Two Sicilians Indicted In Kidnap and Extortion Case
IN ORICACO Sept 24 two Sicilians were indicted for kidnapping and extortion by a grand jury. Pasquas Capotoato, called the "Secretary" of a blackmail ring, reportedly led abduction threats and demanded tribute from four wealthy Italian contractors under fear of death. Angelo Potitel, a Week as the focus of Billy Raniorits Abductors, faces extortion charges and is identified as the man to whom a $60,000 ransom was directed.
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Oricaco
Atethana
Angelo Potitel
Nota
Billy Raniorits
Sansorm
Pin Dhadle
Tino
Petitti
Bilty
Woman Attacks Smith Opponents in Westminster Hall
In Warren a public figure, Mrs. Witlebrandt, attacks Governor Smith’s Prohibition policy. She denounces opponents and urges unity to enforce the law, criticizing what she calls retreat and warning against limited horizons for public leadership.
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Warren
Manel Walker Wilebrandt
Nesintany
Westminster
Severnes Smith
Temmany Hall
Mra. Witle- Drandt
America
Produce dealer declared fugitive in multiple cities
A produce dealer from Steubenville and nearby towns was declared a fugitive from justice. Bond set at 4000 dollars was forfeited. Authorities pursued him on a charge connected to a forged or worthlessness check in Pittsburgh.
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Laster Rodger
Steubenyilie
Mouridaville
Clarkaburg
Rodgers
Pittsburgh
fTarnex
Willie Willis by Rupert Quillen
A fragmented public notice breathes a rough, garbled account involving Willie Willis and a confrontation. The cryptic text hints at someone breaking a door with a fist and a scene with Mary, in a period newspaper voice. Readable portions preserve names and a vivid, if unclear, incident.
Jap Slayer of Youth Indicted
Honolulu dispatch reports Myles Yutaka Fukunaga, 19, indicted for kidnapping and first degree murder in the slaying of Gill Jamieson, son of a Honolulu banker, tied to a $10,000 ransom. He denied insanity and study of Beilh Beattie methods. arraignment followed grand jury indictment.
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Honolulu
Desiree
Bea Vist
Myles Yutake Purunoga
Fee
GM Jamie
Marion Parker
Wiliam E. Iexman
Califor
Nia
Pukunage
Ags
Ile Schon
Pe Walelua
Pukwnaga
Gill
Frederick Ww. Jamieson
Aicki
Pilea
T. H
Alvan &. Steadman
Myles Yutaka Fukunaga
Fukunaga
GL Jamieson
Honolwu Beaker
Use of Mails to Defraud Charged in Wheeling
Wheeling Sept 24– arreste d at Morgantown last Wednesday on a charge of using the mails to defraud Joseph Slachio aged 4 will be brought to Wheeling to face a federal grand jury in October Postal Inspector C Wold announced here today Slachio is charged with obtaining 200 worth of merchandise from mail order houses by supplying fictitious guarantors and failing to take payment He is now in jail at Clarksburg in default on bond.
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Wheeling
Morgantown
Joseph Slachio
Federal Grand Jury
C. Wold
Blachic
Clarksburg
Beitzel Sentenced to Die on Gallows
Los Angeles details report that Beitzel, a Philadelphia man, was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Barbara Maurier, 18, whose body was found in a desert. The court set the execution date likely for December 30, with the exact date to be fixed later.
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Beitzel
Los Angeles
Clair Beitzel
Barbara Maurier
Curtis Lands Party Record Talks Tariff
Denver dispatch reports Senator Curtis praising Republican tariff policy and record, criticizing Democratic tactics as a smoke screen. He cites tax cuts over eight years, claims opposition nagging failed to shake confidence, and denounces Governor Smith over farm relief remarks at Omaha.
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Denver
Colo
Smith
Bennator Curtis
Tomine
Curtis
Cheyenne
Omaha
American Farm Bureau
Wve
Congress
Bruce Declines To Make Apology
Bruce, a Maryland Democrat, rejects apologizing amid a promote tion law challenge. He repeats that Darrow or Hoover never denied a statement attributed to them and questions the press reports before commenting further after reviewing a vice presidential candidate’s published remarks.
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Baltimore
Sca
Bent
Whiting
Bruce
Maryland
Hoover
Suitenent
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Darrow
George Akereen
Hanver
Curtis
Germany urged to withdraw from League of Nations
Berlin reports that a near-staffer group aligned with Foreign Minister Stresemann calls for Germany to pull out of the League of Nations. The piece argues Germany is not an equal partner and should end intimate links with France and England, warning that past appeasement invites catastrophe.
