Bandits Few Escape After Lamar Bank Raid Killing Boss
Four gunmen raided the First National Bank in Lamar Colorado killing president Kidnaping two tellers and escaping with about 10 000 in cash and 10 000 in Liberty bonds A M Parrish president and former state legislator was shot dead when he attempted to intervene The robbers sparked a manhunt as sheriffs pursued them across the area leaving one wounded in a running gun battle after forcing patrons to stand on tables and loading the loot into a car
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First National Bank
M Parrish
John Parrish
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Kessinger
L. E. Alderman
G A. Anderson
Sandy Creek
Here
Lundgren
Kessingers
Tr Mirst
J . Hughes Brown
Factions Fight at Convention Across Southern States
Rival Republican factions in more than a dozen southern states plan to push their contest for recognition toward Kansas City ahead of the national convention. The credentials of 1089 delegates are in dispute with up to 286 more challenged, and the full committee will hear the cases in early June before the convention. States cited include Louisiana Mississippi Florida Georgia Kentucky and the District of Columbia with Texas and Puerto Rico still to file.
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Kansas City
Sele Uci
Grace Ali
Jowe Gul
Sppera
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
Thre
Geowecia Tn
Kenucky
District of Columbia
Ome
Tennessee
Texas
Portotivo
Ministers Duel After Argument In Poicomayo Suburb
In Asuncion May 24 AP reports Chilean Minister Genzek Montt and Paraguayan Lieutenant-Colonel Rees Barron were wounded in a duel with sabers in Poicomayo after a quarrel. A six man quarrel followed a published artillery report tied to the war anniversary between Chile and Peru.
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Genzek Montt
Peraguay
Reesbarren
Poicomayo
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Shulder
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Recaberren
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Senor
Iqueque
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Peru
Senators Override Four Presidential Vetoes In Rapid Vote
In Washington on May 25, four presidential vetoes were overridden in the Senate. Two postal bills become law, the Oddie road construction program passes, and the Tyson-Fitzgerald retirement act for disabled WWI officers also clears. Votes ranged 70 to 63 for the postal measures, 87 to 22 on the Oddie bill, and 66 to 14 on Tyson Fitzgerald. King of Utah was the lone Democrat to back the veto. 22 Republicans joined with some Democrats to sustain. In a separate item, a storm in Germany killed eight women farm workers sheltering under a tree.
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Tyson-Fitzgerald
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Shortridge
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Curtiss
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Greene
Metcalf
Norris
Phipps
Read
Pennsylvania
Warren
Waterman
Senator Gooding toHave Operation at Mayo Clinic Delayed
Information from Senator Frank R. Gooding's office said his Mayo Clinic operation in Rochester Minnesota has been indefinitely postponed to improve his general health before major surgery. His wife notes two operations are needed one minor and one major to correct digestive system disease.
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Washington
Churches May Form Unions At Presbyterian Assembly
Tulsa, May 24. A proposal to amalgamate the Methodist Episcopal and Congregational churches was a major question before the 140th annual General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Other items included reorganizing Princeton Theological Seminary and revising the church code on divorce. The selection of a moderator was under way with four leading candidates named: Hugh K. Walker, J Wellison Smith, Ambrose Dunkel, and Cleveland Boyd McAfee.
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Methodist Episcopal and Congregational
Genera Assembly
Presbyteriana Church
Princeton Theological Seminary
Escert E. Sper
New York
Hugh K. Walker
Presbyterian Church
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J. Wellison Smith
Real Estate Title and Trust Company
Philadelphia
Ambrose Dunkel
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Indianipolis Ind
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McCormick Seminary
Chicago
Smith
San Francisco
Spee
Nicaragua Seeks Loan Amid Elections In Washington
The Nicaraguan government and political climate ahead of the presidential elections are under careful review at State Department talks to assess U.S. approval for a potential loan by American bankers. Secretary Kellogg declined to comment pending a definite decision. Nicaragua hopes to borrow up to 20 million dollars, with about 6 million aimed at consolidating internal and external finances.
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Tcaraguan
State Department
Republic
Kellogg
Nicaragua
Coutry
Guzman
Funerals Held for Victims of Pennsylvania Mine Disaster
In Mather and nearby towns funerals were held for victims of a mine disaster that killed over 190. Relief crews shift to widows and orphans as 30 bodies remain underground. no immediate recovery due to heavy slate and earth. Investigators, led by Ira Thomas, will ventilate the mine and interview survivors starting Monday.
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Mather
Ira Thomas
State Mine Mine Inspection Bureau
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United States Bureau of Mines
Farmers urged to fight for repassage in McNary Haugen veto
Chicago May 24 AP readers across the Midwest express disappointment at President Hoover’s veto of the McNary Haugen farm relief bill while Wisconsin dairy farmers applaud. Republican and Democrat leaders urge farmers to press their rights at party conventions and demand economic justice amid uncertain support for a new effort.
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Middle West
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Claude H. Marckencie
St. Paul
Repubblican National
Frank W. Murphy
Minnesota
Resolutions Committee
presGent
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Adam Mic- MaMen
Hoover
Kansas City
Baseball scores and a Utah obituary in brief
Scores from major league games are listed with RHE a key team and several box score details. The report includes a Utah obituary noting the death of Mrs Louise Q Campbell of North Ogden from an infection after a fish bone perforation last Thursday.
