Doubt Expressed by Hoover on Prohibition Enforcement
W H Slayton, chairman of the anti prohibition group, wrote that President Hoover is beginning to doubt whether prohibition can be enforced. The letter to Charles S Wood noted Hoover wants time to consider the issue but faces increasing pressure from wet interests. Curran testified that the tide is turning against prohibition in Congress.
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Washington
W. H. Slayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Hoover
Senate Lobby Committee
Slayton
Charles S. Wood
Philadelphia
Wet Organization
Congress
Wickersham
Blaine
Wisconsin
Curran
Graham
House Judiciary Committee
W. W P Atterbury
Pennsylvania
Atterbury
Costello shoots landlady then kills self in Loop hotel
William Costello fatally shot his landlady Mrs. Marjorie Ryan after a marriage proposal rejection on the twelfth floor of a Loop hotel in Chicago. He then leaped from the room as police arrived, his body hitting a parked car and crashing through a coal chute.
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Chicago
William Costello
Marjorie Ryan
Costello
Senate funds committee asks candidates for campaign receipts
Washington April 18. The senate campaign funds investigating committee organized today, calling upon senatorial candidates to submit a statement of receipts and expenditures in their campaigns.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Investigating Committee
Mail Is Stolen and Driver Made Captive
Chicago dispatch reports the night airmail was stolen from the municipal airport truck driver Adolph Stehno was kidnapped and later freed. Five armed men transferred five mail pouches to a sedan. postal inspectors linked suspects to prior robberies and noted bad weather hindered larger loot.
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Chicago
Adolph Stehno
A. R. Mensing
Oshkosh
Wis
Stehno
David Lyons
Danny McGeoghegan
Ferneckes
Former aviator exonerated in Chinese smuggling plot
Harold A. Sweet, once a Salt Lake City pilot, is cleared of all implication in a Mexican border Chinese smuggling scheme. Federal officials say Sweet unaware of the engagement, bond set at 2500 released as charges against him are dismissed. George E. Flaherty and two others were indicted in connection with the case.
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Los Angeles
Harold A. Sweet
Salt Lake City
George E. Flaherty
Sweet
Ens
Senate orders inquiry into post office lease corruption
The Senate adopted a Blaine resolution demanding a sweeping probe of government post office lease arrangements. It cites fraud and corruption surrounding leases and grants authority to obtain witnesses and documents, with an initial estimate of $10,000 in related costs.
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Washington
Senate
Bilatne
Blaine
Wiscon
Unclear Weather Forecast Turns Mostly Cloudy
The report describes tonight as mostly cloudy and somewhat unsettled with little change in temperature.
Scowcroft suffers paralytic stroke in California
Joseph Scowcroft president of John Scowcroft and Sons company in Ogden, suffered a paralytic stroke in Santa Barbara, California. Fletcher Scowcroft, his son, was summoned to his bedside. Condition was serious yesterday but improved today and he will be brought home when able.
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Scowcroft
Ogden
Joseph Scowcroft
John Scowcroft and Sons Company
Santa Barbara
Cal
Fletcher Scowcroft
Pair Indicted in Murder Case Ties Oesterreichs to Slaying
In Los Angeles on April 18 AP, Mrs Walburga Oesterreich and Otto Sanhuber were indicted for the murder of her husband Fred Oesterreich, a Milwaukee garment maker, on August 22, 1922. Sanhuber denied guilt. trial set for April 21. The pair had a long, secretive involvement with the Oesterreich home.
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Los Angeles
Walburga Oesterreich
Otto Sanhuber
Garrets
Fred Oesterreich
Milwaukee
Wis
Ooesterreich
Posses Fail to Find Bank Robber in Ashton Idaho
Posses searched Ashton and nearby areas for the unmasked bandit who robbed the First Security bank in Ashton of between 300 and 400 dollars yesterday afternoon. The bandit entered the deserted lobby and threatened two employees, fled after taking a small amount from a drawer. Police described the robber as 5 feet 10 inches tall, wearing a white hat and coveralls.
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Idaho Falls
Ashton
Lloyd Hogge
Mickey Christoferson
Hogge
DAR Excludes prohibition from platform at 1913 14 resolutions
The Daughters of the American Revolution reaffirmed resolutions from 1913 and 1914 to avoid controversial religious and political topics. Mrs Anthony Wayne Cook urged prohibition support at the Continental Congress opening, arguing the country remains dry despite wet sentiment polls.
