Oil Magnate Arrested Amid Fraud Claims
Alleged fraud charges target a nationally known oil magnate who earlier built wealth in aviation and later faced prison for a similar crime. The tycoon, once famed for flying to influence and business ventures, allegedly sold a scheme to small investors via old companies, with a down payment around three dollars and a claim of large returns. The case lists executives and associates including Mellie, J Garfield Crawford, T A White, and W F Cuaites as part of the insider group surrounding the ventures.
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Sucteus Ex Sodiais Group
Whee Cox
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Texas
Gateeg National
Enke
Cox
Bett Primsee
Southwest
Mellie
J. Garfield . Crawford
T. A. White
Mans Ago Broegs
John “Sandie
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Willim F. Cuaites
Chist Couneil
Youth Killed Four Hurt At School Baseball Event
A tragic accident at Bash a Doucvan grandstand during a school baseball game left one youth dead and four others injured. Police and emergency crews responded as spectators evacuated from the bleachers. Names, ages, and exact incident details were not provided in the readable text.
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Bash 'A Doucvan
Three governments in Emerson Nebraska center
Emerson Nebraska shows a three county hub with three governments and three polling areas within 169 yards causing confusion for residents and visitors alike. The town blends licenses and civil procedures across counties, affecting filings, weddings, car licenses, and daily errands in a single central district.
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Nebraska
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Lcense
Tri-County
Tornado toll mounts in central Texas town of Frost
Rescue teams recovered 69 bodies across central and south Texas as families faced widespread destruction. The frost area suffered 22 dead in a village of 1,000, with numerous injuries and extensive property damage. Governor Moody dispatched troops and Red Cross aid coordinated from St Louis. Funeral plans began for victims buried in Prost.
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Range
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Bynum
Hill Country
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San Antonio
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Bronson
Dan Moody
Prost
Albert Evans
Red Cross
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T- Prost
Viene
Gore Attacks Power Fee Change at Hearing
In Clarestburg on May 7, former fellow of the commission said he opposed the shift of the power license fee from one percent to ten dollars per 100 horsepower. The issue arose at Charleston during a Charleston river power hearing before the public service commission amid claims of surreptitious changes and legislative discrepancies. Senator Wright Hugus testified the change was debated in February and later published in multiple reprints, with thousands of copies circulated. The hearing was continued to May 24 upon request.
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Aia
Seaboard Weather Claims Five Lives
New York May 1 47 The north Atlantic seaboard faced intense heat as fires lingered and a 12 year old temperature record in Boston was shattered. authorities warned of dangerous conditions and heat illness spreading across the region.
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Snow in California Sets May Temperature Records
Snow fell across the Sierra Nevada and Tulare County with readings unusually low for May. Sequoia Park headquarters saw historic accumulation as locals reported never before snow in May. New York City also shattered May records with temperatures reaching 83 degrees, then cooling briefly before rising again.
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Author of Let Me Call You Sweetheart Dies In Chicago
Hermat Kebn, born 1870 in Billaboro TH, author of Let Me Call You Sweetheart, died in Chicago’s American hospital after fainting on a street car. He wrote the song in 1907 and remained largely unknown except to close friends. Lonne Lloyd, who set most of Kahn’s tunes, praised him as modest. Beth Sington Withrow popularized the sweetheart song. Jonny McCornick sang another Kahn piece, Mother to Ireland.
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Hermat Kebn
Billaboro
Lonne Lloyd
Kahn
Beth Sington Withrow
Sweetheart
Weld Lloyd
Jonny McCornick
Ireland
Defense Ends Testimony at Beech Creek Slaying Trial
Defense testimony wrapped up in the Beech Creek case of Moss Perry slaying. Deputy Taylor Walsh testified he shot Berry as the latter fled and fired at him while officers attempted to serve a warrant.
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Lohan
Taylor Walsh
Ahreriff
By Their Signs We Shall Know Them in New York
New York gossip column reports on Broadway figures revealing odd habits and quirks. It lists celebrities including Rudy Weenan Paul Whiteman Fanny Brice Jim Tully Tex Gunnin Florent Ziegfeld David Belasco Earl Carroll William A Brady George M Cohen Eddie Cantor and more with curious traits and past jobs.
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Patricia
David Belasco
Uncle Tom
Magoot
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Vancouver
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Bkolaky
Earl Carroll
William A. Brady
George M. Cohen
Eddie
Warning by Gov Young to banks urges cooperation
OLD POINT COMPORT Va May 3 UP A warning to the nation's bankers to cooperate with the government to avert future financial crises was issued tonight by Gov Roy A Young chairman of the federal reserve board Addressing the executive council of the American Bankers association Young said the resources of the federal reserve are not inexhaustible and true security comes from prudent conduct of the nations financial affairs to prevent violent expansions and contractions He warned bankers they have responsibilities beyond depositors and stockholders and that another crisis like last autumn could come if resources are strained
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American Bankers’ Association
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Simmons Urges Study On Stock Market Safeguards
New York May 7 K E H Simmons president of the New York Stock Exchange in his annual report for 1970 urges government and banking bodies to study how mercantile and industrial firms gauge production to match public consumption. He notes the surge of new securities in September, especially investment trusts and bonding firms, as a pressing risk to market stability.