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Louise Q Campbell
North Ogden
Oldest Telegraph Operator in U S Dies From Injury
Butte Montana May 24 AP Jevi Wild 82 a longtime telegraph operator died from injuries after a hit and run crash March 18 He sent the first wire news on the Custer massacre in Corinth tech in 1876 and received the first dispatch about President Lincoln s assassination on April 14 1865
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Lindbergh plans to stay airborne with new post
Col Chark A Lindbergh will serve as chairman of the technical committee for Transcontinental Air Transport Inc and view his duties as measured not to hinder further aviation. He denied plans for a Europe flight from Labrador and Greenland, stating interest in trans Atlantic possibilities and northern routes.
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Col Chark A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
CM. Kers
Europe
Labrador
Greenland
Reformers Under Charges in Clinton Indictments
A Clinton Missouri grand jury indicted three federal prohibition agents and two local reformers on charges related to illegal liquor activities and withheld information. Agents Arnold A. Luschen Everett Fisher allegedly transported and gave liquor while Ben D Dienst faced a worthless check charge.
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Clinton
H P Paris
W M Goodwin
Arnold A. Luschen
Everett Fisher
Ben D Dienst
Kamas City
Bannock? and Bees in Final
Porst Toning Bet on a large crowd as Don Feeley pitched for Salt Lake and Snyder for Pocatello in a tense early inning. Tadevich started at second for Salt Lake, stole second, and scored on Jones’s sharp single. Pocatello failed to score in the first, Salt Lake went scoreless in the second, Jensen singled, stole second, and Roche brought home Dailey on a single as Parker advanced.
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Snyder
Pocatello
Tadevich
Norton
Dali
Jones
Mosolf
Tierney
Jensen
Camilli
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Cather Hand
Daley
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Roche
Determined Effort to Stamp Out Communists
Reports from Cantox and Toxy0 detail a determined Kwantung force campaign against communists in Hainan and Canton. Northern nationalist troops under Sun Chuan-Fang push back Nationalist defenses, capturing key cities and driving Nationalists south as 60,000 troops engage near Hoxkien in a major northern advance.
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Kwantung Province
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Seaten Gaack
Sun Chuan-Fang
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Strange Quirk of Fate Restores Lost Photo to Mother
In Chicago on May 24 AP reports Mrs. Margaret ONeill from Mississippi, separated from her 8 year old daughter Bis by a Mississippi flood, found a photo of her child in a second hand shop. The shopkeeper and the store turned the picture over to the woman, reuniting them.
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Mississippi
Margaret O'Neill
Bis
Police Seek Bomb Artist in Buenos Aires Attack
Police detained about one hundred extremists as they hunted the architect of a deadly bombing in Buenos Aires that killed seven. A second bomb was prevented while authorities guarded the Italian consulate and embassy and reports linked the plot to anti fascist groups tied to Milan’s bombings. Thirty people were hospitalized and ambulances scarce due to a strike.
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Mero 24 AP
Martin Prat
Italian Ambarsecor
Milan
Italy
Victor
Emmanuel
Petty Shuts Out Giants as Brooklyn Wins 3-0
Jess Petty was effective for Brooklyn, allowing only three hits as the Dodgers blanked the Giants 3 to 0. The Robins bunched hits off Futvermimeone in the fifth.
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Jess Petty
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Petty
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Futvermimeone
Congress Adopts Resolution Calls for 6 P.M. Adjournment
The House adopted a resolution calling for adjournment at 6 p.m. Tuesday May 29. The vote was 306 in favor and 97 against. The Senate must act on the measure.
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House
Congress
Senate
Funeral for Oscar Sonnenkalb at Trinity Church
Funeral services for Oscar Sonnenkalb, Idaho civil engineer, will be held Friday at 2 PM at Trinity Episcopal Church with Archbishop Howard Stoy officiating. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. Born February 23, 1847, he is survived by his widow and brothers in Chemnitz, Germany.
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Fargo
Trinity Episcopal Church
Howard Stoy
Schumacher and Beveley
Soinenkwib
Guia Sonnenkalk
Terepins
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Germany
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Lyman Pareo
H. H Whittlesey
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Texas Delegation Votes Dry at State Convention in Houston
Texas delegates, 36 from 18 districts and 24 at large, will back a dry candidate and plank at the Democratic national convention in Houston. Governor Dan Moody leads the delegation after a stormy Texas party meeting endorsing a dry platform while opposing Alfred E. Smith.
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Houston
Dan Moody
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Connecticut Republican Leader Seeks May 20 Adjournment
Representative Tilson of Connecticut reservoir flood leader, plans to ask the house to adopt a resolution urging congress to adjourn at 5 p.m. May 20. The motion signals a push for early end to current sessions.
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Washington
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Todsy
House
Congress
House Rejects Substitute Yeoped Control in Boulder Canyon Bill
Washington May 24 The House rejected a substitute Yeoped control proposed for the Swing Johnson Boulder canyon bill after a point of order against it was sustained.
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Washington
Boulder Canyon
House
Gas Phosgene Catastrophe Under Official Probe
Berlin May 24 The Federal Ministry of Economy opens an official inquiry into the phosgene disaster that hit Hamburg earlier this week. The ministry cites its authority over poison gas stocks and notes restrictions on phosgene traffic for commercial use.
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Federal Ministry of Economy
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Reicheneur A Not
Slso Wce
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