Racketeer murder tied to Crawford and Spencer slayings
Los Angeles May 26. District Attorney Baron Fitts labels the Crawford Spencer killings a racketeer murder. He cites Clark as agent for a racketeering gang and notes the pair aimed to control a radio station. Clark silent, defense planned for court. Witness Hamlin heard shots. Crawford’s office linked to a meeting with a third party.
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Los Angeles
Charles Crawford
Herbert Spencer
David H. Clark
Baron Fitts
Fitts
Clark
Spencer
Crawford
Forthcom
Leonard Wilson
Wilas
Wilsos
Federal Internal Revenue
June Taylor
San Quentin Penitentiary
Albert Marco
Ethel Hamlin
Junior Red Cross Program Marks Yerby School Jubilee
Yerby school's Junior Red Cross staged a celebratory program for the American Red Cross golden jubilee. Participants included Carl Moody Mary Verick Christine Patterson William Appling Hilda Jarvis Allie Mae Clapson Virginia Daniels and Mrs Guggenheim with songs tributes and banner presentation.
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Junior Red Cross
Yerby School
American Red Cross
America
Clara Barton
Carl Moody
Red Cross
Mary Verick
Christine Patterson
William Appling
Mary Livermore
Hilda Jarvis
Allie Mae Clapson
Vi-D. Song
American Reds
Virginia Daniels
Guggenheim
Cotton market sinks to new lows amid weak demand
The New York cotton market dropped to its lowest level since 1915 as brokers warned of ample carryover stocks and slim textile demand. Analysts cited slow trading, bearish sentiment, and potential continued liquidation into summer unless prices rally or general business improves. A note on a Newfoundland to Azores cable line described a 1264 mile tapeline measurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
James E. Bennett & Co
Fenner & Beane
Worthet
J. S. Bache & Co
H. Hentz & &Co
Aone
Gingham Girl Added At Saenger Wednesday Show
The renowned New York Chicago musical comedy The Gingham Girl will accompany the regular film Ten Cents a Dance at the Saenger on Wednesday. The Gingham Girl features songs such as The Twinkle in Your Eyes and When My Buddy Steps With Me and is praised as a coast to coast hit. Ten Cents a Dance stars Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez telling the tale of a dance hall hostess torn between love and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Saenger Theatre
Barbara Stanwyck
Ricardo Cortez
Tennessee House votes to create impeachment committee
The Tennessee house approved a five member committee to decide on impeachment charges against Governor Henry Horton by a 71 to 25 vote. Speaker Walter M. Haynes would make the appointments tomorrow as administration supporters prep for articles of impeachment if warranted. Senator Broadbent condemned an investigative board reorganization plan tied to the probe.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House Today
Henry H. Horton
Committee of Five
Walter M. Haynes
George Chamlee
Chattanooga
Shelby County
Memphis
State Affairs Investigating Committee
House Committee
A. B. Broadbent
Clarksville
Austin Peay
Broadbent
Peay
Tennessee
Vacation Tours Popularity Contest Begins on Page One
The Mobile Register and News Item promotes a large Vacation Tours Popularity Contest offering 14 capital prizes including five sea voyages. Any woman who is a teacher or member of a fraternal or social organization is eligible. All entrants may win free trips to Cuba, the Panama Canal, Chicago, Hot Springs, Asheville or Biloxi, plus every participant earns a prize through new subscriptions. Contact the manager for details and to register.
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Mobile Register
Cuba
Panama Canal
Chicago
Hot Springs
Asheville
Biloxi
Vacati
Pelham Repeals Ban on Sunday Motion Pictures
The Pelham mayor and council lifted a 10 year restriction on Sunday film showings last night. Borough opponents had fought the ban, with Charles Bolte absent ill at home during the meeting.
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Pelham
N. Y
McBride
Charles Bolte
Medal Awarded to Cadet Ted Lovelace for Best Drill
Cadet Ted Lovelace of Mobile received the honor battal medal for the best drilled cadet at Gulf Coast Military Academy in Gulfport. The drill occurred Monday and the award was announced from Gulfport.
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Battal
Gulf Coast Military Academy
Gulfport
Ted Lovelace
Mobile
Cross Word Puzzle Clues Mixed With Pronouns and Chants
A jumble of crossword clues lists capital city, sun god, river islands, verbs and pronouns, plus verb forms and abbreviations. It also includes down clues such as wheelwright and supreme Babylonian god, with many household pronouns and common nouns interwoven.
Police propose new angle in Bordon death mystery
New York May 26 police entertain the theory that someone of importance may have wanted Vivian Gordon out of the way after Harry Schlitten confessed. Samuel Greenberg, a Bronx tailor, was indicted for the strangling, with Harry Stein already indicted. The Riverside Drive landlady, held on 250,000 bail as a witness, is described by District Attorney McLaughlin as a stubborn witness. The motive remains unsettled and trials await further investigations. Hollywood note mentions a floor slant for theatres proposed by Ben Schlander.
