State narrows path to Hall Mills case mystery solved
Investigator Roach says the Hall Mills tragedy solution step approaches as records surface and witness testimony is recovered. Jane Gibson, known as Pig Woman, identifies Frances Stevens Hall Willie Stevens and Mary Carpenter at the Phillins farm scene near New Bernwick on Sept 1922.
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Hall-Mills
Mellett
Roach
Kellogg
Coolidge
Sweet
Frances Stevens Hall
Willie Stevens
Mary Cousin
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
Phillins
New Bernswick
Jane Gibson
Stevens
Carpenter
Oy Alexander Simpson
Simpson
Marcus W. Reek
Tage Kleveny
Constable and Fugitive Killed in Wisconsin Shootout
A heavy guard was placed around the county jail in Eagle River Wisconsin to prevent violence after constable George Rutherford and deputy Elmer Monk were wounded. Rutherford and Kentuck moonshiner William Stentey confronted escapee Stanley, who had hid in the Wilderness southeast of town. Stanley killed Rutherford and was later shot by a posse member following a confrontation over a warrant for desertion and a Kentucky murder arrest.
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Eagle River
Wis
Aura
George Bran Lenburg
Charles Borin
George Rutherford
William Stentey
Kentuck
Fussilion
Elmer Monk
Here
Rutherford
Stanley
Kentucky
Arrest Warrant Issued For Recluse In Man’s Death
A warrant for Patsy Monaga, recluse bachelor, Newton & WAS sworn by Deputy Sheriff William Crawford in the slaying of a man whose body was found in a corn field ten miles north of Salem. The slain man is believed to be a former resident who disappeared from a Warren rooming house in late July. The case unfolds as a local tragedy with blurred details from the village homecoming.
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Salem
Patsy Monaga
Newton
William Crawford
Here
Warren
Lolly Pop King Laments American Women s Trim Figures
Chicago August 14 The Australian candy magnate known as the Lollypop King MacPherson Robertson says American and continental women s preference for slim boyish figures is harming the candy business. He notes this during a Chicago stop on his voyage to New York and Europe and predicts a rebound once the fad ends.
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Australia
Chicago
MacPherson Robertson
Eanly Crovsus
New York
Europe
Robertson
America
Continent
Andrews Sta on Job Reconsiders Hi Decision
Brigadier General Kincaid delays resignation as assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement. He plans to stay until after the fall elections to see enforcement tasks through and to prove federal prohibition's effectiveness within a year, avoiding a politically embarrassing sit uation.
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Raymond Clapper
United Dr
the Treasury
Kincain
Andrews
Bandit Pair Rob Western Union Mail Train
Two gang members held up a fast Union Pacific mail train near Rawlins Wyoming, binding two clerks and making off with an undetermined loot, estimated at $100,000. The robbery occurred as the train slowed near Wamsutter, with both bandits leaping off after dropping the remaining pouches of registered mail. Sheriffs from two counties continue the hunt in Western Wyoming.
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Rawlings
Wyoming
James Boys
Union Pacific
A. Smith
Thejr
Wamsuteter
Wamsutter
Boynham Heads Arresting Party
Steubenville Aug 14 Bloomfield prohibition officers arrested Risler, recently acquitted of the John C. McCoy murder, for possessing beer at home. Prosecutor Merriman had turned over two beer bottles used as exhibits in the trial. State law actions will test the constitutionality of taxing districts’ handling of state products from penal institutions.
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Steubenville
Risler
John c. McCoy
Bloomfield
George 4. Buynham
Roy N. Merriman
Rister
Wilt
Cleveland
Ohio
Carl F. Shuter
Free Tariff Not Farmer Solution
Washington dispatch reports western farm groups threaten to tear down the tariff wall unless farm relief is enacted. Chester H. Gray of the American Farm Bureau Federation says tariff cuts won’t solve surplus production issues and warns that removing the tariff wall could worsen farmers’ condition.
