Moll May Tell Story of Chicago Massacre Forty Years
Chicago dispatch reports a gangster’s moll, protected by police, may reveal the full story of the Madison Street or Moran Capone massacre. Miss Louise Rolfe, arrested with Jack McGurn, is said to know the mass murder details and is kept in seclusion with press barred from interviews. McGurn contends detectives may have staged the job and hints at a conspiracy within law enforcement.
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Chicago
Moll
Haymarket
Jack McGurn
Capone
Stevens
Jake
North Side
West Side
Louise Rolfe
Miss Rolfe
McGurn
Scarface al Capone
Florida
Morans
Jack
Pye
Jan
Stege
Bank bandit Sullivan captured in Terre Haute case
Sheriff Williams sent to San Antonio with requisition papers to bring Guy Proffit of Terre Haute back to Indiana. Proffit is believed to be one of the men who robbed the State Bank at Farmeysburg on February 1. The governor issued the papers yesterday and Williams will return with Proffit to face charges.
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Sullivan
Ind
Wesley Williams
San Antonio
Leslie
Guy Proffit
Terre Haute
Farmeysburg
Sharkey Beats Stribling In Ten Round Heavyweight Bout
Jack Sharkey of Boston won a ten round decision over Georgia’s Young Stribling at Flamingo Park in Miami Beach before 40 000 spectators. The fight, called a spectacular but anticlimactic spectacle, left Stribling out of the heavyweight title picture as his camp cited a dislocated rib and neuritis as excuses.
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United Press Dispatche
Miami Beach
Southland
Flamingo Park
Jack Sharkey
Boston
Young Stribling
Georgia
Sharkey
Lou Magnolia
Pa” Stribling
Red white and blue ribbons urged for Indiana legislature
Mrs James L Gavin of Indianapolis representing the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution urged both houses to adorn bills with red white and blue ribbons rather than the then current red ribbons. She argued red is the color of Soviet Russia and has no place in a patriotic Indiana assembly. A senate page wearing a red necktie was sent home to be replaced.
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Indianapolis
James L. Gavin
Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution
Russia
Indiana
Senate
Heflin Pushes Navy Pennant Ban On Battleships
Senator Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama urged the Senate to adopt a resolution asking the Secretary of the Navy to draft rules prohibiting any emblem or pennant from flying on the same staff as the U S flag on battleships and other naval vessels during services. The measure mirrors prior proposals that were twice rejected by the Senate.
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Washington
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Alabaman
Secretary of Navy
United States
Naval Service
Hoover Cabinet Worries As Plagues Fill Ranks
Washington dispatch reports President Hoover completes cabinet picks with James W. Good named Secretary of War and Davis to remain as Labor head. Commerce and Agriculture remain uncertain under last minute changes amid rapid announcements.
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Washington
Fred Hoover
Labor
Davis
Labor Department
Hoover
Commerce
Agriculture
Good
War Department
Appropriations Committee
Henry JL. Stimson
New York
Andrew W. Mellon
Pennsylvania
James W. Good
Schoolboy ends life after dispute with girl
Cincinnati authorities report 18 year old Thomas Sands an eighth grade pupil at Pleasant Ridge public school shot himself at home 6140 Tulane Ave Pleasant Ridge after a quarrel with his school girl sweetheart. Police said an investigation followed the tragedy.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Sands
Pleasant Ridge
Tulane Ave
Double killing shocks Logansport residents
Logansport Indiana February 28 two men Warl Armstrong 36 and Jack Williams 23 were found murdered in their alleged liquor shop scene clad in nightclothes each victim shot once. The cash register was rifled of 45 dollars and two guns missing. John Crockett 30 sought hospital with a bullet wound then collapsed under questioning. Three men and a woman Jessie Penny 25 were held for questioning the case. Crockett’s role and the soft drink parlor visit are being investigated.
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United Press Dispatch
Logansport
Ind
Warl Armstrong
Jack Williams
George Hiles
John Crockett
Jessie Penny
John J. Crockett
Crockett
Linton Community Fund Drive Sets Tomorrow Start
Linton's third annual Community Fund drive begins promptly at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning with appointed committees covering the city. A representative business committee will control the fund's disposition for the year, and residents are urged to give generously to match or exceed last year's total.
