Indictments Return in Detroit Banking Collapse Case
A federal grand jury in Detroit returned three indictments charging false reports and conspiracies to falsify bank conditions in the collapse of two major Detroit banks. Named defendants include John Ballantyne, Robert O. Lord, Joseph H. Brewer, and several former bank executives from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Port Huron. Indicted men expected to be notified by telephone and directed to surrender for arraignment.
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Detroit
John Ballantyne
Detroit Bankers
Detroit Bankers Co
First National Bank Detroit
Robert O. Lord
Guardian Detroit Union Group
Michigan
Hart
First National
Bodde
Hanged for Holdup in St Louis Jail
ST LOUIS June 29 AP A 35 year old negro named Bene Copeland was hanged in the city jail for slaying furniture dealer Jacob P Davis during a 1931 holdup Six deputy sheriffs pushed the trap at 608 am Copeland died at 616 am He declined to discuss his beliefs saying it seems like a dumb case He had embraced Catholicism and spent jail time with a chaplain His companion James Stranford a Negro was killed by police officers as he led from the scene
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Bash Bulkley
Bush
St, Louis
Bene Copeland
Jacob P. Davis
Copeland
James Stranford
Elder Dillinger confirms John Dillinger alive in 1934
Mooresville Indiana farm owner says he received a Chicago letter from John Dillinger stating he was alive. The elder Dillinger said the letter was burned per its instructions and insists reports of his death are false, citing the written evidence.
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Mooresville
Ind
John Dillinger
Chicago
Joan Dillinger
Dillinger
John
Diesperado
Roosevelt Divorces Called Disgraceful in New York Issue
The Living Church, a Protestant Episcopal weekly, quotes Rt. Rev. Charles Fiske, bishop of Central New York, calling President Roosevelt’s divorce among his children a disgrace to the nation in a June 29 issue. The remark appears in Milwaukee circulation.
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Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Charles Fiske
New York
Living Church
Woman Who Sheltered Dillinger Wife Sentenced in St. Paul
Bernice Clark wife of Dillinger ally Auseel Clark received six months in the Minneapolis workhouse for harboring fugitive John Dillinger in a St. Paul apartment last March. The case tied Evelyn Frechette and John Hamilton to the outlaw crew. Dillinger and Frechette escaped after a gunfight. Hamilton remains at large.
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Paul
Onpal Long
Minneapolis
John Dillinger
St. Paul
Bernice Clark
Auseel Clark
Dillinger
Evelyn Frechette
John Hamilton
Miss Frechette
Hamilton
Divorce Suit Sheds Light On Texas Pastor Case
In Kendall County Texas Mrs Wineta Long Welburn seeks divorce from Rev William D Welburn Jr alleging mental cruelty. Welburn denies marriage to her and claims an engagement to Dorothy Watts of Austin. Testimony identifies Welburn as the Boerne wedding minister in 1944. The case includes witnesses from New Braunfels and Austin and discussions of possible rebuttal testimony.
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San Antonio
Tex
J. F. Long
William D. Welburn, Jr
Hill Methodist Church
Wineta
Long Wilburn
Boerne
Win
Drummond Welburn II
Bliss Dorothy Watts
Austin
Welburn
Dorothy Watls
John Hill Watts
William Goolburn
Government Hill Methodist Church
Winela Long Welburn
Chesterfield Blending for Milder Better Taste
A description of tobacco varieties used in Chesterfield cigarettes. It explains that many kinds exist with unique flavors and burning qualities. The brand blends home-grown tobaccos with aromatic Turkish to balance and enhance taste, claiming a milder, better smoking experience that satisfies.
Watts denies marriage in divorce case in Texas
In San Antonio Mrs. Watts says she and John Hill Watts Sr. were married, but the couple did not attend the divorce hearing. She laments the circumstances but trusts her father’s innocence. The woman, a UT Austin alumna, notes her social activism. Rev Welburn denies any marriage to Mrs Welburn or paternity of her child.
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John Hill Watts
San Antonio
Austin High School
University of Texas
Funeral held for noted Kansas City lawyer John H. Atwood
John H. Atwood born in Leavenworth and a partner of ex Senator James A. Reed died after a long illness. Atwood, 74, was a prominent lawyer, politician and war mission participant who associated with William Jennings Bryan. He wrote What I Saw in the War. Funeral services set for tomorrow in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
John H. Atwood
James A. Reed
Missouri
Atwood
Reed
Willian Jennings Bryan
Leavenworth
Kan
Europe
Detective Says He'll Solve Tufverson Case
New York June 29 AP Detective d Jacob von Weissenstein the first to work on the disappearance of Agnes Tufverson predicted today the case would be solved though he would not say whether new evidence existed Selma Tufverson sister of the missing woman criticized city officials for not sending a detective to Vienna to question Captain Ivan Poderjay who married Miss Turverson shortly before her disappearance She said she might appeal to the state department if her sister were related to Mayor La Guardia or Police Commissioner O Ryan You could bet your life there would be no question detectives would be dispatched to Europe to question Poderjay There are 800 railway level crossings in England.
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New York
Jacob von Weissenstein
Agnes Tufverson
Selma Tufverson
Vienna
Ivan Poderjay
Miss Turverson
State Department
la Guardia
O'Ryan
Europe
Poderjay
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Jefferson City
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R. G. Grant
West High Street
United Mutual Benefit Association
Circuit Clerk
C. M. Vogel
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Monroe St
State Capitol
A. O. Burrill
State Museum
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Frances Ruth Lukens
Arthur Lukens
Miss Lukens
Fulton
Elliott Machine Shop
Rolla
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Mexico
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Middlewest
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Attack ON Girl
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