Federal agents strike big bootleg rings nationwide
Federal prohibition officials report progress against large organized bootlegging rings with operations spanning several states. Amos Woodcock says the effort aims to stop big syndicates while accepting limited action against minor violations and speakeasies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wu
Stokes United Press
Washington
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Kansas City
New Orleans
Chicago
Woodcock
Howard Jones
Far West
Nortwest
Hawaii
Woodstock
Commencement Advice Proves Useless In Politics
United Press reports that political life defies rules often cited by commencement speakers. Examples include Herbert Hoover, James J. Davis, and Jefferson Davis, whose paths show ambition, honor, and fame can collide with sudden missteps, bribery cases, and missed connections in the political landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
James J. Davis
Labor
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Jefferson Davis
Umson
Confederate States
Supreme Court
Alberé
B. Pasl
Pasl
Evidence Fastens on Million Dollar Liquor Syndicate
Federal agents in Kansas City questioned witnesses in building a case against an alleged million dollar liquor traffic syndicate. J H Searls led the investigation as the probes focused on the big rings and the highly profitable syndicate network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J. H. Searls
Missouri University Observes Alumni Day
In Columbia Missouri the eighty ninth annual commencement steps closer with alumni day events. Breakfasts and luncheons honor groups mark the day while a reception tonight hosted by the board of curators the faculty and Dr. Walter Williams awaits graduates and guests. Dr Robert H Baker astronomy professor at the University of Qinois spoke at the Phi Beta Kappa Sigma 2 luncheon. New Phi Beta Kappa members were announced at noon.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Walter Williams
Robert H. Baker
University of Qinois
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma 2
Controversy over birth control report moves at Presbyterian Assembly
In Pittsburgh on June 2 AP report notes the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church debated withdrawal from the Federal Council of Churches and approved council reports while ta bling a motion condemning the removal of its birth control commission report. The assembly indicated the likelihood of rejecting further withdrawal.
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Pittsburgh
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Special Commission On
Councif
Churches of Christ In America
Council
Phillips Elliott
New York
Army staff chief criticises clergymen
General Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff, denounced clergymen who oppose bearing arms in war as “leading exponents of law violation at individual pleasure.” He said war and peace questions rest with Congress and reflect the will of the people, urging reverence for statutes even amid war debates.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Kirby Page
the World Tomorrow
Congress
Russian Wade Matches In Use In Army Posts
War Department officials said a contract described as importing Russian made matches to army posts was accepted as the lowest bid. The Northam Company of New York won, with matches bearing "Made in Russia." The Army’s Quartermaster Corps noted a latitude to accept higher bids for American goods.
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Washington
War Department
Anny
Northam Company
New York
Russia
Quartermaster Corps
Three of Tex's Gang QVG Appear From Hotel
Havre France June 2 AP French police and detectives search for three members of Texas Guin an s dancing gang who vanished from the hotel where held pending return to cries. Missing girls Norma Taylor Evelyn Martin and Mable Sewarts. Anne Eckholt and Anne Boleyn left then returned and are guarded. The girls were seen after the escape at a hotel with Pietro Crespi a 26 year old cotton merchant of Dallas Texas.
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Havre
France
Texas Guinan
Paris
Norma Taylor
Evelyn Martin
Mable Sewarts
Anne Eckholt
Anne Boleyn
Pietro Crespi
Dallas
Texas
Noted Cardinal Takes Hand In Italian Crisis
Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, key papal official who signed the 1928 Lateran Treaty, aides negotiations as Mussolini dissolves Catholic youth clubs. Rome reports Vatican-State tensions risk the Concordat, while Pope Pius XIII warns Mexican pilgrims against political action by Catholic Action.
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Rome
Pietro Gasparri
Vatican
Mussolini
Italy
Holy See
Tr Duce
Catholic Action Society
Catholic Clibs
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Catholic Action Organization
Mexico
Jesus
Cath
New Mail Service To Be Inaugurated In Kansas City
Kansas City announces the inauguration of a direct air mail route to Denver with Earl Wadsworth overseeing. The new service omits Omaha Cheyenne and Pueblo legs, cutting a 13 hour schedule by about seven hours, with a single intermediate stop at Salina.
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Kansas City
H. P. Steen
United States Airways
Earl
Wadsworth
United States Air Mail Service
Denver
Omaha
Cheyenne
Pueblo
Florida Senate Overrides Veto on Racing Bill
The Florida Senate, at Tallahassee, voted 26 to 12 to override Governor Dayley Carlton's veto of the first racetrack and pari mutuel bill ever passed by the state legislature.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Fiz
Florida Senate
Dayley
Carlton
Newspaper Problems Eisgulged By Editors In Atlanta
The National Editorial solution day in Atlanta discussed press circulation. George F. White of Walton NY and James Wright Brown of New York City outlined weekly country prospects. Cranston Williams of Chattanooga urged publishers to guard against publicity stunts and ad tax pressures. E F Flynn of Great Northern Railway spoke on governmental encroachment. Speakers included Mrs Joseph F Biddle and Harry B Rutledge among others.
