Mistrial Declared In Lila Jimmerson Murder Case
In Buffalo on April 2 Judge F Bret Thorn suspended the trial of Indian Lila Jimmerson after a mis trial due to her illness from tuberculosis. Jurors heard claims of Indian witchcraft and ouija boards as part of testimony about the murder of Clothilde Marchand. The judge ordered a two week postponement for the defendant to reappear with medical clearance. District Attorney Moore urged the judge to consider possible involvement of Henri Marchand Anson Jimmerson and Ann Snow though no new charges were brought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Lila Jimmerson
F. Bret Thorn
Henry Marchand
Nancy Bowen
Clothilde Marchand
Thorn
Moore
Henri Marchand
Anson Jimmerson
Lila
Ann Snow
Student pilot makes emergency parachute jump near Pittsburgh
James M. Shutt, a student pilot from Steubenville Ohio, bailed out at 500 feet when his aircraft failed near the Pittsburgh-Butler airport. The plane crashed in a farmer’s field three miles from the airport. Shutt resides at 420 Union Avenue Steubenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
James M. Shutt
Steubenville
Pittsburgh-Butler
Shutt
Union Avenue
Hoover to inaugurate direct radio telephony with South America
President Hoover will inaugurate direct radio telephony linking the United States with Argentina Chile and Uruguay. The ceremony from Washington's State War and Navy Building will be broadcast coast to coast starting at 10 55 a m via NBC CBS short wave WGY KDKA and W2XE Columia system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoover
United States
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
State, War and Navy
Washington
NBC
CBS
WGY
KDKA
W2xe
Columia
MotiveLess kidnapping puzzles Detroit police
The 6 year old daughter of a Detroit factory worker Mary Lubock was kidnapped and believed possibly in the hands of a moron after more than thirty hours with no word. Officials from Detroit and Dearborn investigate as the child’s brother Joseph describes a strange man taking her in a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Dearborn
Mary Lubock
Joseph
Highlights in the Day's News
Tulsa captain Frank Hawks halts overnight in Tulsa after covering 875 miles in one hop. A joint committee returns revised code to legislators for final action. Washington talks on the Parker confirmation draw protests from the North Carolina Federation of Labor. Irene Schroeder's sister wins custody of Donnie in Wheeling. Yancey and two others land in Bermuda after a night at sea en route from New York. Authorities uncover a large insurance swindle. a doctor is jailed in Bentonville. Four men execute a jail break at Pineville. inmates refuse to exit. Dry forces end hearing before a House committee and plan a rebuttal in two weeks. Youngstown injunction sought to force stock value figures from Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Charles M. Montgomery to head Sunset baseball league this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Frank Hawks
Hop
Charleston
Washington
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Parker
Supreme Court
Page Six
Wheeling
Irene Schroeder
Donnie
Bentonville
Ark
Page
Pineville
Drys
House
Nets
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Cyrus S. Eaton in Current Photo and 1905 Toronto Graduation Card
A contemporary portrait of Cyrus S. Eaton appears on the left while a vintage photo he sent to Mise King in 1905 from a Toronto university shows the inscription In Friendship's Name Cyrus S. Baton. The two images illustrate Eaton's long personal arc and a preserved memento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus S. Eaton
Mise King
Toronto
Cyrus S. Baton
Cyrus Eaton honors Pugwash teacher with new Margaret King School
Cyrus Eaton of Cleveland funds a modern school in Pugwash Nova Scotia named for his former teacher Miss Margaret King. The sixteens acres include a large athletic field a playground a gym and an ice hockey rink. Eaton traveled from Cleveland to reveal the plan and sought her blessing before the surprise. He recalls Miss King as central to his success and maintains monthly correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pugwash
Nova Scotia
Cyrus
Eaton
Cleveland
Margaret King
Amherst
Miss King
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago
McMaster University
Toronto
Plane overshoes kill ice menace at Cornell tests
Ithaca April 2 Over shoes for airplanes a new method to keep wings free of deadly ice was announced after successful mid west tests. Developed by Dr William C Geer with Dr Merit Scott and supported by the Guggenheim fund B Goodrich and National Air Transport. The overshoes fit the wing edge as a thin vulcanized rubber layer exuding a colorless oil that prevents ice adhesion and avoids oil scrub off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
