Snook Trial Delivers Duel of Personalities in Murder Case
In Columbus on August 9 19 Dr James Howard Snook faced murder charges linked to Theora Hix’s death. The defense portrayed him as cool and cautious while prosecutor John J Chester Jr pressed a fiery accusatory case. Snook’s courtroom conduct became a central drama as he confronted the fiery prosecu tors arguments.
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Columbus
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
John J. Chester, Jr
Snook
Norris DE Haven Tracy
United Pres
Weiler
Court Room
Jury Convicts Athens Negro of First Degree Murder
Edward Hicks, an Athens resident, is found guilty of first degree murder with a mercy recommendation by a 12 juror panel, the first such verdict in Athens County. A motion for a new trial will be filed within three days, with sentencing set for Tuesday.
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Athens
Edward Hicks
Hicks
McKinley Hayes
Alexander Hayes
R. D. Williams
Roger Jones
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Wilbur King
Columbus
Athens County
Forest Blaze Threatens Vast Pacific Northwest Timber
Nearly a thousand smoke burned men battled fires across three states as the Pacific Northwest fights to protect virgin timber stands in Washington and neighboring areas. Fires disrupted highways and power lines while threatening Mt Ranier foothills and Lake Chelan irrigation systems. Authorities warn millions of acres of forest and meadowlands may be lost as crews strive to contain the red demon.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
of Washington
Springdale
Spokane
Hastern Washington
Mtllainier
Wenatchee Valley
Lake Chelin
Has Two Voices he
Columbus report on Dr James Howard Snook who testified for 12 hours in court stating he uses two voices one higher pitched in the courtroom and the other in the classroom to avoid tiring his voice during lengthy proceedings.
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Columbus
U.P
James Howard Snook
Snook Faces Prosecution Cross-Examination Drama
In a tense courtroom session Dr. Snook endures a sharp cross examination led by Chester as details of the Miss Hix case are pressed. Snook admits to violence but denies key charges while the jury weighs his account of events after the murder and his actions the following day.
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Chester
Snook
Harry Cassady
Shook
Miss Hix
Plane Crash Near Pomeroy Injures Three In Second Accide
Aug 9. Asa Jordon piloted a plane that nose dived into a field near Harrisonville injuring three people. Howard and Paul Dye, travel companions, are hospitalized in Gallipolis with possible fatal injuries. Jordon survives with non serious injuries.
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Pomeroy
Asa Jordon
Kate Flinch
Harrisonville
Howard
Paul Dye
Jordon
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Josephine Wolfe 21 Died After Five Years Invalid From Wounding
Alma Josephine Wolfe of 59 North Lancaster Street Athens died at 12 15 Friday at home after five years as a bed bound invalid from a pistol wound in August 1924. Funeral at Haydenville Church Sunday 10 AM. Burial Wolfe Cemetery Haydenville. Survived by mother Mrs Amelia Wolfe and sisters Beulah Bobo May Florence and Gee Wolfe Chandlersville.
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Alma Josephine Wolfe
Lancaster Street
Athens
Haydenville
Wolfe
Josephine
Beulah
Lathrop
Mr. Wolfe
C. N. France
Mr. France
D. Scott Allen
J. P. Tucker
Court Street
May
Amelia Wolfe
Beulah Bobo
Florence
Gee Wolfe
Chandlersville
Two Rum Smugglers Believed Killed in Border Gunfight
Border patrolmen pursue bodies of two rum smugglers after a 10 minute exchange with five smugglers and three U S customs guards along the Rio Grande. Officers seized 100 pints of whisky and 18 gallons of alcohol.
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EL Paso
Tex
U.rp
United States
Rio Grande
Mexico
Ice Cream Workers Strike Hits Chicago
Chicago faced a heat wave as the Ice Cream Workers Union went on strike. About 3 million residents may go without ice cream over the weekend while 35 plants refuse to pay $69 weekly to skilled workers and $27 to female wrappers, prompting the walkout.
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Chicago
U.R
Oakland and San Francisco Eye Each Other Across The Bay
Oakland declares itself the largest Pacific coast city in ambition and growth. The piece notes San Francisco and other bay area cities like Berkeley Alameda San Leandro and Hayward, projecting a combined population of about 1.5 million and highlighting Oakland as a great industrial railroad and aviation hub with airships departing for distant routes.
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Oakland
Calif
Bay
San Francisco
Berkeley
Alameda
San Leandro
Hayward
Pacific Coast
Los Aneles
Los Angeles
Pacific
Oakland City Run Airport Proud Aviator Center
Oakland public leaders tout the city as early adopters of flight noting its airport ranks among the best in the nation and the only hotel dedicated to aviators owned by the city. Residents believe they can undertake projects without corporate profit motives.
