Blackmail plot targets Chicago social leaders daughters
Chicago society faces extortion as investigators probe a scheme against daughters of prominent families. George B. Harrington of Lake Morost reports a written demand threatening harm if a ransom is not paid. Police say letters promised death for the girls if the money was not supplied.
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Chicago
George B. Harrington
Lake Morost
Wile Mingo Ad Franklin Coal Rompany
North
Sophie
Satorhon
Font Lo Felsany
Weetiel
Gale in North Sea Triggers Fatalities and Weather Disruption
A severe gale in the North Sea and adjacent waters causes ships to struggle. One death is reported near Templehof airfield as strong winds disrupt air and sea routes. The storm affects maritime traffic and northern European coastal areas today.
Governors End Midwestern Conference on Farm Relief
Nine midwestern states urged tariff revision sound currency expansion debt moratoriums and an orderly marketing plan to restore farm buying power and national prosperity. they sent the recommendations to the president and congress as the midwestern farm strike ended.
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TY A. D. Stefferud
Sioux City
Congress
Karth
French Premier Defends Anxiety Over Armaments Talks
Means France Sent 21 A Preaver Rulon and Herriot Menaford to understand French anxiety about the mathematics of dangerous manifesta toros in the armaments question while accepting an American gift for a monument on the Marne battlefield. The premier defended the French position.
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Means
France
Rulon
Herriot Menaford
Manifesta
Marne Battefield
Contractor slain by his wife in Pocatello
In Pocatello a 46 year old contractor Frank Williams was shot and killed shortly after midnight. His wife Jemina Williams, 55, was being held by police who say she confessed to the shooting claiming he beat her.
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Prytella
Tate
Frank “Storty' Williams
Jemina Williams
Nalice
Flood at the Rio Grande Threatens Brownsville Area
Browneville Texas Sept 11 The Rio Grande rising at the tip of Texas floods the southern coast, edge of water within 20 to 30 feet of downtown. Authorities report no evacuation, Fort Brown commander says four more feet would trigger moves. Weather Bureau predicts minimal rise next three days as worse flooding hits Willacy county near Sebastian and Lyford.
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Rio Grande
Texas
Browneville
Tessas
American PLC
Jorces
Nat Ra
Matamoros
Mexico
Thorities
Col. F. Wy. Glover
Fort Brown
Forest Fire Near Bonner Burns 1600 Acres in Missoula Area
Missoula readers report a large forest fire east of Bonner that burned about 1600 acres of timber. Fire crews of around 100 men battled to stop the blaze from reaching the Blackfoot valley as flames spread northeast toward Johnson Gulch. The fire broke out near Maranau geleh along the Yellowstone Trail and rapidly advanced, driven by wind and tinder-dry conditions.
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Missoula
Bonner
Blackfoot Valley
Maranau Geleh
Yellowstone Trail
Benner
Johnson Gileh
Uaming
Demand for Bonus Dominates Portland Veteran Session
Pariaid Oregon September 11 The American Legion prepares to open its national convention as thousands of veterans arrive for pre convention festivities. The spotlight falls on bonus legislation driven by the famed march on Washington and the significance of the veterans movement in national politics.
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Portland
Pariaid
Ore
American Legion
Washington
Bonus Army
Transatlantic plane City of Richmond missing near Greenland
In Far North Angmagsalik Greenland on September 11 the transatlantic airliner City of Richmond with eight aboard including a woman and two children sent distress signals after a forced down on ice packed waters off eastern Greenland. The radio then went silent as pilot Georges R. Hutchington reported the position 64 28 N á8 45 W about 30 miles southwest of Angmukenlik. The British steam trawler Lord Talbot picked up the SOS at 3 10 p.m. GMT and raced to the scene amid drifting ice and alarms continuing.
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Angmagsalik
Greenland
City of
Richmond
Georges R. Hutchingon
Lonpitude
Angmukenlik
Lord Talbot
Greenwich
Federal forces claim near total control of Moguana district
Rio de Janeiro reports that at the start of the 10th week of Brazil's military actions against rebels in Sao Paulo the government says almost the entire Moguana district is under control. The dispatch notes the operation began with early success as troops press toward rebel positions.
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Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Moguana
Three youths confess murder of old man
Denver reports Sheriff Len Templeton said three youths Roy Vigil 40 Tao Salz 22 and Candalario Montoya 21 confessed to beating Oscar Arnold 74 with a shop maker's hammer in Vandar then setting him on fire after pouring kerosene on him. Motive given as robbery with a dollar found missing.
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Denver
Sheritf
Len Templeton
Brighton
Oscar Arnold
Vandar
Alwriff
Roy Vigil
Tao Salz
Candalario Montoya
Ingansble
Doney Island Cabaret Owner Murdered
New York dispatch reports the body of Gerardo Scarpato, 46, owner of a Caney Ta land cabaret on Doney Island, found in a burlap bag in a large metal bin in Brooklyn. Police recall an earlier suspect linked to a 1908 murder and theorize associates abducted Scarpato aboard a boat. he later traveled to Italy and returned eight months after the Masaerin killing.
