Northwest Prohibition Case Opens as Jury Selected
In Seattle the government begins its case against five men including former Prohibition officials and a former U S district attorney in a Northwest liquor conspiracy. Indictments allege bribes and payments to influence official actions from 1923 to 1929 involving the National Prohibition Act and related laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Prohibition
United States
Roy Lyle
William Whitney
Earl Corwin
R. L. Fryant
Clifford McKinney
Roy Olmsted
A. L. Hubbard
LeRoy Mills
William M. Hubbard
Jack McBride
Chris Curtis
R. G. Lane
Arthur Kendall
Jon. Hert
John Arthur Boyd
Clarence ©. Healy
Edward Metnnis
Joe Svitkovic
Roy C. Lyle
William M. Whitney
Richard L.fryant
Fate of jurors in Sicilian Mafia trial spans months
In Sciacca Sicily the Mafia trial for 241 defendants drags on with jurors facing months of listening to testimony. Judge Aucatt struggles to empanel a panel as lawyers and professionals refusе lengthy service. The case implicates prominent locals, including Vincenzo Balamonte, monsignore, and draws lawyers from Palermo and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAB
Sciacca
Sicily
Mafia
Aucatt
Mussolini
Vincenzo Balamonte
Church
Palermo
PSLRA
Abissa
Chamber to host luncheon for Alaska Railroad committee in Juneau
The Juneau Chamber of Commerce will host a luncheon for a visiting Senate Committee on the Alaska Railroad led by Senators Howell of Nebraska Thames of Idaho and Kendrick of Wyoming. The luncheon and Glacier Highway tour are planned for next Saturday with arrival time not yet fixed. A letter from Rear Admiral Behrends was forwarded to the chamber for local arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Alaska
Juneau
Chamber of Commerce
Glacier Highway
EB. M. Goddard
H. G. Watson
Chamber
Clork
Thi
Howell
Nebraska
Thames ‘S
Idaho
Kendrick
Wyoming
Koran Precepts Free Frenchman From Moroccan Captivity
In Oued Zem Morocco on August 14 Pierre Zubillaga a French rancher held for nearly two years in the Atlas mountains was freed without payment. Bandit chiefs led by Bouzekri known as Gulf Hands fled after a religious envoy Sidi Ali challenged the ransoms. Mohammed Chenguit the local caid arranged the release through the holy man leading to Zubillaga’s return to his wife and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oued Zem
Morocco
Mosiem
Pierre Zubillaga
Upper Atlas Mountains
Bouzekri
Gulf
Mohammed Chenguit
Caid
Cherif Sheik
Sidi Ali
Atlas Mountains
Sidi Ail
Bourekh
Sidi Aii
Zubillaga
Prenchman
Rains Break Drought Across Large Areas
Reports say rain and showers greeted President Hoover at the drought conference as governors pressed for relief. Weather touched the Ohio Valley Indiana Illinois Central Kentucky Southern Ohio and West Virginia with rain. drizzle fell in Washington and parts of Missouri Tennessee and town.
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Washington
Hoover
Ohio Valley
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
Town
Washington, D. C
Early Juneau Recall Highlights Pioneers at Chamber Event
A Juneau Chamber gathering recalled early pioneers of the gold camp from 1880 to 1887. Speakers L. Harris and others praised settlers for honesty and hospitality, sharing tales of Dick Willoughby and other storied residents who built the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heau
Harrisburg
Rockwell
Chamber of Commerce
W. John Haris
Richard Harris
A. P. Kashevaro
Frank Bach
B. M. Arch
Rords
Charles Golds Stein
Belle Simpson
P. Jenve
Lovie Land
Behrends
Dick Willoughby
Alli
Cheechako
Harris
Lund
Stock Quotations From New York City Markets
Closing quotations show a wide list of companies with mixed moves including General Motors at 4341, Kennecott Copper 364, United Airlines 58, U S Steel 158, Bethlehem Steel .71, Packard Motors 1344, International Harvester 75, and Alaska Juneau mine lines among others. The sheet reflects daily price quotes and percent changes across industries.