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New York
K. E H. H. Simmons
New Yorks Btock Exchange
Thoes
Delay in start of St Albans bridge projects
The Kanawha River bridge at St Albans delays push back start to fall. State Bridge Commission briefs defend bond issuance and authority to condemn, contending bonds create state indebtedness and that the commission lacks power to fix tolls or condemn public property without owner compensation. The Mason county cases seek rulings on these legal powers ahead of the September term.
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State Bellige Commission
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Kanawha
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Mason County
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Condemnation Procendig
Ed Bates
Ceucery
Supreme Court
Forest Blazes Threaten Eastern Sector Fires Claim One Life
A major fire season hit the Taconic ridge touching Massachusetts New York and Connecticut with losses and widespread damage. The blaze killed one person in Smithfield and scorched over 25000 acres across three states while other fires burned in Massachusetts New York and New Jersey. Firefighters and volunteers fought the flames as state troopers recruited drivers and youth for service amid worsening conditions.
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Meassachusetts
Leckton
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New Grata, S
Fire fatal blaze in Wetzel County town claims burns
A devastating fire at a Wetzel County town business district kills George Bulmer and Palmer, with Mrs. Wiejey and a postmaster among those injured. The Brown hotel and a general store, warehouse, and adjacent homes burn as crews from Mannington and nearby towns rush to contain the flame. The incident causes extensive property loss estimated at $200,000 with one resident fatal and others hurt.
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Iremen
Tom
Wetzel County
George Bulmer
Bénwood
Brown Hotel
D. Dragoo
Nun Heiress Defects Cloister After Inheritance Claim
In St Louis on May 7 Sister Philomene once vowed to return to the cloister now abandons the nun life. Attorney William Hubbard confirms an California settlement that grants her a share of Georges Lemesneger’s estate, reported valued at at least 1.5 million dollars. Glendale California reports note Louis Lamesneger dismisses rumors of a 6 60 0 000 inheritance for his sister Jeanna as highly exaggerated.
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Wiliam ¥. Hubbard
California
Georges Lemesneger
Los Angeles
Glendale
Calif
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Jeanna Lamesneger
Senate Rejects Parker Nomination by Narrow Vote
Washington May 7 The Senate for the first time in 36 years refused to confirm a nominee to the court Judge John J Parker of North Carolina 41 to 39 The vote blocks Parker leaving Hoover to seek another candidate for the seat created by the death of Associate Justice Edward T Sanford of Tennessee Opposition was led by Senators Borah Idaho and Norris Nebraska with support based on Parker s decisions amid a broader contest over power and influence in the judiciary
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Justhe Edward T. Sanford
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Fortis
Parker Says Court Battle Ended At Federal Cite
Cleaned fragmentary notice notes Parker and Judge Parker commenting on a long battle at a federal site. Senators Sever Borah attack back as the court concludes the dispute. Details are unclear due to damaged text and missing context.
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Parker
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Menstes
Maxwell Urged Again for Post on U S Supreme Court
Morgantown according to The Dominion News Judge Maxwell Clarkaburg a member of the state supreme court may be considered by President Hoover as a nominee for the United States supreme court. The paper notes Maxwell previously declined a Hoover offer for the district court of appeals in Washington.
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Robeson Nominated In Kentucky GOP Senate Race
In Lexington Kentucky the Republican convention named John M Robeston incumbent as nominee for both terms as United States senator Benator Robeson was opposed Robason a former congressman from the eleventh district appointed by Governor Pier D ca son to fill the vacancy caused by ambassador Frederic M Seckett in Germany Seckett term expires April 1 1981 with a six year term ending 1997 Democratic candidate for the race is William Williamson of Ashland capitalist and Judge Mills Logan of Oressa named for the Kentucky Court of Appeals nomination targets the same race.
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John M. Robeston
United States
Benator Robeson
Robason
Kentucky
Pier D. Cason
Prederic M. Seckett
Germany
Kentucky Vetera
Favorable figures issued on performance of Davis
The Davis, first pulverized coal burning boat designed for gov ernment use, showed superior fuel efficiency over the Cordova oil burner in a side by side test on the Warrior river. Davis consumed coal at 36.1 cents per horsepower hour versus Cordova’s 37.6 cents, with government figures noting favorable per barrel costs.
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Dwight F. Davis
Inland Waterways Corporation
War Department
Charles Z. Ward
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Sit Monthe
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