History of the past week West in crime notes
A roundup of crimes and arrests across the western area. A man who shot Julen O James in Salt Lake City was arrested per a telegram from W H Woot en of Bellce. William A Farr of Midvale and Rex Ayiett of West Jorian confessed to two highway robberies and a fatal shooting near Sandy Utah. Four killed and one injured in a Wort Arthur Texas streetcar crash. Five men, alleged bandits linked to over a hundred robberies near Los Angeles, were arrested for further investigation. Harris, the ringleader, confessed to a bank robbery. H Gillett, once a police officer, implicated.
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Willian A. Farr
Midvale
Rex Ayiett
West Jorian
Mixx Reyince Mitegerald
Sandy
Utsh
Post Irs
Harris
Fira
Mlabama
H. Gillett
Gil
Baltimore
Federal Reserve
Denver
Denver Mint
Increased pensions and enforcement plans amid wartime shifts
News from Washington outlines expanded civil war veterans pensions, a Volstead Act enforcement push, and broader federal credit moves. Key items include six months maturity purchases for agricultural groups, final settlement on Southern Pacific government operation, and probes into war-time finances.
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Clims
Southern Pacific Rairoad Systems
Davin
Railroad Administration
Christmas Pay Heist And Related Local News
Bandits shot paymaster Ross Dennis and escaped with about 20000 in currency during a Christmas pay delivery near Mount Lebanon Virginia. Separate items note a stolen collection box, Kaiser wedding photo sale, Mint loot recovered in Baltimore, Capitol bootlegging crackdown, and a smallpox quarantine scare in Philadelphia.
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Pittsburg
Ross Dennis
Pittsburg Coal Company
Mount Lebanon
Here
Mending
Fragments From a Patchy Local Page
Fragmented OCR text shows unreadable lines and garbled names. A partial item lacks clear subjects or dates. No coherent event or person can be confirmed, leaving only scattered letters and stray phrases.
Bodies of two missing men found near Lake La Torre near Morehouse
In Shreveport reports say two missing men Major Watt Daniels and Thomas Fletcher Richards were located near the Eastland ferry on Lake La Torre, their bodies in decomposed state. The charred scene shows limbs tied with wire, a damaged ferry bank, and fish floating in the water, complicating identification. Private detectives cite Copperlake swamp as possible dumping site and note several shots were fired.
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Shreveport
Tgh
Watt Daniels
Thomnes Richards
Morehouse
Eastland Ferry
Lake la Tourehe
Richland Parishes
Scutes
Copperlake
Morehouse Parish
Thomas Fletcher Richards
Pithy News Notes From All Parts IDAHO
A jumble of brief Idaho items: longtime miner Lewis Sorenson reappears in Nampa after eighteen years away. Longfellow school suffers about 200 in damage from soot-caused fire with water and ceiling hole noted. High school girls suspected of shoplifting, with silk underwear and hat brushes among losses. Utilities move on interstate rate alignment for fruit shipments via Boise Valley Traction and Oregon Short Line connections. Dairymen sign up to secure cream for a local cheese factory. Idaho Falls cuts water rates by 50 cents monthly. Pocatello adds a rural free delivery route south of McCammon to aid farmers. Boise postmasters certified for federal appointment. Moser cited as barley champion at Chicago show. Wallace sees heaviest snowfall since 1910 at 44.25 inches. Blackfoot distributes Christmas baskets to 40 families. A six-year tractor school starts January 3 at Idaho Technical Institute. no injuries reported in a wreck near Pocatello. Fire damages thousands of jars and the new ice plant on North Harrison. county committee opposes Miley Cannon’s reappointment. A proposed statewide reform plan seeks wage cuts and child exemptions. a draft review covers policy changes.
Ford Announces Big Plant at Chicago
Ford Motor Company officials announce a plan to build a large plant near Chicago for automobile bodies and assemblies, described as a major step in a vast industrial program. The statement promises a project the company says will rank among the greatest in world history.
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Ford
Chicago
Detroit
Henry
Perd Motor Company
Ford Company
Pervority Authority
Scouts Honor Safety Week in New York Parade
Scouts of Greater New York stage a 7000 strong children's parade in Central Park during Safety Week. A gold medal life saver, Super Jel Levine, is honored for rescuing two people, with several other rescues cited as examples of scout training in safety and alertness.
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York
Geran
Tunis
Central Park
Greater New Yo
Jel Levine
Apty Boy Scout
Greater New York
Jay Elbert G. Gary
Fry Koouts
English Scout Leader Visits Blue Ridge For Internt Scout Meet
Captain Francis Gidney of England attended the national biennial conference of scout executives at Blue Ridge, North Carolina, in September. A prominent leader since early days of scouting, he has served as camp chief of Gil Park training school and brought a large exhibit of English scouting equipment and work. He expressed enthusiasm for continued ties between Britain and the United States and anticipation of future collaboration with American scout executives.
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Pink
Francis Gidney
England
Blue Ride
North Carolina
Scouting
Gil Park
Seaters
Chingford
Essex
Cptain Gidney
Great Britain
Scout's long hike aids boy with infantile paralysis
Seventeen year old Frank Bedson, a Trenton troop scout, completed a ten mile night hike with his group despite suffering infantile paralysis. Leaders praised the trek as a significant aid to his health and morale, noting the stout determination shown by Bedson and the troupe’s disciplined effort.
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Frank Bedson
Trenton
Korth
Rip Bedson
Abriels
New Pomnelis of United Cone Travelers Convention Summary
At Springfeld Missouri the New Pomnelis of the United Cone Travelers held a convention with Alp commenciAL TRAVELEM Scouta presenting data on Hoke. They provided a first squad, a contort agp gourde and a wet steam ear for entry in the eel industry.
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United Cone
Springfeld
Flee Woc
Heart of Believing Tale Missing Fragments
Fragmentary OCR reads as a speech about an honored committee and an author. Unclear names or dates. The readable parts hint at a public or literary context with possible references to a meeting or decision.
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