Pretty Wife On Trial After Hammer Slaying
Velma West, a rural Perry debutante, awaits preliminary hearing for the murder of her husband Edward West. She confesses striking him with a hammer during a domestic quarrel and then claims she tied him to the bed unknowingly he was dead. Defense seeks to prove lack of premeditation or a split personality to justify her actions.
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Painesville
Velma West
East Cleveland
Perry
Weat
Rassmussen
Waber
West
Kaber
Poulson
Richard Yostwick
Geauga County
Cleveland
Pamessille
Photographer Dies At Wheel In Toledo Auto Crash
John Burkholder, 2, a Toledo photographer, died last night when his car crashed after he failed to stop. His wife leaped to the pavement seeking help as the vehicle ran over a curb and struck a tree. In Camden, New Jersey, 13 year old Joseph Cuctnotta was not freed today after shooting his father to defend his mother from fuse.
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Toledo
Nec
U.P
John Burkholder
Camden
N.J
Joseph
Cuctnotta
Fuse
Cold Wave Expected Across State After Snowfall
Columbus officials report another cold wave will sweep the state starting Sunday afternoon. Temperatures will rise today and tonight but fall tomorrow, though not as sharply as Friday and Saturday.
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Columbus
U.P
United States Weather Bureau
Races Across Sea And Continent To Marry on Time
Forsythe Sherfessee and Mrs. Emily Borie Ryerson wed in Chicago after a voyage with a sea storm and a forced air trip. Sherfessee arrived to find the ceremony postponed to today. Snow, cold, and a string of weather woes affected Ohio and nearby areas.
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Chicago
Des
Forsythe Sherfessee
Emily Borie Ryerson
Sherfessee
St. Paul
Senate Faces Backlog of Bills From Smith-Ware Fight
More than 860 bills left for Senate action after the Smith-Ware seating clash. Proposals cover farm relief flood control pensions memorials and felicitations. Senator Brookhart Powa introduced a measure to make government liable for losses on surplus crops exports. Senator Robin Demorral Ark floated a farmers export corporation with government credit to aid exports.
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Washington
Senate
Brookhart
Towa
Robin
Sen
Demorral
Ark
Farmers’ Export Corporation
Judge Will Decide If Miners Leave Company Houses
In Columbus on December 10 Federal Judge Benson W. Hough said he will rule next Saturday on a petition by Eastern Ohio coal firms to evict over 100 union miners and their families from company houses. Lawyers for both sides argued after the firms sought orders to vacate to house non union workers.
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Columbus
URI
Benson W. Hough
Ohio
St. Clairsville
Senate Control Shifts as Democrats Lead in Upper House
In Washington Democrats briefly hold the edge in the Senate with 47 seats over Republicans 46 as two Republican incumbents lose their seats due to large campaign expenditures. The shift comes amid a brief realignment with Warmer-Laborts noted in the report.
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Washington
United States
Tuuay
Ricet Ware
Smith
Ill
Ohio Coal Operators Reject Meeting with United Mine Workers
Horace Robbins president of the Ohio Coal Operators association says operators will refuse to meet UMW officials in talks under Secretary Davis. The move follows a statement that Ohio coal operators no longer recognize the United Mine Workers. Lee Hall of the Ohio miners says he and associates will attend the conference and would discuss a possible compromise if Davis proposes one.
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Columbus
U.P
Horace Robbins
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers
James J. Davis
Davis
Ohio
Lee Hall
Ohio Miners
Hall
Davis Hopes for Peace by Christmas in Coal Strike Talks
Davis aims to end the bituminous coal strike with a government led conference involving miners and operators in Western and Central Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia. United Mine Workers President John G. Lewis urged President Coolidge to convene the talks, hoping for a peaceful settlement before the holidays.
