Iron Man Alcock Takes On Gangsters and Crooked Officers
John H. Alcock named acting police commissioner in Chicago and pledged a purge of crooked officers. He called for capturing all gangsters and gathering evidence for prosecutions while claiming up to one in five officers may be on racketeer pay. Mayor Thompson pledged full cooperation.
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John H. Alcock
Thompson
Alcock
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’s examination showing he refused to answer questions. The committee agreed not to compel the churchman to testify about alleged anti-Smith activities. controversy rose over whether Vice President Curtis must cite him for contempt.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
James Cannon, Jr
Senate
Caraway
anti-Smith Activities Committee
Southern’ Methodist
Blaine
Commit
Hitchcock to oppose Norris in Nebraska race
Former senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, now Democratic party chairman, challenges Senator George W. Norris in Omaha. The dispute centers on leadership of the foreign nations committee and related policy.
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Norris
Omaha
United States
Gilbert M. Paetary
Foreign Nations Committee
George W. Norris
Hitchcock
Ruth belts 22nd homer of the season
Babe Ruth drills his 22nd home run in the seventh inning against Detroit as he opens the inning after three strikeouts. He connected off Uhle in the Yankee Detroit game to start the frame.
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Sure Ars
Babe Ruth
Yankee Detroit P
Uhle
Prohibition Case Dismissals Mark Wallace Trial Proceedings
Federal court dismissed conspiracy charges against five Wallace prohibition defendants as evidence in the liquor and vice case proceeds. In New York a maniac connected to Queens killings triggers a citywide police hunt with letters threatening another murder and shifting search to the Bronx.
Morrow Files Expense Account In Primary Race
Newark June 19 Republicans nominating candidate Dwight W. Morrow disclosed campaign expenditures totaling a substantial sum. The statement alleges Democratic opponents face a well funded race, citing Morrow and Morgan money as a factor in New Jersey politics. Final vote totals show Morrow winning with 417 058 votes against Franklin W. Port 117 439 and Joseph Frelinghuysen 47 780.
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Newark
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
J. P. Morgan and Company
New Jersey
New York
Pensylvania
Morrow
Morgan
Ae Omen
Benef
Franklin W. Port
Joseph
Frelinghuysen
Senate Near Adjournment as Pensions and Rivers Fight End
Washington reporting the Senate pressed toward adjournment next week while voting arrangements for the world war pensions bill and the rivers and harbors measure were set. House action was expected on a deficiency bill funding new projects including Boulder Canyon dam funding contested by Arizona senators.
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Comierce Committee
Great Lakes
Glenn
Illinois
Blaine
Wisconsin
House
Senate
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
Arizona
Conferring Degree in Pioneer Lodge at Idaho City
Idaho Masonry reports Lodge No. 1 A F and A M will confer the third degree on many candidates Saturday in Idaho City the site of Idaho Masonry’s birth during the gold rush. The ceremony will be in the old Masonic hall with Frank D. Mumford Caldwell grand master and F E. Smith past grand master Montana in attendance.
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Idaho
A. F
A. M
Idaho Masonry
Idaho City
Masonic Hall
Frank D. Mumford
Caldwell
Idaho Grand Lodge
F. E. Smith
Montana
Colorado Population Gains Near Ten Percent in Decade
Colorado's 1930 population is 1 033 156, up from 939 629 in 1920, a rise of 93 427 or about 10 percent. Denver's population excluding suburbs reaches 287 728, a 31 237 rise or 12 2 percent.
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Colorado
Denver
Laman Reveals Racket Ties to Police Chief and Attorney
Detroit police disclose confessions from Joseph Laman and gang members detailing a decade long kidnapping and murder plot. He alleges a police official and attorney double crossed him over a Harry Cohn kidnapping scheme and a $20,000 ransom. Others named include Doris O Reardon Joseph O Reardon Ben Rubenstein Harry Hallisey and Howard Barkley in ongoing investigations.
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Detroit
Joseph
Legs) Laman
Laman
Harry Cohn
Cohn
Stanley de Long
Florence
Ohio
Toledo
Harry Andrews
Michigan
Jackson
Fred Begeman
Wyandotte
Andrews
de Longs
Doris O'Reardon
Strong Wool Movement in Idaho Sparks Shipment to National Firm
Sixty carloads of wool from southeastern Idaho cooperatives were sent to the National Wool Marketing corporation. G. W. Thompson of Idaho Falls led efforts in Jefferson and Bonneville counties. Thirteen carloads left Idaho Falls the previous Saturday, averaging 40,000 pounds per car.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
National Wool Marketing Corporation
G. W Thompson
Jefferson
Bonneville
Rainstorm Drenches Ogden as Circus Parade Fails to Flow
In Ogden on June 19 a heavy rain soaked the city during a circus parade, flooding gutters and trapping pedestrians. Sandbags went up to shield basements as the downpour lasted over an hour.
