Wife to prove innocence in Detroit murder plot case
Detroit January 11 Mrs Grace Wood 39 denied involvement in the attempt on Ralph Wood 33 her estranged husband as police hold her on assault with intent to kill charges. Her attorney William O Kronner promises startling developments while plot participants confess and a gun battle injures a deputy and kills Ambrose Haggerty.
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Detroit
U.R
Grace Wood
Ralph Wood
William O. Kronner
Kronner
William Thompson
Taylor Fierce
Mary C Smith-Baumgartner
Wood
Cecil Holt
Holt
More Flu Reports For County
Health officers in Washington DC warn of a more severe influenza type. Athens County reports 30 new cases since yesterday noon, with 20 at the State Hospital. Eight new cases in Athens and two in Buchtel raise county total to 450.
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Washington, D. C
Athens County
Athens State Hospital
Athens
Buchtel
Gunmen and legends at the Lord Mayor’s dinner
A London Lord Mayor’s dinner tradition features a passing loving cup and spicy wine. The custom, with a man rising to stand behind the guest, allegedly originated to guard against being stabbed in the back while drinking.
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Chicago
London
Three Friends Shoot Man in a Health Toast
Pasqualino Solordo says he knew nothing of the threat when three smiling companions offered a health toast. He raised his glass, and the trio fired eleven bullets into his head neck and shoulders. Continued on page four.
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Pasqualino Solordo
Grand Jury Indicts 42 in Four Days Four Murder Charges
Forty two persons were indicted in Athens County during a four day January session. Two defendants face second degree murder charges Lonnie Facen and George Ludden. Indictments include nine for dynamiting mine property and various offenses ranging from assault restraint to liquor violations. Arraignments set to begin Saturday in Common Pleas Court. Jail inspection noted drugs and discipline satisfactory with current prisoner count.
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Athens County Grand Jury
Grand
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Lonnie Facen
George Ludden
Facen
William Howard
Black Cat
Ludden
John Lent
Lick Run
Henry Williams
Hocking Valley
Mack McClutchens
Henry Kempton
Homer Mecum
Jesse Gilmore
Ray McLaughlin
Lew Mingus
Oscar Moody
Wilford Moody
Evan Humphrey
Edward. Greathouse
Albert Rhodes
Louis Campbell
John Snyder
Eva Walter
Lon Lowry
Alonso Walters
Delilah Ann Matheny
Milton Cooper
Nell Judson
Arch McCune
Kenneth June
Eugene Windle
George Loveey
Gee Y
George Lovécy
Rat Campbell
Oscar Lovsey
Athens County
Ohio
Rickard Will Made Public At New York
The will of George L. Rickard, dated March 13, 1928, discloses property in Boston Miami Beach and New York plus South American securities. Widow Mrs Rickard receives 50000 dollars outright plus Florida real estate and personal effects in lieu of a dower. Infant daughter Maxine Tex is provided for through a trust fund and many bequests to relatives are listed. Executors state the estate value cannot be estimated at this early stage.
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New York
U.P
George L
Tax
Rickard
Boston
Miami Beach
Florida
Maxine
Tex
New York Trust Company
Court Is Lone Hope Now for Doomed Couple
In Franklin Pennsylvania on January 11 An appeal stands as Ada Leboeuf and Dr Thomas E Dreher face imminent doom after Governor Huey P Long declines further intervention The condemned pair seek a lunacy commission via the State Supreme Court while a trapper James Beadle lies in a life term after a related slaying.
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Franklin
A.R
Ada Leboeuf
Thomas E. Dreher
Huey P. Long
Gev
Paul N. Cyr
Long
James Beadle, Trapper
State Penitentiary
James Leboeuf
Cyr
State Supreme Court
Four Thousand One Men Work in Local Mines
In Nelsonville dated January 11, a total of 4,001 men were reported working in the mines of the Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys. Three mines with 117 men are idle due to power trouble, including Brush Snake Hollow and Brush Fork on the Sunday Creek side.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Brush Snake Hollow
Brush Fork
Hoover Confers With Elihu Root On Secretary of State Prospects
President-Elect Hoover held a 90 minute breakfast meeting with Elihu Root a longtime Republican leader and peace advocate. Hoover sought Root's views on possible secretaries of state and discussed his Latin American tour plans. A luncheon with Senator Watson of Indiana was canceled as Hoover planned further talks with Watson amid senatorial leadership maneuvers.
