Spring Fashion Parades Warm Temperatures Predicted
Weather forecast predicts seasonable temperatures with a high around 43 and nights dipping to at least 4 degrees as midwestern fashion events and Easter plans unfold. Hoover to skip Easter shopping, plan simple services and a quiet home day. London fashion shows promise modest updates with longer skirts, uneven lines, big bows, and bold color trends for spring and summer.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Weather Bureau
Henry J Cox
Washington
U.B
Herbert Hoover
Four Girls Drown When Auto Plunges Into Creek Near Here
Four girls died when an automobile plunged into a small creek last night. Two victims were Ruth Lukens of Marion and Ada Michener of Waynesville, with Hilda L Tehman and Elizabeth Mumyan of Columbus later identified. Watches stopped at 10, suggesting time of the crash amid dense fog reported by nearby residents.
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Mr. Gilead
Here
Ruth Lukens
Marion
Ada Michener
Waynesville
Hilda L Tehman
Elizabeth Mumyan
Columbus
Knoxville Fire Chief Dies After Smoke Inhalation
Knoxville, Tenn. U P reports Fire Chief George E Clifton died from smoke effects during a blaze at the Knoxville Business College Building. After twenty two years leading the department he urged others to fight the fire as he collapsed on the fourth floor. He died en route to the hospital. he was 52.
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Knoxville, Tenn
U.P
Knoxville
Aihe
George E Clifton
Knoxville Business College
Pupenereny
Ballot Referendum Clarified by Secretary of State
Milwaukee. Secretary of State Theodore Dammann issued a four percent statement to clear confusion over the referendum ballot. Four questions appear, and voters may vote yes or no on each. they may vote on only one of the Severson act questions, and ballots remain legal. The message emphasizes that neglecting to vote on any question does not invalidate the ballot.
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Milwaukee
Theodore Dammann
Secretary of State
Severson
Payroll Bandit Kills Man and Escapes With Funds
A payroll robber in Riverdale Chicago suburb shot and killed Harry Winter of Superior Wisconsin 21 a new Chicago roofing firm worker delivering payroll to Acme Steel plant. Winter who had arrived from Superior three days ago was killed as other roofing company employees worked. The bandit fled in a car driven by a woman with $700 in payroll funds.
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Chicago
Riverdale
Harry Winter
Superior
Wis
Acme Steel Company
Winter
Superior Wis
Laverty Found Working in New York
Janesville Wisconsin reports Mary Laverty, once named the culvert murder victim by Robert Cone, has been located in New York where she is employed as a domestic. Cone confessed to authorities last June that he killed Laverty on the Afton road near Beloit and hid the body under a culvert before moving it to a site near Williams Bay.
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Janesville
Wis
Charles Garey
James Fanning
Mary Laverty
Robert Cone
Green Bay
New York
Fanning
Laverty
Miss Laverty
Cone
Rock County
Afton
Beloit
Williams Bay
Man in Chicago Takes Poison By Mistake
Allan Barr a 40 year old accountant from Lake Geneva Wisconsin was in serious condition in a Chicago hotel after swallowing several poison tablets He told police he took the poison by mistake and faced possible death while investigators reviewed the incident for foul play or accidental overdose
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Chicago
Allan Barr
Lake Geneva
Wig
Dissension Among Rebel Chieftains in Mexican Cristero Front
Government reports growing dissension and dissatisfaction among rebel leaders over military strategy in Chihuahua as federal forces push toward Jimenez. Bulletin notes Manzo’s authority as illusion, widespread plans for victory, and unity only in concern over the fate of Escobar and Caraveo. Rebels suffer casualties and retreat amid shortages and false reports, with thousands of prisoners and wounded, while Calles claims federal success and Cristeros retreat toward Durango.
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Mexico City
Chihuana
Jimenez
Francisco Manza
Roberto Cruz
Ramon Iturbe
Gonzalo Escobar
Marcelo Caraveo
Torreon
Mazatlan
Cimalpa
Cruz
Mayo River
Sonora
Callis
el Paso
Carave
Sinaloa
Calles
Manzo
Mexico
Durango Jus
System of trading without money exposed in Detroit
Detroit prosecutors expose a stock trading system run by Christpher M Corbett 36 and Gerald J McConville 35 involving 200000 in capitalless trades. They created fictitious accounts extended credit to false accounts causing a 40000 loss to EB McCrone company. Corbett faces charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and possible bad check charges. The report also notes a separate guilty verdict in New York for the Locke brothers and associates tied to a Canaria Copper stock fraud involving over five million dollars.
