Court Rules Capone Guilty on Tax Evasion Appeal
CHICAGO February 27 The federal circuit court affirms Capone guilty and upholds 11 year tax evasion sentence as the Supreme Court has refused review. Government seeks immediate transfer to Leavenworth, Capone remains jailed, no bail granted.
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Chicago
Scarface
al’ Capone
Federal Circuit Court
United States Supreme Court
Capone
Cook County
Federal
Leavenworth
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
James H. Wilkerson
President Hoover
Wilkerson
Circuit Court
United States
Gangster Killed In Embassy Casino Holdup
In Miami a bandit leader with a wooden arm named A. Y. Yarboroguh was killed during an Embassy night club casino holdup. T. Phillip Perkins, ex British amateur golf champion, and two club employes plus three robbers were wounded as police confronted the bandits. Perkins was shot in the hip using his body as a shield, while a watchman fatally struck the robber leader. Fashionably dressed guests fled in panic. no money was taken.
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Miami
Fla
A. Y. Yarboroguh
T. Phillip Perkins
Embassy
Perkins
War on low mood aids 11 million men seek jobs
New York February 27 combatants in the war on low mood pushed to keep nearly 10 000 jobs daily until 11 million men are employed. Since February 15 positions cleared for 100 143 people with Iowa leading daily totals and Minnesota the top state since the start with 13 419 placements.
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New York
American Legion
American Federation of Labor
Iowa
North Carolina
Minnesota
Conferees Reach Agreement on Lame Duck Amendment
Washington Feb 27 Conferees from the House and Senate reach accord on a constitutional amendment to abolish the lame duck session of Congress. The deal requires ratification by the states within seven years. The House agrees to drop a requirement that one legislative chamber must have acted. Continued on page four.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Rayburn Denies Campaign Manager Role for Mr Garner
Texas Representative Sam Rayburn stated at a San Antonio rally that he is not a campaign manager for Mr Garner and is not authorized to speak for him. He called himself only the national representative of the Texas committee, speaking as an individual on Garner’s leadership.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
San Antonio
Garner
Rayburn
Texas Committee
House of Representatives
Glass Steagall Credit Expansion Bill Explained
The measure would let small federal reserve banks rediscount paper for one year and permit groups of five banks to use the privileges beyond the year. Mills estimates a possible $10 billion credit expansion and $3.5 billion currency expansion, with $750 million in gold freed by collateral use. The president calls it a major emergency program step toward aid for depositors and home loan plans.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Mills
Home Loan
Bar Silver Steady in New York Trade
Bar silver in New York on February 27 held barely steady with a 1 4 cent higher quote at 30 3 4.
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New York
Truce at Shanghai Hinted as War Weariness Mounts
London reports rumors of an imminent truce at Shanghai. Japan may present a League of Nations proposal, with both sides exhausted after a month of mud and rain battles. Analysts in Washington see a possible end to the undeclared war if a viable formula emerges.
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London
Reuter
Geneva
Shanghai
Japan
League of Nations Council
Charles Stephenson Smith
Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mass Bly Radio And Telephone Confession Asked For Review
Vatican officials said mass by radio is invalid and confession by telephone is invalid as well. Father Gian Franceschi, head of the Papal Radio Station, suggested the matter might be examined in the future. The questions were raised by IL Mattino of Naples and sparked debate among church authorities.
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Vatican City
Gianfranceschi
Papal
IL Mattino
Naples
Arizona Garner-for-President Club Formed in Phoenix
An Arizona Garner-for-President club was organized in Phoenix with John L. Irvin elected president and H. W. Baylor Jr. as vice president. Esther Johnson was named secretary Howard H. Smith treasurer and John D. Trull in charge of publicity. The next meeting is slated for March 4.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
John L. Irvin
H. W. Baylor, Jr
Esther Johnson
Howard H. Smith
John D. Trull
Railroads denied 15 percent freight-rate increase in Arizona
The Arizona Corporation Commission denied the petition by Southern Pacific and Santa Fe to raise freight rates 15 percent on cotton seed meal copper ores concentrates and lead ores within the state. In Bisbee Chinese seeking refuge from Mexico continued arriving at Naco and Douglas border points with 45 placed under arrest by immigration officials.
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Bisbee
Ariz
United States
Mexico
Naco
Douglas
Hoover Signs Glass-Steagall Bill to Liberalize Rediscount Rules
President Hoover signed into law the Glass-Steagall bill aimed at expanding federal reserve rediscount guidelines. The measure envisions billions in potential credit and reshapes banking policies nationwide.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Hoover
Spanish rulers appeal to save nation from republic
Former King Alfonso XII and his uncle Alfonso Carlos urged Spaniards to unite to overthrow the republic. They said they would support a provisional government to draw up a new constitution and restore the monarchy amid reports of shared aims against anarchy and Communism.
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Paris
Alfonso XII
Alfonso Carlos
Havas
Madrid
Spain
Alfonso
Hangchow Air Raid Causes Light Damage
Japanese aviators bombed Hangchow’s Chinese airdrome last Friday causing superficial damage after authorities had removed most aircraft. They dropped 35 bombs, partially destroyed hangars, and shot down one of two Chinese planes in an air battle. Three Chinese fliers were wounded.
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Hangchow
China
Mail plane crash in Japan kills four in forced landing
Four people were killed and one seriously injured when a mail plane crashed in a nose dive near Yawata Kyushu during an attempted forced landing due to engine trouble. The plane was wrecked.
