Murder at Instigation Company Head In Topeka
In Topeka Kansas on June 6 AP reports L H Kimmell president of the packing company was arrested for murder after discovery that Roy Kramer a vice president was killed March 26. Virgil Pointer, Kramer’s killer according to police, confessed to ambushing Kramer and driving the body to a highway where it was found. Pointer is jailed on bond while Kimmell is released on 25000 bond. The firm collected 30000 insurance on Kramer's death.
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Kas
Roy Kramer
Packing Company
L. H. Kimmell
Kramer
Virgil Pointer
Kimmel
Pointer
Baseball Scores From National League and American League
A dense rail of box scores shows multiple games with line scores across cities including Boston New York Chicago Brooklyn Philadelphia and St Louis. Key pitchers and lineups include Meine Bool Cantwell Spoh rer Frey Johnson Sweeney Gooch Styles Davis MacPayden Heving Jablonowski and Sewell with several postponements noted for wet grounds Washington Detroit and St Louis games affected.
Young Slayer Puritt Executed in Huntsville Chair
William Puritt, 22, condemned for the slaying of 11 year old Mann in Dallas, was electrocuted in the Huntsville prison at 12:05 am. An unidentified man watched as the robed priest and the condemned man faced the electric chair. Puritt admitted nothing, saying only gratitude to Father Finnegan for his guidance.
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Huntsville
Tex
William
Puritt
Mann
Dallas
Finnegan
Los Angeles Surges To Fifth In U S City Populations
Large census gains announced in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County show the city ranking in the nation’s top five for the first time. Officials project a 1920s population surge with Los Angeles County reaching over two million.
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Los Angeles
United States
Greater
E. K. Ellsworth
Field Division
United States Census Bureau
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Boston
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Louis
Mrs Hammerstein Found Guilty of Immoral Conduct
New York reports Mrs Oscar Hammerstein widow of the impresario was found guilty of immoral conduct and remanded for sentence Monday.
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New York
Oscar Hammerstein
Opera
Impressaria
Danville man persists after starvation death plan
In Danville Virginia today June 6 a farmer named Davis who had announced a deliberate self starvation death plan showed signs of change in his condition. He had predicted he would die within days but his status appears to be improving as authorities monitor the case.
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Danville
Dre W. Davis
Palmer weather preview shows little temperature change
UTAR forecast for tonight and Saturday indicates minimal temperature variation with steady conditions. Light winds and dry spell expected, shaping a calm weekend.
Former President Mohler of Union Pacific Dies
A. L. Mohler of New York, former president of the Union Pacific railroad, dies in St. Anthony hospital at age 80 after a heart attack and a subsequent paralytic stroke the previous day.
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Chicago
A. L. Mohler
New York
Union Pacific Railroad
St. Anthony Hospital
Moller
Stimson Refuses Turn Over Notes to Senate Panel
Secretary Stimson today refused to surrender part of the informal and confidential notes exchanged between Great Britain and the United States before the London conference to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Washington
Stimson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Chinese Tong War Reopened in New York
District Attorney Crain calls On Leong and Hip Bing leaders to meet to avert renewed Tong warfare after a bank killing in Brooklyn laundry and two prior Chinese deaths in 86 hours. Hip Sings and On Leong chairmen expected, police link latest killings to Tong hostilities.
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New York
On Leong
Hip Bing
Crain
Tan Area
Brooklyn
Louis Lee
Eddie Gong
Hip Sings
Henry
Frank May
Ah Yung
Walter
Allen Street
Mulrooney
Newark
Playing Capone Girl Gangster Caught by Cops
New York reports detail Rose Halperin a 28 year old in Harlem jail as a material witness in the killing of Jacob Rothenberg, with Irving Ashkenas and Rothenberg’s killer awaiting trial. A detective posing as James Capone met Halperin in Montreal and later revealed his true identity.
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Rose Halperin
Harlem
Jacob Rothenberg
Irving Ashkenas
Rothenberg
James Capone
Man
Scar
Eugene 8. Canayers
New York City
Montreal
Mystery Case at Salt Lake Disappearance of Lowell Fox
Police in Salt Lake City search for Lowell A. Fox a Zuni New Mexico jewelry salesman who vanished after his bloodstained car was found abandoned near the city. Officers noted low jewelry value and small sales receipts while continuing the inquiry.
