Burke Captured Near Milan Missouri As Notorious Gunman
Fred Burke, the Chicago gunman tied to the St Valentine’s Day massacre, was arrested in a farm house near Green City east of Milan and brought to the St Joseph jail. He admitted identity in a lengthy interview with reporters and police.
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Fred H. Burke
Chicago
Milan
Burke
J. E. Kelly
Omaha
Neb
the World- Herald
Green City
Fred Burke
E. M. Mathews
Mathews
World Herald
Weill
Liberal Crisis Prolongs In England After Debate Postponed
David Lloyd George urges cooperation as Liberal Candidates defer a vote on backing MacDonald government. Baldwin asks for postponement until after Easter. MacDonald may resign if defeated. fate of Labour government hinges on Wednesday address. Lloyd George supports continued Labour governance to avert a Conservative victory.
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London
David Lloyd George
MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Lloyd George
Caxton Hall
Liberal Party
Labor
Commons
Winter Snow Storm Hits Canadian Prairies
A brutal blizzard lashes western Canada driving deep snow drifts and record cold. Winnipeg roads clog with drifting snow while Prince Albert sees subzero readings and Edmonton Saskatoon report about one to four degrees below zero as north winds bite hard.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Mercury
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Prison Riots Continue at Stateville Jail
Joliet report notes continued catcalls and disturbances at Stateville Prison. Prisoners with good records were released to clean debris after the riot. Coroner’s verdict on Raymond Barney’s death states he was shot while disobeying orders during the riot.
Study shows industry pickup hints at recovery
A Brackett AP report notes a general shift toward stability in U S industry with increased production and hiring. Detroit rubber plants and Buick in Flint boosted employment, Paramount-Publix plans seven films monthly, Utica and Syracuse firms report growing work, and unemployment relief efforts wind down.
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J. R. Brackett
Associated Press
New York
Dustry
Federal Reserve Board
Memphis
Tenn
Red Cross
South
United States Rubber Company
Detroit
Buick Motor Company
Flint
Mich
Paramount-Publix Corporation
Hollywood
Utica
Industrial Association
Syracuse
L. C. Smith and Corona Typewriters, Inc
Remington Typewriter Company
Syracuse Washing Machine Company
Oshkosh Man Opposes Bill In Assembly
Oshkosh man and opponents denounce the Rowlands mill plan to reorganize the state board of medical examiners. The bill would add seven physicians alongside one osteopath while the state medical society backs the measure.
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Wis
Rowlands Mill
State Board of Medical Examiners
Wisconsin State Medical Society
Osteopathic
Chiropractic
Homeopathic Schools of Healing
State Medical Society
Walter D. Corrigan
Wisconsin Osteopathic Association
Medical Society
Lawrence Brody
la Crosse
John E Rogers
Oshkosh
Madison hearing on bill to regulate intoxicating sequora sale
An assembly committee in Madison heard testimony on the Eber joint resolution urging Congress to enact alcohol sale controls similar to those in British Columbia. Annie Wayman Wetten of the WCTU spoke, praising enforcement as a perfect success and supporting stronger statewide action.
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Wis
Assembly
Eber
Congress
British Columbia
Annie Wayman Wetten
Stoughton
Hathaway Surrenders in Slaying of Miss Russell
Elliott R Hathaway, 28, Fall River, surrendered to Atty Gen Benjamin M McLyman after a Rhode Island manhunt for the murder of Werner Russell a Fall River student nurse. McLyman said strangling to assault was a possible motive and planned to present evidence to Newport grand jury. Miss Russell, home in Portsmouth, was found battered in a Tiverton ditch early Wednesday.
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Benjamin M. McLyman
Elliott R. Hathaway
Werner Russell
Fall River
Hathaway
Newport County
Grand Jury
Miss Russell
Tiverton
McLyman
Jacobs
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vernon Galvin
Russell
Samuel Jacobs
Boston
Newport
Louis Hathaway
Truesdale Hospital
Burmese Rebels Die After Elephant-Led Ambush Near Insein
A charmed bull elephant led about 100 Burmese rebels toward an ambush on the road to Manda lay near Insein. Police under a Burmese officer halted the charge, killing four riders and forcing the rebels to flee wounded. In Magay forest reserve near Tharawaddy, two Punjab rifle platoons killed twenty-two more rebels with no casualties for the rifles.