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Detroit
Mich
Christopher M Corbett
Corbett
Agaiinst Corbett
Gerald J. McConville
McCrone Company
Locke Brothers
New York
U.R
Herbert C
John T. Locke
George F Shurtieff
Harry C. Carragher
John Carter Anderson
Canaria
Wisconsin Leads Northwest in Factories Record
Wisconsin moved into the nation’s top manufacturing ranks with a 1927 output of about 1.974 billion dollars, increasing plant count to 7,473 and wage earners to around 247,000. The state ranked third in wooden boxes and crates, behind New York and Massachusetts, as national totals reached near 63 billion with 8.35 million workers.
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Bascom Timmons
Washington
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
Census Bureau
Department of Commerce
Northwest
New York
Pennsylvania
Hanvis
Ohio
Michigan
New Jersey
Massachusetts
California
Indiana
United States
Boy Shot and Killed in Chicago Car Chase
Joseph Mazzia 18 was shot and killed by police after a stolen car chase through Chicago. One companion likely fatally wounded. four youths captured. Frank Dangica 14 was shot in both forearms and chest, not expected to survive. Police were called by a filling station attendant fearing a hold-up.
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Chicago
Joseph Mazzia
Frank Dangica
Bomb planes delayed by cold motors on way to ice gorge
Three army twin motor bombing planes led by Capt H Hale halted in Watertown S D Friday en route to Bismarck N D to aid in breaching a Missouri river ice gorge threatening Maidan. They left Langley Field Va Wednesday morning and landed here last night as heavy headwinds and darkness forced a stop.
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Watertown
S. D
Army
H. Hale
Bismarck
War Department
Missouri
Maidan
Langley Field
Watchman killed by heavy wrench on Pere-Marquette car ferry
Chester De Gergus, a Pere-Marquette car ferry watchman at Ludington Michigan, was killed Friday when struck by a heavy wrench used in unloading dump cars. The accident occurred aboard the ferry as workers handled gear on the car deck. De Gergus was identified by authorities and the tragedy prompts an investigation into unloading procedures.
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Ludington
Mich
iPi
Chester de Gergus
Pere-Marquette
Thief Duo Return To Pet Owner With Double Bill
Two youths stole a valuable dog from the National Pet shop and attempted to sell it back to the owner. They offered two dogs to Dr. F. W. Milke, a veterinarian, who identified the terrier as the store’s dog he had left for sale.
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Milwaukee
National Pet Shop
F. W. Milke
Guests Escape Fire At Five-Story Ricks Hotel Annex
A early morning blaze damaged the six story annex of the Ricks hotel in Rocky Mount North Carolina causing an estimated loss of 400000 to 500000 dollars. Seventy guests staying in the annex escaped unharmed.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Ricks
Ajross
Dentists Work To Identify Body Of Missing Smith Student
Springfield authorities await identification of a nude decomposed body found in a field near the city. A New York dentist who treated Frances St John Smith at Smith College is arriving to join local experts in examining the teeth of the dead woman. The search for Miss Smith, missing for over a year, had drawn nationwide attention.
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Springfield
Mary
W J Woods
Pelham
Dentst
Connecticut River
Frances St John Smith
Smith College
H M Clapp
Utica
Woods
Mina
Alice Corbett
Maas
New York
Maj Thomas
Menasha Police Drag Canal for Missing 10-Year-Old
Menasha Wisconsin police began dragging the government canal for the body of Charles Strong a 10 year old from Neena who disappeared Friday afternoon initial searches suggested he may have wandered away but a sighting report prompted a full canal search in hopes of locating him alive or deceased.
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Menasha
Canal
Wis
Menasha Police
Government Canal
Charles Strong
Neena
Robbery by Flowers Targeting Ill Woman in Chicago
A young man delivering a box of red tulips to Mrs Carnie Johnson, an elderly invalid in Chicago, recruited two accomplices who entered the home, ransacked it, and stole jewels valued at 16000 dollars and two fur coats while the victim watched and admonished them.
