Snook Conviction Upheld by Court of Appeals No Stay
The Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence of Dr. James Howard Snook, former Ohio State University veterinary professor, for the murder of Theora Hix. It refused a stay of execution, noting Judge Scarlett acted within his discretion and no delay or venue change was properly shown. Snook’s defense plans to seek Supreme Court review and a possible stay.
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Court of Appeals
Columbus
U.P
James Howard Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
State Penitentiary
John J. Chester, Jr
Henry L. Scarlett
State Supreme Court
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Miss Hix
College of Medicine
Ohio State
Dr. Snook
Piya
Ehair
Appelate
Judeze Scarlett
Franklin County
Supereme
Billion Dollar Budget Formed for Railroads
Chicago November 22 A one billion dollar program for terminal rolling stock new terminal facilities and other improvements was unveiled as railroad executives pledged an expansion drive to restore prosperity. Leaders expected wider funding and possible consolidations after the new year with Union Pacific announcing multi million plans at Omaha and others following.
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Chicago
America
Hoover
Washington
Bernet
Chesapeake and Ohio
Union Pacific
Omaha
Three Hurt When Bus Leaves Road Near Cambridge
A Greyhound bus from Pittsburgh to Columbus left the road four miles east of Cambridge and crashed into a church steps injuring three and shaking 11 others. Driver Harold Clausen swerved to avoid an oncoming auto traveling on the wrong side of the road.
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Cambridge
U.P
Greyhound
Here
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Harold Clausen
Where Would You Move For Wall Street Today
A Hing Features Wonders column explores options for relocation in response to price shifts and economic pressures. No farm tariff relief appears forthcoming, leaving readers to consider individual strategies for housing and investment amid market volatility.
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Wall St
Wonders of the Universe Absorb Harmful Cosmic Rays
Professor Robert A. Millikan of California explains that the atmosphere contains beneficent atoms that absorb and destroy dangerous cosmic rays bombarding the earth from all directions in a discussion of celestial defense and human health.
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Iverybody
Earth
Robert A. Millikan
California
Crystaline enzyme could digest massive egg albumin in 24 hours
A NAS revelation hints at a hypothetical crystalline enzyme that can digest over ten million times its weight in egg albumin daily. If a similar agent could process a hundred million times its own weight of undigested securities, its value would be immense and boost underwriting bankers.
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Wall Street
National Academy of Sciences
Mayor Walker Promotes Spending on Tunnels and Roads
New York Mayor Walker outlined plans to spur employment by funding tunnels bridges and wider roads. He argued that if the country is not thriving citizens should consider relocation as the economy hinges on prudent public works spending.
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Walker
New York
No New Tariff Sparks Senate Adjournment
Republicans who pressed farm relief were swept aside and the Senate adjourned on Walsh's motion. The session ended with no new tariffs approved.
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Walsh
Senate
Diligence of a Trust Boss Mocked in Early Satire
An old saying praises a man diligent in business before kings. The text lampoons the era’s trust-busting mood, mocking promises of a huge one billion dollar octopus and the call to “chop it up” as reformers push for breakup.
Bodies of three steeplejacks fall to deaths in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn a scaffold on a 150 foot chimney collapsed killing three steeplejacks who had been hired to cut steel atop the stack. Watchman Michael Walsh later found the bodies after relatives reported them missing. Firemen retrieved the remains from the grate.
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New York
U.P
Brooklyn
Michael Walsh
Severest Cold Wave Hits Central and Rocky Mountains
Chicago November 22 severe cold swept the nation with the severest wave of the season. Readings fell to the lowest since last winter across the Rockies Great Lakes region and reaching from the Canadian North to Texas. Snow and blizzards blanketed Wyoming Upper Michigan Southern Michigan Indiana Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia with temperatures dropping to 20 to 27 degrees.
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U.R
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Rocky Mountain States
Rockies
Great Lakes
Texas
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Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ford to Reveal Wage Scale for 90,000 Ford Workers
Detroit observers await Henry Ford's announced wage increase for his 90,000 employees following overnight signals and discussion among industrial leaders. Ford's plan aims to lower prices while raising wages, echoing his 1914 policy and the lean period in auto production.
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Henry Ford
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Ford
Washington
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Wasering Lon
Hoover
Sheyv
Congress Blame Cast in Stock Market Slide
Fred I. Kent of Bankers Trust told the Senate Lobby Investigating Committee that stock losses stemmed from factors beyond Congress. He cited over issuance of new securities, high capital gains taxes, and heavy brokers loans, while noting congressional fragmentation affected business psychology though speculation existed.
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Washington
U.P
Fred I. Kent
Bankers Trust Company
Senate Lobby
Wall Street
Farm Bloc Coalition
Congress
Kent
Mineral Man Held to Court After Arrest
Thomas Burley appeared at Mineral Grade School after being accused of not buying books for his child. He allegedly threatened teachers and disrupted the room for about an hour before police arrested him on disturbing a public assembly and menacing threats. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to Common Pleas Court with bonds set at $200 on each charge.
