Young sheriff in Wisconsin murder case shocks county
Lyall T. Wright once called the boy sheriff, now 30, is held in the Juneau County jail after the assassination of District Attorney Clinton G. Price. A blood trail from the Price home to the Lemonweir river led to Wright at his home. A shotgun found in the river is believed to be the weapon. Wright, previously jailed for eight months on a liquor conspiracy plea, was the government witness against Price. Bootleg feuds and political clashes fueled county tensions.
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Manston
Wis
Lyall T. Wright
Juneau County
Clinton G. Price
Elmer Hempelmann
Price
Wright
Fred R. Zimmerman
Actor David Warfield Improves After Serious Operation
New York April 14 David Warfield veteran actor aged 63 who recently underwent a rather serious operation at Post Graduate hospital was tonight reported in satisfactory condition The nature of his illness was not disclosed and earlier reports said he was critically ill
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New York
David Warfield
Post Graduate Hospital
Probe of Postal Leases Virtually Assured
Washington April 14 Investigation by the senate into government post office building leases, numbering over 1200, was virtually assured as a resolution by Senator Blaine to refer the matter to the audit and control committee for approval of expenditures bypassed the post office committee. Chairman Deneen said he would convene a meeting soon to consider the measure and seek an early senate report.
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Washington
Senate of Government Post Office
Blaine
Republican
Wisconsin
Committee On Audit and Control
Post Office Committee
Deneen
Audit Committee
Senate
Flying turkey causes autoist to wreck car
Butler Pa April 14 A turkey crossing the road in front of an automobile led to the death of W H Wachsmuth 62 a farmer from Connellquenessing township Wachsmuth swerved to avoid the bird and lost control the car crashed into a tree fatally injuring him in the crash
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Butler
W. H. Wachsmuth
Connoquenessing
Wachsmuth
Supreme Court Grants Appeals and Writ of Error
Charleston W Va April 14 The state supreme court today granted two appeals and allowed one writ of error An appeal in America Hensley vs G C Broadwater from Roane County involved a land partition The second appeal in W H Caldwell vs W D Cline from McDowell County concerned an alleged land exchange The writ of error was granted in John E Waters committee for Mattie D Waters vs City of Morgantown over 6500 in damages from a fall into a street excavation
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
America Hensley
G. C. Broadwater
Roane County
W. H. Caldwell
W. D. Cline
McDowell County
Wyoming
Monroe
John E. Waters
Mattie D. Waters
Morgantown
Waters
Pershing Receives First Doctor of Military Science at NYU
General John J. Pershing was honored with the first Doctor of Military Science degree conferred by New York University in its century of history. The ceremony shows Pershing with a golden hood as Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown confers the degree, marking a notable tribute to a soldier and peacemaker.
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John J. Pershing
New York University
General Pershing
Elmer Ellsworth Brown
Grand Jury Starts Inquiry Into Death Of Mrs. Vickers
Grayson Kentucky April 14. Susie Vickers 63 may have been buried alive March 29 after death from heart disease. Grand jury to hear witnesses. undertaker and physicians question moisture on the face two days after death. No embalming. Prosecutor expects testimony but doubts charges.
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Grayson
Susie Vickers
Carter County
Grand Jury
G. W. E. Wolfford
Vickers
Ashland
India Situation Grows More Serious With Arrests
Bombay April 14. With two prominent Indian Nationalist leaders arrested for civil disobedience Gandhi is expected to be next. Nehru, president of the All India Congress, is jailed for six months on salt law violations. Sengupta, mayor of Calcutta, is sentenced to six months for sedition and conspiracy.
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Bombay
Mahatma Ghandi
Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress
J. M. Sengupta
Calcutta
Bengal Civil Disobedience Committee
Bombay Congress Committee
War Council
Sengupta
Bhimrad
Amber
Mrs Hoover Misses D A R Congress Visit
The White House announced Mrs. Hoover cannot accompany the President to the Daughters of the American Revolution annual congress due to a severe cold. The illness is not considered serious and the president will proceed with his speech.
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Washington
White House
Missing Student Airman In Fog Sparks Long Island Search
Valley Stream N Y April 14 a missing 29 year old student flier Ralph White vanished after taking off from Curtiss Wright field in fog extensive air search found no trace of his black and gold biplane or the pilot Army planes from Mitchelfield police amphibians and local crews swept Long Island the Sound and nearby coasts but reports over the fog remained inconclusive White a former student with about ten hours solo flight time trained at Curtiss Wright field since last November and was married. officials continued to seek any sign of wreckage or sighting.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Ralph White
Curtisa- Wright
Long Island
White
Sooio
Miller Pocahontas Coal Holdings Sold
Pineville West Virginia April 14 holdings of the Miller Pocahontas Coal company of Corinne were sold at a commissioner s sale. I C Prince of Beckley bought the land leases for 11000 and the Pocahontas Coal company and the Wyoming Land company bought the mining equipment for 918000.
