Dual plea option used by Los Angeles doctor in sack murder case
Dr Charles McMillan arraigned for the sack murder of Mrs Amelia Appleby wealthy Chicago inventor widow. He and his attorney discuss a not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity plea under new California law. Evidence includes blood stains on his coat lapel and a forged will alleged to name the physician as sole heir.
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Associated Press
Angeles
Charles McMillan
Amelia Appleby
Chicago
California
William E. Hickman
Los Angeles
Hickman
Wesby Hunt
Ivy Thoms
MacMillan
Ray Chesebro
Carlos Hardy
McMillan
Klock
Culver City
Appleby
San Fernando
Attorney seeks delay in execution over life insurance dispute
The case hinges on nearly 100000 policy payouts tied to a murder. An insurance challenge claims Mrs. Snyder obtained policies without husband knowledge to profit from his death. A hearing is set for next Friday, with potential court stay a question. Governor Smith plans no clemency action.
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Hazleton
Aaron J. Levy
Supreme Court
Paralysis Fatal to Veteran Railroader Marvin Hughitt Jr
Chicago dispatch reports Marvin Hughitt Jr aged 90 died of a paralytic stroke at his Lake Forest home. He served in railroad management for 65 years in the Midwest, 56 with the Chicago and Northwestern, including 28 as president, retiring in 1910 and remaining as finance committee chairman. He began in telegraphy after leaving New York state. Burial set for Monday.
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Chicago
Marvin Hughitt Jr
Middlewest
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Lake Forest
Hughitt
The
Northwestern
New York State
Chicago & Alton
Illinois Central
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Pullman Company
Lindbergh Received by Nicaragua in Grand Ceremony
General Estrada lauded Colonel Lindbergh as a knight of the air and presented a diploma and medal declaring a national holiday for his arrival. Lindbergh praised the honor, thanked Nicaragua’s leadership, and hoped for more U S Central America flights before a high-spirited exit to the American legation and a luncheon at El Tizate plantation.
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Knight of the Air
Nicaragua
Colonel Lindbergh
Estrada
Diaz
Lindbergh
Congress
United States
Central America
Dana G. Munro
Youthful Slayer Executed After Comfortless Final Moments
Hewitt faced death in his Ohio cell after Governor Donahey refused commutation for the February killings of Mrs. Brown and her son in Conneaut. He claimed radio strains left him feeling queer and described the latter assault in which he beat Mrs. Brown with a baseball bat after she slapped him, then killed her child.
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Hewitt
Donahey
H. H. Hewitt
O Leary Attacks Judge in Conspiracy Case
Washington January 6 A bitter denouncement of the Sid dons led inquiry into charges that James J O Leary assistant district attorney intimidated witnesses in the Sinclair Burns criminal contempt proceedings was voiced by O Leary He said the case is extra judicial and a waste of time Siddons defended the probe and said the charges against the prosecutor were definite and he had wide latitude to defend himself
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Associated Press
Washington
Frederick L. Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
James J. O'Leary
Sinclair-Burns
O’leary
O'Leary
Siddons
Butte County Engineer Leads Northern Road Revival
Silver Bow county advances road work with Elk Park and Nine Mile projects funded by state and federal aid. Michael J. Loughran, county surveyor since 1927, drives gravel and graveling across Brown's Gulch Centerville and other routes while securing $108,787.70 for state and federal projects and relieving upkeep costs on major corridors. James H. Rowe lauds Loughran as a rare cooperative engineer with vision and investment sense.
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State Highway Commission
Elk Park Road
State
Butte
Harrison Avenue
Divide
Silver Bow
Beaverhead County
Friends of Good Roads
Michael J. Loughran
Loughran
County Road Fund
Montana
Brown's Gulch
Centerville
Black Rock
Walkerville
McQueen
Harding Way
Gregson Springs
Butte Divide
Divide Bridge
Silver Bow County
Elk Park
Butte-Anaconda
James H. Rowe
Butte- Anaconda
M. J. Loughran
Lejeune To Lead New Marine Units In Nicaragua
General Lejeune orders focus on the Nicaraguan situation while Brig. Gen. Logan Feland remains set to assume command in Nicaragua. Marine officers debate deserters aiding Sandino as reports emerge of captured men forced to drill Sandino troops.
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Diego
Pacific Coast
Lejuene
Logan Feland
Nicaragua
Sandino
Honduras
War horses begin convention work
Arrangements will seat about six hundred working newspapermen at the national convention. Ticket disposal for spectators rests with national committeemen amid concerns over demand. Officers refuse to discuss candidates or platforms, focusing on physical setup. Radio rights bids expected from NBC CBS and WGN for Chicago area coverage. HQ plans include renting two floors of the Midland Theater building near Convention Hall.
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Butler
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Chicago Tribune
WGN
Chicago
National Committee
Midland
Bandit Ends His Life After Soda Joke During Robbery
St Louis reports a drug store hold up left 11 victims thirsty for soda. Ernest Fields, 28, former soda dispenser turned robber, drank a soda joke and lingered before opening fire on four policemen. Fifty-one shots rang out as they exchanged gunfire, ending Fields' life.
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ST. Louis
Ernest Fields
Fields
Four More Bodies Recovered From S-4 Submarine
In Boston on January 6 four additional bodies were recovered from the sunken submarine S-4 off Provincetown. Divers shifted remains to the destroyer Maury for transport to the Chelsea naval hospital for identification, raising total recovered to seven after three were found Wednesday.
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Boston
Provincetown
Navy Yard
Maury
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Honest County Road Chief Drives Silver Bow Progress
Silver Bow county owes its improving roads to a conscientious surveyor who praises cooperation among the county state and federal aid commission. He credits mining firms for supplying 300 tons of crushed lime rock and notes strong support from the state highway commission and local road workers as progress accelerates toward an efficient system.
