Wealthy wildcatter Thomas B. Slick dies in Baltimore
Thomas B. Slick of Oklahoma City known as the wealthiest independent oil operator and “king of the wildcatters” died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore at 2:15 AM. He had been a patient since June 27 after entering for treatment, with a setback on August 14 following earlier improvement. Slick had sold western oil holdings to Prairie Oil and Gas in March 1929 for 45 million dollars and was rebuilding an independent venture in Texas Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Baltimore
Thomas B. Slick
Oklahoma City
Okla
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Slick
King of the Wildcatters
Pennsylvania
Western
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tahiti Abandoned After Bulkhead Failure In South Seas
The Pacific liner Tahiti, 460 feet long and of British registry, was abandoned after a bulkhead failure left passengers and crew in lifeboats 460 miles southwest of Rarotonga. Three rescue ships, Ventura Tofua and Penybryn, race to the scene as authorities confirm the ship’s desertion and ongoing uncertainty about casualties.
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Suva
Fiji
Tahiti
Associated Press
Union Line
South Seas
San Francisco
Wellington
N. Z
Rarotonga Island
Cook Group
Ventura
Mason (American) Line
Tofua
Penybryn
Matson Navigation Company
Pacific
Examiner
New Zealand
Life Boats
Glasgow
Chicago gang ledgers implicate judges and leaders in illicit profits
The Moran Aiello gang ledgers found in Jack Zuta’s safety deposit box reveal $429,046 in receipts and $400,076 in disbursements for a period ending Nov 12. Cancelled checks tie to Judge Schulman, former Senator Van Lent, Judge Eller, and others, plus a Republican club and sheriff’s courtesy card in the case. States attorney John A. Swanson will question all named as investigations unfold.
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Chicago
Moran-Aiello
Jack Zuta
Delafield
Wis
Joseph W. Schulman
George van Lent
Emanuel Eller
Morris Eller
Twentieth Ward
Louis I. Fisher
Fairview
Sergt
Richard J.ee
Frank J. Loesch
Sostrea
Albert R. Brunker
Civic Safety Commission
Zuta
Republican Club
Cook County
Sheriff's Office
Charles E. Graydon
Judge Schulman
van Lent
Judge Eller
Eller
John A. Swanson
Pat Roche
New President of Santo Domingo Is Installed Today
Gen. Rafael L. Trujillo, 37, trained in the United States Marines, was inducted as president of the Dominican Republic. Rafael E. Arena, provisional president since February, became vice president as the government likely the youngest on record took control of the oldest New World nation in Santo Domingo founded in 1496 by Columbus and his son Diego.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Rafael L. Trujillo
United States
Rafael E. Arena
Trujillo
New World
Christopher Columbus
Diego
Opening gun fired by Lucas marks GOP campaign kickoff
Robert H. Lucas of Kentucky was sworn in as executive director of the Republican National Committee and issued a broad charge that Democratic leaders block administration efforts to restore business and employment. He compared Democrats to quacks and urged a Republican Congress to back President Hoover.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Robert H. Lucas
Kentucky
Lucas
Republican National Organization
Democratic Party
Republican
Internal Revenue
David Burnet
West Virginia
Fire damages in Konstanza Romania injures local firms
A blaze swept through Konstanza destroying the Singer sewing machine agency and five nearby premises. Damages are estimated at 200000 dollars. Police arrested a sewing machine company employee on suspicion of arson.
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Rumania
Konstanza
Singer Sewing Machine Agency
Hoover calls conference of bankers to aid drought relief
Secretary Hyde authorized quick apportionment of 121 875 000 in federal road aid to states to combat unemployment and distress from the drought. Funds will be matched by state money, with 3 330 593 allotted for administration and Hawaii included in the total 125 million fiscal year package. A Hoover bankers conference from drought ridden states was named as the next national step in relief efforts as rains offered some relief.
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Hoover
Conference of Bankers
Drouth
Washington
Hyde
Hawaii
Comhouse Conference of Governors
Department of Agriculture
Fed
Weather Bureau
Plains
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Appalachian
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Endurance flight of Jackson and O Brine nears 27 days
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine continued their record breaking flight in the Greater St. Louis reaching day twenty seven. Manager Bill Pickens lamented meager earnings and only four contracts totaling about 1800 dollars while oil company proceeds approach 7000 dollars. A St. Louis theater plans a midnight benefit to aid the pair as aviation critics note the city’s financial limits and compare it to Lindbergh era hype.