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Berlin
Germany
Deutsche Allereineine
Stresehmann
Allegemeine
France
England
League of Nations
Rhineland
Hell
Propaganda to Raise Street Car Fares Exposed
Federal trade commission records reveal a five year campaign by traction interests organized with electric power corporations to push higher street car fares. Memoranda describe advertising plans, cost fits, and coordination with state committees to influence public opinion and rate increases nationwide.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
New York Traction Interonte
Baltimore
Texas Bropsgands Bureau
Iola
Cam
St. Cjsir
Plana
Labert St. Clair
Amerless Electric Railway Association
Accused Youth Northcott Denies California Murders
Gordon Stewart Northcott 21, jailed in Vancouver, denies Riverside murder charges and accuses Clark of fabricating the case. He criticizes his father and recounts allegations about a “murder farm” while awaiting extradition. His mother remains in Calgary under custody. California detectives seek Phillip Scott and his three sons linked to the Bergenfield, New Jersey escape.
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Vancouver
B.C
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Riverside
County
California
Gessie Clark
Northcott
Eyras Northcott
Sanford Clark
Irs
Sarah Louisa Northcott
Calgary
Phillip Scott
Bergenfield
N. J
Scott
Alhambra
Los Angeles
Walska Must Pay Duty on Clothes
New York Sept. 24. Philip Elting, collector of the port, ruled Mme. Ganne Walska is an American resident and that clothing and jewels valued at about 2.5 million dollars she brought last week are dutiable. Walska listed items in 15 trunks on her declaration, noting three years abroad and not American resident, a residence definition customs men dispute. The Elting decision awaits Commissioner Camp’s sustaining at Washington.
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New York
Philip Elting
Mme. Ganne Walska
Harold McCormick
America
Waiska
Elting
Washington
Wheeling Girl 18 Sentenced To Jail
Akron, Sept 24. Ithel Reinhart, 23, Wheeling West Virginia, a hitchhiker, was sentenced to thirty days in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of intoxication. She claimed she was forced to wrestle the man from the car in self defense while Bradford corroborated some of the story.
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Akron
Ithel Reinhart
Wheeling
W. Vn
Harry Sladsee
Poelice
Bradsoe
Miss Reinhart
Morgantown Hosts Church Meet
Morgantown will host the eighty second West Virginia annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opening Tuesday and running to next Monday. Bishop Herbert Welch of Pittsburgh will be the presiding officer. Bishops Edwin Holt Hughes of Chicago and John L. Nelson of Zurich will speak. The event will involve about three hundred ministers and BBC laymen.
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Morgantown
W.py
BBC
Florida hurricane relief aids flood stricken areas
West Palm Beach Florida September 24 emergency supplies and personnel poured into the most stricken districts after the hurricane. evacuations continued as debris roads were cleared and some refugees moved back in. Red Cross officials projected death tolls ranging from 1200 to 2300 with surveys showing 1500 to 2000 missing or dead and others placing totals as high as 3300 as federal and state agencies coordinate aid and road closures.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Radia Communica Eae
Betle Glade
Eres
A. L. Schafer
Everglades
Willvent Dekleine
Assissnal
John Hen
Dricks
Pelican Bay
Belle Glade
Pahoke
Okeechobee City
John W. Martin
Jack Ixoneile
High Hey Department
Lake Okeechobee 15
Duncan G. Fletcher
Tampa
Schafer
American Kidnapping Tale From Mexican Rebels
American Bumstead recounts his captivity in Nayarit Mexico held by rebel band of about 600 in Sierra Madre. He paid a ransom of 20 000 pesos and was guarded by 20 men but treated relatively well. Ransom forwarded to rebel treasury as potential prelude to actions against government.
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Mexico
City
Rept
Bunisterd
Nyarit
Morrow
Bumstead
Bilm
Revels
Sierra Madre
EL Chegwidden
Buenos Aires
Ming
Chegwidden
Raskob Regrets Bruce Brought Liquor Charge
John J. Raskob, Democratic National chairman, deplores Hoover era liquor violations while in public service. He notes Willebrandt as a witness for Daugherty and comments on GOP losses in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana, and hopes for Smith’s future.