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Ogden
Otto Sanhuber Testifies on Murder Case Promise
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 version of the slaying of wealthy manufacturer Fred Oosterreich.
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Los Angeles
Otto Sanhuber
Fred Oosterreich
Superior Court
Baron Fitts
Grand Jury
Orderly Means Selling Produce Two Accidents Spoil Kaiser Outing
In Amsterdam on June 19 former Kaiser Wilhelm Hohenzollern and his family hosted guests of Countess Pennewits on Lake. A boat explosion and an automobile accident injured several guests and servants, marred the outing. Wilhelm and his wife Hermine were among those present with about ten household members.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Kaiser Wilhelm Hohengzollern
Ac- Wilhelm
Erinpens Hermine
Countess Pennewits
Federal farm act framed for orderly marketing not plunder
Idaho Falls session heard Frank J. Hagenbarth of Spencer, president of the National Woolgrowers Association, defend the farm marketing act as a method to orderly market producers. R E Shepherd of Jerome and James Webster of Intermountain Grain Growers spoke on the act’s sheep industry application and farm relief measures.
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Frank J. Hagenbarth
Spencer
National
Woolgrowers’ Association
Agricult Council of the Western Shippers
Ad Boards
Hagen
R. E. d of Jerome
James Webster
Intermountain Grain Growers, Inc
Federal Farm Board
Tax payments nearly clear a big deficit
Huge income tax payments received by the treasury on June 17 together with public debt receipts nearly wiped out the $202,556,065 deficit facing the government the day before. Income tax payments from the second installment on 1929 incomes totaled $102,169,256 while miscellaneous receipts reached $100,313,700. Funds from sale of treasury certificates and from debtor government notes continued the inflow.
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Washington
Treasury
Yellowstone Park Opens to Public for 1930 Season
Mrs. John F. Sippel of Baltimore national president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs opened Yellowstone Park to the public for the 1930 season. She and federation officers passed through the Gar Diner gate aboard an old time park bus as motion picture crews recorded the ceremony. The event highlighted growing government park policy interest among the federation as a reason for parks becoming popular vacation spots.
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Yellowstone National Park
John F. Sippel
Baltimore
General Federation of Women's Club
Sippel
Federation
Gardiner Gate
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Baseball scores and a Salt Lake City robbery report
Baseball results from Chicago Washington St. Louis Detroit Brooklyn Cincinnati and Philadelphia with multiple tied games. A Salt Lake City report states Roy Dean, 28, was captured after attempting to rob a clothing store safe containing $900. he confessed and was found hiding in a closet.
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Salt Lake City
Roy Dean
Dean
Byrd Returns From Wastes Of Antarctic
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd arrives in New York aboard the Macom amid a large city welcome after an Antarctic expedition. He reports 125000 square miles explored and notes coal-bearing rock formations, a need for a permanent weather station, and safe return of all crew. His wife misses the bay greeting due to rough seas.
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Hoover
United States
Little America
Park City
New York
Richard B. Byrd
Lower Manhattan
Antarctica
Macom
Admiral Byrd
City of New York
Antarctic
Pird
America
Byrd
City of
Ambrose Light
City Hall
Pleaded Guilty to Killing Girl
Dexter Dayton, a salesman, pleaded guilty to the murder of 19 year old Marjorie O'Donnell, an employee of the National Geographic Society. He received a life sentence after strangling her in a hotel room last October. Dayton cited jealousy and drink and said he planned to kill himself but failed.
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Washington
Dexter Dayton
Marjorie O'Donnell
National Geographic Society
Dayton
Miss O'Donnell
Pennsylvania
Mother Becomes American and Child to Be Restored
In Chicago a navy tale ends with a mother gaining American citizenship after years apart from her child. Fred Spears found a wounded woman in Vladivostok nine years ago and later married her in the Philippines. The baby, kept in China due to citizenship rules, can now come to America as the law changes.
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America
Fred Spears
Vladivostok
Ees
Philippines
Spears
China
Buty Spears
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