Mail pouches vanish in transit near Ansonia post office
Postal inspectors search for two missing pouches believed to hold over 50000 dollars in currency and checks to Merchants National Bank New Haven. One pouch tied to Ansonia National Bank from Boston, the other to Antonia Electric Company. Reward posted for recovery as investigators review delivery routes and messenger statements.
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Conn
Esterday
Ansonia Najonal Bank
Federaleserve Bank of Boston
Antonia Electricompany
Najonal Bank of New Haven
Pst
Aspectors
Boston
Ridgeport
Envoy Protests to French Government Over Racial Incident
Paris report says Stephen Alexis Haitian charge d'affaires in Antwerp was expelled from a Monday ball after officials explained American patrons objected to his color. He sent a complaint to Premier Poincare and Foreign Minister Briand asking if a Haitian citizen in France should be treated this way. France cannot take official action since the letter was personal and the Haitian legation will not present it.
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Associated Press
Paris
Stephen Alexis
Aitien
Antwerp
Mier Poincaire
Briand
Aitizen
Estern
France
Haitien Legations
Funeral to Be Held Saturday for Gun Victim
The body of J. W. White a 40 year old Missouri Pacific section foreman at Wham was sent home to Georgetown after an accidental gun discharge. Funeral set for tomorrow for his wife and three children. Continued on page seven.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Wham
Georgetown
Mystery surrounds Alabama football star shooting
H. F. Wakefield, former All American grid star and banker, is reported resting comfortably after a shooting at 2 a.m. Monday in Mountain Brook. Om A. Crompton, son-in-law of Justice Girvil Boul in, was arrested for the double shooting that struck Wakefield’s thigh and hand. witnesses asked for secrecy.
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Birmingham
H. FE Hek” Wakefield
St. Vincent’s
Mountain Brook
Ront
Junius Walthall
Henry B. Walthall
Tor
Fred H. McDuffid
McGuire and
Salser
Grand Jury Gets Snook Confession in Murder Case
Dr. James H. Snook a dismissed Ohio State University professor admitted to beating and slashing to death 25 year old Theora Hix after a quarrel in his car near Columbus. He said he slit her throat to end her suffering after she threatened his wife and child. The confession was presented to the county grand jury with a first degree murder indictment expected.
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Columbus
Ohio
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
John J. Chester, Jr
Chester
Snook
Here
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Bishop Opposes Church Interference in Politics
Richmond June 21 Bishop Collins Denny of the Methodist Episcopal Church South denounced church meddling in civil affairs. He opposed a conference resolution urging President Hoover to back law observance and enforcement, warning it could divide the church. He spoke at a Richmond district meeting where the resolution was defeated by a large majority and sent to Hoover.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Collins Denny
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Church
Hoover
Denny
Mrs Gann Attends Embassy Dinner As Guest Of Honor
Washington June 21 The vice president's sister Mrs Edward Everett Gann sat to the ambassador Sir Esme How ard's right at a British embassy dinner. Vice-President Curtis attended with her husband. The event described as wet, with embassy attache remarks about liquor imports and the host’s stance.
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Washington
Edward Everettt Gann
Esme Howard
Curtis
Esme
Gann
Caddo Flyers to Try to Set New Endurance Mark
Shreveport, La. June 21 An endurance flight to beat Reg Robbins and Kim Kelly over 172 hours will launch from Shreveport in early July using a Ryan monoplane identical to the Fort Worth craft. Local pilots Curry Sanders and Van Leary join Major E. B. Redline in the bid with a refueling plane and added fueling refinements.
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Shreveport
Reg Robbins
Kim Kelly
E. B. Redline
Shreveport Airways, Inc
Curry Sanders
van Leary
Fort Worth
Redline
Washington
Jim Kelly
Shreveport Airways Field
Shireveport
Bar Politics at Alexandria July 4th Celebration
Directors of the Alexandria chamber of commerce disapprove politicalizing the July 4 celebration and unanimously oppose any attempt to inject politics into the independence day program. The issue arose during a board meeting while plans for the celebration were being discussed.
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Alexandria
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
Spanish Airman Launches Ocean Flight From Cartagena
Major Ramon Franco, famed aviator who crossed the south Atlantic in 1926, departed Alcazares air field near Cartagena for the Azores on the first leg to New York. The Dornier-Wahl monoplane carries two 600 hp engines and a 2000 mile radio range.
