Koretz Indicted in Million Dollar Oil Swindle Case
Chicago report details Leo Koretz a promoter linked to a vast Ponzi scheme. He used grandiose tales of Panama oil, Southern plantation mortgages, and fake ventures to lure investors, amassing over 1 million dollars while paying high dividends and shrewdly excluding anyone he disliked.
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George Brittner
Chicago
Leo Koretz
Dias
Arkansas
Panama
Ifa
Koretz
Reparation Board Names Experts and Invites Robinson
Paris on December 27 the reparation commission approved two expert committees to assess Germany's finances and invited Henry M. Robinson of Los Angeles to join as the third American member. Charles G. Dawes and Owen D. Young had been invited earlier. Sir Robert Kindersley replaces Montague Norman at the Bank of England. Reginald McKenna and Sir Josiah Stamp remain the other British delegates.
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Paris
Reparation Commission
Germany
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Charles G. Dawes
Owen PD
Young
Robinson
Robert Kindersley
Bank of England
Montague Norman
Reginald McKenna
Exchequer
Josiah Stamp
Coolidge to Meet Tinnes on Budget Balance Plan
President Coolidge will confer with Charles G. Tinnes of Chicago chosen by the reparations commission to head a committee. The panel will work to balance Germany's budget and stabilize her currency using data gathered by the American government.
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Coolidge
St. Dawes
Washington
Charles G. Tinnes
Chicago
Reparation Commission
Cummoy
Bitten by an Alligator At Brooklyn Zoo
John O'Brien headkeeper at Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn was bitten and injured by a seven foot alligator released from a box. He slipped a noose over the jaw when the animal knocked him down and the reptile closed its jaws just above his knee before coworkers freed him. Other staff restrained the animal and returned it to a tank.
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Brooklyn Zoo
New York
John O'Brien
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
O'Brien
William Ostrander
O’brien
Bandits Hold Up Gamblers at Pittsburgh Suburb Hotel
Five robbers beat thirty gamblers at a MeeKee’s Rocks hotel near Pittsburgh and escaped with about $1500 after a doorway hold up. Shots were exchanged in the streets as the assailants fled, and one man aided in the pursuit but was unsuccessful.
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Pittsburgh
Pitsburgh
Dee
Gas Kills 3 in New York Apartment
Three people found dead in a Long Island City apartment of John Metutere from gas fumes. The victims are his wife and Mrs Mary Smith a friend. A watch balance wheel spins 18 000 times per hour and could travel about 2500 miles yearly if used constantly.
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New York
Long Island
John Metutere
Vantyre
Mary Smith
Gum chewing punishment shocks Philadelphia judge
In Philadelphia on December 10 Samuel Curtis pleaded guilty to stealing a slot machine containing gum. Judge McDevitt sentenced him to chew every piece of gum in the machine for five hours, with a penny paid for each piece removed. Curtis, who disliked gum, said his teeth might quit before the time ended, but he complied and left with the machine. A second item notes Kuprenko, a bandit leader for Petlura, was executed by firing squad in Moscow.
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Gibraltar
Unanee
Koreiz
Philadelphia
McDevitt
Samuel Curtis
South Street
Thirteenth Street
Sam
Curtis
Moscow
Kuprenko
Petlura
Ier
Kiev
Advertising labels vandalize parked cars in Switzerland note
A reader reports labels bearing a firm name plastered on windshields of several cars including their own. The text then oddly shifts to a Swiss education rule where a parent is fined for a pupil’s absence, with increasing penalties by the third day and doctor involvement if illness is suspected.
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Switzerland
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Cando
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Axminster
Wilton Velvet
Beauvais
Ferrack Axminster
Brookline Tapestry
the Rug Store
Mullinix
Bentz
G. L. Crackers
Patrick Court
G. L. Baking Company
Patrick-Court Building
Court Street
G. L. Products
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