Colorado Banker Confesses Swindle Aimed to Save Telluride Bank
C D Waggoner, a Telluride Colorado banker, admits forging telegraphs to obtain 500000 from six New York banks to shield depositors. He claims the Bank of Telluride would have collapsed without his action and says he acted to protect creditors, not himself. He awaits trial in jail after being arrested in New Castle Wyoming.
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Colorado
N. Y
Sebastian
New Castle
Wyo
C. D. Waggoner
New York
Bank’ of Telluride
Ifistiteggion
Bank of Telluride
Waggoner
Western Union
Denver
Telluride
Toy
Big Four Plans 25 Million Track Relocation Across 38 Miles
The Big Four Railroad outlines a 25 million dollar program to relocate tracks and add double tracking along 38 miles from Mattoon Illinois to Pana Illinois with heavy construction at Shelbyville and Tar Hill. W S Burnett says the work aims for 75 mph service from New York to St Louis, with construction to begin next spring under T S Millard and the overall project spanning multiple states and graged reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Four Railroad Company
New York
St.Louis
W. S. Burnett
T. S. Millard
Mattoon
Mill
Pana
Ill
Burnett
Shelbyville
Tar ‘Hill
Big Four
Sidney
Terra Haute
St. Louis
Sandford
Ind
Indianapolis
Millard
Miss Erma Priest Resigns Over City Residence Rule
Miss Erma Priest resigns as secretary to Mayor Seasongood after a city residence boundary became known. She moved from 3610 Ravenwood Avenue to 6820 Bantry Avenue near Kennedy Heights and believed she stayed within Cincinnati, prompting the lawful resignation accepted by the mayor.
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Erma Priest
Seasongood
Miss Priest
Ravenwood Avenue
Cincinnati
Bantry Avenue
Kennedy Heights
Learning City Ways Expensive for Ohioan
Marion realtor Carl Haas visited Cincinnati and was pickpocketed near Sixth and Mound streets. A young woman offered to guide him to a hotel then fled with his cash, three notes totaling 3 160 and a 25 check leaving him with an empty pocketbook.
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Carl Haas
Marion, O
Cincinnati
Big City
Sixth
Mound Streets
Haas
Tariff bill progress delayed by Ware controversy postponement
The Ware controversy delays on December action as Senate clears the way to start anew on President Hoover's tariff bill. Senator Simmons plans an opposition speech. Smoot seeks to speed debate by skipping initial readings. Farm groups press for agricultural protections, citing unequal treatment between agriculture and industry.
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Washington
Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Senate
Simmons
North Carolina
Finance Committee
Smoot
Chester H.gray
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ball and Chain Fines Enforce Prohibition Violation
Elgin Illinois September 11 a fourth drunken driving conviction led Judge O C Allen to impose a $100 fine and costs along with daily work on county highways at 150 per day. If no labor is available Vaughn faces confinement on a ball and chain in the county jail.
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Elgin
Ill
O. C. Allen
Grady Vaughn
Vaughn
Fight signboard evil by planting shrubbery
Springfield Illinois September 11 Out of the soil may come obliteration of the signboard evil in Illinois The plan a state enterprise calls for planting trees and shrubs at unsightly places along highways Public Works and Public Welfare began beautification focusing on outstanding eyesores The idea may extend to the entire highway system State institutions provide labor trees come from state nurseries Markers will be set until growth Cost will be comparatively slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Public Works
Public Welfare
Stench Bomb Disrupts Covington Theater Show
Patrons fled Shirley Theater in Covington after a sudden odor from a stench bomb. Investigators questioned Gordon Sanford of Bellevue after finding incipient bombs in his car near 18th and Holman streets. Patrolman Mebbler and manager M. Schaefer pursued the fleeing couple but located Sanford instead.
