Scandals Rival Days of Tweed In New York
Isidor J. Kresel, a 52 year old Austrian who enjoys fishing and golf, has taken command as special counsel in New York's widening probe into judicial irregularities and graft. For three years the inquiry has traced bribes and defrauding taxpayers across minor courts from the Bronx to Battery Park, with several judges resigning or being removed amid graft and mail fraud charges.
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New York
Isidor J. Kresel
Horo
United States
William Travers Jerome
Kresel
Samuel Seabury
Bronx
Battery Park
Queens
Maurice B. Connolly
Albert H. Vitale
Arnold Rothstein
Park Central
Rothstein
Tammany
George F. Ewald
Martin J. Healy
Tammany Hall
W. Bernard Vause
Atlanta
Francis X. Mancuso
General Sessions
City Trust
Frank H. Warder
Francis X. McQuade
Hunter Tells of Being Treed by Bear Family
Temple veteran hunter Fenton William Berwick relates a bear encounter on North mountain. He stepped into a clearing as four bears appeared, two adults and two cubs. He fired, killing one adult, and the remaining bear guarded the area while the cubs watched from the vicinity before disappearing at dusk.
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Hunter
Berwick
Pat William ‘Temple
Fenton Hunter
Temple
North Mountain
Agal
Rare Foods Now Shipped to Sweden by Air
Culinary delicacies travel by air to and from Sweden replacing rail and boat routes. Grapes from the Rhone valley and Brittany oysters travel from Paris on the Amsterdam Malmoe line and reach Stockholm or Gothenburg the next day. Swedish specialties like crawfish are also shipped abroad by air.
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Sweden
Monument to Cornwallis planned at Yorktown centennial
Virginians will erect a memorial to Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown celebrations marking 150 years since the American victory. The unveiling is scheduled for next year in Richmond.
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Cornwallis
Richmond
Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
Tornado Hurls Woman Into Open Fireplace at Rosetta
A tornado struck Rosetta Mississippi injuring Mrs Mayosie Beattie who was tossed into an open fireplace. Two children and their mother escaped the wreckage of the home as the storm struck the town.
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Rosetta
Miss
Mayosie Beattie
Coffins For Parents In Room Of Paralyzed Son
In Luray Virginia two coffins sit in the same room as J D Ruffner a paralyzed former railroad worker aged over eighty. The coffins were prepared to prevent death confusion and are tied to a family plagued by killings and legal cases nearby in Page County.
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Luray
Norfolk & Western Railroad
J. D. Ruffner
Ruffner
Mark Walker
Noah Fox
Fluffners
Fox
George Riley
Page
Pay Big Rewards for Lost Articles in Paris
Paris authorities report 1 million francs in rewards paid in 1930 for recovering nearly 200000 lost items, many belonging to American tourists. About 180000 items were found. the rest were negligible value. The Surete-Generale expanded its storage to handle the overflow amid rising absent-mindedness compared with twenty years earlier.
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Paris
Surete-Generale
Life of Early Texas Indians Told by Shells
University of Texas archaeologists led by Dr. J. B. Pearce uncovered shell heaps along the Gulf coast from Corpus Christi to Matamoros. The shells indicate kitchen refuse of coastal tribes around the time of Columbus, with Rockefeller foundation support.
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Austin
Texas
J. B. Pearce
University of Texas
Pearce
Gulf of Mexico
Rockefeller Foundation
Corpus Christi
Matamoros
Mex
Forger Behind Bars Trains Forgery Network
Thomaston Maine three guards suspended after discovery that Joseph Maltais a New Hampshire forger serving four years has run a wholesale forgery operation from the prison He flooded seaboard cities with orders to supply goods and even had a Philadelphia firm Stearns and company deliver rugs and chairs to a fellow convict Maltais has netted about thirty thousand dollars in forged orders and the guards claim they were innocent dupes following his letters.
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Thomaston
Maine
Joseph Maltais
New Hampshire
Maltais
Seaboard
Philadelphia
Stearns and Company
Four Legged Turkey on Mission Farm Delights Local Adares
A white turkey hen with four legs and two tails, owned by Mrs. Lucy Dutre of a Brokaw road farm near San Jose California, has become a much loved pet. The bird, about three and a half years old, lays well and appears otherwise normal.
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Turkey
Murderer Fined in Beauvais Case Admits Crime
Georges Borris, a restaurant owner, acknowledged fatally shooting his wife and her lover, a Spaniard. Although a jury found him not guilty of murder, the court ordered him to pay $800 annually to the mother of the deceased.
