Double lifer dies after jail shootout at Trenton prison
Charles Evans, 29, a double life term inmate, tried to shoot his way out at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton. He killed guard Frank Butcher and wounded guards Charles Soren and Ernest Gordon before Evans was shot dead. Evans had been sentenced for killing Patrolman Benjamin Murray and a Hoboken baker, William Curoff.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles Evans
Frank Butcher
Charles Soren
Ernest L. Gordon
Evans
Soren
Butcher
Gordon
Desperado
Hoboken
Benjamin Murray
William Curoff
Chemical Plant Wrecked by Fire in Everett
Fire at the Merrimac Chemical company plant in South Everett caused multiple explosions and a $500,000 loss. Eight city fire crews battled the flames. six men were overcome and 100 treated for sulphuric fumes. Seven buildings and much equipment were destroyed. several cars burned and 300 families were ordered to evacuate as smoke stretched toward the city.
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Everett
Mass
Merrimac Chemical Company
South Everett
Boston
Forces Near Clash as Chinese Civil War Tensions Rise
The Kuowen News Agency reports rising hostilities between Nanking government forces and the Shansi Kuominchun coalition. Troop movements are seen on both sides while Yen Hsi Shan prepares to travel to Japan to avoid conflict with Chiang Kai Shek.
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Peiping
China
Chinese Kuowen
Nanking
People's Army
Yen Hsi Shan
Shansi
Japan
Chiang Kai- Shek
Youth Hanged for Murder in California
Alphonse Reilly, 22, was hanged at San Quentin for the Los Angeles murder of Abraham Sanderman during a year ago hold up attempt. His last words to Warden Holohan referenced going to the scaffold with others, and he showed no evident fear.
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San Quentin
Cal
Alphonse Reilly
Los Angeles
Abraham Sanderman
Reilly
James B. Holohan
Holohan
Alphonse
Hoover to pick Supreme Court successor amid varied southern names
President Hoover plans an early decision on the late Associate Justice Sanford’s replacement. He weighs southern candidates such as Senator George of Georgia Judge Samuel Sibley Walter Stacy and Judge John J Parker, with Davis also in discussion. Hoover will consult Chief Justice Hughes and Attorney General Mitchell before deciding.
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Washington
Hoover
Edward T. Sanford
Supreme Court
Sanford
South
George
Georgia
Samuel Sibley
Federal Court
Northern District of
Walter C. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
John J. Parker
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Fourth District
Parker
Senate
Hughes
Borah
Idaho
William S. Ken On
Federal Circuit Court
Iowa
John W. Davis
Davis
West Virginia
New York
Mitchell
Wounded bootlegger escapes hospital in Ohio
Fred Hentrie a 42 year old Detroit bootlegger allegedly wounded during a Coast Guard shelling of his armored tug fled a Lorain hospital last night. He jumped from a ground floor window as two bullet wounds in his back left guards uneasy. An outside car with running engine linked to a Cleveland gangster by its license. Frank Smith, Hentrie's associate aboard the Sambo G, was captured March 6 with Canadian liquor and beer valued at over 75000 and held in Cleveland jail on 7500 bond.
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Lorain
Ohio
Fred Hentrie
Detroit
Coast
Hentrie
Cleveland
Frank Smith
Boy Dies Escaping Utah Reform School
In Ogden on March 14 a boy identified as King died after being struck by a bullet while trying to walk on railroad ties at night. He had been committed to the reform school for robbing a gasoline station and stealing an auto.
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Boy
Utah Reform School
King
Borah Never Took Congressional Salary Increase
Senator Borah of Idaho never drew the $2,500 annual salary increase for members of Congress five years ago. He says he voted against related increases and notes there is no record ballot on the supreme court salary bill. Borah keeps $12,500 in the treasury but may draw it at any time.
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Associated Press
Borah
Idaho
Supreme Court
Washington
Senator Borah
Congress
Edward T. Sanford
Treasury
Queen of Siam to shrink after royal trip
The Queen of Siam plans to reduce her figure with a vibratory reducer bought by her nephew Prince Ehanu Yugala who will take it back to Bangkok. He notes the device will be used by the queen who has grown plumper since 1924 when she visited San Francisco as crown princess. The king Prada Dhipok rose to the throne in 1925 after Rami VI’s death.
