Five Die In Brooklyn Shootings Over Smuggling Ring
Five people are killed in two shootings in Brooklyn's Italian district. The dead include Anna Lofredo and Ma rie De Crescenzo along with Salvatore Crescenzo and Tradici, plus an unidentified man. Police say Lofredo killed his wife and relatives before fleeing. A sixth man Natali Cardiello was wounded and questioned. Authorities link Tradici and the unidentified man to a smuggling ring as the motive.
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Marie de Crescenzo
Salvatore Crescenzo
Vinecenzo E
United On
Natali Cardiello
Noti
Lefredo
Lofredo
Dd Crescenzo
Salvatore
de Crescenzo
New York Bay
James J. Degan
Tradici
Cardiel
Trigger Girl Jury Visits Scene of Trooper Slaying
A jury returns to New Castle Pennsylvania to hear first evidence in the murder case of Corporal Brady Paul. Irene Schroeder 21 a former waitress faces the electric chair for the officer death after a store robbery incident. Doctors Kaplan Leroy Wilson and Paul Wilson testified the officer suffered arm leg and two abdominal wounds.
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New Castle
Trolman
Instember
Commonwealth
Irene Schroeder
Brady Paul
Paul
Lutler
New York Senate Advances City Investigation Bill Amid Rothstein Debate
The Senate passed the Republican sponsored New York City investigation bill despite Democratic protests that it aimed to embarrass Governor Roosevelt. Debate touched on the Rothstein murder case, Whalen’s police leadership, and broader calls to probe city and state practices including land cases and assessment procedures.
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Senate
Roosevelt
New York City
Arnold Rothstein
Grover Whalen
Irondequoit
Westchester
Republicians
John Hastings
John Knight
Knight
New York
Ates
Pathe
Pot and Fire Department
Thomas I. Sheridan
George R. Fearon
Onondaga Republican
Rothstein
Fearon
Onondaga
Senator Fearon
Senator Knight
Convict Keyes Arrives at San Quentin for 14 Year Term
San Quentin, Calif. March 12 The former Los Angeles district attorney Keyes began a 14 year sentence after being convicted of accepting bribes to ignore prosecutions. He arrived after an all night trip and declared his innocence while pledging to regain freedom someday.
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San Quentin
Calif
Asaves
Los Angeles
Keyes
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Women Leaders Rally Behind Prohibition in Congress Hearing
About two dozen women leaders representing twelve million women testified before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington to oppose repeal of the dry law. Led by Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, they urged that prohibition protects women from drunken husbands and backed government enforcement through public safety groups. The session featured rapid witness rotation and ends with support for prohibition as an overall improvement, despite enforcement gaps.
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Womanhood of America
Henry W. Peabody
Beverly
Massachusetts
Woman's National Committee For Law Enforcement
House Judiciary Committee
Mra. Peabody
Earler
Wets
Clarence True Wilson
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
Deets Pickett
Wilson
Peabody
Professor Lord of Columbia Dies at 80
Herbert Gardiner Lord longtime Columbia University philosophy professor and dean died after several years of illness at age 80. A Boston native born March 29, 1849 he taught Latin at Knox College and led Hallington High School before joining Columbia in 1900. Funeral Friday at St Pauls Church on the university campus. Survived by widow Mally Graham Coastworth of Buffalo and four children.
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Herbert Gardiner Lord
Columbia University
Boston
Amherst College
Union Theological Seminary
Knox College
Hollington
Mass
Church of the Redeemer
Buffalo
N. Y
Columbia
University of Buffalo
Franklin School
St. Paul's Church
Mally Graham Coastworth
Herbert G
Thomas
James Taylor Kemp
Bertha Welling
Plane crash kills Canadian ace William Barker
Ottawa March 12 Canada’s second ranking World War ace Colonel William G Barker, 35, was killed at Rockliffe Park RCAF base when a test flight stalled during an upward loop. Barker had shot down 52 German planes and once escaped a German flying circus.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Colone
William G. Barker
Rockliffe Park
Royal Canadian Air Force Field
Senate votes eight per cent flooring tariff on maple and beech
The Senate approved an eight per cent duty on maple birch and beech flooring now on the free list in a 33 to 31 vote. Compromise shifts and coalitions shaped the result as debate touched glass pig iron and sugar levies with lobbyist questions.
