Robbers Shot and Captured After Bank Heist
In Toledo a "Main Street" posse cornered four bandits after the First National Bank of Noble robbery netted $10,000 cash and $30,000 in bonds. Three surrendered in a field. one was killed. Everett Woolen, a druggist, wounded. loot recovered. suspects identified as Reese of Urbana and three Cincinnati men.
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Toledo
First National Bank of Noble
Everett Woolen
Olney
Carl R. Reese
Urbana
Harry Adams
Cincinnati
Eddie Myers
Jack Dunken
Cannon Probe Languishes With No Federal Action
The Justice Department has virtually abandoned its probe into Bishop James Cannon Jr and the Methodist board of temperance for alleged violations of the corrupt practices act. Assistant Attorney General Oscar Luhring said no legal evidence existed and noted possible multi state operation complicates federal liability, despite prior inquiries by Rep. Tinkham and senate lobby activity in 1928.
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Washington
U.2
Justice Departtment
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Board of Temperance
Prohibition and Public Morals
Tinkham
Republican
Massachusetts
Cannon
Methodist Board
Senate Lobby Committee
Oscar Luhring
General strike at Seville begins to crumble at zenith
Seville reports the general strike movement reaching its peak and then faltering as police and civil guards disperse gatherings. Traffic and trams resume with guards, and normal business returns while authorities press to detain labor syndicalist leaders. One dead, five seriously wounded, many slight injuries. Several arrested have been released awaiting case disposition as jails fill. American visitors seek palace safety assurances from the governor.
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Seville
Death of 13 year old in Wisconsin wagon accident
Waukesha Wisconsin reports the death of Louis A. Gajewski, 13, an inmate of the boys industrial home, from injuries after he fell from a wagon load of hay and was kicked by a horse.
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Waukesha
Wis
Louis A. Gajewski
Boys
Medical delegates settle down to a scientific meeting
Detroit delegates at the eighty first American Medical Association convention begin technical sessions. Dr William Gerry Morgan is inducted as president and eleven of seventeen living past presidents attend. Morgan discusses state medicine, cost of illness, and the Rosenwald fund. A program for licensing physically unfit motorists via county boards and physician certificates is outlined.
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Detroit
American Medical Association
William Gerry Morgan
Morgan
Dr. Morgan
Julius Rosenwald Fund
United States
Tribute to Smith from Com. Byrd
New York telegram from Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd congratulates Captain Kingsford-Smith and the Courageous crew on their splendid flight from Diplin. Byrd notes the careful preparation and calls the achievement a contribution to aviation progress. He hopes to greet them personally during their stay.
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New York
Richard E. Bard
Kingsford-Smith
Harter Grace
N. F
Diplin
Busy day for Dawes and Morrow as ambassadors prepare to depart
Charles G. Dawes and Dwight W. Morrow moved toward resuming ambassadorial duties after talks with President Hoover and Secretary Stimson on the London naval treaty. Dawes planned to sail on the Majestic Friday aiming for London by July 4. Morrow hoped to depart for Mexico-ward Friday or Saturday, with Dawes set to leave tonight for New York and Morrow returning to his New Jersey home tomorrow.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Dwight W Morrow
Hoover
Secretary Stimson
London
Dawes
Majestic
Mr. Morrow
Mexico-ward
New York
New Jersey
Death sentence in Taaghoma case faces chair or trial inoculation
In Albuquerque, a Chinese defendant facing death for murder may trade the electric chair for access to inoculation experiments using trachoma germs on him to aid medical study. Attorney Alvin Waite must decide if consent to human testing will spare the execution, with Dr. Polk Richards proposing the plan. opposition fears.
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Albuquerque
Lpi
Woo Dak San
Polk Richards
U. S
Albuquerque Indians School
Richards
White
Woo
Los Angeles Author Wins ALA Medal for Juvenile Story
The author of Hitty-for Fi Hundred Years from New York City has been awarded the American Library Association medal for the year’s best juvenile story. The announcement came at the organization’s 32nd annual convention.
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Los Angeles
Rac
New York City
American Library Association
Organ‘ization. Field
Resigns in Protest By Bolivian Minister Here
Parisi4)-Petit Pavisien reports Simon Patin, Bolivian minister in residence, has resigned in protest at former President Siles attempting to retain power for another four years contrary to the constitution. Weather: cloudy, showers likely in eastern areas with cooler nights. upper Great Lakes showers and thunderstorms, mainly tonight and Thursday. Daily Northwestern Observations note northwest winds, temperature 26 high, 59 low, no precipitation, barometer 29.52.