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Covington
Shirley Theater
Eighteenth
Holman
Gordon Sanford
Fairfield Avenue
Bellevue
M. Schaefer
Frank Mebbler
Hebbler
Schaefer
Sanford
New Hospital for Mentally Ill Planned by Cincinnati Pastor
A national drive to fund a non profit non sectarian mental hospital aims to treat patients for recovery rather than removal from society. Rev. Louis G Hoeck of Cincinnati proposes a $75000 start with site near a large city and possibly in or near Cincinnati. The plan surveys humane treatment and integrated therapies beyond Osteopathic care.
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America
Cincinnati
Rev. L. G. Hoeck
Louis G. Hoeck
Church of the New Jerusalem
Oak Street
Winslow Avenue
Hoeck
United States
United Kingdom
New Foundation
Council of Ministers
General Convention
Ciety
Ney
Congressman Kvale Burned To Death In Minnesota Cottage
Minnesota Congressman O. J. Kvale, a Farmer-Labor member, died in a fire at his summer home near Battle Lake. The blaze at midnight destroyed the cottage. suspicions centered on an exploding stove or a gasoline lamp. Kvale had insomnia and was said to have used a sleeping potion, with his son noting he had little chance to escape. He was 60 and the lone Farmer-Laborer in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Kvale
Battle Lake
Minn
Here
O. J. Kvale
Minnesota
I. T. Vale of
Willmar
J. G. Vizen
Kvale
Mr. Kvale
City Council rejects plan to fund civilian pensions
The Cincinnati City Council voted 4 to 3 to defeat an ordinance authorizing up to $6,000 for hiring an expert to review pension funds for city civilians. The measure failed amid absences and last minute abstentions, with supporters Eisen, Matthews, and Rose voting yes and Daly, Dixon, Schneller, and Mayor Seasongood voting no. A separate report by E Don Gilman on gas heater pilot lights sparked criticism from Daly as Col Sherrill defended the utilities director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Meredith Yeatman
Tyler Field
Yeatman
Field
Charles Eisen
Stanley Matthews
C. O. Rose
Martin Daly
Edward T.dixon
Beetham and Ponting May Quit as Ohio Prohibition Head
Rumors that Ohio Prohibition Commissioner Rupert R. Beetham may resign, after failing to win appointment as State Superintendent of Banks, circulate as Beetham hints plans could change. The rival banker Gray will succeed Blair as Superintendent of Banks, taking office September 15.
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Beetham, Ponting
May
Ohio
Prohibition
Columbus
Rupert R. Beetham
Beetham
O. C. Gray
Cadiz
Gray
Harrison
E. H. Blair
Donahey
Blair
Gov. Cooper
House of Representatives
Girl fugitives clash with Cincinnati officers at jail
Miss Ella Tutt aged 16 and Miss Dorothy Schneider aged 17, who attempted suicide after arrest in Toledo, fought two Cincinnati policemen a deputy sheriff and probation officer at the County Jail to avoid being sent back to Hillcrest Industrial School. They were subdued and moved to Union Depot after a brief struggle.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Ella Tutt
Dorothy Schneider
Brunn Street
Hillcrest
Cincinnati
Lillian Joss
Union
World Record of Work Without An Accident
The Hast Works plant at Middletown, part of the American Rolling Mills Company, completed 1,158,000 man hours without a lost time accident at midnight August 8. This equals forty five consecutive days for more than 3,700 workers and tops the prior Butler Works record of 1,006,135 hours over sixty six days.
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Hast Works
Middletown
American Rolling Mills Company
Ralph Pearson
East Works
Butler (Pa
Columbia
The
Steel Company
Hoover Seeks Parley End to Navy Pact Breach With Britain
Washington reports Hoover pressing for a safe pact with Britain as talks with Stimson Cotton and Adams proceed in secrecy. The dispute centers on cruiser tonnage and parity with Britain, a long standing bone of contention from the Geneva talks.
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Hoover
Britain
Senate
New York World News Service
Washington
State
Navy Department
MacDonaldy
Stimson
Cotton
Navy
Adams
Admiral Jones
General Board of the Navy
White House
General Board
Stimison
MacDonald
Sennainee
York
Exeter
Iron heel demanded as remedy in religious violence speech
At the Lions Club meeting in the Hotel Metropole John B. Kenna condemned Turkish and Arab behavior toward Christians and Jews calling for relentless imperial pressure. He blamed Mohammedism for regional collapse and argued only coercive force could stop the violence.
