Patronage Question Dominates Hoover Era Talks
President Hoover asked the Justice Department to study Senate findings on federal patronage in the South and directed an investigation. Senator Blease of South Carolina criticized postmaster appointments while the White House denied any improper contributions involving a new advisory committee member. The probe, by the Justice and Post Office departments, will be completed and published.
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Washington
Hoover
Department of Justice
Senate
South
White House
Blease
South Carolina
Brown
New
Body of Primo de Rivera returns to Spain for burial
The body of former dictator Don Miguel Primo de Rivera arrives at Irun from Paris to receive high royal honors. He will be buried with captain general rank military pomp as Premier Berenguer and coronation representatives attend. The funeral train reaches Madrid Notre station at 7 am with Mass in the funeral car.
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Madrid
Don Miguel Primo de Rivera
Spain
Irun
Paris
Notre Station
Berenguer
Alfonso
Egret Cult Uncovered in Manby Probe
Taos New Mexico March 11 AP The Subrosa United States Secret Civil Service Society exposed by Herbert Cheetham deputy sheriff is a confidence game linked to Arthur R Manby and his companion Terecita Ferguson The scheme allegedly involved vast sums and old land grant fortunes Manby spent decades pursuing grants amid fear and intrigue
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Taos, N. M
March II
Arthur R. Manby
Subrosa United States Secret Civil Service Society
Manby
Terecita” Ferguson
Herbert Cheetham
Taos
Secret Service
Cheetham
Terecita
Italy demands naval parity with France at conference
The Italian delegation urged absolute parity with France at the Naval Conference. Secretary Stimson, mediating with Italy and Grandi, heard no progress beyond Italy’s reiterated aim for parity. France maintains a higher projected tonnage and rejects parity, while Italy offers disarmament if others follow.
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London
France
Stimson
Grandi
Italy
Al Capone Missing After Freedom in Fog of Rumor
CHICAGO March 18 AP Scar fire Al Capone was released yesterday from Philadelphia’s eastern penitentiary and was reported moving by train plane or car. Rumors agreed he planned to return to Chicago, though exact plans remained uncertain as Capone’s associates offered no confirmation or denial.
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Chicago
Scarfire
al Capone
Philadelphia
Capone
Five Men Paralyzed After Poison Drink In Paint Lick
In Paint Lick Kentucky five men became partly paralyzed after consuming Jamaica ginger believed to contain wood alcohol. City health officer Dr J B Floyd said three men are in serious condition and similar cases have been reported elsewhere.
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Richmond
Jamaica
J. B. Floyd
Floyd
Bandits Massacre Officials in Kiangsi Village Capture
Reports from Shanghai describe bandits and communists capturing Fuan in Kiangsi province. The assault killed all Fuan officials and about 2,000 residents including men women and children earlier this month.
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Shanghai
Fuan
Kianfu
Kiangsi
Chicago University Confers Degree on Dr Ray L Wilbur
Chicago March 18 AP Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur secretary of the interior and president of Stanford University today was awarded the honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Chicago President Robert M Hutchins praised Wilbur for his work as a physicist medical educator administrator and public servant.
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Chicago University
Ray L. Wilbur
Chicago
Ray Lyman Wilbur
the Interior
Stanford University
University of Chicago
Wilbur
Robert M. Hutchins
Slipher Declines Run for State Senate Seat
Earl C. Slipher of Coconino County and Lowell Observatory staff says he will not seek re election to the Arizona state senate. The veteran lawmaker from Flagstaff made the announcement today, noting his decision ends his bid for another term.
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Vflagstafi
Ariz
Mareh
Earl C. Slipher
Coconino County
Lowell Observatory
Reichstag approves new protection law in Germany
Berlin March 18 AP Reichstag adopts the protection of the republic law by 265 to 150. It replaces the old defense law which ceased July 22, 1929 and removes the ban on the former Kaiser reentering Germany though few expect his return.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
Two Killed In Train Wreck Near Springfield
Two Louisville & Nashville Freight crew members die in a wreck near Springfield Tennessee as a train bound for Evansville Indiana from Nashville crashes. Fireman H. L. Russell and brakeman Aaron Moss, both Evansville residents, are dead. engineer Joe Crandall of Evansville is fatally burned.
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Springfield
Tenn
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Nashville
Evansville
Ind
H. L. Russell
Aaron Moss
Joe Crandall
Phillips Issue Statement On Pink Boll Worm Quarantine
Phoenix March 18 AP Governor J C Phillips issued a statement after the pink boll worm was found in Salt River valley. He pledged to do all he could to prevent its spread as Pinal county farm bureau demanded removal of the state entomologist and the state board of agriculture for neglect in quarantine efforts amid funding complaints by Dr Oscar C Bartlett.
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Phoenix
Ariz
J. C. Phillips
Salt River Valley
Pinal County Farm Bureau
State Board of Agriculture and Horticulture
Oscar C. Bartlett
Airplane Mechanics Burned as Five Planes Burn at Wright Field
Dayton Ohio March 18 AP Forest Rutledge 26 and Wilbur Howett 25 airplane mechanics were burned about the face and body with Rutledge probably fatally so. Five airplanes were destroyed by fire caused by combustion in a plane at the Wright field hangar.
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Dayton
Ohio
Forest Rutledge
Wilbur Howett
Wright Field
Chauffeur Admits Tucson Stabbing
Herbert Young, 28, a chauffeur formerly of Miami, Arizona, confessed to stabbing John E. Dye, 22, a Tucson taxicab driver, to death last night according to police in Tucson.