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Thomas Hurley
Mineral
Forest Johnson
Karma Judy
Burley
Harry Dalton
Common Pleas Court
Mooney Pardon Under Review By California Board
Governor C. C. Young planned to urge the Advisory Pardon Board to weigh Thomas J. Mooney whose 1916 Preparedness Day bombing conviction sparked calls for clemency. The board would then report back with a recommendation on Mooney’s pardon to the governor. Also, Warren K. Billings, Mooney’s co defendant, sought permission to apply for a pardon.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.P
C. C. Young
Advisory
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
State Supreme Court
Warren K. Billings
What Would Happen If Person Did Not Tip Bellhop
A feature in The Messenger Magazine Section previews stories about tipping hotel porters, based on Ohio University student Louis Shaw experiences. It promises items on press service for senators and ex president Coolidge, regional claims, and a piece on idiom usage, with a book review and a call to join Sunday reading on November 24.
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Louis Shaw
Ohio University
the Messenger
Cool
J. A. Hartley
Metges County
Ohio
Death Toll in Newfoundland Wave Disaster Rises
Reports from St Johns detail Monday night's quake and tidal wave along Burin Peninsula killing women and children and sweeping away homes from Burin to Lamaline. Motorboat relief teams report chaos, widespread destruction, and paralyzed communications as coastal towns form relief committees.
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Murin
Port Aux Bos
Lamaline
Point Aux Gaul
Lord's Cove
Nelleyv's Cove
Taylor's Bay
Lamatine
Newfoundland
Atretch
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
Grand jury probes Miller and Palm convictions over planted liquor claim
Lansing prosecutor orders grand jury review after a Chicago interview with ex Lansing City Liquor Squad member Frank Fastman. Fastman alleged the liquor used for the Tower law convictions was planted, challenging the basis of the cases against Mia Etta Miller and Fred Palm.
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Mich
U.R
Mia
Etta Mae Miller
Fred Palm
John Wendell Birdingham
Frank Fastman
Lansing City
Wa Chicago
Fastman
Ohio coal industry seen rebounding by spring
Ohio mine operators say coal production will rise from 1924 levels with an expected total around 6,000,000 tons this year and a return to normal by spring. The Interstate Commerce Commission favors a 48 cent per ton differential, easing the Lake Erie region five year dispute as methods and prices shift toward stabilization. The Hoover era loom may revive steel and related industries that drive demand for Ohio coal.
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Ohio
Ohio River
Commeree Coralmission
Balera
Laya
Hoover
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
FUGITIVE TELLS GOVERNOR GOES BACK TO PRISON
Knapp a former escapee returns to the Ohio state penitentiary after voluntarily surrendering. He personally met Governor Cooper at the statehouse and recounted how temptation led to his flight and subsequent work in Detroit and Cincinnati to support his mother.
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Pam
Urban Knapp
Hatter County
Knapp
Cooper
Detroit
Cinetine Nati
House adjourns sine die as Senate recesses for brief meeting
Washington reports the House adjourned sine die at 12 50 p m after the Senate recessed until 9 45 p m for a short gathering to take similar action. The brief interlude sets the stage for further legislative steps or adjournment.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Kent collision kills Streetsboro woman
Misa Roy Merghuson, 44, of Streetsboro, died at Portage County Hospital from injuries after her car was struck by a Wheeling and Lake Erie train in Kent. The crash occurred Monday and the accident led to her death on November 22 in Ravenna.
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Misa. Roy Merghuson
Streetsboro
Portage County Hospital
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Kent
Mansfield Man Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot
William Parver, 65, despondent after his wife left him, rigged a gar ter attached rifle and shot himself in the heart with a .20 calibre bullet at Mansfield.
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Mansfield
Willian Pfarver
Wheat farmers lose ten cents a bushel in glut period
The Agriculture Department said farmers who sold wheat when terminals were glutted lost an average 10 cents per bushel. congestion in grain elevators and terminals due to a large carryover and early marketing lowered prices between July 15 and October 1, though congestion at terminals has since eased.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Good Buried in Cedar Rapids Oak Hill Cemetery
United States Army buries its chief Secretary of War James W. Good in Oak Hill Cemetery Cedar Rapids with friends paying final tribute to the city’s distinguished son on November 22.
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Cedar Rapids
United States Army
James W. Good
Oak Hill
Fraud Case Stirs West Virginia State Aid Funds
In Charleston on November 22, Campbell Batton of Chesapeake testified in open court that he and several other men, including a prominent Charleston American Legion worker, defrauded the West Virginia State Aid Fund of $100,000. Federal action was anticipated following the statement.
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Charleston
W. Va
Urpe
Campbell Batton
Chesapeake
Charleston American Legion
West Virginia
Hoover Commission to Probe Unemployment's Crime Link
The Law Enforcement Commission announced a nationwide study on how unemployment influences crime. President Hoover's panel aims to map trends and potential policy responses.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission Today
State Police Deploy to Quell Miner Unrest at Logan
A special detachment of State Police arrived in Logan West Virginia to quell any outbreaks between union and non union coal miners. The fledgling mission follows rumors that organizers would come to recruit non union workers.
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Logan
W. Va
U.R
Big Turkey Crop In Meigs County
Pomeroy reports a boom in turkeys with crops five to six times normal. A poultry dealer says 30 cents a pound for turkeys. Rutland Scipio Salem and Columbia Townships show flocks from 40 to 100 head. Spring weather favored chicks and mortality was low, boosting local poultry farming.
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Meigs County
Rutland
Scipio
Salem
Columbia
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