Bank Hold Up Brings $1200 to $1500 Loot in Baileyton
Two masked bandits pistol whipped cashier H A Hughes at the Greene County Bank Baileyton branch opening the vault and taking between 1200 and 1500 dollars. They fled in a Ford toward Bulls Gap as officers hunted suspects.
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Baileyton
Greene E County
Tenn
Greene County Bank
H. A. Hughes
Hughes
Washington
Greene County
Bulls Gap
Tennessee
Wartburg, Tenn
Tazewell Bank
Kingsport
M. A. Hughes
Plot to Destroy Akron Dirigible Sparks National Alarm
Cleveland reports reveal a plot to wreck the Akron dirigible tied to a broader alleged sabotage ring against U S aircraft. Paul Kassay confesses aiming to weaken rivets and enter the control room before launch. he pleads not guilty to criminal syndicalism.
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U.S. N. Dirigible
Akron
Cleveland
Dc. F. Barnett
Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Paul Kassay
Kassay
Department of Justice
Illiam J. McDermott
United States District Attorney
United States Navy
Alabama Training School Matron Cleared of Charges
Mrs. Ira P. Champion, superintendent of the Alabama girls training school at Birmingham, was acquitted of misappropriation of state funds and cruel and inhumane punishment charges after a nine hour board hearing. She testified that legislators were familiar with and hugged girl inmates during the probe, prompting surprise from the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira P. Champion
Alabama Girl’s Training School
Birmingham
Board of Trustees
Magician’s Daughter Seeks Divorce Amid Assault Warrant
Mrs Jane Thurston Harris 20 daughter of Howard Thurston the magician, vows divorce after a warrant charges her husband Harry Harris 27 with assault and battery. He was served at a Detroit hospital after a family quarrel in which tear gas reportedly discharged from a fountain pen. Mrs Harris helps in her father’s show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Harris
Jane Thurston Harris
Howard Thurston
Detroit
John Harris
Pittsburgh
Mrs Hoover Camped in Blueridge Snowy Camp with Wilbur
Mrs Hoovers party including Mrs Ray Lyman Wilbur and Miss Susan Dyer set up Cabinet Camp near Orange Virginia. They camped in two feet of snow as spring neared with Secret Service protection and household staff.
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Washington
Mar
Herbert Hoover
Plue
Secret Service
Cabinet Camp
Orange
Virginia
Wilpur
Taovee
Metals in coins copper and nickel percentages stated
The director of the mint notes that a nickel is composed of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel, while a one cent piece contains five percent copper and five percent tin and zinc.
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Director of the Mint
Three AirmMen Lost In China Sea Search Continues
Manila reports two American fliers believed dead after plunging off Mindanao while three governments join a search for pilot Glenn W. Brophy who departed Macao for Manila on a 600 mile China Sea flight. Diekhoff and Scott are presumed dead. Navy ships and regional authorities join the effort.
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Manila
Mar
Mindanao
Macao
China
China Sea
Brophy
Glenn W. Brophy
Los Angeles
United States
F. A. Diekhoff
San Francisco
William Scott
Diekhoff
Hydro
Life terms urged for Joliet riot ringleaders
Warden Henry C. Hill said he would seek grand jury indictments against 32 major rioters at Stateville prison where five buildings burned. Ringleaders face life terms on assault arson and larceny charges if convicted as Illinois legislators open an official inquiry into the disorders that left convicts shot and guards beaten.
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Joliet
All
Stateville
Henry C. Hill
Grand Jury
Grand
Illinois
Roger F. Little
Champaign
U S continues drive on gangs in Chicago tax cases
A Justice Department compiled list shows alleged gangsters linked to income tax violations as part of the federal war on organized crime in Chicago. Att y Gen Mitchell announced the drive would continue with Augmented agents. Capone relatives and allies such as Ralph Capone Jack Guzick Frank Nitti Terry Druggan and Frank Lake appear among those convicted or pleading guilty.
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Washington
Chicago
Justice Department
Mitchell
al Capone
Capone
Ralph Capone
Scarface al
Jack Guzick
Frank Nitti
Terry Druggan
Frank Lake
Sam H Thompson appointed to federal farm board vacancy
Sam H Thompson was named to the federal farm board to fill the vacancy left by Alexander Legge. The Illinois farmer and three term president of the American Farm Bureau Federation supported cooperative farm groups and argued agriculture must prosper to revive overall business.