mid-West
William C. Geer
Merit Scott
Cornell
Daniel Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics
B. F. Goodrich Company
Akron
National Air Transport, Inc
Wesley L. Smith
Explosives Found in Probsteier Forest in Germany
Local police in Eschweiler announced the discovery of a large cache of explosives buried in various spots in the Probsteier forest. They believe a plot to blow up public buildings existed. Two Communists were arrested, including one city alderman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eschweiler
Germany
Probsteier Forest
Child hero crushed saving sister in street tragedy
On April 2 in Philadelphia six year old Marion Carlin saved her four year old sister Peggy from an oncoming truck. Marion pushed Peggy to safety and attempted to leap clear but a wheel crushed her. Driver Wellor Griffith was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Marion Carlin
Peggy
Marion
Wellor Griffith
Hoover Veto Prediction Looms Over Muscle Shoals Debate
In Washington on April 2 the senate opened debate on Muscle Shoals with a lobby-predicted veto by President Hoover. J. W. Worthington of the Tennessee River Improvement association forwarded the memo. Senator Norris denounced efforts to lease the project to private interests as he pressed the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Norris
Alabama
J. W. Worthington
Tennessee River Improvement Association
McKellar
Tennnessee
Nebraska
Chester Gray
American Farm
Tariff Conference Opens On Hawley Smoot Disputes
Washington reports the Hawley Smoot tariff bill enters joint conference after months of drafting and amendments. Five conferees from each house will meet behind closed doors to resolve six major disputes over sugar cement lumber and shingles rates export debentures and presidential flexible tariff. House and Senate members pledge to seek records on key items before final settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Farmer-Labor
Kvale
Minnesota
Longworth
Hawley
Oregon
Treadway
Massachusetts
Bacharach
New Jersey
Garner
Texas
Collier
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Smoot
Utah
Watson
Indiana
Shortridge
California
Simmons
North Carolina
Harrison
Former Attorney General Testifies in Prohibition Hearing
Washington April 2 dry forces closed their hearing before the house judiciary committee after presenting one witness and allowing written statements from leaders of temperance groups. J Weston Allen argued there is no individual right to drink or sell liquor and enforcement by states as the solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
J. Weston Allen
Boston
Massachusetts
F. Scott Mcbride
Anti-Saloon League
Deets Pickett
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Ernest H. Cheerington
World League Against Alcoholism
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
National Temperance Bureau
William Sheafe Case
International Reform Federation
Eugene N. Crawford
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Massachusetts Senate Defeats Wet Petition in Vote
The Massachusetts Senate rejected the repeal petition by 26 to 11 after the House defeat 123 to 110. The measure now goes to voters at November’s election if sponsors obtain 5,000 more signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts Senate
House of Representatives
Britain rejects action on Russian religious crisis in parliament
London reports Lord Parmoor told the House of Lords he would not take steps that could sever diplomatic relations over Russia's religious situation. Archbishop Lang claimed harsh oppression, citing 71 executions and 112 imprisonments last year for religious activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Parmoor
House of Lords
Russia
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Canterbury
Church of England
Moscow
Accused Messer Goes On Trial For Murder
Warm Springs Va April 2 George W Messer Jr 19 sits in Bath county circuit court on murder based on malice charges for the December 7 shooting death of Sheriff Charles A Gunn Jury selected and four witnesses testified to the physical facts surrounding the fatal event An eye witness deputy Thomas McCune who aided in the arrest was expected to testify tomorrow for the commonwealth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
George W. Messer, Jr
Bath County
Charles A. Gunn
Gum
Thomas McCune
Messer
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania political pot boils in party fight
