Six Chicago desperadoes held after bank raid claim
Chicago authorities seized six alleged kidnappers and bank robbers tied to a $2.8 million Lincoln National Bank heist. The gang, led by Tommy Hayes and five others, were moved under heavy guard from East St. Louis to Sterling for hearings amid a nationwide investigation spanning Illinois, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Sterling
Lincoln
Neb
National Bank
Tommy Hayes
Thomas O'Connor
Jack Britt
Howard Lee
E. Hawks
William McQuillan
East St. Louis
Springfield
Walter Moody
Lincoln Bank
Emory Smith
Nebraska
United States
Denver
St. Louis
Ill
Cuckoo
Shelton
Southern
Fred Burke
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Fincoln
Cora Garrison
Clyde Garrison
Peoria
Thomas J. Rooney
Fred J. Blumer
Monroe
Wis
Postal Department
Chicago and State Highway Police
Secret Six
Joliet
Leavenworth
Kan
Seeet
Weather Outlook For South Atlantic Week Start
Mostly fair conditions expected in the South Atlantic states next week with some showers possible Thursday or Friday. Temperatures average or slightly below early in the week, warmer Thursday and cooler in the north portion by Saturday.
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South Atlantic’ States
Weather forecast for South Carolina Georgia and Florida
Mostly cloudy with showers tonight and Sunday in the Carolinas and Georgia. Florida expected cloudy with local thundershowers tonight and Sunday. Winds from the south and southwest, shifting to southeast. Cooler by Sunday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Prohibition Agents Instructed To Use Searches Over Raids
Washington officials told prohibition agents to call their activities searches rather than raids. The directive emphasizes investigation resulting from bureau efforts and seeks to remove the word raid from the bureau vocabulary.
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Washington
Prohibition
Prohibition Director
Prohibition Bureau
Great Sugar Trust Is Formed by the Nations of World
Seven major sugar exporting countries signed the Chadbourne International sugar contract to curb over production and stabilize prices. Germany Poland Czechoslovakia Belgium Hungary Java and Cuba pledged rigid export limits and higher sugar prices to protect both producers and consumers. Francis Powell will operate the pact from the Hague aiming to add Peru Spain Italy Romania and the Dominican Republic to the group. Chadbourne called it a new chapter in postwar economic history. Senator Boudouin of Belgium praised Cuba leader President Machado for endorsing the plan.
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Brussels
Chadbourne
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Hungary
Java
Cuba
Thomas L. Chadbourne
New York
Francis Powell
Europe
International Sugar Counsel
Hague
Powell
Peru
Spain
Italy
Romania
Dominican Republic
Closer Economic Relations Urged By Mendelssohn
Washington May 9 Franz Von Mendelssohn new president of the International Chamber of Commerce called for closer economic relations among nations in a Berlin radio address closing the convention He warned the world economy faces a crisis and urged leaders to prevent it from eroding international conviction He noted 20 million unemployed globally and argued business, not state policy alone, must drive recovery.
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International Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Berlin
Franz von Mendelssohn
Harlan Strife Blamed on Low Mood and Market Woes
In Harlan Kentucky the coal field strife that cost five lives is blamed on a depressed market and high freight rates. Operators and workers clash over unionizing with guards hired by owners amid disputes between non union and union factions led by W M Hightower and W B Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bunnell
Associated Press
Harlan, Ky
Harlan Coal
Harlan Fields
George Ward
Harlan Coal Operator Association
B. W. Whitfield
Arland Collieries
Whitfield
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Great Lages
Harlan
Interstate Commission
Fifth District Wins State Track Meet in Georgia
Athens Ga May 9 with three first one second and a third places the fifth district scored 19 points and won the high school track championship of Georgia. The Georgia Military Academy of Atlanta placed second with 14 points as the tenth district scored 13 to finish third.
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Athens
Georgia
Georgia Military Academy of Atlanta
Twe Weet
Queen Helen Near Reconciliation With King Carol
Bucharest May 9 Queen Helen of Romania is returning from Belgrade where she visited the Queen of Jugoslavia and is believed to be reconciled with King Carol. Alexander of Jugoslavia proposed mediation and discussed terms tied to Helen's future family relations. A joint return to Bucharest may precede a parade marking King Carol I's fiftieth enthronement anniversary.
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Bucharest
Romania
Helen of
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Carol
Alexander
Helen
Danube
Paris
Carol I
Two Women Found Beaten to Death Near Concord NC
On a farm near Concord North Carolina Mrs Criss Starnes 75 and her daughter Ada 40 were found murdered. The elder woman had head wounds and the younger was crushed and hung from a barn rafter. Farmer R L Barrer discovered the bodies after receiving no reply.
