Banker tells of being held by kidnappers
Willard H. Elliott, a Passaic banker, reappeared in Nutley after being kidnapped by three men. He described being forced from East Orange to Passaic, held captive from Wednesday night, and allowed to call a police official before escaping as the captors drank. No threats or ransom were reported.
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Associated Press
Nutley
N. J
Willard H. Elliott
Passaic
John J. Roegner
Trust Company
East Orange
Towns Poultry and Eggs Valued At 72.9 Million
Towns poultry and eggs last year were valued at 72.9 million dollars. The figure reflects total production value across local farms and markets, highlighting the livestock sector's economic importance to the area.
Death blamed on air safety rule violation for Stultz
United Press report from New York says Roose velt Field officials blamed safety violations for the death of Wilmer Stultz and two passengers Edward Har wood and Pasquale Castelluccio. A cockpit ladder bar fault caused a frozen dual control condition during a falling leaf maneuver, preventing Stultz from recovering before the plane crashed. Stultz died at Nassau hospital after the crash. he had previously flown Amelia Earhart across the Atlantic in the Plane Friendship.
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United Press
New York
Roosevelt
Wilmer Stultz
Edward Harwood
Pasquale Castelluccio
Stultz
Nassau Hospital
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Seattle's Exchange Building Claimed World’s Largest Concrete Structure
The two story Exchange building now rising in Seattle Washington is described as the largest reinforced concrete building in the world. The project highlights advanced construction for its time and signals a notable urban development in the city.
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Seattle
Wash
Army fliers escape death via parachute
Honolulu July 2 Two army fliers escaped death today when they parachuted to Wheeler field near here after their airplanes collided. Lieut. Reuben Moffatt and J T Hutchinson were circling at 500 feet when the crash occurred. Hutchinson's parachute dragged him along the ground and broke his arm. Moffatt was unhurt.
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Honolulu
Wheeler Field
Here
Lieut
Reuben Moffatt
J. T. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Moffatt
Skull Fractured in Brady Auto Crash
Miss Inez Lawrence, 24, was injured when the auto she rode in overturned near Brady Texas late Monday. She suffered a fractured skull and was in a local hospital today.
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Brady
United Press
Texas
Inez Lawrence
Here
Four Dallas Firms Are Given Charters
United Press reports on July 2 in Austin that several Dallas firms received charters. Brodnais Oil Co with $6,000 capital, Tom H. Hughes Auction House with $5,000, Texan Textile Mills Inc with $500, Pan-Lax Corp with $100,000, and Brockles Brothers & Ritchet Catering Co with $9,000 in capital stock, listing respective incorporators.
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United Press
Austin
Texas
Brodnais Oil Co
Dallas
Capital Stock
W. Broadnax
J. W. Burford
John G. Nelson
Tom H. Hughes
S. P. Sadler
Paul Carrington
Pan-Lax Corp
Incorporators
Joseph ©. Brasher
Shelton A. Story
W. R. Goodwin
Brockles Brothers & Ritchet Catering Co
B. A. Brockles
A. A. Brockles
J. B. Richey
Self defense plea planned in Page murder trial
Wiley Page will enter self defense as his plea when testimony begins in a Harrison County murder case in Marshall Texas. Page is charged with killing his uncle Ike Killingsworth on December 6 1928 after an argument over a debt. Killingsworth had earlier been acquitted in a different murder case concerning his son Roy.
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United Press
Marshall
Texas
Wiley Page
Ike Killingaworth
Harrison County
Killingsworth
Roy
Plainview Man on Boundary Committee
A Texas boundary committee with authority to confer with New Mexico on the El Paso county line is complete, according to Associated Press dispatches from Austin dated July 2. The task group includes Plainview residents and other state officials to address the disputed boundary segment and ensure proper alignment and cooperation between the states.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas Committee
New Mexico
el Paso County
Naming of House Members by Speaker Barron Described
The article lists committee members including Rep Joseph McGill from El Paso, Henry Webb of Odessa, Arthur B Tarwater of Plainview, and Senators B F Berkley of Alpine and T J Holbrook of Galveston. It notes Kowalski as Poland’s most common surname with 48000 bearers and mentions Majski Jablonski Zielinski and lithia ore from the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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House
W. S. Barron
Joseph McGill
el Paso
Henry Webb
Odessa
Arthur B. Tarwater
Plainview
B. F. Berkley
Alpine
T. J. Holbrook
Galveston
Lent
Smith
Poland
Majski
Jablonski
Zielinski
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West Texas Leather CO
Polk ST
Bure
H. V. Robertson & Company Accountants and Auditors
Federal Tax Service
Industrial and Petroleum Engineers
Amarillo
Panhandle Paint and Glass CO
POLK
Star Lumber Company
Paol
Williams Sign CO
Rochester
Minn
COE & Parks Lumber Company
Llth
Lincoln Sts
Dial
Budweiser
Pitol Hotel
OFFEE
ES Trin
Lea
Amarillo Clearing House Assn
First National Bank
Amarillo National Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Amarillo Bank and Trust Co
American State Bank
Man On Boundary Committee
Bert Hart
Garfield
To the Family Theatre
Duotone
Today & Wed
Poston
Sug Man
Warsaw
Kowalski
Equiva
Bla Hills
South Dakota
Jack Robinson
Michaels-Stern
Welch's Grape Juice
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