Fabulous Oil Tycoon Henry Blackmer Returns to Face Tax Charges
Henry M. Blackmer, 80, once famed as a lavish oil magnate known as the “Child of the Gods,” ends 25 years in exile in Europe and heads home to Chicago and Denver to face six federal income tax evasion charges. He travels with his second wife, soprano Eide Norena, amid a historical backdrop linked to Teapot Dome figures.
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Denver
Henry M. Blackmer
Europe
Boston
Chicago
Eide Norena
Harding
Teapot Dome
Blackmer
Edward L. Doheny
Harry Sinclair
Fall
Doheny
Santa Fe
Sinclair
Liberty
Washington
Senate
Sinclair Oil Corporation
New York
Gods
U. S
France
Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
Worcester
Mass
Colorado Springs
Lucy Carter
Midwest Oil Company
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Treasury Department
Myron
Erle Kistler
Justice Department
Third JA Firm Seeks Charter After Reorganization
Text-Craft Company became the third local Junior Achievement firm to apply for a charter after reorganizing at a meeting with 16 girls. JA director Robert McDade noted it will be the firm’s third year of operation. Production experiments focused on textile products. officers include Viola Eschliman president and Ruby Ratliff vice president. The group is sponsored by the Armco Girls Association with Evelyn G. Day as chief advisor and awards recognition from prior years highlighted.
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Robert McDade
Armco Girls Association
Evelyn G. Day
Atha Pegg
Gerry Lepisto
Halbig
Viola Eschliman
Ruby Ratliff
Delores Rhoades
Greta Eschliman
Juanita Parks
Marjorie Crowe
Tex-I-Craft
New York Stock Exchange
Ethel Daniels
Franklin Jaycees Sponsor Voice of Democracy Talks
Franklin High School students will compete in the Voice of Democracy national public speaking contest sponsored by the Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce and the United States Jaycees. The event runs the week of October to November 5 in Sealy. Winners receive scholarships, savings bonds, or a trip to Washington DC to meet President Truman.
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Franklin High School
Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce
United States Jaycee Organization
Sealy Leve
Joe Sprinkle
Franklin Organization
Ivan Tharker
Franklin
Washington, D.C
President Truman
Thacker
Robert Burns
Harold Slaybaugh
Hugh Murray
Dewey Jackson
James Dunn
Roy Fitzgerald
Sprinkle
Municipal Court Fines And Probation In Local Cases
James Stallworth fined 10 dollars for hunting with out a permit on Joe Bairds farm with game warden Earl Beaver arresting officer. Vernon Shackelford placed on three year probation for indecent exposure. Cliff Farris and Joe Love fined 25 dollars each for destruction of property. Ruby Dalton fined 5 dollars costs and 10 day suspended sentence for petit larceny. Betty Stanton loitering sentence 30 days in Cincinnati Workhouse. Dorothy Cassidy loitering same. William H Harrison noted for large family.
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James Stallworth
Grove St
Squire Lewis Bolser
New Miami
Joe Baird
Oxford State Rd
Earl Beaver
Vernon B. Shackelford
Grand Ave
Alton H. Combs
Shackelford
Cliff Farris
Sycamore St
Joe Love
Walnut St
Ruby Dalton
Clark St
Betty Staton
Cincinnati
Dorothy Cassidy
Sheridan Ave
Frantic Effort To Save Life Of Nurse Fails
In Fort Smith Arkansas a blind woman Miss Mary Yowell tried to save nurse Mrs. Mazel Hardway who was burned when she collapsed onto a lit stove. Yowell dragged the nurse outside but both were injured. Hardway died at Fort Smith Hospital. The incident occurred during a home care event for bedridden patient Mrs. O R Geren. The report notes a later historical remark about wildlife extinction in New York.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Mary Yowell
Mazel Hardway
Fort Smith
Acme Refrigeration Exec Attends Crosley Division Meeting
Ed Mittenholzer of Acme Refrigeration Service returned from Cincinnati where he was guest of the Crosley Division Avyco Manufacturing Corp at a meeting attended by 1500 dealers from Kentucky West Virginia and Ohio.
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Mittenholzer
Acme Refrigeration Service
Yankee Rd
Cincinnati
Crosley Division
Avyco, Manufacturing Corporation
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
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Rope
Continental Trading Company
Cheyenne
Wyo
Albert Fall
Interior
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Lars
David Benjamin
Central Ave
Franklin Jaycees
William H. Harrison
New York State
Beelee
Sehaoffar Geen
FREE
Butler Tile Flooring CO
Central Ve
Flery Diamondsik Guld
Standt's
Iolke
Central Avenue
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