Five Die in Weekend Detroit Gang Violence
Detroit area gang violence rose over the weekend with five deaths including two police officers shot after stopping a vehicle linked to a hit-run. Suspects were arrested, tied to a fish market killings, while another Italian victim died at dawn.
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Grosse Pointe Park
Erhardt W. Mercer
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Ina Pinseo
Highland Park
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Turn Vanning Automa Hnles
Multiple murders flare as Chicago gang wars restart
June 2 AP reports a renewed Chicago gang war with a Valentine's Day scale of killings. Three men died and two people, including a woman, were wounded by machine gun fire at a near North Clark Street scene. An hour later another attack wounded three more. A ride victim was found later near the Italian Trust and Savings Bank. A Sunday massacre occurred at a Fox Lake resort hotel, likely involving the Druggan brothers faction.
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Lanstra
Tatter
Frank de Mercurio
Detroit
Sam
Frank Solamoni
Ferndale
Oakland County
Ira Berendt
Nine Mile Road
Sunset Boulevard
Gaspero Soibilia
Samuel Paring
Vernor Highway
Soibilia
Chicago
North Clark Street
Moran Gang
Italian Trust and Savings Bank
Milwaukee Avenue
Fox Lake
Weather Summary United States Tennessee Virginia
Weather notes for Tennessee and Virginia show fair nights and cloudy periods with minimal temperature changes. May averages for temperatures and rainfall are listed with daily readings at 630 PM by C. L. Bunn.
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Tennessee
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
Governors Race and Senate Hope In Nashville Conventions
In Nashville today both parties held conventions as Republican leaders endorsed Paul E. Divine for the U.S. Senate and C Arthur Bruce for governor. Democratic prospects speculated that Senator William E. Brock of Chattanooga would announce a bid for the short term term November to March.
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Tenn
Republican State Executive Committee
Paul E. Divine
Johnson’ City
United States Senate
C. Arthur Bruce
Memphis
Hts
State Executive Committee
Hermitage
J. Will Taylor
Republican National Ecommitteeman
Taylor
Arthur ‘Bruce
Harry T. Burn
Sweetwater
Burn
Brock
Democratic State Executive Committee
William E. Brock
Chattanooga
Barnes Sees Good Sign In Expansion
Washington June 2 In expansion activities of American corporations Julius H Barnes sees a preparation for enlarged earning power and confidence that such will be the result He chairman of the national business survey conference organized at President Hoover's suggestion issued a statement noting new capital totaling 2100 million dollars in the first four months of 1920 Public authorities borrowing reached 490 million dollars and building activity rose to 550 million dollars non residential building declined to 928 million and residential to 46 million dollars
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Julius H. Barnes
National Business Survey Conference
Hoover
Barnes
Asa
Veterans of the Confederacy gather in Biloxi for fortieth reunion
In Biloxi Mississippi on Southern Memorial Day veterans of the Confederacy converge for the fortieth reunion. Sons of the Confederacy and Women of the Southern Confederate Memorial Association join. Camp Sneed hosts the tent city with a hospital, mess camp, and preparations for about 60 000 meals. Speakers include former U S Senator John Sharp Williams and Rear Admiral Thomas P MacGruder, both Mississippians.
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Biloxi
Miss
Jefferson Davis
Sons ‘of the Confederacy
Southern Confederate Memorial Association
Camp Sneed
U. S
John Sharp Wiliams
Thomas P. MacGruder
Sedate Boston Hears Gunfire
Boston residents Guy Perelli and Joseph Bruno were shot as they left the Liberty Hotel. A witness saw a car pass and gunfire from a machine gun. Albert Farina was arrested at the hospital and held as a suspect as police probe the motive and connections.
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Boston
South End
Guy Perelli
Joseph
Chick" Bruno
Liberty Hotel
Bootler
Albert Farina
Final Salt Raid Ends Amid Monsoon In India
A drizzling rain in Bombay presidency signals the monsoon, halting the salt raids. At Wadala 15,000 nationalists attacked yesterday, police charged with bamboo clubs injuring about 160. Dharasana raids to stop soon, Gandhi observes a day of silence, and nationalists shift focus to a new campaign against tax payments.
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Bombay Presidency
Wadala
Dharasana
Mahatma Gandhi
Texas
1930 Census Figures for North Carolina Cities
The 1930 census reports Charlotte at 82 645, up 26 877 since 1920, a 56 5 percent rise. Winston-Salem lists 272 today, a gain of 26 877 and 56 5 percent since 1920, with Gainesville showing 10 530 and 3 685 or 53 7 percent.