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Raskob
Bruce
New York
John J. Raskov
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Atence Darrow
Chicago
T. Wes
Washington
E. Kersor
Sssistant
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Smith
Hany M. Daugherty
United States
Middle West
Northwest
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Montana
Thalimat
Tenhrases
Kentucky
Counterfeit Plot Charged to Five
Five people believed to have passed counterfeit notes across multiple states over six years are under arrest in Toledo Ohio. W A Tandvoigt leads U S secret service agents and claims Stanley Bliss and Esther Bliss tied to plate production and forgery. Others named include Mrs Mary Filipowicz Elias Rowiik and Rudy Jiginec with bonds set locally saving Bliss also known as Tony Balses Tony Borges and Joe Novak who escaped capture last year.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
West Virgina
Toledo
Chace T
W. A. Tandvoigt
United States Secret Service
Ohia
Stanley Bliss
Igin
Esther Bliss
Jal
Mary Filipowicz
Elias Rowiik
Rudy Jiginec
Bliss
Tony Balses
Stanley Watkins
Tony Borges
Joe Novak
Maryland Quarantine Proposal Deferred by U S Department
A hearing on placing Maryland under quarantine for the Japanese beetle was deferred by the U S Department of Agriculture after opponents from three states voiced objections. The plan targeted Maryland along with Massachusetts and Virginia and faced arguments that partial quarantines and broader pest measures would suffice.
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Washington
Maryland
United States Department of Agricultre
Blant Quaranting and Control Administration
Massachusetts
Virginia
Smith Accuses Hoover Silence of Consent to Party Corruption
Helena dispatch notes Democratic nominee Smith charging Republicans with a long tale of corruption and treason in government. He claims Hoover offered no protest or condemnation as disclosures and court actions linked to Forbes and Billsler emerged, casting doubt on Republican leadership and the party’s 1924 handling of bonds and treasury concealments.
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Tong Coing Py
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans Bureau
Thomas W. Bilsler
Thomas J. Wateh
Senate Oif
New York
Senate
United States
Hoover
Tapot Dome
Rew
Bimich
Supreme Com
Transane
Land
Gald
Republican Nations
Hosa
Re Publican Secretary of the Treasury
Republican National Committee
Senate Committee
Treasury
Republican Secretary of the Treasury
Page Keven
Baseball And Not Politics Foremost in New York News
New York Republicans discuss balancing the ticket with a Protestant from New York City but fail to find a suitable candidate as circulation notes pique interest in who will pitch for the Yankees tomorrow while asking who is being elected.
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New York
Ottinger Trump
Smith Cethelic
New York City
John Botch Straton
Yankees
Hoover Attends Editors Dinner Amid Campaign Pause
Washington reports Hoover at a business editors conference dinner. He spent the morning drafting his Ellington Tennessee speech while Delaware politicians led a delegation to pledge electoral support. The group included Governor Robinson and former Governor Townsend, signaling party unity ahead of November.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Cuntors
Kia Commerce
Business Paper
Wirgh Guthrie
Cleveland
Petroleum News
Ellinton, Tenn
Delaware
Ropers BP
Robinson
J. G. Townsend
United States
Hoover
Town Wrecked by Celebrating Boys in Elkins
Elkins observes a campus holiday after a student celebration capsizes the town. Students parade, a hall is rented for a dance, and a bonfire lights the campus as President James Allen and H P Mullennex address the crowd. The Sillet Hurricane plays at Annapolis next Saturday.
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Elkins
Askea
Thia Town
James #. Allen
D. de
Hance
Allen and
H. P. Mullennex
Pittsburgh
Elumni Association
Scrtiet Hurricane
Annapolis
Government Plans Probe of Copper Industry Conspiracy
Washington dispatch reports a federal investigation into alleged price fixing by major copper firms. The inquiry targets Copper Institute members and Copper Exporters Inc, formed under the Webb-Pomerene act, to assess anti trust violations and export trade roles. The FTC will supervise export-linked activities and examine corporate links.
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Washington
Sept
Oval
Fed
Copper Institute
Copper Exporters, Inc
a_ combine
Copper Exporters
Ime
Copper Institute Nave
Federel Trade Commission
Webb-Pomerene
Revolt Leaders Punished in Isolation by Warden Brady
Warden Pate rick Brady placed revolt leaders in isolated cells today as the first step in a three phase punishment program. Of more than 800 convicts who participated in last week’s outbreak, 46 remained defiant after isolating the alleged leaders, the protest reportedly sparked by demands for a public hearing on charges that guards were cruel to prisoners.
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Paterick Brady
Tha Cane
Tragedy at Madrid Theater Leaves Many Dead
Emergency crews report around one hundred dead after a sudden fire at a Madrid theatre during a Sunday performance. Rescue teams fear more bodies may be found as families and many patrons perished in the blaze.
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Madrid
Novedades
Desire Chile
Inborl
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