Iron Man Given Free Hand to Clean Chicago Crime
Acting police commissioner John H. Alcock, dubbed the Iron Man, is empowered by Mayor Thompson to arrest gangsters and gather evidence for prosecutions. He says a fifth of the police may be on racketeers’ payroll and aims to purge crooked officers. He links crime to Prohibition syndicates and pledges mayoral support in eradicating gang influence. Norton named chief of detectives. Ryan as assistant chief.
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Chicago
John H. Alcock
Thompson
Alcock
Police Department
The
Herald and Examiner Today
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Tribune
William Russell
John W. Norton
John Stege
John Ryan
John Egan
Norton
Ryan
William Hale Thompson
Senate receives Cannon report on Bishop James Cannon Jr
The senate lobby committee submitted a transcript of Bishop James Cannon Jr. examination showing questions about his refusal to answer 1928 anti-Smith committee queries. Debate arises over whether Vice President Curtis must cite him for contempt. Caraway disputes Blaine, Norris, and Hitchcock argue lack of authority to compel.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
James Cannon, Jr
Senate
Caraway
Blaine
Wisconsin
Curtis
United States
Gannon
Yankee Hit A Home Run In Seventh Inning
The homer came in the seventh inning as the first batter faced Uhle after three strikeouts, marking a notable one home run of the season in the Yankee Detroit game.
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Yankee Detroit
Uhle
Prohibition Conspiracy Dismissed In Wallace Case
Federal court dismissed conspiracy charges against five Wallace guards in the rum rebellion case as evidence was winding down. The trial focuses on officials and citizens tied to liquor and vice in Coeur d Alene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Ace
Julius Johnson
Herman J. Rossi
McNary
Rossi
C. B. Brennenberg
Stad
Bremen
Sea City
Morrow files expense account in primary race
Newark June 19 Expenditures on behalf of Dwight W Morrow in his campaign for the Republican senatorial nomination are disclosed in a statement. The filing shows amounts cited against partners Morgan firm and associates including 117439 and 47889 for Frelinghuysen tied to the effort.
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Morrow
Newark
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
J. P. Morgan and Company
New Jersey
New York
Pensylvania
Morgan
Morrow and Prankiin
Leon
Frelinghuysen
Senate Near End of Work as Pensions and Harbors Pass
Washington report notes Senate leaders optimistic about adjourning next week after voting on world war pensions and rivers and harbors bills. Nonstop debates loom over Boulder Canyon dam funding despite opposition from Arizona senators, with a final adjournment plan tied to passage of remaining supply bills.
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Washington
Senate
Tehmenn
Ecommerce Comunitee
Great Lakes
Glenn
Illinois
Fan
B Republican
Wisconsin
House
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
Arizona
Conferring Degree in Pioneer Lodge at Boise
The third degree of Masonry will be conferred by Lodge No. 1 A F and A M on a large group of candidates Saturday in the venue where Idaho Masonry began during the gold rush. Idaho City founded in the sixties and later moved to Boise. Frank D. Mumford Caldwell grand master and F E Smith past grand master Montana will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
A. F
A. M
Idaho Masonry
Idaho City
Masonic Hall
Frank D. Mumford
Caldwell
Idaho Grand Lodge
F. E. Smith
Montana
Colorado Population Grows Nearly Ten Percent in Decade
Colorado's 1930 population reached 1,033,156, up from 939,629 in 1920, a 93,427 increase or about 10 percent. Denver proper totals 287,728, rising 31,237 or 12.2 percent.
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Colorado
Denver
Laman details Detroit kidnapping racket and police double cross
Detriot police announce confessions linking a high police official and a prominent attorney to a decade long kidnapping and murder spree led by Joseph Laman. Laman says $20 000 ransom was diverted to the officer, while other gang members including Stanley De Long and his wife Florence testified under threat of Ohio electric chair.
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Laman
Detroit
Joseph Legs
Harry Cohn
Cohn
Stanley de Long
Florence
Ohio
Toledo
Harry Andrews
Michigan
Jackson
Fred Begeman
Wyandotte
Andrews
de Longs
Doris O’reardon
Joseph O'Reardon
Red” Reardon
Ben Rubenstein
Harry Hallisey
Howard Barkley
Luke Hartman
the de Longs
Dude” Manuel
Joe Mariano
Strong movement in Idaho wool shipments rise
Sixty carloads of wool have been shipped by southeastern Idaho cooperatives to the National Wool Marketing corporation. G. W Thompson of Idaho Falls, in charge of Jefferson and Bonneville counties, reported the figure. Thirteen carloads moved from Idaho Falls last Saturday, averaging 40,000 pounds each.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
National Wool Marketing Corporation
G. W Thompson
Jefferson
Bonneville
Heavy Rain Strikes Ogden Parade Audience
In Ogden on June 19 thousands watched a circus parade as a sudden downpour drenched the city at noon. Gutters overflowed, pedestrians were stranded, basements protected with sandbags, and the rain lasted over an hour.
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Ogden
Sanhuber testifies on plea deal in Ochterreich murder
Otto Sanhuber testified in Los Angeles Superior Court that District Attorney Baron Fitts promised to save his neck if he would tell the grand jury his account of the wealthy manufacturer's slaying. The testimony centers on a promised deal to secure his acquittal by revealing details of the case.
