Denver Chief says arrests in Boettcher kidnapping
Police in Denver ordered arrests and two men were jailed as Chief Albert Clark pursued a two day deadline to solve the kidnapping of Charles Boettcher II. W M Red Mitchell and George Zarlengo were named as minor bootleggers tied to the case.
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Denver
Colo
Albert ¥. Clark
Charles Boettcher
Clark
Boettcher
W. M. “Red” Mitchell
George Zarlengo
James Quigg Newton
James Grant
Mitchell
Zarlengo
Workers occupy county building in Seattle protest
About two thousand unemployed men women and children slept in the county city building vowing to stay until King county commissioners meet relief demands. They seek 13 50 weekly groceries per family 6 days work at 4 50 weekly or 5000 gallons gasoline and 40 cash for a Olympia pilgrimage. Police guarded the building as demonstrators kept peace and organized their own orderly force. Food was donated by restaurants.
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Seattle
King County
Olympia
County Welfare Board
Puzzling Monroe Adjective Sparks Reader Debate
In Monroe confusion over residents’ demonym grows as “Monrovia n” and “Monrovan” are proposed. Brownville notes a local house naming itself “The Monrovi an” while critics deride coinages. The column also recalls a Brownville basketball game with Capt. W L Workman and a cultural note on Mardi Gras origins and its French etymology. A police briefing reports a knife incident with a witty exchange about blade size.
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Monroe
Monrovan
Jess Ramblin
Chicago Woman Ends One Year of Sleeping Illness
Patricia Maguire a 27 year old Oak Park woman has slept for 366 days unable to awaken. Doctors have not restored consciousness despite serum injections nasal feeding and a blood transfusion from her step father. The family plans continued nursing and observation as medical attempts continue.
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Chicago
Patricia Maguire
Oak Park
Patricia
Peter Miley
Railroads Blamed for Plight by Own Group
New York February 15 The national transportation committee says railroad managements bear much of the fault for the financial distress of the U S rail system. It urges consolidation and reduced wasteful competition and says millions could be saved, though regulators have limited railroads.
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New York
America
National Transportation Committee
Sheriff Probing Five Burglaries in Region
Sheriff investigators probed five burglaries including the Calhoun post office and four West Monroe homes. Among items stolen only at the Boyd residence was $15 in cash and two pocket knives. The Calhoun post office was entered by twisting two chained closures. ten pennies were taken and registered mail was untouched. The intruder at the McCormick home was seen by residents.
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Sheriff's Department
Calhoun
West Monroe
Rev. E. L. Tanner
Crosley Street
C. A. Boyd
Cypress Street
J. O. McCormick
Stella Street
S. N. Camp
North Third Street
Boyd
Charles McConnell
Calhoun Post Office
McCormick
Salvation Army Leaders Meet for Arkansas Louisiana Conference
Salvation Army divisional officers and staff from Arkansas and Louisiana meet in Monroe for a two day conference led by Brigadier H. H. Bayes of New Orleans. About 30 attend the council style sessions at 122 South Grand Street to discuss methods and finance and address transient aid concerns.
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Salvation Army
Arkansas
Louisiana
Monroe
H. H. Bayes
New Orleans
W. L. Workman
Army
South Grand Street
Six Bandits Rob Dallas Dinner Party
Six armed intruders robbed Mrs. Katherine Shea and guests at a Highland Park West home in Dallas of cash and jewelry totaling 3500 dollars. Two attackers forced the cook to provide food while the party continued unaware until three more assailants joined the dining room siege.
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Dallas
Texas
Katherine Shea
Highland Park West
Pauline Hart
Alabama Senate rejects repeal of dry statute
Alabama Senate votes 28 to 8 to keep dry laws despite national prohibition. The move to repeal the state dry statutes to legalize sale of any alcoholic beverage authorized by Congress was defeated. Date noted as February 15 and filed from Montgomery Alabama.
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Alabama
Senate
Montgomery
Ala
State Senate
Congress
Homer Pharmacist Found Shot To Death On Road
Homer Louisiana February 15 authorities investigated a murder after C B Featherstone 31 a local pharmacist was found shot on a road near Homer on the Homer Lisbon highway. The body showed signs of a struggle with a pistol found in the victim s pocket and automobile tracks nearby. Featherstone a Mississippi native with family ties in Homer was believed dead several hours before discovery.