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New York City
N.Y
Alska
Juneau
Te Alleghany Corporation
Conda Copper
Bethlehem Sil
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott Copper
Mon yatery-Ward
National Acm
Packard Motors
Wee ‘Simmons Yard
Aleifornia
Standard
New Jersey
United Aircravas
U. S. Steel
America
Cant
Fox Pils
Hupp
Stewart-Warner No Salo
Hawks set new cross country flight record from West to East
Enthu siasts greet Capt Frank Hawks after he flew from Glendale California to Curtiss Field in 12 hours 25 minutes and 3 seconds beating Col Lindbergh Easter record. Hawks now holds fastest time in both directions with similar distance and stop.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Frank Hawks
Glendale
California
Curtiss Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hawks
Inset
Los Angeles
Laplanders Travel to Alaska to Herd Reindeer
Seattle August 14 two Laplanders Peer Aslaksen Thuurs and his nephew Mathias Anderson Sara arrived after a 10000 mile journey from Belsfjordnivilvik Norway to Akiak Alaska to herd reindeer and teach their methods. They will sail Saturday for Seward then travel by rail and boat to Holy Cross to continue their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Peer Aslaksen
Thuurs
Mathias Anderson Sara
Belsfjordnalvik
Norway
Akiak
Alaska
Seward
Holy Cross
Bombing plot implicates trio in Kentucky raid confession
Murphysboro Illinois August 14 aviator Paul Montgomery 25 confessed he was hired by Essel Grant and Ewing Piley to pilot a bombing over the Providence Kentucky coal fields last Monday morning. Montgomery said he and his family would be killed if he refused and that Grant and Piley dropped nine bombs while he remained at the controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Illinois
Paul Montgomery
Providence
Kentucky
Fletcher Lewis
Montgomery
Essel Grant
Ewing Piley
Grant
Piley
Frank Mason Sentenced Under Bone Dry Law
Frank Mason was sentenced by Judge A. W. Fox to imprisonment in the local Federal jail for violating the Al meka Bone Dry Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mason
A. W. Fox
Maxine McLoughlin
Sitka
Alaska
R. W. DeArmond J
United States Commission
Ers
United States
Albert White
Colleen Moore Signs on New York Stage Contracts
Colleen Moore, Hollywood star, signs a contract for stage appearances in New York and will leave next Tuesday to begin rehearsals. A play is being written for her, with details of the contract not disclosed. In China, floods reportedly drown 3,000 people along the Mukden Railway with vast railway damage and washed out tracks.
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New York
Hollywood
Col
Aug M
Coleen Moore
Hay
Paiping
Fulchinghisle
Mukden
Wendell's Millions Going to Charity
The will of Mrs. Rebecca Wendel Swope filed for probate directs the disposition of the Wendels’ Fifth Avenue property holdings upon the death of Miss Ella V. Wendel, with estimates ranging from 2.07 million to 150 million dollars and a plan to donate to charity. The beacon of the Wendels, recluse of Fifth Avenue, is set to influence substantial estates after Miss Wendel’s death.
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New York
Wendels
Fifth Avenue
Ella V. Wendel
Rebecca Wendel Swope
Bessie Perri Shot Dead at Home in Hamilton
In Hamilton Ontario on Aug 14 Mrs Bessie Perri wife of Rocco Perri known as Bootleg King was shot dead on the steps of her home. Police say two shotgun blasts fired from darkness killed her. Perri escaped unharmed and officers suspect the assailants targeted him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ontario
Bessie Perri
Rocco Perri
KE Ors
Perri
Gangland War Takes Three Lives in St Paul
Three men were slain in a gangland dispute over slot machine concessions in Minnesota. Sammy Stein of Minneapolis and Frank Coleman of Kansas City were found near the Wildwood Amusement Resort. another victim remained unidentified. Stein was sought in the Wilman bank robbery case where five gunmen escaped with $142,000 in securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Paul
Minnesota
Sammy Stein
Minneapolis
Frank Coleman
Kansas City
Wildwood
Stein
Wilman
Securi
Improper Posing by Jean Harlow Charged by Mate
Jean Harlow faces a civil suit for $4500 over alleged improper pictures taken during a separation. Her husband Charles F. McGrew admits signing an agreement to pay $975 monthly but claims coercion and misrepresentation. He says she also pursued film work against his will.
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Los Angeles
Jean Harlow
Charles F. McGrew
Chicago
McGrew
Strand
Miss Harlow
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Northwest
U. S
Foches
Dorothy Bell Goff
New Orleans
Galveston
Andrue
Mill
B. M. Behrends
Englewood
Lindvereh
Sol. Lindbergh
Gloria Utter
Denver
Rose Mae Ethridge
Aviator
Colleen Moore
China
Aberdeen
Bureau of Public Roads
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
War Department
Wendell
Rum Ring
Lonely Road
St. Paul
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