Witness Murder Echoes Ranieri Kidnapping Case
In Joliet Illinois April 19 AP reports another key figure tied to the Ranieri kidnapping was shot dead near his home as investigators faced new threats. Joseph Perconti, once linked to police with information on the case, was killed minutes after parking his car, with the motive suspected to be connected to the Ranieri abduction and the foiled prosecutions surrounding it.
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Perconti
Tony
Ranieti Hoy
Felice
Tony Killus
Fee Parconti
Fee Ferranti
Yester
Joe
Ranieri
Ole Scully
Scully
Billy Rainierigan
Chicago
Eccentric Author to Wed at Age 77 in Arkansas
W H Coin Harvey famed pyramids builder at Monte Ne plans to wed 66 year old secretary Mrs May Leake in Bentonville Ark the license obtained after divorce from Anna H Harvey of Huntington West Virginia whom he wed in 1875 and separated for thirty years the ceremony to be held Sunday at the pyramid site with Harvey’s son Tommy Harvey present as Huntington lawyer.
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Bentonville, Ark
W. H
Coin) Harvey
Monte Ne
Ark
May Leake
Harvey
Anna II. Harvey
Huntington
W. Va
Tommy Harvey
Leake
Weather Cloudy Warmer in Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee shows increasing cloudiness with showers in the west and central areas Saturday and west tonight, with somewhat warmer conditions tonight and Saturday. Virginia forecasts fair skies with frost tonight, then increasing clouds and warmer by Saturday. Readings note yesterday’s high 74 and low 46, both higher than last year. Read by LL Bunn, U.S. Weather Office.
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Tennessee
West
Virginia
Ll. Bunn
U.S. W. Oo
Revelstoke dies as reparations talks fail
Lore Revelstoke British banker dies of heart failure at 7:30 AM in Paris after a day of strain from the reparations conference collapse. His brother Sir Oil Buring was present. German delegate Dr Hjalmar Schacht led condolences in the Hotel George V conference room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Stamp
Fauborg Saint Honore
Wien
Lord Revelstoke
Hotel George V
Hjalmar Schacht
Expr
Mississippi levee cave in at Knowlton Arkansas
Four hundred feet of the Knowlton levee on the Mississippi river caved in. Engineers race to shore up a banquette with dirt and sand bags as heavy high water pressures loom. U.S. steamers relocate workers from Laconia Circle and Helena to the scene amid fears of a larger breach near the Arkansas side.
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Memphis
Knowlton
Ark
Laconia Cirele
Helena
U.S
Mississippi
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Carolina Strike Situation Quiet After Raid on HQ
In Gastonia North Carolina on April 19 the strike scene remained quiet after the previous day’s destruction of the National Textile Workers Union headquarters and a relief food supply. Ellen Dawson a 28 year old union organizer was arrested in Gastonia and later jailed in Charlotte on bond set at 2000 dollars. She faced a charge of fraudulently securing naturalization papers after speaking to strikers at Loray Textile Mill. The restocked grocery shelter for strikers’ food was guarded.
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Gastonia
N.C
National Textile Workers Union
Ellen Dawson
Shoe
Scotland
Moral Housecleaning urged for youth by Chicago jury
A coroner's jury in Chicago after George Lux's death issued strong calls for moral housecleaning of modern youth. They blamed roadhouses and speakeasies, urged social institutions and parents to aid youth, and urged vigorous law enforcement to protect schoolchildren and young people from corrupting venues.
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Chicago
George Lux
Lux
William J. Bogan
Rich bachelor weds former nurse in Toronto ceremony
New York April 18 AP Rich bachelor investor leader Doherty, 58, marries former nurse Mrs Percy Frank Eames, 40, who cared for him during a two year illness. The wedding took place in Toronto with a belated wedding trip to Atlantic City. The bride, Kentucky native, spent much of her life abroad, studying music. her son by a prior marriage and diplomatic ties link the couple to international circles.
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New York
He i. Doherty
Percy Frank Eames
Doherty
Henry L. Doherty and Company
Eames
Kentucky
Paris
Foreign Service
International Harvester Company
University of Madrid
William
Family of Six Perishes in Stove Fire Near South Bend
Soul Bend, Ind April 19 AP A grandmother aged 78 and five children died in their sleep when a defective kitchen stove started a blaze in the home of Harvey Purucker on the outskirts of South Bend. Names: Jy Gonley 78 Aloysius 15 John ta Ed Ward 10 Louis 8 Katherine Guard 12 Rita 3 Mary 19. Firefighters found the bodies on the upper floor as neighbors watched, coroner to hold inquest.
