Jake Sales To Be Prosecuted In California
Wholesale indictments were sought by Los Angeles county health authorities over adulterated ginger extract linked to two deaths and paralysis in more than 200 people. E. J. Lewis a druggist was fined $150 for selling extract causing partial paralysis in 14 men. Dr. J. L. Pomeroy said evidence supported arrest of 20 other druggists.
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Los Angeles
Mar
E. J. Lewis
Whittier
J. L. Pomeroy
Late Blizzard Walls Rockies Again
A Northwest blizzard buffeted three states, with Montana receiving light snowfall and Colorado reporting wet driving snow. The storm followed months of neglect and pushed temperatures down, prompting stockmen warnings across the region.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Colorado
Threats Target Deputy Marshal After Daughter's Death
Audubon New Jersey March 5 UP A police guard was stationed at the home of John C Bischoff after his 16 year old daughter Benita killed herself following the murder of her mother Vivian Gordon in New York. Bischoff, a deputy marshal at the DC reformatory and jail at Lorton Virginia, said he had received life threatening letters and believed many came from crank callers.
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James J. Walker
Miss Gordon
John Bischoff
Benita Bischoff
Audubon
N. J
British Peerage Receives Bertrand Russell as New Earl
London reports the British Peerage gains Bertrand Russell as the third Earl Russell after the death of his brother the second Earl Russell in Marseilles. The elder Russell died of a heart attack at 63 while returning to England from the Riviera.
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London
Bertrand Russell
Earl Russell
Marseilles
House of Lords
England
Riviera
Hurricane devastates coast of Africa reports from Mauritius
Capetown dispatch says a hurricane raged since yesterday evening with unknown death toll and vast property and crop damage. Ships Clangrapham and Sangatcastle ashore in Port Louis harbor as conditions worsen and port facilities are affected.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Fort Louis
Mauritius
Clangrapham
Sangatcastle
Woman in New Orleans Shoots Self in Lobby
In the Roosevelt hotel lobby Mrs. T. B. Caldwell, 36, of Memphis, drew a pistol from her purse and fired a shot into her left side. She was rushed to Charity Hospital after saying she wanted to die. doctors found the bullet between the seventh and eighth ribs.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt Hotel
T. B. Caldwell
Memphis
Tenn
Bridge murder trial nears end in Kansas City
Closing arguments were set for today in the bridge quarrel murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle A. Bennett 35 as she claims her husband was shot accidentally. The state countered with rebuttal testimony after defense rested. Prosecution sought to introduce Byrd Rice of Chicago a nephew of John G. Bennett to relay the alleged tale told two months after the killing on September 29 1929. Continued on page six.
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Myrtle A. Bennett
James R. Page
Byrd Rice
Chicago
John G. Bennett
James A. Reed
J. Francis
Cotton Carnival Ends With South of Storyland Parade
Memphis residents viewed the final evening of the first annual Cotton Carnival featuring a South of Storyland tableau of prewar plantation life. The day included a children’s pet parade and boys’ foot races amid cotton bale throne stages. A 500‑pound bale sold for 240 dollars per pound from Luther McCallum of Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Storyland
Chilren
Cotton
Luther McCaullum
Democrats Hold Caucus Without Dreaded Battle
Chairman Raskob addressed the Democratic National Committee in Washington on March 5 saying the time has come to rededicate the party as a liberal party for all the people. He stated he would not seek action on party policies.
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Washington
Mar
Raskob
Democratic Nations
Democratic National Committee
Committee On
Prohibition Issue Sidetracked at Democratic Meeting
Democratic leaders in conference ahead of the national committee meeting decided not to push a prohibition resolution. The session opened at 10 35 a m with no assurance from Chairman Raskob as J E Robinson of Kentucky voiced hopes for a satisfactory program. Senator Robinson of Arkansas attended among other leaders and the crowd heard that prohibition problems had been solved and would be sidetracked.
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Washington
Mar
National Committee
Raskob
J. E. Robinson
Kentucky
Robinson
Arkansas
Gordon Gordon Slaying Baffles Police
New York data show a week passes since Vivian Gordon was garroted in a park. More than 300 witnesses linked to her seven diaries have been questioned without clues to her killer. Only two suspects, John A. Radeloff and Samuel Cohen, are in custody as material witnesses.
