Sniper Siege in Southeast Caps Capitol District
In Washington on July 8 a sniper opened fire from a Southeast First Street rowhouse, killing one officer, wounding another, and holding a hundred others at bay for three hours. Nicholas Long, 48, surrendered after Marine Corps sharpshooters reinforced police. He claimed to have wanted to start fireworks. Police and bystanders suffered gas injuries from tear gas and gas rounds. Long’s wife, shaken by the events, could offer little motive aside from noting he was a “meat man.”
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First Street
Capitol
Marine Corps
Nicholaon Long
Danwer
E. A. Swanton
A. C. Poulson
Long
Hos Tal
Winuw
Anyche
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Soldier's Funeral Held Up for Orders
The body of Private Oscar F. G. Thornssell of the Forty-seventh school squadron was held Wednesday at Randolph Field while officials awaited Washington instructions on disposition. He died at the Station Hospital for Sam Houston from pneumonia after injuries in an automobile accident. His relatives live in Sweden per army records.
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Oscar F. G.thornssell
Randolph Field
Washington
Sam Houston
Sweden
Hight of Way Deeds Secured for Highway 68
County commissioners announced progress on a nine million dollar state project in Bexar County to open and straighten highways. Commissioner Robert F. Abt said 11 deeds have been secured at no cost and the remaining deeds will follow within ten days. The plan includes opening Highway 6 through the county and straightening Fredericksburg and Aussid roads while the state provides funds and the county furnishes right of way. The Light's Free Rental Directory is available at Pigety-Wiggly stores.
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Bexar County
Robert F. Abt
Toouth
Fredericksburg
Ale He
Survey of disaster relief in Southwest Texas floods
Albert Evans of the Red Cross and Miss Kathryn Monroe began a survey of flood stricken areas in Southwest Texas to aid rehabilitation. Evans headed to Kerrville with A. O. Heusley to meet with the relief committee led by Dr. O. D. Wescott. Monroe stayed in San Antonio exploring La Salle county conditions with Tom Leach. He estimated about 20 families homeless in Cotulla area.
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Albert Evans
Kathryn Monroe
Midwest
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Evans
Kerrville
Monroe
LaSalle
Red Cross
Texas
San Antonio
A. O. Heusley
Bexar County
O. D. Wescott
Veterans Hospital
Legion
Kerr County
Miss Monroe
la Salle County
Tom Leach
Cotulla
Leach
Roosevelt Faces Political Uproar Over New Deal Tammany Ties
Washington July 3 political debate swirled as administration Republicans accused Governor Roosevelt of surrendering to Tammany Hall and criticizes his reforestation plan. Supporters like William G. McAdoo praised his speech and aid, while Hyde and Moses condemned the Tammany linkage as detrimental to Roosevelt’s “new deal.” Roosevelt remained silent in Albany as allies hailed key endorsements.
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Washington, D.C
Washington
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Tammany Hall
William G. McAdoo
New York
Roosevelt
Jemez Cannon Jr
Indianapolis
Ocean Grove
New Jersey
G.O. P
Hoover
Cannon
Hyde
Secretary of Agriculture
Moses
New Hampshire
Met
America
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albany
Jouette Shouse
Chicago
Roosevelt-Garner
Shouse
Alfred E. Smith
Rail Worker Killed Near Derby
Lanry Lopey, 28, of San Antonio, a Missouri Pacific railroad workman, was found on the Frio river washout track near Derby nine miles south of Pearsall at 6 am Wednesday. Officials think he fell asleep on the track as a work train backed over him, severing his head and left arm. The body will be shipped to San Antonio for burial.
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Lanry Lopey
San Antonio
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Frio
Derby
Pearsall
Lopez
Reputed Gangster Killed in Gunfight on Downtown Street
NEW ORLEANS July 6 A man said to be Big Jim Clark a reputed New York gangster implicated in liquor smuggling along the gulf was shot and killed today in a gun battle on a downtown street A wounded companion was quickly picked up and rushed away in an automobile
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New Orleans
Big Jim" Clark
New York
Husband Jealous, She Asks Divorce
PORTLAND July 6 Alice S. Ingalls of Casto filed for divorce alleging her husband Edmund was jealous to the point of striking her when she spoke with men on the street. She said he forbade her from visiting family and friends. They wed at Naples on March 10, 1936.
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Portland
Alice S. Ingalls
Casto
Edmund
Giris
Nee
Saul
Naples
Bristol feeds needy with ton of fish from Lewin
In Bristol on July 6 a Newport fish merchant George D. Lewin distributed nearly a ton of thick-scaled salmon and other fish to local families. Four men took 40 minutes to deliver the salable goods along the Atlantic coast for public aid.
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Bristol
George D. Lewin
Newport Fish Merchant
Pershing to Write Second Book On His Life
Gen John J Pershing plans a new life story covering birth in Linn county Iowa through World War. He writes between battlefield cemetery visits as head of the American Battle Monuments Commission and will publish the volume early next year with detailed Indian frontier battles.
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Parie
John J. Pershing
General Pershing
Torm
Linn County
Admiralty Buys Seashore Tracts for Gunnery Use
In Scotland six miles of uninhabited seashore along Cane Wrath, Southernshire, have been purchased by the British Admiralty to train Royal Navy gunners in direct fire on unseen targets. The land will host a new era of naval operations with airplane observers aiding targets from the sea.
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Admiralty
London
Scotts
Royal Navy
Cane Wrath
Sutherlandshire
Bootlegging Outbreak Hits New Straitsville Oil Raids
New Straitsville in Ohio, longtime bootleg capital, reports oil thefts after Preston Oil Co. complains of large crude losses. Sheriff Wilson investigates as mines are raided and equipment seized for distilling gasoline from oil.
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New Straitsville
Ohi
Jun
Boot
Ohto
Clifford Wilson
Preston Oil Company
Granite marker placed over grave of Massachusetts cat
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on July 6 a granite gravestone was set for Snokie oldest cat in the state who died at age 24. The pet belonged to James Garritty of the city.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Snokie
Massachusetts
James Garritty
Police Forbid Vets Panhandling Campaign In DC
Washington police rejected a veteran organized funds campaign within the District of Columbia. Police Superintendent Pelham Glassford told the veterans committee that panhandling would violate federal law and urged leaders to work with authorities to stop individual solicitations in stores, apartment buildings, and on streets amid the Bonus Marchers issue.
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Washington, D. C
Capital Police
Army
District of Columbia
Pelham
Glassford
Veterans’ Committee
Veterans’ Fund
Jeaders
Walter W. Waters
Veterans
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Dry Leader Opposes Prohibition Party in Indianapolis
Washington D. C. Jayov Deets Pickett of the Methodist board of temperance said he cannot see the practical program of the Prohibition party meeting in Indianapolis. He commented after issuing a statement that Congress is not bound by party platforms on the pending proposal to legalize beer. He was the second reader to turn a shoulder to the Prohibition party.
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Washington, D. G
Jayo— v.Deets Pickett
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Prohibition Party
Indianapolis
Prohibition J Party
Two Men Blown By Yacht Explosion In New York Harbor
Two men were blown 20 feet and critically burned by an explosion on the yacht Daphne, a $20,000 vessel owned by Roger R. Williams, a New York banker, in Bridgeport's Southpark harbor.
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Bridgeport
Conn
ING
Daphne
Roger R. Williams
New York
Southpark Harbor
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