Removal of Ohio warden questioned amid prison fire inquiry
A Columbus inquiry into the Ohio Penitentiary fire facing 314 deaths probes whether Warden Preston E. Thomas should be removed. The Board of Inquiry shifts to Attorney General Bettman, with testimony on guard actions and rescue delays.
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Columbus
Preston E. ‘Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Board of Inquiry
Gilbert Bettman
Myers ¥. Cooper
John Hall
Thomas Watkinson
William Baldwin
Thomas F. Little
Albert Nice
State Fair Grounds
Inqpiry Board
Harry Whikehay
Thomas
Dilles
J. H. Rhoads
Dillers
Water loo stake semi finals in Kansas hound meet
Four hounds move to the semi finals of the National Waterloo at Girard Kansas as part of the American Coursing Association spring meet with a $15 000 purse. The field started with 64 entries and the contenders include Dancing Countess owned by D Callahan Joliet Ill facing Gallant Beil owned by E H Welch of Kansas City and Kitty Coon of Sporting Blood Kennels Girard Kansas against Dutch Chum from the Callaghan kennel.
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Girard
Kas
American Coursing Association
Waterloo
Dancing Countess
D. Callahan
Joliet
Gallant Beil
E. H. Welch
Wells 15 Back From Big Hunt
The Prince of Wales returned by air from Africa and landed at Great Windsor Park near his home at Sunningdale. He left Marseilles this morning completing an 800 mile flight and was greeted by his brothers Duke of York and Prince George at the scene with his Cairn Terrier Cora joining the welcome.
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Windsor
England
Prince of Wales
Africa
Great Windsor Park
Sunningdale
Marseilles
France
Duke of York
Prince George
Cora
High School Exhibit Open To Public Tonight
The exhibit showcases student craftsmanship from cedar chests and walnut desks to lamps chairs and beds. Primary grades display posters watercolors and seasonal crayon work while fifth graders fold paper dolls and kindergarteners weave satin mats and doll bonnets. Parents remark on the surprising talent displayed by students.
Malone Given Four Year Term For Drug Offense
The court denounced the crime as a grave offense to the country and refused parole. Orge Malone admitted guilt in a narcotics case, broke into tears, and was sentenced to four years in the Leavenworth penitentiary for possession and transfer of a drug into a prison setting.
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Orge Malone
Cole County
Malone
Jamaica ginger illness chills Oklahoma with paralysis fears
Oklahoma City officials report physicians doubt full recovery for many of the 400 plus victims of a Jamaica ginger linked paralysis like malady. The epidemic's cause remains unknown as the state health lab abandons chemical tests and experiments with animals yield no results. Victims are seen daily dragging themselves and many stay in bed after more than two months of illness.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
State Health Department
Oklahoma
State Laboratory
Capone injunction made permanent in Florida case
Federal Judge Halsted L Ritter made permanent the injunction blocking 20 Florida sheriffs from enforcing Governor Carlton’s order to arrest Alphonse Capone on sight. Capone and attorney J Gordon testified. Ritter urged Capone to use his rights as a U S citizen.
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Miami
Fla
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Doyle Carlton
Alphonse Capone
Capone
J. ¥. Gordon
Rittter
United States
Ritter
Governor Reed opposes wheat acreage cut in Kansas
Gov Clyde M Reed of Kansas denounces the Federal Farm Board plan to reduce wheat acreage in a letter to board chairman Alexander Legge. He argues the 1928 Republican platform did not intend farmers to cut production to meet domestic needs and questions the timing of such a program.
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Topeka
Federal Farm Board
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas Today
Alexander Legge
Reed
America
India Frontiers in Turmoil Prompt New Censorship Moves
Reports say censorship has been established around Peshawar as Britain fears disturbances along the northwest frontier. Civilians evacuate, riots kill three British soldiers, and Gandhi gains momentum while Indian leaders threaten further action in the struggle for freedom. In Tonkawa, Okla, the First National Bank was robbed of about $15,000 after opening, with two men fleeing unseen.
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Associated Press
India
Peshawar
Charsadda
Abdul Gaffar Khan
Resalpur
Nowshera
Kohat
Kohat Pass
Afghanistan
Simla
London
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
V. J. Patel
Legislative Assembly
Tonkawa
Oklo
First National Bank of
Ralph Gummerson
Market Closes Mixed Amid Mixed Earnings Watch
The U S stock market showed a spotty session with upside speculative activity but notable declines in Motor, Motor Accessory, Steel and Railroad groups. Bullish moves centered in Amusement and Utilities while Corporate first quarter earnings including American Bank Note and Kelvinator rose, Bethlehem Steel and Union Carbide fell, Copper prices steadied and various issue prices hit new peaks or lows.
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Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
Federal Reserve
Mootor
Motor Accessory
American Bank Note
Kelvinator
Bush Terminal
Bethlehem Steel
Union Carbide
St. Louis
San Francisco
Pete Marquette
Wall Street
Utah
Call Money
Ingersoll Rand
Auburn Auto
United Aircraft
Youngstown Short & Tube
Detroit
Edison
Advance Rumnely
Canada Dry
Congress Cigar
National Cash Register
Republic Steel Inc
Vanadium Steel
Worthington Pump
Eastman Kodak
Case
A. M. Byers
Consolidated Gas
Shubert Theaters
Foster Wheeler
Fox Film
Houston Oil
Standard Polls
California
Gimbs Bros
Columbia Graphophone
Vick Chemical
Pathe A
Unclear OCR fragment hints at embezzlement and parole details
Fragmentary OCR text mentions embezzlement charges, connections to St Louis in 1928, a 12 year term, bank closing irregularities, trial in Cape Girardeau, parole proceedings in Scott County, and a phrase linked to a name meaning Esperanto.
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Union Beard
St. Louis
Dohgne
Cape Girardeau
Wilavente
Scott County
Pris
Slam A. Taylor
Ex-Goungilian Sentenced and Trials at Jefferson Court
Yesterday evening into night, Meyers was found guilty on two counts of a bootleg whiskey indictment involving five gallons. Judge Reeves scheduled Meyers's sentence for Saturday morning as Raymond Patterson faced deferred sentencing for whiskey sales to agents.
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Meyers
Reeves
Raymond Patterson
Jefferson Cuy
United States
Pruitt Anderson
Columbia
Paroles Granted by Caulfield in Missouri Penitentiary
Governor Caulfield issued two paroles today at the Missouri penitentiary. One beneficiary was Leo Dohogne, 50, former cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Kelso, Scott County, sentenced to three years from Cape Girardeau County on January 11, 1929 on a plea of gull
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Caulfield
Missouri Penitentiary
Leo Dohogne
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Kelso
Scott County
Cape Girardeau County
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Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
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Association
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Indiana
House
Curran
Walter G. Hooke
Ilinois
Hooke
Jis
Political Agenv
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Gurran
Blain
Girard, Kan
Wells
BIG Hunt
Jake Vigting
GOV. Eeo
Urlaron Bank
Lugacat
Britain
Inancial News
Ohpe
Goungilmian
E. High
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