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Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
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Wisconsin
Brookhart
Iowa
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Lobby
Heber J. Grant
Smoot
Utah
Grant
Blaine
Grundy
Pennsylvania
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Curtis
Bethlehem to Acquire Youngstown Sheet & Tube to Form $1B Steel Giant
Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube directors approve a plan to merge, exchanging 1.33 Bethlehem shares per Youngstown share. The move creates a 13 million ton annual capacity, about 20 percent of U.S. steel output, with shareholder vote set for April 8. Minority groups plan to oppose at Youngstown meeting.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
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Cleveland
Otis Company-Eaton
Youngstown Board
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
United States Steel
Republic Steel Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
Wheat and Rye Hit Low Prices on Market Slump
Chicago grain prices fell as overstocked world granaries sparked a broad selloff. Wheat corn oats and rye reached seasonal lows with rye at its cheapest in sixteen years while Liverpool and English markets pushed declines before stabilization aided by Grain Stabilization Corporation buying.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Minneapolis
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Taft Leaves Wife Bulk of Estate in Final Will
The will of former President William Howard Taft leaves virtually his entire estate to his wife Helen H. Taft. It discloses no total valuation but notes a $10,000 bequest to Yale University and several other gifts to his alma mater, Taft School, church, and various individuals. Executors request no inventory, concealing potential estate size.
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Onge
Washington
William Howard Taft
Arlington Cemetery
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Charles P. Taft
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Taft
Arlington
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Taft School
Watertown
Connecticut
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Wendell W. Mischler
Margaret McNamara
Annie McNamara
Thomas Halpin
Congress
Youngstown Board
Bethlehem Steel
Overnor
New York City
Doheny
Yale
Church
Hughes
Ohio
Briand
London
Senate
Strike Holds Up Liner Paris in Havre Port
The liner Paris, scheduled to sail from Havre at 10 P M tonight, was held up by a sudden seamen strike causing a delay in its departure.
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Havre
France
Paris
Indict Hannah and Conald in Orrville child theft case
Wayne County grand jury today indicted Charles Hannah and Earl Conald jointly with child stealing and separately with first degree murder in the disappearance of Melvin Horst a 4 year old Orrville boy in December 1928.
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Conald
Wooster
Ohio
Wayne County Grand Jury
Charles Hannah
Earl Conald
Melvin Horst
Orrville
Briand seeks quick Five Power pact at naval conference
London reports Briand gloomy over failure to secure a security pact and hints the conference may extend two weeks. French delegation stresses Geneva disarmament link while noting Italy’s tonnage issue and parity claim. British and American observers foresee a three to four week timeline with Andre Tardieu's London arrival on the horizon.
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London
Arletide Briand
Rance
M. Briand
Italy
Geneva
Andre Tardieu
Bishop Slattery Dies Suddenly at 62 in Boston
Bishop Charles Lewis Slattery head of the Massachusetts Diocese died at his home in Boston after a four day illness from an acute heart attack. He previously served Grace Church New York and became bishop coadjutor in 1922, succeeding Bishop Lawrence in 1927. Survived by wife Sarah Lawrence, daughter of Bishop Lawrence. Born December 9, 1867 in Pittsburgh.
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Charles Lewis Slattery
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
William Lawrence
Grace Church
New York
Slattery
Lawrence
Sarah Lawrence
Bishop Lawrence
Bishop Slattery
Pittsburgh
George and
Emma Mecellan Hall Slattery
Premier confident vote will sustain Labour government
London reports Prime Minister MacDonald chairs the naval conference with confidence of not being ousted within six weeks despite a coal bill row and looming censure. Conservative and Liberal leaders pledged support for disarmament talks, making resignation unlikely even if a major defeat occurs on the coal bill.
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London
MacDonald
House of Commons
Agene
Arrest witness to gang killing in Hoboken and Elmira
Elmir a March 13. Phil Van Etten a 42 year old parole violator confesses to witnessing a gang slaying linked to Frankie Dunn in Hoboken. He says he rode with three men to a Hoboken waterfront warehouse where Dunn was attacked. Van Etten fled to Elmira as detectives head inbound.
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Elmira
Phil van Etten
Hoboken
Frankie Dunn
North Jersey
van Etten
Dunn
Fort
Etten
Napanoch Reformatory
Day's News Women in Congress Hearings Disconcert Wets
The Day's News notes a congressional hearing on women's rush in Congress and related disconcerting questions about wets. Page 1 coverage highlights the political atmosphere and debates surrounding prohibition era issues.
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