Spotlight on Shearer and the Geneva armament talks
The senate naval lobby inquiry reveals new disclosures about Willam Shearer the paid observer tied to international crooks and a 1904 British police notice. His alleged shipbuilding ties include a $28 000 a year plan for ten years and a lawsuit after money was refused.
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Senate Naval Lobby
Willam
Scotland Yard
Bhearer
Observer
Igat
Drew Pearson
Geneva
Hoover Aims to Centralize Prohibition Enforcement
President Hoover announced a plan to centralize federal prohibition enforcement. John McNab was chosen to study administrative and judicial procedures to unify responsibility in the justice department without changing the law. Recommendations are expected before Congress reconvenes in December. Also reports of traffic accidents in Iowa with multiple injuries and a teen killed in another auto incident.
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Washington, D. GC
Hosver
John McNab
San Francisco
Secretary of Treasury
Mellen
Mitchell
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
MacNab
Justice Department
Congress
Administrative ‘Department
White House
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Treasury and
Department of Justice
President Hoover
Palo Alto
Cal
Hoover
Kansas City
Van Orman Wins Balloon Contest In Goodyear VIII Victory
In St Louis on October 1 unofficial results show Goodyear VIII crewed by Ward T Van Orman and Alan McCracken landing near Troy Ohio about 455 miles from the start to keep the Gordon Bennett cup in U S hands. The US Army balloon reportedly placed second after a gale wreck near Gelia Ohio.
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St. Louis
America
Ward T. van Orman
Alan McCrackan
United States
Troy
U. S
Gelifia
Dairy Cattle Congress Opens With 21000 Attendance
Thousands of visitors fill gates at the Dairy Cattle Congress on opening day. E S Estes says record turnout, surpassing last year by 3000, with Border King winning repeated grand championships in Guernsey, Caumsett Harvester second, and Suydam Nero top Brown Swiss two-year-old.
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Congress
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Guernsey
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Glencliff Farm
Independence
Han
Adiry
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Firestone
Caumsett Flarvester
Caumsett Harvester
Troubacour
Galinvauy
Galinvaux
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Langwater Waldorf
Loma Farms
Loma
May Rose King
Loma Sultana
Helfer
Boulder Bridge
G. S. Rhodes
Schultz Bros. Galt li
Linda
College
Hull Bros
Vronicka
J. Frank Zollar
Suydain
Nero
Zollay
Schenectady
Magyar
Butverhome
A.J. Bower & Sons
Rushton
Zollar
Rewer
Viegell Bros
Ucd Orbec D. Sherry
Wolbert's
Balzac de Bogeerden
Holbert’s
Supreme Evidence
C. G. Good & Son
Ogden
Chilly Breeze Drives Lynn Mayor's Stocking Ban Display
Lynn Massachusetts October first to tenth report notes Mayor Ralph S Bauer pushing an anti bare leg rule for high school girls. He patrols city hall to ensure compliance as students pass by, while the weather keeps garments modest. He classifies women into three types, praising the traditional homemaker and condemning flappers and ostentation.
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Lynn
Mass
Ralph S. Bauer
Ailey
Buttt
Bauer
Lfe
Waterloo Legion Boys Parade Through Louisville Streets
A vivid front page recount of Waterloo Legion boys marching with drum corps and bands in Louisville. Describes colorful uniforms, a seven-foot drum major, band performances from Hecker Chapman and Iowa Falls auxiliary quartet, and floats including a Flanders Field tribute. Ends noting paper delivery and contact details.
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Harry M. Reed
Waterloo
Shorty Shadle
Egual
Lowa
Louisville
Fourth Street
Walfomns
Jeffersonville
Flanders Field
Havana
San
Felice
Martin
Henry George
Thollis
Waterloo 4 and 8 Toursville Ky at Legion convention
The eleventh annual American Legion convention sessions feature a float resembling a WWI French troop train. The Society of the 40 and 8 uses freight cars to carry troops, explaining the group’s name Forty Homines et Eight Chevaux.
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Toursville
American Legion
Waterloo
Society of the 40 Ands
Society of 40
Society of the 49
Fitts Attacks St Paul Politicians Over Clerk Murder
Los Angeles district attorney Baron Fitts accuses St Paul politicians of pressuring to keep Morrie Mall free after a drug store robbery victim identified him. Antink later shot dead. Fitts says Mall avoided prison thanks to that pressure. Also note: thieves robbed Equitable Life Insurance staff in Des Moines of cash and a check.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Baron Fitts
Amchinesota
St. Paul
N Fitts
Morrie Mall
David Antink
St Paul
Antink
Fitts
Ambink
Moil
Wes Moines
U.P
Equitable Life Insurance
Alice Wilkinson
Minnie Eckbert
Lawyer's Wife Uses Dimes for Divorce Grounds
Chicago Oct 1 In a divorce complaint Martha Hemmer accuses her husband attorney Earl Hammer of neglect and absurd charge. She says a dime a day allowance left after bills could not cover household needs while he earns about $20 000 yearly and refused support.
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U.ri
Bliss
Martha Hemmer
Earl. Hammer
Hammer
Reed Defends Flexible Tariff Clause in Senate
Senator Reed argues against critics of the flexible tariff provision saying it grants presidents power to suspend duties on foreign goods if in the public interest. He notes the clause has passed in 15 prior bills since 1794 and cites Republican support for retaining Hoover era tariff policy.
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Washington
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate
Congress
Republicetepulube
Hoover
Kidnapped Detroit Millionaire's Son Sought
Police and detectives intensified the search for 10 year old Jackie Thompson son of a real estate magnate in Detroit after he was abducted from his home in a coupe by two men. Investigators noted a possible ransom motive amid a recent wave of kidnaping activity in the city.
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Mich
INS
Yackie Thompson
Jackie
Henry
Thompson
Keyes Plunges to Death After Fortune Loss
New York October 1 INSI Warren Ja Keyes vice president treasurer and director of Charles Preshman company Inc committed suicide by jumping from a hotel window. He left a note to his mother blaming his loss of 100000 dollars plus 24000 dollars since April for his act.
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New York
INSI
Warren Ja. Keyes
Charles Preshman Company, Inc
Shelton
Keyes
Nine Trumps Five Honors Played by Man Killed for Losing Four Spade Bid
Kansas City Missouri Ont 1 4 The bridge game that led to the fatal shooting yesterday of John G Bennett by his wife stemmed from a four spade bid after a two diamonds overcall The quarrel centered on a hand held by Bennett with six trumps two honors and the dummy containing the other three honors Mrs Bennett 36 appeared unbonded and faces first degree murder charges with a defense strategy of self defense and temporary insanity
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Berhawk
Kansas State College of Agriculture
Manhattan
Kansas
H. W. Cave
Professor Cave
Walter Powers
Netanaka
Howard Bradley
Kidder
Richard Stumbo
Iola
Kansas City
John GQ
Bennett
Bennetts
Rounett
Western
New York
Perfume Company
Als
Charles M. Hotman
Shipbuilders Testimony on Geneva Pact and 1927 Campaign
William B. Shearer testified before a Senate committee for a second day about his activities at the Geneva naval conference and his role in the 1927 presidential campaign. He cited payments from three shipbuilding firms and discussed links to Archibald MacLeish, Ivy Lee, and Rockefeller influences as the panel pressed questions on secrecy and policy. The panel adjourned indefinitely after probing His disclosures touched on shipbuilding lobbying and pacifist influence in U.S. policy.
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William B. Shearer
Canoon
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Shearer
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Arché
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Nicholas Murray
Butler
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Hoover
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Robinson
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