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Japan
Tokyo
Yawata
Kyushu
Asteroid Found Near the Great Bear Constellation
The Turin observatory reports the discovery of a new asteroid of the fourteenth degree, about 25 miles in diameter, located near the Great Bear constellation.
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Rome
Turin
Breen Rites Gather As Funeral Plans Form
Friends and state officials arrived in Flagstaff to attend the funeral for Col. Fred S. Breen publisher of the Coconino Sun. He died in a Loma Linda sanitarium after a long illness. Services set for 2 p.m. at Federated Church.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Fred S. Breen
The
Coconino Sun
Loma Linda
Calif
Federated Church
Reed Sees Need Of Sound Principles
Jim Reed of Missouri urges an America First platform for the Democratic party and a candidate embodying old fashioned Democratic principles. A Senate veteran from 1911 to 1929, he won't campaign beyond Missouri or name rivals, arguing the United States should press European nations to honor debts and limit foreign aid, while recognizing their military might and prosperity gaps.
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Washington
Jim Reed
Missouri
Senate
United States
Cleveland Gang War Claims Fourth Victim Near Airport
Cleveland police report the fourth victim in a week of gang violence is Charles J. Gentile a Lonardo faction beer runner. Gentile was found shot to death near the airport early today. Two days earlier three Porello gang members were killed with no clues in the case.
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Cleveland
Charles J. Gentile
Gentile
Lonardo
Porello
Consolidation Plan Fails to Clear House Expenditures Panel
The House Expenditures Committee did not approve the Democratic sponsored bill to merge the War and Navy departments. The panel voted 11 to 9 to adjourn without setting a date for further consideration.
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Washington
House Expenditures Committee
War
Navy Departments
Negro rancher confesses linked to Linderman murder
In Douglas Arizona authorities pursue a confession by Sam Tex Williams, a Negro rancher, that may implicate Sam Smith in the December slaying of Charles Linderman at his Cochise county home. Smith, earlier cleared at a preliminary hearing, had admitted a Tucson drugstore theft and awaits sentence.
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Douglas, Ariz
Cochise County
Sam Tex Williams
Sam Smith
Charles Linderman
Smith
Tucson
Linderman
Williams
Bisbee
Prompt filing of income tax returns urged in Feb plea
Washington February 27 prompt filing of income tax returns to prevent a last minute rush on March 15 was urged today by David Burnet commissioner of Internal Revenue He urged taxpayers to mail or file early to ensure timely processing and avoid penalties.
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Washington
David Burnet
Internal Revenue
House considers $132,500 emergency road bill to spur jobs
Representative Warren explains a Democratic emergency road construction bill that would provide 120 million dollars for roads and 12.5 million for roads and trails on public lands, forests, and national parks. The measure aims to create jobs and would be repaid over ten years from federal highway allotments after 1938.
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Washington
House Today
Warren
N. C
House Roads Committee
House
Rescuers in gas masks search shafts after blast
Report from Tucson dated February 27 notes Rep. A. E. Hinton says Arizona faces a tight financial bind. He cites pending disposal of 1.5 million dollars in New York bonds and an industrial commission pledge of 600000 to aid state operations. Bank cash shortfall cited.
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Tucson
Ariz
A. E. Hinton
Cochise County
House
Senate
Arizona
New York
Industrial Commission
Spiritualism Goes Collegiate in Wisconsin
Mrs. Bertha Frieden rich of Chicago told the State Spiritualists Association in St. Paul that spiritualism is moving into colleges. She praised a new four year program at Whitewater Wisconsin to train mediums and develop spiritual gifts.
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ST. Paul
Bertha Friedrich
Chicago
State Spiritualists Association
Whitewater
Wis
Wet Bloc Reaches 126 House Signatures
The petition to force House debate on a state control prohibition amendment rises to 126 signatures, with 145 needed. Rep. Mary T. Norton of New Jersey joins the signers as the effort proceeds.
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Washington
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Rescue crews halt mine search after explosion traps 30
BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA February 27 Thirty miners remain trapped by an explosion at the Pocahontas Fuel company mine near Pocahontas Virginia about 25 miles from Bluefield Rescue teams with gas masks scoured the mine but were forced back by heavy air The blast occurred around 430 am and investigators suspect Believe powder non gaseous may have caused the disaster.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Boissevain
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Pocahontas, Va
Jenkin Jones
Japan Won't Fight War Risk Diminishes Yet Ties With Russia
Moscow reports say Soviet Russia seeks clarification on the new Mukden government and protests the presence of white Russians near the Chinese Eastern railway aiding Japan. Observers in Washington deem a renewed Russo Japanese war unlikely despite Japan's Manchuria activity, noting 1904 05 lessons.
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Washington
Japan
Manchuria
Russia
Nicholas
Soviet Russia
Mukdén
Moscow
Weather Outlook for Arizona and New Mexico
Fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Friday’s high in Winslow and Saturday’s low remain near seasonal norms.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Winslow
Chinese Hold Key Shanghai Front As Japanese Reinforce
Chinese general Tsai Ting-kai said Kiangwan remained in Chinese hands while Japanese claimed to have encircled and taken the village. Nanking sent two more divisions to reinforce the 19th Route Army. Japanese transports with troops approached Woosung as defenses and artillery pits spread across the Kiangwan to Tachang area. Northward fortifications thickened near Lihang hinterland.
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Morris J. Harris
A. P
Shanghai
Kiangwan
Tsai Ting-kai
Nanking
19Th Route Army
Tsai
Whangpoo
Woosung
Japan
Kiangwang Front
Tachang
Lihang
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