Telluride Banker Fraud Case Highlights Human Cost
A Telluride banker C. D. Waggoner faked a telegram code to fleece six New York banks of half a million dollars. He was captured in Chambers Park Wyoming after a nationwide hunt. He confessed that the crime aimed to protect Telluride mine owners and expose the social harm of New York financiers. The tale underscores humane factors beyond industry.
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Telluride Colp
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New York
Waggoner
Chambers Park
Wyo
Fndaud
Telluride
Wargoner
Pope Pius XI Voices Support For Fascist Vigilance
Pope Pius XI addressed 13 000 Catholic Youths in Rome praising Fascist surveillance of the clergy as a test of faith. He called the watching from sentinels a sign of devotion and martyrdom while urging youths to remain steadfast and not yield to pressure.
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Rome
U.R
Pius XI
Catholic Youths Association
Mussolini
Il Duce
Pone
Italy
the Pone
Freighter Sturgeon Day Rescued After Lake Michigan Storm
The 250-foot freighter Sturgeon Day of Milwaukee, rebuilt from an old wooden boat, escaped a broadsided seam in a severe Lake Michigan storm. The Stratton spotted distress, Lake Freeland joined, and the Lansing tug helped beach the vessel near Bear Point where the boiler room flooded. Temporary repairs followed at daylight.
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Traverse City
Sturgeon Day
Milwaukee
Steatten
Lake Michigan
Stratton
Lake Freeland
Conservation Department
Lansing
Bear Point
Pictures Portray History Of City In Jefferson Memorial
A St Louis display in the Jefferson Memorial chronicles the city's growth from Marquette to Laclede's 1764 founding. Chronological images show early city fathers, 1810 cathedral, and landmarks like the 4th and Market courthouse linked to the Dred Scott decision that strained the nation.
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ST. Louis
U.P
Jefferson Memorial
St. Louisiang
Father Marquette
Mississippi River
Laclede
Air Exchange In Hats Santander Spain
Basque boina gains in popularity abroad while thousands of Spanish boys adopt the white American sailor cap. The canvas sailors cap is seen widely in Spain as American shipping influences fashion.
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Santander
Spain
America
Evacuation Of Rhineland Brings Diplomatic Tension
Sir William Thwaites, commander of British forces in the Rhineland, called to London to discuss evacuation complications with Secretary Shaw and possibly Prime Minister MacDonald. German residents in Wiesbaden protest plans for two French regiments to enter the sector after British withdrawal.
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London
U.P
William Thwaites
Rhineland
Shaw
MacDonald
Wiesbaden
London Daily Express
Stanley Bishop
Hoover links with tariff measure in Senate fallout
United Press report from Washington notes Republican leaders publicly tie the $600 million tariff bill to President Hoover while denying a direct Hoover signature. Smoot and Watson insist the measure meets Hoover’s tariff limits, amid farm bloc pressure and upcoming Navy lobby and farm board nominee inquiries this week.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
U.P
White House
Senate
Hoover
Flcor
Watson
Smoot
Congress
Mr. Hoover
Watson Elain
Republican Farm Bloc
Borah
Idaho
House
Shearer
Navy Lobby
Charles M. Schwab
Senate Naval Affairs
Farm Board
Legge
Michigan AG limits duck blinds to 100 feet from shore
Lansing. Attorney General Wilber M. Brucker ruled that duck hunters may not place floating blinds more than 100 feet from the shoreline even if a wharf or pier lies between the blind and the water edge. The opinion was requested by conservation director George R. Hogarth.
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Lansing
U.P
Wilber M. Brucker
George R. Hogarth
Henry Ford Revisit at Boyhood School in Detroit
Henry Ford returned to his boyhood Scotch settlement school in Detroit today. He sat in his old seat with Dr Edsel Ruddiman, recalling early days as Trevai walked from the Ford lab to the school. Ford said walking helps, as 32 Dearborn pupils are to be taught, with Ruddiman directing lunch menu for healthier meals.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Edsel Ruddiman
Trevai
Ford Laboratory
Benjamin Lovett
Dearborn
Ruddiman
Blazing Forests Threaten California Coast Timber
Raging fires across California's Redwood Empire keep 100 firefighters at Signal Rock and more than 40 fires statewide. Humboldt and Mendocino regions report the most activity as 3 000 to 4 000 acres burn and join into a larger blaze threatening the national forest.