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Los Angeles
Otto Sanhuber
Fred Ochterreich
Superior Court
Baron Fitts
Grand Jury
Accidents mar Kaiser Wilhelm visit at Amsterdam lake
Two accidents spoiled a family outing of former Kaiser Wilhelm II at Lake Amsterdam. A boat explosion injured several guests and servants aboard two vessels while Wilhelm, his wife Princess Hermine, and about ten household members were guests of Countess Pennewits.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Kaiser Wilhelm Hohenszollern
Wilhelm
Princess Mermine
Countess Pennewits
Farm session backs marketing act as orderly system
Idaho Falls June 19 AP Frank J. Hagenbarth Spencer president of the National Woolgrowers Association assures a conference that the federal farm marketing act is not robbery of the people but a method for orderly marketing of farmer produce. He spoke with R E Shepherd Jerome and James Webster before 150 representatives of railroads business groups and agricultural sections.
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Idaho Falls
Frank J. Hagenbarth
Spencer
National
Woolgrowers’ Association
Agricultural Council of the Western
Hagen
R. E
Jerome
Erenee
James Webster
Intermountain Grain Growers, Inc
Federal Farm Board
Tax payments nearly wipe out big deficit in Washington
Huge income tax receipts and public debt receipts on June 17 nearly erased the government’s $202,556,065 deficit faced the day before. Preliminary totals show $102,160,256 and $109,213,790 credited to the treasury, reducing the shortfall as reported.
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Washington
Treasury
Park Opens at Yellowstone for 1930 Season
Mrs. John F. Sippel of Baltimore national president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs officially opened Yellowstone National Park for the 1930 season. She and federation officers toured Gar diner gate by old time park bus as sound cameras recorded the ceremony. The event highlighted growing federation support for national park policy and parks as vacation spots.
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John F. Sippel
Baltimore
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Denver, Colo
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
General Federation of Women's Club
Sippel
Federation
Gardiner Gate
Baseball scores from the Washington and Philadelphia games
Chicago and Cleveland lost and won in intercity matchups as Henry Crowder Spen cer and others contributed. Other AL and NL matchups featured Detroit at New York and Brooklyn at Cincinnati with varied scoring and late innings.
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Chicago
Washington
Henry
Tate
Crowder and
Spencer
Salt Lake City Robbery Attempt Foiled at Store
Roy Dean, 28, was captured in a Salt Lake City clothing store after a confession to attempting to rob the firm’s safe containing $900. Two men were seen near the safe. one escaped as officers arrived. Dean was found in a closet as officers broke in. he denied an accomplice. Knob from the safe had been knocked off.
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Salt Lake City
Roy Dean
Dean
Byrd Arrives in New York After Antarctic Expedition
Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd returns to Manhattan aboard the Macom after exploring Antarctica where his team mapped 125 000 square miles, found coal indicators, and proposed a permanent weather station. He says all crew returned safely and plans no new voyage until a $100 000 debt is paid. Byrd greets family. Mrs Byrd delayed by seas.
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Richard E. Byrd
Hoover
United States
Little America
Park City
New York
Richard E Byrd
Lower Manhattan
Antarctica
Tug Macom
Admiral Byrd
City of
Antarctic
America
Byrd
Ambro Light
City Hall
Dexter Dayton Pleads Guilty in Girlfriend Slaying
Dexter Dayton, a salesman, pleaded guilty to the murder of 19 year old Marjorie O Donnell, an National Geographic Society employee. He received a life sentence for strangling her in a hotel room last October, saying jealousy and drink fueled the crime and that he intended to kill himself.
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Washington
Dexter Dayton
Marjorie O'Donnell
National Geographic Society
Dayton
Miss O'Donnell
Pennsylvania
Ogden Miner Henry C Bake Found Dead at 77
Henry C Bake a pioneer Ogden mining man and discoverer of a marl deposit near Brigham City died in bed at age 77. He had visited his zinc mine in Boxelder county recently and returned exhausted. Born in Massachusetts he worked as a sailor then a Southern Pacific clerk before turning to mining and joining the Weber lodge of Masons and the El Kalah shrine in Salt Lake City.
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Ogden
Henry C. Bake
Brigham City
Boxelder County
Massachusetts
Southern Pacific Railroad
Weber Lodge of Masons
el Kalah
Salt Lake City
Suit Dismissed Against Doheny Oil Firm in Ohio Case
Federal court dismissed the $10,000,000 suit filed by Cincinnati attorney Frank Kunkel and Ohio stockholders against Edward L. Doheny and the Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company. Attorneys said a settlement satisfactory to all parties had been reached.
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Los Angeles
Federal Court
Frank Kunkel
Cincinnati
Edward L. Doheny
Pan- American Petroleum and Trans Company
Kunkel
Ohio
Mother Becomes American and Child Restored in Chicago
The story notes a woman who, after years, becomes American and can bring her baby to the United States. Nine years earlier naval serviceman Fred Spears found a wounded woman in Vladivostok. They later wed in the Philippines and faced immigration hurdles for their child born in China.
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Chicago
America
Fred Spears
Vladivostok
Ee Perene
Philippines
Spears
China
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Gangri
Prohibition
George W. Norris
Hitchcock
Wallace Case
Boston Post Road
Queens
Bronx
Mozynski
Lee
Lowley
College Point
Pioneer Lodge
David Cass
Gerson Cass
R. E. Shepherd
Associated Press
National Playground
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Hudlin
Jablonowski
Myatt
Grove
Cochrane
St. Louis
Boston
Collins
Stiles
Manion
MacFayden
Hoving
Uhie
Hargrave
Wells
Gomez
Dickey
Brooklyn
Luque
Morrison
Lopez
Kolp
Sukeforth
Pittsburgh
Seibold
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