Largest Liquor Making Plant Confiscated in Arizona
Holbrook officers, after a five day search in Chevalon canyon, seized a copper moonshine operation described as the state’s largest since Prohibition began. The haul included a 50 gallon barrel found earlier, and two 1500 gallon mush tanks capable of producing 500 to 600 gallons daily. Three men arrested deny ownership, with possible links to a Prescott bootlegger.
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Holbrook
Arigona
L. D. Divelbess
Chevalon Canyon
Winslow
Winslow-Chevalon Canyon Higrhway
J. E. Walker
L. C. Thornhoff
M. Darby
Jack Miller
Chevaton Canyon
Cedars
Prescott
Arizona
Navajo County
Family Is Called To Bedside Taft in Washington
Washington February 21 AP Failure of former president William Howard Taft to improve prompted those at his bedside to summon family members away from the city. A noon bulletin said he was just about the same. Doctors Claytor and Hagner reported his condition serious since his return from Asheville, N C where he rested. Family out of town includes daughter Mrs Manning and sons Robert P and Charles A and brothers Henry W Taft and Horace Taft.
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Awashington
William Howard Taft
Washington
Asheville
N. C
Mr. Taft
Thomas A. Claytor
Francis R. Hagner
Mrs. Manning
Robert P
Charles A
Henry W. Taft
Horace Taft
Mabel Willebrandt Fined For Speeding
Mabel Walker Willebrandt former assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition enforcement pleaded guilty in a police court to speeding and paid a $10 fine. She was arrested after a Friday stop for driving 38 miles per hour in Washington.
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Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Proprieties Lose Money Over Dry Buffet for Delegates
In London February 21 a House of Commons debate revealed the St James Palace buffet is so dry to accommodate American naval delegates that it has been unprofitable for the caterer's firm. A member said the policy is harsh on other delegates, but no action followed.
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London
House of Coinmons
St. James Palace
Glendale merchant shoots wife and rival in apartment
Vera Gingell known as Vera Dennis and Sigura Bjorneby were shot and killed by Augustus Gingell, her estranged husband and Glendale merchant. He surrendered to Officer Elmer Hoffman after entering the downtown apartment with a pass key. Police say the motive was years of domestic trouble and Gingell faces charges for the double slaying.
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S .Angeles
Vera M Gingell
Sigura
Bjorneby
Augustus Gingell
Glendale
Cal
Gingell
Elmer Hoffman
Motion Picture Studios
Vera
Dennis
Ryan
Bjornerby
Frank ‘Burnaby
Hollywood
Gingel
Jas
United States Representatives Prepare Draft Clauses on Submarine Warfare Humanization
Informal study at the foreign office among legal experts from the Big Five powers discussed humane treatment in submarine warfare. George A. Ruble and Keith Merrill represented the United States. Delegations will draft preliminary treaty clauses to submit at the next legal experts meeting.
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London
Foreign Office
George A. Ruble
Morrow
Keith Merrill
Stimson
United States
Railroad Official Near Death From Severe Injuries
Poughkeepsie N Y February 21 AP a railroad official and a Vassar student were near death after a motorcycle crashed into a group of students and others outside Vassar college Murray Sullivan Salt Lake City general manager of the Salt Lake and Utah railroad visiting his daughter a student suffered a fractured skull multiple fractures pelvis collar bone and internal injuries
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar
Vassar College
Murray Sullivan
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake and Utah Railroad
Charred Bodies Found In Auto Collision Near Oceanside
Two unidentified persons died in a night crash on the Los Angeles San Diego highway near Oceanside California. The car overturned and burned after colliding with another vehicle. Police said identification was impossible due to severe burns.
Chicago Assured Of Financial Aid
Chicago and Cook county moved toward a broad relief effort as a 74 million dollar fund was assured to tide local government through the crisis. Checks were prepared for long unpaid employees including teachers nurses and police as 11.8 million is owed to about 43 thousand workers.
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Chicago
Cook
Garment Strikers Clash With Mill Workers in Boston Run-In
Twenty striking garment workers invaded the Imperial Dress company workroom in Boston and attacked employees. One man suffered a neck slash and about twenty others were struck during the clash on February 21 AP report notes.
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Boston
Imperial Dress Company
Officers Shot By Escaped Mental Patient Near Death
Sidney Nebraska reports Sheriff James Nelson of Cheyenne County and deputy Richard Carlson were near death in a hospital after being shot yesterday by Thomas W. Tompsett 2 a shell shocked World War veteran who escaped six months ago from the state hospital for the insane.
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Sidney
James Nelson
Cheyene County
Richard Carlson
Thomas W. Tompsett
State Hospital
Western Air Reaches Rail Transport Agreements
Portland Ore February 21 AP W A Burgess announced that air rail agreements between the West Coast Air Transport Western Air Express and four major railroads have been consummated.
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Portland. Ore
W. A. Burgess
Harris M. Hanshue
West Coast Air Transport
Western Air Express
Fokker Aircraft Corporation
Grounding Of Ship To Be Explained
With Captain Charles C. Graham prepared to desert his charge today and the stranded coastal liner Admiral Benson apparently doomed to join the visible hulks off the Peacock Spit. Attention turned to Portland where the master was expected to explain the grounding to United States Steamboat Inspectors F. X. lolthofer and John KE Wyn.
