Prohibition agents fire fatal shot in Minnesota
In International Falls Minnesota Patrolman E J White shot Henry Virkula, slumped in a car, as other family members were present. White and companion E J Servine claim Virkula ignored commands to halt. Congressmember Schafer denounced the killing as murder and urged penitentiary sentences for White and Servine.
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Congress
Lowman
Henry Virkula
E. J
International Falls
Minn
Hick
Virkula
White
E. J. Servine
Wirkula
House of Representatives
Schafer
Wisconsin
Servine
Census of Distribution to Count All Middlemen
Washington on June 11 1930 census proposed by President Hoover will measure the number of distributors in domestic trade. The plan aims to enumerate all dealers from bakers to grocers across the United States, highlighting the vast scale of U S retail and wholesale networks.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
D. C
Hoover
Congress
United States
Uncle Sam
Mr. Hoover
Varishle
Department of Commerce
Hoover Secretaryship of Commerce
Whdeh
House
Senate
Storms in Two States Kill Five. Dozens Hurt
Tornadoes swept central Minnesota and northern Wisconsin killing at least five and injuring many. Unidentified victims near Cokata and Kingston, Minnesota, plus more injuries near Ashland and Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Names include Henry Wournos, Elmer Bergren, and a North Dakota visitor, as wrecked farms and homes across Kingston and Gokalo suffer extensive damage.
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Secdoms
Towa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chicago
St. Paw
Minn
Cokata
Kingston
Ashland
Ladysmith
Wis
Henry Wournos
Gustave Wantija
North Dakota
Shen
Swan Lake
Elmer Bergren
Gokalo
Illinois Town Is Oil Well Frenzy
Dupo Illinois town bubbles with oil. twenty two wells gush black gold and prospect of wealth. The twenty second well yielded about 1085 dollars per barrel after a shot yesterday, with wells tapping 400 feet and some producing around one thousand barrels daily. Engineers and railroad workers raced to sell while prices stayed high, while others regretted holding too long as speculation swirled.
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Dupo
Illnois
Wind Storm Destroys Branches in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls suffers minor chaos from a morning storm. Streets littered with torn branches. no serious structural damage reported. Greenhouse claim at Cedar Heights proved unfounded and damage there limited. In King City California a sandbank collapse kills two youths, Henry and Gilda Antiogonas, both 13, as they were believed to dig a cave.
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Courier Special Service
Cedar Falls
vJune
Cedar Heights
King City
Cal
Henry
Gilda Antiogonas
Gasket Factory Blown Off Roof as Storm Rages Through Waterloo
A severe wind and rain storm struck Waterloo at 9 45 am causing widespread damage. The J J Meany Gasket company suffered roof damage to its factory buildings while City circuits failed and trees toppled blocking streets. Electric crews rushed to repair lines as residents sought shelter in cellars. No injuries reported at the moment, but financial losses were mounting with estimates around several thousand dollars.
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Waterloo
Woodlawn
Home Park Avenue
J. J. Meany Gasket Company
Pally Avenue
Ecity
Iowa Public Service Company
Upper Franklin Street
Dr. E
Bl. Rohlf
Sheridan Road
Wellington Street
Third Street
Campbell Avenue
Mullan Avenue
South Street
Lafayette Street
Quincy and
Linn Streets
Sycamore Street
Thompson Avenue
Sunnyside Avenuue
Falls Avenue
T.L. Wheeler Lumber Company
T. L. Wheeler Lumber Company
Rainbow Shive
Howe
Locust Street
Second Street
Tknee
Sunnyside
Falls Avenues
Fairview N Avenue
Richi
Conger
Rich Street
Broadway
Butler Grocery Store
Alcote School
Walnut
Town
Vine Street
Franklin
Lane
Fowler Street
Sverige Seaplane Damages Delays Greenland Flight
Reykjavik reports seaplane Sverige under propeller fault with Capt Aldin Ahrenberg and two companions unable to take off for Ivigtut Greenland. After two failed attempts and a propeller exchange, weather and ashore delays persist as crews return to base. Meanwhile London gossip swirls about a potential engagement of Prince of Wales to Princess Ingrid of Sweden, with social events planned in London.
