Jones Wins British Open In Dramatic Finish At Hoylake
Bobby Jones defeats Leo Diegel and MacDonald Smith to win the British Open with a 291 total after 72 holes. Archie Compston leads early but falters with an 82 in the final round as Diegel and Smith tie for second at 293.
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Atlanta
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Leo Diegel
MacDonald Smith
Archie Compston
Great Britain
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Smith
Compston
Jones
New York
United States
John Ball
Leo
Mexico
England
James Barnes
Henry Cotton
Co, A. Whitcombe
Byrd Hints At Further South Pole Work After Expedition
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, speaking in Washington, omits future plans while noting debts to clear from the expedition. He says vast territory exists east of the Ross Dependency and foresees permanent weather stations within years. At a ceremony, Byrd and 74 crew members receive praise from President Hoover and National Geographic Society officials.
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Associated Press
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Great Britain
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Byrd
Byrd Receives Hoover Message After South Pole Flight
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd was congratulated by President Hoover in Washington as the 74-strong South Pole expedition returned. The president announced a special National Geographic Society gold medal for Byrd's aerial dash, while crowds cheered the explorers and Paul Siple, the Erie, Pennsylvania scout who joined the mission.
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John Oliver Lagorce
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Bureau of Aeronautics
Mr. Hoover
Little America
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South Pole
Dick” Byrd, Jr
Paul Siple
Erie
Paris Sees Possible US Tariff Changes Through Hoover Policy
Paris reports heightened parliamentary debate over the new American tariff. The Senate tariff committee was told the government will seek representations to urge Hoover to use discretionary power to lower duties if abuses arise. Officials note changes require US Congress action, not French authority. The embassy estimates the new rates will add about 3.35 percent on average.
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Washington
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Hoover
Congress
United States
Bobby Jones Dominates Golf with Three Major Titles
Bobby Jones, renowned super golfer, holds three major titles marking a historic feat. He won the United States Open in 1923 1926 and 1929 and captured four U S amateur titles in 1924 1925 1927 and 1928. He also won three British Opens 1927 1936 and 1929 and British Amateur in 1930. He is the first to hold opens in Britain and America simultaneously and the first since 1890 to win British Amateur and British Open in the same year.
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Great Britain
United States
John Ball
Former Sheriff Dowling Sentenced for Prohibition Violation
W H Dowling former Duval county sheriff was sentenced in Jacksonville Florida to two years in federal prison and a $20 fine for prohibition law violations. Judge Akerman cited knowledge of stills on Dowling's Nassau county property and overruled a motion for a new trial. Dowling aged 62 was elected sheriff in 1912 and faced political opposition from W B Caroon.
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Fra
W. H. Dowling
Duval County
Alexander
Akerman
Dowling
Nassau County
William Hallowes
Dick Stillman
M. L. Myerson
W. B. Caroon
Shipstead bill reported by judiciary committee
Washington June 20 The judiciary committee issued an ad verse majority report and a favorable minority report on the Shipstead bill to limit injunctions in labor disputes Both reports were submitted to the senate The majority warned the measure could create problems greater than those it aims to solve and called for further study Senator Steiner Republican Oregon submitted their views
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Oregon
Hope for Final Vote in Rivers and Harbors Bill
Senator Johnson of California urged Senate consideration of the last items in the rivers and harbors bill signaling a possible final vote today in Washington.
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Washington
Johnson
California
Senate
French export duties to America rejected by manufacturers officials
Neither manufacturers nor officials accepted France's export duty plan on goods bound for the United States. The proposal failed to gain support from key industrial groups and government representatives.
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America
Maniac Slayer Turned Toward Brooklyn After Third Fatal Shot
New York police broaden a hunt for a maniac slayer who boasted of killing two men in Queens and threatening 14 others. A third man, Morris Horwitz, was shot and critically wounded as the killer’s letters to a newspaper intensified the manhunt and linked to prior Queens killings. The assailant’s letters claim ransom demands and a hidden document, with references to cabalistic symbols and a possible connection to an escaped patient, Joseph Ustica.
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Brooklyn
Morris Horwitz
Joseph Mozynski
Noel Sowley
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Bayside
Lowley
College Point
Manac
Joseph Ustica
Kings Park Hospital
William Gilbride
Ustica
Suspect Arrested in New York Maniac Slayings Case
Philadelphia and New York detectives arrest Joseph Clark 34 of Brooklyn on suspicion of links to the slayings. Clark, reported to have escaped Creedmore State Hospital June 3, 1929, was seized in a North Tenth street rooming house and taken to city hall for questioning after family tip.
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New York
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Girard Avenue
Louise Clark
Creedmore State Hospital
Queens County
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City Hall
Victim Identified in Blue Island Slaying Near Chicago
Police found a man’s body wrapped in canvas inside a car in a clay pit at Blue Island, south of Chicago. The car, linked to Daniel LaMorte, was stolen the previous night. The deceased was tentatively identified as Lorenzo Juliano, a minor figure in local alcohol rackets, with a bullet wound to the chest.
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South Side
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East Side
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Chicago Weights
Juliano
Undercover Agent Fires in New Orleans Shootout
Federal prohibition undercover agent John W. Williams shot Stanley Livett 34 and Robert Addison 24 in the New Orleans business district. Williams, 27, said the men attacked him with a knife after a dispute at Livett’s speak easy. Both victims were hospitalized and expected to recover. Livett’s raid liquor seizure followed a police raid on the same resort yesterday.
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John W. Williams
Prohibition
Washington, D. C
Stanley Sivett
Robert Addison
Canal Street
Lirett
Williams
Livett
Winners of Fortune Having a Big Time
Edward and Daniel Doughmmery, Brooklyn clerks, won $147000 in the English deny sweepstakes and visited Knoxville Tennessee to see sights. They faced a cashing delay for a $200 check until their identities were confirmed. The brothers planned to return to their jobs after a southern tour.
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Tenn
Edward
Daniel Doughmerry
Brooklyn
Congress unlikely to adjourn before July first
Washington June 20 after a conference with republican leaders in the senate speaker Longworth said congressional adjournment before July 1 seemed unlikely.
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Senate
Longworth
Weather report for Southeast states with varying conditions
Weather summary notes mostly fair conditions in South Carolina Georgia and Alabama with gentle west winds becoming variable. Florida mainly partly cloudy with local thundershowers in the far south tonight and Saturday. Northwest Alabama and Arkansas fair to unsettled near coast with continued warmth.
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Three Slayings Tied to Poker Game Near Rockmart
In Georgia, Fred Hulsey and relatives were accused amid a poker night killings. Bodies found in an abandoned well near Rockmart. charges and inquest planned as authorities pursue this complex case involving Hulsey family and Tom Hicks.
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Tom Hicks
Fred Hulsey
Coroners inquest delayed in Rockmart triple slaying
The coroner's inquest into the slaying of three men Cliff Jones Lige Harper and Ernest McCullough in Rockmart Georgia was postponed to 2 p m after authorities said evidence was too meager for a quick hearing. Alonzo Sorrell reported finding the bodies in an abandoned well while Jon Dennis lowered ropes into the shaft.
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Ragsdale
Polk County
Tom Hicks
Fred Hulsey
Cliff Jones
Lige Harper
Ernest McCullough
Hicks
Hulsey
Halsey
Fred
Tom
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Rockmart Well
Bill Hulsey
Ray
McCullough
Hulseys
B. H. Leonard
Wulsey
Ray Hulsey
Cedartown
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Alonzo Sorrell
Bea
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