Miami Federal Grand Jury Indicts Sixty Persons
A Miami grand jury indicted 60 individuals in routine cases not connected to a Department of Justice graft probe in the resort area. Four indictments detailed include mailing obscene letters to President Roosevelt, extortion threats, white slavery charges, and various offenses such as counterfeiting and narcotics.
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Miami
Fla
Department of Justice
J. Eogar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Florida
Daniel G. Reynolds
D. C. Coleman
H. O. Enwall
U. S
Thomas E. Gallagher
Roosevelt
Patrick McCall
Detroit
B. E. Brunston
Miami Beach
New York
Alabama
Enwall
Highway Patrol Turns Firemen in Florida
Two state highway patrolmen Melvin Crane and Jay Hall turned firefighters after finding a burning house near Greenville en route to Tallahassee. They extinguished the blaze and located the fleeing family, noting there is no space in their report blanks to record firefighting. Earlier in the month patrols had located six runaway boys near Lake City Bronson and Zephyrhills, returning them to their families.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Melvin Crane
Jay Hall
Jacksonville
Greenville
Hall
Crane
Pittsburg
Lake City
Zephyrhills
Bronson
Port News: Francis Salmon to discharge at Bay Harbor dock
American steamer Francis Salmon, from a Texas sulphur port with cargo sulphur, to be discharged at a Bay Harbor dock. Smith Stevedoring and Forwarding Co. agents. SAILED American steamer Bellingham for Philadelphia and New York via Tampa after exchanging cargo in Panama City. Water mine S. Co. owners and agents.
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Francis Salmon
Texas
Bay Harbor
Smith Stevedoring and Forwarding Co
Bellingham
Philadelphia
New York
Tampa
Panama City
Watermine, S. Co
Man Who Really Is His Towns Leading Citizen
Union City Oklahoma pays tribute to Dr. D P Richardson a man who for 45 years has been the towns sole doctor dentist postmaster bank president druggist and key businessman He arrived with ten cents built a fortune and public service including births delivered and bank leadership credited with shaping Union City from its start through changing times He notes he could not spare time away from Union City when political shifts cost him his banking and postmaster duties
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Union City
Okla
D. P. Richardson
Richardson
Oklahoma State Bankers Association
Health Work Done In Schools Here
Physical examinations for school children were conducted Monday at the Bell Isle school. Parents attended, immunizations were given where needed to prevent certain contagious diseases. Medicine for the alleviation of hookworms was given out to those needing it and the methods for preventing the disease were discussed. Proper diet and prevention of pellagra was also explained. Physical examinations of school children were started at Springfield school, Parents were invited.
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Bell Isle ‘School
Springfield School
Turks Mass Troops for March on Suez Canal
25 years ago today, January 26, 1915, the Associated Press reports Turks mass troops for a march toward the Suez Canal amid ongoing World War I hostilities. Egyptian defenses and British forces monitor the advancing forces as the strategic canal remains a focal point of the conflict.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
Clancey Promises to Chase Bond Racketeers Out
Panama City candidate J H Clancey told a wartime Fort Myers crowd that court obtained bond judgments can be ignored by city and county boards in drawing budgets. He charged bond firms and DuPont interests control Florida bond debt and urged councils to fix levies without regard to judgments. He claimed federal courts usurp state tax authority and pushed for a governor experienced in bond problems.
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Fort Myers
James Hannibal Clancey
Florida
Clancey
Florida Supreme Court
Judge Clancey
W. Ross Wallace
Moses
Rod
Preacher Outspeaks Attorneys in Two-Hour Address
Pueblo court reporter Francis Cuckow notes a preacher delivered a continuous two hour address without pause while a minister spoke, proving speakers can outpace lawyers in high speed sound transmission.
