Bank Bandits Loot Reading Bank After Hasty Escape
Four masked gunmen held up the Reading Bank in Reading Ohio ten minutes after a tear gas system was installed. They fled with 8418 from the till plus an extra 10 000 in a drawer, used a stolen auto, and abandoned Turner near Loveland Park after an exchange of gunfire with a grocer across the street. Police scoured the area as investigations focused on out of town suspects and the car’s owners.
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Reading (U.) Bank
Frank Gass
Ella Doyle
George M. Verity
American Rolling Mills Company
George Turner
Aimerican Rolling Mills Company
Middletown
Turner
Loveland Park
H. A. Green
Alvin Warhardt
Joe Se Luers
Cat Burke
Mia Doyle
Edwin IE. Mayer
Federal Laboratories, Inc
Aais
Ieen
William Anderson
Cincinnati
Anderson
William Copeland
Mason
Mott
Joseph Schaefer
Walter Carney
Paink
A.E.F. Lieutenant Inherits French Chateau Property
Charles M. Ziegler a St. Louis insurance man and former University of Maine football star has been bequeathed a brick residence in Arnage France valued about 27000 dollars. The gift came from Adolph Bonnet a wealthy Arnage resident who died recently. Ziegler who served as a First Lieutenant in the American expeditionary forces will not sell the house saying Bonnet wished him to remember him and France. He plans to visit the property this June.
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ST. Louis
Charles M. Ziegler
University of Maine
Arnage
France
Ziegler
Adolph Bonnet
Bonnet
Bornet
Bank Hold-Ups in Cincinnati Area in 1930
A Cincinnati area crime roundup lists bank robberies from January to April 1930 with totals. Victims include Sommerville National Bank in Butler County and Union Trust in Dayton, totaling tens of thousands stolen. No suspects have been apprehended.
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Cincinnati
Sommerville National Bank
Sommerville
Butler County
First National Bank
Mason
Warren County
South Park Savings Bank
South Dayton
Montgomery
Montgomery Sunty, Q., January 24, 1930, $16,000. Silverton Bank, Silverton
Clifton
Second National Bank
Ludlow Avenue
Reading Bank
Reading
Union Trust Company
Xenian Avenue
Dayton
Raskob Testifies On Prohibition Group Ties
Democratic National Committee Chairman John L. Raskob admits contributing 65000 to the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment over five years and serving as a director. He says he aims to aid repeal or modification with no active involvement beyond funding and leadership. Robinson plans to question Navy Secretary Daniels about a critical Raleigh News and Observer editorial next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
John L. Raskop
Democratic National Committee
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Association
Raskob
Robinson
Indiana
Caraway
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Ciry Democrats
Blaine
Wisconsin
Borah
Idaho
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Wilson
North Carolina
Raleigh News and Observer
Henry ,H. Curran
New York
William H. Slayton
Robbery hits Xenia Avenue Union Trust branch again
The Xenia Avenue Branch of Union Trust Company endured its fourth robbery in recent years, confirming a persistent criminal threat to the downtown bank as police seek leads and wave security measures.
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Trust Company
Armed Robbers Hold Bankers At Bay In Dayton Hold Up
Five masked robbers stormed the Union Trust Company Xenia avenue branch in Dayton, forcing employees and customers to lie on the floor. They looted the vault and cashier’s cage, taking about 33000 dollars in small bills before fleeing in a waiting car. P J Kloos repeated victim of prior robberies.
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Dayton
Xenia Avenue
Union Trust Company
P. ‘J. Kloos
Kloos
Bernard Young
John
D. Miles
Paul Zeigert
Otto Miller
Lester Steiger
I. J. Bergman
Six Bank Bandits Escape With 25000 In Michigan
Six men robbed the Albion State Bank in Albion Michigan just before noon. Five entered the bank while a sixth waited in a car outside. The bandits escaped with about $25000 in cash. Local police pursued possible leads but details are unclear.
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Michigan
Albion
Mich
Albion State Bank
Alleged Horst kidnappers freed in Wooster case
Charles Hannah and Earl Donald were released from the Wayne County jail after two months held on charges of child stealing and murder linked to the Melvin Horst disappearance. The case has produced conflicting stories and unlikely court convictions at this time. Hannah planned to return to his bakery job as his son Junior, also detained, is set for release. Mrs Hannah was away when reporters arrived.
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Hey
Donald
Hannah
Ssf
Horst
Two Tots Burned. Girl Dies After Fire at Home
A four year old girl Helen Grant died after her robe caught fire from matches set to a rug on a back porch in Cincinnati. Her mother beat out the flames and rushed her to General Hospital where she died hours later. James Colling, four, of Price Hill was burned when a bonfire with friends ignited his clothing. He was brought to the hospital in critical condition with little hope for recovery.