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Fort Canby
Wash
Charles. C. Graham
Admiral Benson
Peacock Spit
Portland
United States
F. X. Lolthofer
John KE. Wyn
Confessed Slayer Of Eight Willing To Face Charges
Detroit reports James Baker a talkative youth confessing to poisoning eight men and shooting another, seeking extradition to New York for nine murders with one clear record of Elenry Caw at Guggenheim Laboratories on December 28, 1928 while jailed in Detroit.
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Detroit
Mich
James Baker
New York
Baker
Elenry Caw
Guggenheim Laborators
Gaw
Taker
Senate Approves Tate Appointment to Interstate Commission
Hugh M. Tate of Knoxville Tennessee was confirmed by the Senate to join the Interstate Commerce Commission. Forty eight votes for and eighteen against, amid objections from a minority opposing appointments of men tied to monopolies and trusts to regulatory bodies.
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Washington
API Hugh M. Tate
Knoxville
Tennessee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Rioters Gather at Chicago City Hall Over Unemployment
Several hundred men and women protested unemployment outside Chicago City Hall. Mounted police charged the crowd with billy clubs. seven injured and several arrests reported. The rally followed a Mass meeting at Redhiter Hall.
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Chicago
City Hall
Redhiter Hall
North Wells Street
Arctic aviators’ bodies en route to Nome for internment
Bodies of pilot Carl Ben Eielson and mechanic Earl Borland travel from North Cape, Siberia, to Nome Alaska for transshipment to their parents. Including American Canadian airmen, Russian flyers Slipenov and Gladyshev may join the aerial funeral procession with U S permission to land.
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Nome
Alaska
Northland
Carl Ben Eielson
Earl Borland
North Cape
Siberia
Slipenov
Gladyshev
United
Chantemps Says French Cabinet Virtually Formed
Camille Chantemps announced in Paris that his new government is virtually constituted with only minor changes possible. He and colleagues will present the official list later and plan to call on President Doumergue at six p m.
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Paris
Camille Chantemps
Chantemps
Dounergut
Conflict Between Rumania and Soviet Russia Feared
Vienna dispatch reports from Bucharest say Rumanian press fears an imminent clash with Soviet Russia despite official assurances. Rumanian troops are reported in defensive positions along the Bess-Arabian frontier with one paper warning the danger of war has never been greater.
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Vienna
Stunde
Bucharest
Russia
Eva Dugan Becomes First Woman Executed In Arizona
Eva Dugan was hanged at Florence State Prison for the 1927 murder of A. J. Mathis. The trap released at 5:11 a.m. and severed her head, witnessed by six women as Warden Wright offered a final farewell.
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State Prison
Florence
Ariz
Eva Dugan
Arizona
A. J. Mathis
Tucson
Lorenzo Wright
Society
Scientist Explore Carlsbad Caverns Expedition Planned
Frank Ernest Nicholson leads an eleven member New York party to Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico to establish a base inside the cave. They expect to discover an underground river and possible second entrance using rubber boats balloons and a shortwave radio for communications.
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Roswell
N. M
Frank Ernest Nicholson
New York
Carlsbad
Nicholson
Plane Missing In Inaugural Flight Between Americas
Officials of the New York and Buenos Aires line announced the Rio de Janeiro air mail plane is missing on its inaugural leg between North America and South America. The incident occurred near Miami, Florida, with details scarce and authorities reviewing radar data as search efforts continue.
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Meami
New York
Tio
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
North America
South America
Mexican Cabmen Declare Strike
A statewide strike by taxicab drivers in Chihuahua began February 21 in protest of a $1 increase in taxi licenses. Gasoline stations in parts of the state joined the action by closing in support.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Warden Discloses Alleged Poison Plot Before Hanging
Warden Lorenzo Wright told newspaper men minutes before the hanging that he found evidence of a plan by Mrs Dugan to poison herself before removal to the death chamber. Acting on a tip, he moved her from her cell to the condemned cell at about 1 am. A search of the abandoned cell uncovered the poison lead.
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Lorenzo Wright
Dugan
Wright
Kellogg Endowment To Fund Humber Coffey Cancer Serum Study
W. K. Kellogg of Los Angeles and Battle Creek established a trust to finance a foundation for scientific investigation of the Humber Coffey cancer serum. The trust amount was not disclosed. W. M. Armistead announced the plan on behalf of Kellogg alongside Dr. Percy T. Moran, president of the College of Medical Evangelists, linked to White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
W. K. Kellogg
Battle Creek
Mich
W. M. Armistead
Kellogg
Percy T. Moran
College of Medical Evangelists
White Memorial Hospital of
Niagra on the Lake Residents Protest Contaminated Water
Residents of Niagara on the Lake protest after U.S. customs officers poured 10,000 gallons of contraband liquor into the Niagara River, the city's drinking water source, amid concerns over filtration efficacy.
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ST. ° Catharines
Niagara-on-the-Lake
United States Customs
Niagara River
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