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Washington
U.R
Hoover
Elihu Root
Root
Reet
Senator Watson
Indiana
Senate
Fifteen Indicted In Nearby County
Lancaster January indictments allege violation of election laws over hand bills at the November election. Former Mayor H. A. Alspach and Ed Kirkwood of Amanda served as election judges. Bills described as injurious marked candidates as satisfactory or unsatisfactory.
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Lancaster
U.R
H. A.alspach
Ed Kirkwood
Amanda
Alburn and Kinnison seen as US attorney contenders
Cleveland attorney Cary R. Alburn and Canton city solicitor James E. Kinnison were noted as active candidates to become United States attorney after A. E. Bernsteen leaves office January 31.
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Federal Post
Cleveland
Cary R. Alburn
James E. Kinnison
Canton
United States
A. E B. Bernsteen
Kudzinowski Hopes to Escape Execution in Storelit Murder
Peter Kudzinowski, jailed for the 1910 murder of 7 year old Joseph Storelit in Jersey City, faces possible execution after tests note a skull fracture from 20 years earlier.
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Jersey City
N.J
Peter Kudzinowski
Joseph Storelit
Pint of Liquor for Every Flu Patient
Lancaster reports Dr. O. S. Sims of Fairfield County plans a bill to let Ohio doctors prescribe a pint of liquor per influenza patient instead of half a pint in an effort to treat the illness. The proposal arises amid the ongoing influenza epidemic as lawmakers consider medicinal uses.
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Lancaster
O. S. Sims
Fairfield County
Ohio
Governor Donahey Orders Deportation of Lazos for 1920 Lorain Murder
In Columbus on January 11 Governor Donahey ordered the deportation to Greece of Christ Lazos Lorain man convicted in April 1920 of killing Peter Paul Lorain. The deportation will proceed under existing law and procedures.
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Columbgus
Donahey
Christ Lazos
Lorain
Peter Paul
Lasox
Greece
Woman Given Splendid Sum for Articles
In Washington on January 11 the FTC utilities probe heard Mrs. John D Sherman deny NE L A influence over her articles. She testified the association financed material but did not dictate topics. Earlier hearings showed she received 600 dollars a month for 18 months through Lord and Thomas.
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Washington
U.R
National Electric Light Association
John D. Sherman
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federal Trade Commission
Sherman
Sherm
Young 14-Year-Old Slayer Bound for Jury Trial
In York Pennsylvania on January 11 a jury received the case of 14-year-old John Curry charged with the murder of Nelson Rehmeyer. The state seeks life or death while the defense claims Curry only sought a lock of hair to lift a spell. Judge Sherwood indicated manslaughter verdicts seemed unlikely.
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York
John Curry
Curry
Nelson Rehmeyer
Rehmeyer
John Blymyer
Pennsylvania
Ray P. Sherwood
Red Cross Sets January Canvass For Athens County
The Athens County chapter of the American Red Cross named leaders for a week long January canvass with a $3 500 budget. Directors divided workers by men and women and assigned groups across businesses streets and University of Ohio buildings to support relief and rehabilitation efforts.
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Athens County
The
American Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
R. W. Finsterwald
Thelma Grubb
Finsterwald
J. M
Athens County Health Department
Health Department
Robert Hess
Harry Beckley
Tom Wolfe
Athens State Hospital
Athens Messenger
Banjo Solo by Charles G Bolin on WFJC Akron
Akron banjo player Charles G Bolin will perform a solo on air from 9 to 10 o clock Sundays on station WFJC Akron. His mother Mrs Grant Bolin of Pleasanton received the notice.
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Charles G. Bolin
Akron
WFJC
Grant Bolin
Pleasanton
Grounding of the President Adams Not Confirmed
Dollar Line officers in New York said they had not received word of the grounding of the schooner President Adams at Balboa today. No official confirmation yet from the liner about the incident or status of the vessel and crew.