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Uriail
State Forestry Service
Trinity National Forest
Signal Rock
Californian National Forest
Noted surgeons strive to save man awaiting Sing Sing execution
OSSINING New York December 16 three surgeons attempt to save Frank Plain who survived an appendectomy operation so he can be executed at Sing Sing for the murder of Mr and Mrs Sorro Graziano The attorney general notes the shore line as the contact between water and mineral soil of the beach during the case.
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Ossining
U.P
Frank Plain
New York
Sing Sing
Sorro Graziano
Andaste Ship Disaster Probed for Laxity and Lifeboat Issues
Coroner Gilbert Van Der Water ordered an official inquiry into the Andaste sinking in Lake Michigan with 25 lives lost. Probes will review delayed reporting, lifeboat condition, and potential federal wireless requirements after a gale stranded the gravel carrier. Coast guards search continued with two bodies recovered.
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Andaste
Lake Michigan
Gilbert van der Water
Ottawa County
van der Water
Grand Haven
Mich
Construction Materials Company of
Chicago
Clarence Lekker
D. P. Mulligan
South Haven
Naval Armament Parley Postponed To 1930
Washington reports weekend developments shift the proposed five power conference. France Italy Japan Great Britain and the United States will meet in January 1930 instead of December this year as stated by Secretary of State Stimson.
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Wasitington
U.R
France
Italy
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Stimson
Michigan Methodist Conference Objects to Malt Tax
At Kalamazoo the Michigan Methodist conference denounces the malt tax and calls for repeal, arguing it is an illegal tax tied to liquor manufacture. The committee also critiques a Supreme Court decision as aiding undesired aliens and endorses the Kellogg pact as binding law, opposing jingoism and bootlegging. The 1980 conference is slated for Muskegon.
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Kalamazoo
U.P
Michigan
Hoover
Committee of Reforms
Michigan Methodists
United States Supreme Court
Muskegon
Bank swindler aided by legal delays in Wyoming case
Cheyenne reports that Charles D. Wagoner of Telluride and Cole faces a $500,000 swindle in New York banks. Delays arise from unavailable federal judges Judge Blake Kennedy in New York and Judge J Foster Symes in Denver, plus absence of U S District Attorney Welton and defense lawyer S D Crump tied up in Colorado, slowing extradition efforts.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Cigleanmistances
Charles D. Wagoner
Telluride
Cole
New York
Blake Kennedy
New York State
J. Foster Symes
Denver
U. S
Wealton
Wragoner
S. D. Crump
Colorado
Local Girl Wed To Belding Man
Mary Ruth Doughty became the bride of Henry A. Johnson at her mother’s Chippewa street home in a 1 PM Saturday ceremony. Rev. C. B. Hawkins officiated with ferns and chrysanthemums as decor. music included Venetian Love Song and two solos. bride wore ivory satin with veil and carried white roses lilies of the valley orchids.
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R. O. Doughty
Chippewa Street
Mary Ruth
Henry A. Johnson
Charles Johnson
Belding
C. B. Hawkins
Mary Louise Maxwell
Nevin
Sanderson
Clifford Wightman
Lohengrein
Miss Maxwell
Mt. Pleasant
Local concern hits good flow in second well
Mt. Pleasant Oil and Gas reports Morrison Borts No 1 in Chippewa township producing about 300 barrels daily after hitting Dunilee formation half way. Company officer Joseph Schnitzler says drilling continues and output should rise. This is the second well on local leases with two more wells planned.
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Mt. Pleasant
Thompson-Borts
Ten States Represent Brown Football Candidates
Providence Sept 16 Ten states are represented among 48 Brown University varsity grid candidates with eight men out for the squad. Massachusetts leads with 13 eligibles while New York and Rhode Island tie for second with 16 members each. New Jersey has eight. Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania Connecticut Michigan and New Hampshire each have one candidate.
