Perjury and Tax Evasion Indictments in Oil Case
Henry Blackmer, prominent oil man, is indicted by a federal court on six counts. Four charges allege perjury and two evasion of tax laws, totaling fourteen counts. He is in self imposed exile in France and may be brought back to Denver for trial. Government seeks over eight million dollars in assets in New York and Denver to recover taxes penalties and interest for 1916 to 1923.
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ENVER
Henry Blackmer
Centrtal
Teapot Dome
Brackmer
France
Denver
Lienson
Blackmer
New York City
Arrest of Lennonn Motor Employee for Alimony Default
W. H. Burgin, an employee in the used car department of the Lennon Motor company, was arrested by the sheriff's department and jailed on request from Covington authorities in Louisiana. He is wanted for failing to pay alimony.
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W. H. Burgin
The
Lennon Motor Company
Sheriff's Department
Covington
Walter Galatas
Gorky Returns Home for New Russia Project and Anniversary Plans
The Soviets urged Gorky to return home to complete his book The New Russia and to receive honors. Plans are underway for a national celebration marking the thirty fifth anniversary of his first novel Makar Chadra, published in 1862.
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Jong
Russia
Gorky
Disbarment Proceedings Target Former Local Attorney Heard
A New Orleans letter requests a formal return to a citation so Heard can face proceedings as an absentee from the state. Investigations by the committee allege a Negro woman’s $300 life insurance money was withheld by Zack T. Heard.
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New Orleans
Zack T. Heard
C. D. Meredith
Sheriff's Department
Heard
Louisiana House Adjourns After Brief Session
The Louisiana House of Representatives met for just over an hour, adjourning until Monday. A Marchand bill to void part of a will if the benefactor taxes life was approved. A Feltier measure to require bond from guardians of minors’ funds was defeated. Peltier dropped a history printing resolution. Rep McClanahan of Caldwell announced he had lost his wallet containing several hundred dollars.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
S. A. Marchand
Ascension
Harvey Feltier
LaFourche
Peltier
J. £. McClanahan
Caldwell
One Man College Team Excels in Eight Events
Emory University in Atlanta features Allen Logan as a one man track squadron. Logan competes in the century, high hurdles, high jump, broad jump, discus, and javelin, earning wide recognition for versatility and prowess.
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Atlanta
Emory University of Atlanta
Allen Logan
Emory
Logan
Gorky Weeps At Russian Return Amid Huge Welcome
Maxim Gorky, Russia’s famed novelist, broke into tears at the Minsk rail depot on returning home after years abroad. Thousands of workers students and Red Army personnel gathered as he entered Moscow and spoke without clear words amid overwhelming emotion.
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Moscow
Maxim Gorky
Russia
Goorky
Minsk
Red Army
Gorky
Italy
Czariam
Veterans' Insurance totals Three Billion Dollars
At end of April there were 679,415 government life insurance policies in force totaling 3,220,602,216 dollars in coverage, according to U S Veterans' bureau figures announced by the national rehabilitation committee of the Legion.
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International Nava Service
Washington, D. C
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
National Rehabilitation Committee of the Legion
Delinquent Tax Sale Scheduled For Eleven A.M. Saturday
The annual delinquent tax sale opens at 11 o clock at the county courthouse with mortgage creditors submitting lists of real estate to be withheld from auction. City tax sale will follow the state and parish sale at city hall.
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Court House
Sheriff’s Department
Ten Difficult Words Gain Spelling Prize for Chicago Girl
Chicago June 15 Ethel Thompson Hoyne Continuation school pupil wins silver spelling cup after the judges used a ten word list including Periphery baccalaureate inefface able phlegmatic singing subpoena acquiescence escalator confection ery iridescent to decide the winner.
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Chicago
Ethel Thompson
Hoyne
Six Teeth at Birth Reported in Sheridan Baby
Sheridan Wyoming June 15. Six large teeth were grown in the mouth of a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E L Cunningham at birth. The child was otherwise normal and weighed five pounds.
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Sheridan, Wyo
E. L. Cunningham
Boston Prepares 300th Birthday Celebration
Boston gears for its 300th birthday in 1930 with a request to English authorities. Mayor Malcolm Nichols will receive a photostatic copy of William Blackstone birth entry from St. Mary's church Paris record in Horncastle Lancashire. Blackstone founded Boston and later settled elsewhere before returning to marry Sarah Stevenson of Boston.
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Boston
Malcolm Nichols
Bostontown
William Blackstone
Blackstone
Nichols
Paris
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Horncastle
Lancashire
Lackstone
Rhode Island
Sarah Stevenson
Bay State Colony Names Still In Existence
The fragment notes a Bay State colony named Blackatone with the names still in existence. This brief item records the enduring designation and confirms the ongoing use of the names.
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Bay State
Blackatone
Flynn Outlines Chicago Crime Fight Tactics
William Flynn former U S Secret Service chief and head of the World Association of Detectives spoke in Chicago at the first annual World Detective Association convention. He urged removing politics from police work and advised focusing on public safety measures including ensuring drugstore inventories are secure.
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International News Service
Chicago
William Flynn
World Association of Detectives
Forme
United States
Secre Service
Flynn
World Detective Association
Polic
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