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New York
U.P
Dollar
Recon Limer
Adams
Balboa
Second Cold Wave Hits Midwest From Lakes
A new cold wave swept the Middle and Northwest, with forecasts predicting temperatures near zero tonight and sub-zero by tomorrow. The Great Lakes region could see a minimum around five degrees below, while the Northwest and Canadian plains reported zero to fourteen degrees below.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Northwest
Canadian Plaina
Indian Fighters Track Apache Band Through Sierra Madre Trails
A group led by Francisco Fimbres moves through the Sierra Madre seeking an Apache band blamed for two years of border plunder. Fimbres and scouts entered the mountains January 8 and have not reported since, pursuing alleged Geronimo descendants in Colonia Morelos district with supplies for an extended campaign.
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Douglas, Ariz
Sierra Madre Mountain Range
Colonia Morelos Dis
Francisco Fimbres
Sonora Ranchez
Fimbres
Geronimo
Young miner dies after slate fall at Hocking Mine
Floyd Bolin 22, crushed by falling slate at Hocking Mine in Hocking, dies six hours after accident. He was struck about 1 pm and removed to Sheltering Arms Hospital, where he died about 6 pm. He lived with grandparents on Peach Ridge and leaves brothers and sisters. Sister en route from New York. body at Walburn Funeral Home.
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Hocking
Floyd Bolin
Sheltering Arms
Bolin
Coal Company
Walburn
Samuel Bolin
Peach Ridge
New York
Athens
Walburn Funeral Home
SOS From an Unidentified Ship Reported in Dense Fog
Coastal wireless stations picked up an SOS from an unidentified steamship reporting exploded boilers. The vessel gave no name or position and then went silent after the distress message. Dense fog over the channel and Atlantic Coast hampered shipping.
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Brest
France
Channel
Atlantic
Life Held Little For Crippled Man
Hendrick Levine a 44 year old vaudeville acrobat after an automobile accident left him a crippled performer survived by his wife Elsie who continued their act alone last night she found him hanged in their home following a failed attempt to resume his career.
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Chicago
O.R
Hendrick Levine
Elsie
Hendrick
Ohio State-Paced Grid Clash: Ohio Hosts Indiana in Bloomington
Ohio University will play Indiana University in Bloomington on September 28, the first meeting with a Western Conference opponent for the 1929 team. Indiana will open a double header with Ohio and Wabash College. The full 1929 schedule will be released shortly by athletic director O C Bird.
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Ohio University
Indiana University
Bloomington
Indiana
O. C. Bird
Ohio
Walbash College
Bird
Power Merger Formed for New Utility Holding Company
A joint announcement by J. P. Morgan & Co. Drexel & Co. and Bonbright & Co. Inc. states the formation of a Delaware based utility holding company to be named the United Corporation. Wall Street notes the merger could lead to a large east coast power group and speed consolidation of public utilities with up to two billion dollars in securities.
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New York
U.R
J. P. Morgan & Co
Drexel & Co
Bonbright & Co. Inc
Delaware
United Corporation
Wall Street
Former Judge Huston T. Robins Dies After Long Illness
In Chillicothe on January 11, former Probate Judge Huston T. Robins, a former legislator, died after a long illness. The obituary notes his public service in the judiciary and state government.
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Chillicothe
Huston T. Robins
Robins
Legis
District asks inquiry into Haston Jett death at state school
Marietta January 11 a state school in Lancaster is the focus as Hast on Jett a 17 year old inmate dies amid claims of fatal beatings by guards. Mrs Jett appeals to Prosecutor Fred C Myers and to Representatives O B Ton and Creighton requesting a formal investigation with a private post mortem and possible inquiry if warranted.
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Marietta
Haston Jett
Mariette
Lancaster
Jett
Fred C. Myere
Washington County
Columbus
Lancaster Official Denies Beating Hamilton Jett
A Lancaster official denied reports that 17 year old Hamilton Jett was beaten to death. He said Jett was placed in a discipline program after escaping December 22, later fell ill with influenza and pneumonia, and died after his mother was notified. Frank Smith, who prepared the burial, said no marks were found on the boy.
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Lancaster
A. R. Harsh
Washington
Hamilton Jett
Marietta
Harsh
Jett
Wetenza
Frank Smith
Ohio official reports on Marietta boy’s death
State Welfare officials said Hamilton Jett age 14 months died at the Boys Industrial School Lancaster after being punished but denied he was whipped severely.
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Columbus
Officthia
The
State Welfare Today
Hamilton Jett
Marietta
Lancaster
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