Swanson to Probe Insull Utilities Collapse in Chicago
State's Attorney John A Swanson announced a thorough investigation into the Samuel Insull utilities empire collapse with losses projected above 1 billion dollars. He convened his assistants to plan the inquiry amid new disclosures as stockholders seek a jury probe and federal inspectors monitor developments.
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Chicago
U.P
John A. Swanson
Samuel Insull
Swanson
Insull
Federal Post Office
U. S. District
Dwight Green
Washington, D. C
Middle West Utilities Co
U. S. District Court
Spectator Killed By Taxiing Plane at Brady Airfield
Brady Texas September 15 A Kelly Field training aircraft piloted by Lieut David Hutchison taxied into Babe Smith 30 as he stood beside another plane at Brady Municipal Airport The man died from blood loss after his arm was crushed Both aircraft were damaged Hutchison mis judged the field and could not halt before impact The Brady investigation will be conducted by Kelly Field officials.
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Brady
Texas
U.P
Babe Smith
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Smith
David Hutchison
Brady Municipal
Hutchinson
Bandits Seized 1800 From Bank in Cleveland Texas
In Houston two boy bandits wearing college clothes held up the First National Bank of Cleveland Texas at pistol point as it closed the previous day. They forced Vice President A H Duncan and five others to the floor then locked them in a vault before fleeing in a stolen car. Duncan fired to raise the alarm. the getaway car was abandoned three miles from Cleveland.
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Houston
O.R
First National Bank
Cleveland
Tex
A. H. Duncan
Duncan
Ship Captain Killed While Learning to Drive
The body of Capt. Heinrich F. J. Wessels, 44, master of the German tanker Penelope, was taken to Goose Creek Texas after an automobile crash during driving lessons. Dittman, the instructor and a friend of Wessels, was slightly injured when the car overturned after striking an obstruction. The incident occurred shortly after the vessel docked at Baytown and Wessels awaited word from his wife in Hamburg, Germany.
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Goose Creek
Texas
U.P
Heinrich F. J. Wessels
Penelope
Hamburg
Germany
Wessels
Fred Dittman
Baytown
Dittman
State Officers on Bond in Truck Case
Adjutant General W. W. Sterling Chief W. G. Phares State Motor Patrol Patrolman W. D. Roberts of Houston District Attorney O'Brien Stevens and assistant Sam Lewis Peace Justice Campbell Overstreet of Houston were freed on 200 bail on writs of habeas corpus after contempt charges. Attorney General James V. Allred said more writs will be sought for others charged with contempt for attempting to enforce the state truck laws.
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H. F. Kirby
Groesbeck
Harris County
Allred
Veteran Stockman Dies at Checkers
Fort Worth report notes A. R. I. W. N. Waddell, 72, former chairman, passed away. The veteran stockman was linked to the local checkers community and public service.
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Checkers
Fort Worth
A.ri
W. N. Waddell
Cowpunchers Mourn Death Of Sanitary Official
The State Livestock Sanitary Commission member who dropped dead while playing dominoes with friends was mourned today by cow-punchers and cattle raisers across West Texas ranches. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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State Livestock Sanitary Commission
West Texas
Death at club follows return from convention
The man died at a game table in a local club room yesterday after returning from the State Democratic convention in Lubbock. He previously headed the Livestock Commission from 1911 to 1915 under Gov. Colquitt and owned extensive lands with bred cattle among the west’s best herds.
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Lubbock
Waddell
Livestock Commission
Gov. Colquitt
Gun Battle Victim May Lose Right Arm
Jack Sullivan 25 of Portales New Mexico, wounded in a gun battle with Texas and New Mexico officers near Mountain Air, may lose his right arm though expected to recover. Miss May Cuban 18 of Gonzales Texas, not seriously hurt, to be released. Sullivan was wanted for questioning in the Olton State Bank robbery in Olton Texas on July 15. Sheriff G R Crim of Lamb
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Albuquerque
N. M
Jack Sullivan
Portales
Texas
New Mexico
Sullivan
May Cuban
Gonzales
Tex
Mountain Air
Four Men Opened Fire on Officers Near Portales
County Texas said he believed he recognized Sullivan as one of four men who opened fire on a posse of officers near Portales on August 20.
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County
Texas
Sullivan
Portales
Portales gun fight details emerge with sheriff's death
Deputy Harve Bolin of Plainview Texas was killed and Special Officer R L Hollis of Portales was wounded in the Portales gun fight. Sullivan denied participation in the confrontation.
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Harve Bolin
Plainview, Tex
R. L. Hollis
Portales
Sullivan
Johnson To Lose His Demo Office
Albert Sid ney Johnson, secretary of the state Democratic executive committee under the Sterling and Moody administrations, will not be retained. Maury Hughes, chairman of the new committee elected at the Lubbock convention, said a successor would be announced soon. Ed Hussein of Houston was mentioned as a candidate for secretaryship.
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Dallas
Albert Sidney Johnson
Democratic Executive Committee
Sterling and Moody
Maury Hughes
Hughes
Lubbock
Johnson
Ed Hussein
Houston
Hussein
Body found on Rio Grande island near Laredo
The body of an unidentified man believed to be a Mexican national was recovered from an island five miles south of Brownsville as the Rio Grande receded. Investigators said the man appeared to have been dead for some time and the circumstances were under inquiry.
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Brownsville
Tex
Nuevo Laredo
Laredo
Rio Grande
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures for September
Treasury report shows September 12 receipts of 8.106 million dollars and expenditures of 12.577 million, leaving a balance of 263.464 million. Customs duties for the first 13 days of September amounted to 9.431 million dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
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