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Sam H. Thompson
Washington
Mar
Federal Farm Board
Thompson
House Agriculture Committee
Illinois
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
White House
Hoover
Caribbean
Alexander Legge
James C. Stone
Weather outlook by region with rain chances
Weather summary notes cloudy conditions and rising temperatures in Tennessee with rain in the west tonight and Saturday while Virginia remains fair but colder tonight with increasing clouds and Sunday rain. Yesterday’s high 57, low 39. rainfall 0. Readings taken at 6:60 p.m. by T. C. Harris, U.S.W.O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Hoover yields to lure of sea trip on Arizona voyage
President Hoover enjoys a vacation aboard the U S S Arizona as the ship steams through the gulf stream toward Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He watches a talkie on deck, listens to radio updates, and plans leisure fishing at San Juan while preserving White House contact.
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U. S. S. Arizona
Hoover
Washington
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Arizona
Gulf Stream
Cape Hatteras
United States
Ponce
White House
San Juan
Record Gold Reserves Hit New U.S. Peak
The United States holds $4.685 billion in monetary gold as of March 18, a new high and 42.5 percent of world total. The figure exceeds prior U.S. records from 1927 and dwarfs France and England holdings. Imports in the past year and last week boosted reserves, with concentration of gold in the United States and France noted as postwar trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Reserve
France
England
Bank of France
Bank of England
South America
Central America
Mexico
Britain
Arkansas Banker A B Banks to Be Arraigned in Osceola
Mississippi county officials prepared for the arraignment of A. B. Banks on a charge of accepting deposits in the First State Bank of Osceola while insolvent. Indicted by the county grand jury, Banks arrived from Fordyce and was due to return for probable arraignment in circuit court. The five year penalty applies to the conviction.
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Osceola
Ark
Mississippi
A. B. Banks
Arkansas
Banks
Mississippi County Grand Jury
Fordyce
Blytheville
Circuit Court
First State Bank of
American Exchange Trust Company
Little Rock
Bank’s
Tornadoes Kill Three in Southwest Oklahoma and Texas
Tornadoes hit Clinton Oklahoma and Demona Texas area late yesterday killing three people and injuring twenty at Clinton. National Guard under Capt. George D. Hanna guards damaged homes while Red Cross worker B McClain coordinates relief. Clinton grocer A W Anderson, 54, and his 8 year old mother among injured or affected.
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Oklahoma City
Clinton
Okla
Desdemona
Texas
National Guard
George D. Hanna
B. McClain
Red Cross
A. W. Anderson
Missing 28 As Viking Explosion Toll Grows in Newfoundland
Official tabulation by Prime Minister Sir Richard Squires lists 28 missing after the Viking exploded off St John’s Newfoundland. 127 survivors were rescued by the steamers Lagona and Boothic, with Frissell and cameraman Penrod among the missing.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Richard Squires
Newfoundland
Viking
Varick Frissell
Horse Island
Lagona
Boothic
White Bay
Frissell
A. G. Penrod
Harry Sarzent
Sagona
Legislature Shifts Focus to Probe Over Work in Tennessee
Tennessee lawmakers return to routine bills as they plan a recess from Saturday until May 25. Public hearings aimed at the state affairs investigation will resume Tuesday.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee General Assembly
Tennessee Senate stalls repeal bid on highway funds act
In Nashville on March 20 Senate members delayed action on a repeal of chapter 33 from the 1929 extra session, which governs depository bonds and interest on state deposits for highway and bridge funds. Debate centered on returning to the 1917 act, bond requirements, and potential bank withdrawals. A tabled motion and a Tennessee Alabama Muscle Shoals commission proposal followed, with 10 cent oleomargarine tax discussions looming.
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Nashville
Mar
Funding Board
Senate
J. T. Durham
Sumner
Durham
Tennessee
Wall
H. C. Anderson
Madison
Finance, Ways and Means
Anderson
Wam P. Monroe
Union
U. S. Engineers Corps
Senator Coleman
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Ford
Great Lakes Company
Barnett
Ikassay
Herman Hollis
R. L. Nalls
McDermott
Goodyear- Zeppelin
Alabama Training School
Board of Inquiry
Montgomery, Ala
Mrs. Hoover
Blueridge
Harry Sturchak
Conemaugh
Betty Mowrey
Johnstown
Hare
U. S
Abandors
New York
Legislature
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