Mooney Lashes Challenge at Trio of Lawyers
San Francisco March 27 Tom Mooney challenged his former prosecutors to prove him guilty again of the 1916 preparedness day parade bombing and to hang him if possible The statement from Mooney's defense committee notes a new trial set for April 26 by Judge Louis H Ward The prosecution withdrew leaving the State Attorney General and others as potential prosecutors while Mooney seeks a pardon through decades of labor and legal battles
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San Francisco
Mar
Tom Mooney
Hare
Mooney
Defense Committee
Louis H. Ward
San Quentin
Ward
U. S. Weed
Matthew Brady
Fickert
Cunha
Sul Yvan
Charles M. Pickart
Los Angele
Edward A. Cunha
San Francristo
Warren K. Billings
Folsom Prison
Matt I. Sullivan
California Supreme Court
James Rolph, Jr
Billings
Ralph
Sullivan
Mooney Defense Committee
Insurance firm offers ransom child kidnap bond bet
Chicago based insurer announces a bet ranging from 25000 to 50000 dollars that a person will be kidnapped and forced to pay ransom. The insured must pass a rigorous examination and be able to pay the premium.
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Chigago
Trial of Lieut Baillie Stewart Sheds Light on Secrecy
London trial of 24-year-old Seaforth Highlanders officer Lieut Norman Baillie Stewart draws national attention. He testifies in his own defense, denying treason and saying money from Germany came from a destitute girl who fell for him, rather than payment for secrets.
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Norman Baillie- Stewart
Seaforth Highlanders
London
England
Baillie-Stewart
Germany
Mother and brother offer testimony in Baillie-Stewart case
In London the 24 year old Lieut Norman Baillie-Stewart, accused of passing army secrets to a foreign agent, heard his mother Mrs Elsie Beatrice Wright and his brother Lieut Eric Stewart Wright testify on his behalf in the Chelsea military court. The witnesses discussed his income including a 30 pound home allowance and money said to come from Berlin contact Marie Louise.
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London
Norman Baillie-Stewart
Seaforth
Berlin
Marie Louise
Holland
Major Shapcott
Japan Withdraws From League But Seeks Peace
Tokyo reports Japan formally ends a 15 year League of Nations membership. Privy Council in the imperial palace approved the move to Geneva with Emperor Hirohito's sanction. A rescript says Japan will withdraw while continuing limited participation in disarmament and league meetings, citing irreconcilable policy differences over Manchukuo and Far East peace.
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Tokyo
Japan
League of Nations
Privy Council
Imperial Palace
Geneva
Hirohito
League
Makoto Saito
League Assembly
Far East
France
Italy
Germany
Tthe League
Soldier at Fort Scott Kills, Attacks Two Girls in Secluded Ride
Private E. L. King, 33, allegedly shot Coast Artillery Private John Smith, 25, and wounded Irma Talbot 17 and Katharine Talbot 20 after a car ride with the Talbots and King. Irma critically wounded with three bullet wounds. Katharine beaten and recovering. King held in guard house as an army board reviews mental state. possible surrender to Marin authorities if sane.
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Sausalito
Calif
Mer
Fort Scott
E. L. Ring
Fort Barry
Here
John Smith
Coast Artillery
Irma Talbott
Katherine Talbot
Army Board of Inquiry
King
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Summary Preview
Readings at 6:00 p.m. show generally fair and warmer conditions for Tennessee tonight and Tuesday with slight cooling in the north. Virginia forecast calls for mostly cloudy and warmer weather with likely light rain in the far northwest. Yesterday's high 58 in Tennessee, 40 in Virginia. no rain reported on either date.
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Tennessee
Virginia
13 Killed When Plane Hits House in Oakland
A transport plane crash near Oakland killed 13, including pilot N. B. Evans and Mr and Mrs Joseph Arisa and their four children in a weekend disaster. Neighbors and friends also lost their lives as a fiery impact leveled two homes. Coroner set inquest for next Friday. debris guarded as investigators inspect the wreckage for causes.
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Oakland
Cal
Piles
Jack) Evans
Joseph Arisa
Arisa
Ansa
Mane
Avvisas
Franklin Rose
Varney Speed Lines
Evans
Livermore
Alameda
Grant D. Miller
Jisti N. B. Evans
Herman L. Brown
Hollywood
Prescott
Lodwick
Lavele Miller
San Torenzo
Prosector Ward Shot in West Frankfort Terror Attack
John Ward, active in prosecuting charity frauds, was shot and killed at 9 am in West Frankfort by assailants from a car. Two bystanders were wounded. Sheriff Browning Robinson pledged an inquiry into a possible reprisal and seized six revolvers from the Progressive Miners' Union headquarters in Zeigler. The Zeigler mayor was notified that no miners' meeting would be allowed in Franklin County until tensions ease.
