Insurance fraud probe uncovers million dollar conspiracy
A New York investigation reveals a scheme in which the Metropolitan Insurance Company paid death benefits on 39 fake deaths. An executive’s sighting of a supposed dead man triggered probes leading to two employees ar rested for falsifying records. District Attorney Fach estimates millions stolen through forged certificates and forged identities across health and funeral records.
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New York
Seuhn McCoy
McCoy
Health Department
Skaa Ih al Ilant
Colsborough Found Alive After Mountain Plane Crash
Frank Goldsborough 19, junior transcontinental flight record holder, was found alive and unconscious in wreckage on Sucker Pond mountain near Marshall's Mills plantation after a crash while flying from Buffalo to Keene with Donald Mockler. More than 100 searchers located him at 6:30 am. he had head and chest injuries and likely leg fractures.
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Bennington
Frank Goldsborough
Danville Notch
Donald Mockler
Mockler
Marshall’s Mills
Sucker Pond
Leonard Lawrence
Goldsborough
Buffalo
N. Y
Keene
N. H
Schenectady
N.Y
Weather Rain and Warmer Tennessee Forecast
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with rain uncommon. Warmer temperatures expected across Tennessee as conditions improve, though some spots may see isolated showers. Local highs reach into the 60s with overnight lows in the 40s.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Bankruptcy Case of Chain Grocery in Federal Court
Federal court handles the bankruptcy case of a chain grocery. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, a London delegate, supports the naval treaty in closing debate for proponents. Sixty senators answered the opening roll call, eight more than yesterday when Senator Robinson of Arkansas argued for the pact.
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Chain Grocery
Washington
Reed
Pennsylvania
London
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Five Miners Die From Smoke in Glenn Gold Mine Fire
Sacramento July 15 five miners Cam pini Shepherd Henry Shearer and Capitan died from smoke as flames swept Glenn Gold Mine and surrounding forest surface buildings and air compressor were destroyed rescuers failed to enter shafts as entire underground workings filled with fumes trapped men attempted to reach surface but suffocated Senate and weather notes follow with no further related action.
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Sacramento
Cal
Glenn Gold
James Campini
Placerville
E. C
Shepherd
Rosenville
G. B. Henry
Joseph Shearer
Grass Valley
Tom Capitan
Keaton declares frenzy caused slaying of Flint
Frank Keaton, 56, an Inglewood real estate dealer, said a frenzy fueled by stock market losses led to his shooting of Motley Flint, Los Angeles financier, in a case unfolding from a $250,000 recovery suit involving Mrs. Selznick against a bank. Keaton described the act then surrendered, an inquest was ordered, and testimony from many summoned.
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Los Angeles
Frank Keaton
Flint
Keaton
David O. Selznick
United States
Frank P. Flint
Mrs. Selznick
Inglewood
Cali
Frank Collier
Saunders
Memphis
Clarence Saunders
D Ec
Will Tell Jury What He Learned in Single Murder
Chicago dispatch notes reporter Harry Brundidge plans to testify before the grand jury about the Jake Lingle murder investigation. The report cites connections among Chicago newsmen, police, politicians, and gangsters, including a Havana trip with Al Capone. Ministers demand faster inquiry. Read denied comment.
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Chicago
Harry Brundidge
St. Louis Star
Havana
Cuba
Grand Jury
Jake Lingle
Brundidge
The
Tribune
Lingle
al Capone
Harry Read
Evening American
Swanson
Read
Census Figures Show Regional Population Shifts
Census figures list Louis Mo with 822,052 residents, up 1,385 or 6.36 percent. Kansas state revised to 1,981, with an increase of 101,777 or 5.5 percent. Albany New York shows 127,358 residents, up 14,011 or 12.3 percent.
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Louis Mo
Kansas State
Albany
N. Y
Riots in Alexandria Downplay Death Toll Amid Strikes
Severe fighting in Alexandria during a general strike left fourteen dead, eight of them Europeans, and about 250 injured. British troops were dispatched as police and troops clashed with rioters around Mohamed Ali Square, with casualties reported and windows shattered.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Mansourah
Bilbeis
Nahas Pasha
Mohamet Ali
Exchange Telegraph Company
Egyptian Army Troops Occupy Mohamet Ali Square
Cairo reports Mohamet Ali square in Alexandria has been occupied by Egyptian army troops with reinforcements from Cairo en route. The exchange telegraph company provided the update tonight.
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Cairo
Egypt
the Exchange Telegraph Company
Mohamet Ali
Alexandria
Bandits Hold Up Birmingham Bank in Broad Daylight
Three unmasked bandits robbed the Woodlawn-American National Bank in Birmingham Alabama and escaped with about 24000 dollars. One remained in a waiting car trained a machine gun while the others bound three employees and a customer. William Cox was forced to hand over the money.
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Birmingham
Ala
Woodlawn-American National
William Cox
C. L. Parker
John Kyle
C. L. Porter
Geo. Muse
R. W. Daly
Daly
Wealth Found Hidden in Lumpy Mattress Mystery
New York July 15. Mrs William Dalliano of the Bronx learned a lumpy mattress hid a package containing 3300 in bonds and currency. An employee at a bedding factory, Abraham Feldman, discovered the concealed money when inspecting the mattress. Mrs Dalliano recalled her husband had placed the funds there for safekeeping.
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New York
William Dalliano
Bronx
Abraham Feldman
Feldman
Gallmeyer Expected To Be Reelected League President
E. J. Gallmeyer of Ft. Wayne was expected to be reelected president of the International Walther League at the 38th annual convention in Cleveland. Only other nominee was E. W. Shroeter of Cleveland. Gallmeyer denounced constitutional tampering in his president’s address, avoiding direct reference to the 18th amendment. Five regional vice presidents and other officers were to be elected.
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Cleveland
E. J. Gallmeyer
Ft. Wayne
Ind
International Walther League
Young Lutherans’ Organization
E. W. Shroeter
Gallmeyer
More Hot Weather In Store For West
West will endure more heat with temperatures above 100 in several states. Oregon, Washington, and Idaho may see slight relief while California and Arizona stay very hot. Yuma 114, Needles 110, Fresno 108, Phoenix 108, Red Bluff 108, Boise 104, Reno 100, Sacramento 106, Los Angeles 98. No deaths or prostrations reported.
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San Francisco
Far West
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
California
Arizona
Yuma
Ariz
Needles
Fresno
Phoenix
Red Bluff
Cal
Boise
Reno
Boy is Held for Slaying of Nurse
Morristown New Jersey July 15 AP a 14 year old Harry Woolsey Jr son of a Ridgewood family reenacted the slaying for state police as he described handling the knife used to kill his mother's maid. He claimed money would have changed his actions and said he'd dyed his hair and escaped.
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Morristown
N. J
Harry Woolsey, Jr
Ridgewod
Woolsey
Scranton
Penn
Green Pond Mountain
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Coldsborough
McKelvie
Hoover
Grain Stabilization Corporation
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Cupid
Pact
Senator Reed
Senator McKellar
Glenn Gold Mine
C. L. Bann
Wall Street
Bears
Clarence Saunders Stores, Inc
Saunders Chain
Clarence Saunders Pacific Corporation
Clarence Saunders Corporation
Katherine Lowman
William N. Jardine
the Treasury
Seymour Lowman
Agriculture
Miss Lowman
A Reed
America
Great Britain
Japan
Norris
Nebraska
McKellar
Theodore Moore
Detroit
Moore
Wafd
Birmingham Bank
Lookout Mountain
Dover
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