Chicago Gangland After Crime Investigator Bomb Plotted
Five families and a bomb scare in Chicago left a gangland terror night. Patrick Roche chief investigator for the State's Attorney faced a near fatal attack as bombs exploded near Michigan Avenue and in other city areas. Clifford Jones and a fleeing accomplice escaped with the explosive. Roche had earlier set traps and aided arrests in a crackdown on a robber gang terrorizing the Gold Coast.
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Chicago
Patrick Roche
John A. Swanson
Michigan Avenue
Roche
Oakland Square
Clifford Jones
Jones
Joan
Clement Jesuits
Bryn Mawr
Rockne appoints Hartley Anderson as chief assistant at Notre Dame
Knute Rockne signs Hartley Anderson as chief assistant in South Bend. The move suggests Tom Lieb may depart Notre Dame for a head coaching post at Minnesota or Auburn, with Lich known to have received offers from both schools.
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South Bend
Ind
Hartley Anderson
Knute Rockne
Tom Lieb
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Auburn College
Lich
Ramblers
Rockne
Patient mother Bertha Conroy dies after 31 years at beside
Muskegon Michigan January 29 United Press reports Bertha Conroy 76 known as the patient mother dies ending 31 years of silent vigil to her paralytic son Edward Furman 51 who has not moved in 10 years.
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Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon
Bertha Conroy
Michigan highway survey plan aims to map traffic origins
Lansing January 29 plan for a comprehensive traffic survey to reveal traffic origins on all state highways was unveiled before the Michigan Association of Supervisors by Highway Commissioner Grover C Dillman. He urged federal participation and urged state aid for road maintenance and construction costs.
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Lansing
Michigan Association of Supervisors
Grover C. Dillman
Dillman
Michigan
Laird J. Troyer
Samuel Eddy
Chicago Mayor Bids Legislature Solve City Debt Crisis
Chicago mayor Big Bill Thompson says the city’s nearly 300 million dollar debt requires a special legislative session for permanent relief. He blames reformers and cites 45 000 daily interest costs while urging tax relief, coal funds, and employee pensions through state action.
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United Itre
Chicago
Big Bill" Thompson
Thompson
Yale
Reformers’ Committee
Strawn
Counter Moves Mark Progress of Rum Battle
Washington reports a shifting front in the liquor fight as dry and wet factions clash over a 2.75 percent beer proposal. Representative Stone's dry bill awaits committee action while the Dyer wet bill gains some support despite strong enforcement reform opposition.
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United Prez
Washington
Sen. Borah
Couitel
Congress
Rep. Stone
House Net
Nineteen Army Pursuit Planes Back Home
Nineteen army pursuit planes completed the mid winter test flight from Selfridge Field to Spokane and back. The group left Wausau Wisconsin at 1010 p m with a refueling stop planned in Escanaba Michigan. A light head wind slowed progress slightly and arrival at Selfridge was expected around 3 p m.
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Wausau
Wis
Army
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Escanaba Mich
Fairweather
Spokane
Wash
Baby Born in Manger as Flood Strands Indiana Mother
Evansville Ind Jan 29 A mother Mrs Charles Holtzclaw likely faces martyrdom as her baby died from exposure an hour after birth in a barn manger used during flood rescue efforts. Rescuers found her too weak for transport and high waters blocked doctors from reaching the area. she remains near death.
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Evansville
Ind
Charles Holtzclaw
Holtzelaw
Hope to Save 1A Men From Wrecked Liner
Fourteen crewmen of the British steamer Knebworth were trapped in the forward section after the ship broke in two on rocks near Biarritz. Eight were rescued, one more lost. search continued at dawn as high tide neared. Other vessels including the Aleglte and Maria del Carmen reported distress and losses.
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Knebworth
Biarritz
Havre
Rio Grande
Hamburg
Coasting Accident Fatality Reported in Hillsdale
In Hillsdale Michigan on January 29 a coast ing accident injuring Jason Spencer seven years old proved fatal at City Hospital local authorities said.
