Chicago Press Declares War on Gangsters After Lingle Slaying
Chicago newspapers unite in vowing to eradicate gangsters after posting rewards totaling 55000 for the killer of Alfred Jake Lingle, veteran Chicago Tribune crime reporter shot Monday night in the underground tunnel near Randolph Street. Police believe Lingle knew too much. killer escaped.
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Chicago
Chicago Press
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Randolph Street
Illinois Central Terminal
Lingle
Nelson Rockefeller Bride Ties Maine Romance To Philadelphia
Miss Mary Tod Hunter Clark will wed Nelson A Rockefeller, son of John D Rockefeller Jr., in Bala Pennsylvanias St Asaphs Church on June 23. The couple met on Maine beaches and plan a seven months world cruise honeymoon before settling at a $75 000 home on the Rockefeller Pocantico Hills estate.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Maine
Philadelphia
Mary Todhunter Clark
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
tark-Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Almira Rockefeller
William G. Rockefeller
M. Roy Jackson
Radnor Hunt Club
St. Asaph's Protestant Episcopal Church
Bala
Benjamin N. Bird
Clarks
China
India
Young Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Associated Press
Mary Elizabeth Artemus
John Hay Whitney
Payne Whitney
Jock Whitney
Alaska Juneau Surplus For May Reported At 88400
The Alaska Juneau operations for May showed a surplus of 883?400 above all expenditures per the monthly statement of estimated results issued by J. W. Crosby, secretary, from the San Francisco office. Gross receipts totaled 273,500 with operating expenses 175,000 and other charges 10,100, yielding an operating profit of 98,500 and a net surplus of 88,400. Mississippi plans to buy 352,050 motor vehicle license tags for 1931 with 25 sub-tags included.
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Alaska
Juneau
J. W. Crosby
San Francisco
New York
Wives Involved in Battle Marked by Sheriff’s Fatal Shootout
Hobart Oklahoma June 11 Deputy Sheriff Humble and a filling station operator fought after a raid for liquor. Humble died from gunshot wounds and the operator is jailed. Both wives were hospitalized.
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Hobart
Okla
Humble
Stock Quotations From New York and Kansas Carney Anecdote
The June 11 closing list shows Alaska Juneau at 5 percent and many major stocks including Alleghany 22 percent Anaconda 54 General Motors 45 Granby 25 Kennecott 44144 Montgomery Ward 40 National Acme 14 Packard 15 Simmons Beds 31 Standard Brands 21 Standard Oil of California 64 Standard Oil of New Jersey 71 United Aircraft 61 U S Steel 173 Fox Films 45 Texas Corporation 53. Chanute Kansas reports an absent minded carpenter who shingled the wrong dwelling while repairing a roof.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
Alleghany
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Granby
Kennecott
Montgomery-Ward
National Acme
Packard
Simmon Beds
Standard Brands
Standard Oil of
California
New Jersey
United Aircraft
U. S. Steel
Fox Films
Texas Corporation
Noted German leader of modern theology dies at 79
Dr Adolf von Harnack, leading figure of the modern German school of theology, died in Heidelberg at age 79 after a two week illness. Born May 7, 1851 in Dorpat, he rose to prominence by seeking to reconcile science with the Bible. his father Theodosius Harnack was a theology professor at Dorpat and later in Estonia. Continued on Page Two.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Adolf von Harnack
Theodosius Harnack
University of Dorpat
Russia
Esthenia
von Harnack
New York Dry Agents Conduct Major Bowery Raid
Dozens of joints, speakeasies, drug stores and liquor outlets in New York City Bowery areas were raided by 50 Dry Agents led by Major Maurice Campbell to curb poisonous liquor. Thirty two deaths in the past 30 days blamed on tainted alcohol. Home brew denatured and colored alcohol seized. bartenders arrested as hundreds of derelicts were forced into the streets.
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New York City
La Follette Pushes Defeat of Tariff Bill
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin urges defeat of the Hawley Smoot tariff bill calling it a betrayal of Hoover’s pledge for limited revision to grant agriculture parity with industry. The final vote is scheduled for 2 oclock Friday afternoon.
