Prohibition Bureau Shift Promises Unified Enforcement
Attorney General Mitchell announces transfer of the prohibition bureau from the Treasury to the Justice Department on July 1. The plan cuts administrative districts to 12, keeps enforcement districts at 87, and assigns directors and deputies to each area. About 2,700 Treasury staff move to Justice, with 1,700 prohibition agents and 250 undercover agents continuing similar work. Funding split totals 9 million dollars for Justice and 4.5 million for Treasury.
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Prohibition Bureau
Treasury Department
Mitchell
Prohibition
W. W. Woodcock
Baltimore
Howard T. Jones
Treasury
Justice Department
Justice Artment
Dog Hero Among Explosion Victims
Brockville Ontario reports the dynamite blast on the drill boat J. B. King killed 30 aboard. The ship’s mascot King, a police dog awarded a heroism medal, saved crewman Jack Wylie last spring by diving into icy water to pull him to safety. Both are now missing.
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Brockville
Ont
J. B. King
King
Jack Wylie
Wylie
Shafer Secures Big Lead in North Dakota Primary
Gov. George F. Shafer led the North Dakota Republican governor race with 80,098 votes to E. H. Brant’s 49,926 as returns from over two thirds of the state showed a large Shafer margin. With 1,562 of 2,228 precincts reported, Shafer held an 31,000 vote edge.
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Pargo
N. D
George F. Shafer
North Dakota
Shafer
E. H. Brant
Brant
Bolivian Riot Ends in Death Toll After Leader’s Martyrdom
In La Paz a mob battles police leaving 40 or more dead and over 60 wounded. The public burial on Monday sparked further dispersal by police with additional fatalities and injuries. The unrest follows the martyrdom of a young Bolivian girl who urged resistance and liberty.
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Lima
Peru
la Paz
Two Men Drown in Mississippi River Near Pecan Point
H. S. Bradford of Ogden Utah and J. Ray Cooper of Jefferson City Missouri drowned in the Mississippi River near Pecan Point Arkansas while two Woods Brothers Construction workers watched. Their bodies were not recovered by nightfall. Cooper reportedly could swim well but both men were unable to stay above the water as they clung to each other in the swift current.
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Osceola
Ark
H. S. Bradford
Ogden
Utah
J. Ray Cooper
Jefferson City
Mississippi
Pecan Point
Woods Brothers Construction Company
Bradford
Cooper
Arizona Continues Suit Against Boulder Dam Construction
Former Arizona state senator Fred T. Colter announced mailing papers in a second suit to enjoin Boulder Dam construction. The action seeks to void power contracts tied to the Colorado River compact and to declare the Boulder Dam Act unconstitutional. It targets Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur and others, alleging a conspiracy to defraud Arizona dating to 1922 involving Hoover administration officials.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Fred T. Colter
Arizona
Washington, D. C
Boul- 1
Press- Hoover
Saveena
Wilbur
Boulder Dam Power
Colo
Rado River
Boulder Dam
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
Colter
Arigona
Hoover
Northeast Storms Cost Many Lives
A Chicago report notes the murder inquiry into Jake Lingle links to large loans from gambling housekeepers and figures like Maj. Carlos Ames and Alderman Bert Cronson. The Sheridan Wave club and Moran rivalries surface amid questions of a $15,000 advance and $20,000 loans to Lingle. In Harbor Grace Newfoundland a fierce storm killed several, wrecked fishing vessels, and disrupted communications. Wire reports describe hail weighing a pound and deaths from lightning and flooding across several Canadian locales.
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Chicago
Jake Lingle
Tribune
Lingle
Carlos Ames
City Civil Service Commission
Bert Cronson
Samuel Ettelson
Ettelson
Dan Gilbert
George
Bugs) Moran
al Capone
Sheridan Wave Club
North Side
Moran
Joey Josephs
Julian
Potatoes) Kaufman
Joseph
Kaufman
Sammy Hare
Dells
The
Harbor Grace
N. F
Another Steel Merger in Ohio Forms Republic Steel
Merger of Republic Iron and Steel of Youngstown and Berger Manufacturing of Canton into Republic Steel Corporation announced in Columbus. Capital stock revised with preferred stock rising from 25 million to 50 million dollars and par value common shares increasing from 1 million to 6 million shares.
