Local Racket Probe Traces Back to Cushwa Case
Court action filed by Mrs Kate Cushwa against the Cummings Brothers Funding Co of Philadelphia is linked to a larger racket investigation that led to seven arrests and fourteen warrants in Philadelphia. Victims across Washington County and Frederick County reported losses from high pressure sales and worthless stock exchanged for cash and mortgages.
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Mra
Kate Cushwa
Cumminga Brothers
Philadelphia
Washington County
Maryland
Do Waid
Mia
Cushwa
Oswald
Cummings Brothers Funding Company
Nannie Kipp
Frederick County
Italian Air Armada Returns Homeward From New York
General Balbo leads 24 plane armada from Jamaica Bay to Shediac New Brunswick on the second leg of the return flight to Italy. Takeoff delayed by engine trouble. weather reports improved after fog and rain in parts of Maine and New Brunswick.
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New, York
Italo Balbo
Jamica Bay
Italy
Shediac
N. B
New York
Balbo
Halbo
United States
Chicago
Floyd Bennett
Jamaica
Hay
Maine
James H. Kimball
New Brunswick
Kimball
Atlantic
Hope To Clear Up Robbery At Ruby Jackson Shoppe
Police aim to solve the Ruby Jackson Shoppe robbery from about a month earlier in which roughly $2000 in merchandise and cash was taken. Captain Clarence G. Emmett and Detective William Peters, with a store employee, depart for an undisclosed destination to identify stolen dresses and explore a possible fence for the items.
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Clarence G. Emmett
William Peters
Man Performs Self Surgery and Bleeds at Home
Floyd Charlton aged 66 of Madison Avenue nearly bled to death after operating on himself in a kitchen last night. Neighbors alerted police as Charlton, bleeding from a hip wound, told detectives he had removed a growth to ease his walk and was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Floyd Charlton
Madison Avenue
Washington County
Charlton
Gan
William Peters
Ano
Chariton
Robins
Touhy Gang Held on Kidnapping Charges in Milwaukee
Federal agents moved to transfer Chicago gang leader Roger Touhy and three associates to St. Paul on kidnapping charges for abducting William Hamm Jr. Hamm, president of Theodore Hamm Brewery, was held for four days before a $10 000 ransom was paid. Melvin Purvis confirmed identifications of the four men. In a separate report Cincinnati workers gain 20 percent wage increases affecting over 8 000 employees.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Roger Touhy
Chicago
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul
Touby
Hamm
Theodore Hamm
Melvin Purvis
U. S. Bureau of Investigation
New Racket Uncovered In Snatching Case Of Puppy
In St. Paul a so called snatching racket is blamed on a man after a cockerspaniel puppy vanishes. An ad seeking the dog's return listed only a phone number. A boy phoned a promise of a $2 reward. a man arrived with the dog claiming the boy led him to it. The man, thinking the dog stolen, left to verify the address.
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ST. Paul
Atolen
Ninson
She's Raising Pay Of Maid In New York Telegram
A New York housewife in Great Neck wired to the White House that she would value her maid’s pay ten percent higher after the President urged higher wages. The note arrived among early telegrams following the appeal for wage increases.
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Washington
White House
Great Neck
New York
Hunt Slayer Of Youngster in San Diego Bay
San Diego police searched for clues in the murder of Calbert Aposhian a seven year old boy whose mutilated body was found in the bay Sailors reported finding the body missing from home a week earlier Mothers organized to demand speedy justice with calls to officials from a group of about 100 women The county surgeon said the death resulted from multiple mutilating operators and the body had been in the bay for about four days.
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San Diego
Calif
Calbert Aposhian
San Diego Bay
F. E. Toomey
Dentist Found Slain in New York Apartment
Dr. FE Warren Sylla a 60 year old dentist was found dead in his New York City apartment at 21 East 50th Street with a gag over his mouth a sheet around his neck and hands tied. The body was discovered by the dentist s maid and an elevator operator. Police believe a burglar ransacked the apartment and he was either strangled or suffocated by the gag.
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New York
FE. Warren Sylla
East S0th Street
Burgiara
Mary Pickford Denies Divorce Plans Report
Reports of Mary Pickford planning a Nevada divorce residence were denied by Miss Pickford who said she has no such plans. H. W. Didnap of her former legal team said she had been in the area recently.
