Trap Lad For Thugs Fliers Raise Kidnapping Alarm
Four men were reportedly held by Chicago police after a note in a boyish scrawl prompted a loop trap for Billy Ranieri a 10 year old son of A Frank Ranieri who has been held for ransom for 10 days. The note demanded money and instructed Ranieri to place 35000 in a rubbish box at a street intersection. Detectives were positioned in doorways awaiting the trap.
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Chicago
Billy Ranieri
Frank Ranieri
Flewse
Papa
Mayer
Ranieri
Joop
Hig Son
Veto of Coil War Gather in Denver
Denver, Sept. 16 AP Hundreds of Grand Army of the Republic veterans arrive for their annual encampment. Elder soldiers recall Civil War battles and marches in hotel lobbies as they greet comrades and seek lost friends. Encampment opens officially on continued page ten.
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Denver
Grand Army of the Republic
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Richmond
Sheridan
Boy of 3 Crowns, Body Recovered
Kahepell officials report a three year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Heinie Mattson, wandered from home during parents absence and fell into a creek, drowning. A girl caring for the Mattson children first missed the boy, prompting a search by police and neighbors that located the body several hours later in the creek.
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Kahepell
Heinie Mattson
Mattson
Smith Leaves For Invasion Of West Six Speeches
Paul F Hadpert reports from Albany on September 16 that Smith will travel six thousand miles through largely new territory to deliver six speeches in six western states.
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Smith
Paul F. Hadpert
Associated Press
Albany, N
Gar turns over aged woman dies in wreck near Moore
Lewistown Sept 16 AP Mrs Adrian Odenwald 77 a resident of this area for 50 years was fatally injured when the car carrying her and her daughter Mrs Annie Tilson ran off the road and overturned twice two miles north of Moore Both women were rushed to a hospital where the old woman died three hours later and her daughter is listed in critical condition but expected to recover The article also notes Governor Smith preparing for a campaign tour with stops in Omaha Oklahoma City Denver Helena St Paul and Milwaukee before returning to New York.
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Lewistown
Adrian Odenwald
Annie Tilson
Moore
Smith
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Denver
Helena
Mont
St. Paul
Milwanukee
New York
Abandon Search for Men Lost in Arctic
The Cittay De Milano chase ship from the Nobile Arctic expedition left Spitzbergen for Norway after abandoning the search for missing expedition members and rescuers led by Roald Amundsen. Captain Rene Guilbaud and four others were officially pronounced lost as the French naval ministry ordered Strasbourg to end its search and return to Tromsoe.
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Rome
Cittay de Milano
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Anandsen
Rene Guilbaud
Strasbourg
Tromsoe
Oil Well Explodes in Santa Fe Springs Blaze Rages
In Los Angeles on September 16 a gas well operated by George F Gettt Sr at Santa Fe Springs blew out with a force shakes the countryside. A towering derrick was blown into the air and across a nearby road. Firefighters and icemen battled the blaze but drew no injuries. The incident sent flames high and 1000 feet of distance from the well.
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Los Angeles
George F Gettt
Santa Fe Springs
Six of a family killed by train in Kansas crash
Emporia Kansas Sept 16 AP six members of the D G Lewis family of Lebo four miles east of here were killed this afternoon when a westbound Santa Fe passenger train struck their automobile at a grade crossing. Injuries were reported to others in the car.
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Emporia
Kans
D. G. Lewis
Lebo
Here
Santa Fe
Automoh
Roma to Dart for Rome Today Weather Favorable
Old Orchard Meine reported that the Bellanca sizquiplane Roma will take off for Rome at low tide tomorrow. Commander Cesare Sabelli said the crew waited since Friday for a favorable weather report. Sabell, Roger O Williams and Dr LU M Piscchi have been in town. a telegram from Peter Bonelli in New York was received.
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Old Orchard
Meine
Bellanca Sizquiplane
Roma
Rome
Cesare Sabelli
Sabell
Roger O. Williams
LU. M. Piscchi
Peter ‘Bonelli
New York
Moist Green Gays Speak-Easies Raid In Green Bay
In Green Bay Wisconsin on September 16 an extensive federal raid shut down a large speakeasy operation. Twenty-one of the citys 65 gin houses were closed and twenty seven men and four women were taken into custody awaiting arraignment. The raid involved 34 agents from Milwaukee under Federal Prohibition Administrator W Frank Cunningham.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
W. Frank Cunningham
Prohibition
Florida coast hit by West Indian hurricane winds
West Palm Beach and inland east coast cities were isolated after a West Indian hurricane tore through the area with winds near 100 mph. Fort Lauderdale reported unroofed buildings while Palm Beach and West Palm Beach suffered window and roof damage. Communication lines failed as Red Cross units mobilized and relief plans formed from Miami. Weather officials tracked the storm crossing the peninsula with warnings along the west coast and Tampa on its expected path. Many residents near Lake Okeechobee fled inland for safety as authorities prepared further actions.
