Distillery feud ends in double shooting near Las Vegas
In a desert cabin during a drunken brawl, C P Moore 51 died after stepping between his son H G Moore and assailant Russell. Young Moore shot Russell through a cabin wall to save Youree and report the affray. Witnesses say the dispute traces to Hidden Forest mine activity and local tensions.
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C. P. Moore
Moore
H. G. Moore
W. T. Youree
Las Vegas
Russell
Vegas
Haney Boys
Westside
Puller Lad
North Twelfth Street
Eugene Meyer
Young Moore
Youree
Meyer
First State Bank
Lawrence Russell
Hidden Forest
Bear 20 ice cutter to sail for South Polar voyage
Oakland California June 17 The veteran ice cutter Bear 20 will depart for Boston and the South Polar regions under Captain Benedick Yohansen famed for ice piloting. Admiral Byrd will meet the Bear in Boston for further Antarctic work. The ship long served northern rescues and was loaned to Byrd three years ago.
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Oakland
Calif
Golden Gate
Boston
South Polar
Benedick Yohansen
High Seas
Richard F Byrd
Antartic
Admiral Byrd
Yohansen
S. Edward Roos
Byrd Byrd
Byrd
South Pole
Officers Hold Vegas Meeting
The executive committee of the local army reserve officers association met with President T. P. Ragsdale at the Hotel Apache coffee shop to plan June 25 and 26 flights for Las Vegas and Boulder City officers. They discussed a contact camp and summer training supported by ninth corps area headquarters. Attending officers included Majors L. J. Howard and L. E. Garberg, Capt. W. W. Weed, Capt. H. O. Davis, Capt. D. Harford, Lieut C. D. Baker, and Lieut T. P. Ragsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Reserve Officers Association
T. P. Ragsdale
Hotel Apache
Las Vegas
Boulder City
Ninth Corps
L. J. Howard
L. E. Garberg
W. W. Weed
H. O. Davis
D . Harford
C. D. Baker
Gangs Hold Secret Nominee Convention in Chicago
Chicago gangs convened in a loop hotel near Congress amid Hoover nomination events. The body of nominee George Barker was found with 36 machine gun wounds. factions including Capone's Nitti group and Moran's Irish gang clashed over profits and power.
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Chicago
Hoover
George
Red) Barker
United Press
Congress
Capone “Syndicate
Barker
Scarface al" Capone
Atlanta
Bugs) Moran
O'Donnell
Charles
Bob) Quillan
Moran
St Valentines Day
Bugs
Red
Nitti
Cicero
Crawford Avenue
Capone
Murd
Shanghai Police Seek American for Murder of Connecticut Yankee
International city and native police sought John Martin Hansen of Brooklyn on a murder warrant for R. K Heim of Danbury Connecticut. Heim's bullet riddled body was found on a road near Hansen, a former American Oriental Bank assistant manager. Hansen was booked to sail for the United States on June 18.
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Shanghai
Connecticut
U.2
John Martin Hansen
Brooklyn
N.Y
R. K Heim
Danbury
Conn
Heim
Hansen
American Oriental Bank
Democrats Weigh Prohibition Stance At Chicago Convention
Democratic leaders in Chicago signal a stance likely to favor state rather than federal liquor control. Chair Jooett Shouse predicts the party will avoid outright repeal and anticipate a floor fight with Roosevelt forces over convention control.
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Thomas L. Spokes
Ted Press
Chicago
Jun
Prohibition
Jouett Shouse
National Executive Committee
Shouse
Iaid
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
101st Birthday for Patrick M Ginnis at County Farm
Patrick Elias McGinnis turns 101 today at the county farm. A Nevada resident for over 60 years, he has spent 30 years in Clark County and remains animated by tales of Nevada’s early pioneers and “way back when.” Mrs. Mary G Powers of Moapa plans a trip north to Paile Montana to visit her 81 year old mother within a week.