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Wisconsin
Upper Great Lakes
Superior
Michigan
Huron
Lower Great Lakes
Nor Erie
Upper Michigan
West
Por
Northwestern
Buckstaff Observatory
Tuestle
Kinum
Hoover veto blocks relief bill amid House move
Washington reports President Hoover issued a decisive veto on a veterans relief bill. The House, backed by Republican leaders, moved to concur with Senate amendments, aiming to sustain or override the veto. A two thirds vote would be needed to override, with expectations of defeat. The vote followed a caucus where Republicans agreed to back any veto. A second veterans bill was planned to address administration objections after this veto.
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White House
Watson
Senate
Indianan
Hoover
Allen
Kansas
Vandenberg
Michigan
Young Guard
Moses
New Hampshire
Johnson
California
Hale
Maine
Washington, D. C
House
CAU
Longworth
Royal C. Johnson
Veterans Committee
Rankin
Veterans Ecommittee
Hoch
Cole
Town
Reed
New York
Strong
Giants Buy Rosenberg From Mission Ball Club
New York Giants announce the purchase of Warry Rosenberg star outfielder from the Mission club of the Pacific Coast league for 340,000. Also reports tennis, golf, and other sports results from Wimbledon and Oakmont with various first-round outcomes.
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Ciants
Rosenberg
Mission Ball Club
New York
The
New York Giants
Warry Rosenberg
Mission Club
Oakmont
World Marts Real Menace? Rotary Speech Warns of Tariff Clash
Sir Henry Worth Thornton of Canadian National rails warns at an International Rotary Convention that modern industry seeking wider world markets creates an offensive and defensive struggle that threatens world peace. He argues the United States bears responsibility in world leadership amid tariff barriers and changing international relations. Nominations for president and district governors were held, with balloting scheduled for tomorrow.
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Chicago
Henry Worth Thornton
K. B
Canadian National Railways
Henry
Knigar
George Washington
Washington
Sir Henry
Lan
United States
Thdfewry
Burglars at Fort Atkinson Wisconsin
Fort Atkinson Wis burglaries target stores in southeastern Wisconsin towns. Robbers took fifteen size 29 men’s suits Monday night after forcing a back door. Authorities report the door latch damaged during the break in.
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Fort Atkinson
Wis
Bur Iglar
Wisconsin
Hensen
Plane found in Utah wreck linked to missing Graham
Western Air Express officials believe the Cedar City crash discovered by shepherds may be Maurice Graham's missing Los Angeles to Salt Lake City mail plane. Parachute bearing his name and Graham’s jacket were found. officials guard the site as a broad search continues.
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Los Angeles
Calf
J-P
Mountain
Utah
Western Air Express
Maurice Graham
Allmall
Graham
Salt Lake City
Cedar City
Ward Nortonson
Eltorn Orton
James Carson
Ely
Nev
Western Air
Carson
Shepherds
Las Vegas
St. George
Leeds
Cedar Guy
William Tate
Kohler visits Chicago for Sixth Corps Area tourney
Gov. Walter J. Kohler and Mrs. Kohler attend the Sixth Corps Area military tournament in Chicago. Accompanying officials include Adj. Gen. Ralph M. Temminack of the Wisconsin National Guard and Maj. and Mrs. Morrige.
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Madison
Walter J. Kohler
Chicago
Kohler
Adj
Ralph M.tmimneck
Wisconsin National Guard
William J. Morrige
King Christian Lands in Reykjavik for Iceland Parliament Anniversary
King Christian of Denmark and Icelanders arrives by cruiser to Iceland for the parliament anniversary amid cheers from the crowd. He is welcomed by the populace and foreign visitors, then proceeds to the Danish legation with the queen and royal entourage. Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus and Norway’s defense minister also disembark, while the Norwegian crown prince stays in Oslo due to his princess’s ill health.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Christian
Niels Juel
Knud
Gustavus Adolphus
Sweden
Oslo
Drowning of Two Girls Near Minong Wisconsin
In Minong Wisconsin near Lake Nancy Virginia Huyck and her sister Betty ten of Chicago drowned late Monday. Their aunt and a neighbor’s child discovered the bodies after Betty had come to stay for the summer, with the sister visiting from Chicago.
