Two men die in Boulder Dam blast in tunnel collapse
Coroner's jury absolves both the Six Companies and the powder crew of fault after a sixteen hour inquiry into a premature blast that killed William Bryant and James P. Sweesey and injured three others. Testimony cited possible faulty cap, powder, or tamping, with Bryant a veteran miner.
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William Bryant
James P. Sweesey
Boulder Dam
A. H. Kramer
Albert Schragle
George Hamilton
Las
Las Vegas
Ryan
Caulfield
Chas. Cristal
Companies
D. P. Brockman
D. P. Costello
Big Six
Frank Crowe
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company
Big Pit
Ruth
Nevada
Bryant
Bids Open for 12 Boulder City Houses Construction
Bids due 10 a.m. July 15 for labor and materials to build six four room and six three room residences in Boulder City. Four house types with concrete foundations and specific brick and roof materials. One lump sum bid for three houses per type and unit prices for excavation and concrete work. Completion required 120 days. performance to begin within 10 days of notice.
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Boulder City
A& Hunp
Rehearing Petition Filed in De Voe Case
Los Angeles June 22 A petition for a rehearing of the district court of appeal denial of Daisy De Voe freedom from county jail was filed by her attorney in a bid to secure liberty. The appellate court held she must serve 18 months as a condition of five years probation after grand theft from Miss Bew. The case may go to the state supreme court if denied.
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Los Angeles
U.P
District Court of Appeal
Daisy de Voe
Clara Bo’reen
Miss DeVoe
William CC. Doran
Miss Bew
State Supreme Court
William B. Bierne
Amelia completes transcontinental auto flight trip
Amelia Earhart landed her auto road here this afternoon to end a transcontinental round trip. She said her plane had functioned perfectly during the journey to the coast despite flying at high altitudes.
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Newark
N. J
Amelia Farhart
Coast Guard Tracks Smuggling Ring On Lake Erie
A fleet of thirty fast coast guard boats will assemble on Lake Erie to block liquor smuggling from Toledo to Lorain. Officials say Ontario beer and whiskey runners are at their peak since the Canadian export ban, and vessels will receive radio gear and sounding devices to detect approaching ships.
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Toledo
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Lorain
Ontario
Funeral services for two buried in Nevada tunnel blast
Funeral services were announced for William Bryant and John Sweesey both killed in a powder blast in the Nevada tunnel at Boulder Dam Saturday night. Sweesey formerly worked for Consolidated Copper Co. of Ruth Nevada and is survived by a wife and brother-in-law. Bryant is said to have relatives in Montana. Relatives from Ruth had traveled to Las Vegas after word arrived.
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William Bryant
John
Las Vegas Gas Plan Secures City Backing
Harry, granted the franchise by the city council for laying gas mains, has obtained the necessary backing for the project. The undertaking will cost about $200,000 and proceed as announced yesterday.
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Harry
Las Vegas
U S Consulate Rescues Students in Matanzas Clash
A group of students fled to the American consulate in Matanzas after a police aided by soldiers dispersed an anti government demonstration. The consulate granted protection to those involved.
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Havana
Cuba
Matanzas
Pantless Pirates Rescued After East River Raft Incident
Seven boys ages 10 to 14 ended a risky river excursion safely after a harbor patrol boat intervened when they were found adrift on a raft near a dock. The youths had shed their clothes to cool off and joked about being pirates with Petey Lersch declaring himself captain.
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New York
East River
Petey Lersch
Road Death Case Opens for Louis Potter and Thurman Schmitte
Harley A. Harmon district attorney leads the case as Louis Potter and Thurman Schmitte face a preliminary hearing before Judge Ryan on first degree murder charges in the death of J. A. Wilson. Paul Hoffman and Orval Wilson testify about the night of June 12 including a car chase and an attempted theft at a service station.
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Harley A. Harmon
Louis Potter
Thurman Schmitte
J. A. Wilson
Ryan
Paul Hoffman
Wilson
Potter
Ebb
Schmitte
L A Officer Arraigned in Mrs Duncan Murder Case
Detective Lieutenant Edward P. Nolan faced arraignment before Municipal Judge William S. Baird on murder charges in the Grace Murphy Duncan case. He remains suspended and held without bail at the county jail after the arrest last Thursday for the fatal beating and kicking at a duel site.