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Associated Press
West Palm Beach
Palm Beach
Florida East Coast
West Indies
Henin
Miami
Red Cross
Fort Lauderdale
Tampa
Lake Okeechobee
Plane crashes at municipal field kill two
In Colorado Springs a military plane spun into a tailspin 100 feet above the ground and crashed at the municipal landing field. Lieut. Charles P. Welles of Denver died and Joan T. Long of Bogalusa, La., was probably fatally injured as a second airman who was aboard the craft escaped with injuries.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Charles P. Welles
Denver
Joan T. Long
Bogalusa
Murder Farm Tale Probed as Blood Evidence Examined
In Los Angeles on September 16 AP reports chemists and lab experts study the tale of Benford Clark a 15 year old Canadian boy who claimed four beer murders on a Riverside area chicken ranch. Blood on an axe is tested to determine if human or animal remains explain the case while Riverside sheriff officials continue the investigation with lab aid.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Benford Clark
Riverside
California
Sheriff's
Memphis Team Strikes Over Bonus Before Birmingham Trip
Memphis Tennessee September 14 The Memphis baseball team due to travel tonight for Birmingham Alabama for championship play with the Barons failed to leave as players staged a strike seeking a bonus in addition to regular pay. A meeting before the game with Little Rock produced a committee of Kiingman Jeanes and Taylor to continue discussions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Birmingham
Als
Chickasaws
Barons
Little Rock
Kiingman
Jeanes
Taylor
Bride of 10 Day Bride Kills Self in Albuquerque Tragedy
Mrs George W Hargrove aged about 20 or 25 married Sept 7, ten days earlier, shot herself in the heart after despondent over a former affair Police say she received a letter from a former husband Saturday The husband tried to shoot himself with the same weapon but was restrained by a deputy sheriff
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Albuquerque
N. M
George W. Hargrove
Hargrove
Woman’s death by own action in Reno mystery
Mrs Mildred Orton former wife of the Danish consul to the Philippines and sister of E C Earl harbor commissioner of Los Angeles committed death by own action in Reno last evening. Police say motive remains a mystery though several theories have been advanced.
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Reno
Nov
Mildred Orton
Milippines
E C. Earl
Los Angeles
Rockford Rebuilding After Devastating Friday Tornado
Rockford Indiana begins reconstruction after a Friday tornado left eight dead and a chair factory scene still not fully searched. Work crews clear debris, re roof homes, and search for five missing while thousands of curiosity seekers hamper relief and recovery efforts.
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Rockford
Thermiins
Erie
Six Die in Virginia Home Fire Tragedy
Fires near Stevens Creek Virginia claim six lives at the home of Mrs. Laura Church. Victims include Mrs. Church and her three children aged 9 6 and 4, her mother Mrs. Mattie Pugh and sister Miss Maggie Lee Pugh 16. Mrs. Pugh and her son Joe 10 escaped but she died of suffocation and burns shortly after. The blaze is believed caused by a defective kitchen.
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Laura Church
Stevens Creek
Mattie Pugh
Maggie Lee Pugh
Hurricane Devastation in Puerto Rico Worsens
AP reports a growing death toll above 200 with forecasts nearing 1,000 after a hurricane hit San Juan and swept the island. Governor Towner says half the nearly two million residents are homeless, roads are nearly destroyed, and famine threats loom amid vast property damage fears exceeding 100 million dollars.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Erere
Horace M. Towner
Krug
Evansville Lawyer Bohannon dies after holdup shootout
Evansville attorney Bohannon died from self inflicted gunshot wounds after a Friday night holdup. Norma Fueger, 21, a stenographer, died later at hospital. Two suspects Frank Fills and Frank Paisley admitted firing the shots that killed Bohannon. Fueger was found dying in her yard as the ambulance arrived.
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Evansville
Ind
Norma Fueger
Auborn
W. C. Boehannoon
Bohannon
Frank Fills
Tetroit
Frank Paisley
Breex
Bohannon Milla
Miss Fueger
Nix
Enma Dittanca Fom
Bohatinon Reals Dence
Typhoon Strikes China Causing Massive Damage And Floods
Shanghai reports extensive damage as a two day typhoon disrupts communications and drowns many. Torrential rains follow, flooding the city knee deep in places and marking Shanghai's worst flood since 1906. Ships and camps affected as trains halt and power falters.
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Shanghai
China
United States
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