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Pineville
W. Va
Miller Pocahontas Coal Company
Corinne
I. C. Prince
Beckley
Pocahontas Coal Company
Wyoming Land Company
Delegates Meet In Short Session At London Naval Conference
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald chaired a brief plenary at St James's Palace, approving technical reports in 24 minutes as the London naval conference advances the treaty draft. He then moved to Parliament to hear Philip Snowden's budget speech amid public focus on higher income tax.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
St. James's Palace
MacDonald
St. James's
Parliament
Philip Snowden
Nye to probe Illinois and Pennsylvania senatorial fights
Senator Nye, newly named chair of the Senate campaign funds committee, ordered an inquiry into Illinois and Pennsylvania contests. He signaled intent to investigate the McCormick Deneen race and the Davis Grundy battle before the Pennsylvania primary on May 20, while noting the committee will include Republicans Goldsborough and Patterson and Democrats Dill and Wagner.
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Washington
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Nye
North Dakota
Senate Campaign Funds
Curtis
North Dakotan
Nebraska
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Deneen
McCormick-Deneen
Davis
Grundy
Johnson
California
Dill
Pittman
Nevada
Goldsborough
Maryland
Patterson
Missouri
Wagner
Obeys Judge's Edict to Letter Ends in Death
In Columbia South Carolina a man named S B Hiller charged with advertising pure charred corn whiskey in a newspaper was ordered to leave town after a judge released him. Hiller returned home and died from three pistol wounds after the ruling.
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Columbia
S. C
S. B. Hiller
Hiller
Specialist testifies in trial of Harman in Salem Va
Salem Virginia April 14 defense witness Dr L G Pedigo described Floyd county youth Harman as moron and mentally unsound with epilepsy though not witnessing an attack He testified Harman has prior sleep choking incidents and a nonproficient schooling history His mother Mrs Lela Harman testified Harman was “mighty slow in his books” and not like himself in recent years noting episodes of deep study and sudden disengagement during questions
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Salem
Baren Harman
Floyd County
Freeda Bolt
L. G. Pedigo
Harman
Lela Harman
Suzanne Pollard Reigns as Shenandoah VII Queen
In Winchester Virginia on April 14 Miss Suzanne Pollard daughter of Governor John Garland Pollard will be queen of the seventh Shenandoah apple blossom festival set for April 24 and 25. The announcement followed a carnival committee meeting with Governor Pollard and staff to attend, escort by the Richmond light infantry blue battalion, and festival rates released. Forecasters predict 12 million blooms in the Shenandoah Cumberland Potomac belt during Faster week across Virginia West Virginia Maryland and southern Pennsylvania.
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Winchester
Suzanne Pollard
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Shenandoah, Cumberland-Potomac
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Rain Halts Blaze in Bland Forests
Heavy rains brought partial relief to Bland county where since last Wednesday fires have destroyed timber and threatened communities. Rocky Gap signaled distress while Kaet River mountain fires crossed to the north. Only a drenching rain may extinguish the blazes, with wildlife driven out and crops lost. Mercer county reports fires but no homes burned.
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Bland County
Bastian
Rocky Gap
Kaet River Mountain
Stony Ridge
Mercer County
S. Newins
State Forester
Virginia
Roanoke
Forest fires under control in West Virginia after rains
Charleston April 14 The state forester H B Newins said heavy showers across West Virginia have brought the forest fire situation substantially under control. Most danger areas were being watched at night while many firefighters returned to posts. About 1,100 men were on duty today with private citizens drafted in Mercer county and coal companies granting leave to workers. Citizens are urged to exercise extreme caution in the coming weeks until foliage is out and brush fires are kept from spreading.
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Charleston
Newins
Theastern
Forest fires gain headway across Virginia acres burned near towns
Richmond reports firefighters on extended fronts making progress against forest conflagrations that have blackened about 50 000 acres across twenty Virginia counties since Thursday. State forester Chapin Jones cites hot weather and high winds sustaining danger as several blazes threaten villages and stretch along Black Mountain and the Purgatory range with outbreaks in Bland County near Bluefield West Virginia.
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Richmond
Virginia
Chapin Jones
Black Mountain
Purgatory Range
Bland County
West Virginia
Bluefield
W. Va
Plans Lone Eagle Hop California to Paris
George P. Hutchinson of Baltimore and formerly of Richmond announced a lone eagle flight from California to Paris via Richmond and New York under Richmond businessmen sponsorship. He aims to fly non stop to Richmond then to New York and Paris next June to beat Lindberghs 33 hour New York to Paris record.