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Edward Nolan
L. A
Grace Duncan
Nolan
Los Angeles
Duncan
Upi
Edward P. Nolan
Grace Murphy Duncan
William S. Baird
Hild
Bogus Money Makers in Prison
UPA reports eight arrests in California and $100000 in bogus federal notes seized. The haul targeted Agua Caliente gambling ships and bootleggers, with Santa Barbara and San Francisco raids and arrests of Sidney Polsky Loren Myers Harry A Lane Bordini Rocco Mosca J E Bernardini and Catherine Mosca.
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Los Angeles
UPA
California
W. W
Secret Service
Agua Caliente
Mex
Ashe
Sidney Polsky
Loren Myers
Harry A. Lane
Santa Barbara
Bordini
Rocco Mosca
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Ring
J. E. Bernardini
Catherine Mosca
Ryan presides in city court
Due to the illness of Municipal Judge Morse, Frank M. Ryan, justice of the peace, was appointed acting police judge by Mayor E. W. Cragin. He oversaw his own justice court and handled thirteen cases in the police court, remaining on duty into the night.
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Morse
Frank M. Ryan
Justice of the Peace
E.W. Cragin
Ryan
Mystery on Death Tale Tells Driver Confessed Motive
Harry Schlitten testified that Vivian Gordon was killed for a man named Radeloff in a sensational New York murder case. He described the編 murder plot, alleged ring sale, and payments tied to Stein and Greenberg as the investigation unfolded.
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New York
U.P
Harry Schlitten
Vivian Gordon
Vice
Radeloff
Harry, Stein
Samuel Greenberg
John A. Radeloff
Sam “Chowderhead
Cohen
Vivian
Schlitten
Stein
Gordon
John A
Radeloff Sehliten
Mulrooney
Greenberg
Hucks Plead Not Guilty in Las Vegas Assault Case
Charles and August Huck of the El Desierto Inn were arraigned Monday and pleaded not guilty to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do great bodily harm to T. A. Wells. Preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday at 10 before Judge Frank M. Ryan.
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Charles
August Huck
el Desierto Inn
T. A. Wells
Las Vegas
Frank M. Ryan
Inventor Dead in Lowell Rubber Heel Co-inventor dies at 77
Lowell Massachusetts June Humphrey O'Sullivan co inventor of the rubber heel died at his home after a long illness He was 77 years old.
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Lowell
Mass
Humphrey O'Sullivan
Ruth Nichols Injured After Landing Near St John
Ruth Nichols, noted female aviator, was slightly injured when her Rye, New York monoplane overshot the landing area on the first leg of her Paris to New York flight, damaging the plane. She arrived in St John New Brunswick at 8 10 p m after a 2 22 a m New York departure.
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ST. John
New Brunswick
Ruth Nichols
Rye
N.Y
Paris
New York
Clarence Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Filer
New York City
St. John Lot
Harbor Grace
Garbo Denies Marries Swedish Merchant
Greta Garbo rejected reports she would wed a Swedish merchant named Anderson and said she does not know such a man. She was working on a film in Hollywood and has long avoided discussing personal affairs.
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Copenhagen
Eesnaper Svenske Dagbladt
Greta Garbo
Europe
Anderson
Hollywood
U.P
Denmark
Saete Garbo
Miss Garbo
Massive Saint John harbor fire destroys docks and ships
A $10,000,000 fire swept Saint John harbor Sand Point destroying ocean liner docks, grain elevators, sheds, and ships. The Empress and pilot boat Glooscap could not escape while other craft pulled away.
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St, John
N. B
UPI
Saint John Harbor
Sand Point
United Fruit Company
Gunderson
Empress
Saint John
Fall Completes Second Day Of Physical Exam
Albert B. Fall former secretary of the interior, under sentence of one year in prison and a $100000 fine for accepting a bribe, completed the second day of physical examinations in El Paso Texas as officials assess fitness to serve the sentence.