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Chicago
Carnie Johnson
Final stretch of Hudson Bay Railway linked to sea
Manitoba rail link completed as crews reach Port Churchill on Hudson Bay about 1000 miles north of Winnipeg and 510 miles north of the former northern terminus. The new track completes the final stretch granting prairie access to the sea.
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Winnipe
Manitoba
Port Churchill
Hudson Bay
Winnipeg
Hudson Bay Railway
Prairies
Somewhat Colder Weather For Weekend In Midwest
Temperatures fall across Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota with winds shifting to the northeast. Snow possible near Lake Superior tonight and Sunday. Additional sun and clouds and near normal temps expected in the Great Lakes region and upper Mississippi Valley through next week.
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Wisconsin
Sanday
Lake Michigan
Goth
Nartheast
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Northwestern
Tam
Great Lakes
Misatasippi
Muxpsouri
Memorial Services Held for Late Senator La Follette
Memorial services for the late Senator Robert M. La Follette, founder of the La Follette Progressive party, were held at the Wisconsin Supreme Court with Justice M Rosenberry sitting as chief justice for the first time. Attny Gilbert E Roe of New York spoke of La Follette’s democracy advocacy from college years through his governorship and Senate service, noting his revolt against exclusive fraternities and his leadership in progressive legislation that shaped state and national policy.
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Wisconsin
Christian Doerfler
la Follette
Roe
Tan Follette
Automobile Win at Grade Crossing Dispute
In Shamokin Pennsylvania a car carrying Mr and Mrs W Scott collided broadside with a locomotive at a crossing. The car suffered minor damage, the Scotts were uninjured, while the locomotive endured cabin steps fracture, air line severance and drive shaft damage. The locomotive was moved only after extensive repairs.
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Shamokin
W & Scott
Milwaukee dies leaving estate of 156350 dollars
Charles Manefold former president of the Milwaukee Waukesha brewery died last July and left an estate valued at 156 350 dollars an inventory filed Friday details the assets in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Charles Manefold
Milwaukee- Waukesha Brewery
Fritz Not Candidate for Supreme Court
Milwaukee circuit judge Oscar M Fritz announced he is not a candidate for the state supreme court. He sent a letter to Governor Kohler saying the honor should go to the best qualified candidate from another section of the state. Milwaukee is represented by Justices Eschweiler and Doerfier.
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Milwaukee
Oscar M Fritz
Publ
Kohler
Supreme Court
Eschweiler
Doerfier
Smothered to death in grain bin fall in Appleton
Edward J. Kluck 40 a partner in Western Elevator company died after falling into a large grain bin filled with flour in Appleton Wisconsin. His body was recovered about an hour later after the bin was drained.
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Appleton, Wis
Edward J. Kluck
Western Elevator Company
James W Good to Speak at Ripon June Event
Special to The Northwestern Ripon Wisconsin James W Good secretary of war in the Hoover cabinet has accepted the invitation to deliver the principal speech at the June seventy fifth anniversary celebration of the Republican party Ripon college will cooperate with the event The celebration honors Ripon as the birthplace of the party with a pageant depicting the March 20 1854 meeting and the original schoolhouse on campus will be used for the pageant The gathering is led by Judge Roy E Reed president Herbert Hoover and Gov Walter J Kohler as honorary chairmen George Vits of Manitowoc will chair the executive committee Mrs Harry L Thomas of Sheboygan will head the women’s division and serve on the Wisconsin Republican national committee
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Northwestern
Ripon
Wis
James W. Good
Hoover
Republican Party
Roy E. Reed
Herbert Hoover
Walter J Kohler
George Vits
Manitowoc
Harry L Thomas
Sheboygan
Thomas
Wits
Wisconsin
Republican National Committee
Ripon College
Hmonors Rifon
R. F Gebner
Alvan Earle Bovay
Gehner
Bavay
Republicatv
Henry Wilson
U S Grant
America
Freedom of the Port scrutiny hits congressional immunity
Dry lawmakers in Washington probe how far public officials can claim immunity from customs checks at U S ports amid revelations of indicted Rep Michaelson and reports of congressmen and senators traveling on Panama junkets to import liquor. They seek Treasury Department reform, asserting no clear law authorizes such privilege and will press to end the practice if evidence warrants.
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Fant R Mallon
United Press Shuft
Washington, D. C
Ifresy
Aroneca
Michaelson
Republiccan Ilinois
Panama
Treasury Department
Department
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