Grave robbers steal casket from Mt Carmel cemetery
Four intruders broke into Mt Carmel cemetery at night targeting a $10,000 casket holding labor racketeer George Barker. A gun battle with the caretaker occurred, floral pieces valued at thousands scattered nearby, and a truck was found parked 60 yards from the grave as police considered terrorists behind the theft. More flowers and wreckage hint at broader vandalism. police noted the casket vault would be hard to breach.
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Chicago
George Barker
Mt. Garmel Cemetery
Elvy
Tiorists
Austin Negro Slain At Corsicana
The mutilated body of N. W Rhambo a local undertaker was found near Dawson west of Corsicana Texas. He had been kidnapped last night and was shot and severely beaten according to Waverro county officers who investigated the scene this morning.
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Corsicana
Texas
N. W Rhambo
Austin
Dawson
Jambo
Auatin
Waverro County
Trucks Crush FIER AT WREET: Officer Hurt in Market Plaza
Two trucks collided while guiding traffic near the municipal market house injuring Officer Pete Torres who was directing workers on the plaza. He was hospitalized for X rays to assess injuries as a bystander and other persons suffered various injuries in separate incidents around Main Street. Bonds totaling 3.5 million for the Brownsville navigation district were approved by the Texas attorney general's department.
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Pete Torres
Torres
Henry Stowe
Montana Street
Walter Esser
Boerne
Santa Rosa
Valentine Willa
Macon
Mississippi
Fac
Sam Houston
Austin
Brownville Navigation District
Texas Attorney General's Department
Mayor shoots bandit dead on deserted highway
Chicago suburb tale reports Mayor George A. Hahn of South Chicago Heights exchanging fire with three bandits on a rural road. He killed one robber and forced the others to flee after bullets struck his car. A wounded man identified as Dominick Guarino died at St James Hospital, with Herman Scayzia arrested as the driver who found the body and claimed no complicity. Local police chased the other suspects.
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Chicago
George A. Hahn
Chicago Heights
Court Kraemer
Loop
Dominick Guzinu
Herman Scayzia
Guarino
Hahn
Guzalnd
Accused Slayer to Get New Trial
U V. Don Carlis, sentenced to 99 years by a Nueces county jury for killing Alfred Steinbach, was granted a new trial by the court of criminal appeals. A skeleton identified Steinbach, who had come to Corpus Christi from Cincinnati, found on a sand beach near the bay. Steinbach and Curtis had been roommates. the killing was alleged to have occurred around July 9, 1931.
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Austin
Don Carlis
Nueces County
Alfred Steinbach
Court of Criminal Appeals
Steinbach
Garpus Christi
Cincinnati
Curtis
Alcohol Deaths Show Decrease Across Years
The census bureau reports a decline in deaths from alcoholism per 100000 people from 1927 through 1930. In 1930 the rate was 3.8 per 100000 nationwide except Texas, down from 3.7 in 1929 and lower than earlier peaks. The record shows 5.9 in 1919 and 1.0 in 1920.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Texas
Lowes
Ex mayor faces extortion charge in Wilmington
Parker Quince Moore former mayor of Wilmington was charged with conspiring to extort twenty five thousand dollars from a wealthy Wilmington woman under threat of harm. Deputy Sheriff A B Crews secured the affidavit and arrested Moore after alleged complicity via a bad debt claim from Dessa Kenan Wise.
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Wilmington
Parker Quince Moore
Wilmngton
Moore
Shereff A.B. Crews
Mra
Dessa Kenan Wise
Alamo Heights Boy Entering Dallas Miniature Coach Contest
18 year old Chester Meyer son of Mr and Mrs George A Meyer of 923 Jassaming street and assistant Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 58 will enter his handmade Napoleonic coach in the Dallas meet. It took four and a half months to complete with velvet seats sewn by hand and precise shaping. If victorious in Dallas it advances to Detroit for a chance at a $5000 prize with national entrants.
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Chester Meyer
Alamo Heights
Texas
Dallas
Detroit
Tewarcest
George A. Meyer
Jassaming Street
Dalles
Meyer
San Antonio
With & Jewelers
Ami
Idna
Fugitive 18 Heans Caught in New York
William Collins, once a San Quentin escapee, was arrested at his Bronx home after decades as a truck driver in New York. He fled San Quentin in 1913 after a Sacramento holdup sentence and later sought a California pardon.
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New York
William Collins
San Quentin
California
Anestas
Bronx
Collins
Dallas
Texas
Sacramento
Woman Slain in Highway Ambush Near Richmond Missouri
Irene Ankel a McCloray of Excelsior Springs is killed while two men, Tom Ross and Homer Morrison, are critically wounded on a highway near Richmond. Statements name Lonnie Acconti of Kansas City as the alleged attacker, linked to a federal liquor case in Kansas City. The victim was to be a government witness at Affrond's trial next Monday.
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Richmond
INS
Allence
Kansas City
Irene Ankela McCloray
Excelsior Springs
Tom Ross
Homer Morrison
Rosa
Morrison
Lonnie Acconti
Hoss
Affrond
Nurse Falls As Trial Related to McPherson Case Unfolds
Miss Marhle Jonny St. Pierre testified about a former affair with David Hutton, the husband of evangelist Aime McPherson, describing love letters and a planned marriage. She fainted on the witness stand during cross examination as details of the liaison emerged, while Hutton sat nearby under tense scrutiny. The nurse’s testimony included affectionate vows and a baby blanket gift, and Mrs Hulton remained secluded in a sanitarium amid the trial.
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Los Angeles
Msrhle
Jonny St. Pierre
Almer Semple McPherson Buitton
Violunt Ly
Hustan
Hutton
Huston
McPherson
Central America
Aimer Royal
Myrtle Jean St. Pierre
David Mutton
Aimee Semple McPherson
Lutheran Church Plans Lodge Fight at Milwauk[ee] Convention
At Milwaukee on June 23 delegates from Missouri and Ohio synods debated whether to tighten rules on lodge and secret society membership. The policy, previously denying lodge affiliations, may be reinterpreted, with pastors handling individual cases. The River Forest rule restricts lodge membership while practice allows pastor adjustments.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lutheran Church
Missouri and Ohio Synods
River Forest
Hearst Gibbons Brisbane Praised by Brownsville
In Brownsville on June 22 a resolution at the Third Division American Legion session lauded Hearst Floyd Gibbons and Arthur Brisbane for their strong advocacy on the ex service men bonus issue. The convention endorsed Hearst newspapers and praised the trio, while also boosting Miller Ainsworth of Luling for department commander.
Light Classifieds Offer Desicate Rooms And Homes
Classified ads list hundreds of desicate rooms apartments and houses for sale or rent. Readers are urged to choose from the Light Classifieds today and to pay bills promptly while Money to Loan ads offer quick cash options.
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