Baseball Scandal Exposed as Risberg Testimony Opens
In Chicago on January 5, 1930, Sweeping denials came from White Sox and Tigers players about Risberg’s claim that the 1917 World Series was bought. Evidence included a canceled check and a Detroit pitcher’s paid amount, as Commissioner Landis presided with star players summoned to witness.
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Clarence Rowland
Ownie Bush
Oscar Stanage
Ray Schalk
Howard Ehmke
Donahey urges tax increases to fill depleted treasury
Ohio Governor Donahey outlines a budget plan to avoid deep cuts by raising approximately 39 million dollars in a privilege tax on corporations. He favors indirect taxes over direct levies to meet a 5 million dollar deficit and urges the Legislature to consider revenue measures. He blames the last assembly for the fiscal squeeze while stressing continued state services.
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Gidding Banks on Bankruptcy After Bank Loan Woes
B A Gidding of 3653 Washington avenue filed a voluntary bankruptcy in Federal Court listing assets at about $100 and claiming exemption for household furnishings. Once wealthier, he built a Cincinnati retail empire with branches in New York Philadelphia Atlantic City and St Paul before a 3 year fall from grace. Creditors include Sadie Leopold Bernard Unger and the Brotherhood Bank with a noted $85 604 guaranty from Harriman National Bank of New York.
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Cincinnati Year Under City Manager Plan Praised at Civic Dinner
City government in its first year under the City Manager plan receives praise for major achievements by Col. Sherrill and Mayor Murray Seasongood. Street maintenance and repair, building, water works, and street railways show substantial progress with over half of Cincinnati’s 609 miles of streets resurfaced using new methods. The City Charter Committee may back a slate of nine council candidates, including some current members, at the third annual civic dinner at the Linton.
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Charles C. Rose
Tyler Field
Stanley Matthews
Julius Luchsinger
City Hall
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Commercial Tribune
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Foreign action as mobs seize Hankow prompt aid by ships
U S and British warships rush to assist foreigners in Hankow as Chinese mobs seize control. English women flee from the British concession to Shanghai while street fighting rages between Chinese police and mobs. Missionaries ordered to quit interior stations amid anti Christian disturbances.
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Yangtze River
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Daily Mail
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Poison liquor deaths blamed on Mellon and Mills in House showdown
In a House speech Representative La Guardia charged Secretary Mellon and New York prohibition chief Mills with responsibility for poison alcohol deaths. He accused officials of lax supervision, undercover work, and bootlegging ties to a New York club, citing alleged blackmail and espionage schemes against reform efforts.
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Leopold and Loeb Describe Alibi in Damages Trial
In Circuit Court Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb listen to Charles Ream’s testimony accusing them of kidnapping and mutilation. Leopold denies harming Ream and claims he was at home at a party the night of the incident. The trial follows their 1924 murder conviction for Bobby Franks.
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Three Highwaymen Rob Car Killing Mrs Glardon In Hillsboro
The coroner said the fatal bullet may have been fired by someone near Mrs Sherley Glardon as three highwaymen robbed her of a purse on Compton road near Woodlake avenue. Peter Brown escaped unharmed after his car was forced into a ditch. he described the confrontation and the desperate escape as the robbers demanded money.
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Judge suspends sentence in slaying linked to blackmailing mother
In New York on January 5 Judge Barrett suspended sentence for Mrs. Catherine Denino the confessed slayer of Louis Fine. The 16 year old girl, Evantston Illinois born and mother of a child, was defended by Sophie Irene Loeb and urged mercy by Miss Margaret Wilson and Harry K Thaw. Denino admitted traveling from Illinois to New York and shooting Fine in a barber shop after he betrayed her at age twelve. The girl remains in custody of a female probation officer until her husband can support her. The judge condemned maternal neglect and urged faithful parenting as the true safeguard against such tragedies.