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Patrick Elias McGinnis
McGinnis
Nevada
Clark
Mary G. Powers
Moapa
Paile. Mont
Lovers in Shadow of California Hang Rope
Oakland tale of a middle aged social leader Mrs Bess Nelson and her lover Claude Forbes accused of murdering her husband Harry A Nelson a World War veteran in a staged crime with elopements from Oakland to Santa Cruz Police say Mrs Nelson admitted suggesting the beating with a lead pipe Forbes fled by ladder and boarding a bus then returned to his paramour Forbes maintains they planned the death but a second elopement failed and the case mirrors a famed earlier murder trial
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Oakland
Cal
UPA
Ign
Snyder-Gray
Bess Nelson
Claude Forbes
Harry A. Nelson
Alameda
Gus
Nelson Nnid
Nelson
Forbes
Santa Cruz
Calif
Claude
VFW delegates set to attend Vallejo encampment and local cemetery plans
The Las Vegas VFW plans to send a delegation to Vallejo California for the annual encampment while arranging to erect seven tombstones over local veterans graves. Seven new members and one honorary member were initiated, Nye Wilson became honorary member, and new members include F W Hagglund Fred Minnick William A Brown Dave A Green Ora L Wantz Thomas F Pennell Thomas G Birchall Homer C Page and Charles Haun T P Cotter William Cline from Boulder. Also notes visiting Peggy Gates from Washington and Charley Hudgens from Searchlight.
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Vallejo
Calif
F. W
Las
Vegas
F. W. Hagglund
Fred ©. Minnick
William A. Brown
Dave A. Green
Ora L. Wantz
Thoms F. Pennell
Thomas G. Birchall
Las Vegas
Charles Haun
T. P. Cotter
William Cline
Homer C. Page
Boulder
Montreal Oil Tank Blast Kills Dozens in Drydock Fire
A massive explosion at the Cymbeline drydock in Montreal killed more than 20 workers and injured about 63 as flames and falling debris wrecked the vessel. Firemen and harbor divers searched through the night for missing laborers amid collapsing structures and flying embers.
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Montreal
Lawrence
Port
Arthur
Texas
Vickers
England
Canadian Vickers, Ltd
Drydo
Monreal
Raoul Gauthier
Eorle
Police raid hits local clubs. arrests and releases
George Wilson of the Darby club was arrested for liquor ordinance violation as officers seized wine. A second raid at the Paris club found a pint of whiskey and J A Loring was arrested but released on bond.
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George Wilson
Darby Club
Paris Club
J. A Loring
Veterans Rally, Senate Defeats $2.4 Billion Bonus Bill
Thousands of World War I veterans massed near the Capitol as the Senate tabled a motion to reconsider the 2.4 billion dollar war bonus. Police and leaders urged order while bands played and streets halted, amid tense scenes and massed marches toward the Capitol.
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Bonus Expeditionary Force
Baklery
Jereeves
America
Capitol
Bonus ‘Army
House of Representatives
Mp Marks
Anacostia
Poton One
Constitution
South East District
Bonus Vote in Senate on Patman Soldiers Bonus Bill
Washington reports the senate defeat of the 2.4 billion Patman soldiers bonus with 62 Republicans and 35 Democrats voting against, 25 Democrats for, and several paired against. It notes last minute vote changes by McKellenn Morrison and Bankhead, with motion to reconsider filed.
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Washington
Senate
FDR
Bla
Wis
Brooshart
Prazier
N. D
Norbeck
S. D
Robinson
Ind
Schall
Minn
Steiner
Ore
Ashurst
Ariz
Ala
Bratton
N. Mexard
Fess, O
Glenn, IL
Goldsborough
Hale, Mo
Hastings del
Hatfield, W. Va
Hebert
Howell
Neb
Johnson, Calif
Jones
Wash
Kean
N. J
Lafolle Eno Ore
Metcalf H
Norris
Reed
Shi Ortride Calif. Smoot
Thomas, Idaho
Townsend
Vandenberg
Mich
Walcott Watson
White
Democrats
Bankhead
Barkley
Bulkh O
Cohen Connally
Tex
Cookage
Mass
Copeland
N. Y
Costigan
Cole
Dill
Fletcher
Fla
Gore
Okla
Harrison
Miss
Hawes
Hayden
Kendrick
Wyoming
Utah
Lewis
Logan
Ark
Thomas
Trammell
Fiydings
Wagner
N. C
Ish
Walsh
Mont
Bill Stephens
Dem
Bingham
Conn
Dickinson
Bailey
Swanson
Keyes
N. H
Waterman
Colo
Cutting
N. Mex
Long
Pittman
Smith
S.C
McKellenn
Morrison
15 Year Old Girl Delivers Infant Sister to City Morgue
In Los Angeles on June 17 a 15 year old carried a blanket bundle into the morgue hall early morning. She dried her eyes and told a guard the baby was born an hour earlier and is dead.
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Los Angeles
Hall of Justice
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Middle West
South
Republican National
Pat M’ginnis
Lovers IN
Shadow OF
California
Peggy Gates
J. P. King
Stanley Brookhart
Portland
King
Mrs
Charley Hudgens
Searchlight
Anker
Blas IO
Bill
Charles H. McCannon
Prafeic
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