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Silver Bow
Federal Aid Commission
State Highway Commission
Road Department
Butte & Superior
Clark Interests
Anaconda Company
County Road Department
Loughran
Idaho killer suspected in Livingston blackout case
An Idaho killer and inmate known as Lee are suspected to be the same man. Officials from Warm Springs will view Hamilton's body in Salmon after coroner Doebler and Dr. Hanmer compare descriptions with Lee's. Hamilton confessed to multiple killings and may match Lee, who escaped in 1926 after prior insane confinement.
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State Hospital For the Insane
Warm Springs
State Hospital
Salmon
Idaho
Hamilton
W. C. Doebler
B. E. Dickerson
Dickerson
H. A. Bolton
Dillon
Lee
Livingston
Doebler
C. F. Hanmer
Alex Douthie
Northern Pacific
Elbert Allen
Tenday
Allen
Livingston Enterprise
Doubhie
Montana
Tennessee
Tennessee Institution
Douthie
Doubie
Park County
H. B. Lorenz
Oscar Swanson
Swanson Ranch
Dr. Hanmer
Challis
Lorenz
Polite Sheriff Loses Prisoner During Train Transfer
Deputy Sheriff F. W. Weaver of San Bernardino California escorted Henry Conover east of Chicago. While stopping between trains Conover borrowed the deputy's pen to write a note. Weaver looked away and the prisoner escaped leaving only a postal card reading Enjoying the trip.
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Associated Press
Chicago
F. W. Weaver
San Bernardino
Cal
Weaver
Henry
Conover
Here
Montana Potato Seed Plan for State Marketing Unit
Plans were made to form a state wide certified seed potato marketing association at the Montana Potato Improvement association annual meeting in Bozeman. A. H. Small was named president elect. county units will organize, then federate into a state group with contracts planned for the 1928 crop. A base price of 2.50 per 100 pounds was set for Bliss Triumph seed.
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Associated Press
Bozeman
Mont
Montana Potato Improvement Association
A. H. Small
Creston
Flathead County
Improvement Association
Montana
N. L. Towne
Montana Dairymen’s Association
A. J. Davis
Forsyth
Fred M. Griffiths
Lewistown
Montana Farm Bureau
Dairymen’s Association
Montana State College
Magruder Refuses Navy Article Payment Details
Admiral Thomas P. Magruder tells the House naval committee he will not reveal how much he was paid for magazine pieces accusing the Navy of waste. Representative Miller presses for disclosure while Britten cites reports the Saturday Evening Post paid about 750 dollars per article, totaling 3,000 dollars. Magruder says payments were via unpriced articles and checks issued.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas P. Magruder
House Naval Committee
Navy Department
Magruder
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Miller
Congress
Britten
Republican
Illinois
Saturday Evening Post
Avila's Mistake Seen As Forgery in Hearst Papers
In Washington the Senate committee heard expert Carlos Cusachs describe a recurring error in Mexican documents used by Hearst papers. He noted 86 misspellings and over 300 punctuation mistakes, including an unusual use of a comma after the abbreviation Ud. Avila reportedly typed letters with the same error.
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Washington
Hearst
Miguel Avila
Senate
Carlos Cusachs
Naval Intelligence
Harvard University
Naval Academy
Cusachs
Avila
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Committee
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad in Toledo
A testimonial from J. D. McComb of Toledo Ohio praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for fast relief of coughs and sore throats without opiates or danger. The ad urges readers to buy the product, noting it's sold everywhere.
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Foley
J. D. McComb
Toledo
Ohio
Installation of Officers at Scandinavian Lodges
A joint installation of officers was held by Scandinavian Brotherhood of America No 1 and Scandinavian Sisterhood of America No 2 at Scandia hall. Gus Stromme officiated the ceremony with refreshments served by the sisterhood.
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Scandinavian Brotherhood of America
Scandinavian Sisterhood of America
Scandia Hall
Gus Stromme
Florence Lind
Loretta Erickson
Josephine Burke
Jennie Stromme
Gariie Hoxen
From Big House to Little House Fate of Convict
Within 12 hours after release from Deer Lodge prison Steve Combs was jailed in Butte city jail charged with vagrancy. Police investigate alleged theft of several pieces of silverware from the Erskine home at 345 East Broadway. Combs said he was released from the state penitentiary yesterday noon.
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Deer Lodge
Steve Combs
Butte City
Erskine
East Broadway
Mary Erskine
Combs
Butte
State Penitentiary
Four Drown After Schooner Wreck on Escalante Reef
Victoria B C January 6 Four men drowned when the motor schooner Noble of Vancouver was wrecked on Escalante reef off Vancouver Island. Drowned were Capt J Kerr H Williams chief engineer B Wall chief officer and S V Herby cook. Cliff Deschamps wireless operator and F Bell second engineer were rescued by the Tofino life boat and brought to Victoria aboard the fisheries patrol seamer Givenchy.
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Associated Press
Victoria
British Columbia
Noble
Vancouver
Escalante Reef
Vancouver Island
J. Kerr
H. Williams
B. Wall
S. V. Herby
Cook
Cliff Deschamps
F. Bell
Tofino Life Boat
Seamer Givenchy
Brazil Produces Over 400 Million Pounds of Coffee This Year
Brazil produced more than 400 million pounds of coffee in the year, reflecting strong harvests and steady demand. The report highlights robust output across major growing regions and ongoing export activity to international markets.
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Brazil
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Swift
S. L. Lord Jonathan
John J. McCarthy
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