Trolley Bombings Hit Detroit After New Orleans Attacks
Two street cars were wrecked and two women hospitalized after dynamite on tracks at Poeyfarre and Magazine. A second blast on North Peters near Conti damaged a third car, with four passengers unscathed. Police probe continues amid growing fears and state death-penalty threats.
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M. McPherson
Whitney David
Prytania
Poeyfarre
Magazine Streets
Adjcent
North Peters Street
Conti
Theodore Ray
Carmen
Police Chief Orders Night Patrols After 7 P M Shoot to Kill if Needed
Superintendent Theo dore Ray ordered night patrols to capture or kill bombers of street cars after 7 P M The drive follows a New Year wave of dynamite attacks injuring two women and damaging property Jitney operators are suspected to be linked to the violence as streets cars continue to be targeted
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New Orleans
Theodore Ray
Ray
Drastic Day Laws Filed in Boston Prohibition Push
Representative Roland D. Sawyer of Ware filed two drastic prohibition bills in the Massachusetts House. One seeks a $2,000,000 appropriation to enforce the state prohibition law. The other would make possession of a quart or more of liquor prima facie evidence of intent to sell.
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Boston
Roland D. Sawyer
Ware
House
Mullan Citizens Protest Conviction of City Officials
A petition circulating in Mullan Idaho seeks presidential clemency for the mayor city councilmen and police chief convicted in federal court of conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition law. Backers claim the license system funded city improvements and police protection and portray their town as progressing.
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Mullan
Idaho
J. B. Wilcox
First National Bank of
Hoover
Coeur D'Alene
Senator Jones cites Hoover commission on prohibition stance
Senator Jones says the Hoover law enforcement commission has decided not to pass judgment on the prohibition amendment.
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Washington
Jones
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Scottish theater owner arrested for fatal fire panic
Paisley Scotland January 2 Alexander Burnard manager of the motion picture theater where 72 children perished in a fire panic was arrested today charged with culpable homicide.
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Paisley
Scotland
Alexander Burnard
Motion Picture Theater
Paisley Fire Panic Inquiry Expands to London Officials
Paisley authorities seek help from the London fire brigade chief and Home Office explosives chief as they probe Tuesday's fire panic that killed 72 children. Funerals begin tomorrow. Alexander Durward, theatre manager, is in custody though exact charges remain undisclosed.
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Paisley
Scotland
London Fire Brigade
Home Office
Alexander Durward
Motion Picture Theatre
Tragedy Hours After Fire Strike In Paisley and Glasgow
The town faces mass funeral planning after Tuesday’s fire panic with private services today and almost seventy more funerals scheduled for tomorrow in Paisley churches. Undertakers in Paisley and Glasgow work nonstop to prepare coffins. Five families lose multiple children and several families face double or triple funerals. Most injured children recover and fourteen have been discharged from hospital. Twenty two remain hospitalized, two in serious condition.
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Paisley
Scotland
Glasgow
Mrs Hoover defies cold to attend Allan Hoover party
Mrs. Hoover, kept indoors by a cold for two days, defies the illness to attend a social gathering honoring her son Allan Hoover.
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Washington
Industrial alcohol leaks labeled key Prohibition problem
President Hoover's law enforcement commission and dry leaders agree industrial alcohol leaks are the toughest Prohibition issue. Senator Borah calls the permit system a scandal and urges a full investigation into Treasury control and the Doran Prohibition Office amid plans to finish study before July 1.
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Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Congressional
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Jones
Drys
Capper
Kansas
Ciry
Treasury Department
Lowman
Prohibition
Doran
Treasury
Capital Social War Ends With White House Reconciliation
At a New Year reception the rift between Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann sister of the vice president and Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth wife of the speaker appeared bridged as they greeted the president and were seen in a friendly exchange. Washington wonders if a social truce has been declared over precedence at state functions.