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Wastington
U.R
Jad
Pennsula
West Virginia
Davis
John G Tewis
United Mine Workers
Coolidge
Congress
Records Break Five Million Tons in Lake Cargo Coal Shipments
Cleveland reports the 1927 lake cargo coal shipment hits 32,166,317 tons through November 27, surpassing last year's 27,417,030 tons. The Coal Bureau notes continued growth in lake trade. Ohio seeks peace by conciliation between mine operators and the United Mine Workers of America with a Labor Department call for a meeting next Tuesday.
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Cleveland
Iho Coal Bureau
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
Davis
Coal Industry Lagging in American Standards Says Secretary
Secretary Davis calls for a Washington conference to settle the coal strike in the central competitive field. The Pittsburgh Coal Corporation declines to attend, and Ohio Coal Operators may also refuse to participate in the proposed talks.
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Pittsburgh Coal Corporation
Washington
James J. Davis
Davis
Ed Hern
Pittsburgh
GrPossk
Columbus
Ohio Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Pago
Forensic View Argues Fate of Snyder and West
In New York Clarence Darrow offers a controversial defense, saying Ruth Snyder and Velma West were crushed by forces beyond their control. He says Snyder murdered her husband from love for Judd Gray and that West broke under the constraints of a rigid small town life.
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Ruth Snyder
Velma West
New York
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Mrs. Snyder
Will Rogers to Write for Athens Messenger
Will Rogers the cowboy humorist will write a daily telegram on current events and weekly articles for the Athens Messenger. Born on a Oklahoma ranch forty three years ago he is a Renine American with Cherokee lineage. His father was a Cherokee senator and he grew up on a large ranch learning cattle work before seeking wider worlds and joining a show in his homeland that led to a New York invitation for the annual horse show.
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Will Rogers
Jhurmanist
Athens Messenger
Oklahoma
Lin
Young
Dictators Reach Peace Pact Ending Seven Year War State
A secret League of Nations meeting led by Marshal Pilsudski of Poland and Valdemaras of Lithuania produced an agreement to terminate the seven year state of war. Pilsudski ordered a Te Deum to be sung in Polish churches as the pact took immediate effect.
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Henry Woop
Unita Press
Genlva
League of Nations’ Council
Doland
United Press
Joseph Pieudski
Poland
Valdiaiarasy
Lithuania
Pilsudski
T Psted
Valdemear
Tle
Valdemaras
Tatsudski
Saleski
del Gates
Panis
Charles
Pierre Corby
Hans
le Bourget
Gorbu
Leon Ghen
Alyne Ury
New York
Corby
Tod Vey Tre
Athens Elks decorate Court Street for Christmas
Athens Elks committee brightens Court street with small evergreen branches and pine trees. A branch is attached to each lighting standard from the Armory to Union Street and along Union to the post office. Committee members gathered decorations Friday near Torch Hill.
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Court Street
Athens
Mexican Officials to Testify on forged Calles Papers
The Senate special committee will hear Mexican government representatives and Hearst papers’ editors about documents alleging Calles ordered over 1 million dollars dispersed to U S senators. Officials doubt papers are official, suspect forgeries by a European forger. State Department has no information on the matter. Rockefeller gift of 700000 for American historical research noted.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Senate
Documenta
Presid
Calles of
Mexico
United States
United Presa
William Randolph Hearst
Isurope
Itmeg
David A. Reed
Republivan
Thames
Calles
New York
Reed
Yfer
State Department
Kellogg
Salad Recipes Booklet Offered by Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet on canned foods with 39 salad recipes and 10 dressings. It explains keeping canned goods for emergencies and adding quick salads, available by request for four cents postage and handling from the Information Bureau in Washington.
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Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Tith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Florence P. Kalin
California
Cincinnati
Centerburo
Knox County
Beloit
Gallipolis
Great Lakes
UNION
Secretary of Labor
Nere
Wildl Rogers
Der
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Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Coast Guard
K. W. Ogtesbay
Green Bay
Wis
ST. Clairsvilli Vee
Andy Dyken
Mary Dyken
Dyken
Elks’ Committee
Cifta
John D. Rockef Oller, Jr
Library of Congress
Tederic
Baskin
Information Bureau
B. G
Cnelone
Act Baskiet
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