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Homer Pharmacist
Homer
Claiborne Parish
C. B. Featherstone
Featherstone
Harvey McClung
Homer-Lisbon
Mississippi
Hazelhurst
L. H. Featherstone
Simmesboro
Senate to Take Up Repeal Bill
The Senate voted to take up the Blaine resolution to repeal the 18th Amendment. Leaders expect a filibuster could block a final vote this session while allies push to bring the repeal to debate. Senator Sheppard of Texas timed a lengthy session delaying a vote until a 1 p.m. Wednesday deadline.
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Washington
Senate
Prohibition
Sheppard
Texas
League of Nations
McNary
Oregon
Rogers Has His Say in Beverly Hills Speech
In Beverly Hills on February 15, Mr. Hoover warned that Republicans are returning. He questions why presidents do not name rivals kindly during campaigns or acknowledge others' efforts, comparing it to even small town mayors offering compliments.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Hoover
Belleville woman named Mother Jones of Illinois coal fields
Agnes Burns Wieck of Belleville Illinois has been named president of the auxiliary of the Progressive Miners union of Illinois and is hailed as the new Mother Jones amid coal-field strife.
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Agnes Burns Wieck
Belleville, Ill
Progressive Miners Union of Illinois
Mother Jones
Illinois
Associated Press
Michigan Bank Depositors Hopeful as Holiday Continues
On the second day of Michigan's extraordinary bank holiday Governor Comstock faces a promise that part of depositor balances will become accessible. The Detroit Reserve Bank stays open and is receiving funds from Chicago and New York. Detroit Clearing House plans to make 25 million dollars available Thursday allowing customers to withdraw up to a stated limit.
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Detroit
William A. Comstock
Michigan
Federal Reserve Bank of Detroit
Federal Reserve System
Chicago
New York
Detroit Clearing House Association
Cold Weather Forecast For Midweek In State
A weather bureau forecast predicts icy air and colder conditions in the region with freezing expected Wednesday night. Thursday will be generally cloudy with a low around 41 noted by official observer Miss Kate Key. Rain Tuesday night caused a sharp drop in temperatures through Wednesday morning.
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Weather Bureau
Kate Key
General Pershing Visits Old Friends At Fort Bliss
Gen John J Pershing known as Black Jack and famed for World War I era command visits Fort Bliss El Paso Texas after a Midland to Phoenix trip. He remains convalescent from laryngitis and bronchitis and appears fatigued during his El Paso stop.
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EL Paso
Texas
John J. Pershing
America
France
Fort Bliss
Midland
Phoenix
Ariz
Brazil Mediation Seen Ending Border Clash in South America
In Bogota on February 15 Colombian officials severed ties with Peru after battles near Tarapaca and Putumayo. Peru claimed a Colombian flotilla and Brazil mediation ended with Peru declaring itself in control while Colombia accused Peru of air attacks.
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Bogota
Colombia
Foreign Office
Tarapaca
Putumayo
Leticia
Peru
Putumayo River
Trucker Carrier Policy Topic at Louisiana Confab
Baton Rouge officials and state Public Service Commission members discussed regulating contract carrier trucks and granting multiple permits for a single route. The debate centered on extending PSC oversight beyond motor passenger vehicles and freight trucks to cover contract carrier trucks, with constitutional limits noted.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Motor Transportation Committee
T. A. Edwards
Lake Charles
Wade O. Martin
Commission
Martin
Fred G. Hudson
Monroe
Overton Defends Contract as Favorable to Louisiana
Representative John H. Overton testified before the senate committee that Earl Long lied about a $200,000 share from a Nashville Bridge company toll bridges deal. He denied any fund or favors from ex-Governor Simpson in obtaining state highway power line franchises and explained eight toll bridges were authorized by the legislature amid bond-issuance disputes.
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New Orleans
John H. Overton
Senate
Earl Long
Overton
Nashville Bridge Company
Simpson
Robert W. Williams
Nashville Bridge
Roosevelt Ends Cruise Tonight
President-Elect Roosevelt returns from the southern seas to confront the new deal. Before March 4 he will pick key aides and confer with James M. Cox about support for a plan to grant extraordinary power to cut government expenditures through reorganization.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
New York
Senator Glass
Virginia
Japan to Withdraw from League of Nations in About a Month
Japan announced it would cease negotiations with the League over Manchuria and likely withdraw from the League in roughly a month. The Tokyo stock exchange and others closed due to a price slump amid anti Japanese sentiment in Geneva.
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Tokyo
Japan
League of Nations
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Osaka
Nagoya
Geneva
League
Yosuke Matsuoka
Manchuria
Foreign Office
United States
League Assembly
Matsuoka
Washington
Roosevelt
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