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Pueblo
Colo
Francis Cuckow
Cuckow
Notice of hearing on Van Horn transfer certificate
NOTICE NO 632 before the Florida Railroad Commission announces a formal hearing at 10 A M on February 20, 1940 in the Supreme Court Building Hearing Room. Docket 720 concerns VAN HORN TRANSFER AND STORAGE COMPANY Panama City requesting a Limited Common Carrier Certificate to transport used household goods and office fixtures. Secretary G L Patten signs the notice January 35, 1940.
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Florida Railroad Commission
Commission
Supreme Court
van Horn Transfer and Storage Company
Panama City
Florida
U.S. May Be Left Holding Bag Again Says Babson
Roger W. Babson argues the United States dominates world gold reserves and the dollar, forecasting risks from gold hoarding, currency hegemony, and potential shifts in international finance as war and economic weakness press on currency policy. He cites 1933 gold changes, rising bullion, and the idea of a Pan American dollar amid global instability.
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U.S
Babson
Roger W. Babson
Washington, D. C
New York
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Winthrop Aldrich
Chase National
New York City
U. S
King Midas
Midas
America
Sweden
Canada
Argentina
Western Hemisphere
Latin America
Europe
I.O.U
Radio Schedule Highlights Weekend NBC Lineup
The listing details WCOA programs across Friday and Saturday evenings including Josef Marais Bushveld Songs, Van Metre's Chillun, Red Cross speaker segments, and drama A Man to Remember. The lineup features NBC broadcasts from 6:00 pm through 6:25 pm with local news and music interludes and Saturday's morning to afternoon rhythm dominated by orchestras, farm shows, and national program slots.
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Josef Marais
van Metre
Associated Press News
NBC
Red Cross
Bugler Tobacco
American Red Cross
Chesterfield
Hotel Pierre Orchestra
AP News
Lee Reiser
Florida
WCCA
Our
Richard Brown
National Farm and Home Hour
TAL Ev Elita
Oe Brissett's
KSTP
Otegel Childs
Ne Ae Hawkins
oowCoa
Cal
Johnny McGee
Ausdelated Press News Co
Mounted
NBO
Ship Waite Becomes Reefed After Forty Years At Sea
Papeete Tahiti reports the schooner Waite, after forty years navigating dangerous Tuomotu waters, lies wrecked on a reef beyond repair. The vessel was long the sole link between civilization and islanders across the 1000 mile chain, a region Polynesians deem ruled by evil spirits.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Tuomotu Islands
Waite
Tuomotus
Parody of French speech decree undercuts morale
Paris reports a new decree tightening speech limits aimed at defeatism. L Oeuvre prints an imagined dialogue warning against saying It s cold under threat of two years in prison. A polar bear death joke and an Allied communique note add morale commentary amid vague details.
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Paris
L'Oeuvre
Madrid
L’oeuvre
Boilermaker Receives Carnegie Hero Medal in Pittsburgh
Theodore Bennett, 34, awarded bronze Carnegie Hero Fund medal for saving a 75 year old boiler worker, Charles von Gossett, from a 55 foot fall at Motile, Alabama. Bennett suffered a dislocated hip and ten weeks of disability. Other award cases included rescues from drowning, gas, fire, trains, and a shark attack across eleven states.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund
Theodore Bennett
Charles von Gossett
Motile
Ala
von Gossett
Bennett
Principal Birth of Taft Saves Students From Snowball Battle
Oklahoma City Principal F R Born of Taft protected 900 students after a snowstorm created heavy snow. He called recess and supervised a 20 minute snowball battle, saying it is natural for children to want to throw snowballs and that allowing the activity prevented targeting passersby.
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Oklahoma City
F. R. Born
Taft
Overcoat humor from Omaha aide on cold spell
In Omaha, Homer Gruenther secretary to Senator Burke notes he has not worn an overcoat since 1933 and jokes that waiters and hosts try to lend him coats. He calls it a nuisance yet a potential overcoat collection idea.
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Omaha
Neb
Homer Gruenther
Burke
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