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Tardieu Duels with Mussolini Promising European Peace Duel
Paris reports a potential dueling path between Benito Mussolini and Andre Tardieu as France seeks a peaceful, united Europe. Mussolini pushes a robust naval program while Tardieu urges peace and a federal European union. French leaders downplay Mussolini while stressing unity and moral resolve. Henry Berger opposes the stance, signaling internal debate over fascism.
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Associated Press
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Europe
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Italy
Andre Tardieu
France
Clemenceau
Paincare
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Union of Europe
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Tardien
Henry Berenger
Nevada Gambler Executed in State Prison Gas Chamber
R H Bob White a Las Vegas Elko gambler was put to death in the Nevada state prison gas chamber after conviction on circumstantial evidence for the murder of Louis Lavell. He entered the airtight chamber at 4 40 am strapped to a chair amid 53 witnesses including two women. A sulfuric acid jar and a water container released gas via a potassium compound, producing deadly fumes within moments. White nodded as the gas began to rise and inhaled deeply before leaning back. Continued on page nine.
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Bob" White
Nevada State Prison
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White
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Tariff War Soon Settled With Senate Ties
Washington June 2 AP Sponsors and opponents claim enough votes for victory as the senate prepares for debate on the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill. The fate rests on two conference report sections including flexible clauses and rate schedules. Debate on veto of Spanish war pensions may delay final action.
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Senate
Smoot
Finance Committee
General H M Lord Claimed by Death
Herbert M. Lord former director of the budget died at 8 55 this morning at his home in Washington D C after ill health since retirement last year He had resigned June 1 1929 to join Arthur S Kleeman Company in New York His son Major Kenneth F Lord and daughter Mrs Frank Van Renselaer were with him President Hoover praised his government service.
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Herbert M. Lord
General Lord
Kenneth F. Lord
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Frank van Rensselaer
Elmira
Liberal Baptists Get Floor Tonight
In Cleveland on June 2 AP reports the liberal wing of the Northern Baptist convention will take center stage at the six day annual conference ending tonight with Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick of New York delivering the closing address. Business sessions include the council report on cooperation with the Federal Council of Churches and a vote on resolutions. Opposition from some fundamentalists subsides as the council policy stance appears acceptable. The resolutions committee is expected to approve a recommendation for government control of motion pictures.
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Cleveland
Northern Baptist Convention
Harry Emerson Fosdick
New York
Federal Council of Churches
Resolutiong Committee
Resolutions Committee
Ten deaths after belt of tragedies across the South
A string of early Sunday accidents claims ten lives across the South. A passenger plane crash near Franklin kills Roseoe Williams. a car collision near Wilmington fatally injures Charles Richter. a vehicle plunges over an embankment near Lexington, Miss., killing Mrs Williams. A mother dies trying to rescue her child in Dog River, Mobile. Three killed when a car is hit by a train near Dehring, Ga. An 73 year old man, H Oxford, dies in Macon, Ga after being struck by a Mercer professor's car. A man plunges 150 feet over a precipice near Warrior River, and two drownings occur in Alabama and mobile areas.
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Associated Press
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Dehring
H. Oxford
Macon
A. W. Johnson
Mercer University
Roseoe Williams
Franklin
Charles Richter
Wilmington
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Imboden
Ark
William H. Sadler
A. C. Williams
Lexington
Miss
Willian
Bowen
Tost
Warrior River
Birmingham
Ola
Avgonia Leighton
Dog River
Mobile
Als
Mrs! Leighton
Non-Refueling Record Is Set Over 67 Hours
Major Umbretto Maddalena and Lieutenant Fausto Cecconi set a world non-refueling flight endurance record at Montecelio Aero drome near Rome. Their 67 hours 15 minutes surpassed the German record of 65 hours 26 minutes. They began at 5 31 a m Friday, flyover Montecelio Ostia Ladispoli and Anzio on a marked course, with a fourth attempt after three earlier efforts.
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Italy
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Umberto Nobile
Italia
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Montecllis
Fausto Cecconi
Johann Risties
Hans Zimmerman
No Slander in Congress Words
Freedom from prosecution for utterances in congress was upheld today by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, dismissing a $500,000 suit against Senator Couzens. The court held congressional immunity protected remarks in the Senate. In a separate brief item from Glen Echo Maryland a mother and five children perished in a fire.
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