Philadelphia April 2 The committee of seventy chair man Thomas Raeburn White urged support for United States Senator Joseph R Grundy for senator and Gifford Pinchot for governor. Pinchot attacks Francis Shunk Brown backed by the Philadelphia organization, calling Brown a creature of the game and accusing him of sidestepping vital campaign issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Thomas Raeburn White
Committee of Seventy
United States
Joseph R. Grundy
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Francis Shunk Brown
Browne
Ferry Boat Overturns in Japan with 100 Feared Dead
A Kyushu ferry Wakato Maru capsized after being hit by a gale as passengers rushed to one side. About 200 aboard, with 48 bodies recovered, most victims believed Japanese. Two Serbian dancers are missing. Survivors were rescued by numerous boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Kyushu
Japan
Wakamatsu
Tobata
Dentist linked to large insurance swindle in Arkansas
Pearl Powell identified a shot man near Gravette as William Robert Pearman in a case where Dr. A. J. Bass faces murder charges as alleged mastermind. The plot involved $200,000 in policies on William Folta, with Pearman claiming other partners and a November disclosure of a big land deal and insurance plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentonville
Ark
Pearl Powell
Here
William Robert Pearman
Columbia
A. J. Bass
William Folta
Dr. Bass
Folta
Pearman
Folta case tied to Chicago lead and Arkansas murder
Frank J. Folta Jr reports a 14 October train conversation with Dr. A J Bass about his missing brother William Folta. Bass had identified a slain man near Gravette Arkansas as William, then corrected identification and faced murder charges. Folta says Bass later said William was alive in Chicago and requested secrecy. A man claiming to be a government agent collected Folta family details on 24 November and disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Frank J. Folta Jr
William Folta
Folta
A. J. Bass
Columbia
East St. Louis
Bass
Gravette
Ark
Dr. Bass
Frank
Seven Bodies Recovered From Kettle Island Mine Disaster
Kettle Island Kentucky April 2 Pioneer Coal company mine rescue chief John F Daniel says one more body was found bringing total to seven of sixteen men entombed by the blast Saturday. Location of the body suggests others may be found nearby soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kettle Island
Pioneer Coal Company
John F. Daniel
City of New York Held Up by Storm
Dunedin New Zealand April 8 Rear Admiral Richard E Byrds Antarctic expedition ship the City of New York reported it had been hove to for thirty hours in a hurricane like gale with wind speeds of eighty to ninety miles an hour. The vessel rode heavy seas with minimal sail and Byrd planned to leave New Zealand from Wellington on the Rangitiki due at Panama around May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunedin
N.Z
Richard E. Byrd
City of
New York
Byrds
New Zealand
Wellington
Rangitiki
Panama
Fortress door clause hit liquor law in Halifax
Halifax April 2 The fortress door provision favors evidence of guilt if officers cannot enter a speakeasy where a liquor conviction occurred in the previous six months. A third conviction within a year would trigger padlock proceedings against the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Committee On Law Enforcement
Plenary vote postponed as London talks advance
London reports a postponement of the plenary session as United States Britain and Japan push toward a five power disarmament pact. Wakatsuki meets Stimson and MacDonald at St James Palace to discuss the Japanese ratio and reservations while Britains Ramsay MacDonald and France's Aristide Briand seek to perfect security formulas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Stimson
MacDonald
St. James’ Palace
Wakatsuki
Reed
America
Matsudaira
V. Alexander
Admiralty
Aristide Briand
Ramsay MacDonald
First Day Census Wraps Up Across States
Washington reports the fifteenth decennial census underway as districts in Missouri Idaho and New Jersey finish tallying before 5 p m. Centertown Missouri claims first finish and Coeur d Alene Idaho notes 9 50 am as early completion. President Hoover provides prepped answers revealing age marriage birthplace and family origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
House of Representatives
Missouri
Idaho
New Jersey
Centertown
Ole
William M. Steuart
Kootenai County
Coeur D'Alene
West Branch
Iowa
Miami County
Ohio
Ontario
Canada
Wooster
Chicago officers seek Oberta slayer
Chicago police seek Willie Nie moth for the slaying of John Oberta and his bodyguard Sammy Malega after bodies were found March 6 on a road near the Indiana line. Oberta was in his car and Malega lay in a ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Willie Niemoth
