Roper and Yost Back Plan for Prohibition Reform
Washington March 2. Former Michigan coach Yost and ex Internal Revenue chief Roper testified at a dry law hearing supporting repeal reform. They criticized enforcement failures and warned that legalized outlets would replicate saloon harms, urging a constructive national approach to liquor control.
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Washington
Mar
Elding H. Yost
University of Michigan
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue Officer
House Committee
Yunder
Soviet Resolutions Protest Vatican Prayers Amid Church Campaign
Moscow reports resolutions adopted across the Soviet Union denouncing the pope's prayers and yesterday's St Peter's services. The actions aim to spur workers toward the five year plan and collectivization while funding Moscow industrialization via a workers drive. Ten carloads of church bells and altar metal are cited as measures.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
St. Peter's
Voronesh
Moscow Industrialization Fund
Train Ran Wild and Crashed Into East Bound Train
A runaway train derailed on a grade, crashing into an east bound train and causing two deaths. Investigators probe the cause and assess damage as officials report fatalities and disruptions to service.
Gun Smugglers Nabbed After Village Heist Ends Deadly
masked trio robs Charlie's Triangle in Carmine Street Greenwich Village. An armed guard policeman James F. Rogers killed one robber, another beaten and captured, a patron and a bystander wounded. Suspects seized include Thomas Riccione. two owners arrested for liquor. In Arizona, 12 alleged ring members tied to 1929 Mexican revolution are arrested including General Jose Gonzalo Escobar and ex diplomat Ignacio Moran.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Wolken
Alfred Marino
Charlie's Triangle
Carmine Street
James F. Rogers
Rogers
Frank Boggiano
Clara Schumacher
Thomas Riccione
Louis Passanti
Charles Quiico
Tucson
Ariz
Mar
John Gungl
United States
Arizona
Mexico
Jose Gonzalo Escobar
Revolutionary Forces
General Escobar
Ignacio Moran
Germany
Salvidore Ateca
Salvador Franco Arias
Vincente Andreas
Phillip M. Mohun
Cie Ma Gare
R. H. Polk
Arginie Frias
Antonio G. Maguero
Mohun
Carr
Polk
Fingerprint clue brings McIntosh back to Stillwater prison
Chicago report says Ray McIntosh was captured by three detectives. At the station a guard identified him by a gnawed left hand and a fake name John Carroll, confirming his identity as the 1923 Stillwater escapee.
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Chicago
Mar
Ray McIntosh
Stillwater
John Carrol
M:intosh
Jerome Business Man William S. Davis Dies at 60
Jerome mourns the death of William Seward Davis manager and part owner of Jerome Drug company who died March 11 1930 from septic poisoning from a diseased gall bladder. He leaves a widow Ruth Davis two sons William Seward Davis Jr and Joseph Gerboth Davis and relatives in D W Davis Mahlon Jay Buss Merrill and Joe Davis Montpelier Salt Lake City Pocatello.
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Jerome, Mar
Jerome
William Seward Davis
Davis
Jerome Drug Company
Ruth Davis
C. W. Gerboth
William Seward Davis, Jr
Joseph Gerboth Davis
D. W. Davis Oftello
Stalin Holds Dominant Role in Communist Party
Joseph Stalin, strong man of Russia since Lenin’s death, remains the chief leader of the Communist party despite opposition attempts to topple him. Leon Trotsky, former Red Army head, was among Stalin’s main opponents before his fall from power.
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Joseph Stalin
Russia
Lenin
Central Committee
Communist Party
Lebn Trotsky
Red Army
Stalin
Utah Slayer of Three Chooses Firing Squad
Delbert Green, 21, condemned for killing his wife and her mother and his uncle, selects execution by firing squad at the Utah state prison. Judge Eugene Pratt sets May 17 as the death date after a jury imposed the mandatory death penalty. Green confessed to the murders committed after a quarrel at the home of his wife's mother near Layton.
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Salt Lake City
Mar
Utah
Delbert Green
Eugene E. Pratt
Farmington
Green
James Green
Pratt
Ed McGowan
Layton
Ogden
Wool Growers Open Meeting Elects Board in Idaho
Over 100 wool growers from southeast Idaho gathered in Pocatello for a meeting of the Eastern Idaho Cooperative Wool Marketing association. Officials described the group's role under the Idaho and National Wool Marketing associations, with Dan O Loughlin of Draper & Company announced as selling agent.
