Smith Goes to Chair Friday Denies Guilt
Tilby Smith a 26 year old Ashtabula truck driver was electrocuted at Ohio Penitentiary for first degree murder in an alleged plot to slay his wife Clara. He spoke briefly to witnesses then addressed the warden and prayed for divine mercy as the deadly current was applied.
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U.P
Tilby Smith
Ashtabula
Maude Lowther
Clara
Ohio Penitentiary
Smith
George Kell
Preston E Thomas
Wardan Thomas
Tate
Io Fane
Warden Thomas
Arrest at Victim's Grave Grips Youngstown Murder Case
In Youngstown on November 21, a 25 year old Akron man was jailed as a murder suspect after being arrested at the grave of Mrs Willis Dickey, 67. Detectives pursue alibi checks while he is held. Dickey was beaten in her home Sunday and did not regain consciousness. Police say the suspect was sought since the discovery, with neighbors recalling her fear of him. He claims to have been in Akron Saturday with two witnesses who saw him retire to his hotel room.
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PKE
Akron
Willis Dickey
Morgan
New York Harbor
New York City
Lower Manhattan
Union Square
Ball Player Convicted Kenton Murder Trial Ends
Joe Nichols, 32, a former professional player, was convicted of second degree murder for the fatal shooting of Clarence McCracken, 33, owner of a Speakeasy in Kenton. The jury returned the verdict after a defense claim of self defense. Judge H E Hoge withheld sentence pending a new trial motion.
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H E. Hoge
Fear Balloonist Lost in Lake After Bomb Threat in New York
Cleveland balloonist Milford Vanik, 25, vanished after a solo night flight from Cuyahoa Heights. Police fear he fell into a lake while his flotation gear failed. In New York, Wall Street stayed heavily guarded amid bomb threats tied to a visit by Italian official Dino Grandi, with firms like J. P. Morgan and Co. tightening security and bags screened for danger.
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Grandi
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Q.r.anmety
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Vanik
East
Cleveland Balloon Club
Cuvahoxa Heights
Iay
Dino Grandi
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Gnandan
J. P. Morgan
Broad and Wall
B Mulrooney
West Virginia to defend fishing rights in Maryland streams
Charleston W V Nov 21 WPI reports West Virginia Maryland and Virginia officials will meet in Washington next Tuesday to defend West Virginians right to fish Maryland streams. Maryland seeks licenses, but WV cites 1785 Virginia Maryland agreement allowing Virginians to fish without charge.
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Maryland
Washington
West Virginia
Virginia
West
Two Men Live as Women For 30 Years Whim of Their Mother
Cincinnati dispatch reports a conference in Cincinnati on the Kentucky Plan for coal industry stabilization. Delegates from 10 states discuss cooperative production limits to curb interstate price variations and reduce instability, following a Lexington meeting. No proposal was adopted.
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Cincinnati
Lexington
Kentucky
TH Burlingham
Hardy-Burlingham Mining Company
Slayers Within Circle Hold Slayers Within Circle
In SALIOM Oregon on November 21 a man reports several hundred citizens and peace officers trapped two thugs who fatally shot a patrolman. A vigilante posse encircled an area between Grant's Park and Rouge River searching woodland for alleged killers and aid was sought from a school janitor who claimed to have seen the men. The suspects were heavily armed and resistance followed a violent bloodshed.
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Ore
Ph-Vikariates
Grant
Paar
Rouge River
Victor Watt
Ohanrvertt
Oh Yesh Warden Seeks Hunt Fee In Ohio Case
A warden in Cincinnati reports a meeting near Newtown where a hunter named David Bower claimed a bird protection violation. He was fined about 112 dollars plus costs by a magistrate, with a 25 dollar fee per bird.
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Cincinnati
L.A
Blom Hrewa
Newtown
Yenters
David Bower Sox
Raime Warden
Brown
Quah
Ohio
Two Killed in Cincinnati Car Train Wreck
Two men Charis Genkinger aged 32 and Earl Yerkes aged 44, both natives of Cincinnati, died when their car was crushed at a crossing by a Big Four passenger train bound for Cincinnati from Cleveland. Genkinger died on the scene and Yerkes died about 40 minutes later.
