Senate weighed ban on immoral imported books
United States customs inspectors could be given power to censor imported literature under an amendment by Senator Smoot. The proposal, debated on March 17, would return censorship authority to customs, challenging a previous year’s defeat. Smoot circulated several titles and urged executive session to study them, while Senator Black argued courts, not inspectors, should decide propriety.
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Washington
United States Customs Inspector
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Cutting
N. M
Lady Chatterly
D. H. Lawrence
Frank Harris
Balzac
Match
Senator Black
Dem
Ala
Posse Plays Lead in Slayer Search at Honor
Honor, Michigan March 18 A posse of armed men searched Beulah area after reports a strange man loitering near Homestead railway station. Undersheriff Edward Rarey had been pursuing possible prowlers when he and six deputies were shot near Rarey’s cottage. Prosecutor Kenneth Fewlass of Benzie County ordered 30 men placed at strategic points as funeral services for the slain officer were set for Beulah tomorrow.
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Honor
Mich
Edward Rarey
Atgée
Homestead
Beulah
Rarey
Kenneth Fewlass
Benzie County
Byrd and crew prepare homeward voyage from Dunedin
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd and his Polar expedition crew plan to depart Dunedin on the final leg home aboard the flagship Pity of New York. The return route heads via Tahiti, while supply ship Eleanor Boling is to be released from dry dock and set to sail next week.
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Dunedin
N. Z
Richard B. ‘Byrd
Seave Duenedin
New ‘York
Tahiti
Byrd
Eleanor Bolling
Congress Today Resumes Tariff Debate and Hearings
Congress resumes tariff debate and initiates investigations into lobbying while resuming hearings on unemployment legislation. The House restarts debate on motor bus regulation and the judiciary committee reopens the Moscowitz case as hearings continue on chain and branch banking and a Philadelphia hospital pill issue.
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LLY Rh
HOUSE
Judiciary Committee
Philadelphia
Forged Checks financed cross country trip tale unfolds
Detroit March 18 John B Gest prisoner in county jail reveals a cross country trip financed by 100000 in forged travellers' checks. Gest says he and Joy Harper designed checks drawn on Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh starting in San Francisco and traveling to New York before Harper went to Mexico. Gest returned to Detroit after passing thousands in counterfeit notes and was arrested attempting to pay for goods with a counterfeit twenty.
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Detroit
John B. Gest
Gest
Joy Harper
Mexico
Engine Blast Kills Three Near Guthrie Tennessee
An explosion on a Louisville and Nashville freight engine near Guthrie and Springfield Tennessee killed three men including Evansville men Henry L. Russell and Aaron Moss and injured one. The blast set 31 freight cars on fire with flames visible for miles. cause unknown.
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Evansville
Ind
Louisville and Nashville
Guthrie
Tenn
Henry L. Russell
Aaron Moss
Springfield
Auction Sale at Ed Pope Residence
Auction sales on Tuesday March 25 at Ed Popes residence a mile or two south and southwest and a tenth mile south list cattle poultry household goods implements feed and more sale starts 12 30 oclock S C G Forney auctioneer
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Ed Pope
S. CG. Forney
Kansas trio to be brought to Denver for arraignment
Three men tied to a Manter bank robbery in Kansas and the fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff Charles Hickman in Eads face extradition to Denver. Clyde Rhea John Walker and Andrew Halliday, all Missouri residents, were recaptured near Jetmore Kansas after a rapid pursuit and were guarded en route to Denver to answer murder and related charges.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Kansas
Colorado
Manter
Kas
Charles A. Hickman
Eads, Corp
W. H. Adams
Roy Best
Colorado Law Enforcement Department
Hickman
Clyde Rhea
John Walker
Joplin
Andrew Halliday
Webb City
Jetmore
Kan
Johnson
Not So Crazy Man Seeks Release From Asylum
In Kankakee Illinois on March 18 a man named Frank McKinsey wrote to county state and federal authorities and even the president asking someone to release him over a $1400 trunk note believed hidden. A sister found $1400 in small bills in the trunk prompting a petition for his release. He had been placed in the asylum after pray aloud episodes.
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United Press
Kankakee
Ill
State
Frank McKinsey
McKinsey
Kalamazoo Phone Puzzles Users with Odd Radio Music
Kalamazoo residents report strange tunes interrupting telephone calls. A construction foreman tried to order plumbing supplies but heard a competing preserving radio orchestra. line checks showed the music was not live and affected several calls.
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Kalamazoo
Midh
Doran Probes Synthetic Isopropyl Alcohol Link to Paralysis
Washington, March 18 Isopropyl alcohol a synthetic alcohol derived from gases in cracking petroleum is under investigation by Commissioner Doran as a possible cause of paralysis cases in Rhode Island, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Officials seek samples from bootleggers to test its presence. isopropyl is not regulated by Prohibition but is used commercially and lacks poison, though its effects can mimic poisoning. Jamaica ginger samples show metallic traces per the U S Public Health Service, adding uncertainty to the theory.
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Washington
Prohibition Department
Doran
Rhode Island
Virginia
Georgia
Tennes
Seo
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Jamaica
Agriculture Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Conspiracy Charge Ties Indian Model to Wife’s Murder
Buffalo March 18 Henry Mar chand, famed French sculptor, awaits trial for conspiracy in the murder of his wife Clothilde. Lila Jimerson, 15 year old Sene ca Indian model, is accused of persuading Cayuga woman Nancy Bowen to kill Mrs Marchand, exploiting superstition and witchcraft rumors in a strange case.