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Richmond, Vea
George P. Hutchinson
Baltimore
Richmond
Tonight
California
Paris
New York
Hutchinson
Lindbergh
Parker Nomination Faces Senate Floor Fight
Washington April 14 The Parker Supreme Court nomination faced strong opposition as the Senate Judiciary Committee deferred action for a week. Senator Overman presented endorsement letters while Senators Borah Glass Norris opposed and warned against undermining presidential advice and consent in Parker’s case. The NAACP protest and a 1920 governor candidacy remark fueled concerns, but President Hoover backs Parker and intends to answer objections on the floor.
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Washington
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Overman
Judiciary Committee
Administration
Senate
Glass
Virginia
Congressional Record
Parker
Borah
Idaho
Herbert
Rhode Island
United Mine Workers
Norris
Association For the Advancement of the Colored People
Hoover
Trial to Establish Residence of Elkins in New York
A New York jury trial seeks to fix the residence of the late Stephen B. Elkins Jr. His fiancée Evelyn I. Martin sues, alleging executor Davis Elkins delays probate to deprive her of life income and half the apartment contents. Her counsel presents NY Telephone and Bank of America witnesses to prove the testator’s regular New York ties.
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New York
Stephen B. Elkins Jr
United States
West Virginia
Foley
Mr. Elkins
Evelyn I. Martin
Park Avenue
Davis Elkins
Washington
Martin
New York Telephone Company
Bank of America
Bank of America Upon the Stand To Prove That the Late Mr. Elkins
Tariff Adjusters Boost Silk Rayon Tariff Rates
Washington April 14 American manufacturers of silk and rayon products gained added protection as tariff conferees finished adjustments to three Hawley Smoot schedules. They also reconciled senate amendments to the papers and books rate, with only the sun dries, free list, and administrative clauses remaining. The notable change in the paper schedule was adopting house rates of 5 percent and 30 percent on plain and sensitized photographic paper, large reductions from prior levels.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congressional
Boy Scouts Mobilize to Find Missing Airman
Five thousand Michigan Boy Scouts were mobilized to search for Ralph Fisher Skelton, a Chicago artist and aviator missing since Thursday on a flight from Ann Arbor to Chicago. Air search abandoned. Walter W. Head requested the mobilization. units from Jackson, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor, Michigan City, and Battle Creek join in a dunes and lake shore search.
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Chicago
Ralph Fisher Skelton
Ann Arbor
Mich
Thin City
Skelton
Walter W. Head
Scout
H. Kiplinger
Boy Scout
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Benton Harbor
Michigan City
Battle Creek
Dunes
Lake Shore
Capital Murder to Oil Mystery
Washington on April 14 reports the brutal murder of Mary Baker a 28 year old government clerk found in a culvert near the capital with no arrests and a widening investigation by justice agents detectives and Virginia police. Fingerprints failed to identify the killer and suspects include architect Fred Wilson and his wife though alibis hold. Authorities say she was first choked then assaulted and finally shot with a .25 caliber pistol from about eight inches.
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Washington
Mary Baker
Virginia
Department of Justice
William C. Gloth
Ariington County
Fred Wilson
Treasury Department
Wilson
Hydro-Electric Hearing To Start In West Virginia
Charleston April 14 Tomorrow the state public service commission and Governor Conley resume hearings on the Cheat River watershed hydro electric plan by West Virginia Power and Transmission. Engineer Charles E. Krebs will testify on Krebs report proposing 17 million dollars in nine years and 100 million for thirteen projects in Tucker Monongalia Randolph Preston and Pocahontas counties claiming 600000 horsepower. Krebs says public advantages outweigh the disadvantages and license approval would benefit the state and Cheat river area.
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Charleston
W. Va
Conley
Public Service Commission
West Virginia Power and Transmission Company
Charles E. Krebs
I. Wade Coffman
Krebs
Tucker
Monongalia
Randolph
Preston
Pocahontas
West Virginia
Tucker and
Cheat River
Hoover Sees London Pact and World Court as Peace Markers
President Hoover lauds London naval conference Kellogg Briand pact and the world court as steps toward peace. He says U S will join the world court after settling participation terms and notes reductions in armaments and end of naval rivalry. He stresses moral duty to prevent war and strengthen international law. He argues the world court offers lawful, just adjudication.
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Washington
Hoover
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
World Court
Mr. Hoover
Geneva
Earth
Colleen Moore seeks divorce from John McCormick
Los Angeles April 14 Colleen Moore a top film star filed a brief divorce complaint in superior court against her producer husband John McCormick charging mental cruelty. The complaint cites incidents including a September 1 1929 dinner absence and orders directing guests off the Bel Air tennis courts with abusive language.
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Los Angeles
Colleen Moore
John McCormick
Miss Moore
McCormick
Bel-Air
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Oheriff
India
Miller Pocahontas Coal Holdings
Secretary Davis
Senator Grundy
Rock Gap
Senator Overman
Elkins
Commission
Cheat River Power
D. A. R. Annual Meeting
United State
M’cormick
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