Cut Rate Graft is on Trial in Federal Court at Ft Wayne
In Ft Wayne Ind April 26 testimony in a federal court trial of seventeen accused for conspiracy to violate national prohibition law described a bid by officials for protection money. Lucy Snell testified that John Voegtlin asked for 250 dollars, then 150 and finally 110. she borrowed 110 and paid. She said Ralph Rosenwinkle showed sheets listing federal agents who bought liquor at her roadhouse. Paul Harshbarger testified that bribe money totaling 10 000 dollars was paid to dry officers during 1927 1928 with monthly sums from liquor dealers. Payments were routed through Harshbarger as elevator operator at the federal building. He said money was divided among Voegulin Rosenwinkle and Frank Conroy. The judge aimed to finish the case by Saturday with possible night sessions.
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FT. Waynes
Ind
Lucy Snell
John Voegtlin
United States
Paul Harshbarger
Federal
Harshbarger
Voegulin
Rosenwinkle
Frank Conroy
Thomas W. Seek
Woman Throws Officer Downstairs in Hatchet Chase
New Albany Indiana April 26 A rent dispute ends with Mrs Delia McCarty grabbing a hatchet from her upstairs apartment and pursuing a deputy as constable Hiram Morgan fled downstairs The deputy fled and Morgan filed an assault charge against McCarty leaving officers unsure who should serve the warrant
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New Albany
Ind
Delia McCarty
Hiram Morgan
Morgan
Malis. McCarty
Anne Morrow Lindbergh Fiance Leaves Mexico For U S
Miss Anne Morrow fiancee of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was en route by train today for an unannounced destination in the United States. Accompanying her were Mrs Dwight W Morrow her mother and her sister Miss Elizabeth Morrow.
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Mexico City
Anne Morrow
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Dwight W . Morrow
Anne
Elizabeth Morrow
Bunion Derby Racers Cross Missouri to Rola Route
Sullivan Missouri April 26 C C Pyle’s twenty seven cross country runners left three hotels and headed for Rola 45 miles away John Sale of Passaic New Jersey led the group pacing 61 miles in 8 42 10 followed by Paul Simpson from Burlington North Carolina Lapsed time leaders included Pete Gavuzzi John Salo Ed Gardner Giusto Umeri Paul Simpson and Sam Lichiman with times ranging from 169 35 07 to 194 17 10
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Press Dispatch
Sullivan
C. C. Pyle
Rola
John Sale
Passaic
N. J
Paul Simpson
Burlington
N. C
Pete Gavuzzi
England
John Salo
Ed Gardner
Seattle Wash
Giusto Umeri
Trieste
Italy
Sam Lichiman
New York
Santa Fe Road Seeks 281 Million Bond Issue Approval
Santa Fe Railway stockholders in Topeka Kansas on April 25 granted authorization to issue a first lien refunding mortgage to refinance all outstanding bonded debt totaling 281,751,800 dollars. The board will fix the mortgage amount and set interest rates on future bond issues as needed.
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Peka
Kas
Santa Fe
Woman composer dies in Spokane at 58
Clara Phillips Burt, a nationally known music composer, dies in Spokane at 58 from influenza. She wrote the national march used at President Wilsons inauguration and by the Navy, as well as the Tennessee state song. Born in 1871 at Brownsville, Tenn., her home later served as headquarters for General Robert E. Lee. She rose to National Brigadier General of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Spokane
Wash
Clara Phillips Burt
Burt
Wilson
Tennessee
Brownsville
Tenn
Robert E. Lee
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Three Men Held in Pennsylvania for Indiana Bank Killing
In Tustbed, Pa a state constabulary sergeant said three men captured after a bank robbery in Columbia City Indiana will be identified today as members of a gang that shot a woman and wounded two others. One member, Sam Bard, killed a state trooper before arrest. Officers from Columbia City were en route to assist.
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DTS
Seri
Columbia City
Ind
William Jones
State Constabulary
Sam Bard
Russell Tl. Swanson
Locday
Watson moves to line up farm relief with Hoover idea
Washington April 26 Senate leader Senator James I. Watson moved to crush the belettiure plain of farm relief opposed by President Hoover and was questioned by Democrats on his desertion of the equalization fee principle in the administration shake up.
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Washington
James I. Watson
Senate
Hoover
Blade slits arm and slices teeth in accident
April 6 192x Tom Jeffries a former resident of Bicknell lies near death in Isle Minnesota hospital after a huge circular saw blade broke free and struck him. The blade cut to bone tearing teeth from his mouth as the spinning disc flew toward a boulder. A physician arrived two hours later with only one distant observer twenty miles away.
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Bicknell
Tid
Tom Jeffries
T Bicknell
Isle
Minn
Timberland
Jeffeie
Jeffries
Congress Passes Farm Relief Bill After Quick Session
The House approved a new farm relief bill with Hoover administration support, voting 307 to 34 just ten days after the special session opened. The chamber debated disaster relief and tariffs as Ways and Means continued work on the tariff bill in an executive session.
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HOUSE
Florida
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Powers Make Headway in Real Disarmament Talks
Geneva dispatch reports major powers breaking deadlock on disarmament. United States signals willingness to concede on land forces and not press trained reserve limits. Britain and Japan receive instructions hinting at naval reduction conference in Washington next year. France hails the shift toward frank cooperation.
