Federal probe of graft in Chicago shadows police and politicians
Federal investigators have shadowed police captains ward leaders and their lieutenants in a secret probe into graft around liquor and gambling operations in Chicago. Indictments are reportedly prepared for conspiracy against the Volstead act with protection payments tied to saloons and resorts.
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Chicago
The
Herald and Examiner Today
United States
Ward
Herald and Examiner
George E. C. Johnson
Johnson
Magistrate Suspends New Jersey Policeman After Court Dispute
POMPTON LAKES NJ Dec 2 Arthur W Holschun a five feet two policeman faces suspension following a clash with Police Magistrate Houman five feet eight in his court Holschun warned to stop or be thrown out and the magistrate warned he would eject him but did not take further action.
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Pompton Lakes
N. J
Arthur W. Holschun
Houman
Young American Legion mascot signs movie contract
Fort Worth Texas reports six year old Jay Ward once the mascot of the American Legion at the Paris convention has signed a movie contract. He learned to twirl a rope on a Texas ranch and told his parents he will be a cowboy when he grows up.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Jay Ward
American Legion
Paris
Texas
Gangs Resume Their Warfare in St. Louis
An unidentified man about 40 was found shot dead with four wounds just south of St. Louis, marking the second fatal gang violence in a week and the thirteenth in four months. The slaying resembled the earlier murders of Tony Russo and Vincent Spicuzza near Chicago last August.
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ST. Louis
Tony Russo
Vincent Spicuzza
Chicago
Accepted Death Sentence to Save Woman He Loved
Dave Brown, a young Oklahoma bank robber, accepted a death sentence to save Pearl Black whom he loved. He refused to name accomplices, though Judge Swindall offered clemency for cooperation. Brown’s death sentence marks Oklahoma’s first such penalty in a robbery without fatalities.
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Cherokee
Okla
Dave Brown
Oklahoma
Pearl Black
Farmers State Bank
Jet
Brown
Black
Salt Plains
Martin
Davis to Review Mississippi Flood Plan by War Dept
Louisiana Senator urges federal control as Maj. Gen. Jadwin and army engineers finalize the Mississippi valley flood control plan. Secretary Davis is to receive the final report outlining spillways reservoirs bypasses and levee safeguards and detailing study results and cost considerations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Engineers
Davis
War Department
Edgar Jadwin
Jadwin
Congress
Mississippi River Commission
Sudden Cold Wave Grips City After Warm spell
After a string of summer like days the temperature plunged on Wednesday afternoon and today records a high of 54 and a low of 36. The cold snap prompts demand for warm clothing furs and gas fires with little relief expected in the next day or two per the forecaster.
Sub-zero cold grips northwest with record lows
Sub-zero temperatures spread across the northwest with Hibbing Minnesota recording 25 below zero the coldest in the United States. Canada stats were harsher with Prince Albert at 34 below and Manitoba towns at 32 below while Winnipeg stood at 20 below and Minneapolis St Paul at 12 below.
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ST. Paul
Northwest
Hibbing
Minn
United
Ear graft offer shocks Chicago society pages
A Tribune personal ads column reveals a Chicago case where an attorney for a non res ident society woman offers $2 500 for one left ear to be removed and grafted to the client. The ad seeks a young light skinned applicant under 25 and promises confidentiality and a photo submission.
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Associated Press
Chicago
The
Tribune Today
Hope for recovery for Daddy Flowers in New Orleans
The News-Star reports superintendent F C Flowers of the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe is undergoing surgery for a serious cancer. Doctors hold slight hope for recovery. Rev Frank Tipp, former Monroe pastor now at Minden, is also ill but improving. The telegram was sent by Paul Flowers, his son.
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News-Star
New Orleans
F. C. Flowers
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Monroe
Frank Tipp
Monroe First
The
Paul Flowers
Young Flowers
Birmingham
Good Fellows fund aids Monroe West Monroe holiday charity
The News-Star urges readers to donate to the Good Fellows fund to help needy families in Ouachita. Contributions are listed daily and will fund warm clothing and food carried by volunteers the day before Christmas. Local names and amounts are being collected for public tally.
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Andy Gump
Andy
Sidney Smith
Good Fellows
Monroe
West Monroe
Good Fellows Fund
News-Star
North Second Street
Ouachita
Theo
Terzia
Monroe News-Star
Oakland
Christian Endeavor Society
Avery of Alexandria is Named for Presidency
W. J. Avery of Alexandria has been nominated for the presidency of the Louisiana Teachers' association for next year. Election will be held tomorrow. Also nominated were Miss Violet Sullivan of New Orleans as vice president and Miss Amy Hinrichs and Miss Elizabeth Taylor of Caddo parish. The association praised current executive council members and backed T. H. Harris for re election as state superintendent.
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New Orleans
W. J. Avery
Alexandria
Louisiana Teachers’ Association
Violet Sullivan
Amy Hinrichs
Elizabeth Taylor
Caddo
C. B. Turner
Baton Rouge
T. H. Harris
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Ailey
A reconstructed fragment presents Hambone’s voice as a social satire about hardship and family humor. The piece reflects vernacular speech and cultural identity through a humorous monologue.
Doty Released From French Foreign Legion Reinstated in France
Bennett J. Doty of Biloxi Mississippi, alias Gilbert Clare, is released at Sidi Bel Abbes Algeria and travels toward Marseilles. He will be put in civilian custody upon arrival and regain civilian status Monday in Marseilles after serving part of a prior desertion sentence in Syria.