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Bentol
Ill
John Ward
West Frankfort
Thes ‘Ory
Ward
Robinson
Progressive Miners’ Union
Zeigler
Murphy Smith
Franklin County
Senate Acts On Designation And Rewards In Tennessee Legislature
In Nashville May 27 the Senate tabled a house resolution to name Highway 30 from Chattanooga to Knoxville the William Jennings Bryan highway. A Hutchings sponsored bill to offer up to a $2,000 reward for Sheriff Swatford’s slayers was also rejected. Senator Denning urged caution about road renamings as costly and unnecessary. Senator Crabtree warned of a $21 million end-of-biennium treasury deficit and opposed raising or tying rates to fund state obligations, while Benton King sought a proposal to cap interest at 4 1/2 percent but faced finance committee doubt. The House lapsed into recess as the Senate pursued minor bills.
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Associated
Senate
MedAlister
William Jennings Bryan
Bledsoe County
Nashville
House
Chattanooga
Dayton
Knoxville
William 3. Bryan
Walter White
Rhea
R. I. Hutchings
White
A. O. Denning
Sumner
Hutchings
Thomas J. Swatford
Ywutchings
al Capone
T. Benton King
Haywood
Finance
Chad Crabtree
Finance Committee
Southern Banks Back to Normal
ATLANTA March 27 AP The South has money back in banks and into other places as the public resumes business as usual or more. Financiers privately note the swift return to normal and above normal levels, saying decisive measures quickly dispelled public hysteria.
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Atlanta
South
Witness Missing Opens Scottsboro Trial in Decatur
In Decatur Alabama March 27 the Scottsboro case returns to court with the missing prosecuting witness Ruby Bates feared to have vanished February 27. Another witness Victoria Price testifies the assault occurred and fears for safety keep her from walking at night. The seven men previously sentenced to death face a new trial as proceedings begin.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Ruby Bates
Huntsville
Southern Railway
Mary Bates
Bates
Victoria Price
Tsrue
I Now
Andy Wright
Haywood ‘Patterson
Wil
Atx
Miners Unions Clash as War Threats Rise in Illinois
In Benton Illinois deputy sheriffs patrol Franklin County colliery districts to deter threatened picketing by the Progress Miners Union as the United Mine Workers remain on site. State militia observers say control rests with county authorities while clashes have killed nine and injured over 100 in recent months. Progressives vote to accept a $5 daily wage contract with independent operators in Central Illinois.
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Benton
Ill
United Mine’ Workers Union
Franklin County
Progress ‘Miners’ Union
Ziegler
Browning Robinson
Thies
United Mine Workers
Robert W Davis
Robinson
Tinos
Jailed Knoxvillian Held in Slaying of Father Near Crossville
Edger Norris, a youth brought to the county jail to sleep, is jailed on suspicion in the 1927 Christmas Eve slaying of his father Elisha Norris, a Crossville farmer. Sheriff Brewer identified him by gear on his nose and head. Norris denied involvement, saying his brother committed the crime. He said he fled home after his brother threatened to kill him if he spoke.
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Knoxville
Crossville
Tenn
Edger Norris
Elisha Norris
J. Wesley Brewer
Norig
Brewer
Kidnappers Nab Meyers Son After Eight Days Held
A band of abductors kidnapped Peter Meyers Jr for eight days. He was kept in a hidden room with masked captors armed with revolvers and a sub machine gun. His father paid 300 dollars for his son's return, with a higher demand later. FBI agent W B Peters suspects the father knows more but fears repercussions. Treasury receipts for March 24 show 7.09 million dollars in. expenses totaling 20.02 million with a balance of 518.02 million.
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Warren
Peter . Meyers, Jr
Meyers
W. BE. Peters
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Beer Looms Across Border Sparks Business Hums
Jellico Kentucky border town Feltice, population 2 000, expects beer legality on April 7. Traders eye Knoxville 67 miles away and East Tennessee hubs, with options on four buildings and plans for at least two more. Ex-town marshal Rieck C Lawson moves to sell beer from a building near the Tennessee line. barber Aaron Smith rents a 40 seat establishment just from the line.
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Jellico
Tenn
Mar
Kentucky
Feltice
Knoxville
East Tennessee
Rieck C. Lawson
Tennessee
Aaron Smith
Barber
Unemployment relief fund tied to forestation bill
Washington reports sponsors of President Roosevelt's $500,000,000 unemployment relief plan will push it as an amendment to the reforestation bill in the Senate. The modified bill authorizes 250,000 men for public forests, financed from treasury balances, with broad authority for forestry work and no specific mention of civilian camps or wages beyond a day rate. The measure, approved by the Senate labor committee, aims for quick debate, while the House labor committee debates a separate plan to hire workers for a month at up to 80 dollars monthly.
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Washington
Rodselver
Senate
Labor Committee
Mar
Boas Dent Roosevelt
Senate Labor Committee
Organized Labor
Walsh
Treasury
House J Labor Committee
Connery
Wagner
N. Y
Costigan
RFGC
Building Stopped By Treasury Over New Roosevelt Plan
Washington March 27 The treasury will halt all federal building contracts awaiting President Roosevelts defined building program to be financed by a bond issue Continued on page six The notice signals a discretionary pause in construction pending policy clarity and funding strategy.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury
Roosevelt
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