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Atlanta
George F. White
Walton
N. Y
James Wright Brown
New York City
Country Weekly
Cranston Williams
Chattanooga,Tenn
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Williams
E. F. Flynn
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Minn
John C. Brimblecom
Newton
Mass
Joseph F. Biddle
Huntington
Pennsylvania
Harry B. Rutledge
Norman
Okla
EB. H. Childtees
Fairfield
Senate Rebuffs Defense Demurrer in Brunk Case
Testimony linked to state deposits and Bank of Aurora prompted rulings. Witnesses described alleged deductions of state interest to benefit Brunk and the bank, with defense motions to strike testimony denied. Multiple witnesses cited included E R Adams and others from financial institutions and the Attorney General.
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Bank of Aurora
Brunk
Madden
Adams
R. J. Witchell
Mitchell
Easley
Farmers Exchange Bank of
Marshfield
William Zuendt
First Nations Bank
Jefferson City
Otto J. Busch
Cole County Bink
Stratton Shartel
President lauds Hurley on air maneuvers and mobilization
President Hoover commends Secretary Hurley and the air corps for the recent air maneuvers. He notes the mobilization of 672 aircraft from the middle west to the eastern seaboard from Maine to Virginia with no serious mishaps. The letter praises the participation of the regular army, national guard, and organized reserve, and credits the War Department for its organization and execution.
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Washington
Hoover
Hurley
Hime
Air Corps
Middle West
Maine
Virginia
Army of the United States
Regular Army
National Guard
Organized Reserve
War Department
Town Legislature Debates Egg Size Bill
The town legislature is considering a bill to fix the size of eggs, aiming to regulate egg production and standardize shell dimensions for market use. If passed, the measure would set minimum and maximum egg sizes and affect local farmers and suppliers.
Oil merger not to be appealed by justice department
Washington June 2 AP The Justice Department said it will not appeal the Missouri district court ruling approving the merger of the Standard Oil Company of New York and Vacuum Oil Company. The three circuit judges found the merger was for legitimate business reasons, not to monopolize, and the government opted not to prolong litigation to the U S Supreme Court.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Deferal District Court of
Mieson
Standard O% Company of
New York
Vacuum Oil Company
Department
Supreme Court of the United States
District Court of Missouri
Diplomat Dawes Calls American Diplomacy Easy on Brain
Washington June 2 The American Ambassador to the Court of St James Dawes described U S diplomacy as easy on the brain but hell on the feet. He denied plans to resign after a brief talk with Secretary Stimson and said he would sail for England on the 24th. The White House guest arrived today and met with officials before departure. London’s foreign population is about 34 percent Russian 10 percent Belian 7 percent French with roughly 40 000 Russians.
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Washington
aPj
Court of St. James
Dawes
State Department
Stimson
White House
England
London
Bandits Raid AKC Apartment in Kansas City
Two bandits demanded room numbers from wealthy women guests and robbed the night clerk of $7 at an apartment house in Kansas City. They then roused guests across the building seeking more cash. Clerk J Ward McPherson misled them to Dillan Kellett’s apartment, where $2 was taken. A scream on the sixth floor frightened them away.
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Kansas City
J. Ward McPherson
Dillan Kellett
Bank Robbery at Britton Oklahoma Nets 400 to 600
The First National Bank of Britton was robbed this afternoon of four to six hundred dollars. A well dressed man held up cashier J Ross Wildman and fled in a car toward Oklahoma City three miles southeast.
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Oklahoma City
First National Bank of
Britton
J. Ross Wildman
Return sought for Kirkland by governor in reformatory case
Valparaiso dispatch credits Sheriff Burney Maxwell with pursuing a gubernatorial order to transfer Virgil Kirkland from the Indiana State Reformatory at Pendleton. Judge Grant Grumpacker plans to vacate and reopen the prior one to ten year sentence to hear arguments for a higher term. The Attorney General argues a five to 21 year range applies for assault and battery with intent to rape, and a related docket item may delay the hearing for several days.
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Valparaiso
Burney Maxwell
Indianapolis
Harry Leslie
Virgil Kirkland
Indiana State Reformatory
Pendleton
Grant Crompacker
Kirkland
Reformatory
Arlene Drayes
Indiana
Grumpacker
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Millsap’s
E. High St
Army Staff
Tex
QVG
Cardinal Pietro Gaspari II
Pontiff
Senate
Missouri Federal District Court
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Charming
Sava Cloth
Ducklin Crepefille Vinen
Schulizs
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Bandits
Britton, Okla
J. C. Penney Co
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East High St
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