Poison-Squad Murder Plot Ends in Double Death at Reno
R S Wilson a San Francisco broker killed Dana Booth a taxi driver with poisoned drink then took his own life near Lovelock Nevada Booth body found by a highway crew 17 miles east of Reno. Wilson later flew a plane with Morrill and dived the craft Morrill assisted police in reconstruction of events.
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Reno New
R. S. Wilson
San Francisco
Lovelock, Ney
Dana Booth
Booth
Reno
Wilson
Lovelock
A. Chapman
Pershing County
The Granitehead Bookseller and a Stormy Summer
In Granitehead Maine, Joan Dudley vacations with Aunt Adelaide Delafield and becomes engaged to Drew Hallam. The Delafields depart the log house as storms gather, while Giles Armiger and Stephen Scripps run rival shops of rare books and shoes. A seaside breeze carries talk of angel visitants as a tempest rises, testing friendships and passions among summer visitors.
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Joan Dudley
Maine
Adelaide Delafield
Drew Hallam
Atar
Grantehead
Granitehead
Saie
Giles Armiger
Stephen
Giles Bed
Scripps
Armiger
Dilly
Plymouth
Giles
Gloucester
France
Peters Company
Ben Janson
Samuel
Kemis
Fanny Browne
Pepys
Shelley
Lack
Forty seven states back Roosevelt in nationwide poll
The Literary Digest tabulation shows 47 states voting for Roosevelt while Vermont opposes the administration. Total ballots counted reach 875,373 with 534,804 in favor and 240,569 against giving a 60 percent approval. A banker poll of 21,320 bankers finds 10,043 for and 11,275 against the president.
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New York
Vermont
Roosevelt
New Literary Digest
Butte Man Is Honored at County Board Meet
BILLINGS, MONT., June 14. The twenty-fifth annual Montana Association of County Commissioners meeting closed with officers elected. Carl Olin of Forsyth named president, succeeding C. H. Mott of Miles City. W. H. Martwig of Dillon named first vice president, Don Hing of Butte second vice president, and B. H. McCart re-elected secretary treasurer. Delegates memorialized Congress to hasten funds for water development and conservation. Berlin educational week distributed 1,000,000 leaflets warning pedestrians about traffic regulations.
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Billings
Mont
Montana Association of County Commissioners
Shelby
Carl Olin
Forsyth
C. H. Mott
Miles City
W. H. Martwig
Dillon
Don Hing
Butte
B. H. McCart
Congress
Montana-Washington
Quotation on Treasures and Ignorance in a Scripps Interview
A quoted remark contrasts preserving treasures with selling to those who do not value them. The speaker notes patience with ignorance seeking knowledge but criticizes literary upstarts who buy books as if they were bonds, signaling tension between genuine appreciation and speculation.
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Scripps
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Baite
Montana
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Montana Standard
Nevada
St Dunstan-in-the- East
England
Nu-Enamel Store
West Park Street
Oaly Window Demonstralluk
Avery
China
Nu-Enamel
Hetion
Peter
Stephen Scripps
Giles Armirer
Frere
Beripps
Berlin
Jepper Schilling
DM Kendbody SA
Tom Price
Serprite
America
Ita
Ose
Wational Distillers
Firestone Service Dealers
Stier
Tap Ass Tpus
NASH
Ambassador
Howard Pierce, Inc
Jane and Main, Batte, Ment
White Bros
East Commercial Ave
Anaconda, Ment
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