Coast Guards Fire On Rum Craft In Miami River Chase
Coast guardsmen pursuing a rum-running craft opened fire with a machine gun along the Miami river. Tracer bullets wounded a houseboat and a river bank home as the liquor laden craft abandoned and was seized by customs officers. Commander R L Jack announced a hearing to determine if guardsmen were at fault.
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Miami
Pia
Coast
Miami River
Riverside
R .L. Jack
United States Guard
Port Lauderdale
United States
Robert V. Latham
Lauderdale
Coast Guard
Ho Base
A R Holding Annual Session Opens National DAR Meeting
Washington April 1345 More than 3 000 delegates and thousands of alternates and attendants gathered for the 38th continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution The election of a new president general was the main order of business with Mrs Helen Tufte Baile of Boston appealing an earlier blacklist ruling by the national board of management The retiring president general Mrs Alfred J Brosseau announced the two ticket contest for the national offices Mrs Baltes followers favored Mrs Julius Y Teimadgr of Athens Ga Mrs Brownen urged continued national defense and Americanization efforts amid concern over immigrant assimilation and liberal social theories entering American institutions The active organization of the antiethnic campaign drew strong comment on the need to resist disruptive ideas
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Washington
Continental Congress
The
National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Toeorrow
Helen Tufte Baille
Boston
Nauonal Board of Management
Alfred J. Broslau
Mra Baltes
Mre
Julius Y Teimadgr
Athens
Mra Lowel
Hobart
Cloet
Brosseau
Browmen
Loudon
Clifford
Harmon
Philadelphi
International League of Aviators
Tbe
Lord Cushendum
Lord Cushenochin
League
Geneve
Cushendun
Wcelon
Immigrant Section Hand Loses $13700 Savings in Probate Case
Aaron Toma, a section hand in Chicago for 10 years, saved $13700 from $106 monthly wages and entrusted it to cousin George Toma. In probate court Judge Edelman ruled the money was invested in south side muxt eages and deemed worthless. Toma vows to start over living on $2 a month.
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Chicago
Aaron Toma
George Toma
Edelman
South Side Muxteages
Aston
Rum Runner Boat Swamped on Detroit River
Windsor Ontario April 15 Coroner C V Milly said a rum runner drowned in the Detroit river twelve miles south of Windsor when the wash from a speed boat swamped his craft. The boat carried cargo from the American side at La Salle with Lucarg aboard. Passenger Steve Pucauar of Wrandottie Michigan rode with Adams as rescuers from La Salle aided.
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Windsor
C. V. Milly
Detroit River
Here
Midh
Lucarg
St la Salle
Une
Steve Pucauar
Wrandottie Mich
Adams
la Sall
Mills
Ewes & Clear
Rider fatally injured as horse falls on rider
A rider was fatally injured when his horse reared and fell on him after tipping the saddle horn. The 10 year old son of Mr and Mrs William Akers died in Port Hallil afternoon. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1 30 at Community Church with Hey Jones officiating and interment in a nearby cemetery. Also reported are recapture updates from Wynne prison escapees at La Grange and Port Morth.
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Talbert
Rivalry Over Ky Social Favorer Ends in Death and Arrest
In New York a dispute over the affections of a Kentucky society matron escalated at a Park event and led to the death of Arthur Morgan Griffith, Cleveland manufacturer, and the arrest of promoter Samuel E Bell on homicide charges after a scuffle at the Hotel Plaza involving Smyth and Mrs Robert L Brown.
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New York
Arthur Morgan Grifh
Cleveland
Ramuel E Bell
Bell
Smith
Robert W
Marry & Meftnem, Sportween
Winnesses
Smyth Cor Bell
Robert L. Brown
Lexington
Plaza
Disarmament Talks Open Amid Tension in Geneva
April meeting of the preparatory disarmament commission in Geneva nears a day of tense debate. President Loudon urges rapid progress and highlights chemical and naval armaments as key issues. He cites mass public pressure and a push for partial disarmament and publicity measures while warning that firm consensus remains unlikely this week.
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Geneva
Loudon
Rghit
Commission Members at City Appointed in April
Authority lists April 16 appointments by city commission. Richard R Lyman among named members with formal designation and potential duties noted.
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Commission
City
Apbh der Todly
Richard R Lyman
Mrs Wiseman-Sielaff Describes Aimee Affair Testimony
In Sacramento on April 15 1929 Mrs Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff testified she produced Miss X during the 1926 Aimee Semple McPherson kidnapping case as part of Judge Carlos S Hardy impeachment cross examination Evidence included a Baltimore hotel register page and an affidavit tying Wiseman-Sielaff to Los Angeles around July 30 1926 to counter reports of McPherson as Ormiston’s companion The prosecution aims to show Wiseman-Sielaff resided in Los Angeles then The managers will decide whether to call McPherson to testify.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Wiseman-Sielaff
J. H. Bardin
Iinas
Cromin
Wiseman-Sielaffs
Ancient village bones unearthed near Abilene by McMurry group
In Abilene Texas on April 15 a buried village dating to the pre Pueblo culture was found on the Canadian River above Piemoms by McMurry College professors and students. Three skeletons a large pot and thousands of flint artifacts were recovered. Two skeletons likely a woman and baby lay in a chest, while a warrior's remains were moved. Horizontal layering suggests overlap of two cultures key to the discovery.