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Oakland
America
Twenty Women Fliers Enter National Aeronautical Meet
Twenty young women will race for about 25 000 in prizes at Clover Field Santa Monica as part of the Women s Derby at the National Aeronautical Meet. They aim to fly Santa Monica to Cleveland with seven overnight stops, featuring entrants such as Ruth Elder Amelia Earhart Thea Rasche Pebbie Trout and Mabel Crosson in endurance and altitude efforts.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Clover Field
Cleveland
Ohio
Uth Elder
Atlantic
Amelia Fearhart
Thea Rasche
Pebbie Trout
Mabel Crosson
Mrs Mercer Plans Visit to Arrange Affairs in Athens
Mrs. W F Mercer widow of Dr Mercer will visit Athens to arrange affairs in a letter to Prof Emmett Rowles who just returned from Dr Mercer's funeral in Otto New York Mercer will return to Otto to live Dr Mercer longtime head of Ohio University biology department was killed at his Otto summer home when a machine slipped from a platform and crushed him beneath it
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W. F. Mercer
Mercer
Athens
Emmett Rowles
Otto
N. Y
Classifieds Offer Ford Roadster and Local Gems
A 1926 Ford roadster fully overhauled is offered for 125 dollars. Antiques are sought by buyers, and peaches and plums are advertised for sale near Amesville. The Classified Page promises opportunity and quick results.
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Messenger
Amesville
Junk Dealer Jailed On Copper Wire Theft Charge
Chauncey, Aug 1. J H Goldberg Akron junk yard owner was arraigned before Mayor W I P Hines on theft of 5096 pounds of copper wire from Farl Bridgewater’s mine near Chauncey. He pleaded not guilty and is jailed in Athens County with 1560 dollar bond. Deputy Wilson Ator and Constable Bert Withem arrested him after waiting in an abandoned truck. two accomplices fled.
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Chauncey
J. H. Goldberg
Akron
Bridgewater
Goldberg
U S Navy Fails to Reach Graf Zeppelin
The Navy Department could not contact the Graf Zeppelin for an hour and said the craft appeared out of range. The latest report placed the airship about 11 350 miles east of Boston at 3 a m today.
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Washington
U.P
Navy Department
Boston
4 H Club Camp Ends Week of Activities Along Raccoon Creek
Athens and Hocking County 4 H Club members wrap up a week at the Little Raccoon Creek camp near Wellston. Visitors and a daily mimeographed sheet covered Vesper programs humor and camp life with names like Hazel Cooke editor in chief and speakers such as Rev L P Day and Prof A W Boetticher.
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4-H
Raccoon Creek
Athens
Hocking County
Little Raccoon Creek
Wellston
KK. BK. Button
Canaanville
Messenger
Mra
Jessie Drake
Joe Roth
P. Day
Marianna Linscott
Lst
L. P. Day
A. W. Boetticher
Joseph King
Katherine King
Mary Mulligan
Harry
Cincinnati Man Named to Plan State Building
Harry Hake of Cincinnati was chosen by the State Building Commission as architect to plan and construct Ohio’s new office building costing 6 million dollars. Frank W. Wail of Cleveland and Alfred A. Hahn of Toledo were named consulting architects. Fees total six percent for the chief architect and one half of one percent each for the consultants. No site selection was made yet until data on required floor space and building size are provided.
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Columbus
Harry Hake
Cincinnati
State Building Commission
Frank W. Wail
Cleveland
Alfred A. Hahn
Toledo
Hake
Bat
Hahn
American Institute of Architects
Fair Entries Open This Week for Athens County Fair
Entries for exhibits may be made Saturday morning at the Board of Elections office in the Athens County Courthouse. The deadline is 12 Monday, August 19. L. W. Sanders of Millfield oversees entries. race entries excluded. Concessions secured and more expected. Five workers prepare the fair grounds.
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Board of Elections
Athens County
Frank Biddle
Athens County Fair Board
L. W. Sanders
Millfield
Biddie
Power cut planned at West Side substation Sunday
Electric power in Athens will be cut off between 4 and 8 Sunday morning to make repairs at the West Side substation. Announcement came this afternoon from the Southern Ohio Electric Company.
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Psunday
Athens
West Side
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Detroit engineer held in Prohibition agent death
John M. Heath, a Detroit elevator engineer, was held by federal authorities on August 9 in connection with the death of Federal Prohibition Agent Richard J. Sandilands. Sandilands is believed to have died after a struggle on Heaths yacht deck.
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Detroit
Mich
John M. Heath
Richard J. Sandilands
Heath
Gunmen captured after east side robbery flee
Cleveland police seized three suspects after a bold daytime robbery at a Lind Pig barbecue stand. An exchange of gunfire occurred as the trio attempted to flee, ending with their arrest by the early morning squad.
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Cleveland
Snook in Courtroom Recounts Struggle with Theora Hix
Dr James Howard Snook on trial for Theora Hix murder endures grilling as prosecutor Chester questions his confessions and memory. Snook denies making certain statements and describes the struggle, while an accompanying medical exam checks for injuries from the alleged assault. The morning session includes cross examination and alleged defenses.
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Chester
Mig’ Tix
Sid
Snook
Theora
Snoac
Marion Meyers
Price
Two Die in Queens Graveyard Strike Violence
Two men were found dead near Calvary Cemetery in Queens amid the grave-diggers strike for higher wages. Stanley Zasadzinski, 300 striking workers, was shot outside Cemetery No. 4 after an argument with strike breakers. Albert Liebtrau, 80, was found in Evérean Cemetery, clubbed and likely shot, with police calling it a possible homicide linked to the labor action.
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New York
U.P
Calvary Cemetery
Queens
Stanley Zasadzinski
Calvary Cemetery No. 4
Albert Liebtrau
Hollywood
Evétareen
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