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New York
Vivian Gordon
Miss Gordon
John A. Radeloff
Samuel Cohen
Leonora Halsey
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Weather Rain and Warmer
Tennessee reports increasing cloudiness and rain Friday with warmer temperatures tonight and Friday, and cooler conditions in extreme west Friday afternoon. Virginia shows fair tonight with rising temps followed by rain in the west and central areas Friday afternoon or night. Readings at 6 p.m. show yesterday’s high 45 and low 32, with no rain on the corresponding date.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Fate of Hawkins killer with jury to decide fate
Rogersville Tenn March 5 An 18 year old Grant Mabe who confessed to killing Will Jamar Jones with a shotgun awaited Hawkins county jury verdict Jones was ambushed on a trail last September while carrying a basket of tomatoes Officers said Jones widow Lettie Jones supplied the gun and watched from a farmhouse window Her involvement is to be tried after Mabe's case
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Rogersville
Tenn
East Tennessee Hills
Grant Mabe
Will Jamar Jones
Hawkins County
Jones
Marie
Lettie Jones
Senate adjourns. six committees probe lobbying and funds
Overnight AP report notes six Senate committees will investigate lobbying, campaign funds, post office leases, economic conditions, banking, and Indians as Congress adjourns. Also reports Einstein praising America before sailing to Germany and other brief items from New York Miami London Bogota.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
New York
Einstein
America
Germany
Miami
Fla
Johnny Weissmuller
Bobby Arnst
Next Congress Faces Struggle on Day and Wet Issue
Washington reports a stalled last session with no new prohibition laws sent to the White House. Wickersham commission ideas, Sheppard resolutions, and proposed minor offender trials without jury dominated debate. Wet forces foresee tougher battles and possible revisions to the eighteenth amendment.
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Congress
Wickersham Commission
House
Senate
Sheppard
Senator Sheppard
Texas
Wickersham
White House
Prohibition Bureau
Blaine
Wisconsin
Copeland
New York
Commission
Horton Crump Duel Over Impeachment Resumes In Tennessee
Governor Henry Horton refuses to resign amid Crump led impeachment push and legislative probes. Horton calls Crump a political boss while pledging to fight any articles and defend Tennessee’s honor. Crump accuses Horton of ruling in name only and presses for removal.
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Horton
Crump
Nashville, Tenn
Edward H. Crump
Henry H. Horton
Tenth District
Legislative Committee
E. H. Crump
Nashville
Tennessee
House of Representatives
Memphis
Senate
Hoover and Stimson Approve Franco-Italian Naval Treaty
Hoover and Stimson approve a Franco-Italian naval pact as part of a broader effort to limit arms among the five leading sea powers. The agreement, praised by Hoover and supported by Stimson, aims to avoid revising the London treaty and to halt naval competition among Britain France Italy the United States and Japan.
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Hoover
Stimson
Washington
Mar
Italy
France
Ronald Lindsay
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Senate
Former gangster Alterie defies questions on Capone finances
Chicago reports Louis Alterie also known as Leland Varian refuses to provide evidence about Al Capone's finances. He faces perjury charges after vague responses during questioning. Capone remains free on vagrancy charges as police probe the case amid witness disappearances in the White trial.
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Louis Alterie
Chicago
Capone
Colorado
Alphonse Capone
Leland Varian
Dion O’bannon
Combine
Alterie
Scarface
Alphonse
Harry Ditchburne
Ditchburne
William
White
Exhume body of Arlene Draves in Indiana trial
Virgil Kirkland 20, former Gary high school football star, awaits post mortem results in Reynolds after a Gary drinking party death. Doctors testify the initial autopsy was complete. defense had sought exhumation to challenge organ findings. Trial resumes with surgeons signing the record before Kirkland testifies.
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Virgil Kirkland
Gary
Ind
Arlene Draves
Reynolds
E. S. Jones
James S. Boreham
Lake County
Burcham
Grant Crumpacker
Kirkland
Terms of Indian Truce Published By British Authorities
New Delhi March 5 The terms of the truce between Lord Irwin and Mahatma Gandhi were published. Provisions include abandonment of civil disobedience and the boycott, release of non-violent offenders, recognition of salt area residents rights, permitted non aggressive picketing, withdrawal of repressive ordinances, and finality of tax sales to third parties for government purposes.
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New Delhi
India
Lord Irwin
Victoy
Mahatma Gandhi
Scrutiny Hangs Over Holston Trust Funds Probe
Knoxville hearing ties Colonel Luke Lea to Holston Trust Company dealings with state funds. Witness F Curtis Allen explains $250 000 state money placed in trust funded Holston debts and Caldwell securities, raising questions of misuse and violations of trust. Ramsey remains in Florida as committee seeks next steps amid bank records dispute.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Luke Lea
Holston
Colonel Lea
J. Basil Ramsey
Trust Company
Holston Union National Bank
F. Curtis Allen
Holston Trust Company
M. B. Slaughter
Mobile
Nashville
The
National Bank
Holston Union National Park
Faulkner
Highway Department
Foss
Allen
Caldwell and Company
Caldwell Securities
Walter Haynes
Mr. Ramsey
Scott Fitzhugh
Florida
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