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New York
Vivian Gordon
Harry Schlitten
Schlitten
Samuel Greenberg
Bronx
Harry Stein
Riverside Drive
Stein
Supreme Court
Cohn
McLaughlin
Mulrooney
Isidor
Lewis
Gordon
Hollywood
Cal
The
Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Ben Schlander
Bear Investors Targeted as New York Exchange Demands Details
The New York Stock Exchange issued a detailed questionnaire to members seeking lists of borrowed and loaned stocks, intrabank borrowings, and unsettled deliveries. The move signals a broad probe into alleged unethical short selling amid a long market slide since February. Officials say penalties apply for schemes to depress values while allowing legitimate short selling.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Richard Whitney
Wall Street
Business Conduct Committee
Fly Killing Cattle Darwin and Edison Injures
The report notes a blood-sucking Buffalo fly devastating Australian cattle in Darwin with cattle growing lean and maddened by constant irritation. Separately in Fort Myers Edison wears bandages from acid burns during rubber experiments and jokes about mislabeling a bottle.
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Darwin
Australia
Java
North
Fort Myers, Fla
Thomas A. Edison
Brother-turned-shooter in Oxford fatal shooting
In Oxford, 10 miles from Anniston, John McKiroy, 34, was shot to death at a brother's home late last night. Curtis McKidoy was detained for questioning. Coroner Ralph Ussery said Curtis awakened, fired once at the door, and John McElroy staggered in and died.
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Anniston
Ala
John McKiroy
Oxford
Curtis McKidoy
Ralph Ussery
John McElroy
Alumni Group Organized at U M 5 Here
Members of Wright's University Military School classes from 1899 to 1931 formed an alumni association with Robert L. Marshall as president. Offiers elected include Gilbert Ladd and L. A. Cowan as vice presidents and Donald Smith as secretary. The group plans athletic growth and scholastic programs for 1931 32 with meetings in summer to outline work.
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Wright's University Military School
Robert L. Marshall
Sidney Phillips
Sherwood Pape
J. T. Wright
Gilbert Ladd
Phillips
Pape
Association
Dr. Wright
Wright
R. V. Taylor
J. B. Robertson, Jr
Julius Marx
J. B. Davis
Shannon Hunter
P. D. Beville
B. W. Hutson
George Gaillard
John Barnes
Pelham Durant Jr
A. J. Tully Jr
Warren Harris
John Wienand
Andrew Coffin
Edward Faulkner
Joel W. Goldsby Jr
Julius E. Marx
Joe Nettles
Peyton Bush
A. N. Beville
T. L. Cook
Woodie Pugh
Clyde Hemphill
Thomas B. Henderson
J. A. Klumpp, Jr
R. V. Taylor, Jr
St. J. Wilson
T. 8
Hunter
W.S. Pape
R. W. Goldsby
Aubrey Boyles
Egerton Harris
John Burton
William McDonnell
James Beard
J. B. Semple
J.S. Spotwood
Herbert Crowley
T. J. Taylor, Jr
Clyde Foreman
John T. Crowley
L. W. Smith
A. Fletcher Gordon
J. C. Bush
Charley Cunningham
Dudley Lang, Jr
Marion T. Gaines
Stephens Room
Wallace Parham
Navy bans holystones to save deck repairs
Washington reports sailors disciplined for crude talk. navy secretary orders abolition of holystone scrubbing except for stain removal to curb deck wear and repair costs. New York notes Captain Fritz Kruse’s long ship and increasing pennant length with each voyage. London previews a charity ball with future fashion and titled guests. Dex-
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Fritz Kruse
Resolute
IP Expert Set to Stand in Rose Murphy Trial Here
Testimony covers Rose Murphy sinking after pump opened and six hour afloat. Witness Louis B Roselle, first officer, recalls jar not from engine reversal and suggests collision with a floating object may have torn a hole. Cross references Wonson case and Wonson’s fishing boat Bona L. inclusion in shipping incident context.
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Rose Murphy
E. C. Rogers
U. S. Shipping Board
James Fulford
Captain Murphy
Rogers
Fulford
Shipping Board Service
Louis B. Roselle
Roselle
Coast Guard
Key West
Sand Key
Mobile
Wonson
Bona L
George Wonson
Local Atwater Kent audition held in Mobile for young amateur singers
A Mobile county event invites 18 to 25 year old non professionals to audition for the national Atwater Kent contest. The local tryout is June 3 from 9 to 10 PM on Mobile radio, with committee chair Miss Isabelle Pope and aides detailing entry rules and prizes including 25000 dollars in cash and 10 scholarships.
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Marion Talley
Lawrence Tibbett
Mobile
Mobile County
Atwater Kent
Isabelle Pope
Carl Klinge
Mariel Heustis
Misa Hazel
Jessie Crosby
Underwood Moss
Sare
Tela Capture Report From Honduran Rebel Reply
A message signed by General Ladislao Santos claimed Honduran rebels captured Tela, with Loa Palmas defeat and rebels advancing on La Ceiba and Trujillo. General Mendoza reportedly led a column toward Trujillo, while Mejía’s secretary claimed the rebellion was annihilated after an 11 hour battle near Tela.
