Walker Charged as Unfit for Mayor by Hofstadter Panel
Governor Roosevelt to review 15 detailed charges from Samuel Seabury alleging Mayor James J. Walker’s financial entanglements and lack of credible income explanation. The Hofstadter letter, delivered to Roosevelt, signals potential removal proceedings once hearings begin after the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Samuel Seabury
James J. Walker
May
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hofstader Committee
Seabury
Walker
Russell T. Sherwood
Roosevelt
Thomas M. Farley
Tammany Hall
Hofstadter Committee
Farley
McAdoo pushes fair referendum on Prohibition
Los Angeles June 9 William Gibbs McAdoo former Democratic presidential hopeful urged a national referendum on the prohibition issue. He argued intoxication liquor is a great evil but rights exist for citizens to seek repeal or changes through lawful means. McAdoo said the referendum should be nonpartisan and allow voters to decide, distancing it from party politics. His stance aligns him with Western anti prohibition forces while he has long backed the 18th Amendment.
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Los Angeles
William Gibbs McAdoo
Ciry
McAdoo
the Treasury
Wilson
Alfred E. Smith
Suckers Fill Larders in Fond du Lac Creek Run
Hundreds of families in Fond du Lac Wisconsin gathered with implements from shovels to dipnets to harvest suckers from Neveu Creek. A fisherman reported catching 16 suckers in a single haul, and many carried the fish home in bushel baskets.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
N de Neveu Creek
Scientist Mellish may serve day work, nights in jail
John E Mellish of St Charles Illinois, a master lensmaker for telescopes, faces a 20 year sentence on charges involving his wife and a 15 year old girl. Judge Olney Allen suggests Mellish work in his lab by day and remain in jail at night, a plan he has followed for nine months since arrest.
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John E Mellish
St. Charles
Ill
Olney Allen
Mellish
Archery Gains Popularity in Pittsburgh Suburb Family
Pittsburgh area archer Mrs J Milner Roberts, holder of the national women’s flight title, says archery is growing in the United States. The Dormont-born champion, who won titles in 1928 and 1930 and set a 328 yard record last year, expects her family to compete in Chicago in 1933 while she debates defending her Seattle shot.
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Pittsburgh
United States
J. Milner Roberts
Ben Avon
Roberts
National Archery Association
J Milner
Seattle
Wash
Chicago
Rye
Richard R. Bennett
James 8
Jiles
Dormont
Mrs. Roberts
Amherst Week Day Bible School picnic slated amid parish notices
Final sessions of the public school close today in Amherst. The Week Day Bible School picnic is planned at Camp Iss-See-Kes Friday with report cards to be issued after. Holy Name society groups meet this evening at hosts Theodore Schmitz William Gillis and James Ryan. Amherst Hi Alumni hold a reunion at the school auditorium Saturday with a 6:30 dinner by the Legion Auxiliary and a program. Major local notices follow including commemoration for Lois Claire Stiwald and further college and nursing plans for graduates.
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Amneno
Camp Iss-See-Kes
Holy Name Society of
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Theodore Schmitz
East Street
William Gillis
East Quarries
James Ryan
Milan Avenue
Amherst Hi Alumni Association
The
Legion Auxiliary
Arthur Powers
Caroline Rothe
Ludolph Kreeger
Edward Menz, Jr
Plan College and Nursing
Margaret Berger
Mary Nord
Bluffton College
Bluffton, C
Lois Stiwald
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
Richard Baetz
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Virginia Wesbecker
Spencerian School
Claveland
Mildred Wragg
Florence Davies
Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Marguerite Dellefield
Pittsburgh
Milton Nabowski
Chicago
Ancient flintlock rifle tied to Gorilla Bill Smith found in Ohio
An aged flintlock rifle once owned by Gorilla Bill Smith, Civil War era Ohio guerrilla chief, is held by Willow Grove residents. The weapon, bearing a larger weight description, was showcased at the 1892 Chicago World’s Fair amid dramatic Civil War legends and claims of killing power.
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Ohio
Willow Grove
O. UP
Gorilla Bill Smith
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