Boys Admit Plane Thefts In Great Bend Case
In October 1938 two 16 year olds R Purdom and Robert Stab from Mayo Nebraska admitted plane thefts in Great Bend Kansas. They were sentenced to the Bose Industrial School at Topeka. Purdom said he piloted the plane from Holsington and took a plane belonging to W D Mauk of City Oklahoma.
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Great Bend
Kaky
R. Purdom
Robert Stab
Mayo
Enin
Bose
Topeka
Furdom
Ted Karst
Holsington
W. D. Mauk
City
Okla
Crom Elk City
Mare
Federal Jurors Face Quiz On Dry Attitude
Kansas City Oct 18 Federal jurors may be questioned about prohibition religion and family size before court records begin according to a Kansas City Journal Post story. Questionnaires on prohibition church and family inquiries have been mailed to prospective federal jurors with instructions to return them to the US district court clerk.
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Kansas City
Kanana City
US States District Court
Woodcock Urges Education to End Drinking in U S
Washington, Oct 18. Amos W. Woodcock, director of prohibition, said the United States can be educated to quit drinking and he will undertake the job. He plans to attack commercial violators as prohibition enforcement wanes and argues any education program highlighting the economic benefits will aid enforcement.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Prohibition
Commer
Indians Split $100,000 Fund
Tacoma, Feb 18 In the eyes of the Puyallup Indians Uncle Sam will become a big melon man. A F Dinclois Indian superintendent at Tulalip will distribute $100,000 to members of the Puyallup tribe according to a notice. The certified roll lists 340 men women and children, each to receive shares totaling about five hundred dollars. The total fund is $188,000 with $86,000 reserved for future distribution. The money came from rental of Cushman Indian school property and earlier funds for a veteran hospital and Indian children’s hospital.
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Tacoma
Sam
A. F. Dinclois
Tulalip
Puyallup
Sies Crosa
Worten
Chdge
Cushman Indian School
Vetterant Hospital
Hoover to visit ill son at Virginia tuberculosis camp
President Hoover plans a visit to his son Herbert Jerome Hoover who is hospitalized at a Virginia tuberculosis camp. Mrs Hoover is already there. Reports from the White House say the son is improving but will require several more months of treatment.
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Washington
Hoover
Rapiden River
Virginia
Herbert Jer
Mra
White House
Pilots Holding Commerce Licenses Reported by Sept 30
Washington October 18. The commerce department reports 14425 aircraft pilots held licenses on September 30. California leads with 2695 pilots, New York has 1148 licensed aircraft, and 77 licensed glider pilots with 218 glider pilots overall.
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Oyrermmr
Washington, D. G
Commerce Department Mcensex
New York
California
Red Cross outlines public health expansion plan
Acting Chairman James L. Feiser announced a new coordination of all public health work by the American Red Cross into the Medical and Health Service. The plan emphasizes emergency first aid and expanding public health nursing to reduce maternal and infant mortality.
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Universal Berrise
Washington, D.C
American Red Cross
Ondereict
the Medical and Health Service
James L. Feiser
Padlocking U S Property After Rum Raids Request
In Washington on October 18 U S Attorney Lea A Rover was asked to padlock government property possibly used by a department in a building after raids by the crusaders. George Kapsaly, who occupies the property, has been arrested twice in liquor raids in the past year. On the second occasion Kapsaly faced charges of maintaining nominance.
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Cohera
Berticg
Washington, D. C
U. 8
Lea A. Rover
Crusaders
George Kapsaly
Kapsaly
Youthful Bandit Holds Up Grocer After Bread Stop
A youthful bandit entered 400 Callaghan wrenus store near closing pretended to buy bread then robbed Isaac Garcia, the grocer, at about 15 dollars Saturday night. Garcia described the bandit as about 27 in a sweater and gray pants, who entered while the grocer retrieved the bread. Mrs. Gaccia witnessed the hold up from the rear of the store.
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Issac Garcia
Callaghan Wrenus
Garcia
Gaccia
Forgery Ring Believed Broken After Arrests
Police in Buffalo New York and Cleveland have arrested five people including two women in a probe into a forgery ring allegedly swindling about two million dollars from regional banks nationwide. Investigators say the arrests mark the destruction of the syndicate.
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Buffalo
Cleveland
Raetlona
Evanston Business Men's and Women's Vigilantes Formed
In Evanston on October 19 a group of prominent residents formed the Evanston Business Men's and Women's Vigilantes Club to combat a winter of crime conditions caused by unemployment.
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UN Sen
Evanston
Andel Peling
Sigsilantea
Visto Club
Bride 17, Boy 18 Seek Annulment After Ellicott City Marriage
District Supreme Court was asked to annul the marriage of Elizabeth StcDaniel of 700 Gallatin Street and Delaney Desales McDaniel of Takoma Park Maryland. The ceremony on January 30 followed a whirlwind courtship elopement. McDaniel allegedly forged the bride’s name and altered her bank account of $800 while she was practically penniless.
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Washington
District Supreme Court
Myraroid
Elizabeth StcDaniel
Gallatin Street
Ellicart City
Delaney Desales McDaniel
Takoma Park
Prehistoric Skeleton Found Buried by Lava Vein
In Taborant Service Calf Oct 18 a highway crew uncovered part of a human skeleton buried beneath 12 feet of lava. The skull is well preserved and teeth intact. The receding forehead suggests a prehistoric man, amid lava from Mount Lassen’s early flow to the northeast.
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Benea Sre
Colorado Probe Sets Hearing Date for Solons Race
Washington Oct 18 The senatorial campaign committee tentatively fixed November 9 as the start of hearings in Colorado on complaints of excessive expenditures by and for candidates. George J. Shaw won the Republican nomination and Edward P. Costigan the Democrat. After Colorado the inquiry will move to Nebraska.
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Valrerosl Borriea
Washington, D. C
Nyo
Colorado
George J. Shaw
Edward P. Costizan
Nebraska
Flier Out of Race After Plane Crash in Indies
An impromptu England to Australia race between Wing Commander Charla Kingsfant-Smyth and Flight Lieutenant W. Hu ended when Hu crashed during a forced landing in the Dutch Indies. Kingsfant-Smyth escaped unharmed as authorities investigated the incident.
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Plare
Tondon
England
Australia
Charla Kingsfant-Smyth
W. Hu
Hia
Mystery Crater Search Intensifies Near Los Angeles
In Los Angeles wide search for Judge Joseph F. Crater escalates after Mrs Elizabeth Cazood tells police she saw a man she believed to be Crater in the past week, increasing efforts to locate the New York jurist.
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Crater
Los Angeles
IRS
Joseph F. Crater
New York
Loa Angeles
Mies
Elizabeth Cazood
Abe
Judge Crater
Convict Mal Order Bride Convict Mal Order Bride
In San Francisco on October 18 Joseph Sawyer, 45, was sentenced to five years in county jail by U S District Judge Louderback after being found guilty of mail fraud. Sawyer posed as an attractive blonde woman to lure men into large payments for marriage prospects.
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Walveruat
San Francisco
Joseph Sawyer
Bimack
United States
Louderback
Barrer
Women Protest Move to Prevent Working at Night
In Washington, the National Woman's Party protested the Cotton Textile Institute's plan to allow women to work night shifts. A telegram urged Institute leaders to convene a special meeting so the women’s organization could press its opposition and argue the issue publicly.
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Universe Berrie
Washington, D.C
Agathot Olybe
National Woman's Party
Walker D. Hans
Carrey
W. Wier
Wospons
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