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Columbus
Ohio
Republic Iron and Steel Company of
Youngstown
Berger Manufacturing Company of
Canton
Republic Steel Corporation
Clarence J. Brown
Ruth Homers as Yankees Top Indians in Tight Tilt
Babe Ruth belts his 27th homer of the year in the third inning against Cleveland. New York edges Cleveland 7 to 6 after a back and forth contest in the Bronx.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Ruth
Walter Miller
Manchest er Shoots Himself as Court Prepares to Convene
In Youngstown Ohio trial on the Bethlehem Bethlehem Steel merger adjourned when L A Manchester Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co general counsel shot himself in his office Meantime the court postponed proceedings to Monday Manchester shot himself five minutes before court opened.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Steel
L. A. Manchester
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Manchester
David G. Jenkins
J. A. Campbell
Youngstown Company
J. C. Argetsinger
Argetsinger
Canfield
Northeastern Ohio Normal College
Univie
Michigan
Community Corporation
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Myron Crick Jr
International Share Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cyrus 8. Eaton
Mahoning County Common Pleas Court
Police Chief Killed in Laredo Mexico Shooting
Felipe Flores chief of police in Nuevo Laredo Mexico was shot to death early today Emilio Antun a customs house employee of Nuevo Laredo was jailed charged with murder Antun was wounded in one leg but not seriously hurt.
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Laredo
Texas
Felipe Flores
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Emilio Antun
Customs House
Antun
States Indulge In Too Many Fallacies Cites Utah Governor
Idaho rabbits surge 100 percent in a bumper year but remain a minor crop threat with the crisis limited to Cassia and Lincoln counties. Governor Dern urged regional hospital and penitentiary cooperation at the western governors conference and criticized Utah's past overoptimistic bets on Boulder dam benefits.
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Utah
Boise
Idaho
T. B. Murray
Biological Survey
Murray
Raft River
Cassia
Dietrich
Lincoln County
Salt Lake City
George H. Dern
California
Los Angeles
Boulder Dam
Nevada
Peleg Howland Bank Chief Dies in Toronto at 73
Peleg Howland longtime Imperial Bank of Canada president died suddenly at his Toronto home. The 73 year old began as an office boy and rose to one of the dominion’s most powerful financial figures.
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Toronto
Ontario
Peleg Howland
Ofice Boy
Imperial Bank of Canada
Dominion
Farmers Wives In Camp Session At Weiser River
Two hundred women attended a three day summer camp for farmers wives at Starkey Hot Springs Idaho. The session covered interior decorating home management dietetics community singing dress making landscape gardening and other subjects. The exten sion division of the university conducted the program.
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Starkey Hot Springs
Idaho
Weiser
University
Mother
Pair Tonight and Saturday Warmer Southwestward
A weather brief notes warmer conditions in the southwest portion tonight with a pair of clear to warmer days ahead through Saturday. Temperatures rise modestly and skies remain mostly clear.
World flight to be finished by Cross crew
Kingsford Smith and the Southern Cross crew, after landing at Roosevelt Field completing the Atlantic leg and a 24 hour fuel stop in Newfoundland, plan a non stop flight to Oakland completing a round the world voyage begun May 21, 1928. The men spoke of the Pacific crossing and shared personal details including engagements and family. An estimated ten thousand spectators greeted the fliers before they traveled to New York City for rest.
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Roosevelt Field
Port Marnock
Ireland
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
New York
Oakland
Cal
Kingsford-Smith
Hotel
Roosevelt
Pacific
Atlantic
America
Mary Powell
Australia
Evert van Dyk
Holland
J. Patrick Saul
Lena Marchant
Dublin
John W. Stannage
Southern Cross
New York City
Drill boat blast kills 30 in St Lawrence river explosion
A lightning strike ignited dynamite charges on the drill boat J. B. King near Brockville Ontario, killing 30 of 42 crew and injuring several others. The U S Coast Guard cutter 211 rescued 12 survivors as wreckage washed ashore and bodies were recovered. The owner denied dynamite aboard and cited lightning triggering the explosion.
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Ontario
Newfoundland
Brockville
Ont
St. Lawrence River
Capreol
Winnipeg
Toronto
Vermillion River
Sudbury
J. B. King
U. S. Coastguard
J. P. Porter and Sons of
St. Catherines
Brockville Narrows
Cockburn Island
Thousand Island
Luther Kushenbeck
U.S. Coast Guard
G L. Brown
Ottawa
R. A. McNeil
Coastguard Life Boat
Prohibition Raid Nets 61 Arrests at New York Beach Resorts
Federal agents raided Long Beach and Far Rockaway in New York last night arresting 61 people and seizing liquor. Investigations covered 36 hotels, restaurants, drug stores, and alleged speakeasies.
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New York
Long Beach
Far Rockaway
Gang Victim Fatally Shot In Cleveland
Charles Velotta a 26 year old gangster was found shot and died at a hospital from 45 bullet wounds in the Little Italy district. Police said he had been targeted by rivals since the October 8 1927 gang killings of Ernest Yorkell and Jack Braunstein who came from Philadelphia to shake down bootleggers.
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Cleveland
Charles Velotta
Italy
Velotta
Ernest Yorkell
Jack Braunstein
Philadelphia
Naval treaty imperils safety and security, says senator
Senator Robinson GOP voices against the London naval treaty calling it a grave risk to U S safety and security. He argues Britain dictated cruiser types for the American navy and warns the pact could push the United States toward war.
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Washington
United States
Robinson
Great Britain
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