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Washington
la Follette
Wisconsin
Hoover
Sharkey Ready for Big Fight in Madison Square Garden
New York June 11 Jack Sharkey opened at Madison Square Garden with 20 minutes of road work and upbeat chatter. He predicted a decisive victory saying this fight won’t be close and looked in peak form as gate receipts topped expectations around 750000, with Schmeling’s eventual arrival and Joe Jacobs reinstated as Schmeling’s second. Sharkey also visited the Giants vs Pirates game, signaling strong local interest.
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New York
Jack Sharkey
Madison Square Garden
Sharkey
Max Schmeling
Joe Jacobs
Schmeling
Scott
Garden
Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Mobile Bears Tilt Hinted Move to Knoxville Fizzles
Jimmy Hamilton, president manager of the Mobile Bears of the Southern Association, aims to move the team to Knoxville Tennessee. Attendance in Mobile remains weak with only nine fans attending a recent game, which was postponed.
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Jimmy Hamilton
Mobile Bears
Southern Association
Knoxville
Tenn
Bay City
Polish Diet Crisis Fails to Resolve Fight with Pil Sudski
Political circles in Warsaw guess future moves in the stalemate between Marshal Joseph Pilsudski and the Polish diet. Some foresee a bloodless coup d etat as the likely remedy to remove parliamentary foes. The dispute centers on events set for June 22 when a 30 day interval expires after President Moscicki prorogued the house May 23. Opposition plans to move non confidence and seek inquiries into government spending by former finance minister Czechoswicz. (Continued on Page Eight)
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Walsgaw. Lune 11
Joseph Pilsudski
Moscicki
M. Czechowicz
Diet
M. Pilsudski
Senate Renames Copper Mountain in Alaska Mount Eielson
The Senate approved the House resolution to name Copper Mountain in Alaska Mount Eielson in honor of Col. Carl Ben Eielson, who died in a winter plane crash near East Cape Siberia. The measure was sent to the President.
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Washington
Senate
House
Copper Mountain
Alaska
Mount
Earthquake Shocks Washington Area Over Two Hours
Georgetown University Instruments reported a quake lasting more than two hours starting at 8:08 last night. Rev Sohon, director, estimated the disturbance was west of Washington and described the shocks as severe.
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Washington
Georgetown University Instruments
Sohon
Keller Undergoes Appendectomy At St Ann’s Hospital
W. K. Keller superintendent of the Juneau Public Schools underwent an appendectomy at St. Ann's hospital yesterday afternoon. He passed a favorable night and his condition is reported as good today by hospital attendants.
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W. K. Keller
Juneau Public
St. Ann’s Hospital
Oil Tanker Collision Near Boston Kills Dozens
Flaming oil from a stricken tanker believed to be the Pinthis or Fall River after a collision with the Fairfax near Boston last night rimmed both ships. More than 40 feared dead aboard the tanker, with the Fairfax crew and passengers unaccounted for. Ten women leaped into the sea in a futile bid to escape the blaze and oil spill.
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Boston
Mass
Fall River
Fairfax
Man and wife die in Trinity River auto plunge
In Keura Calif on June 11 Mr and Mrs James Willett of Eureka were killed when their car plunged over a grade and fell more than 100 feet into the Trinity River yesterday afternoon. Passengers Mr Charles Brooks and a child were thrown clear and escaped unharmed.
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Keurea
Calif
James Willett
Eureka
Trinity River
Charles Brooks
Japanese Admiral Resigns High Office
Tokyo June 11 Admiral Kanji Kato chief of the Naval General Staff and new Supreme War Council member resigned today. Admiral Taniguchi has been appointed to succeed him.
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Tokyo
Kanji Kato
Naval General Staff
Supreme War Council
Admiral Taniguchi
High Birth Rate Is Menace To Portugal
Lisbon reports depopulation fears lessen as Portugal sees birth rate rise by half a million over ten years. Excess births over deaths in 1929 stood at 77 259 while child lung diseases rise. Despite more births marriages fall from 47 505 in 1924 to 41 674 in 1929 as divorces rise and housing hygiene campaigns target tuberculosis and typhoid.
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Lisbon
Portugal
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George B. Roberts
Pennsylvania Railroad
Percy Hamilton Clark
E. W. Clark
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Arine Band
White House
John Philip Souza
Ronald Lindsay
U. S. Marine Band
America
International Newareel
Whitney
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Georgetown Univ
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