Escape With Millar Bandits Loot Bank of Willmar
Five bandits robbed the Bank of Willmar in Minnesota, holding 25 inside and 109 outside at gunpoint. They escaped with about 45 000 to 50 000 dollars, wounding two women but no others seriously. Description places suspects aged 35 and 45, with search extending across Minnesota, Iowa, and North Dakota.
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Willmar
Minn
Bank of
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
T Car
John Evans
R. S Paffreth
Evans
Paffreth
George Robbins
Desert One Auto
Minneapolis
Ohio
Minneapis
Five Keys in Ross Possession at Jail Escape
Milwaukee authorities opened an inquiry into Walter Ross a federal prisoner from Oconomowoc who reportedly carried at least five keys when he walked out of the county jail on July 4 Testimony from jail trusties Ted Peschman and others said Ross was seen with keys on multiple occasions and that turnkey Lawrence Cleig once handed him keys Kuhn denied the charges while Sheriff Reichenbach who dismissed Kuhn after the escape sought reinstatement on grounds not his fault.
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Milwaukee
Walter Ross
Oconomowoc
Milwaukee County Civil Service Commission
Ted Peschman
Ross
Lawrence Cleig
Adam Vrabel
Robert Gregg
William Kuhn
Turnkey
Henry Reichenbach
Civil Service Commission
Floods in Korea Claim Over 120 Lives
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tokyo reports more than 120 people drowned in renewed Korean floods on Sunday, with many missing. Among the dead are 50 priests in a temple wiped out by a landslide, raising fears of no survivors.
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London
Korea
Exchange
Tokyo
Cigarettes Blaze Destroys Saw Mill In Two Rivers
Three youths confessed to starting a fire at the old saw mill in Two Rivers Wisconsin after discarding smoking material. The blaze caused an estimated thirty thousand dollars in damages to the mill.
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Two Rivers
Wis
Judge A H Goss Tenders Resignation to Governor
The body of Duane L. Heller, 26, Chicago, who died when his plane crashed into Lake Michigan off South Haven July 5, was recovered yesterday. The body of Bert E Koehle, 26, Kansas City, Heller's companion, was found in the wreckage. The flyers were en route from Mackinaw to Chicago when the plane encountered heavy fog.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Duane L. Heller
Chicago
Lake Michigan
South Haven
Bert E Koehle
Kansas City
Heller
Macknaw
Million Dollar Death Claim Fraud Exposed in City
A New York insurance executive halted a case after spotting a man he believed dead, triggering an inquiry that uncovered a million dollar conspiracy. District Attorney Fach of Richmond County disclosed 39 suspect deaths paid by Metropolitan Insurance with claims from 482 to 3500 dollars. Two insurers employees were arrested for falsifying records. none of the deceased knew of the scheme. The DA estimates widespread fraud across city death claims involving forged death certificates and official seals.
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New York
John McCays
McCay
Fach
Richmond County
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Health Department
Kidnapped by Mistake Tossed From Car Near Paterson
Samuel Hollander, Newark restaurant doorman, says six men abducted him Friday night mistaking him for Benjamin Geltzeier to extort $18,000. He was dumped near Paterson and returned to Newark. A note demanded $25,000. Chicago origin kidnappers tied to Geltzeier alleged double cross. Police recall a related, unsolved shooting linked to a brother of Geltzeier years ago.
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Newark
N. J
Paterson
Samuel Hollander
Dooryman
Benjamin Geltzenler
Hollander
Chicago
Geltzeier
Geltzeiler
Man Offers to Undergo Trachoma Trials in Bridgeport
Unemployed 35 year old Thester Taylor volunteers to submit to trachoma experiments for funds for his wife Ruth Taylor. He says he read of a physician offering rewards to volunteers and claims he was fired from a bakers and denied factory work. The couple, married eleven years, have 70 children.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Thester Taylor
Ruth Taylor
Taylor
Ruth Brimsley
Dead from ptomaine at Lafayette farm family
Three children of Wilbur J Stanton and a foster son died from ptomaine poisoning after eating preserved meat and ice cream at their Lafayette county home. The family physician said Mrs Stanton and two others were seriously ill but hoped for recovery. The deaths followed a weekend diet with late evening illness.
