Egan drops bid after long prison fight and other notices
Sioux Falls reports that George W. Egan, longtime attorney and political candidate, ends a five year effort to avoid prison, planning to begin a two year term in July after multiple appeals. Also noted are John Springer’s Fox film contract and Dorothy Lington’s murder trial delayed to August 11 due to medical needs.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
George W. Egan
United States
Egan
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Poisoned Woman Accuses Husband and Wounds Kin
A poisoned wife accuses her husband of murder and attempts to kill, as she dies in hospital. In another incident Truman Arnold fatally wounds his wife’s sister and shoots himself on a road near Elvasion Illinois. A separate fire threatens Wilton Junction business district, destroying the Economy Lumber and Bell-Jones Produce, with total losses around 75,000. In Seymour an oil well drill begins after a prayer service with 1,900 attendees. In Clarinda Harry Hamm drowns while bathing at Lake Xrabit, despite two hours of resuscitation attempts.
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Truman Arnold
Willard Brown
Wilton Junction
Economy Lumber Company
Bell-Jones Produce. Company
Chamberlain
Seymour
Clarinda
Harry
Hamm
Ervin Hamm
Clarinds
Lake Xrabit 1
Mear
Reacue
Gas Price Increase Ties Omaha Stations To Stiff Oil Prices
In Council Bluffs Iowa independent oil operators raised gasoline by 1.4 cents to 21.9 cents to align with Standard Oil pricing. In Omaha Standard Oil stations posted 22.44 cents. Boston reports Secretary Weeks endured a difficult night at Massachusetts Hospital after gallstone surgery.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Salinger to Appeal to Supreme Court in Malpractice Case
United States Attorney W. Clark met with Ben J. Sallinger Jr of Carroll Iowa to finalize records for Sallinger's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The appeal challenges a federal court sentence handed by Judge Joseph W. Godraugh of Omaha after Sallinger’s conviction for using tools to defraud in connection with the Mitland Packing Company affair in Sioux City.
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Mitland Packing Company
Sioux
Des Moines Area Hit by Severe Storms and Drenching Rain
Western Iowa suffered telegraph and telephone outages as a series of wind and rain storms moved east. In Davenport a wind thunderstorm caused damage. the Lend a Hand club was struck by lightning and an ammonia tank exploded inside the hotel, injuring none. The storm battered Neola Yorkshire and Persia, uprooting trees, smashing windows and forcing relief workers to the scene. Thousands of sightseers were caught in the deluge. Council Bluffs and Traynor saw minor damage. Missouri Valley reported high winds and heavy rain. Des Moines endured strong winds and a 19 degree fall in 20 minutes after a peak 95 degree day. Three bathing deaths occurred in Clarinda, near Iowa City, and Bertram in Cedar River spots.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Davenport
Lend A Hand Club
Neola
Yorkshire
Persia
Nebraska
Council Bluffs
Traynor
Placa
Missouri Valley
Bes Moines
Clarinda
Lake Crabill
Iowa City
Bertram
Pitnicker
Cedar River
Two Slayers Granted Five Day Death Row Respite
In Austin Texas Gov Miriam A Ferguson granted a five day respite to Frank Noel and Lorenzo Noel, brothers convicted of criminal assault in Dallas involving Mrs Mary Steer. The execution date was set for Sunday June 28.
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Austin
Tex
Frank Noel
Lorenzo Noel
Negro Brothers
Mary Steer
Dallas
Miriam A. Ferguson
New York Banks Report Weekly Reserve Decrease
The week shows an excess reserve of 38,046,710 for clearing house banks and trust companies, a drop of 16,357,610 from the prior week. This summary notes the overall decline in reserves across New York financial institutions during the period.
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New York
Cigarette seizure raids target Burlington shops
Police raided several Burlington stores and arrested proprietors for selling cigarettes to minors after confiscating about 4 500 packages.
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Burlington
Omaha Gas Price Raised in Nebraska
Omaha gasoline prices were advanced 2.74 cents per gallon by Standard Oil of Nebraska. The hike brings the price to 22.4 cents per gallon at service stations. Two payroll holdups in St. Louis yielded 5830 dollars and an automobile.
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Omaha
Standard Oil Company of
Nebraska
St. Louis
Aged Former Slave Dies in Mt Pleasant Iowa
Samuel H. Mc Gracken, 83, a former slave and longtime Mt Pleasant barber, died at his home. He ran a barber shop for 59 years and was regarded as one of the town’s best citizens, after spending 23 years of his life in slavery during the Civil War.