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Abilene
Texas
Canadian River
Piemoms
McMurry College
Flashes of Life Mix with Political Echoes in Fragmented Memoir
The piece hints at Harlan Piske Stone connections in Calvin Coolidge era circles with references to Hoover and Hugh Gibson. It notes a Stone throw affecting political mood and a diplomatic mishap. Separately Philadelphia reports a late marriage of Frank Thomas and Isabella Oliver, tied to a mother's death and a widow’s consent.
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Washington
Harlan Piske Stone
Calvin Cowlidge
Mr Hoover
Hugh Gibson
Salt Lake City treasurer’s office audit uncovers large defalcation
Auditors for Salt Lake City reveal totals rising from 40000 to 156000 dollars as they compile a progress report for the city commission. Discrepancies trace back before the late Max M Beaver who died March 5. investigations cite missing vouchers and errors in tax certificate records hindering the case.
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Salt Lake City
T‘e
Max M. Beaver
Ernest J. Colvin
Beaver
Suditers
Martin Funeral Services Held for Mrs. Rebecca Martin
Mrs. Rebecca Martin, mother of Edna Gillespie, died Saturday. The funeral at the Methodist church Monday featured Rev. B. C. Easum, Esther Chapter of the Eastern Star, and hymns. interment at Grove City cemetery beside her husband. Mrs. Martin was active in the community and a member of Orcs.
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Esther
Orcs
Eastern Star
Martin
Grove City Cemetery
James Christiansen
L. C Collins
William Furchner
Edward Thoreson Sant
Parachutist Dies When Rope Breaks at Pratt Air Show
Dallas man E Radack, 37, plummeted 1509 feet to his death after a parachute rope broke during a barnstorming flight at Pratt Kansas. Spectators watched as his chute failed between ring and harness, while his boy fell into a wheat field. The plane operators said the parachute was in perfect condition.
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Pratt
Kan
E . Radack
Dallas
Tex
Radack
Potatoes Show Fundraiser Reported In Spokane
W H Wicks chief field inspector of the department of agriculture announced after the Northwest Potato conference in Walla Walla that a fund to support the annual potato show in Spokane had begun. About $1300 was raised at the meeting attended by Wicks and Dean director of plant industry representing the department.
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Spokane
W. H Wicks
Department of Agriculture
Northwest Potato Conference
Walla Walla
Wash
Wicks
Mr. Dean
Department
Eight Convicts Remain Loose After Aberville Escape
Eight inmates remain at large after overpowering a guard from Aberville county chain gang Saturday. Two are white and one is a life prisoner for murder. Others include manslaughter and housebreaking convicts. Police pursue leads as search widens.
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Aberville
El Paso Kid Al Coenen Escapes Rebels Tale Emerges
A Juarez based U S consul investigation follows Al Coenen a 12 year old El Paso youth claim he escaped Mexican rebels last Tuesday after they kidnapped him for air work. He says he paid guards 125 dollars and fled with the help of an American pilot and reached Douglas Arizona. He declined to reveal further details. He is married with two children.
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EL Paso
Texas
Juarez
al Coenen
Paso
P D. Wynne
Casas Grandes
Cihuahua
Mexico
Cuenen
Coenen
Rebri
Douglas
Arizona
Farm Relief Tops Agenda as 71st Congress Opens
Washington April 15 The new Hoover era begins with an extraordinary session to address farm relief tariff revision apportionment and census timing. Sixty-eight new House members take oath led by Oscar De Priest the first Black congressman in 28 years and three women joining the chamber. Senate welcomes nine new members and retains leaders as it readies for the year.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Seventy-First Congress
Congress
Senate
Hoover
Oscar de Priest
Chicago
Capitol
Charles Curtis
Kansas
United States
Watson
Indiana
Curtis
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
House
Nicholas Long
Heavy Swindle In Oil Game Continues To Surface
Interior department reports widespread fraud linked to the general oil land leasing law. Many schemes violate fraud laws rather than public land rules, with some using mail fraud. Of 34 000 prospecting permits only 56 leases issued, as letters pour in from investors seeking refunds from wildcatting groups.
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Washington
Interior Department
Hoover
Smaller Bills Are Making Great Saving Government
Washington reports Comptroller of the Currency J W Pole says smaller paper currency will save the government paper annually. He notes a transition period with both sizes in use until larger notes retire, and that new notes will feature consistent portraits to deter counterfeiting.
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Washington
J. W Pole
Grove City
Ure
W.tom
Tows
Treasury
Ube
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Mercee Siddert
Naco
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U. S
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API
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