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John B. Kenna
Lions Club
Hotel Metropole
Mr. Kenna
Holy Lands
Allah
God
Mohammed
Choice for High Honor Is Denied by Archbishop
Archbishop McNicholas rejects Rome’s report that Pope Pius XI favored a local Archbishop for Master General of the Dominican Order. He calls the speculation absurd and unworthy, saying the Holy Father wants the electors free to choose without any hints or preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNicholas
Rome
Pius XI
Eternal City
Holy Father
College of Electors
Ohio railroad extension connects Youngstown to Pittsburgh line
Construction of the extension on the Youngstown and Suburban Railroad from Columbiana to Signal has begun to link with the Pittsburgh Lisbon and Western, an affiliated line, officials announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Railroad
Youngstown
Youngstown & Suburban
Columbiana
Signal
Pittsburgh, Lisbon & Western
Kisch Refutes Grand Mufti on Jewish Trouble Claims
Col. F H Kisch chief of the Palestine Zionist Executive dismissed the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem's charge that Jews sparked recent Palestine unrest. He cited a September communique by the Jewish National Council and noted orderly demonstrations at the Wailing Wall on August 15 protesting religious humiliation.
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Cel
Kisch
Grand Mufti
Jerusalem
Grand Mufti of
Palestine
Col
F. H. Kisch
Palestine Zionist Executive
Grand Muffa
Jewish National Council
Col. Kisch
Hoover funds to prove chemistry and airpower end wars
Francis P. Garvan of New York told the American Chemical Society that chemistry and airplanes have made war impossible and offered President Hoover millions of dollars through the Chemical Foundation to investigate peace driven by modern chemistry and aero science. He argued that in a modern war ships would stay docked and armies remain in place, signaling a potential breakthrough for world peace.
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Hoover
Minneapolis
Minn
Francis P. Garvan
New York
American Chemical Society
The
Chemical Foundation
Ameri
Garvan
Lanemuir
Hinsteins
Hoover Visit to Cincinnati Planned for October 15
President Hoover tentatively sets October 15 for a Cincinnati visit tied to Ohio River improvement completion. He may then head to Detroit to open the Edison Laboratory at Dearborn and finalize the trip itinerary next week. He has not decided on a Texas stop before returning to Washington.
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Hoover
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Detroit
Edison
Dearborn
Texas
Judge declines grand jury report on Gunckel innocence
Dayton Ohio September 11 Judge Robert C Patterson refused to accept the grand jury report finding Col George I Gunckel trustee of Memorial Hall innocent of charges he took half of a $16000 shortage in the Hirsch custodians accounts He requested a copy of the evidence and said he would read the grand jury if needed
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Dayton, O
Common Pleas
Robert C. Patterson
George I. Gunckel
Memorial Hall
Joseph V. Hirsch
Patterson
Grand Jury
Oregon Forest Blaze Widens Its Sweep
Oregon fire reports show settlements snuffed out communication disrupted and thousands of acres burned across Westlane County and adjacent districts. Eastern and southern areas report new fires including the Triangle Lake Greenleaf blaze expanding rapidly and causing heavy property losses.
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Eugene
Ore
Westlane County
Walterville
Triangle Lake-Greenleaf
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Norris
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Louis
Cleveland
Tariet
Wate
Harold Oliver
Council
GITYS
Baltor
London
Elliott Thurston
William B. Shearer
S. S. Robison
Lions Clubs
Shearer
American Shipbuilding Corporation
Geneva
Naval Committee
William V. Pratt
United States Fleet
Henry A. Wiley
S. S. Robinson
Charles P. Plunkett
Borah
Idaho
Robinson
Shipbuilding Corporation
Senate Committee
Department of Justice
E. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Howard W. Blakeslee
Oregon
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