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New York
Gerardo Scarpato
Caney Taland
Windsor
Brooklyn
Dream
Fiusepno Maxantin
Apeil
Hathla Triands
Scarpato
Scarpito
Italy
Sleuths Still Inclined to Believe Russ Hold Robins
Prohibition agents pursue clues after an informer linked Florida bootleggers to Robins before his disappearance while traveling to a White House appointment. Officials still doubt a direct aim by the missing man though new tips point to Robins in Freaka Florida and a broader liquor conspiracy in Hernando County. The inquiry, active near Hernando, explores whether Robins was connected to the alleged plot as investigators press for fresh details.
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Washington
Florida
Cole
Raymond Robie
Ine
Hernando County
Ute
Mebius
Nelma Hern Wapiegael
Matevan Fough Te Baatlergers
Eyes of America on Maine as it goes to polls today
Maine voters head to the polls for state and federal contests led by a governor and five congressional and legislative seats. The race shapes up as a nationwide test amid a largely prohibition focused campaign, with Senator Moses credited as a key influence in the November outcome.
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Eyes OF America
Maine
Chrysler Will Aid Crusader Campaign in New York
New York Sept 11 Walfr P Chrysler automobile manufacturer announced he had accepted the general chairmanship of the Crusaders campaign in New York City. He believed prohibition was exalted. The Crusaders arena anti prohibition organization appeared effective in altering the prohibition laws.
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New York
Walfar P. Chrysler
Crusaders
New York City
Crusaders Arena
Fred @. Clark
Cleveland
The
Blue Law Closes Half Of Golf Course In Charlotte
The Charlotte municipal golf course split open and closed by Sunday blue laws as players use remaining holes outside city limits. Police found no violations this Sunday while the recreation commission runs the course. last week six players and guitarists were fined $26, later remitted, with appeals to the state supreme court challenging the ordinance.
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Blue Law
Charlotte
N. C
Parka and Recreation Commission
Recorder's Court
State Supreme Court
Ordina
Peruvians on Colombian border upset continues
Sept 11. Diapriches reported from Manacagatd that a Peruvian uprising on the Colombian border was continuing. Transportation and communication between Leticia and Iquitos, Peru, remained interrupted.
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de Janeiro
Manacagatd
Leticia
Iquitos
Peru
Youngdol of Poles Dies in Plane Crash
Worsaw Sept 11 to 14 Prank éubko winner of around Europe flight and a student from Poland’s younger generation perished along with a passenger in a crash near Stiesin Czechia.
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Youngdol
Worsaw
Éubko
Shol
Poland
Czechia
Stiesin
Disturbers Not Ex-Service Men In Washington Scene
Attorney General Mitchell reported to President Hoover that the bonus army who gathered in Washington last summer included a large criminal element. Of 4723 applicants for transportation home, 1069 had police records and 829 had prior convictions, though many were genuine veterans with clean records.
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Washington
Mitchell
Hoover
Polles
Rept
R. B. ElIson
Khaki Shirt Chief Defends Bonus Army Figures
R. B. Ellison, a former national commander of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, rejected Hoover and Mitchell's report on the Bonus Army. He called the administration's actions a political alibi and condemned its effort to justify forcible eviction as timing aligned with the opening of a major convention. Ellison urged scrutiny of the administration's press release and public statements.
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Mitchell
America
Borns
Washington
Ambulances Collide in Downtown Los Angeles Fatal Crash
In Los Angeles two ambulances racing to emergencies crashed in the downtown area. Dr. Daniel Burgemaan, 18, a police physician, died in one vehicle and a pedestrian, Mrs. Elizabeth Weatherhead, about 60, was killed when crushed beneath an ambulance. The motorist driver fled the scene. three others were injured.
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Los Angeles
Ayroll
Daniel Burgemaan
Mra
Eiizabeth Weatherhead
Ln Angeles
Arthur
Seven Killed When Tram Strikes Auto near Milwaukee
Portland dispatch reports seven people killed and two injured when a locomotive crashed into a car in the Milwaukee suburban district. The dead include Elwood Lyon and his wife from Milwaukee and their three children, Barbara 11, Flora Lee 6, and Betty Jean 6, plus two Japanese girls Akiko Sasaki 5 and Kikuye Sasaki S. Two Lyon children Marian Ruth 13 and Rose Lorraine 4 were injured, with Marian Ruth gravely.