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Salt Lake City
Lowell A. Fox
Zuni, N. M
Here
Pickets Post Throughout Bombay European Shops By War Council
Pickets posted near 12 European stores in Bombay as part of a War Council decision by the All-India National Congress urging Indians to avoid entry. Europeans uneventfully left unmolested. In the northwest frontier, British forces around Peshawar faced rising unrest as Afridis and Zakka Khels mobilize.
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Bombay
Bombay “War Council
All-India National Congress
Northwest Frontier Province
Peshawar
Subhan Khwar
Shabkadar Fort
Shabkadar Village
Graf Zeppelin Returns to Friedrichshafen After Flight
Graf Zeppelin completes a 19 day voyage covering Spain Brazil and the United States landing in Seville Pernambuco and Lakehurst. The airship then flew to Friedrichshafen where a floral wreath was presented to Dr. Hugo Eckener as the community saluted the achievement.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
South America
United States
Graf
Spain
Brazil
North African
Hugo Eckener
Seville
Pernambuco
Rio Janeiro
Lyons
Pantages Granted Bail By California Supreme Court
The California supreme court ordered the release on bail of Alexander Pantages, 54, millionaire showman, from county jail while his appeal on a 1 to 50 year sentence for criminal assault against dancer Eunice Pringle proceeds. Bond set at $100,000, subject to superior court judge approval, with Pantages seeking release due to health concerns and jail confinement endangering his life. He has suffered recurrent heart attacks and has been in the county jail hospital for months.
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Los Angeles
California Supreme Court Today
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pantages
Supreme Justices
Panito
Cox Favours Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment at Ohio Dinner
Former Ohio governor James M. Cox, Democratic presidential nominee in 1920, said he unhesitatingly favors repealing the eighteenth amendment. He urged government control of liquor manufacture and distribution and warned against private interests dominating the issue. Cox spoke at a Democratic victory dinner in Columbus, joined by Alice Pomerene, with Kent congressman Martin L Davey among those urging the issue be left alone.
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Columbus
Ohio
James M. Cox
Cox
United States
Aliee Pomerene
Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
Kent
America
Ford says U S business on upturn with new plants worldwide
The Philadelphia Inquirer quotes Henry Ford that American business is rising after a recent slump. He notes Ford Motor plans a factory in China and a plant in South America, and hints at Germany investment. He champions global industrial prosperity and argues many workers are returning to honest labor.
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Philadelphia
The
Philadelphia Inquirer Today
Henry Ford
Mrs. Ford
Washington
Hoover
E. Stotesbury
Whitemarsh Hall
Cyrus H. K Curtis
the Inquirer
Ford
Ford Motor Company
China
Germany
South America
Ireland
Free State
Drivers' license act urged after safety conference
Fred E. Lukens Idaho secretary of state urges adoption of a drivers license law to cut accidents. He cites a national conference finding that license laws reduced motor vehicle fatalities by about twenty five percent. Idaho shows a decline this year.
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Boise
Fred E. Lukens
National Conference On
Washington
Lukens
Idaho
Pear growers in Rogue River valley accuse farm board
Medford Daily News publisher Llewellyn A Banks sent a telegram to President Hoover on behalf of the Pear Growers Protective Association alleging the U S farm board is forcing Oregon fruit into a cooperative arm by a fake fruit fly scare. Oregon horticulture official Merriam warned of a state fruit crop quarantine, which growers call a brazen attempt to frighten them into board protection.
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Ore
Hoover
United States Farm Board
Oregon
Llewellyn A Banks
Medford Daily News
Pear Growers’ Protective Association
Rogue River Valley
Merriam of
Goshen
Oregon Board of Horticulture
Inspector Narrow Escape In 40 Foot Sewer Trench
West Seattle yesterday afternoon A G Brooks senior city street inspector survived entombment at the bottom of a 40 foot sewer trench rescued as rescuers tunnelled toward him Joe Ferro a piperman trapped at the bottom provided Brooks coffee and brandy through rubber tubing Brooks said timbers pinned him but finally prevented a fatal collapse Ferro died when timbers fell and trapped him earlier within the trench
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A. G. Brooks
City
Joe Ferro
Pipere
Brooks
Ile
Ferro
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