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Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
39Th
Continental Congress
Anthony Wayne Cook
Congress
Baseball results from a rainy day across leagues
National League Pittsburgh versus Cincinnati ended 9 to 8 with a late rally. Philadelphia at New York and Boston at Brooklyn games postponed by rain. American League Cleveland beat Detroit 7 to 4 with strong pitching from Ferrell and L Sewell. New York at Boston postponed by rain. Washington at Philadelphia postponed. St Louis at Chicago postponed due to cold.
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Philadelphia
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Ferrell
L. Sewell
Carroll
Herring
Hayworth
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Kidnaped Man Feared Worse Than Ransom
Vera Cruz April 18 Leonard B Cassidy American citizen was kidnaped by Mexicans near El Hule Oaxaca. He endured 30 hours of captivity as six men attacked him then split up. Federal troops later captured the leader Fl Llengo. Cassidy reached Vera Cruz exhausted and believed revenge motivated the crime.
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Vera Cruz
Leonard B. Cassidy
el Hule
Oaxaca
Cassidy
Tuxtepec
Puebla
Transcontinental Fruit Company
Gonzalez
Esperanza
Sebastopol
Fl Llengo
E Llengo
Looking Work Dies a Pauper in St Louis
Papers found with a penniless man who died at St Louis city hospital identify him as Thomas Reynolds from Seattle. He disappeared last October in Victoria, B C. A widow in Seattle had corresponded under Reynolds, signed H P Gordon, and sought $600 after his death.
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ST. Louis
City Hospital
Thomas Reynolds
Thomas Gittins
Seattle
Victoria
B. C
Reynolds
Gittins
Good Friday Observed Across Rome with Processions
In Rome on Good Friday, priests in black cloaks prostrated themselves as altars were stripped and relics shown. A penitents' procession moved to Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, while the Scala Santa drew thousands to kneel and view relics. In 400 churches the mass of the pre sanctified was followed by a brief communion before services ended.
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Rome
Santa Croce
Gerusalemme
St. John Lateran
Christ
Pontius Pilate
St. Helena
Constantine
Our Father
Railroad stock pools opposed by interstate panel
Joseph B. Festman of the Interstate Commerce Commission told Senate committee that a report backs legislation to ban consolidations by pooling stocks of railroads. Eastman urged penalties for mergers and contrasted court redress with fines or imprisonment. The panel supported the Couzens resolution framing similar action. A Hawes bill would bar consolidations that dismiss employees or shift costs without safeguards.
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Washington
Joseph B. Festman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
A Commission
Eastman
Congress
Couzens
Commission
House
McManamy
Hawes
Missouri
Fires in Philippines leave dead and destitute in Negros
Dispatches report twelve bodies recovered from northern Occidental Negros after two days of fires that devastated towns. About five thousand people homeless, with $2,500,000 in damage. Governor Agustin Ramos appeals for rice, tents, and $1,000 cash. Red Cross releases $1,000 for relief.
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Manila
Lotle
Occidental Negros Province
Agustin Ramos
Occidental Negros
Red Cross
Naval conference in London moves toward final treaty draft
The London naval conference neared completion as the drafting committee at St James Palace reviewed the nearly finished treaty draft. The preamble remains partly complete and will receive further attention while the full text is prepared for publication.
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London
St. James’ Palace
Naval
New Type Plane to Essay Tokyo to Seattle Flight
Charles P. Rocheville of Emsco Aircraft announced a non-refueling endurance flight next week in a flying wing monoplane aiming to beat the German 65 hour 20 minute record. The voyage starts in Long Beach and then aims for Tokyo and a nonstop Tokyo to Seattle leg with Rocheville piloting.
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Los Angeles
Charles P. Rocheville
Emsco Aircraft Corporation
Long Beach
Cal
Rocheville
Tokyo
Seattle
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Robinson
Associated Press
Tom W. Campbell
Little Rock
Joseph T. Robinson
Campbell
Robinsou
New England Physical Therapy Society
General Electric
Charles M. Carpenter
Albert B. Page
Willis H. Whitney
Utah
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Petty
Swetonic
Hemsley
May Campbell
McWeeney
Sukeforth
Brooklyn
Princes Starr
John W. Flannagen
Jascam Siemp
Calvin Coolidge
Virginia
Philippines
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