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Newton
Wilbur J Stanton
Lafayette
Elizabeth
Fanny
Alice
WilLam Catterright
Stanton
Flight youth found alive in wreckage on wooded mountain
Bennington, Vi-7-Frank Goldsborough, 19, was located unconscious in the wreck of his airplane on Woodford mountain. He has a fractured skull and is in critical condition at Putnam Memorial hospital after being carried more than two miles through swamp and brush to care. Donald Mockler, thrown clear, aided before a farm house summoned help. Continued on Page 4.
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Bennington
Frank Goldsborough
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Goldsborough
Woodford Mountain
Dunvale Netea
Buffalo
Keene
Donald Mockler
Mockler
Boyce Goldsborough
John Trotter
Leonard Lawrence
Rescule
Oscar Champine
Frank
Witness MacDonald rests as California hearin g postponed
John MacDonald, the frail witness who helped send Tom Mooney and Warren Billings to prison, rests in seclusion while attorneys and California officials weigh delaying his testimony until after the August primary. Governor Young seeks a definite date for appearance and parole decision, as Mooney defense and MacDonald’s lawyers push to bring him west soon.
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Thomas L Stokes
United Press
Baltimore
John MacDonald
Tom Mooney
Warren Billings
California
Gov C C Young
Pordon Mooney
Billings
MacDonald
Charles Rusicka
Hilary Gans
Young
Mooney Defense Committee
West Coast
Mgt Iim
San Francisco
Brundidge to testify on Chicago racketeering rumors
Grand jury in Cook County pressed to air rumors around racketeering linked to Chicago newspapers after murder of reporter Alfred Lingle. Harry Brundidge of The St Louis Star was invited to testify but matters stalled over questioning. Brundidge claimed he would testify under his own terms and may discuss The Evening American and a Havana connection.
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Chicago
Cook County
Grand Jury
Criminal Court
Chi‘aago
St Louis Star
Brundidge
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Tribune
Lingle
St Louis Reporter
United
John A. Swanson
Daly News and
Herald Examiner
Ted Newberry
Jack Zuta
Zuta
Newberry
Moran-Aeulo-Zuta
Torman
City
the Tribune
Harry Read
American
Hearst
Shom Brundidge
Read
Alfonso “Scarface
al’ Capone
Florida
Capone
Havana
New Low July Records Reported Across Kansas City Area
UPI reports extreme July heat and cold in Missouri and Kansas with a record low of 48 at Manhattan and a high of 112 at Emnona on a recent hot spell. Kansas City logged 59 as a new record low for this date in the Weather Bureau’s forty year records.
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Kansas City
UPI
Uly
Missouri
Kansas
Manhattan
Emnona
Weather Bureau
La Follette Opens Campaign At Sauk City
Philip La Follette opened his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination at Sauk City Wisconsin charging Hoover and Kohler with causing the economic downturn through monopoly policies. He vowed to review Governor Kohler’s record and link state action to national admin policies while denouncing real estate tax rises and the lack of new business. He warned the campaign would focus on the governor’s record and policy alignment with national leaders.
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Sauk City
Wis
Philip la Follette
Hoover
Kohler
la Follette
Wisconsin
Fair and Warmer Forecast From buckstaff Observatory
Daily Northwestern Observations from Buckstaff Observatory report fair conditions with a warmer trend through Sunday. Wednesday mostly fair with possible unsettled northern sections, east and south warmer. Winds variable to southwest, temperatures rising from 65 at 7 am to 72 at 1 pm, max 73, min 42, no precipitation.
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Associateo
Wisconsin
Upper Great Lakes
Superior
Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
East
Ssouth
Northwestern
Buckstaff Observatory
Naval treaty debate reshapes Senate actions on London pact
Senator Johnson forced publication of Secretary Stimson's secret London proposal amid mounting support for ratification. Senator Reed, a London delegate, argued for the pact as Britain, Japan, and the United States contend naval ratios. New reservations are being drafted on freedom of the seas and removal of British bases near the Americas.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Johnson
Republican
California
Senate
State Stimson
Reed
Pennsylvania
London
Robinson
Arkansas
America
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Norris
Nebraska
McKellar
Tennessee
London Parley
Moiellar
Pleads Not Guilty to Charge of Being Accessory in Murder
Ashland Wisconsin man Evenson Marshfield pleaded not guilty to accusations as an accessory in the murder of 11-year-old Charles Erickson Melden. He was ordered held for preliminary hearing July 18 before Municipal Judge George McCloud after failing to post $10,000 bond. co-defendants Lakasik and Wasiictk also held.