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Concord
N. C
Dougherty Malaria Control Cuts Rural Infections
In Dougherty county Georgia malarial control reduced rural school infection rates from 43.5 percent in 1929 to 7.5 percent this year. Six schools were malaria free with the highest rate at 15.5 percent. Dr. T H D Griffitts, a government public health service officer, led the program and noted more than 140 athletes from 12 districts participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany, Ga
Dougherty County
T. H. D. Griffitts
Public Health Service
Crowley Says He Wants No Trial After Shooting
Francis Crowley, wounded, tells police to end the case quickly and asserts he will burn if executed. Key witness Helen Walsh 16 and dancer Billie Dunne are cited as pivotal to the case. Walsh testified in grand jury that Crowley forced notes from her and harbored fear and hate toward him.
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New York
Francis
Crowley
Frederick Hirsch Iayt
Billie Dunne
90Th Street
Rudolph “Fat" Duringer
Ormer
Rowley
Dunne
Helen Walsh
Frederick Hirsch
Nassau County
Miss Walsh
Hirsch
Walsh
Edwards
Kulas Named to Lead Ohio Garden Branch
Elroy J. Kulas of Cleveland has been elected president of the Madison Square Garden of Ohio and will head the group promoting the Schmeling Stribling heavyweight title bout in Cleveland on July 3. The Ohio venture will receive signed fight contracts from New York Madison Square Garden attorney William Saxe. Kulas is president of Midland Steel Products and Otis Steel and serves as a director in several Cleveland firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elroy J. Kulas
Cleveland
Madison Square Garden
Ohio
Max Schmeling-Young
William Saxe
New York Madison Square Garden
Illinois Madison Square Garden
Saxe
Ohio Garden
Kulas
Midland Steel Products Company
Otis Steel Company
Bilbo Injured In Auto Crash Near Prentiss
Mississippi Governor Theo Bilbo sustained a fractured rib abdominal injuries and multiple cuts when his automobile overturned on a highway near Prentiss He was treated then driven to Jackson for first aid and later attended a scheduled conference at the capitol against medical advice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Theo G. Bilbo
Prentiss
Capitol
Miss Agnes Jarnegan Elected President at Georgia Press Meeting
The fourth annual Georgia Scholastic Press Association convention at the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism, University of Georgia, elected Agnes Jarnegan of Athens as president. Officers named include Tom Hardin of Commerce as vice president, Viola James of Girls High Atlanta as secretary, and Alice Chaumlee of Canton as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Georgia Scholastic Press Association
Henry W. Grady School of Journalism
University of Georgia
Agnes Jarnegan
Tom Hardin
Commerce
Viola James
Girls High Atlanta
Alice Chaumlee
Canton
Dr Albert Michelson Critically Ill in Pasadena
Pasadena May 9 The condition of Dr Albert A Michelson 78 dean of American physicists who was struck five weeks ago with paralysis remained unchanged today He has been critically ill since Thursday when he suffered a general hemorrhage.
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Pasadena
Cal
Albert A. Michelson
Michelson
Gas Rate Hearing May Conclude In Atlanta Today
Atlanta, May 9. The public service commission adjourned testimony in the gas rate case for 13 Georgia municipalities until Tuesday at 8 p.m. after Dr. John Bauer of the Municipal Utilities Rate Association said he was exhausted from cross examination. The hearing had been in progress for four days.
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Atlanta
Public Service Commission
Georgia
John Bauer
Municipal Utilities Rate Association
Ten Million Dollars Gold Held Up by the Fog
Ten million dollars worth of gold was fog bound at the entrance to New York harbor. The cargo on the liner Southern France, coming from Buenos Aires, was due to dock yesterday. Experts estimate banks face a loss of 500 to 600 dollars in interest due to the delay.
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New York
New York Harbor
Buenos Aires
France
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Report May 7
Treasury receipts for May 7 totaled 5 019 384 70 dollars while expenditures reached 19 643 389 42 dollars leaving a balance of 219 649 498 25 dollars. Customs receipts for the month including May 7 amounted to 7 394 971 86 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
DO X Unable To Leave Water With Heavy Load
The giant German seaplane DO X tried to take off near Bolama in Portuguese Guinea with a heavy load but could not leave the water. It was taken to Arango island to attempt a start later today. Berlin dispatch notes a trans Atlantic flight from Bisagos to Fernando De Noronha with uncertain contact from the Dornier works.