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Portland
Ore
Milwaukee
Elwood Lyon
Barbara
Flora Lee
Betty Jean
Akiko Sasaki
Kikuye Sasaki
Lyon
Marian Ruth
Rose Lorraine
Relatives of Bern Refuse to Cast Light on Tragedy
In Los Avertes a week after the filth incident involving film producer Paul Bern, his brother Henry Bern of New York and the late state widow Dean Harlow conferred. Attorney Mendel Silberberg and Mina Harlow pressured for a clarifying statement as to motives tied to a mysterious woman and a farewell note mentioning a “great wrong” and Bern’s “abject humiliation.” They met with Bern’s grandfather Marina Bello and others, but no statement was issued.
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Bern
Los Avertes
Atlenes
Pail Ron
Fla
Henry Bern
New York
Tlm
Dean Harlow
Paul
Ferewell
Mendel Silberberg
Henry Hern
Silberberg
Mina Harlow
Worthless foreign paper depresses U S economy
Washington dispatch reports W. W. Howes, Democratic National Committee member from South Dakota, endorses Carl White's claim that flooding the market with foreign bonds and securities helped depress the U S economy. White calls foreign paper a principal factor behind the downturn, contradicting Provident Hoover’s stance.
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U. S
Washington
W. W. Howes
South Dakota
Carl White
Neaixtant
Inder
Cho
Mowes
White
Wellestey
Mang
Mr. White
Provident Hoover
Welfare and Relief Workers to Gather at White House
Washington dispatch reports a national assembly of welfare and relief workers opening at the White House on Thursday. President Hoover will deliver an address on human welfare and nationwide ethics, with Newton D. Baker replying as chairman of the national citizens' committee.
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Washington
National Assembly of Welfare and Velo
White House
Hoover
Newton D. Baker
Formar
Cifizens
Reports on War for Chaco Are Conflicting
Asuncion reports say Paraguayan troops won a night battle at Fort Boqueron in the Gran Chaco and drove Bolivians from the fort. Bolivian general staff counters that reinforcements attacked Boqueron but were repulsed amid heavy losses, while Paraguayan forces pushed on Agua Rica and fought into the night yesterday.
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Chaco
Asuncion
Fort Boqueron
Gran Chaco
la Paz
Boqueron
Agua Rica
Many Dead in Wreck Ik Manchuria
James A. Milta writes from Harbin Manchuria that a derailment on the Changchun Harbin line near Situn injured or killed over 100, with about 600 robbed and unknown kidnappings. A second bandit group struck George C Hanson US consul general and companions on a local golf course, seriously wounding two British players as doctors and aid rushed to the scene.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Changchun-Harbin
Situn
George C. Hanson
United States
Locomotive Stolen by Drunken Intruder in Anaconda
An unidentified man, evidently intoxicated, stole a locomotive from the Butte Anaconda and Pacific railways roundhouse. Harry Mann chased the engine in a car, forced entry to the cab, and drove it back to the roundhouse, while the thief fled. The man was not located by nightfall.
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Anaconda
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific
Harry Mann
Portland
Shipwreck Party Fires Exclusive Club At Darten Conn
Several hundred wealthy revelers in shipwreck attire fled as the Tokencke club burned in Darten Connecticut. Notables present included Edward G. Wilson of Empire Trust and Donald Curran sculptor, with others from New York banks and trusts. Fire spread from a rear bathhouse to the boiler room. water shortages hampered crews. Estimated damage about 100000, with 50000 insured.
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Darten
Conn
Tokencke Club
Edward G. Wilson
Empire Trust Company of New York
Allen
Donald Curran
Walter D. Hines
New York
Two Advs Killed in Indiana Plane Crash
Greencastle Ind Nov 11 Willam Linley 16 reputed to be youngest licensed pilot in Tudinua and passenger Durennne Gromer 16 fatally fell from a plane near Cloverdale south of Greencastle. The craft dropped from low altitude and crashed on Linisy’s father farm. Linley earned his license last month. Both boys were high school juniors.
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Greencastle
Ind
Willam Linley
Tudinua
Durennne Gromer
Cloverdale
Here
Linisy
Young Tinley
Northern Pacific Engineer Dies On Montana Ranch
Wiley K E Brunson aged 61, longtime Northern Pacific railroad engineer, collapsed and died of a heart attack at his Missoula area ranch in the Rumble Creek district. He had served the railroad for 40 years and was an engineer since 190. The body was returned to Missoula. Brunson was spending vacation on the ranch when he was stricken.
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Missoula
Wiley KE. Brunson
Rumble Creek
Brunson
Financial reverses spark California tragedy
Monte, California, September 11. Howard G Killian, 39, a banker and rancher from a noted southern California family, was shot by his wife Edna 83 who then killed herself. Relatives blame financial reverses. Mexican ranch hands heard shots and saw Killian collapse by a bedroom window. Blood trails show a struggle to reach the telephone. the wife lay dead in an adjoining room with a self-inflicted wound.
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Monte
Calif
Howard G. Killian
Californa
Elor Ant
Fdna
Killen
Haing
Iklan Tay
Holt
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