Abduction Plot Foiled in Freeport Kidnap Case
Two alleged abductors await prosecution in a $15,000 ransom conspiracy after a staged kidnapping of William Trevillian, VP of W. T. Rawleigh Co. Involving ex undercover officers from La Salle County, the plan aimed to seize Trevillian then the Rawleigh head. Stakeholders included Jack and Red Schulte of La Salle and William Stubbe, with Moore, a LeBar plant worker.
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Freeport
Til
Fumbell
William Trevillian
W. T. Rawleigh Company
Jack
Red Scholtes
la Solis
EJ. Weller
la Balle County
William Stubbe
Rork Grove
la Verme Moore
Barleigh
Schulte
Pela Moore
Kdnaping Trevillian
la Salle
Sher Iie
Chicago
Trevilan
Stubbe
Moore
Duran
Schultz Brothers
Pang
Governor's Wife Joins Picketers In Sweatshop Protest
Mrs Gifford Pinchot wife of Pennsylvania governor leads picketers outside Alten town shirt factory halting production to pressure for better sweatshop conditions. The demonstration reflects growing public push for labor reforms and fair wages.
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Altentown
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Back to the Farm campaign ad copy fragment
A damaged OCR fragment references a plot surrounding Trevillian by marriage and a $100,000 stake for his return. It mentions enticing a nurse and using an ambulance if needed, then shifts to advertising farm and ranch property with a contact line F-22341.
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Pany
Trevillian
Open Forum on Federal Aid for Unemployed Community Plan
Paul Watkins proposes a state funded program to outfit 1000 unemployed per state with necessities and place them in a self sustaining village. Carpenters, farmers and tradesmen would build housing and cultivate land, with surplus sold to repay costs. After debt repayment government may retain produce to limit market impact.
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the Light
Garry
Paul Watkins
Miss Harrigan Hails Parleys Editor
Mildred Harrigan notes The Light on President Roteevell meeting with foreign representatives to discuss a new economic order including disarmament. She cites Albert Einstein praising responsive leaders with genuine will to abolish war and blames military training and press for perpetuating old traditions.
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Roteevell
Albert Einstein
Mildred Harrigan
Anti-Jewish Riots at Vienna Reported
Vienna reports indicate anti Jewish riots at the Vienna Archival Institute causing injuries and university demonstrations with crowd protests against the government. Police clashed with demonstrators as tensions spread from the institute to the campus.
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Vienna
Wedding Marred by Auto Tragedy in Mangas City
Gerald Smith and newlywed wife Julia Connelly married at St Vincent's Church were driving to a hotel when they struck and killed a pedestrian. Police held the couple on charges as the investigation proceeds in Mangas City on May 9.
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Mangas City
St. Vincent’s Church
Gerald Smith
Julia Connelly
Farm bill moves to White House as farmers protest
Congress aims to send the farm bill with an inflation rider to the White House in days. Minnesota farmers join a holiday strike urging shoppers to stay home and buy nothing while New Jersey acts to regulate milk and cream sales.
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White House
House
Minnesota
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
General Farm Strike
New Jersey
New York City
Department of Agriculture
Hull
Plymouth County
House Labor Subcommittee Backs Shorter Work Week Bill
Washington May B. A House labor sub-committee unanimously approved a shorter work week bill with minimum wage and anti trust suspension provisions. Chairman Connery said the measure will be reported to the full committee for approval tomorrow. The bill bases its aim on a licensing system requiring manufacturers and importers to obtain federal licenses ensuring compliance with the shorter work week and minimum wage provisions.
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House
Washington, D. C
House Labor
Connery
War phrase author Col. Charles Stanton dies in San Francisco
A heart ailment ended Col. Charles B. Stanton's life in San Francisco. Born in Tinets, he served as major in the Spanish-American War and chief disbursing officer in France during World War I. He uttered the wartime line La Fayette, we are here at Paris on July 4 1917 and was linked to Pershing and Clemenceau. His widow survives. A classified notice notes inexpensive ads in The Light.
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Pershing
Georges Clemeneau
France
Colonel Stanton
Edward M. Stanton
Lincoln
Tinets
United States Army
San Francisco
Board of Public Works
LaFayette
Col. C. BE
Stan+ton
Grains Value Jump Reported At National Convention
In Peoria Illinois on May 8 George B Booth president of the National Grain and Feed Dealers association announced a 419 million dollar rise in the value of wheat corn and oats held by farmers. Booth spoke at the association annual convention noting the increased prices of theft commodities.
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Peoria
Ill
Unos
George B. Booth
National Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Bool
American Students Injured in Vienna Clash at Institute
Nine American students were among 40 injured when Nazi and Jewish graduates clashed at the Anatomical Institute in Vienna. The injured Americans protested to the United States consul general amid the violence, one suffering a broken leg.
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Vienna
INSI
Anatomical Institute
Americaus
United States
Suit alleges bank blocks 202 dollar withdrawal on deposit
A suit filed in County Court-at-Law No 1 by Ben G. Mortis seeks to force Commonwealth Bank and Trust to allow a 202 withdrawal from Morris’s office checking account. The petition claims the bank cited a rule allowing 60 days written notice for savings withdrawals, with May 1929 renewal refused. Bank officials say it operates on a restricted basis under state rules and has offered 5 percent of the deposit per regulations.
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Aig Institutton
Ben G. Mortis
Commonwealth Bank and Trust Company
Morris
Ibis
Itte
W. R. Wiseman
State Banking Department
James Shaw
Ale Banking
Wiseman
Students in Vienna Beaten by Nazis
Nine American students protected by the American consulate report they were struck by Nazis in anti Jewish action in Vienna. Complainants are listed as Isador Goodman Henry Zanes Nathan Shapiro David Weinstock Harry Diener Harold Revert Maxwell Silberison BH Starr and Leonora Perlmutlerc.
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Vienna
Isador Goodman
Henry Zanes
Nathan Shapiro
David Weinstock
Harry Diener
Harold Revert
Maxwell Silberiison
BH Starr
Leonera Perlmutlerc
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