Noted Oil Financier Doheny Faces Conspiracy Trial
Washington November 22 One of America’s great state trials opens as former cabinet member Albert B Wall and Edward L Doheny stand charged with conspiracy to defraud the government. Jury selection in the District of Columbia Supreme Court may take days with a trial expected to last a month.
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Washington
America
Harding
Bar of Justice
Albert B. Wall
U. S
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Walsh Senate
Harry Daugherty
Edward B. Mclean
Cincinnati
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Heodore Roosevelt
New York ‘Bank
Ile
Doheny
Bandits Hide Loot In Toledo Hotel
Detroit and Toledo detectives hunted a gang who cached a $40,000 loot in a Toledo hotel after fleeing from Detroit. The stash included jewels, furs, clothing and antiques stolen from Edward A. Lovely a Detroit real estate dealer. ten fur sets valued at $31,000 and jewelry about $10,000 were recovered.
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Toledo
Detroit
Edward A. Loveley
Hold Up Man Falls During Attempt on Car Ride
An unidentified man tried to rob Mr. and Mrs. John King in Kansas City. He fell as he leaped toward the car, fracturing his skull. A revolver discharged accidentally, bullet hitting his thigh and igniting his clothes.
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Kansas City
John King
Peaches fails to secure alimony in separation case
In White Plains New York on November 22 1940 Mrs Frances Heenan Browning was awarded 300 a week alimony and 8500 counsel fees by Justice Morschauser in supreme court. She filed a suit for separation against her husband Edward W Browning a wealthy real estate man and her counter suit. Browning's wife the former Peaches Heenan sought 4000 a month alimony and 25000 counsel fees.
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White Plains
N. Y
Frances Heenan Browning
Morschauser
Supreme Court Today
Edward W. Browning
Browning
Peaches
Defense Builds Alibi in Hall Mills Murder Trial
In Somerville New Jersey the Hall Mills murder trial resumed with the first alibi attempt as cook Mrs Ann Evans testified Henry Stevens was at home in Lavalette New Jersey and fed her supper while the killings occurred. Witnesses Howard Price Marie Applegate and Arthur Applegate testified Stevens was fishing at the time.
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Somerville
N. J
Hall-Mills
Ann Evans
Henry Stevens
Frances Stevens Hall
Willie Stevens
Edward W Hall
Eleanor Mills
Stevens
Lavalette N. J
Howard Price
Lavallette
Marie Applegate
Arthur Applegate
Jane Gibson
Jersey City
Frances
Hall
Lavalette
Five Burned to Death in Blaze at Rangely Apartments
Fire swept the Rangely apartments in Los Angeles early today, killing at least five people and injuring several as occupants fled to fire escapes. Officer E. B. Costas discovered the blaze after 3 a.m. and raised the alarm while guests, many in night wear, rushed to exits.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United Press
Rangely
BE. J. Costas
Farm-Hand Sought In Connection With Murder Is Found
Wilbert Bowser, 51, a crippled farm-hand sought since March in the double murder of Robert Herron and Nettie Herron, was captured in Canton and jailed. He admitted working for the victims but denied involvement. John Cook, 26, previously indicted for both killings was acquitted on Nettie’s murder. the other charge remains.
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Steubenville
United Press
Wilbert Bowser
March
Robert Herron
Nettie
Bowser
Canton
John Cook
Nettie Herron
Cook
Thanksgiving Recess Begins Wednesday for Ohio University
Thanksgiving vacation for Ohio university students starts 11 30 Wednesday morning and ends Monday morning. Wednesday classes are shortened and there is no chapel convocation so students can catch the noon train. The break ends the first half of the semester and exams were held last week. Faculty are asked to submit the names of delinquent students and it is unclear when notices will be sent.
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Ohio University
Knies Re-elected President of Central Ohio Luther Leagues
Philip Knies of Bexley was re-elected president at the Central Ohio Associated Luther Leagues semi annual convention held in Columbus yesterday.
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Columbus
Philip Knies
Bexley
Central Ohio
Associated Luther Leagues
Federal supervision of medicinal liquor proposal debated
Washington and congressional leaders weigh Andrews plan for government purchase of distilleries and medicinal liquor distribution through a private government corporation. Some drys doubt Congress will approve while wets see a potential recognition that Volstead limits may be inadequate. Senator Walsh supports the experiment though notes gaps in coverage of industrial alcohol.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Andrews
Congress
Thomas J. Walsh
Crat
Montana
Ardent Dry
Walsh
105 Year Old Soloist Sings At NYC Dinner
In New York on December 14 a 105 year old soloist will perform to raise 100000 for the home of the Daughters of Israel. Chaim Rothstein, an inmate, will sing with a male quartet aged 90 to 104 offering a rare intergenerational concert.
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New York
UPA
the Daughters of Israel
Chaim Rothstein
Queen Marie Dines Tonight With Nation’s Wealthiest
Queen Marie and her fraught entourage travel toward Newark and Jersey City amid party squabbles between Col. Carroll and Ira Morris. She will dine with Charles E Mitchell and other rich guests, then visit Theodore Roosevelt’s tomb at Oyster Bay. Prince Nicholas heads to New York after tours in Detroit and Cleveland.
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Bucharest
Marie
Washington
Balkans
Romania
Col
John H. Carrol
Ira Nelson Morris
Morris
Jersey City
Charles E. ‘Mitchell
National City Bank
Queen Marie
William B. Leeds
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Prince Nicholas
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Mona Lisa Copy Debate Stirs Louvre Officials
Paris officials and art critics debated whether a Mona Lisa at the Louvre is a genuine Da Vinci or a hasty copy. The original reportedly vanished over a decade ago but is presumed recovered.
