Daring Robbery of Downey State Bank
Downey state bank was robbed Friday morning when nitroglycerine blew open the vault. Cashier Sievers found glass and a destroyed lock. $3500 in currency and silver untouched in the main safe, bonds worth about $2500 stolen from safety boxes. Investigators noted prints on the vault door and tied the crime to an organized gang with ties to a Hazelton Idaho burglary and a Downriver tool house theft.
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Sievers
Mr. Sievers
Tom Beam
Downey
Geo. E. Mabey
Mabey
I. E. McDougall
J. C. Sellers
Revelaire Secret Service
John H. Kane
the Tribune
Pices
Sake
Irvin E. Mellatrap
Claims Department
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Chas Woods
Burns Detective En
Sellers
Revelare Secret Service
J. E. McDougall
Meitstrup
Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Hazelton
Idaho
Hazelton Bank
Ichael Mickelson
Lago
Anderson
Jugo Slavs Ordered to Report to Consulate
Vienna dispatch reports all Jugo-Slava of military age are called by newspaper ads to report immediately to their consulate. Observers believe this signals mobilization by the Jugo-Slave.
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Vienna
Robber Tours Country Under His Own Name
Chicago reports Carl Stieler Jr saying he hunted no cover after the Whiting, Indiana mail robbery. He toured under his name across the West, spent about 45000 of the 234000 stolen, married Bessie Jasiak in Los Angeles, and later financed airplanes and a racing car before money ran out in Texas.
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Chicago
Carl Stieler, Jr
Whiting
Ind
West
Cave
Stieler
Bessie Jasiak
Los Angeles
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
State Chemist On The Stand In Meyer Poison Case
Twin Falls report on Dr E F Rodenbaugh Boise state chemist testimony in Lyda Meyer Southard murder case. Analysis of Meyer's body and organs yields poison amounts suggesting total content near five to nine grains depending on distribution. Defendant observed by jury as exhibits were placed on table within feet of her.
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Twin Falls
Lyda Meyer Southard
Edward F. Meyer
E. F. Rodenbough
Boise
Meyer
Frank Stephan
Rodenbaugh
Myers
Merver
Prospects gloomy for good weather at Polo Grounds
New York reports cloudy conditions at dawn with forecasts calling for rain. Forecasters warned rain could disrupt the fourth World Series game at the Polo Grounds, though there was hope it might end in time.
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New York
Polo Grounds
De Smet Catholic students organize university club
Gerald Gill of Sioux Falls is president of the De Smet club a university organization of Catholic students. David Neelan of Blackfoot is vice president and Madeline Wall of Polson Montana is rotary and treasurer. Officers will hold their positions for a year.
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Moscow
Gerald Gill
Sioux Falls
de Smet Club
David Neelan
Blackfoot
Madeline Wall
Polaon
Mont
Rotary
Posse Fights With Bootleggers Near Monarch
Sheridan Wyoming Oct. 8 AP Two alleged bootleggers wounded in a pistol duel with a posse killed undersheriff W S McPherron during the raid two miles north of Monarch The posse led by Sheriff Dolph Thomas moved to the bootleggers hiring place and at the approach the men opened fire McKinney shot in the face and Monk Stanton in the body both suspects hospitalized and under guard while McPherron died of his injuries.
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Monarch
Clergyman Guilty in First Degree Murder Case
John A Spencer, former clergyman from Lake Port California, was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his wife. Her body was recovered from Clear Lake near Lakeport on July 27. The jury deliberated six and a half hours and recommended life imprisonment. Sentencing is set for Monday.
Conference teams in important contests
Chicago Oct Con ten t AP Western conference football elevens ready for key games. Minnesota faces Northwestern at Minneapolis as its first test. Purdue, coming off a loss to Wisconsin, meets Chicago in Chicago. Chicago’s final home game precedes an Eastern trip to face Princeton next Saturday.
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Minnesota
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Purdue
Wabash College
Chicago Maroons
Princeton
Weeks bars army planes from exhibition races
Secretary Weeks reaffirms decision not to permit army aircraft to compete in speed races citing lack of personnel material and military value. The ruling affects army entries in the Pulitzer races at Omaha Nebraska later this month.
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Washington
Weeks
Omaha
Nebraska
Sioux City Journal part-owner Samuel Perkina dies in Omaha
Samuel J. Perkina of Sioux City Iowa a part owner of the Sioux City Journal died in a hospital in Omaha after a nervous breakdown from a complication of diseases.