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Sophie Irene Loeb
Margaret Wilson
Harry K. Thaw
Denino
Illinois
Fine
Colorado Warden Defies Governor Over Prison Entry
Canon City Warden Thomas J. Tynan clung to control as Gov. SOPIEIY ordered his removal. Guntrapped walls and armed guards surrounded the state pen as Sheriff Glasson, acting warden, tried to serve orders. Tynan warned any intrusion would meet the same fate as escapes.
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Glasson
B. A. Burton
Keep This In Mind for Quick Low-Cost Classified Ads
A Commercial Tribune Classified Act promises broad reach for selling valuables. It urges owners to act, noting buyers are always seeking something and advertisers can broadcast to a targeted market at low cost.
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Commercial Tribune
Prison dispute heats as warden and governor clash over paroles
A Denver Post report details a volatile standoff at the state prison where Warden Tynan and Gov. Morley dispute control. Tynan accuses Morley of approving many paroles and pardons, listing 149 names to back his claim while authorities navigate ongoing attempts to serve divorce papers on an inmate.
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Court rules twelve year old Ann Hewitt shares in Cooper estate
New York January 56 The Appellate Division affirms a 1925 report declaring Ann Cooper Hewitt illegitimate daughter and heiress of Peter Cooper Hewitt thus entitling her to a share in the estate. The three year battle began in 1923 when Erskine Hewitt sued on behalf of Peter Hewitt’s siblings, contending the child was not legitimate.
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Lucy Work
Maryon J. Andrews
Virginia
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Stewart Deming
MacFarlane
Body Found Buried in Lime Near Calumet City
Theodore Anton, owner of Hawthorne Inn and landlord to Al Capone, was found dead today buried in quick lime near Calumet City. Police continued to investigate his death as details emerged from Cicero gun circles.
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Missing man Anton tied to gangster violence and robbery
Anton, reportedly wealthy, vanished November 28 with $2000 and a $3000 diamond ring on his fingers. A gunshot wound between the eyes and lime plastered over the corpse suggest homicide by gunmen and burglars. A $2000 ring was found missing a finger.
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Arms Found in Snow Near Toledo In Hunting Incident
A man and his wife hunting rabbits found two human arms in the snow near Toledo on January 5. Police believe the arms were severed from a body likely left near the Ohio Michigan state line on Thanksgiving Day.
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Gov. Donahey airs troubles with GOP Assemblies
Ohio Governor Donahey in his biennial message to the Republican Eighty-seventh General Assembly cites trouble over appointments to the Public Utilities Commission and a deliberate Treasury deficit. He urges collaboration with the Legislature to pursue vision and constructive state leadership.
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Poison liquor kills two in Bellaire hotel
Police attribute the deaths to poison liquor after the bodies of N. E. Oden age 55 of Woodsfield and an unidentified woman were found in a Bellaire hotel. The incident was reported January 5.
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N. E. Oden
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Nun Declines Millionaire Inheritance for Faith
Miss Grace Minford, 43, a Dominican nun in Newark, renounces about 2 million dollars from her late father's will. He urged her to return home, but she remains in the monastery and says her heavenly reward is greater than wealth.
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New York World News Service
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Warships rush to Hankow to shield foreigners on Yangtze
American and British warships hurried along the Yangtze River to Hankow to protect foreigners after fresh attacks on the British concession district. The Vindictive and other cruisers sped to reinforce positions as tense clashes continued near foreign settlements.
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Gov Smith urges definition of intoxicant and liquor law reform
Gov Smith in his annual message to the Legislature calls on Congress to move quickly to restore harmless beverages enjoyed for a century while urging modification of the Volstead act. He states federal liquor laws are in force in New York and must be enforced, warning sheriffs and officers to act accordingly.
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Crisis in U S Mexico affairs over oil lands forfeiture
Washington reports a diplomatic crisis as President Calles orders Mexican authorities to seize noncompliant oil lands under Article 27. The move threatens recall of Ambassador Sheffield and possible severance of relations. U S policy pivots between court action and recall. The Nicaraguan neutrality dispute also surfaces as Diaz gains arms to resist Sacasa, with the U S authorizing limited shipments of rifles and machine guns to Managua amid naval debates.
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