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Paris
U.R
Louvre Today
Leonardo da Vinci
Fire destroys Landmark garage in Rayland
Estimated loss from a fire at the Landmark garage in Rayland reached $20,000 today. No injuries were reported and investigators began examining the cause of the blaze.
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Rayland
Middlewest to Get Relief From Cold Wave Foreseen
The Weather Bureau forecast relief for the Middlewest as temperatures rise toward normal today after a week of severe cold. Snow and low temperatures hit parts of Nebraska Missouri Illinois and Indiana with Omaha dipping to 6 below? zero.
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Chicago
United
Weather Bureau
Feliet
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Omaha
Neb
Two Injured When Auto Flips Near Sugar Grove
A Lancaster Logan road accident at 12 30 PM left two people injured. Thomas Castell 67 of Murray City suffered fractures and lacerations and possible internal injuries while Mrs Ida Frazee of Nelsonville sustained non serious injuries. Frazee was taken to a Lancaster hospital. Castell had been in Detroit for his son's treatment and was returning when the Essex coach overturned.
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Essex
Sugar Grove
Lancaster-Logan Road
Thomas Castell
Murray City
Ida Frazee
Nelsonville
Castell
Farzee
Lancaster
Detroit
Gerrard
Frazee
Thomas
Vienna surgeon criticizes American thin obsession
Dr Adolph Lorenz, a famed Vienna orthopedic surgeon, arriving aboard the Berlin warns American women chase excessive thinness. He says reductions won’t change outcomes and that if a person is meant to be fat, pills won’t prevent it. He endorses eating well to keep the stomach healthy.
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New York
Adolph Lorenz
Vienna
Berlin
Lorenz
Weather recount shows freezing temps and narrow range
Ice formed on standing water after a 29 degree drop overnight. This is the second fall below 40 with a low of 25. Seventy two hours prior to 10 last night temps varied only four degrees. The all time extremes for this date are 11 in 1914 and 73 in 1873.
L Crary Davis Receives State Attorney General Aide Post
L Crary Davis will depart January 3 for Columbus to join the attorney general office as an assistant. He was elected Meigs County prosecuting attorney and led the cases in the Meigs murder trials resulting in six first degree murder convictions. Three defendants were electrocuted at the penitentiary September 2. He has not resigned yet, but is expected soon.
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Pomeroy
L. Crary Davis
Columbus
Davis
Meigs County
Meigs
State Penitentiary
Fire damages Van Wert Times building
A fire swept the Van Wert Times last night causing about 10000 dollars in property loss. The blaze, blamed on a defective flue, damaged the newsroom machinery. the newspaper plans to print today using handset type and a flat bed press temporarily.
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van Wert
U.pee Ee Ee Ee
Justice of the van Wert Times
Times
Deny threats to intimidate witnesses in Purnell case
William J. Barnard, legal chief for King Benjamin Purnell of the House of David, issued a public denial that any efforts were made to intimidate state witnesses in Purnell's criminal and civil cases. He vowed that counsel would not allow threats from prosecutors, pulpits, or women's clubs to deter defense in Denton Harbor Michigan.
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Denton Harbor
Mich
King
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Parnell
William J. Barnard
Pawpaw
Purnell
Barnard
Breakfast shooting in Bridgetown by Linwood Ware
Linwood Ware, 22, shot at a breakfast gathering in his parents home killing William Candy 65 and his wife, and wounding Madeline Maxwell 24. Ware fled and was captured nearby without resistance. The victims were boarders with Ware's family.
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Bridgetown
N. J
United Press
Linwood Ware
William Candy
Ware
Madeline Maxwell
Sulky 12 year old sought by police in Cleveland
Missing since late Tuesday afternoon Elsie Raymond 12 is the subject of a police and detectives search in Cleveland Her parents say she was reprimanded for low marks on her school grade card and left sulkily for school in the morning
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Cleveland
U.R
Elsie Raymond
Diphtheria Claims Four In Cleveland Over Weekend
Four deaths and twenty two new diphtheria cases were reported in Cleveland over the weekend authorities said. The figures reflect a rising health threat as city officials contact public health services and seek preventive measures.
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Cleveland
Anti-Saloon League Skeptical on Medicinal Whisky Proposal
The Anti-Saloon League questions General Andrews on opening distilleries for medicinal whisky. Wayne Wheeler says final stance awaits facts while states view liquor as poison. Senator Edwards sees the move as a milestone showing Volstead act enforcement may weaken.
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Anti-Saloon League
Washington
United Press
Lincoln C. Andrews
Wayne Wheeler
League
United States
Edwards
N. J
Senate
Net Block
Uncle Sam
Andrew Suggeste
Ohio mining report eyed for wage and freight fixes
A Columbus based committee of twenty two, led by S. Ont, prepared a state coal industry report. It aims to address low wages, competing freight rates, mine closures, and unemployment, proposing Ohio mined coal use and potential labor and production reforms. The study includes input from Hocking Valley operators and bankers, merchants, and miners.
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Mining Con Mn
Ohio Chamber of Commis
Ohio Mining
Ald
Cone
Ite
Hocking Valley
Vane Ohio
Donahey
Ohio
Manus
West Virginia
Chamber of Com
Com
Otral Reserve Bank of
Taminack
Comit
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