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Omaha
Samuel J. Perkina
Sioux City
Sioux City Journal
London Times Corrects Hughes Misstatement on Conference
The London Times calls Premier Hughes statement in the Australian House an entire misconception. It says the United States did not slam the door on dominion representation at the Washington conference and denies a rejection of any proposal.
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London
The
London Times
Hughes
Arrived Too Late For His Funeral
In Wilmington Delaware Leon E Smith believed dead and buried last Saturday after a mix up with a mutilated body found beside a Mullins railroad, yet his reappearance proved the other man’s body was misidentified and Smith is alive. The funeral was halted by the mix up and the body identified as belonging to another man.
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Wilmington
Del
Leon E. Smith
Mullins
Rome
Murdered New Mexico highway official found dead
Eugene Kempenich New Mexico highway commissioner vanished Thursday night and was later found dead Friday at his home in Pia A bullet pierced his heart with an unknown shooter blamed by friends though coroner and surgeons say the bullet entered the breast with the gun pressed against the body Investigators in two counties traced the case as a possible murder rather than suicide
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Albuquerque
Eugene Kempenich
New Mexico
Hway
Nich
Pia
Kempenich
Kempenisch
Japan Urges Pacific Disarmament At Washington Talks
Tokyo reports Dr. Saburo Amada of the Imperial University of Law urged disarmament of American territories in the Pacific, free trade in the Pacific, and neutralization of the Panama Canal at the Washington conference. Dr Ushaburo Kobayashi assailed U S actions in China as self serving. Japan may accept the American arms limitation agenda but seek additions stressing general principles of equal opportunity across the Pacific.
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Tokio
America
Pacific
Japan
Washington
Saburo Amada
Imperial University of Law
National Policy Association
Panama Canal
Ushsaburo Kobayashi
China
United States
Packing plant employes vote on strike authorization
Omaha Oct 8 AP The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen referendum asks whether to authorize the national executive board to call a strike in packing plants if needed. Ballots start at 1 pm, count tonight. Both union and non union workers may vote as leaders cite stalled national agreement and a wage cut push by Morris Co. Swift Armour and Cudahy workers report six month wage and conditions hold.
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Omaha
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen’s Union of North America
Chicago
J. W. Burns
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Cudahy Company
H. R
Harnett
Cudahy Co
Bank rumor sparks run at city First National
C A Valentine president of First National bank denies any trouble and offers a $1000 reward for information about the rumor. Vice President B E Byer says Federal Reserve backs the bank and support is assured. Despite calmness at noon, a bank run begins as foreigners and depositors withdraw funds amid speculation about financial condition.
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Noom Today
The
Tribune
C. A. Valentine
First National Bank
E. Byer
the Tribune
Downay
Cc. C. Bowerman
Rotary Club
Bowerman
First National
Curtis
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve Bank
Bank rumor sparks city pledge of confidence
The Board of Governors of the Chamber of Commerce in San Bernardino condemns unfounded rumors about the First National Bank. Officials reassure depositors, noting strong business ties and available federal support while urging calm as they endorse local banks and maintain credit stability.
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First National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Governors
Man Held on Murder Charge in Mothers Death
Joseph P. Studer, 32, once of Peoria Illinois, is jailed in Los Angeles awaiting superior court trial on murdering his mother Elisabeth Studer 77. Neighbors reported a scream and police found Mrs Studer unconscious, dying.
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Los Angeles
Joseph P. Studer
Peoria
Ills
Los Angeles County
Superior Court
Elisabeth Studer
Studer
Raat Bal downplays talk of US Japan tensions
Governor-General Wood emphasizes that rumors of strained US Japan relations are unfounded. He cites the American desire for fair trade and open competition while noting friendly ties with Japan. Viscount Kaneko predicts commercial gains for Japan as he decorates officials aboard en route to Kobe and Formosa.
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America
Japan
Wood
United States
Viscount Kanecke
Philips
Eean Rer
Kaneko
Ood
W. Cameron
Paris troop ceremony honors fallen soldiers in occupation week
Paris reports a battalion from the occupation area held a ceremony honoring American soldiers who died. The unit planned to travel to London with the troops expected to leave for the capital last Tuesday.
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Parle
Paris
Paria
Rae
London
Ohio's former state auditor Fullington dies or retires
The notice references Fullington a former Ohio state auditor who served four years and is connected to Columbus. It notes his role and links to the Philippines Islands, government rail and banking matters.
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Washington
Ward Llington
Columbus
Ohio
Fullington
Old Telegraphist Dies Early Today in Sioux City
William 4H, a veteran telegraph operator, died this morning in Sioux City. He leaves a widow and five children as survivors.
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Sioux City
Wiliam
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