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Associated Press
Sidi Bel Abbes
Algeria
Bennett J. Doty
Biloxi
Miss
French Foreign Legion
Oran
Doty
Gilbert Clare
Legion
Syria
Escapee Charles Clark Denies Crucifixion Link
Charles Clark held in Florida on Colorado fugitive charges after admitting escape from the state prison with two others. He denied knowledge of a crucifixion of a woman linked to the fugitives and described his escape through Canon City streets. Clark faced unrelated local charges and disputed federal prison records.
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Associated Press
West Palm Beach
Fla
Colorado State Prison
Charles Clark
Colorado
Clark
Ready
Canon City
Colo
Orville J. Tulley
United States Department of Justic
Frank Murray
Frank Marshall
Fort Worth Chosen for 1928 School Meeting
Fort Worth Texas was chosen for the 1928 meeting of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the southern states at the convention closing session. Dr H M Ivy of Meridian Mississippi was elected president with Miss Sue Powers of Memphis and Guy E Shavely of Birmingham Southern college named vice presidents.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fort Worth
Texas
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of
H. M. Ivy
Meridian
Miss
Shakespeare Flapper Concept Reimagines The Shrew
New York reports Mary Ellis former Metropolitan Opera star turned producer argues Shakespeare would dramatize 1927 with modern style. She outfits The Taming of the Shrew in era fashion and places modern props like cars radios and electric heaters to claim Shakespeare entertained and understood the modern woman. Basil Sidney previously staged Hamlet in modern dress and Ellis plans broader redressings of Shakespeare roles into contemporary settings.
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New York
Belives
Mary Ellis
Metropolitan Opera
Shakespeare
Katherine
Bard
Avon
Pickford Must Explain Liquor Found in Car
COMPTON Cal Dec 2 Jack Pickford of the movies must explain how a pint and a half of liquor came to be under a cushion in the rear seat of his automobile He and his chauffeur were stopped when a traffic cop clocked them at sixty Jack posted 100 for appearance in court When he failed to appear a charge of possession of liquor was preferred and Jack claimed he was hurrying home after a film review
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Compton
Cal
Jack Pickford
Jack
Republicans organize for 70th Congress in Senate
Washington December 2 republicans completed their party organization for the first session of the seventieth congress nominating George Moses of New Hampshire for president pro tempore. Nominations for secretary and sergeant at arms were postponed until tomorrow as independents weigh in on farm relief and other issues.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
George Moses
New Hampshire
Himslf
Senate
Nye
North Dakota
Norris
Nebraska
Charles Curtis
Kansas
James E.watson
Indiana
Frederick Hale
Maine
James Fe, Wadsworth
New York
Senator Watson
Curtis
Republicans Nold Caucus Washington
Republicans in Washington meet as part of the Nold caucus seeking continued action and policy alignment. The report notes ongoing discussions and a focus on strategic positions ahead of votes and committee assignments.
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Republicans
Nold Caucus
Washington
Debonair Youth Reveals Loot Cache in Shreveport
E R Ross a dapper youth who confessed to highway robbery counterfeiting and Mann act violations said he would help locate loot from his crimes. He was suspected of involvement in the October 7 laundry robbery of August Goldstein. Ross denied the accusation. Federal officers C K Langham and Richard T Crosby arrived to investigate and accompanied Ross to locate a car he allegedly stole in Atlanta.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
E. R. Ross
Ross
August Goldstein
C. K. Langham
Richard T. Crosby
Atlanta
Train Slams Car Killing Mrs. Hakenyos in Alexandria
Mrs. L J Hakenyos 50 wife of a prominent banker and planter in Alexandria was killed when a Missouri Pacific passenger train struck the automobile at the Jackson street crossing. The car was carried about 100 feet and the crossgate had been demolished overnight. Her husband, driving, was uninjured. The incident happened as the couple headed to church during light rain.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
L. J. Hakenyos
Missouri Pacific
Jackson Street
LeBouef Dreher Appeals Delayed to Next Friday
Mrs Ada Boner LeBouef and Dr Thomas E Dreher of Mor can City appeal their murder conviction and death sentence for James J LeBouef's murder. The supreme court did not hear the appeals today and continued the case to next Friday by agreement of counsel. They challenge Judge James D Simon of St Mary parish criminal court for a new trial.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Ada Boner LeBouef
Thomas E. Dreher
Morcan City
James J. LeBouef
Supreme Court
James D. Simon
St. Mary Parish
Midwestern Cold Snap Drops to Seasonal Lows
A cold northern wind produced the season's lowest readings in the middle west with Kansas City at 15 degrees above zero and a forecast of warming to the thirties. The northwest remained frigid with Hibbing Minnesota at 25 below zero. The outlook called for fair but cold weather and frost reaching toward the gulf coast regions.
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Kansas City
Middle West
Hibbing
Minn
United States
Southwest
Gulf Coast
Texas
Louisiana
Grape Juice Sale Not Violating Volstead Act Conviction
A federal jury in Indianapolis acquitted three officials and a salesman from United Vineyards and California Vineyards of conspiring to violate the Volstead Act by selling unfermented grape juice likely to become wine. Officials said similar actions would be pursued in other cities and continued enforcement would press on.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
United Vineyards Association of Chicago
California Vineyards Company
Elmer F. Neibuhr
Carl A. Fuller
Lester Hynes
J. R. Grable
E. C. Yellowley
Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
George L. Winkler
Prohibition
Albert Ward
United Vin Company
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