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Buffalo
Henry Marchand
Lila Jimerson
Marchand
Clothilde
Miss Jimerson
Nancy Bowen
Prisoners Fail In Bold Prison Break Attempt
United Press reports two convicts Chester Probaski and Herbert Hardin tried to escape the penitentiary in Columbus Ohio. They began lowering a ladder from the administration building when discovered. Guards fired, Probaski wounded and Hardin surrendered. Probaski served 1 to 3 years for concealed weapons and Hardin 20 to 30 years for breaking and entering.
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United Press
Columbus
Chester Probaski
Cleveland
Herbert Hardin
Dayton
Probaski
Hardin
You Take No Chances When You Buy At Home
Community-focused advertising urges shoppers to buy locally to keep money in the city. The column extols home merchants who verify quality, arguing loyalty to self follows from loyalty to the hometown economy and stressing careful sourcing through local trade.
Detroit Pontiac Elevated Highway Plan Seeks April Vote
Joseph A. Bower promoter of the proposed Detroit Pontiac elevated highway will ask the city council to call a special April election to present the project to voters. He said he and Corporation Counsel Clarence Wilcox are in accord on an ordinance to permit the highway to cross east side streets and alleys after previous disagreements were cleared.
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Detroit
Joseph A. Bower
Detroit-Pontiac
Bower
Clarence Wilcox
Capone Slips Out of Prison
Philadelphia reports that Al Capone was released from the Eastern Penitentiary near Graterford and returned to general circulation with Frankie Rio at his side. News crews were kept outside as authorities confirmed his departure and guarded the prison entrance for hours afterward.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Graterford
Old
Eastern Penitentiary
Notentate
Farmers Urged to Gut Acreage Across Cotton and Wheat
Washington broadcast guidance from the agricultural department and the federal farm board urges farmers to reduce cotton and wheat acreage. J A Evand notes the South must adopt a safe farming program while Legge calls for at least 10 percent wheat cut and cuts from 46 to 40 million acres for cotton. The plan suggests flax in wheat country or pasture and greater livestock and home garden emphasis.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Federal Farm Board
South
J. A. Evand
Agriculture Department
Legge
Frm Board
Weather Outlook for Lower Michigan and Nearby Areas
Detroit today expects cloudy skies with light snow tonight. Wednesday remains partly to mostly cloudy with possible snow in the southeast. Winds will be northeast to north with little temperature change. Readings show Alpena around 32/64, Detroit 28/64, Duluth 30/54, Grand Rapids 54/30.
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Detroit
Michigan
Chicago
Eeae
Duluth
BBC Escanaba
Grand. Rapids
Ludington
Gets Life for Slaying Officer
Peter Kulczyki, 17, pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of Patrolman Dayton W. Winegar and was sentenced to life imprisonment in Jackson prison. He admitted the holdup yielded 2600 dollars and that 2000 were spent on a new car in St. Louis, with 131 dollars on him when captured in Pittsburgh.
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United Press
Detroit
Mar
Peter Kulczyki
Dayton W. Winegar
Jackson
Kulczyki
Pittsburgh
John D. Watts
St. Louis
Morri son Confirmed as Mt Pleasant Postmaster
The Senate confirmed Wesley J. Morrison as postmaster of Mt Pleasant Michigan in the March 18 wire flash. The action reflects a batch of appointments approved by the Senate today.
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Washington
Wesley J. Morrison
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Senate
John H. Johnson Honored With Funeral in Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant paused to pay final tribute to J. H. Johnson who died at his home Saturday evening. Businesses closed 10 to 11 am during funeral at Sacred Heart church with Knights of Columbus members assisting. Rev. John A. Mulvey officiated with deacon Rev. William McCann Alma and sub-deacon Rev. D. O Leary. Burial in Calvary cemetery. Johnson described as quiet, kind, loyal, charitable, and trusted by all.
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Mt. Pleasant
J. H. Johnson
Sacred Heart
Knights of Columbus
John A. Mulvey
William McCann
Alma
D. O’leary
McCann
Mr.Johnson
Calvary Cemetery
Johnson
Wesley
Mr. Johnson
Optimist Board Member Seeks Beer Delivery
Henry P. Schroeder of the St. Louis Board of Education asks Anheuser-Busch to place a standing order for five cases of Budweiser beer to his home. He requests the order be kept on file until laws permit filling it, citing straw votes against the law as indicating potential legal change.
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St. Louis
Henry P. Schroeder
New York Liner France Searched for $3 Million Morphine Shipment
United Press reports wartime secrecy is lifted as agents search the liner France for a contraband narcotics shipment valued at 3 million dollars. Secret service and customs workers, aided by French authorities, interview passengers and inspect cargo and staterooms aboard the ship. The operation follows intelligence of 2,000 pounds of morphine tied to a global smuggling ring and echoes past seizures on ships Majestic and Ile de France.
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United Press
New York
France
Secret Service
Treasury and Customs Departments
United States
Toulon
Majestic
Ile de France
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Catherine Carver
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American Expedition
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Ai Totiata
Tennessee
Ohio
Elizabeth
N. W
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Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Vatican
Rome
Pontiac
Capone
State Penitentiary
Federal Farm Bureau
John H. Johnson
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