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Washington
Chester H. Gray
American Farm Bureau Federation National
Gray
United Press
Some Day Comes For Marjorie McCarey And George Wisen
In Kansas City on August 14, Marjorie McCarey and George C. Wisen wed at the First United Presbyterian Church. The couple had a childhood promise from a May day party in Sparta, NL in 1909 when Georgie Wilson crowned Marjorie queen, vowing they would marry someday.
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Kansas City
UPA
Marjorie McCarey
George C. Wisen
First United Presbyterian Church
Georgie” Wilson
Marjorie McGarey
Sparta
Epidemic of criminal attacks on young girls in Chicago
Chicago reports an outbreak of assaults on schoolgirls over four days. Eight victims allege attacks. two suspects are in custody, Jack Lewis and A L Binder, both 36 and 180 salesmen, reportedly intoxicated. Another girl was injured leaping from a car. Three couples abducted. forest attacks under police pursuit.
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Chicago
Ulalk
Hshway
Jack Lewis
A. L. Binder
Harry Penn
Melrose Park
Experts See Strong Business Across Seven Month Period
New York reports better prosperity through seven months than the same period last year. Department of Commerce reviews, brokers in leading commodities and business experts note improvement. Dow Jones signals steel strength as the barometer, noting a broad, near universal uplift in other sectors as steel thrives.
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New York
Department of Commerce
Dow-Jones
Financial News Service
Janya Dow-Jones
Florida man held in bank robbery case
Dayton August 14. G A Warren of Miami Florida was arrested as a suspect in the robbery of the First National Exchange Bank of Miami some months ago He was a spectator at the closing of the Daniels trial and was taken into custody in the courtroom Warren is held pending investigation outcome.
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Dayton
Sidney
G. A. Warren
Miami
Fla
First National Exchange Bank
Warren
Charles Daniels
Underworld Ties Probe Aims at Editor Slaying
Canton news reports criminal prosecutor Joseph Roach claims a secret underworld network with high official links planned the assassination of Don Mellett, Canton publisher. He says evidence could indict several slayers, with federal grand jury action possible in September.
Weather outlook for Ohio valley and Tennessee Aug 10 21
Raeny and Warm Washington reports the weather outlook for August 10 to 21. Thunder showers expected Monday or Tuesday and again in the latter half of the week. Temperatures are expected to be normal or above average most days. The forecast covers the Ohio valley and Tennessee regions.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Woman Keeps 144 Cats Amid Neighbors’ Complaints in Newport
Health officers raided Maggie Zeidler’s Newport home after neighbors complained. They found one room occupied by 144 cats. Forty four cats were killed on the scene, Zeidler was hospitalized for observation, and workers planned to dispose of the remaining 100 cats.
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Maggie Zeidler
Newport
Mrs. Zeidler
Indictment for Murder Brought Against Grabovich
A special grand jury in St. Clairsville returned a first degree murder indictment against Mike Grabovich in the death of Sheriff Sam Dunfee during a raid on alleged bootleggers. Vida Radonovich was indicted on possessing and transporting intoxicating liquor and held as a material witness. They are to be arraigned Monday. if convicted, Grabovich could face the electric chair under Ohio law.
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ST. Clairsville
Abomea Special Guard
Mike Grabovich
Sam Dunfee
Vida Radonovich
Radonovich
Grabovich
Ohio Jaav
Junkman Returns Jewels After Mistaken Valuation
Keene New Hampshire Aug 14 jewels valued at 3000 were found by a junk hauler who had picked them from a discarded rubbish pile. He believed them to be fake and kept them for days before a reward led to their return to Mrs Cora Kinney of New York.
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Keene, N.fl
Cora Kinney
New
Woman in Manitoba Confesses to Killing Two Children
In Newdale Manitoba on August 14, Mrs Cecil Marshall calmly confessed to slaying her two children, Dorothy 11 months and Hazel 7, during breakfast. She offered no explanation as police investigated the shocking crime.