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Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Dale Jackson
Forrest O’brine
St. Louis
O’brine
O'Brine
Jackson
Forest O
Greater St. Louis
Forest O’srine
Bill Pickens
Messrs. Jackson
Pickens
Lindbergh
Two Indicted in Polk County on Murder Charges
Des Moines AP report says the September district court term will hear five murder cases after indictments against F. D. Posten and R. B. Karlson. Posten confessed to killing William L. Hunter whose body was found in the Des Moines River. He said Hunter attacked his wife and he and his wife disposed of the body. Karlson faced murder charges as well.
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Des Moines
F. D. Posten
R. B. Karlson
Posten
William L. Hunter
Hunter
Youth Kills Father After Car Dispute in Minnesota
Emil Allis, 17, shot and killed his father Amos Allis, 56, after being denied use of the family car. The Wells, Minnesota farm youth fired at dinner, then again in the kitchen, pursued the mother, then fled with flax to raise funds for escape. He is jailed awaiting hearing.
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Blue Earth
Minn
Emil Allis
Wells
Min
Amos Allis
Emil
Building Racket Warfare Breaks in New York City
A gang raid in New York on August 16 left two contractors dead and one wounded in a second floor office on 116th street as gunmen struck in a building racket clash. Moments later Benjamin Prince, a gambler and narcotic dealer, was killed in a hallway nearby.
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New York
Peter Morello
Joseph Perrano
Gasper Pollaro
Morello
116Th Street
Upper East Side
Benjamin Prince
Weekly Weather Outlook and City Readouts
Weather forecast notes showers for tonight and Sunday across Iowa and Illinois with little temperature change. Week outlook lists Dubuque Davenport Muscatine Keokuk and St. Louis readings with small rises or falls in stand figures.
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Iowa
Illinois
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Four Die in Quarry Cave-In Near Montrose Iowa
An inquest was set for this afternoon into the Montrose area quarry collapse that killed four workers Wesley Cagle Clyde Bryant Carl White and Wayne Gee. A rock ceiling gave way about 5 p.m. trapping the men as others escaped unharmed.
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Keokuk
McManus
Montrose
Wesley Cagle
Clyde Bryant
Carl White
Negroes
Wayne Gee
Herbert Haines
E. E. Hawkes
Dan McNamara
George Johnson
Bryant
Gee
Cagie
White
Yosemite park quirks spark a political note in Nevada
In Minden Nevada on August 16 a local letter riff mentions passing Yosemite trees and a rock large enough to hold long speeches. It jokes about Coolidge and a Nixon anti-treaty style line while noting John W. Davis is reportedly in the park and rangers search. Dogs and Democratic candidates are said not to be allowed in the park.
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Minden
Nev
Yosemite Park
Fred Stone
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
John W. Davis
IOWA WAR HERO TO LEAVE ARMY
Calvin P. Titus of Vinton Iowa the bugler who became famed as the first to scale the walls of Pipp ing China during the Boxer rebellion is leaving the army after 32 years. He will retire a lieutenant colonel near the thirtieth anniversary of his daring exploit which earned him West Point and a medal of honor from President Roosevelt. Titus now 51 left for Los Angeles to await retirement after serving as infantry instructor at Fort Benning. In 1900 he volunteered to scout the walls at Pipping and returned with vital intelligence helping American forces storm the city ending the Boxer rebellion.
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Columbus
Calvin P. Tills
Vinton
Pieping
China
Durin
West Point
Roosevelt
Titus
Los Angeles
Fort Benning
Kentucky Miners and Families in Need of Help
Fifteen thousand coal miners and their families in western Kentucky were described to Governor Sampson as in need of help due to prolonged labor trouble. A April shutdown followed by partial mine reopenings has been shadowed by dynamitings, including a Webster county airplane raid last Monday with nine bombs dropped.
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Frankfort
Sampson
Kentucky
Webster County
Rescue Work in Blakeburn Mine Halted by Fire
Dense smoke rose from Blakeburn mine halting rescue attempts for 42 men entombed after the explosion and cave in Wednesday night. Officials ordered above ground work fearing a lower tunnel fire and potential disaster. Rescue teams briefly cleared debris with gas masks but could not reach the victims.
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Blakeburn
B. C
No. 4
Rain Fall in Southern Iowa and New England Storm
Des Moines reports rain ending drought in central and southwest Iowa with a low pressure system bringing steady showers across the state. Worcester and parts of Massachusetts endure a cloudburst with damage in the millions and several injuries. Rain also aids drought relief efforts nationwide as federal road aid funds await allocation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Mason City
Waterloo
Boone
Marshalltown
Boston
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Worcester
Bus Company Sued Over Heavy Damages in Collision
Chicago and Idemnity Company of Hartford Conn are named as defendants in suits arising from a collision between a Pickwick company bus and a car carrying the Dodsons.
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Chicago and
Idemnity Company of
Hartford, Conn
Pickwick Company
Dodsons
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