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General Hospital
James Colling
Charles Collins
Ring, Place
Price Hill
Helen Grant
Mae Grant
Gehringer Avenue
Grant
Frank Carte
Charles Kneisel
Collins
Littl
Ill-Fated Bach Tri Motor Plunges Near Roosevelt Field
T Worden Hunter and R W McAllister of Los Angeles died when their Bach tri motor monoplane crashed after circling Roosevelt Field New York. Fire consumed the wreck as field attendants and Texas Company workers aided. The men were on a business tour planning to attend the Detroit Air Show.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
T. Worden Hunter
Bach Aircraft Company
R. W. McAllister
Los Angeles
Texas Company
Garden City
Hunter and McAllister
Bach Company
Detroit
Apartment of Commerce
Hawks lands glider at Port Columbus after long tow
Frank M. Hawks, flying a motorless glider towed by an airplane, landed at Port Columbus at 6 35 p m EST after a flight from Indianapolis and a two hour delay in Terre Haute due to a towing cable accident. He completed a fifteen minute circling display before a perfect runway landing.
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Columbus
Frank M. Hawks
Sete
Port Columbus
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
St. Louis
Hawks
Aviator Claims Kidnapping Linked to Missing Wife
New York April 4. An aviator James Quinn says J Morgan Corbett a Boston social register and real estate operator ordered his men to kidnap and beat him in a Bronx camp to locate Mrs Corbett who disappeared Quinn escaped and alerted police three men Arthur Hamel Edward Kendal and Edward Klein were arrested in a midtown hotel and arraigned on kidnapping charges Corbett had filed suit against his wife last November naming Quinn as co respondent Mrs Corbett formerly Philo mena Silva of Provincetown Mass and a noted model.
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New York
J. Morgan Corbett
Boston
James Quinn
Corbett
Bronx
Mass
Quinn
Philomena Silva
Provincetown
Boston Society
London conference crisis deepens over naval pact aims
Amid stalemate France and Italy clash over parity while Britain and the United States push a three power accord. Delegates including Colny L. Stimson plan return on April 22 as hopes for a five power deal fade and talks pivot to a possible three power understanding.
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Frank H. King
Associated Press
London
Nny L. Stimson
Washington
France
Italy
MacDonald
Great Britain
Henderson
Briand
McDonald
M. Briand
American
Col. Stimson
Chequers
United States
Japan
Hoover warns Congress to curb spending to avoid deficit
President Hoover says Treasury surpluses will allow a moderate year end surplus but warns that new legislation already approved by committees could add nearly 300 million dollars to next year's burden. He cites March income tax data showing individual incomes largely unaffected and corporate net incomes higher than 1928.
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Washington
Treasury
Pen Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Iran
Indian railway strike chaos as police fire on crowd in Bombay
At Victoria Terminal 2,000 strikers clashed with police when gates closed and protests escalated. Police fired injuring about thirty, including two European bystanders. a sergeant and Miss B Hay and H B Burley were hospitalized. Gandhi and volunteers planned salt protest near Dandi, with Vallabhbhai Patel arrested before the march.
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India
B. Hay
H. B. Burley
Victoria Terminal
Byculla
Mahatma Gandhi
Karadhi Matvad
Dandi
Gandhi
Jalalpur
Vallabhai Patel
V. J. Patel
Indian
Queen Victoria of Sweden Dies in Rome at 63
Queen Victoria of Sweden died today in her winter Rome residence after a long pulmonary decline. King Gustav and Prince William were at her bedside as doctors and nurses prepared the body in black, roses laid nearby. Condolences poured in from Washington as Italy mourned with Rome services planned and the body to be sent to Sweden.
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Queen Victoria
Sweden
Gustav
Naples
Prince William
Victoria
Capri
Dr. Munte
Italy
Revial
Hoover Tempting Virginia Trout at Rapidan Camp
President Hoover arrived at his Rapidan River recreation camp at 6 p.m. for his first fishing trip of the season. He and guests fished with a Royal Coachman and a Grisley King while a log fire awaited their arrival, and Mrs. Hoover headed home from Philadelphia to Washington.
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Orange
Rapidan River
Grisley King
Hoover
Philadelphia
Washington
Events Determine Marital Conduct says jurist in divorce address
Judge Charles W. Hoffman of the Domestic Relations Court told the Woman's Club yesterday that divorce theories are not based on facts and threats or ostracism no longer control behavior. He argued courts lack power to curb affections and noted vast sociological and biological knowledge remains inconclusive.
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Charles W. Hoffman
Domestic Relations Court
Hoffman
Hoover’s Certainty Questioned in Attitude Debate
The article discusses uncertainty around President Hoover’s stance amid public doubt. Analysts debate his confidence level and responses to the evolving political climate as opposition grows.
Efforts to Eliminate State Profit Falter
Congress was permitted to die by President Coolidge's pocket veto. The article notes futile attempts to remove the state's profits, highlighting constitutional maneuvering and political context.
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Congress
Coolidge
Temperature Forecasts Across States And Temperatures
Ohio and Kentucky see warmer days with increasing clouds and possible Saturday night showers while Sunday turns fair. West Virginia and Indiana expect more cloudiness and warmer Saturday with few showers Saturday night. Sunday fair in many areas. A detailed table lists current temperatures from Eastport to Omaha with highs in the 40s to 70s and winds from NE to S, plus sun and rain indicators for April 4, 1930.
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Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
West Portion
Indiana
North Portion
Sunda
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