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Cartagena
Spain
Ramon Franco
South Atlantic
Azores Islands
New York
Franco
Alcazaras Air Field
Azores
Madrid
Halifax
N. S
Major Franco
Alcazares
Brief Salvation Army Service For General Booth In London
London June 21 Salvation Army officials held a brief service over the body of General William Bramwell Booth in Congress Hall Clapton where the late commander lay in state. General Edward J Higgins conducted the ceremony as officers and the public filed past the oak coffin to view the deceased leader who died last Sunday after a long illness. The body remains on view all day as officers say the leader has been promoted to glory.
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Associated Press
London
Salvation Army
William Bramwell Booth
Congress Hall
Clapton
Edward J. Higgins
Booth
Hadley Park
Higgins
Story Too Straight to be True Embezzlement Charge
In New Orleans on June 21 Hiram Fife claimed he was kidnapped and robbed of about 20 by two well dressed men in a small coupe the money belonged to the Interstate Electric company Investigators found Fife actually lost the sum in a poker game and he is charged with embezzlement.
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New Orleans
Hiram Fife
Interstate Electric Company
Fife
Heflin vows help for son after drinking arrest
Senator Heflin of Alabama says he is pained by his son’s relapse into drinking after a driving under the influence charge. He pledges to aid his son, expresses faith in his future, and warns against media exploitation while hoping the son becomes a good and useful man.
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Washington
Senator Heflin
Alabama
Young Heflin
Tom
Heflin
Professor Sees Quick Cure for Dreaded Disease
Dr. E L Walker of the University of California predicts a rapid and permanent cure for leprosy may come soon. He says the leprosy germ also causes a rat disease and that rodents can be used experimentally to develop treatments. He notes humans were previously the only known hosts for leprosy.
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Berkeley
Calif
E. L. Walker
University of California
Pacific
American Association of Scientists
Walker
Denver Wins 1920 Lions International Convention
Denver Colo won the 1920 Lions International convention in Louisville Kentucky. Ray L. Riley of Sacramento first vice president was elected head of the order. New directors include Joseph R. Adams Chicago Roderick Beddow Birmingham and A William Yungstrov Ummira N.
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Denver
Colo
Lions International Today
Ray L. Riley
Sacramento
Calif
R. E. McKeever
Frederick
Joseph R. Adams
Chicago
Roderick Beddow
Birmingham
A. William Yungstrov
Uimira
Lutherans oppose strict Sabbath rules at convention
At the 34th triennial convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Chicago on June 21, leaders denounced over strict Sabbath observances and blue laws as misinterpreting Christianity and harming believers. The statement says laws cannot enforce morality and only the gospel inspires true virtue.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lutheran Synod
Lutheran Church
Former Gretna Bank Head Sentenced to Six Years
Former Union Bank of Gretna president and cashier Joseph W. Stinson was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary for embezzlement after Gretna bank failure. Judge Robert Rivardo denied a new trial application.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Joseph W. Stinson
Union Bank of Gretna
Robert Rivardo
Stinson
Youth crushed by train near Sherrouse addit east of city
A 17 year old believed to be Clyde Covault died when struck by a Missouri Pacific train near the Sherrouse addit east of town. The mutilated body was found by engineer C E Marshall of the Swartz switcher. Sheriff Milton Coverdale and P Gray investigated the scene.
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Clyde Covault
Missouri Pacific
Sherrouse Addit
C. E. Marshall
Swartz
Eriff Milton Coverdale
P. Gray
Girl Aged 20 Kills Man Who Struck Father in Yard
Grace Noblin about 20 was jailed in Starkville Miss on charges of fatally shooting Walter Bush about 40 in Haven last night. Information says Bush was beating her father when Noblin ordered him to stop. she fired after his alleged refusal. Bush left a widow and four children.
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Miss
Grace Noblin
Walter Bush
Haven
Here
Bush
Officers Recapture 27 of 43 Prison Farm Fugitives
In Brazoria Texas twenty seven of the forty three convicts who escaped Clemens state prison farm were recaptured. A body was seen in the Bernard river raising questions whether drowning or shooting caused death. Guards widened the search through mosquito ridden bottom lands and brought in seven more escaped men two seriously wounded.
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Brazoria
Texas
Clemens State
W. M. Hickman
Bernard River
Roaden
Lee Haley
Tom Nichols
E. ©. Hazelwood
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