Four Thugs Kidnap Bank Cashier In Cincinnati Area Heist Attempt
Henderson, cashier of the Camargo Bank at Madeira, was abducted near Oakley Public School as two loiterers stopped his car and four men forced him into a pursuit toward the Indiana line. The group abandoned a rear sedan at West Carrollton after a tire blew, taking $12 and the watch, then drove off leaving Henderson to seek help. Police traced the fugitives across two states. the motive was to force entry into the bank vault, recalling a prior Cole gang robbery of $6,900.
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Ben Henderson
Camargo Bank
Madeira
Oakley
Madison Road
Cincinnati
Henderson Ha
Betty Jane
Henderson
West Carrolton
Indiana Line
West Carrollton Bank
Cole
Fresh Air Starts Poorhouse Riot in Kentucky Infirmary
Inmates at the Lewis County infirmary in Vanceburg Kentucky fought over a window and fresh air escaping the crowded ward. An elderly resident opened a winter warped window for air and sparked a riot with fists canes and chairs while others argued to keep the room closed.
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Portsmouth
Lewis County
Vanceburg
Cincinnati Tops Cities In Administrative Grade
Cincinnati and Berkeley led with a 95 out of 100 in Dr. Jerome Kerwin's city administration analysis. Chicago scored well on some tests but failed in city planning home rule and unified reporting, rating below the leaders. Cleveland stood at 85, New York above 70.
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the Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Cincinnati
Berkeley
Cal
Jerome Kerwin
Department of Political Science
University of Chicago
Kerwin
Cleveland
New York
Oklahoma Governor Impeachment Charges Rise to Four
Oklahoma House votes to uphold four of ten impeachment articles against Gov. Henry S. Johnston. Deficiency certificate issues to the State Banking Department and use of National Guard troops against legislators are among the charges, with next votes pending.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Henry S. Johnston
Oklahoma House of Representatives
House
State Banking Department
National Guard
State House
Dewey Crossthwaite
Pardon and
Crossthwaite
State Penitentiary
J. W. Mansell
Earth Molds Shaped as Heads Found in Northcott Grave
Riverside dispatch reports detective testimony on a double grave at Gordon Northcott’s Wineville chicken ranch. Chester Lloyd describes cup shaped bone molds of two heads at the bottom, blood stained items, and Sanford Clark’s statements linking Northcott to the Winslow boys and Walter Collins murders.
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Riverside
Cal
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Wineville
Chester A. Lloyd
Los Angeles
Northcott
Lewis
Nelson Winslow
Sanford Clark
Sanford
Earl C. Redwine
Collins
Walter Collins
Lloyd
N. H. Winslow
Pomona
Winslow Boys
Northcott Ranch
Vancouver
B. C
Jessie Clark
Bank Hold-Up Ends In Fatal Guard Shooting
Five armed robbers assault Franklin Trust and Savings Bank on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Guard Martin French, 75, is fatally shot. cashier Edgar Olson and assistant Leo Paquette wounded. Robbers escape with about $2,000 as more than fifty shots ring out. four female employees faint.
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Chicago
Franklin Trust and Savings Bank
Thirty-fifth Street
Martin French
Edgar Olson
Leo Paquette
William John
Michigan Avenue
French
Olson
Paquette
St Louis Bank Robbery Kills Cashier at County Bank
Three men robbed the Overland State Bank in St. Louis County at 1 o clock and fatally wounded cashier T. V. Phelphs. They escaped in an automobile with about $10,000.
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St. Louis
Overland State Bank
St. Louis County
T. V. Phelphs
Detectives on Trail of Slayer of Indiana Banker
Sullivan ind Jan 18 Detectives said they are on the trail of Edgar D Maple 47 vice president of the People's National Bank and Trust Company after a 4000 theft from a small bank safe Maple was shot and killed early Wednesday. Prosecutor Jesse E Bedwell said the killer is known and arrest is expected soon The coroner ruled Maple murdered by an unknown person citing the gun found several feet from the body and no powder burns near the bullet hole in the forehead
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Indiana
Sullivan
Ind
People’s National Bank and Trust Company
Edgar D. Maple
Jesse E. Bedwell
Maple
John Maple
Raid on State Treasury Survivor Burling Dies
Fernando Raven, 82, last survivor of the 64 year old raid on the Texas State Treasury, died yesterday and was buried in Austin. He helped defend the capital as outlaws looted the treasury in 186? era, as bells rang and alarms sounded during the skirmish on Congress Avenue.