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Washington
Jan
Dolly Curtis Gann
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
White House
Weather Rain and Colder Across East and Interior
Cloudy and cold in the east and central tonight with rain likely in the east portion. Virginia sees more rain Friday with mild tonight and colder conditions Friday, SW winds shift to N. High yesterday 64, low 32. December averages listed. Readings taken at 6 p.m. by U.S. Weather Office.
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Virginia
C. Ea Unn
U. S
DW. O
Tennessee Supreme Court Hopeful Blocked Legislative Bonus
Chancellor James B. Newman issued a preliminary injunction stopping the $100 per member legislative bonus as unconstitutional. The order pauses payments while the state appeals, and could become permanent if the high court agrees. The suit filed by Mrs. Austin Peay targets the comptroller and treasurer.
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Nashville
James B. Newman
State Supreme Court
Austin Peay
Christmas Gift Bomb Kills Bride at New Year Party
A deadly bomb disguised as a Christmas gift exploded at a Maryland family gathering in Seat Pleasant. Naomi Hall Brady, 18, died after being taken to a Washington hospital. eight relatives were injured, including her mother and grandmother. Leslie Hall, who delivered the package, was seriously hurt. Police have few clues as they investigate the motive and sender.
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Seat Pleasant
Maryland
Naomi Hall Brady
Herman Brady
Mitchellville
John Hall
Hall
Leslie Hall
John Buckley
Brady
Leslie
Wave motion of universe demonstrated by science
A. J. Dempster of the University of Chicago won the AAAS award for an outstanding paper proving wave motion in hydrogen atoms. In a vacuum tube he directed nearly full sized hydrogen atoms at calcite and showed they rebounded with wave-like behavior, confirming a central idea of wave mechanics. Dempster is noted for vacuum tube work and isotope analysis.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press Feature Service
Des Moines
American Association For the Advancement of Science
A. J. Dempster
University of Chicago
Dempster
Davisson and
Germer
New York
Mr. Dempster
Simple Funeral for Chas. P. Taft
Charles P. Taft philanthropist publisher and leader dies at 86 in Cincinnati. His simple Anglican service at Christ Church follows a life of civic and cultural impact. Will H Taft and Governor Cooper attend. city plans for a public memorial amid gifts and a $2.5 million fundraising goal for the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts.
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Cincinnati
Charles P. Taft
Christ Church
Episcopalian Church
Taft
Willia Howard Taft
Charles
Washington
Myers Cooper
Columbus
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts
Walter H. Siple
Annie Taft
Middle West
Citizens of
Interstate Commerce Commission Sets Abandonment Hearing Date
The IC C scheduled February 5 in New Orleans for the New Orleans Great Northern rail road to seek authorization to abandon the line between Covington Junction and Folsom Louisiana. Examiner T F Sullivan overseeing the hearing.
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Washington
New Orleans
Inspector Garvin Shot In Detroit Attack On Coplin Avenue
Inspector Henry J. Garvin head of Detroit’s crime and bomb squad was shot four times and gravely wounded while a bystander, 11 year old Lois Bartlett, was critically injured by a hail of bullets from a black sedan. Garvin, 40, has aided major crimes and testified in a Study club manslaughter case tied to a deadly cabaret fire.
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Henry J. Garvin
Detroit
Coplin Avenue
Jefferson Avenue
Lois Bartlett
Inspector Garvin
Police Department
Garvin
Martin Cohn
Study Club
Bartlett
To Fill Vacant Attorneys Jobs
Washington January 2 Fifteen vacancies among ninety one United States district attorneys will be filled soon. Twelve others have been replaced since Attorney General Mitchell took office. Mitchell said he had not received Borah’s statement regarding charges of wide open saloons in about seventeen districts. The vacancies arise from four year term expirations and some incumbents are seeking reappointment while one district attorney in Arkansas has declined to continue.
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Washington
United States
Mitchell
Borah
Arkansas
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Boris Chukhnovsky
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