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Narvidlb
Cleveland
Charis Genkinger
Earl Yerkes
Loth
Senkinger
Mit Wigan
Genkinger
Yerkes
What the British Museum Needs By Marian Bush Snyder
London readers see the British Museum as a dim vast hall of ancient wonders from Tutankhamun to the Elgin Marbles. The author argues the museum needs modern showmanship and a clearer guide system to engage lay visitors, spotlighting key artifacts like the Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies while noting the allure of rare manuscripts and royal letters.
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Marian Bush Snyder
London
British Museum
Great Russel Street
East Ham
Egypt
Veteran Civil War veteran candidate for coroner in Tuscarawas
Winter W Ford aged 88, a Civil War veteran from New Philadelphia, announced his 1930 bid for the Republican nomination for Tuscarawas County coroner. He said his experience as an optometrist will aid his campaign and pledged a vigorous effort.
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Winter W. Ford
Repubean
Tuscarawaa County
Tay
Ford
Ace
Telegraph War Opens Between Leading Firms
New York Nov 22 telegraph race erupts as AT and T unveils automatic printer service in New York with San Francisco and other offices linked by typed messages. Western Union and Postal Telegraph join to compete, charging by name not word count, amid a three minute minimum and 100 to 180 words per transmission.
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New York
Jinea Wera
Koey
American Telephone and Telegraph System
Austen Tt Parnitzas Bualneamman
New Fork
San Francisco
Ani
Weeder Union
Pontal Telegraph Company
AT & Z
Auto Theft Trial Ties Canton to Detroit Ring
William E. Johnson, former Canton auto salesman, stood trial in Cleveland on charges of belonging to a Detroit Canton auto theft ring. Harley L. Myers, ex-owner of Myers Motor Company Canton and Community Chevrolet North Canton, was found guilty of selling three stolen autos and concealing two others under the National Motor Vehicle Act.
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Cleveland
Widlam E. Johnson
Canton
Samuel H. Weat
Harley L. Myers
Myera Motor Company
Community Chevrolet Company
North Canton
Johnson
Myers
Mayor Is Acquitted Resumes Town Administration Duties
OTTAWA Ohio November 21 1930 Mayor Date Wayne Hoffninger of Continental is back in charge of town affairs after being acquitted in a Common Pleas Court for the July slaying of Cloverdale resident John Krieger. The jury ruled the incident arose from enforcement of the law.
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Continental
Ottawa
Wayne Hoffninger
John Krieger
Common Pleas Court
Hoffsinger
Krieger
Cloverdale
Brothers seek legal male status after 30 years as women
In Anderson Indiana two brothers Genev a and Nola Armstrong aged 33 and 31 petition for legal gender change to male. Raised as girls by their mother who dressed them in female clothing, they only recently wore men's attire. They claim they were unaware they were not women until after their mother's death. Their attorney notes the petition will wait until January court terms.
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Arthur Dan
Armstrong
Met
Certify All Used Cars Would Certify All Used Cars
Cleveland November 24 UB plans for a used car certification law were presented to Gov George White and other governors by A R Copeland of the International Petroleum Association. The proposal requires all cars to be certified and pass a county paperwork review before resale. A $10 fee would be charged to the purchaser with tests for mechanical defects prior to sale. Copeland claims unemployment relief and extra revenue for state and county treasuries would result, and highway accidents would be reduced.
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Cleveland
George White
A. R. Copeland
International Petroleum Association
al Mediare
Copeland
Treasuries
To Exhume Bodies: Woman Seeks To Establish Relationship
In Zanesville on November 21 a court-ordered exhumation will take place at a local cemetery. Mrs J W Parker of Canton seeks proof of kinship to share in an English estate left by John Jennings, an officer buried about 60 years ago. Health officials plan to exhume four bodies on the Jennings lot to establish the lineage.
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Inalyola
Zanesville
J. W. Parker
Canton
England
John Jennings
Fulkerton
Health Department
Willian Jennings
Seld Jennings
Mother and Son Suffocated as Father Fights Flames
Toronto report says a mother of three suffocated during a fire while the father Thomas Booth fought through flames to rescue other children. The article notes Ronald and George were among the children and lists other family details and police questions. In Wheeling, W Va, Marie Doyle’s husband Doyle faced questioning after her death, with police believing he knew nothing of the murder.
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Ont
Tommy
Thomas Booth
Ronald
George
Wheeling
W. Va
Nor
W.r.dudley C. Doyle
Marie Doyle
Bellaire
Doyla
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