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Greenland
Ahrenberg
Insshan
Ivigtut
Teeland
Capt
Sweden
Bergen
Norway
London
Prince of Wales
Ingrid
Mary
Viking Jand
Detroit Prepares Largest Prohibition Drive Yet
Detroit on June 1 reports federal authorities gearing for a sweeping crackdown on liquor flowing from Canada. After meetings with U R officials and Michigan authorities, the price of liquor rose from 50 cents to 1 dollar, as the Jones law would be used extensively to dam the border flow.
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Detroit
U.R
James M. Doran
Seymour Lowman
Secretary of the Treasury
Lowman
Doran
Thomas E. Stone
Michigan
Walter Petty
Convict Standard Under Trust Law Convict Standard Under Trust Law
Chicago June 11 AP The Standard Old Company of Indiana and associate and subsidiary concerns were convicted in United States district court today on charges of violating the Sherman anti trust law. The charges concerned pooling of all cracking process patents. The court ruled in one decision that the government is entitled to an injunction restraining the firms from further violation of the law. DUELLGISH SUIT ON Los Angeles Cal June 11 The 32000 suit brought against Willian Gish actress by her former manager Charles H. Duell is scheduled to be heard today. Duell seeks to recover a sum he claims to have advanced to Miss Gish.
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Chicago
Sandard Old Company
Indiana
New York Beauty Pageant Final in Galveston
Eleven contestants representing eleven nations vie tonight for the Crauty Queen of the Universe title. Irene Ahlberg, last night chosen as Miss United States, is a statuesque blue eyed blonde from Greater New York and stands five feet six inches, with dark blonde hair.
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Galveston
Tex
Irene Ahlberg
New York
United States
Miss Ahberg
Ahlberg
Dorothy Britton
Votes to reject conference report sparks White House clash
In Baltimore and Washington the Senate rejected the administration backed conference report by three votes, denying a farm debenture plan in the farm relief bill. Debate centered on the debenture's fate as leaders urged compromise while Hoovers aides pressed for approval, with several lawmakers visiting the White House.
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White House
Washington, D. C
Senate
Hoover
House
Couzens
Nye
Frazier
North Dakota
Michigan
Hyde
Capitol
Trammell
Florida
Census Bureau
Fire destroys 600000 barrels of oil in Santa Fe Springs field
Los Angeles June 11 Nine derricks and more than 45000 barrels of oil burned in the Santa Fe Springs oil field twelve miles south of Los Angeles. Damage estimated over a million dollars as asbestos clad crews and volunteers battled fires from the Rhode McAdams lease faults and McCune well spreading flames to adjacent derricks. Gas ignition sent flames high into the air and efforts to shut off gas flow at Rhode Adams No 1 failed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe Springs
Rhode- McAdams
McCune
Rhode-we- Adams No. 1
Beating Filibusters Who Stole Arms in Venezuela
Caracas June 1. Venezuelan filibusters who kidnapped the Curacao governor and looted the police arsenal attacked Coro, capital of Falcon state, but were repulsed after hours of fighting. General Gomes warned the Coro garrison, which aided civilians, and the invaders left dead wounded and prisoners. Coro commander Gen Gabriel Lacle was fatally wounded.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Curacao
Goro
Falcon
el Nuevo Diario
Gomes
Coro
Gabriel Lacle
Delivery deadline notice for newspaper service
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30. If the carrier or other cause prevents delivery by that time, call 5100 for a copy of the paper. Phone calls should reach this office before 6 30 p m.
RCA Gets Channels for Message Service
The Federal Radio Commission allocated 15 continental shortwave channels to the Radio Corporation of America to build a radio telegraph network, with 36 trans oceanic channels approved to expand domestic service linking about 20 cities by radio. In Philadelphia, Miss Midge Gladman advanced another round in the women’s eastern states tennis tournament at Merion Cricket Club after defeating Miss John F. Gardiner of Merion.
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Washington
D. C
U.P
Federal Radio Commission
Radio Corporation of America
Philadelphia
TNS
Midge Gladman
Merion Cricket Club
Miss Cladman
Miaa
John F. Gardiner
Merion
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Maryland
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Prince May
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British Empire
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Dan J. Ferris
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Secretary of Commerce
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Illinois Central
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Greenman
Iceland
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America
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State Conservaton
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Solé
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Henry O'Malley
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