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Punteed
Geneva
United States
Washington
Hugh S. Gibson
France
Now Closing Sullivan Case in Argument
Bloomfield April 26 Both sides rested in the Sullivan new trial hearing at 2 30 this afternoon. Petitioner counsel Mr Ridenour offered a poem as his statement while State’s W R Vosloh concluded the closing argument to the court.
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Daily Citizen
Bloomfield
Daily Sullivan
Mr. Ridenour
W. R. Vosloh
Sinking of VI Alone sparks US Canada arbitration
United States and Canada fail to agree on anti liquor smuggling treaty interpretation and appoint representatives to arbitrate the sinking of the Canadian rum smuggler VI Alone. The incident near the Louisiana coast triggers broader questions of international maritime law.
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United ‘States
Canada
Washington
United States
United States Coast Guard
Louisiana
Mexican Rebels in Sonora Retreating as Revolution Near End
United Press dispatch from Mexico City reports the Mexican Federal army advancing in Sonora after rebels withdrew from Masiaca. Gen Joventino Fispinosa was ordered to lead cavalry on a night move from Buccarachi to overtake the retreating rebels before the bridge north of Navajoa could be repaired.
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Mexico City
West Coast
Sonora
Navajoa
Masiaca
Plutarco Calles
Federals
Joventino Fispinosa
Buccarachi
Spencer Methodists Very Thrifty Bunch
In Spencer Indiana on April 26 a thrift-minded Methodist group sold a Baptists collection plate by error at a rummage sale. A congregational dispute has split Baptists into two groups, one meeting in the courthouse room where Methodists held sales. The court house Baptists’ plate was left in the room and accidentally sold. the Methodists bought them another plate.
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United Press Dispatch
Spencer
Ind
Hutchins Named Young President for University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins will become the University of Chicago’s president on July 1, succeeding Max Mason who left to direct the Rockefeller Foundation division of Natural Science. Hutchins, 30, is a Yale Law School dean from an old New Zealand family and was chosen unanimously by the board of trustees led by Harold H. Swift.
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Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Law School
Yale
University of Chicago
Hutchins
Harold H. Swift
University
Lenove
Max Mason
Division of Natural Science
The
Rockefeller Foundation
Milk and liquor found in Indianapolis home
Police arrested Virgil Cash on liquor selling charges after entering a home where eight children aged 9 weeks to 16 years lived without a square meal for over a week. A quart of milk was being consumed by the children while the father drank from a bottle of alleged alcohol as officers arrived. The mother told officers of the situation.
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Indianapolis
Virgil Cash
Kentuckians Shoot Out In Police Court At Olive Hill
In Olive Hill Kentucky yesterday a gun battle erupted in police court after a quarrel between Austin Mields, brother of former Governor William J Mields, and Chief of Police H B Carter. Shots wounded Deputy Sheriff James Walker from Carter County, who may die, along with Carter and Fields suffering leg and arm injuries. Spectators fled.
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Olive Hill
William J. Mields
Austin Mields
H. B. Carter
James Walker
Carter County
Carter
Fields
Professor Michelson Hopes To Live To A Hundred
A Chicago audience hears Professor Albert A Michelson of the University of Chicago declare life should be enjoyed while it lasts. He says he hopes to reach 100 years, believing when the universe loses its amusement it is nearly time to die.
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Chicago
Albert A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Michelson
Investigation Into Bus Train Crash Began Today
An investigation started today into yesterday’s motor bus and train crash in Michigan City Indiana that injured 21 people. Ralph Young, Public Service Commission bus inspector, and J K Smith, assistant railroad inspector, will lead the inquiry.
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Michigan City, Incd
Ralph Young
Public Service, Commission
J. K. Smith
Treaty cruiser Pensacola launched at Brooklyn Navy Yard
NeW York April 26 Uncle Sam's newest cruiser the Pensacola was launched at the Brooklyn Navy yards yesterday. The 10 000 ton ship is the largest launched there since the war and will cost about 11 000 000. It will feature catapults for planes and 10 inches guns with a crew of 680. Referred to as a treaty cruiser, it is a sister ship to the Salt Lake City with six other cruisers of the same type under construction.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Pensacola
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Navy Yard
Salt Lake City
Grand Duke Michael Dies in Londres Park at 67
Grand Duke Michael of Russia died at his home in Repent's Park at 5.30 a.m. today. He was 67 years old. A first cousin of former Czar Nicholas II, he was born at Peterhof near Petrograd on October 4, 1861.
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London
Grand Duke
Michael of
Russia
Repent’s Park
Nicholas II
Peterhof
Petrograd
Leningrad
Destructive Storm Toll Rises After Georgia Tornado Swath
Western Georgia and northeastern South Carolina bear the brunt as deadly tornadoes and windstorms kill at least 26 and injure about 250. Towns including Cochran, Chester, Metter, Antioch, Dexter, and Enoree report heavy losses. Relief teams fan out amid downed trees and blocked roads.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Townsend
South ‘Carolina
Cochran
Chester
Metter
And
Cleveland Reports Rife Wind and Hail
A cryptic clipping notes Cleveland with references to wind and hail. The fragment hints at severe weather conditions but lacks clear details such as date, time, or affected areas. The item reads as a partial weather report summary from an old press citation.
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Rolla
Santa FE Road
Spokane, Wash
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