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Idaho
Pocatello
Eastern Idaho Cooperative Wool Marketing Association
Idaho Falls
Eastern Idaho Association
National Wool Marketing Association
Federal Farm Board
H. C. Wood
Wood Livestock Company
Spencer
Hk. C. Rich
Burley
Idaho Wool Growers Association
Dan O'Loughlin
Draper & Company
National Wood Marketing Association
Ee Oe
Oregon Forests Face Record Fire Season Outlook
Portland report warns the Pacific Northwest may endure a harsher fire season than 1929 as mountain snow vanishes and forests remain unusually dry. Major John D. Guthrie cites a 40 percent rain and snow deficit across the region and cites Colville Forest findings as gloomy.
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Portland
Ore
United States District Forest Office
Pacific Northwest
John D. Guthrie
Colville National Forest
Washington
Sonim Mountains
Guthrie
Boy Is Gored By Angry Bull In Utah
Charleston Utah reports 17 year old Seen Winterton was gored by an angry bull and left in serious condition. A local observer described the attack near the town corral and emergency responders rushed to the scene. Immediate medical care was provided as the incident prompted safety warnings for similar events.
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Charleston
Utah
Winterton
Bitter fight in closing of Doheny case
In Washington on March 76 AP reports a courtroom confrontation as prosecutor Frank Hogan attacks the defense and reads letters showing Doheny’s connections to Fall. The exchange centers on a $106,000 transfer alleged as a bribe to influence Elk Hills leases.
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Doheny Case
Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Allee Pomerene
Frank Hogan
Doheny
Pomerene
Hogan
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Pomerone
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Pearl Harbor
Freed of Blame for Killing Boy
Francis A Child, superintendent of the state Industrial School, was exonerated by a coroner's jury in the fatal shooting of Charlie King, an inmate who was shot after escaping with fellow youth Warren Thomas. The inquest found Child stumbled while firing a warning shot that killed King, and Thomas corroborated his account.
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Ogden
Mar
Francis A Child
State Industrial School
Charlie King
Child
King
Warren Thomas
Salt Lake City
Thomas
Ict
Senator Jones Attacks Public Press Over Prohibition
Washington March 20 Senator Wesley Jones charges the public press shows little sympathy for prohibition laws and fuels crime. He praises his enforcement act and asserts newspapers mislead the public, while noting many other information sources now exist.
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Washington
Mar
Wesley Jones
United States
Canada
Tax Receipts On Final Date Rise Over Last Year
Washington reports March 15 income tax receipts totalled 314,200,588, over 40 million more than the same date last year. The March 18 treasury statement shows the year’s March receipts nearly three-fifths of budget expectations, with officials cautious about final outcomes.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury
Hait an Commission Heads Home After Haiti Visit
Members of President Hoover's Haitian commission, returning to Washington after a city tour, refuse to detail their forthcoming report. Henry P. Fletcher says the group plans recommendations to resolve Haiti's political crisis and will present findings to the president at the White House.
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Miami
Fla
Hoover
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
White House
Tribal friends bolster case in Buffalo murder trial
Indians from the Cattaraugus Reservation come to Buffalo for jury selection in the murder trial of Lila Jimerson, wife of a Buffalo artist, for killing Mrs. Clothilde Marchand. They express disbelief at the state's portrayal of Jimerson and fear the case affects their girlhood friend.
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Buffalo
W. Y. Mar
Cattaraugus Reservation
White Man's Court
Lila Jimerson
Clothilde Marchand
Lila
Nancy Bowen
Mrs. March
Idaho Senator Leads Move to Repeal Eighteenth Amendment
North Idaho Senator Donald A. Callahan, president of the Idaho Association for repeal of the eighteenth amendment, rejects Governor Baldridge's critique of the anti prohibition campaign. He says voters in Shoshone county form a legal group to seek repeal and that removing the amendment will let the people enact laws to restore respect for law. He argues the governor should enforce laws, not guide citizens constitutional actions.
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Wallace
Idaho
Republic
Donald A. Callahan
Idaho Association For Repeal of
Baldridge
Callahan
Shoshone County
Severe Storm Rips Through Northwest Leaving Damage
A rare storm battered central and eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana. It toppled the Clark Highway bridge east span near Polson, stripped trees, damaged a grain storage tank, and halted farm work and city traffic. Only one Pasco to Spokane mail plane operated.
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Spokane
Wash
Inland Empire
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Polson
Mont
Missoula River
Clark Highway
Davenport
Spokawest
Pasco
Capone Spotted at Miami Winter Home
The Jacksonville Journal reports Al Capone is at his winter home in Miami. Despite attempts by Governor Carlton and sheriffs to bar his visit, Capone arrived in Miami late yesterday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jacksonville Journal Today
al Capone
Miami
Chicago
Carlton
Florida
The
Journal
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