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Mexico City
Ladislao Santos
Tela
High Command
Loa Palmas
General Santos
Gregorio Ferrera
la Ceiba
Jose B. Mendoza
Trujillo
Federico Smith
New Orleans
Mejia Colindres
Emir of Kurdistan fights deportation from Detroit born citizen
The emir Raschild, born in Detroit and claiming American citizenship, seeks to stop deportation with Civil Liberties Union support. Arthur Garfield Hays argues Raschild’s birth in Detroit makes him a citizen and argues deportations are an outrage. Judge Bondy will set a hearing date later.
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New York
Kurdistan
al Raschild
Detroit
United States
Arthur Garfield Hays
The
Civil Liberties Union
Raschild
Bondy
Hays
Engagement Bared of Miss Helen Grant to Bruce Gheen
Miss Helen Grant daughter of Mr and Mrs W T Grant of New York and Coco Nut Grove Fla engaged to Bruce Irving Gheen son of Mr and Mrs George S Gheen of Cleveland Heights Ohio and Miami Florida announced today Grant has been in London and Paris with her father the wedding planned in New York soon after their return early in June Gheen studies commercial law at Miami University
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New York
Helen
Francis Grant
W. T. Grant
Coconut Grove
Fla
Bruce Irving Gheen
George S. Gheen
Cleveland Heights
Miami
Miss Grant
London
Paris
Miss Bennett
Troops Guard Elberton in Downer Case During Trial
National guardsmen patrolled Elberton courthouse as John Downer, a black man, stood trial for attacking a white woman. Two white men were wounded in a May 18 jail mob. Downer, detained in Atlanta for safety, was brought back with about 300 guards led by Colonel Gerald P. O'Keefe. Three co-defendants Isaac Mc Cauley C Otis Cade and Frank Cade were also returned from Atlanta and may testify.
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Elberton
National
John Downer
Fulton County
Atlanta
Gerald P. O'Keefe
Isaac McCauley
C. Otis Cade
Frank Cade
Downer
Slayer Surrenders After Fatal Brooklyn Duel
Howard W. Bridgetts, 29, a Brooklyn clerk, surrendered with his attorney at police headquarters amid a manhunt for the slaying of Dr. Joseph T. Loughlin in a Marine Park pistol duel. He had fled with a wound to his left arm and received medical care before being sent to King's County Hospital Prison Ward for questioning.
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New York
Howard W. Bridgetts
Joseph T. Loughlin
Brooklyn
Bridgetts
King’s County Hospital
Marine Park
Charles I to be moved to Vienna Capucine church crypt
Royalist reports say Austria grants mission to transfer Charles I remains to Vienna Capucine church. Count Polzer Hoditz approved to carry out the act with no pomp, while Count Apponyi plans to fetch the remains from Madeira in the fall. Charles I died in Madeira on April 1, 1922 after exile and defeat.
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Budapest
Hungary
Charles I
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Polter Hoditz
Austria
Polzer Hoditz
Count Apponyi
Madeira Islands
Charlies I
Funchal
Madeira
Europe
Switzerland
Portugal
Clarke Arrested on Grand Larceny Warrant in Inferior Court
Bob Clarke, described as a negro, was arrested days ago and served with a warrant Tuesday from the inferior criminal court charging him with grand larceny. The warrant, filed by Minor Wells of Coggin's Used Car Exchange, alleges Clarke stole a car from Boykin Baker valued at $200.
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Bob Clarke
Inferior Criminal Court
Minor Wells
Coggin
Clarke
Boykin Baker
Pocketbook Found Turns to Dust After Two Years
Nick Hensler of Marshfield Wisconsin lost a pocketbook with 42 in currency two years ago. While plowing this spring he found the bag but the bills had turned to dust. The bank sent the cash to Washington for denomination verification and was instructed to credit Henseler with 42.
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Marshfield
Wis
Nick Hensler
Mother Nature
Henseler
Washington
Largest meteorite found in Tanganyika South Africa region
A land surveyor reports discovering the largest meteorite yet found in Tanganyika region of South Africa. The iron and nickel mass weighs about 80 tons and is noted as the biggest ever discovered in the area.
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Tanganyika
South Africa
Angel of Broadway Chosen California Welfare Director
Mrs. Rheda Crawford Splivalo, famed as the Angel of Broadway in 1922 New York, is named state director of social welfare by Governor James Rolph Jr. The post pays 4000 dollars yearly.
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Angel of Broadway
California Welfare Director
Sacramento
Calif
Rheda Crawford Splivalo
Salvation Army
New York
Broadway
James Rolph, Jr
Splivalo
Ray Splivalo
San Francisco
J. Harold Sommers
St. Petersburg
Fla
Salvation Army of
Times Square
Poison Deaths Prompt Exhumation Inquiry
Four deaths tied to poison include two boarders William Riesman and Thomas Lanagan. Lanagan died of acute poisoning after a long period of small doses. Chemist Dr. Muehlberger revealed poison traces in Lanagan and Riesman bodies, exhumed without prior notice. Meyers boy died May 14 triggering probe into the husband’s death last August. The investigation follows relatives seeking accountability.
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William Riesman
Thomas Lanagan
Lanagan
Rieman
Muehlberger
Meyers
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