30 Day Agents in Big Chicago Graft Plot
Chicago officials led by Assistant District Attorney Daniel Anderson reveal a graft network within the prohibition enforcement staff. The probe centers on thirty agents and more than $100,000 in bribes tied to alcohol violations, with key convictions of Samuel Weinberg and Roy C. Swanson for conspiracy in a 100,000 gallon diversion scheme. Swanson’s testimony helped expose the “little black book” records and kickback structure affecting Chicago and possibly Washington officials.
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Chicago
Daniel Anderson
Samuel Weinberg
Roy C. Swanson
Shirley Laboratories
Fred L. Wham
Swangen
Weinberg
Swanson
Jog Ae
Ben Black
Robert Laurie
Black
South Side
Dorothy Zwick
Miss Zwick
Anderson
Washington
Family of Five Killed in Train Crash at Indiana Crossing
Gary Indiana. A family of five Edward Traeger his wife Rachael and their three children seven five and two were killed when a Pennsylvania passenger train struck their new sedan at Cemetery crossing near Hobart as they returned from shopping for a vacation. The car stalled in rain and visibility was poor. The train struck the vehicle at sixty miles per hour.
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Gary
Ind
Pennsylvania
Hobart
Here
Edward Traeger
Hobart Light Company
Rachael
Traegers
Traeger
Wisconsin ROTC to Switch Uniform Colors Next Year
Cadet blue may replace khaki as the University of Wisconsin ROTC uniform. Regents have been asked to approve the change.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin R.O. T. C
Farmer-Labor National Convention Set for July 10 in Chicago
The Farmer-Labor party announced its national convention would be held in Chicago on July 10. The event aims to shape the party's platform and rally support across states.
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Farmer-Labor
Chicago
Farmer-Labor Party
Dunlap Named Head of American Delegation at World Daily Congress
R W Dunlap assistant secretary of agriculture will lead the American delegation at the World Daily congress in London starting June 30. He was chosen chairman of a 26 member group by unanimous consent to discuss papers presented by congress lecturers. Dunlap has notable interests in Ohio.
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Washington
R. W. Dunlap
World Daily Congress
London
Congress
Dunlap
Ohio
France to favor Kellogg peace pact assurances reported
Washington reports the French government is ready to scrap the Briand treaty in favor of Kellogg’s multilateral pact renouncing war. Close circles say France has softened reservations and only a change to the preamble is planned, aligning with American views while Britain and Italy keep limited concerns.
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Washington
Frank B. Kellogg
France
United States
Kellogg
Great Britain
Mr. Kellogg
League of Nations
Italy
Latin Americans Invited to U S Peace Conference in Washington
Secretary Kellogg announced that all Latin American republics are invited to a conciliation and arbitration conference to be held in Washington on December 10. He and former Secretary Hughes will represent the United States at the meeting.
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Washington
Kellogg
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Zeppelin denies nonstop LZ-127 California flight claim
Officials at the Zeppelin works rejected mayor Oscar Hauge of Long Beach California announcing a nonstop flight of the LZ 127 to California.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Works
California
Oscar Hauge
Long Beach
Calif
Six Slain in Political Fight in Oaxaca Campaign
Six men were killed and several wounded in a street clash between rival factions in the congressional campaign in Ocatlan Oaxaca Mexico.
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Ocatlan
Oaxaca
Mexico
Campaicen
Nebraska state briefs and local progress notes
McCook division of the Burlington railroad wins its fourth straight safety award with one reportable injury per 714 workers. A new cheese factory in Gering will begin construction to add cold storage and expanded facilities. A ten day conference for northwest Nebraska superintendents opens at Chadron State Teachers College with talks on character education and PTA work. A Izaak Walton league fish stocking project near Bellwood and planned bullhead shipments to Pawnee park lake. A Lutheran convention near Kearney cautions ministers to uphold personal conduct. Boone county reports favorable rain for bumper crops and rising real estate interest. Airport route talks for Kansas City to Omaha seed Nebraska City with landing fields pledged in several towns. Electric rural line near Beatrice to county farm to light eleven farms. A hen rears four kittens in Falls City. Town name origins for Battle Creek Tilden Oakdale Neligh.