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Reno
Nev
Mary Pickford
Nevada
H. W. Didnap
Owen Moore
Hollywood
Miss Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton Arrives Aboard City of Havre
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton, the Los Angeles evangelist, arrives in Norfolk aboard the City of Havre protesting she still loves her husband David Hutton despite his divorce suit. She speaks of shock and says she is in love with him as she meets reporters aboard the liner off Norfolk, Virginia.
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Havre
Norfolk
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
Los Angeles
America
David Hutton
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
City of
Chamber Urges Business Telegrams For Recovery Committee
The Chamber of Commerce asks business concerns to file copies with the chamber after sending telegrams or letters to the administration endorsing the blanket code and program. No publicity will be given without consent, but timely filings will aid the recovery committee due to the urgency of the moment.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hagerstown firms pledge support for Roosevelt recovery plan
Local leaders from four companies pledge to sign wage and hour agreements as part of the Roosevelt industrial recovery program. The Honor Roll firms include Lester Brow five stores, C D Kenny Co Sterley and Findlay and Hagerstown Table Works. President Roosevelt urged immediate wire pledges and posted names may appear in the Post Office for public view.
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Roosevelt
Hagerstown
White House
Lester Brow
Harrisburg
Chambersburg
Waynesboro
C.D. Kenny Co
Sterley and Findlay
Estate Is Basis Of Court Action
The First National Bank of Hancock sues Arlington Joy as administrator of the late Philip Miller in Cumberland court. Miller died recently near the Washington County line in Alleghany county. A son and daughter contest a niece Mrs Daisy Smith who held a joint account with Miller totaling 1300. Mrs Smith claims a 60 acre farm deed to her, deed later destroyed before recording. The aged man's child contends the gift was never legally completed.
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First National Bank of Hancock
Arlington Joy
Philip Miller
Cumberland
Albert A. Doub
Miller
Washington County
Allewxany County
Daisy Smith
Reminder in Post Office Promises Roosevelts Reemployment Push
In Washington on July 25 the President announced a plan to keep posted in every town post office the names of employers cooperating in his reemployment campaign. He said it is his purpose to keep posted in the post office of every town the list of all who join with him.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rodl
Recovery Badge Shown For National Recovery Admin
Administrator Hugh S. Johnson outlines a Recovery Badge program to be displayed by factories and employers as they cooperate on codes and agreements for their industries. The badge signals official participation in national recovery efforts.
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fHiere
National Recovery Administration
Hugh 8. Johnson
A. P
Roosevelt Aims At Co operation In Re employment Drive
President Roosevelt urges national unity in a broad re employment push. He promotes blanket wage and hour agreements to spark economic recovery, arguing group action can achieve what individuals cannot. A badge reading we do our part marks participants in the effort.
Prosperity carnival sparks praise from White House in Morgantown
In Morgantown, West Virginia, a torchlight parade celebrated a surge of industrial revival as 330 workers returned to jobs at the American Sheet and Tin Plate plant in Sabraton and the Mississippi Wire Glass plant. Senator M M Neely read President Roosevelt's telegram expressing appreciation for the community's spirit and cooperation.
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Morgantown
W. Va
White House
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Sabraton
Mississippi Wire
More On Strike At Hollywood
Hollywood July 25 5 000 more technicians joined a strike against motion picture studios to protest non union hires replacing 665 sound technicians. The walkout aims to preserve union labor for American and foreign audiences.
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Hollywood
Motion Picture
Main Street
Metropolitan
Rialto
Wight
President appeals for universal wage and work effort
Hundreds respond after speech as Roosevelt urges employers to shorten hours and raise wages to reemple six million men by Labor Day. Harvey Firestone pledges immediate action while White House staffs mobilize a national drive, promising wage gains and full employment through shared sacrifice and swift employer cooperation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh
White House
Harvey, S. Firestone
Fms
Johnson
9 Corpa
Cal
Gem
Ritchie and Jackson Promise Cooperation With Roosevelt
The Maryland governor and Baltimore mayor pledged full cooperation with President Roosevelt in his employment drive. Ritchie telegrammed support and promised to mobilize employers and workers to back the effort, while Jackson, as head of a company, pledged his best cooperative effort. The item also notes stock sales at public auction near the courthouse.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Roosevelt
Ritchie
Jackson
Riell Jaeheet Company
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