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Providence
R. I
W.P
Brown University
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Michigan
New Hampshire
Farmer Seeks Clear Title After Fifty Years of Cultivation
James M. Stephenson farmed a 40 acre tract near Maryville for fifty years but cannot prove ownership due to a lost certificate. He seeks to have the title cleared so he can show ownership on "sgapor."
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Maryville
U.P
James M. Stephenson
Stephenson
Air rail service resumes after 10 day pause
Transcontinental Air Transport restarts the New York to Pacific coast flight route after a 10 day suspension tied to the City of San Francisco disappearance. The first westward flight from Curtiss Condon carried 10 passengers to Kansas City.
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Columbus
U.S
New York
Pacific Coast
Transcontinental Air Transport
San Francisco
Curtiss Condon
Kansas City
Arabs slain in clash with troops near Nazareth
Jerusalem dispatch reports 16 Arabs killed and many wounded in a running fight by French troops between Lubiyec and Hattin, northeast of Nazareth. No British casualties. Many Arabs surrendered and were disarmed.
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London
Jerusalem
London Daily Chronicle Today
Lubiyec
Hattin
Nazareth
La Dee Fire Expands Across Mont Hood Slopes
In the Pacific Northwest the La Dee fire on Mont Hood slopes swelled across the Roaring River canyon as 210 men battled to control it with no immediate prospect of containment.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Pacific Northwest
la Dee
Mont Hood
Roaring River Canyon
Senate tariff bill debate ongoing and Judiciary committee meets
United Press reports Congress actions with Senate continuing discussion on a tariff bill and the Judiciary committee meeting to consider recommendations. The House is in recess until September 23.
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United Press
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House
Frank Burwash Dies Prominent Local Attorney
Frank M. Burwash, a prominent local attorney, died Sunday morning at his home after a short illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at his home, with the local Masonic lodge in charge. Burwash had served as prosecuting attorney from 1912 to 1916 and 1922 to 1926, and he came to Mt. Pleasant from Chicago about 20 years ago to form a law partnership with T. A. Fancher, later working with Frank McNamara.
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Frank M. Burwash
Masonic Lodge
Burwash
Mt. Pleasant
Chicago
T. A. Fancher
Frank McNamara
Soldwater Pastor Transferred From Coldwater to Mt Pleasant
Reverend Chas W. MacKenzie former pastor of the First Methodist church of Coldwater has been transferred to the Mt Pleasant Bethordist church by the Methodist Annual conference in Kalamazoo. He helped push a $60 000 community center project and is noted as a leading clergy man and citizen in southern Michigan. Information on Reaver and M E Reusch transfer was not available.
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Chas. W. MacKenzie
First Methodist Church of
Coldwater
Mt. Pleasant
Two Men Fight Storm Near Port Huron Rescue in Lake Huron
Port Huron report says two Port Huron Fish company employees Barney Coucher and James Nichols were rescued after 36 hours afloat in a disabled launch. They were found by the revenue cutter C G 321 more than 25 miles north of Port Huron, soaked but alive. They endured hunger more than severe weather.
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Port Huron
Selfridge Field Fivers
Revenue Service
Port Huron Fish Company
Lake Huron
Barney Coucher
James Nichols
C. G. 321
Here
Coucher
Nichols
Digs Gold To Pay His Bills
Independence man Samuel H. Boydston ages 86 has mined small gold finds in his backyard after two friends used a detector and sparked a years long dig. He believes richer ore lies about 47 feet deep but doubts he can reach it.
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Independence
Samuel H. Boydston
Boydston
Prisoner Uncovers Plea for Dishonesty in Jailmates
St Clairsville Ohio September 16 Mike Russell 30 of Wheeling West Virginia in jail on charges of interfering with an officer learned that the jail holds a case of misdeeds involving $900 in five shillings.
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ST. Clairsville
Mike Russell
Wheeling
W. Va
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