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Rangoon
Burma
Insein
Mandalay
Kincaid
Pingle
Punjab Rifles
Magay
Tharawaddy
Girl Killed By Motor Car Near Resch Home
Special to The Northwestern Manasha Wisconsin Alberta Resch seven years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lews Resch 645 Tayco street died moments after a car driven by George Klinke struck her at Ninth and Tayco streets near the Resch home He says she darted from between two parked cars into his path and he stopped after the impact The driver and passengers corroborate his account The child survived by Eleanor Walter William and Jerome Resch plus her parents
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Menasha
Wis
Alberta Resch
Lews Resch
Tayco Street
George Klinke
Ninth
Tayco Streets
Resch
Lake Street
Klinke
Theda Clark Hospital
Eleanor Resch
Walter Resch
William Resch
Jerome Resch
Missing woman air pilot trudges 30 miles to safety
Fraulein Elly Bemnhorn, an air pilot flying solo in a baby plane, was reported missing for four days on a return flight from West Africa to Germany. She arrived in Timbuctoo after a 30 mile desert hike, saying a pipe leak forced an emergency landing in the desert near Bammaku. She had left Berlin January 4 and flew by stages to Bissau, Portuguese West Africa.
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Upper
Senegal
Africa
Germany
West Africa
Fraulein Elly Bemnhorn
Fraulein
Bammaku
Fraulein Elly
Berlin
Bissau
Portuguese West Africa
Cat Returns Home After Five Months Away
A cat left in Eau Claire five months ago by the O’Leary family returned home yesterday. Mrs. O’Leary confirmed the cat’s identity. Kathleen and Theresa reported hearing the cat’s meow as they neared home, noting the animal appeared well fed after its long trek.
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Chicago
Eau Claire
Mich
J M. O'Leary
O'Learyys
Fireworks in Chicago Trial for Brother
In Chicago, Leo Brothers faces murder trial over Alfred Lingledwell’s death. Frank Poster identified as one of the men near the scene in the Randolph Street pedestrian tunnel. Foster, with an alibi, is linked to the gun used. Testimony covers moles on the witness face and prior sightings.
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Chicago
Leo Brothers
Alfred Lingledwell
Frank Poster
Pungster
Otto Swoboda
Brothers
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Foster
Lingle
Harry Cantwell
Swoboda
Alfred Lingle
Ley Brothers
Murde
Ria
Patrick Campbell
Lac
Pre Easter Storm Sweeps Rogkies Across Region
A pre Easter storm grips the Rocky Mountain area with high winds and heavy snowfall. Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah and Idaho report drifting snow subzero temperatures and travel hazards while officials warn motorists to stay off the roads and resist attempts to travel. Weather officials note rising barometric readings and the storm follows an unusually mild winter that threatened wheat crops.
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Colo
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Utah
Henry Hevenbeck
Natioonal Parks
Oon Dasa Fields
Spencer Idaho
Tab
Cheyenne
Greeley
Nes Mowen
Nevada
Gandhi condemns communists rioting in Cawnpore
Mahatma Gandhi denounces communal rioting in Cawnpore that left 30 dead and 200 injured before suppression. He warns such hatred threatens peace amid nationalist gathering and urges calm and rapid peace efforts to protect India's freedom.
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Karachi
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Cawnpore
Gandhi
France moves to form European tariff wall over Austro German pact
France proposes a general European customs agreement as a counter move to the Austro German tariff pact edging out Germany and Austria. Briand and Rollin are urged to protest and if ignored, to pursue a tariff barrier while renouncing France’s existing treaties with Germany and Austria.
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Chamber of Deputies
Customs Committee
Germany
Austria
Briand
Rollin
France
Council of Thhe League of Nations
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
Aristide Briand
Henderson
League Council
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Council of the
League of Nations
Europe
Bruening
Gov Requiment
Britta
Ambbassador
Ausila
German Trade and Industry Association
Sor Horace Rumbild
Vienna
Senate votes for and against small loans act
The senate approved the Goodland bill to form credit unions while repealing the existing small loans act with a 30 to 3 vote. The measure caps loans under 300 dollars at 6 percent annual interest. A substitute limiting 2 1/2 percent was rejected 24 to 9. Professor John R. Commons faced criticism from Lieut. Gov. Huber over university funding tied to loan research.
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Senate
Assembly
Elmer Hall
Green Bay
Irving Mehigan
Milwaukee
Oscar Mortis
Hall
Goodland
Committee On Corporations and Taxations
Groves
John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
State Banking Department
Wisconsin
Henry Huber
Huber
Commons
Tve
W. T Raxwlewh
Fireport Tl
Progressive Factice
Ash Brothers Slain Near Burning Auto in Kansas City
Kansas City detectives report William Ash aged 24 and Wallace Ash aged 26, brothers and police informers, were found shot in the back of the head near a burning motor car on the city’s southwest edge. Both had prior arrests for highway robbery and narcotics violations.
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Kansas City
William Ash
Wallace Ash
Automobile Death Toll Surpasses World War I Losses
A New Jersey state traffic commission report shows 36 900 automobile deaths in the past 18 months in the United States, exceeding World War I fatalities of 50 510 over 18 months. The figures highlight a rising road toll and call for cautious reforms.
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United States
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