Mother of Doris McDonald Reunites in Death Cell After 15 Years
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Montreal reports Hazel Grieco of Chicago visiting Fullam Street jail to see Doris McDonald, now condemned for the murder of Adelard Bouchard. A 27 month old boy and Doris's former guardian Dr Frances Palmer witnessed the poignant reunion.
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Doris McDonald
Standard
Montreal
Hazel Grieco
Chicago
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Doris
New York
Fullam Street
Adelard Bouchard
Grieco
Frances Palmer
Oklahoma City
Okla
George
Valley Field Assizes
Butte, Mont
Los Angeles Ends Longest Nonstop US Flight Toward Canal
The Los Angeles dirigible completes a 2,265 mile flight from New Jersey to the Canal Zone and moors at France Field. It will head to Cuba tomorrow to anchor with the Patoka, under Commander Rosendahl, in a 40 hour onward journey.
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Associated Presse
France Field
Canal Zone
United States Navy
Los Angeles
United States
Germany
Cuba
Associated Press
Washington
Caribbean Sea
New Jersey
Isthmus
Navy Department
Panama Canal
New York
Jamaica
Writers from three cities win state prelims in Montana contest
In Bozeman and Helena the state extemporaneous writing prelims yield two winners from Anaconda Helena and Butte Central with two entrants each among the top nine. Billings Belt and Whitehall also advance one each. final at Butte March 8 includes gold medal and a four year scholarship.
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Associated Press
Bozeman
Anaconda
Helena
Butte Central
Butte
Billings
Belt
Whitehall
State College English Department
Ethel C. Armstrong
Iola Davis
Betty Foot
Phylis Hoag
Ronald Hubbard
James W. Laist
Mary McNelis
Helen S. Oliver
Velyne Remington
Best
Tom Mix Reopens Fight for Child Guardian in Los Angeles
Film cowboy Tom Mix reopened a battle over guardianship of his 16 year old daughter Ruth with ex wife Olive Stokes Mix. A probate hearing is scheduled for next Wednesday after Mix's affidavit alleging new objections to guardian A A Kidder. The case includes Mrs Mix seeking a $1500 monthly allowance, opposed by Mix who favors $200.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Tom Mix
Olive Stokes Mix
Ruth
Mix
Guardian
A. A. Kidder
Plug in Gas Tank Blamed for Brook’s Flivver Crash
Investigators conclude a tiny wooden plug in the air hole of a gasoline tank created a vacuum and halted fuel flow, causing the fatal crash of Ford chief test pilot Harry Brooks off Melbourne. The plug was found tight in place. it may have been used to shield the tank from sand and rain while the plane rested at Titusville.
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Brooks
Associated Press
Sebastian
Fla
Harry Brooks
Ford Motor Company
Melbourne
Ford
Titusville
Miami
Further Testimony in Carson Case Ordered by Court
An opinion from the United States circuit court of appeals for the ninth district calls for the district court of Montana to hear evidence on the privity issue in the Carson Investment Company v Anaconda Copper Mining case. The ruling notes that if privity were established, patent validity and infringement questions would need no further inquiry. Instructions require a supplemental record with findings to be certified to this court. Parties pay costs initially. final disposition will tax them.
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Standard
San Francisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth District
Carson Investment Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
District Court of Montana
Evidence Points to Fisher Ownership in Butte Tragedy
Discovery in James T. Fisher’s room of a loaded cartridge identical to those fired from the pistol used in the Butte killings strengthens the murder suicide theory. Coroner Pat Holland notes the cartridge matches a .32 caliber Colt automatic and cites a slit-like back wound as support for Fisher shooting Mrs. Fisher and then himself.
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James T. Fisher
Butte
Fisher
Pat Holland
Speculators Lose Diplomatic Posts
London February 27 The British government acted swiftly against foreign office attaches tied to currency speculation. J D Gregory formerly posted at Vienna and Bucharest was dismissed from his post. St Clair O Malley will resign. Lieut Commander H F B Maxse faces a severe reprimand and a three year seniority forfeiture.
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Associated Press
London
Foreign Office
J. D. Gregory
Vienna
Bucharest
St. Clair O’malley
H. F. B. Maxse
Immigration quotas revised by Coolidge in senate submission
President Coolidge transmitted a revised European immigration quota plan to the senate on behalf of state commerce and labor secretaries. The Britain and Northern Ireland quota drops to 65 894, Irish Free State rises to 17 427, while Italy, Russia and France quotas fall. Critics in both chambers urge limits on Mexican immigration with Box Harris bills facing strong farmer and rancher opposition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Secretaries of State, Commerce and Labor
Shipstead
Congress
Irish Free State
Box- Harris
House
Texas
California
Wyoming
F. R. Burnham
House Immigration Committee
House Committee
Senate Immigration Committee
Representative Garner
Fred H. Bixby
Long Beach
Cal
E. J. Walker
Phoenix
Ariz
Judge scolds forgiving verdict in assault with deadly weapon case
In Los Angeles on February 27 Judge Charles Burnell fined Rudell Heath 1 when she pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon against F. W. Bohanan. Bohanan betrayed a promise of marriage, Heath fired five shots, and the judge said it was “too bad she did not kill him,” noting he deserves to be shot.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Burnell
Rudell Heath
Dallas
Texas
F. W. Bohanan
Bohanan
Burnell
Man near death after starving to cure stomach ailment
Simon Martin, 38, of the Empire hotel, weakened by more than 50 days of fasting, was rushed to Murray hospital where doctors began forced feeding. He has lost speech and ability to swallow, weighs under 100 pounds from a normal 165, with recovery considered doubtful.
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Simon Martin
Empire Hotel
Murray Hospital
Martin
Energy motor claimed fuelless by Hendershot inventor
Pittsburgh news reports F W Hochstetter of Hochstetter Research Laboratories declares the “fuelless” motor of Lester J Hendershot a generator not a motor. He says it draws electricity from a concealed pencil battery and even from a house current. Hendershot mixed to explain, noting pencil cells were used in earlier tests and believing some power was drawn from the air.
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Pittsburg
F. W. Hochstetter
Hochstetter Research Laboratories
Lester J. Hendershot
West Elizabeth
Hochstetter
Hendershot
Democrats Break Ground for Great Convention Plant
In Houston on February 27 the Democratic National Committee chair Clem L. Shaver treasurer Jesse H. Jones and Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe started construction of the Democratic National Convention Auditorium. The contract to erect the building is expected to be let tomorrow after talks over a May 26 completion penalty.
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National Democratic Committee
Houston
Texas
Associated Press
Clem L. Shaver
Jesse H. Jones
Oscar F. Holcombe
Shaver
West Virginia
Holcombe
Mother of Child Film Star Named in Divorce Action
LA report states Lillian Coogan mother of Jackie Coogan is named co respondent in a divorce suit by Mrs. Corabel Bernstein. Bernstein seeks $750000 alienation damages claiming Coogan corrupted Bernstein’s marriage vows. charges include two years of close relations on movie sets trains to San Diego and Chicago a New York hotel and in Hollywood. Bernstein claims cruelty and beating. seeks $1000 monthly alimony plus $11000 in fees.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Lillian Coogan
Corabel Bernstein
Arthur Bernstein
Bernstein
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