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Beauvais
Trance
Georges Borris
Osborne Wood Named Adjutant General in New Mexico
Santa Fe reported Osborne C. Wood, son of the late Gen. Leonard Wood, appointed adjutant general of the New Mexico National Guard by Gov. Arthur Seligman. Wood’s rise follows earlier steelworking and mining work after a Wall Street setback, with prior Army service 1918 to 1924. He thanked New Mexicans for their support and said he hopes to repay their trust with effective military leadership.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Osborne C. Wood
Leonard Wood
New Mexico National Guard
Wood
New Mexican Guard
Arthur Selidgman
Push
Pwil
R. O. Dillon
Young Wood
National Guard
Selldgran
Wall Street
Osborne Wood
New Mexico
Pecos
Santa Ie
Hagan
Southwest
Camp
Padded Spurs Feature in Tulsa Cock Fight
A veterans organization staged a series of cock fights in Tulsa to aid unemployed men. Prize cocks from Spain, South America and the British West Indies were paraded as boxing gloves were fitted to spurs, and the event resembled a boxing exhibition.
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Tulsa
Okla
Spain
South America
Social notes from Rossmoyne and nearby communities
Mrs Margaret Fennell of noar Butler returned home after two weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Fleury Elkin. Mr and Mrs G G Smith of Indiana visited Mrs Smiths sister Mrs G H H Elkin. Mrs Merle S Marshalk guest of her parents Mr and Mrs C B Wells of Brockway returned home. Russel Lewis near Smicksburg was a caller. Nellie Fennell near Tut ter visiting aunt Mrs Delmer Whitesell and grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Elkin who were ill but improving. Mrs S W Hazelatt and daughter Mrs Sarah Hicker North Point visited Mrs Dp C Wells. Local social circle club met at Mr and Mrs Albert Pearce near Trade City. Miss Mary Barsnock returned home from Pittsburgh. Lawrence Johnston visited Hamilton. Mr and Mrs Donald Lockhart and children were Plumville visitors. Funeral of Donald Griffith Plumville Saturday. T F Prantz business caller in Indiana. Orville Lewis Jeannette sp ent weekend with parents Mr and Mrs Matthew Lewis and sister Mrs Ebert Brewer. Jessie Hicks North Point visited Mr and Mrs S W Hagel et t on Sunday. she was accompanied home by her wife. Annie Johnston was a caller here Tuesday.
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Margaret Fennell
Noar Butler
Fleury Elkin
G. G. Smith
Indiana
Russel Lewis
Smicksburcy
Nellie Fennell
Tutter
Delmer Whitesell
Henry Elkin
S. W. Hazelatt
Sarah Hicker
North
Donald
Philip
Plumville
Donald Griffith
T. Tf. Prantz
Indiina
Orville Lewis
Jeannette
Matthew Lewis
Ebert Brewer
Jessie Hicks
North Point
W. Hagelett
Annie Johnston
Revival meeting planned at Commodore by two Reverends
Rev Shaeffer helps Rev Patch hold a two week revival at Commodore. Mr and Mrs Norman Bish visit Indiana hospital to see daughter Mildred who is inpatient. Mr and Mrs Louis Jacoby visit daughter Mrs MtAdoo in Emeigh. W Eugene Tate and Mr and Mrs Orren Napp attend funeral of Orrens niece Mrs Wilson McClure at Clearfield. Mrs Luther Bence and Mrs Wm Brady Jr host Larkin club at Mrs Bences home with lunch. Quay Cassidy family visit Indiana. Anna and Lizzie Lino visit Margaret Berner in Clymer. Mrs Goldie Wheeler and son Justin visit relatives at Cherry Tree. Halley Tusts remarks about wife. Lum Bago notes she is thoughtful.
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Shaeffer
Patch
Commodore
Norman Bish
Indiana
Mildred
Louis Jacoby
MtAdoo
Emeigh
W. Fugene Tate
Orren Napp
Wilson McClure
Clearfield
Luther Bence
Wm. Brady, Jr
Larkin Club
Bence
Quay Cassidy
Anna
Lizzie Lino
Clymer
Margaret Berner
Goldie Wheeler
Justin
Cherry Tree
Montana Schools Have One Pupil Each
The biennial report from the department of education notes seven Montana schools with a single pupil each and 83 schools with two pupils. It lists 40 with three, 74 with four, and 123 with five pupils. Total public school enrollment is 120,357, up 2,365 from last year.
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Elona, Monte
Montana
Department of Education
Montanas
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Weill
Rosss DeGaetano Master Cleaners
Philadelphia Street
Jarey
Scott CO
Gerden and Poultry
Liberty Aves
Diamond St
Pittsburgil
Virginia
Gen. Wood
Corecack
Free Library
Rossmoyne
The
Indiana Progress
Indiana Progress Indiana, Penna
Halley
Lum Bago
Goshen
Joseph Gibbons
Coark
Jude Tassel Wisin
Gibbons
FarmersBanke Trust Co
Indiana, Pa
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