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Linton
Lin
Negro Confessed to Killing Indianapolis Night Watchman
Levi Miller, a 22 year old discharged janitor, confessed to police he killed Louis Miller, 63, night watchman at Cole Motors in Indianapolis by crushing his head with a piece of iron after a dice game dispute. The killing occurred February 28 as reported by Cross Dispatch.
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Indianapolis
Louis Miller
Cole Motors Company
Levi Miller
Free stock fish program seeks eggs for state waters
Indianapolis February 28 Applications are open through April 1 with the Fish and Game Division of the State Conservation Department. Millions of baby fish will be propagated this spring in five hatcheries including largemouth and smallmouth bass bluegill crappie rock bass goggle eye red ear sunfish yellow perch and channel catfish if eggs are secured from neighboring states wall eyed pike perch may also be propagated. The work involves artificial propagation in glass jars and is among the department's most interesting efforts.
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Indianapolis
Fish and Game Division
State Conservation Department
Immigration cut cited in Coolidge report to Congress
President Coolidge transmitted a government statistics report estimating that if the national origins provisions of the immigration act were in force immigration would drop about 11 000 from the present annual total of 164 647 based on the 1890 census The statisticians from the State Commerce and Labor departments prepared the study and project a total of 158 714 immigrants under the clause
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
State, Commerce and Labor Departments
Chaplin Relapses. Condition Remains Serious
Charles Chaplin, the film actor, suffers a sudden relapse with a 101 degree temperature due to ptomaine poisoning. Dr Cecil Reynolds, a brain specialist, remains at Chaplin's bedside at his studio and home, with two nurses summoned as the actor's health is described as serious.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Cecil Reynolds
Charles Chaplin
Chaplin
Reynolds
Plot to Assassinate Cuban President Sparks Nationwide Search
Havana reports 73 suspects charged with complicity in a plot to assassinate President Gerardo Machado and trigger US intervention. Alfonso Fors, Havana police chief, announced warrants. many suspects remain at large, including Gustavo Machado Morales, a president’s cousin, as authorities in Cuba and the United States pursue leads.
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UNIT
Havana
Cuba
United States
Gerardo Machado
Alfonso Fors
Gustavo Machado Y. Morales
ER. Medina
Judicial Police
Jacksonville
Fla
Fors facts cited papers amid Cuba plot claims
Fors said the plot had ramifications throughout Cuba and extended to foreign countries. He produced several printed papers to support his assertions.
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Yenterday
Fors
Cuba
Hoover to Be First Quaker President in U S History
Washington Feb 28 1920 the Constitution grants a two word optional provision or affirm to the presidential oath for officials who cannot swear the oath Herbert C Hoover will become President March 4 1920 marking the first use of the option in U S history as the framers expected a Quaker or other faith might reach the presidency.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Indiana Senate hears linked to Ku Klux Klan claim
United Press Dispatch reports in Indianapolis that senator John L. Niblick charged the horse thief detective association with involvement in Ku Klux Klan activities in Indiana during today’s session.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Ind
Horse Thief Detective Association
Indiana
Senate
John L. Niblick
Lindbergh Crash Farewell Memoir Tells Keeps Calm
In Mexico City Col Charles A Lindbergh and Anne Morrow survived a crippled landing with one wheel and tail skid. Lindbergh, guiding his fiancée to safety, told her keep cool as the plane overturned. He suffered a dislocated shoulder and wrist but crawled free to aid Anne.
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Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miss Anne Morrow
Valbuena Field
Miss Morrow
Col. Lindbergh
United Press Dispatch
Mexico City
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Cable and Telegraph
Solons in playful mood as end nears for short session
Congress closes in on key items as filibuster stalls action. Senators Norris and Dill push for debates while pending appropriations and naval cruiser plans loom. House and Senate pace slow, with leaders seeking to wrap up before adjournment. Debates focus on prohibition enforcement funds and canal appropriation.
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Solons
Senate
Best
Nori Nebraska
Dill
Washit
Township Trustee Held for Forgery in Boonville
Boonville Indiana February 28 Norman Baum trustee of Boon township was arrested on forgery charges tied to irregularities in his office. Examiners from the state board of accounts found discrepancies in his books. Baum is held on bond of 5000 with his mother and kin involved in the Warrick county case.
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Boonville
Ind
Norman Baum
Boon Township
State Board of Accounts
Baum
Warrick
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