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Austin
Tex
Fernando Raven
State Treasury
Murray
Haven
Congress Avenue
Chance to make million a month offered by dry posts
In Washington on January 18 the Senate debated enforcement funding under the Eighteenth Amendment. Senator Norris warned of political influence guiding prohibition appointments while Senator Robinson charged prohibition workers with backing the Republican ticket. A potential compromise proposed additional enforcement funds and a plan to widen law observance outreach. Norris said some posts could yield up to one million dollars in thirty days.
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Washington
Senate
Mellon
Norris
Robinson
Arkansas
Harris
Dem
Jones
Rep
Wash
Glass
Virginian
Hoover
Prohibition
Treasury
Senator Glass
the Treasury
Prohibition Bureau
Department of Justice
Owever
Anti-Saloon League
Mabel Willebrandt
Harry D Coulby Dies in London After Shipping Career
Harry D. Coulby 64, famed as Czar of the Great Lakes, died at the Ritz Hotel in London after a stay in Claypoole England. A penniless youth who walked from New York to Cleveland, he rose to lead roles in Pickands Mather & Co, Inter-Lake Steamship, Central Alloy Steel, and Youngstown Sheet and Tube, shaping Great Lakes shipping and the steel industry.
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Cleveland
Harry D. Coulby
New York
Great Lakes
Ritz Hotel
London
England
Cable Agram
Coulby
Claypoole
Col
John Hay
Lincoln
Hay
Samuel Mather
Pickands, Mather & Co
Lake Shipping
Central Alloy Steel Corporation
Inter-Lake Steamship
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Good Liquor Delivery Service Attracts Workers To Speakeasies
Washington speakeasies, unlike New York, cater mainly to moderate income workers such as workmen, chauffeurs, and porters. With efficient delivery and telephone orders, even professionals rarely visit unless tied to gambling or racing venues, making raids and raids harder for strangers to access.
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Richard Montague
N. Y
Hoover Reports New NY Republican Leadership Pact
President elect Hoover approves a New York party leadership realignment to place patronage decisions with a three member committee led by H. Edmond Machold and aided by Charles D. Hilles and William H. Hill. The group will advise on federal candidates and bolster state organization.
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Washington
New York
Hoover
H. Edmond Machold
Charles D. Hilles
William H. Hill
Machold
Hill
Ogden Mills
the Treasury
Hilles
Coolidge
Charles Evans Hughes
Macholdis
Pary
Empire State
Republican National Committee
Chevrolet dealers gather for big Cincinnati sales meeting
H J Klingler of Chevrolet leads a delegation to Cincinnati for a major dealer sales meeting at Emery Auditorium today at 1 30 PM with a banquet at Hotel Gibson Roof Garden at 6 30 PM. More than seven hundred dealers bankers and associates from Ohio Indiana Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia attend the Chevrolet affair.
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H.J. Klingler
Chevrolet Motor Company
Chevrolet
Cincinnati
United States
Emery Auditorium
Gibson
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Fred Cline
Washington D. H
H. J. Maier
Covington
Eyesee Stiles
Ft. Thomas
J. Minger
Senman
Ind
H. Ormes
Mt. Oliver
C. L. Henderson
Manchester
W.c. Hall
Georgetown
R. Ruzicka
Klingler
Democratic Party Accused of Republican Control by Congressman
Rep Box of Texas denounces Democratic campaign tactics as he claims Republicans dominate party machinery. He cites Roosevelt letter and Raskob as examples while urging freedom from “subverting influences.” The House listens in silence as he urged party reform.
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Smith
Washington
House
Representative Box
Texas
Texan
Gov. Roosevelt
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Box
Minneapolis Journal
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Raskob
Deadly tornado toll across four states from Evansville storm
A Wichita Evansville dispatch reports nine deaths and about thirty injuries as a tornado and heavy rains swept four Midwestern states. At Maunie Illinois two children and a woman died as a school collapsed. other fatalities occurred near Cape Girardeau Missouri and Fort Branch Indiana.
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Evansville
Ind
Middle Western
Ohio
Wabash River
Cape Girardeau
Maunie
Ill
Ohio River
Ft. Branch
Cleveland
Lake Erie
St. Lawrence Valley
Handley
Dorothy May
Princeton
Marnie
Margaret Rose
Lula Weare
Three Near Death From Midsummer Storm in Cincinnati Area
A severe midsummer storm struck the Cincinnati region yesterday causing downed wires and trees and leaving one suburban village without power. Three people, including 14 year old Fred Hurling of Cheviot, were near death in area hospitals after the incident.
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Cincinnati
Fred Hurling
Harem Avenue
Cheviot
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Buck”) Eldridge
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