Dead announcer Buckley eyed for extortion link
Detroit July 24 AP police say an affidavit accuses radio commentator Jerry Buckley of extorting money from gamblers and bootleggers. Buckley, advocate for the unemployed and recall campaign figure, was slain in the La Salle hotel lobby amid a citywide crime crackdown. A sworn statement, boosts extortion theory as police review possible underworld ties and motives. Rewards totaling 14,500 are offered for Buckley’s killers as 97 suspects are interrogated at a miniature golf course.
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Detroit
Mid
Jerry” Buckley
Buckley
WMBC
Charles Bowles
la Salle Hotel
Paul
Jerry
Thomas C. Wilcos
Detroit Times
James E. Chenot
Board of County Auditors
Minature
Which Is Which A Chicago Tag Mix-Up Feared
Seven specialists work to identify two children in Chicago as George Edward Bamberger and Charles Evans Watkins. Parents suspect a hospital tag error and tests are underway to resolve the confusion.
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George Edward Bamberger
Charles Evans Watkins
Chicago
Quake Death Toll Rises in Southern Italy Disaster
Reports from Naples indicate official death toll 1,778 with unofficial counts near 3,025 as rescue efforts continue. Melfi severest losses, cemeteries filled, 200 bodies moved by train to Foggia. Bank of Naples funds relief. Mussolini to convene ministers for emergency measures.
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Italy
Naples
Foggia
Bank of Naples
Ministry of the Interior
Interior Department
North
South America
Avellino
Mussolini
Council of Ministers
Huston Expected to Define Resignation Position
Washington July 24 AP Republican leaders anticipate a definite Huston resignation decision soon after talks with James Burke Joseph Butt and President Hoover. Huston may call an executive committee meeting allowing a self chosen departure possibly when the committee meets late August or early September amid pressure over campaign fund handling.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
James Frances Burke
Joseph R. Butt
New York
Huston
Hoover
Burke
White House
Senate
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Association
Three Gunmen to Be Hanged Friday
Three gunmen who robbed the Home Trust Company and killed James H. Happy Smith faced imminent execution on Friday. Governor Henry S. Caulfield announced a simultaneous triple hanging for Tony Lollypop Mangiara, Carl Nasello, and John Messino, after a dramatic escape from Kansas City during the June 14, 1928, robbery. Police plan heavy guards as rumors of a last-minute attempt swirl.
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Kansas City
Home Trust Company
Henry S. Caulfield
James H. “Happy” Smith
Tony
Mangiaracina
Carl Nasello
John Messino
Mystery death of Wheeler infant in Roanoke county
Salem Va July 24 Wheeler 31 and Simmons 29 held in county jail pending investigation of the death of Wheeler's eleven months old son John Edward Wheeler. The infant's body was found last night on the highway south of Vinton Roanoke county where the couple live. Officers say the child likely fell or was thrown from a car occupied by Wheeler and another man who rode by shortly before the body was found. No charges were filed yet.
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Salem
Dewey Wheeler
S. J. Simmons
Madden Killed in 5000-Foot Airplane Plunge
Indianapolis report states Theodore B. Madden died after a plane fell from about 5000 feet. Authorities investigate the fatal crash.
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Indianapolis
Theodore B. Madden
Seven Solmons Needed to Mark Babies Correst
CHICAGO July 24 Sev en modern solomons hoped today to lead the Bamberger and Watk ins babies out of the woods of doubt. The seven savants of science and medicine summoned by Dr. Arnold H. Kegel health commissioner had searched for hereditary traces in the infant boys and their parents the William Watk ins and the Charles Bambergers and were ready to appear before chief justice Harry Olson of the municipal court to report their findings. An ultraviolet ray machine has been devised to prevent a recurrence of the baby mixup if installed in all hospitals. The device can stencil a brand or name on a babys foot that will be discernible for seven months afterward.
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Savants of Science and Medicine
Arnold H. Kegel
William Watkins
Charles Bambergers
Justic Harry Olson
Kegel
Baby Bamberger
Baby Watkins
Bandits Free 44 Missionaries in Chinese War Zone
Twenty one American and twenty three British missionaries were rescued and brought to Foochow by John J. Muccio of the American consulate and British consul Martin after being marooned in Fukien near Chun gan. Two English missionaries still held are Miss E J Harrison and Miss Edith Nettleton. About fifteen Americans remain in the zone.
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Fochow
China
John J. Muccio
Martin
E. J. Harrison
Edith Nettleton
Chungan
Fukien
Min River
Detro it police charge Buckley with extortion in affidavit
Detroit police say Gerald E Buckley a slain radio announcer is charged with extortion in an affidavit filed by bootleggers. In Washington fifteen house members and one delegate plan retirement after next session.