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Minong
Wis
Virginia Huyck
Betty
Chicago
Lake Nancy
Here
Childere
Negro congressman plans Birmingham visit despite Klan letter
Washington, D. C. UP Oscar De Priest, Republican and Chicago’s Negro congressman, said he would not alter plans to address a Negro organization in Birmingham, Alabama, despite a telegraph signed by the Ku Klux Klan warning his presence was not desired. De Priest, a Florence, Alabama native, said as a citizen and congressman he was privileged to go where he pleased.
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Washington, D. C
Oscar de Priest
Shnuts
Birmingham
Iala
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
Knights of the Ku Klu Klan
de Priest
Florence
Aca
Congress
Pope Pius Indisposed Rumors Persist Amid Vatican Denial
Vatican reports deny grave illness for Pope Pius XII while noting doctors have been consulted about his bladder problems and potential operation. Spokesmen cite his brisk step and lively audience presence, though observers say he perspired and ended audiences early, fueling speculation.
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Vatican City
Pius
Prus XI
Milani
Vatican City State
Vatican
St. Peter's
Mitchell Sustains Interior Department Ruling on Military Training
Washington Attorney General Mitchell endorsed the Interior Department ruling that land grant colleges need not require military training. He said Morrill Act schools meet the law by offering military courses, with Wisconsin’s optional program cited as compliant. Land grant colleges receive federal funds for agricultural and mechanical education.
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Washington
Mitchell
Interior Department
Land Grant Colleges
Wilbur
University of Wisconsin
Land Grant
Univsity of
Wisconsin
Byrd Wins Distinguished Service Medal in Albany
Admiral Richard E. Byrd left Albany for New York wearing the Distinguished Service Medal awarded by Governor Roosevelt. He praised Captain Charles Kingsland for the safe crew of the Southern Cross and noted his own transatlantic air crossing.
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Albany
N.Y
Richard E. Byrd
New York
Roosevelt
Charles Kings
Lord Smith
Harbor Grace
Atlantic
Wisconsin Rapids Chamber Backs Higher Gas Tax
The Wisconsin Rapids Chamber of Commerce voted to support a gasoline tax increase for road construction and maintenance at its regular quarterly meeting attended by the board of directors.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Southern Cross lands at Harbor Grace after long Atlantic hop
Harbor Grace Nova Scotia air field welcomed Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and the Southern Cross crew after crossing the Atlantic from Ireland. The pilots praised the Belle Isle beam wireless and the Cape Race radio for bearings, while gas shortage forced postponement of a U S landing.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Southern Cross
Ireland
New York
San Francisco
Australia
England
Kingsford-Smith
van Dyk
Sawl
Stannage
Atlantic
United States
Lampert Stand Sought On Kohler Ticket in Fond du Lac
Six county Republican chairmen met in Fond du Lac to authorize Lyle Pinkerton of Winnebago to press Congressman Florian Lampert for his position on the Kohler state ticket. If Lampert does not indicate support, the caucus will regroup to consider a replacement nominee for his seat, with L. P. Perske mentioned as a possible interim endorsement.
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Fond du Lac
Lyle Pinkerton
Winnebago County
Florian Lampert
Kohler
Congress
Br. Lampert
L. P. Perxe
Fond Dur Lac
Governors Could Have Prevented Land Sale Dispute
Harlingen Texas reports that F H Clausen of the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association said a preemptive meeting of Texas and Wisconsin governors three months earlier might have prevented the Rio Grande Valley land sale dispute. He serves on a six member Wisconsin inquiry panel, which is studying land sale practices and the ban on Texas land companies. The committee departs for Houston then Wisconsin to file its findings.
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Harlingen
Tex
Texas
Wisconsin
Grande Valley
F. H. Clausen
Wisconsinn Manulacrs’ Association
Hee
Clausen
Walter Kotler
Rio Grande Valley
Wisconsin Real Estate Board
Texas Land
Frank
Houston
Thureder J
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Charles Kingsford-Smith
J. P. Saul
Evert van Dyke
John
Taaghoma
Wimbledon
J. — Big Will Tilden
Johnny van Ryn
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Colo
Lawrence D. Branfield
Denver
Robert Conliffe, Jr
Oklahoma City
Yankees
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Athletics
Boston
Philadelphia
Ittsburg
Brooklyn
World Marts
Fort Atkinson, Wis
SIX Corps
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Pope Pius
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Captain Kingsford-Smith
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