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Fall
U.S
EL Paso
Tex
U.P
Albert B. Fall
Interior
F. L. Dhoeny
Film figures suffer mishap sprees in Hollywood
Hollywood June 22 UP The movie colony reports injuries to Evalyn J Knapp Marilyn Miller Constance Bennett and Carl Laemmler with Knapp stepping back over a cliff Miller undergoing abdominal surgery Bennett treated for intestinal adhesions in separate hospitals Laemmie general manager of Universal studios traveled eastward with hay fever and was aided by a physician en route to recovery nearby.
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Hollywood
Evalyn J . Knapp
Marilyn Miller
Constance, Bennett
Carl Laemmler
Miss Knapp
New York
Miller
Carl FE. Conn
Miss Miller
Miss Bennett
Santa Monica
Junior Laemmie
Mojaver
Laemmie
Desert
Universal Studios
Prosecutors Set Trial Dates for Oklahoma Officers
Plans for prosecution of two southwestern Oklahoma peace officers charged with killing two Mexican students were completed in Oklahoma City. Cecil Crosby and William Guess, former deputy sheriffs, will face trial in Ardmore on Wednesday for the deaths of Emilio Cortes Rubio and Manuel Garcia Gomez. Rubio was a nephew of Mexican President Ort Rubio, and M. C. Gonzales, attorney for the Mexican consul in San Antonio, discussed the case with state officials.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Cecil Crosby
William Guess
Emilio Cortes Rubio
Manuel Garcia Gomez
Ardmore
Rubio
Ort Rubio
Mexico
M. C. Gonzales
San Antonio
Tex
Smoot to present new silver plan to Hoover tomorrow
Washington June 22 A new plan for solving the silver problem will be laid before President Hoover tomorrow by Senator Smoot chairman of the senate finance committee. He will not reveal the plan's nature and will be accompanied by Salt Lake City silver mining men. The issue ties to war debts reparations and renewed calls for an international silver conference.
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Washington
Hoover
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Salt Lake City
Prison Release Ends 11Year Murder Case For Harry New Jr
Harry S New Jr son of a former postmaster general was released from San Quentin after serving 11 years of a 36 year sentence for killing his sweetheart. He shot Pr ie da J Lesser in Los Angeles when he learned she would become a mother and drove the body to police headquarters before surrendering.
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San Quentin
Cal
U.P
Harry S. New, Jr
New
Prieda J. Lesser
Los Angeles
Earth Tremors Stun Ojo de Agua Province
Strong tremors shook Ojo de Agua in Santiago del Estero but caused no damage. Reports from Buenos Aires note population fright and no injuries. Also dated June 22, Gutzon Borglum and family honored at a Danish court with a decoration.
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Buenos Aires
Ojo de Agua
Santiago del Estro
Birds Die By Score After Poison Picnic
In Lebanon Indiana a mass of blackbirds died after feeding on scraps from a fatal poison picnic in Memorial Park. The Simmons family ate poisoned sandwiches. two girls died and several relatives became ill but are expected to recover. Officials seek the poisoner who bought strychnine tablets ten days earlier.
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Lebanon
Ind
Lebanon Memorial Park
Alice Jean
Virginia Simmons
John Simmons
Lester Carr
Horace Jackson
Hancock County
Indianapolis
Sam Gappen
Greenfield
Grove
Simmons
France to consider Hoover debt postponement plan
Paris officials report France preparing a counter proposal to Hoover’s one year debt and reparations postponement while seeking compromise on world aid. France would maintain unconditional reparations while preserving Young plan integrity and protect tax payers interests. Britain also approves Hoover plan.
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Charles M. McCann
Washington
UF1
Hoover
France
Ogden L. Mills
Treasury Department
Emmanuel Monick
Paris
Todas
Germany
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Stimson
Chequers
Ramsay MacDonald
Mellon
Europe
IDEA
London
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L. V. Gas Plan
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Hucks
Uth Nichol
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Buddha
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ILVER
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Copehagen
P—Gutzon Borglum
Belgium
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