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San Francisco
Siam
Ehanu Yugala
Bankok
Ehanu
Prada Dhipok
Prada
Rami VI
Fur Workers Riot on 28th Street and Seventh Avenue
A clash between left and right wing fur workers in front of a fur shop run by Benjamin Axel ended with a dozen injured and several arrests. Knives clubs and fists were used as police reserves and the radical squad dispersed the crowd.
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New York
28Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Benjamin Axel
Detective Bureau
Radical Squad
Smith blamed as nation’s chief nullifier in repeal vote
Raymond Robins, Chicago social worker, testified before the judiciary committee that Alfred E. Smith was defeated for the presidency because he signed a bill repealing New York’s prohibition act. Robins tied the case to Smith’s Catholic faith and the 1912 Bull Moose movement, calling prohibition an expression of the American adventurer spirit.
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Washington
He Judiciary Committee
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
John Callahan
New York City
Robins
National Committee of
One Thousand
Balfour Seriously Ill Reported in World News
An AP dispatch from Worine England dated March 14 cites a medical bulletin by Kerd Ral concerning the serious illness of Sir James Balfour, a leading diplomat. The report notes officials will monitor his condition and provide updates as available.
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Worine
Eng
Kerd Ral
Defense Wins One Point In Doheny Bribery Trial
The court upheld the defense on whether an untrue explanation given by Albert Fall to the senate oil committee about a $100,000 loan could be used against Edward L. Doheny. Justice Hitz ruled the December 1923 letter and subsequent statements could not be introduced to implicate Doheny. Prosecutors argued admissibility to show Fall protected Doheny. Finney testified on Fall’s role in naval leases connected to Doheny’s interests. Court recessed until tomorrow.
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Fall
Doheny
Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Justice Hitz
Albert B. Fall
Senate Oil Committee
Secretary of the Interior
Edward B. McLean
The
Washington Post
Harry F. Sinclair
E. C. Finney
Interior Department
Pearl Harbor
Hills Navel
Pany
Finney
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Lineman witnesses fatal crash near Cleveland airport
Pilot Richard R. Braggins and David Bunnin, both of Cleveland and employees of Curtiss-Wright flying service, were killed when their plane crashed near Cleveland airport. A lineman from Ohio Bell Telephone Company reported the crash. the wreckage was found on a hillside and demolished. The cause of the accident was not determined.
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Cleveland
Richard R. Braggins
David Bunnin
Curtiss-Wright Flying Service
Flying Service
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Home of Broadview President Bombed Again in Broadview
The home of William Evans, Broadview village president, was bombed early today for the second time in under two months. The blast wrecked the front porch and shattered all windows on the two story house while Evans slept uninjured. A freight train brakeman saw two men flee the residence just before the explosion.
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Chicago
William Evans
Broadview
Evans
Vast Refund To United States Steel Corp Confirmed
Chairman Hawley announced the joint committee approved a tax refund of 33,655,356 dollars for United States Steel for 1918 1919 and 1920. The refund ends a long over assessment dispute with the treasury and may be paid in cash or as a tax credit for other years.
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Washington
Hawley
Joint Committee of Internal Re
United States Steel Corporation
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Noted author Arthur Hardy dies at 82 in Connecticut
Arthur Sherburne Hardy diplomat and author died at his Woodstock home aged 82. A veteran of four diplomatic postings he served as minister and consul general to Persia Greece Serbia Romania Switzerland and Spain before resigning in 1905 after a dispute with President Roosevelt. He married Grace Aspinwell Bowen in Athens in 1898 and they had one son.
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New York
Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Woodstock
Conn
United States
Persia
Greece
Romania
Servic
Switzerland
Spain
Teheran
Serbia
Theodore Roosevelt
Hardy
Grace Aspinwell Bowen
Athens
Mrs. Hardy
Henry C. Bowen
Brooklyn
Utah horticultural society elects Wadsworth president
R D Wadsworth of Pleasant Grove was chosen as president of the Utah state horticultural society at its annual convention closing session. Elected officers include J J Porter as vice president Professor Francis M Coe as secretary and A P Bigelow as treasurer. Directors named Franklin B Smith John W Peters W N Barker John H Burn William Peterson and I A Jackson. The group backed proposed changes in marketing and grading rules from the state department of agriculture.