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Rio de Janeiro
May
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Fo Arm
Arango Island
Berlin
Union
Bisagos
Fernando de Noronha
Brazil
Dornier
Friedrichshafen
Buba
Bubaque
Natal
South American
Duke Senior Killed in Auto Crash Near Durham
Sey mour C. Jones a Duke University senior from Ogolona Mississippi was killed when his car crashed near Durham North Carolina early today. Lawrence C. Lawless of Norfolk Virginia another Duke student suffered a fractured skull and is not expected to survive. Norfleet Hoggard of Lewiston North Carolina and two sisters named the Misses True of Norfolk were slightly injured. The party had been returning to Durham after a dance at Duke University.
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Durham
N. C
Seymour C. Jones
Ogolona
Miss
Duke University
Lawrence C. Lawless
Norfolk
Duke
Norfleet Hoggard
Lewiston
Girl accidentally shot during church play in Quincy
In Quincy Illinois last night Mildred Hughes 18 was fatally wounded when a revolver loaded with blanks misfired with a live bullet during a church play rehearsal at Grace Methodist Episcopal. Player Arthur Weisenberger 16 admitted bringing the weapon after practicing at home.
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Quincy
Ill
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Robert Randall
Mildred Hughes
Arthur Weisenberger
Student detectives solve mock slaying at Northwestern
Chicago May 9 report on Col Calvin Goddard's anti crime school where 35 students solve a mock murder using a bottle labeled body and a pistol. Miss Priscilla Higinbotham of Evanston and other 84 trainees correctly identify the slayer among Col Goddard's assistants.
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Chicago
Quick
Northwestern University
Calvin Goddard
United States
Col. Goddard
Priscilla Higinbotham
Hvanston, Ill
Col. God
Secret accord eyed as ICC congress nears final draft
Washington May 9 The International Chamber of Commerce nears the end of its sixth biennial congress with a closely guarded omnibus resolution on world economic conditions. Leaders expect mention of war debts tariffs and commercial policy but warn against sensational changes. Thevunis and Strawn foresee a harmonious final session despite divisions over debts and Russia.
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Washington
International Chamber of Commerce
Georges Theunis
Belgium
Silas H. Strawn
Soviet Russia
Congress
Salvation Army Holds Southern Territory Convention in Atlanta
Delegates to the first southern territory convention of the Salvation Army registered in Atlanta as the event opens. About 900 officers and delegates are expected. General Edward J. Higgins and Mrs. Higgins arrive with a parade planned from territory headquarters to the depot. Local officials greet the visitors at the station while ten divisions maintain hotel headquarters.
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Atlanta
Southern Territory
Salvation Army
Edward J. Higgins
London
Higgins
Washington
Alexander M. Damon
Vincent Cunningham
War Cry
Presbyterian Union Movement Discussed In South
Atlanta May 9 Unwillingness to bar further discussion on union with other Presbyterian churches is expressed in the report the ad interim committee of the Southern Presbyterian Church will present at the general assembly in Montreal. N C May 28 A statement from the Atlanta offices of the church said information on six points involved in the discussions will be presented the assembly. Dr S L Morris Atlanta will report the committee of the associate reformed Presbyterian church cannot consider union with the southern church having determined against participation in a union movement of the five Presbyterian and reformed churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Montreal
N. C
S. L. Morris
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian and Reformed Churches
Cordele Bank Pays Ten Percent Settlement Total
Depositors of the defunct Exchange Bank of Cordele in Georgia received checks totaling 46,204.24 as a 10 percent payout. Liquidators have paid 312,655.04 since closing, with depositors receiving 181,742.96 so far. N R Henderson, liquidating agent, said all claims except depositors’ have been paid.
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Cordele
Exchange Bank of Cordele
N. R. Henderson
Charlotte High School Golf Team Defends South Atlantic Title
Charlotte High School entered as the defending champion in the South Atlantic Interscholastic golf tournament held in Charlotte. Erwin Laxton of the Queen City won the individual title. Teams from Durham Savannah Columbia Greenville and others competed in the event. Harloch Hall of Columbia was elected president of the Gouthers Golf Association at a meeting.
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Charlotte
N. C
Charlotte High School
South Atlantic
Erwin Laxton
Queen City
Durham
Savannah
Charleston
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Great Sugar Trust
Nations OF World
Boudoun
Machado
Mendelssohn
Long Island
T Harlan
N.C
Clatxiet
Bilbo
Jarnegan
DR. Michelson
Duke Senior
U. S
Presbyterian Union
Cordele Bank
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