Two Men Face Death Chair For Assault
Dallas January 24 two men faced the electric chair after abducting three 17 year old girls near Dallas and assaulting them Merriman was sentenced to death claiming insanity Aldridge also received a death penalty after pleading guilty Attorneys filed notice of appeal though both convicts showed no interest in the case Merriman sat sullenly through trial and his family defended him amid tense courtroom scenes
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Associated Press
Dallas
Lee Roy Merriman
Bennie Aldridge
Aldridge
Merriman
Temse
Merrimen
New York Widow Engaged to Prince Henry of Reuss
Mrs Allene Tew Burchard wealthy New York and Paris widow will marry Prince Henry of Reuss a member of Europe’s venerable ruling house She inherited 3 000 000 from husband Anson Burchard former GE vice chairman She is in Egypt and engagement was cabled to friends This will be her third marriage and the Reuss line long ruled near the Polish border
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Associated Press
New York
Allene Tew Burchard
Paris
Prince Henry of Reuss
Europe
Theodore Hostetter
Pittsburgh
Prince Henry
Henry VII
Marie Alexandrine of
Saxe-Weimar
Saxe
Victoria Marguerite
Hohenzollern
House of Reuss
Goat Leads Lambs to Death at Abbatoir in New York
In New York a butcher shop uses a goat named Billy to shepherd lambs from pen to street to the slaughter house. The bellwether leads the flock safely through streets with no resistance. Billy recently turned three with party cigaretters for celebration.
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New York
Billy
Lambs
Hardware men discuss profit control plans
Dallas January 24 at the thirty fifth Texas Hardware and Implement association convention discussions focused on planning and controlling for profit. Arthur C Lamson of Marlborough Mass president of the National Retail association spoke on combating chain stores and emphasized service and personality.
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The
Texas Hardware and Implement Associa
Arthur C. Lamson
Marlborough
Mass
National Retail Association
OLD HOME TOWN FOLKS WONDERING ABOUT CAL
Northampton Mass January 24 old latch key out law offices in Masonic building on Main street unchanged since Calvin Coolidge left to enter politics. His name on the office door with Ralph Wilbur Hemenway and his desk remain. Citizens of his old home town hope he resumes his law practice and returns to the same office.
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International News Service
Northampton
Mass
Masonic
Main Street
Ralph Wilbur Hemenway
Calvin Coolidge
President Coolidge
Keyes 10 Again Testify Today in Bribe Case
Asa Keyes former district attorney continued testimony in his bribery and conspiracy trial in Los Angeles with more expected today. The defense plans to call Mrs. Keyes and Elizabeth Keyes as witnesses after Keyes finishes his account. Co defendants include Ben Getzoff alleged fix er and Fd Rosenberg accused of paying 125000 to escape conviction linked to the Juliana Petroleum crash.
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Keyes
Associated Prem
Los Angeles
Jan. O
Asa Keyes
Elizabeth Keyes
Ben Getzoff
Depu
Chicago Girl Slain and Robbed Near Home
Laura Buchholz a 26 year old clerk was clubbed to death and robbed a block from her home on West 123rd Street as she returned from work. A witness Mrs Grace Hanley heard a scream and saw a man in a dark overcoat dragging the body across the street before the assailant fled. Physicians found two blows to the head and missing purse and hat.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Laura Buchholz
Grace Hanley
Hanley
Miss Buchholz
Amateur Movie Makers Hear Kodacolor Demo
Amateur Movie Makers club met in Fisk building Room 10 last night for a Kodacolor demonstration. Jack Vincent of City Drug Stores led the program and shared insights on color film and projection.
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Amateur Movie Makers Club
Fisk Building
Jack Vincent
City Drug Stores
Noted remarks at trial reference prescription whiskey
District Attorney William Simpson questions sources of whiskey as Keyes testifies that Ben was ill and had access to prescription whiskey. The exchange hints at motive or means in the case and underscores the defense's attempt to explain Ben's state.
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Keyes
Ben
Old Folks Endorse Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin
The ad extols Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as the safe mild laxative based on senna and herbs since 1892. It claims effectiveness for constipation, biliousness, headaches, indigestion, and mood, suitable for babies to elderly, and available in generous bottles at drug stores.
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Caldwell
Medical College
Dr. Caldwell
Contest Over Texas Solon Under Way
The dispute over Rep. W. R. Montgomery of Edinburg seating, tied to Hidalgo county election controversy, will be heard by the House committee on suffrage and elections Thursday. FE. M. Smith of Midaldo filed contest with the Secretary of State, Mrs. Jane Y. McCallun, and will present his case.
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Austin
Texas
W. R. Montgomery
Edinburg
Hidalgo County
House of Representatives
FE. M. Smith
Midalgo
Jane Y. McCallun
House
Forty Die In Sinking Of Chinese Steamship
Forty lives were lost when the Chinese steamer Homgchoung, formerly the Sandakan, sank during a gale while carrying coal from Tsingtao to Shanghai. Twenty survivors arrived in Shanghai after two days adrift. the chief officer and nineteen crew members drifted in an open boat without food before rescue by a junk.
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Shanghai
Sandakan
Tsingtao
Brady Praises Orgatone For Health Boost In Testimony
Hot Brady, a Amarillo Laundry driver, says Orgatone rebuilt his health after a year of stomach troubles, headaches, and fatigue. He credits one bottle with restored appetite and digestion and notes City Drug Store in Amarillo sells Genuine Orgazone at $1.25 per bottle or six for $6.25 with mail order for out of town customers.
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HU. T. Brady
Carolina St
Brady
Amarillo
Polk St
Orgatone
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