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Mt. Pleasant
Samuel H. McGracken
State Bank Robbed in Galveston Hold up
In Kokomo Indiana robbers held up the First State Bank of Galveston and diminished thirty three thousand dollars from the bank. Police and authorities launch investigation to identify suspects and recover funds. The incident marks a major economic crime in the region with ongoing manhunt efforts.
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Kokomo
Ind
First State Bank of
Galveston
Heat Wave Death Toll Surges Across Major Cities
Rising temperatures push midwest and eastern deaths past two hundred with Chicago alone reporting about 96.4 in suburbs and 12 more in 24 hours. Across cities like New York Philadelphia and Baltimore deaths rise from heat stroke while crops suffer and crowds seek relief at beaches. An Okapi discovered by the Marshall Field expedition arrives as a museum prize from the Belgian Congo.
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Chicago
Middle West
East
New York City
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
New England
New Jersey
Wigan
Ohio
Kentuck
Missouri
Iowa
Indiana
Minnesota
New York
Marshall Field
Belgian Congo
Field Museum of National History
Edmund Heller
Heller
Iruman
Stanley Field
Museum
Kendalls on Last Lap of World Tour
Des Moines reports former Governor and Mrs Kendall are on the final stretch of a world tour started January 13. They will spend their remaining vacation in the British Isles, sail for Southampton on June 29 and arrive back in Des Moines on July 9.
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Kendalls
Des Moines
Kendall
British Isles
Southampton
Madman Kills Eight in Ohio Family Tragedy
Police report Floyd Russel killed eight relatives in Hamilton Ohio after becoming violently insane. He shot five children of his brother then his mother, brother and sister-in-law before injuring himself. He was arrested shortly after.
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Hamilton
Floyd Russel
Moter
Principal Shot Dead at East Lincoln High School Brookhaven
Jackson Mississippi reports principal Yrol A T Watkins of East Lincoln high school near Brookhaven was shot and killed by former pupil Noland Stubblefield who allegedly confessed. Sheriff Grice said the youth stated he wanted to get rid of the old man and waylaid him from bushes to shoot him.
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Yrol
A. T. Watkins
East Lincoln High School
Brookhaven
Noland Stubbblefiel
Stubblefield
Ind
Sheriff Grice
Tim
Storms Leave Death Toll in Nebraska and Iowa
A pair of tornadoes and a severe electrical storm struck northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa, killing four people including Mrs. Scheer and Lott Ware near Madison Nebraska and Lloyd Hansen near Orchard Nebraska. Damage hit Glenwood and nearby farms, with crushed roofs, broken legs, and shattered windows as debris and a long path of destruction extended toward Douglas, Omaha, and Silver City. Wire communications failed to relay full details.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Towa
Glenwood
Madisdn
C. F. Scheer
Madison
Douglas
Henry Bannister
Trade Combines Win Victory in Supreme Court Rulings
The Supreme Court, in two decisions by Justice Stone, held that gathering and dissemination of information by trade associations on costs prices production and stocks does not necessarily violate antitrust laws. The rulings reversed lower court decrees against the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association of the United States and the Cement Manufacturers Protective association.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Justice Stone
Maple
Oregon Law Invalidated Over Public School Attendance
The supreme court blocked Oregon's compulsory education mandate forcing children to attend public schools, allowing attendance at private or parochial schools. Reported from Rock Springs and Box Springs with notes of snow in distant sections and unseasonably cold weather.
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Oregon
Washington
Supreme Court
Rock Springs
Wyo
South Pass
Atlantic City
Box Springs
Weeks' Condition Improves After Gallstone Surgery
Boston, Secretary Weeks shows improvement after a pestless 24 hours with doctors noting condition not entirely satisfactory. Weeks underwent gallstone surgery last week at Massachusetts General Hospital and is now more comfortable.
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Weeks
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Windstorm Devastates Sioux City Area Injures Many
A severe windstorm struck Sioux City Monday afternoon causing fourteen injuries and destroying six homes in Rendon Kelly addition. The Still family of 3319 Alberta avenue is hospitalized after their home was wiped out, with damages exceeding 100000 dollars.
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Sioux City
Rendon-Kelly
Ralph “Still
Alberta Avenue
Methodist Hospital
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