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Newdale
Manitoba
U.rp
Cecil Marshall
Dorothy
Hazel
Hindu Husband Tells His Disillusioned Bride She Will Return
Betty Kurlow concludes her United Press series recounting Abant Kumar Bose of Barodi East Bengal. At Darjeeling Sanitarium she faced confinement and control by his Hindu circle. After fleeing she faced insult and coercion, contemplating ending her life as a doctor colonel and council member intervened.
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United Press
Betty Kurlow
Chicago
Abant Kumar Bose
Barodi
East Bengal
India
Abant
Darjeeling
Himalaya Mountains
New Farm Relief Measures Under Review
President Coolidge seeks expert guidance as relief measures for the farming sector are debated. Officials assemble specialists to advise on the present agricultural situation and potential policy responses.
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Coolidge
Coolidge weighs farm relief plans as Congress nears season
President Coolidge is formulating farm relief legislation expected to satisfy Congress. He spent days reviewing agricultural bills with experts and Secretary Hoover, signaling a push to modernize farming policy to prevent future depressions. He also met with Charles Barrett of the Farmers Union, whose radical stance once backed the MacNary Haugen bill, adding significance to the White Pine camp discussions.
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Paul Smith
U.P
Coolidge
Congress
Commerce Hoover
Charles Barrett
Farmers Union
White Pine Camp
Barrett
Gold and Silver Will Be Sought by Divers
Brest, France, Aug. 14. German divers departed for the Bay of Biscay hoping to recover a treasure of gold and silver said to lie on the sea floor where the liner Egypt sank after a May 20, 1922 collision with the Solne. The expedition recalls the loss of 98 lives.
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Brest
France
Bay of Biscay
Egypt
London
Bombay
Solne
Two youths in car ride fatal train crash outside Cobb
On August 14 near Cobb three men were killed and eight injured when a boiler exploded at a lumber mill. Shelby Mayes and Georgia Mabley both 19 rode a freight train's cow catcher during the incident. Mayes died in the explosion.
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Hamilton
U.pk
Shelby Mayes
Georgia Mabley
Miss Mabley
Mayes
Administration may press Mexico as Kellogg plans
Washington Aug 14 United Press reports Secretary Kellogg heads to White Plains Camp for talks with President Coolidge on whether to keep a hands off stance or tighten pressure on Mexico. Catholic protesters urge action while Knights of Columbus back restraint. two courses open to the administration.
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Ludwell Denny
United Press
Washington
Kellogg
Whita Pins Camp
Coolidge
Amare
Can
Sheffield
Kels
White House
J. 3
Flaherty
B. J. Galehan
Knights of Columbus
Kellomg
Kelloge
EWO
J. J. Boy
New York
Russia
Mexico
State Department
Prison Guard Fooled by Ingenious Prisoner Dummy
OSSINING N Y Aug 14 George Peterson a prisoner known for a clever dummy was back in Sing Sing today after a guard was duped last night by a lifelike vented dummy placed on a bunk. Warden Lawes kept the souvenir while the plot unfolded.
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Ossining
George Peterson
Sing Sing
James Molitore
Lawes
Petersen
Sweer
River Wall
Motistore
Stormy weather halts English Channel swimmers at Cape Gris Nez
Stormy conditions off Cape Gris Nez delay a dozen hopeful Channel swimmers including Livan Cannon of Baltimore and Clara Belle Barratt of New Rochelle. Forecasts doubt any attempt this weekend as tides and winds worsen, forcing postponement until weather improves.
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Cape Gris Nez
France
Aum
Livan
Cannon
Baltimore
Clara
Belle Barratt
Naw Recchelle
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Stark County Grand Jury
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B. H. Clarke
Hexamer
Reith
Clarke
Melett
McClintock
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Raeny
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