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Ashland
Wis
Charles Erickson
Melien
Emer Evenson
Muncipal
George McCloud Evenson
John Lakasik
Casmer
William Bell
Samuel ‘Trrthweat
Neipahor Rerlieta
Trethay
Sherff Fimne
Senaers
Bnicsson
McAdoo Writing Memoirs Reveals Wartime Observations
William Gibbs McAdoo former secretary of the treasury and director general of railroads in the Wilson administration is reported to be writing memoirs at his Santa Barbara home. The work is expected to include observations on wartime Washington.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Wiliam Gibbs McAdoo
The
Treasury
Tims
Washington
Iola rooming house proprietor shoots self with rifle
Louis Nelson, aged 60, a rooming house proprietor in Iola, Wisconsin, fatally shot himself with a .32 caliber rifle today. Authorities reported no smoke or warning given before the act.
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Lola, Wis
Louis Nelson
Bench Judge A H Goss Resigns After 35 Years Service
Municipal Court Judge A H Goss announced his resignation to Gov. Walter J. Kohler after more than thirty five years on the bench to take effect in two weeks.
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A H Goss
Municipal Court
Walter J. Kohler
Forest fires sweep Oregon front in Deschutes region
Bend Oregon reports 650 firefighters battle an eight mile front to contain fires that have scorched about 5000 acres in Deschutes and Cascade national forests. Smoke blocks lookouts as flames reach virgin yellow pine crown fire. trenches extend over ten miles as crews try to stem spread amid numerous smaller blazes across Summit and nearby districts.
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Bend
Ore
Deschutes
Cascade
Three Sisters
Jack _F Campbell
Deschutes National Forest
Summit County
Wilamette Pass
Three Sisters Forest
Gangsters' Revenge Blamed For Slaying In Illinois Field
In Edinburgh about twenty miles from Springfield a brutal murder of an unidentified man was found in a cornfield. A rope around the neck and a severed left foot suggest torture or an attempt to erase identification. Coroner C A Gayton linked the death to Chicago gangsters amid police actions in Chicago. Earlier this week another slain man was found. he was identified as George Bron, a Canadian war veteran from Chicago.
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Springfield
Chicago
George Bron
Chiceso
Goss to resign after thirty five years on Oshkosh municipal bench
A. H. Goss, longtime Oshkosh municipal court judge, submitted his resignation to Governor Kohler effective August 1. His departure ends a 35 year era since the court’s creation in 1895, with an appointment to fill the vacancy until spring 1931. The judge helped organize the court and establish records and forms, presiding through multiple terms and district attorney eras. Continued on page 3.
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A. H. Goss
Kohler
Judge Goss
Goss
W. W. Watermass
Carl D. Jackson
W. J. Foulkes
D E McDonald
D. K. Allen
Frank B. Keefe
James H Merrill
Justice of the Peace
Charles Dellerich
Oshkosh
People's Court
International Amity Emphasized At Denver Lions Meet
Ray L Riley of Sacramento urged Lions clubs to expand international friendship and leadership. He called foreign club extension the era’s defining achievement with broad global impact. Mehin Jones of Chicago reported 60000 members in 2202 and net gains in membership, noting a large, growing federation.
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Denver
Colo —Pi
Lions Clubs
Ray L Riley
Sacramento
Riley
Mehin Jones
Cacago Internation
Treasere
Would Amend the Constitution to Guarantee Work for All
Milwaukee campaign notes a proposed twentieth amendment to empower the federal government to guarantee and provide work for every man and woman in need. Frank B Metcalf, Milwaukee Localist candidate for governor, argues for the plan across Wisconsin and predicts a sweeping agitation tied to the Socialist party.
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Milwaukee
United States
Wisconsin
Frank B
Matcalf
Metcalf Wl
Socialist Party
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Skamania County
Bengh
Denver Lions Meet
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Irda
Shamrock Tex
Henry Vaughan
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