Insanity to Be Fathers Plea in Drownings
George Chisholm a 35 year old Canadian WWI veteran who confessed to drowning his two sons parts to insanity defense. Lawyers plan medical exams to challenge confessions as coerced, citing shell shock and war injuries. He was bound over to the Lake County grand jury on two counts of first degree murder and arraigned in East Chicago.
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Py United Press
Crown Point
Ind
George Chisholm
Chisholm
Lake County
East Chicago
George
Edgar
Indiana Harbor Ship Canal
Bobbie Chisholm
Helen Lawrence
Costes Lebrix Readies Flight From Frisco to Tokyo
Captain Diewdonne Costes and Lieutenant Joseph Lebrix, French trans Atlantic fliers, departed Chicago at 6:43 am for Cheyenne. From there they will travel to San Francisco, where their plane will be shipped to Tokyo, in a staged pioneer flight.
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United Prone
Chicago
Diewdonne Costes
Joseph Lebrix
Cheyenne
Wyo
San Francisco
Tokio
Marines Enlarge Nicaragua Service
United States Marines in Nicaragua have expanded their supply network to northern outposts. From Leon a railway link to Managua and Corinto enables truck convoys to reach Ocotal, previously reachable only by ox carts and pack trains amid jungle ambush risks. No confirmed contact with Sandino followers reached headquarters.
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Associated Press
Managua
Nic
Nicaragua
Leon
Mianagua
Corinto
Ocotal
Augustino Sandino
Marine
Make British sailors happy with new boots
London march 6 Men of the British navy will get more comfortable boots after foot sketches showed many seamen have stiff jointed toes. A boat has been perfected embodying up to date ideas of style and comfort, based on the best type of last designed from the sketches.
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International News Service
London
Marmola Prescription Tablets Promise Easy Weight Loss
Overweight concern is blamed on nutrition faults and overindulgence, with Marmola tablets pitched as a corrective. The ad claims decades of use and millions of boxes, asserts no extreme dieting or exercise required, and urges readers to ask their druggist for a one dollar Marmola box.
Obregon Considers Invitation to Waco Cotton Palace
General Obregon of Mexico said he greatly appreciated the invitation to attend the Waco Cotton Palace but could not commit due to his future program depending on political developments in Mexico. The remark came in Mexico City after the invitation was extended by organizers.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
General Obregon
Waco
Texas
Cotton Palace
Four Nations Rush Air Transport Plans Across Atlantic
London March 6 Four nations press forward with schemes to operate trans Atlantic air transport services in 1928. Plans include a British R100 airship and German L127 with Zeppelins, American carrier-liner concept, and a Franco Argentine air mail line. Rivalry to be first across the ocean remains keen as authorities doubt regular service this year.
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International News Service
London
Atlantic
Europe
South America
United States
Transoceanic Shipping Company
Britain
Germany
Zeppelin Company
Seville
Buenos Aires
France
South Atlantic
Eckner
Aviators active in the United States and abroad
United Press reports aviation figures including Charles A. Levine in the Columbia flight to Germany and plans for Olympic style tours. Clarence Chamberlin on a national speaking trip from Macon to Atlanta, Lindbergh’s backers in St. Louis, Costes and Lebrix heading from Chicago to Tokyo, Haldeman and Elder pursuing an endurance flight, Goebel on a Hawaii flight, and other veteran aviators advancing along routes from Detroit to San Francisco and beyond.
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George Haldeman
Ruth Elder
Paris
Azores
Eddie Stinson
Detroit
Arthur Goebel
Hawaii
Dole
Scott Field
Belleviile
New York
Winter Rashes Quickly Healed by Antiseptic Liquid
A quick method for relief from winter rashes and chapped skin uses pure liquid DD PD antiseptic. It penetrates the skin, soothes irritated tissues, and stops itching instantly. Claims effectiveness for pimples eczema bites cuts blotches and dries up almost immediately with a trial bottle available at drug stores.
Fireworks Factory Blast Kills Dozens in Java
In Samar ang Java on March 6 a fireworks factory at Kodoes near here blew up killing at least twenty people and destroying over 100 houses. The blast injured about fifty and debris recovery continues as authorities assess the widespread damage.
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Samarang
Java
Kodoes
Governor Revokes Neffs Death Stay
OKLAHOMA CITY March 6. Governor Johnston revoked the stay of execution for Art Neff the death car driver. J W Mancell is to prepare the revocation of the May stay granted February 27. Neff was sentenced to 32 years in the penitentiary for the death of Nadine Downey a University of Oklahoma student.
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Oklahoma City
Art Neff
Johnston
J. W. Mancell
Neff
Nadine Downey
University of Oklahoma
Falling Ceiling Fatal to Pupil at Breckenridge School
A ceiling collapse in a Breckenridge Texas ward room killed pupil Jone Culpepper and injured teacher Mrs L W Hartsfield after 35 pupils were dismissed. A second girl was slightly bruised. The three stopped in the hall when the ceiling gave way trapping them.
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My United Press
Breckenridge
Texas
Jone Culpepper
L. W. Hartsfield
Culpepper
Condemned Local Hospital Building Recounted
Minutes after reaching the local hospital, authorities noted the building had been ordered condemned. The nearly new structure, erected at a cost of $100,000, is under close scrutiny. Wind elastic bands were used to prevent dresses from slipping off hangers.
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Costes-Lebrix
Frisco
Amarillo
Obregon Kay
Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Bidg
Marshall, M
Weil
Wil Fusers
U.S
German East Africa
Imperial War Museum
Cutiura
Limor Rowell
Waverly
Ala
Lucky Tiger
Star Lumber Company
Calan
Bum ‘Steers
Artie
Grace
Ethel Armstrong
Northwest Mounted
D.C
Blackburn Building
Rumford
Wolfram, Streit and
Reillough
Medical and Professional
the Globe-News
bamon-Chittington
News-Globe
Amarillo Globe-News
Amarillo News-Globe
The
Order
DIAL
Globe-News Publishing Co
Lasalle
Cadillac
Fisher
Fisher-Fleetwood
la Salles
Cadillacs
Cadillac Motor Car Company
General Motors Corporation
Lampe Motor Company
INE
Tayl
LEVY
Levy’s
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