Blackmer Held Prisoner Abroad Amid Tax Case
Paris reports American oil magnate Harry F. Blackmer, valued at 15 to 25 million dollars, is effectively held in France. He cannot obtain a U.S. passport without facing tax charges and cannot travel to several countries without risking arrest. The Treasury and Justice departments pursue falsified tax returns and contempt of court, while extradition efforts faltered due to treaty gaps.
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Paris
Harry F. Blackmer
France
America
England
Switzerland
Italy
Blackmer
United States Treasury Department
Téapot Dome
Tretsury Department
Department of Justice
United States
Honor Europe's First User of Tobacco in Ayamonte
A movement in Ayamonte, Huelva to honor Rodrigo de Jerez, said to be Europe’s first smoker and a Columbus companion. The town plans a marble marker at his historic house and seeks support from the Spanish tobacco monopoly to fund the designation.
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Ayamonte
Huelva
Spain
Rodrigo de Jerez
Europe
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Rodrigo
America
Ayuntamiento
Will on leaf reveals farmer's death after cliff fall
Louise Kentucky reports Hardy Hay, a 60 year old farmer, went missing for eight days during a campaign tour for the county board of education. His body was found at the foot of a 30 foot cliff after a search across two counties. A leaf torn from a check book served as his will, dated a week before discovery, detailing the accident, expected death, and final distribution of property.
County Court Calendar Canceled for Griggs County
Griggs County, North Dakota canceled its regular fall term as there were no cases to be tried. The incident is cited as an example of law abiding citizens overcoming a crime wave.
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North Dakota
Cooperstown
N. D
Griggs
New Year 1930 Marks Mass Bay Tercentenary Milestones
The essay outlines 1930 anniversaries for Massachusetts Bay and Revolutionary War turning points, including the Mass Bay tercentenary with a multi-center observance and the 1780 Camden King’s Mountain and Yorktown campaigns. It also notes the Webster Hayne debate, Steuben, Porter Audubon and Key births, and a roster of notable figures born in 1780.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Massachusetts Bay
United States
Union
New England
Massachusetts
New
America
Atlantic
Cowes
England
John Winthrop
Salem
Charlestown
Winthrop
Shawmut
Boston
Yorktown
Andrew Jackson
Robert Y. Hayne
South Carolina
Senate
Daniel Webster
Webster
Hayne
Magdeburg
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Frederick William Augustus Steuben
George Washington
Valley Forge
Francis Scott Key
Paul Hamilton Hayne
James G. Blaine
Plumed Knight
Oliver Otis Howard
Emily Dickinson
Goats Faint at Startling Noise in Alabama Farm
Alabama breeder R. J. Goode from Wilcox County keeps 15 goats at Gastonburg famed for epileptic like fainting spells when startled. The goats stiffen for 10 to 15 seconds, cannot jump fences, and the trait appears in all purebred offspring, suggesting hereditary origin according to some scientists.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. J. Goode
Wilcox County
Goode
Four Men Serenade Friend in Phone Booth in Fitchburg Night
John Q. Fallon of Ayer and three companions held an informal party to serenade a friend in Fitchburg. They were pried from the booth after the door was removed. Fallon stayed to finish the closing bars before being arrested in Municipal court on probation.
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Boston
John Q. Fallon
Ayer
Fallon
Fitchburg
Krupp Plant Operations Stringently Curtailed
Washington reports unsatisfactory business conditions in Germany tied to the Young plan ratification have led to strict curtailment at the Krupp steel works. About one thousand workers were dismissed and output reduced by 1000 tons weekly, with other Ruhr iron and steel facilities tightening or closing.
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Washington
Germany
Miller
Krupp Steel Works
Commerce Department
Krupp
Ruhr
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Arnold
Morristown
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
North Carolina
Major Ferguson
Sevier
Shelby
Campbell
Ferguson
King’s Mountain
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Nathanael Greene
Charlotte
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Gen. C. D. Howard
S John James Audubon
James G.blaine
Baron Steuben
Alabama
Worms
Linz
Refermarket
Austria
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