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Detroit
Gerald E. Buckley
Washington
Six House Members Seek Senate Seats in Next Election
Washington July 24 AP reports four of six House members aiming for Senate have won Republican primaries in Illinois Maine Iowa and North Carolina. Dickinson White Sproul and Hull pursue August primaries with Hull a Democrat. Hull assumed nomination after Burns exited.
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Washington
House
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
White
Maine
Dickinson
Iowa
Pritchard
North Carolina
Sproul
Kansas
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Agriculture Department
Merchant Marine Committee
Burns
Hull
Weather Across Regions Tonight And Friday
Tennessee forecasts call for partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Virginia sees partly cloudy and warm conditions with gentle southerly winds turning variable. High yesterday reached 94 in one year ago readings. lows and rainfall data are noted, with 6:30 p.m. daily readings by C. L. Bunn US Weather Bureau.
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Tennessee
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
W.O
Chicago Moves To Enforce Law On Tree Sitters
Chicago officials plan to use aged statutes to curb tree sitting. Parents may face 100 fine and three months in jail for allowing children to endanger themselves. Police to remove youths from branches, with legal challenge from a 19 year old tree sitter and his attorney ready for a writ of injunction.
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Chicago
Carl J. Appell
Steve Makowski
Germans to Try Atlantic flight first leg from Staaken
German aviators Wolf Hirth and Oscar Weller left Staaken for Croydon England this morning on the first lap of a flight to the United States. They will route via the Orkneys Iceland and Greenland in a 40 horsepower Klemm Sporting plane. Hirth, a noted aviator, was awarded the Hindenburg division cup for 1929 for civil aviation achievements. His notable flights include a European tour in a light plane and a Germany Isle of Man crossing.
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Berlin
Wolf Hirth
Oscar Weller
Staaken
Croydon
England
United States
Orkneys
Iceland
Greenland
Hirth
Europe
Germany
Isle of Man
Irish Sea
England Sure To Ratify Navy Pact In Parliament
London July 24 The house of commons adopted on second reading the bill embodying London naval treaty legislation, virtually ensuring it will be enacted. A third reading follows but is mostly a formality as second reading equals ratification. The bill then goes to the committee of the whole for routine action and, once adopted on third reading, the treaty will be ratified by two signatories with the United States senate approving earlier this week. Japan is the only signatory still debating. The act strengthens the treaty by aligning Britain’s measures with 1922 Washington terms and bans certain vessel types while superseding earlier clauses.
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London
House of Commons
Committee of
United States Senate
Japan
C. G. Ammon
Admiralty
Great Britain
Roanoke Tailor Dies of Starvation
Joseph Baylis aged 68 a Roanoke tailor was found dead in his room, having not reported for work since Saturday. The coroner ruled death due to starvation with no immediate evidence of foul play.
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Starves
Roanoke
Joseph Baylis
Embassies Banned From Government Funded Liquor
Washington July 24 President Hoover signed an executive order barring champagne and wines at government expense in American embassies and consulates abroad. The ruling bars liquor as well as auto repairs printing and engraving and club dues from official allowances, affecting nearly 100 missions after Congress allotted 92 000 for such entertaining funds.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
State Department
Naples hit by hurricane and tidal wave aftermath
Naples faced a hurricane that produced a tidal wave along the coast between 8 and 9 am, blowing down trees and cottages and frightening residents still shaken by Tuesday’s earthquake. Military guards and half-mast flags marked the city’s warlike mood as four quake victims were mourned.
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Naples
Salerno
Triani
Ascelesi
Archishop
St. Gennaro
St Louis aviators enter fourth day of endurance flight
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine began their fourth day of sustained flight attempting to recapture the refueling endurance record aboard the Greater St. Louis. They started at 7:11 a m after 72 hours aloft as storm clouds loomed and they prepared for a potentially difficult day.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Woman's body found in berry patch near Hudson
Akron July 23. The body of a woman with head and limbs detached was found in a black berry patch near Hudson. Marshal Clyde Smith of North Randall identified the deceased as his wife Myrtle Smith, missing since June 16. Appears she was shot to death about three weeks ago.
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Akron
Hudson, O
Marshal Clyde Smith
North Randall, O
Myrtle Smith
Railroad Bridge Dynamited Near Shamrock Mine
Dixon Ky July 23 An Illinois central railroad bridge on a spur to the Sham rock mine was dynamited early today in Providence Ky Providence has had several disorders since coal mines reopened after a three month strike County attorney Cass Walker said an investigation was under way
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Illinois Central Railroad
Providence
Cass Walker
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