Frank McErlane
John “Dingbat
Oberta
Sammy Malega
Malega
Indiana State Line
Accused Rum Seller Has 3 Brothers In Prison
Mason Martin 26 of Princeton was arraigned before Commissioner Thomas H. Scott on a charge of selling liquor to a 16-year-old. After officers testified he confessed. Held for Charleston federal term beginning April 16 in default of $2,500 bail, sent to Charleston jail. Three of his brothers are serving prison terms in Chillicothe for federal prohibition violations. State Police G F Parson and county prohibition agent Leslie E Gadd arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Martin
Princeton
Chillicothe
Ohio
Thomas H. Scott
Martin
Charleston
United States
G. F. Parson
Leslie E. Gadd
Prohibition
Schadeger Child to Get New Home
Donnie Schroeder four finds a new home after his testimony helped convict his mother and W Glenn Dague for the highway patrolman's death. Ohio county juvenile court awards custody to Mrs Martha Schoeman, sister of Donnie’s mother, amid adoption plans and missing father Homer Schroeder’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Donnie Schroeder
Glenn Dague
Juvenile Court of
Ohio County Today
Martha Schoeman
Irene Schroeder
Pennsylvania
Dague
Donnie
Homer Schroeder
Amarillo
Tex
Schoeman
Trene
Jack Dunlap
New Castle
Toya
Engineer to Inspect Thirty Hospital Sites
Charleston April 2 Col John J Phelan of Washington engineer arrives to inspect about thirty proposed sites for the West Virginia veterans hospital from an engineering buildability perspective over the next ten days A hearing on raising federal funds from 700 000 to 1 500 000 will be held Friday in Washington by the veterans hospitalization committee sub committee chaired by Mrs Edith N Rogers A West Virginia citizen delegation plans to attend the hearing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia Veterans' Hospital
John J. Phelan
Washington
Phelan
Veterans’ Hospital
Veterans’ Hospitalization Committee
Edith N. Rogers
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Detectives Seek Garrotte Slayer in Chicago Killing
Detectives search for a garrotte killer in Chicago after Mrs Mildred Helsing 18 months a bride was found strangled at home with a satin ribbon. Robbery motive suspected as purse and $15 missing and rings taken. Janitor George Riley held for investigation as clues narrow to his presence and nail scratches. A beggar described as about 50 sought entry at a tenant’s door the day before the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mildred Helsing
George Riley
Gaid
Hesing
Bervar
D. E. Fredericks
West Virginia Lawmakers Advance Revised State Code
Charleston April 2. The revised state code, a nine year controversy focal point, was presented to the senate and house for action as the joint central code committee finished a latest draft. The same day the house advanced a fourth effort to pay extra mileage for members during the current extraordinary session, proposing three payments totaling 9642 dollars. The code bill moved to second reading after two weeks of hearings, with a special joint rules committee set to guide floor consideration. The eminent domain chapter saw a key change removing a blanket power to condemn private property and an amendment increasing publication of condemnation notices to four weeks. Applause greeted mileage resolutions, while some opposition emerged over the measure’s scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Joint Central Code Committee
House of Delegates
Joint Central Committee
Mont Z. White
Joint Committee
J. William Cummine
Wright Hugus
Ohio County
Cumming
Frank C. Baker
Randolph County
House Rules Committee
Joint Central Committees
George A. Burden
Mason County
Edsar C. Lawson
Jury Will Decide Guilt Of Mae West
New York April 2 A jury will decide tomorrow how gored police who criticized the drama and whether Mae West and fifty six associates in the play Pleasure Man should be freed fined 1000 each or jailed for a year. Nathan Burkan chief counsel for Miss West and James Garrett Wallace assistant district attorney summed up their cases. The judge will charge the jury after court opens tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mae West
Nathan Burkan
Miss West
James Garrett Wallace
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Yancey
Charles M. Montgomery
Chamber of Commerce
Sunset Baseball League
Page Nine
Cyrus Eaton
Financial Wizard
IGE
Day
Well
Arkansas
Kettle Island Mine
U. S
Schadeder
Irene
Garrotte
Harold Mathews
EK. M. Keatley
Kanawha County
W. S. Wysonge
Webster County
Walter S. Hallanan
Ira L. Smith
Marion County
Harry P. Henshaw
Berkeley County
Cummins
Thomas J. Davis
Ritchie County
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