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Soul Bend
Ind
Harvey Purucker
South Bend
Jy Gonley
Rita
Mary
Lousehold
Gun Explosion Fatal to Trip Six Injured at Fort Kamehameha
Three soldiers died and six were wounded when a 158 millimeter coastal artillery gun exploded during target practice at Fort Kamehameha on Oahu. Sergeant K R Webb and privates H Clark and Rove Wood were killed. two seriously injured, one with legs torn off, another with an arm missing. Injured transported to Tripler hospital. breech blast suspected. Forty lines mention Mitch ell Bank head and surtax repeal but not part of main incident.
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Honolulu
Fifty-fifth Coast Artillery
Ft. Kamehameha
Oahu Island
K. R. Webb
H. Clark
Rove Wood
Tripler Hospital
Fort Shafter
Soviet Disarmament Proposal Rejected as Basis
In Geneva the League of Nations preparatory commission rejected the Soviet plan for extensive partial worldwide disarmament as a basis for future work. An advisory steering committee opinion urged continued Soviet cooperation. The commission adopted that view, allowing the Soviet draft to be appended to a final report if Moscow wishes. CHICAGO stock market speculation seen dipping as W P G Harding warns.
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Geneva
Preparatory Commission On Disarmament
League of Nations
League
Dead Wife Turns Up Alive Hubby Must Go to Jail
Moalester Oklahoma April 19 Fred Smythe paid funeral expenses for his wife and believed her dead. He pleaded guilty to bigamy and was sentenced by District Judge Harve L Melton to three months in jail.
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Hubby
Moalester
Okla
Fred. Smythe
Smythe
Harve L. Melton
Melton
You Can Stop Heavy on The Gas Law Says You Can Stop
Tennessee motorists may drive on state highways at any speed, but reckless driving is punished. The Hoover Law aims to prevent hogging the road, curvy road danger, and improper signaling. Drunk driving faces severe penalties under the new statute.
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Law
Nashville
Tennessee
Negotiations for Reparations Plan Reported Failure
Paris April 19. The expert committee on reparations met to report failure of its negotiations and adjourned as a mark of respect to Lord Revelstoke who had died earlier that morning. The session followed a strainful exchange with Dr Hjalmar Schacht and a plan to draft a final report was postponed to Monday with expectations the German delegation would attend to participate.
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Paris
Lord Revelstoke
Hjalmar Schacht
Rehaf
Owen D. Yeung
Conference of Experts
Morgan Declares Night Clubs Finished After Acquittal
New York April 19 AP Helen Morgan actress and entertainer acquitted by a federal jury of maintaining a common nuisance by liquor sales in a night club says she is through with night clubs forever. She spoke after verdict and broke down crying as the decision ended a day of strain. The ruling follows another recent government setback in club nuisance cases linking Texas Guinan's earlier acquittal and curfew issue at Salon Royale.
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New York
Helen Morgan
Texas Guinan
Salon Royale
Harding
Union Head Sees Early End To Rayon Strike
In Elizabethton Tennessee Thomas F McMahon president of the United Textile Workers says settlement chances look very good for the rayon strike that left 5000 idle workers idle Charles G Wood labor department conciliator is pushing toward a conference this afternoon McMahon cites Wood as the key hopeful factor Guards accompanied by pistols escorted William F Kelley vice president of the union reports that talks between plant officials and workers representatives remain far apart but show some potential for a bargain focused on collective bargaining.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Charles G. Wood
Department of Labor
McMahon
Wood
William F. Kelley
United Textile Workers
Johnson City
Bemberg
Glanzsteff
Woman puts man on spot in Chicago fatal shooting
Chicago reports Rosa, 40, was shot in the head by a man as a woman accomplice fled with him after a short walk. Witnesses saw the pair run toward darkness after the shooting. Detectives doubt gang ties and attribute the killing to jealousy. Rosa had a burglary charge years earlier.
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Chicago
Tony Ross
Rosa
Sistol
Theer
Fourteen Die in Chile Railroad Wreck Near Antofagasta
SANTIAGO Chile April 19 AP Fourteen persons were killed and 20 injured in a railroad wreck between Iquique and Antofagasta late last night. The locomotive shed its wheels in an unexplained fashion and the cars it drew piled into it and overturned.
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Santiago
Chile
Tquique
Antofagasta
Radio is Great Invention, Says Thankful Thief
A Chicago burglar praised radio as a great invention after a resident phoned police about a third floor burglary at 5737 Prairie Avenue. Police alerted WGN, which broadcast the alert to touring squads. officers arrived to find the thief gone and a radio left behind with a note thanking the radio man.
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Chicago
Prairie Avenue
WGN
Walter Stormy
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Geoil Buring
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Bognor
Henry L. Doherty
Percy F. Eames
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Schacht
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