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Salt Lake City
R. D. Wadsworth
Pleasant Grove
State Board of Agriculture
Utah State Horticultural Society
J. J. Porter
Francis M. Coe
A. P. Bigelow
Ogden
Franklin B. Smith
John W. Peters
Brigham City
W. N. Barker
North Ogden
John H. Burn
Spanish Fork
William Peterson
A and I. A. Jackson
Salt Lake
State Department of Agriculture
Moscow Wins Narrowly Over Twin Falls in State Tourney
Moscow defeated Twin Falls 27 to 31 in the first afternoon game at the state high school basketball tournament at the Southern Branch. Twin Falls led by one after the first quarter but slipped to 12 to 15 by halftime. after three periods Moscow led 7 28 to 19 over Twin Falls.
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Moscow
Twin Falls
Two Firemen Die In Maine Court Building Fire
In Ellsworth Maine on March 14 two firemen were killed and two others seriously injured as Hancock County Supreme Court building burned. Loss placed at 175000. The dead are Raymond Peavey and Lester Salis bury. The injured include George Fortier with internal injuries.
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Ellsworth
Hancock County Supreme Court
Raymond Peavey
Lester Salisbury
George Fortier
Van Sweringens Near Transcontinental Rail System
Cleveland March 14 AP America's first coast to coast railroad system under O P and M J Van Sweringen control nears completion with one link left Western Pacific from Salt Lake City to San Francisco. They already control Missouri Pacific and a northern system, eyeing further integration with Chesapeake and Ohio and Western Pacific networks.
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Cleveland
America
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
van Sweringen
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi River
van Sweringens
Missouri Pacific
Salt Lake City
el Paso
Tex
International Great Northern Railroad
Mexico
Laredo
Pacific Centre
DAS Deer
Atlantic and Pacific
Western Pacific
San Francisco
Delaware
Lackawanna
Western
Imterstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Allegheny Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Banker Coney Slaughter Begins Full Prison Term
Coney Slaughter, a Dallas and Pueblo banker and race track habitue, started a six year federal sentence for embezzling 352000 from the Pueblo Mercantile National Bank. He had escaped on January 31, 1925, was recaptured, and 576 days of good time were forfeited.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Coney Slaughter
Dallas
Texas
Pueblo
Colorado
Pueblo Mercantile National Bank
Slaughter
New Evidence Prompts Inquest Delay In Moormeister Case
Salt Lake City March 14 AP tentative decision to call new witnesses when the inquest into Mrs Dorothy Moormeister murder resumes at Magna Utah next Monday was made after a conference by county attorney and sheriff officers. Investigations since suspension revealed new evidence and physical clues at the February 21 murder scene on a lonely road. Authorities theorize she left home for an appointment, met a man who betrayed her, and was attacked and beaten.
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Salt Lake City
Dorothy Moormeister
Magna
Utah
Here
Divorce suit provokes fatal rural tragedy in Tennessee
East Tennessee farmer Fred Range, 40, killed his wife after serving divorce papers, fatally shot John Dempsey who died later, wounded Mrs. Dempsey, then killed himself. Mrs Range and Mrs Dempsey were sisters.
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Fred Range
John Dempsey
Range
Mrs. Dempsey
Heart of a Deal Ends in Reunion in Chicago Hotel
In a Chicago tale from March 14, Calvin Hallan received 13 cards and 470 dollars but lost the deal to police. He sent half of an ace of hearts to Peggy O Neil to seal their love, and she later returned the heart along with others, leading to a planned reunion in a Chicago hotel lobby. The scene described an emotional ending to a long, strained exchange.
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Chicago
Calvin Hallan
Police
Hallan
Peggy O'Neil
Los Angeles
Tims
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Southland
Justice Sanford
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Tol
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Smith
Balfour
Steel Trust
Arthur S. Hardy
Moscow Twin Falls
Maine
Federal
Moormeister
Johnson City
Tenn
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