and turned over to allied groups. The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment contributed 100000 for the wet ticket led by Francis Bohlen who said he spent nothing. Others noted include Dwight Morrow’s stance against the eighteenth amendment. The probe will seek all county reports, with some figures yet to be listed. Grundy and Bell indicated many contributors and county ads funded much of the spend.
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United Press
Washington
Joseph R. Grundy
Rep
Pennsylvania
Grundy
Thomas Bell
Philadelphia
Senate
James J. Davis
Association Against
Suboena
Nye
Bell
Dill Wash
Dill
Congress
States
Troops to Guard State Border in Gasoline War
Illinois and Indiana state police will guard the northern Indiana border to stop trucking of bootlegged gasoline escaping taxation. Attorneys general plan a joint report to prosecute interstate offenders. Officials discussed tracing offenders with data on Reliable Oil Company and shipments to South Bend amid tax actions and receivership involving Lake County properties.
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Illinois
Indiana
Statehouse
Archie Bobbitte
Leland K. Fishback
James M. Kiddleman
Ilinois
Kettleman
Bobbitt
Reliable Oil Company
Chicago
Tax Department
Lake County
De Paolo Son Watches Dad Start 500 Mile Classic
The 6 year old Tommy De Paolo son of Pete De Paolo 1925 winner will watch his father drive a Duesenberg in the Indianapolis 500 speed classic. Pete De Paolo nephew of Ralph De Palma holds the 500 mile track record at 101.13 mph. The photo montage also features Charles Moran Jr in the Du Pont Special Allen Carber and Babe Stapp of the Duesenberg team and Wilbur Shaw in the Empire State Motors Special.
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Tommy de Paolo
Pete de Paolo
Peter
Ralph de Palma
Tommy
Duesenberg
Charles Moran Jr
du Pont
Allen Carber
Elbert
Babe) Stapp
Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis
Empire State Motors
Graf Zeppelin Lands at Pernambuco on South Atlantic Run
Graf Zeppelin arrives from Rio de Janeiro at Giquia airdrome Pernambuco. Crowds cheer as a holiday is proclaimed and welcome program prepared for Commander Hugo Eckener and guests. Refueling before next leg to Lakehurst, with four passengers due to board.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Cuba
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Giquia
Hotel Central
Hugo Eckener
Infante
Alfonso
Eckener
William B. Leeds
J. H. Durrell
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Seville
Spain
South Atlantic
Lakehurst
N. J
Votes for Day Change Washington G O P Split
Washington Republicans split on prohibition modification after state convention backed changing laws at a Bellingham meeting. Distinct party factions formed as delegates debated reform and party stance ahead of further action.
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Washington
United Press
Seattle
Wash
Bellingham
Hoover's U. S. Tariff Bill Ready for Senate Action
President Hoover endorsed the revised Smoot-Hawley tariff bill after a White House conference with Attorney General Mitchell and Walter Newton. The tightened clause requires presidential proclamation or veto of tariff commission recommendations within sixty days, removing a pocket veto possibility and awaiting Senate consideration.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia
Mitchell
Senate
Walter Newton
White House
Robinson
Arkansas
Tariff Commission
Pound dogs unite to kill stranger dog at pound enclosure
Neighbors at the city dog pound watched as dogs tore apart a stranger dog tossed over the seven foot fence Sunday afternoon. Dr Elizabeth Conger in charge said many animals are thrown over the fence after 1 each Sunday when the pound is closed and noted a doghouse is provided for stray animals.
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City
Neghbors
Elizabeth Conger
American scientists seek Garden of Eden lake in Mongolian Gobi
Dr Roy Chapman Andrews leads a team from Peiping toward northern Asia to locate a sand dune surrounded lake in the Gobi desert. They aim to find relics of early humans possibly older than the Peking man and study dune dwellers in a perilous journey lasting about three months.
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China
Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Roy Chapman Andrews
Peiping
Asia
Andrews
Garden of Eden
Dren Ee
The
Expo
Life for Dr Bass in Pearman murder case
Bentonville Ark May 26 Dr Andrew J Bass a retired Columbia Missouri dentist and landowner was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to murdering William Robert Pearman a local mechanic to collect $200000 in insurance Bass held on Pearman’s life The case hinges on a conspiratorial claim linking the insured man to the policy payoff.
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Ark
Andrew J. Bass
Columbia, Mo
William Robert Pearman
Bass
Pearman
Border guards fire on Polish frontier patrols near Vistula
Reports from Warsaw on May 26 said German border guards near Muensterwalder on the right bank of the Vistula fired on Polish frontier patrols.
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Ky United Press
Warsaw
Poland
Muensterwalder
Vistula
Speedway Motor Classic Qualifiers Highlight 36 Car Field
Tests continue as twenty-one cars qualify for the 100 mile event. Gulotta and De Paola are the latest successful drivers, with seven rows now filled as the field takes shape.
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Gulotta
de Paola
Trials at Indianapolis Speedway Set for Memorial Day Race
Norman E. Isaacs reports on 21 cars qualified for the 500 mile American Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with trials ongoing through Tuesday and Wednesday. Front row includes Harry Hartz on the Miller eight with Billy Arnold driving, while Louis Meyer and Shorty Cantlon hold other top starting spots.
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Norman E. Isaacs
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Harry Hartz
Billy Arnold
Mhienon
Mame Wauwepe
Hartz
Louis ‘Meyer
Shorty Cantlon
Detroit
Arnold
Billy
Louis Meyer
Cantlon
Bill White
Louis Schneider
Indianapolis
Louis
Earl Cox Named to Lead Ballot Quiz Grand Jury Probe
Earl R. Cox a Democratic attorney and former deputy prosecutor was named special prosecutor to lead Marion county grand jury efforts into alleged election fraud. Judge James A. Collins appointed him after the jury petitioned to oust Prosecutor Judson L. Stark who led the probe the first three weeks. Cox will meet at 2 PM to confer with Stark and jurors as the probe resumes. Collins will seek $5,000 from the county council to finish the probe, which ended when Stark was ousted. The appointed Cox will not be paid. Stark plans to stay in contact via deputy William R. Ringer in the jury chambers with Cox.
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Earl R. Cox
Marion County
Grand Jury
James A. Collins
Judson L. Stark
Cox
Stark
Collins
Harry Dunn
Detroit petition drive to oust mayor Bowles gains 49000 signatures
May 26 Detroit petitions urging the retention of Mayor Charles Bowles circulated today. Leaders say over 49000 signatures have been collected, half the total needed to trigger a special election.
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United Press Detroit
Charles Bowles
Detroit
Bowles
Kidnaping Hoax Shocks Chicago Crowd
Bystanders witnessed the supposed kidnapping of Jefferson Mumert, 25, in Chicago. Police, after long detective work, learned early today that the so called kidnappers were plain...
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United Press
Chicago
Jefferson Mumert
Duvall Named Defendant in Wages Suit over Race Track
John L. Duvall, former Indianapolis mayor, is named defendant in a civil municipal suit filed by Joseph Sellers for 107 dollars in wages. Sellers contracted to build a race track at Walnut Gardens amusement park, sixteen miles south of the city, operated by Duvall. Payments claimed in arrears since July 1929.
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John L. Duvall
Indianapolis
Joseph Sellers
Sellers
Walnut Gardens
Duvall
Death of Joseph L. Oxley in Maryland lawn incident
United Prowse MQOD Ind May 26 reports Joseph L. Oxley aged 73 died of heart disease while mowing the lawn at his home.
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Ind
Joseph L. Oxley
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