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McCook Division
Burlington Railway
Safory
Gering
Northwest
Nebraska
Chadron State Teachers’ College
Charles W. Taylor
W. W. Day
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Columbus
Izaak Walton League
Burlington Bridge
Bellwood
Pawnee Park Lake
Charles L. Dickey
Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church Convention
Kearney
H. L. W. Schmitz
Cheyenne
Wyo
Polster
Gurley
Boone County
Albion
Kansas City
Battle Creek
J. M. Thayer
Tilden
Burnett
Samuel J. Tilden
New York
Oakdale
I. N. Tayler
Neligh
John D. Neligh
West Point
Nebraskas Hidden Angling Spots Highlighted for Vacationers
Nebraskans plan summer trips as postwar prosperity returns. Guy R. McDowell of the Izaak Walton League cites western lakes good for bull head, crappie, and bass. He notes a Morrill area lake with brook trout may attract a few sportsmen.
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Nebraska
Guy R. McDowell
Izaak Walton League
Lancaster County
McDowell
Morrill, Neb
Oil Prospect Lease On Franklin County School Land
The state board of educational lands and funds leased a section of school land in Franklin county south of Riverton to Fred L. Gall and Hugh Johnson of Columbus. They paid a $400 bonus for the lease to drill for oil, with one eighth of all oil found to go to the state.
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Lincoln
State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Franklin County
Riverton
Fred L. Gall
Hugh Johnson
Columbus
Chief Works On 78th Birthday In Falls City
Falls City resident Marts marked his 78th birthday by his usual rounds as a local law enforcement official. For 24 years he has served as Falls City police chief for more than half that time. Born June 7, 1850, in Noblesville Indiana, he later worked 20 years as a Burlington railroad section foreman and has two sons, C L Marts of Lincoln a Burlington conductor and Earl Marts of Atchison Kansas a Burlington yard master.
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Falls City
Sam Marts
Richardson County
Marts
Noblesville
Ind
Burlington Railroad
C. L. Marts
Lincoln
Earl Marts
Atchison Kan
Ogallala Receives Record Big Load of Combines
Ogallala in western Nebraska welcomed a record shipment of fifty train cars carrying combines. The arrival, described as signaling a new era in local wheat harvesting, drew city officials and chamber of commerce leaders, with an airplane escort dropping aerial bombs as the train arrived.
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Ogallala
Nebraska Wheat Belt
Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce
Cattle Record Broken at South Omaha Market
South Omaha's livestock market set a new all time high with 2,694 cattle and calves received, exceeding the prior record of about 2,000 by roughly 500 head. The surge marks a substantial increase from six weeks ago.
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Omaha
South
Game Refuge Secured Near Inman by Izaak Walton League
A 6 240 acre bird refuge south of Inman has been secured, per a letter from Frank Brady, president of the Nebraska division of the Izaak Walton league. The land features a lake and rich cover for ducks, prairie chickens, quail and pheasants, with E L Watson in the Inman league chapter helping secure the site.
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Inman
Frank Brady
Nebraska
Izaak Walton League
E. L. Watson
League
Dog Causes Wreck Near Falls City
A dog ran into the road causing a collision with a car driven by Lloyd Peters of Lincoln. His mother, father, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Peters, and his six year old niece Holly Van Peters were in the car. Mrs. Peters broke a pelvic bone after the crash into a pole. Peters plans to seek damages from the dog owner.
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Falls City
Lloyd Peters
Lincoln
E. M. Peters
Holly van Peters
Farm credit changes favor agriculture says banker
Rock Island Illinois banker Eugene M. Stevens told the Illinois Bankers Association that the federal reserve system has created new credit channels for agriculture, reducing costs. He cited federal land banks and intermediary banks and warned the agricultural problem is production conservation and price balance, not just credit. He noted banks increasingly loaning on stocks and bonds, with near 900 million in stock secured loans and 600 million in related securities, while other loans rose only 350 million.
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Rock Island
Tll
America
Federal Reserve
Eugene M. Stevens
Illinois Merchants Trust Company
Illinois Bankers Association
Stevens
Mr. Stevens
Federal
Joint Stock Land Banks
Federal Reserve System
Guggenheim Grants Total 1 200 000 for Aviation Research
Harry F. Guggenheim announced three grants totaling 1.2 million dollars for aviation research. The University of Washington receives 290,000 for an aeronautic building, Harvard Business School 15,000 to study aviation’s industrial and economic effects, and MIT 34,000 to create a three year meteorology course essential for aviation progress.
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New York
Daniel Guggenheim
Harry F. Guggenheim
University of Washington
Northwest
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Negro Lynched in Houston Texas
Robert Powell twenty four year old black man abducted from Jefferson Davis hospital by eight men unmasked band and found hanging from a tree eight miles from Houston in a racially motivated lynching incident.
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Houston
Texas
Robert Powell
Jefferson Davis Hospital
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