Grave holds identity of Dudley double
In Dundee Texas the body buried as John C. Dudley on Thanksgiving is back home, but the other exhumed corpse found near Bridgeport remains unidentified. Dudley had vanished October 2 after selling a cinema interest and later reappeared in South Texas and Louisiana before returning home.
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Associated Press
Dundee
Texas
John C. Dudley
Bridgeport
Dudley
Dick Dudley
John
Decatur
John Dudley
Louisiana
Society Woman Named British Film Censor At Elstree
Mrs Wilfred Ashley a British society woman chosen by film producers in Elstree to act as censor of etiquette for upcoming productions. She admits not being a motion picture fan, saying past films seemed overdone and vulgar and aims to correct that in future works. Mrs Ashley is wife of the minister of transport and stepmother of Lady Louis Mountbatten, tying her to the royal circle.
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Associated Press
Elstree
England
Wilfred Ashley
Ashley
Louis Mountbatten
20 Percent Tax on Royalties in England
Foreign authors and playwrights will pay 20 percent of their royalties to the British exchequer under the 1927 finance act. Somerset House issued a letter to publishers outlining the new levy. Most British opinion favors the tax.
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International News Service
London
Britain
Somerset House
Students Build All Equipment for Physics Experiments
Canyon students in W. D. Mateer’s physics classes made their own equipment inclining toward bells telegraph sets and induction coils. A sixteen year old girl built a bell from a wooden block an old alarm clock and junk hardware. A country pupil salvaged a dynamo from junk cars to run a ranch pump and keep a radio charged.
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Canyon
W. D. Mateer
Higheischool
Canyon College
Manual Training Department
Palo Duro Canyon
Betty Nuthall Debuts Overhead Service in Riviera Tennis
Betty Nuthall arrives in Cannes for the Riviera lawn tennis season with two new feats. She showcases an overhead service and an overhead swerve while optimistic about competition with Suzanne and the unsure Helen Wills.
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International News Service
Cannes
Betty Nuthall
Riviera
Suzanne
Helen Wills
Eight Freed as Cases None Pressed in Arkansas Court
In Texarkana Arkansas eight defendants in four cases including conspiracy to violate the national motor vehicle act were freed on the government's motion to nolle prosequi. Roy Walker and John Carney remain sentenced. Prosecutor Langley cited insufficient evidence for trial while two other indictments were dismissed.
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Associated Press
Texarkana, Ark
Nolle Prasse
Western District Federal Court of Arkansas
Roy Walker
John Carney
Roy Hooper
Sevier County
Willis Rhodes
Charlie Tobin
Tom Penny
Ike Terry
John Sharpe
Press Tanpete
Albrooks
S. S. Langley
United States District
Charles McGregor
Oscar Mose Cox
Prescott
Paul Vitek
Former Congressman Up to Trial in Oil Stock Fraud Case
Nashville dispatch reports former Congressman William D Up is freed on government motion in a case tied to defraud charges related to stock sales in the Vitek Oil and Refining Co of Eldorado Arkansas The item notes a shift in the case status and includes reference to the government action.
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Defraud
Vitek Oil and Refining Co
Eldorado, Ark
Solid South to Vote Republican If Al Smith Nominated
In addresses here Shaw of Georgia and Bishop H M Dubose of the state and saloon league predicted the solid South will vote solidly Republican if Al Smith is nominated. Also noted is word that Adaline Went, 86, mother of Lew Wentz of Ponca City, is improving in Los Angeles.
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Adaline Went
Lew Wentz
Ponca City
Los Angeles
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