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Tucson
Ariz
Herbert Young
Miami, Ariz
John E. Dye
Government Scores In Doheny Bribe Case By Defendant s Mistake
The government introduces civil fraud findings on the Elk Hills award as it prosecutes Edward L. Doheny and Albert B. Fall for bribery. Doheny testifies under cross examination about accepting security for a purported $100,000 bribe in 1924, shaping the bribery case strategy.
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Teapot Dome
Elky Mhi
Edward £. Phony
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Falls Department
Doheny
Washington
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Edward L. Doheny
Secretary of the Interior
Owen J. Roberts
Reservoirs fill after three day storm in Arizona
Arizona reports sun after a three day storm. Northern streams run high then freeze as Snowmelt swells rivers. Salt River Valley Water Users Association dams gain 20 750 acre feet in twelve hours, despite ice on the streams and muddy highways.
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Phoenix
aAriz
Arizona
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Readjustment Needed in Mexico as Labor and Capital Tangle
Mexico faces a pivotal readjustment era after Porfirio Diaz. Provisional President Portes Gil warned of a shift from tyranny of capital to tyranny of labor. Labor leader Luis Morones of the CROM says cooperation with capital is possible, while agrarian groups threaten business stability and large-scale investment remains in doubt.
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Mexico
Chapultepece Hill
Porfirio Diaz
Diaz
Portes Gil
Luis Morones
Senate committee weighs unemployment as 3 million seek work
A Senate committee opened an inquiry into unemployment ahead of the census survey next month. Senator Wagner called the jobless situation serious, while Chairman Johnson pledged to seek the truth. Secretary Davis estimates about 3,000,000 unemployed amid a capital conference on the topic.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Senate
Wagner
New York
Johnson
Davis
Labor Department
Bandit Trio Taken To Denver Prison
Three gunmen who shot one man and wounded three others during a 26 hour crime spree on the Colorado Kansas border after robbing a Manter Kansas bank are in Denver county jail facing murder charges. They arrived in custody of four Colorado officers after a secret route from Johnson Kansas. The group includes John Walker 41 leader, Clyde Rhea 24, and Andrew Halliday 22. All were manacled.
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Denver
Colo
Mar
Colorado-Kansas
Manter, Kans
Colorado
Johnson
Kansas
Andrew Halliday
Clarence Darrow Returns to U S for Prohibition Debates
Clarence Darrow, famed Chicago criminal lawyer, returns to the United States after nine months in Europe. He will debate Senator Smith W. Brookhart tomorrow night and Clarence True Wilson on Friday, both on prohibition issues.
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New York
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
United States
Europe
Smith W. Brookhart
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance
Civic groups back buffalo refuge plan in Arizona vote
Civic organizations across Arizona favor a proposal by the Industrial Congress to set aside a federal buffalo and antelope preserve in House Rock Valley, northern Cyconine County. Recommendations go to U.S. Senators Ashurst and Hayden and Rep. Douglas. officials expect favorable action.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Industrial Congress
House Rock Valley
Cyconine County
U.S
Ashurst
Hayden
Douglas
Australian Plans To Leave Naval Conference Soon
James S. Fenton, Australian minister for trade and customs and naval conference delegate, said the Australian delegation had provisionally booked return passage for Australia for April 12.
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Naval
London
James S. Fenton
Trade and Customs
Australia
Winslow Man Applies For Cattle Brand
In Phoenix on March 18 six new cattle and sheep brands were filed with the state live stock sanitary board. Applicants include A W Tillman of Winslow and others from Safford Gila Bend Benson St Thomas Steins and Steins New Mexico.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Frank V. Beers
Safford
John Thomas
Gila Bend
A. W. Tillman
Winslow
Jo H. Getzwiller
Benson
W. H. Garrett
St. Thomas
Nevada
Fred Braidfoot
Steins, N. M
Unemployment Census Basis For Remedies
Washington officials await the next month’s unemployment census to quantify the idle workforce due to economic conditions after the stock market crash. Secretary Davis estimates a total not exceeding three million, with other figures suggesting higher counts.
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Washington
United States
Davis
Authorization Granted for Colorado and Southern Railway Merger
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Colorado and Southern railway to acquire the Colorado railroad operating in Wyoming and Colorado. The action clears the path for the merger and transfer of assets between the two rail entities.
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Washington
Colorado and Southern Railway
Colorado Railroad
Wyoming
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gungirl Denies Firing Fatal Shot At Scene
Irene Schroeder testified she believed she would become a mother as she faced trial in Newcastle Pa for the killing of Corporal Brady Paul of the state highway patrol. The defense sought to claim irresistible impulse but the court blocked that effort forcing a revised case.
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Newcastle
W. Va
March JS (Ap
Irene Schroeder
Benwood
Brady Paul
State Highway Patrol
Dickey
Ben Jarrett
Income Tax Report Not So Encouraging
The treasury statement issued today shows March 15 tax collections at 67,507,962 dollars, behind the prior year at more than 72,500,000 dollars. The gap may shrink as late payments from last Saturday are reported, so the figure is only a tentative indicator of the actual trend.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury
Canada To Extradite Former U S Customs Officer For Trial
In Galveston Texas Amadee Bilodeau of Sherbrooke Canada was killed in a shooting affray whose exact location remains disputed at the extradition hearing of Fred Mertz a Houston federal narcotics agent. The British government seeks Mertz to Canada for trial on murder charges.
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Galveston
Texas
Amadee Bilodeau
Sherbrooke
Canada
Fred Mertz
Houston
Mertz
Bilodeau
United States
Bord
Railroad Seeks Bond Issue For Amarillo Line Debt
The Chicago Rock Island and Gulf Railway asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to issue 5,691,000 in five percent first mortgage gold bonds. Funds would repay the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway for constructing the line from Amarillo to the Texas state line for the smaller road.
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Washington
Chicago Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Amarillo
Texas State Line
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