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Hillsdale
Mich
City Hospital
Jason Spencer
Desperate Rescue Effort For Trapped Diver In Quebec
In Outarde Falls Quebec Peter Trans an expert Danish diver is trapped in his suit beneath the St Lawrence River since Monday after his gear tangled with a spike at a cofferdam project. Rescue crews from Quebec and Ontario attempt to free him as two planes and volunteer divers face current and weather setbacks awaiting a final break in the crisis.
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Montreal
North Woods
Outarde Falls
Que
Peter Trans
St. Lawrence River
Trans
Coffar
Ontario Paper Company
St. Lawrence
Qua
Quebec
Rimouski
Jury convicts James Hines in assault case
Guilty verdict reached for James Hines in the People versus James Hines case charged with resisting and assaulting officers during an arrest at the Midway Lunch room December 24. Judge Hart ordered Hines remanded to the sheriff awaiting sentence within 48 hours. defense may appeal.
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James Hines
Hart
Hines
Ray Hart
James E. Ryan
Midway
Edward Iqall
Andrew Schertel
Charles Hanlon
Ionia
Ball
Schertel
Billy
West Michigan Street
Gerald Cotter
Peter Doyle
Detroit
Ryan
Canlicr
Auction closes on Michigan Electric Railway sale
Jackson Michigan January 29 report that the final auction of the Michigan Electric Railway was won by Michigan Electric Shares corporation for eighty thousand dollars.
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Jackson, Mich
Michigan Electric Railway
Michigan Electric Shares Corporation
Hamtramck Youth Sentenced for Street Robbery
Detroit January 29 Louis Krawczak aged 18 must serve two to ten years in Jackson prison for robbing Alfred Johnson last November. The Hamtramck resident was convicted in Recorder's court yesterday for a street hold up that netted him three cents and a comb.
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United Press
Detroit
Louis Krawczak
Jackson
Alfred Johnson
Krawczak
Hamtramck
Recorder’s Court
Still Search for Bodies of Arctic Flyers
16 men and dogs scour a 90 mile Arctic waste as cutters seek Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland after a deadly blizzard. The Nanuk broadcasts news and coordinates while ground crews press the perilous hunt with four planes aiding an eight man search party at the wreck.
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United Preps
Alaska
Carl Ben Sielson
Earl Borland
Northland
Eielson
Borland
Wabash River Flood Menace Delivers Food Drops
Indiana National Guard aviators report the Wabash River flood threatening southern Indiana with a rising ice jam. Residents in isolated areas rely on air-dropped food and fuel as a man survives a plunge to retrieve a bag, and a family of Williams walks seven miles for aid during the two week marooning.
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Here
Indiana National Guard
Henry Williams
Red Cross
Spain Braces as Berenguer Forms Interim Government
Madrid reports rapid cabinet formation by General Berenguer amid unrest in Barcelona Cadiz Catalonia and Madrid. Riots accompany the resignation of Primo de Rivera with students clashing with police and guards deployed. hundreds detained and a girl wounded. Civil guards assist in rural areas as normal civic life continues.
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Madrid
Damaso Berenguer
Spain
Barcelona
Cadiz
Catalonia
Primo de Rivera
Berenguer
Viva Liberty
Republic
Pollice
Séntri
Sjassre
Aldala
Shis
Raid on Communist Hangout in Pontiac Seizes Literature
Six men were arrested and a large quantity of alleged communistic literature seized in a police raid on the Bulgarian headquarters of the Communist Party organizers in Pontiac. The raid followed a clash between police and communists at the city hall last week.
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Pontiac
Communist Party Pre Rerers
Youlice
Weather forecast shows cloudy nights and milder days
The forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy nights and Thursdays with still cool but not very cold daytime temperatures. A mild stretch is expected with daytime highs easing and nights remaining cool.
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