Witchcraft Claims Life In Pennsylvania Murder Case
In York County Pennsylvania Nelson D Ke lier 59 died after resisting accomplices two youths John Curry 14 and Wilbert Heas 18 plus John Blymire allegedly cut a lock of hair from Rehmeyer who lay buried eight feet underground then burned the body. The trio confessed to taking a hair to break a family spell in a grisly ritual tied to witchcraft beliefs.
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York
Pennsylvania
Nelson D. Kelir
Shrewsbury
Milton J. Hess
Rehmeyer
York County
John Curry
Wilbert G. Heas
John Blymire
Bigmire
Oscar Glatfelter
Tucemann
Blymire
Meyer
Witch
Breequiere
Milton J. Heas
Wilbert
Robbers Hold Up Air Mail Truck Near Lambert Field
Two men held up an air mail truck on the way to Lambert-St. Louis field and took five sacks of outgoing mail including several registered packages. The driver Harry Graham and his wife were ordered to run across a field while the mail was transferred to the robbers’ car. Graham saw only part of a license beginning with 475. Post office and bank officials investigated losses but did not expect large financial impact from the theft.
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St. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Harry
Graham
Post Office
M. Atterbury
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Is
Reserve Bank
New York
Atterbury
Blu Ti
Norfolk and Western Company
United States Bureau of Mine Rescue
Coalwood
Ss. H. Meem
Union Street
Reprieve Delays Execution for Lofton in 1926 Murder
In Magnolia Mississippi on November 30, Robert Percy Lofton was given a reprieve by Governor Bilbo minutes before scheduled execution for the murder of J Karl West chief of police of McComb in August 1926. Attornies seek a writ claiming Lofton was temporarily insane at the time of the trial and that ration was insane when the crime occurred. Lofton had twice escaped execution by reprieve.
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Magnolia
Miss
Robert Percy Lofton
G. Bilbo
J. Karl Westh
McComb
Lofton
Storneys
Hoovers Near Equator On South American Voyage
President-elect and Mrs Hoover reach Ecuador on the Maryland voyage and join a ceremonial equator crossing. The royal initiation includes mock punishments as Allan Hoover and journalists participate before a Cleveland river run to Guayaquil and the next stop at Esmeraldas.
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Maryland
Qall
Ecuador
Equator
E Guayaga
Hoover
King Neptune
Neo
Royal Bears
Kimberly
Iif
Guayaquil
Cleveland
Kevidorean
Agora Sud
Open Carbide Lamp Caused Mine Blast at Willawon
In Willawon Virginia three miners died when an open carbide lamp ignited accumulated gas in the right entry. John F Daniel testified that the explosion occurred as the men entered the section, with two carrying safety lamps. Bodies were recovered after an all night search by the company.
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Willawon
John F Daniel
Uicky Department
ma@s
Himjer Dle
Ieee
Dancarriel
Richard
Ryan leaves set of shirt studs to estranged son
Thomas Fortune Ryan's will filed for probate leaves a single bequest of white pearl shirt studs to his estranged son Allan A. Ryan. The forthright will, valued at over 200 million, includes two public bequests and a residuary estate divided among widow and children with specified shares.
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Ryan
New York
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Alan A. Ryan
Clendennin J
John B
Allan A. Stvan
Som
Traction
Allan
Thomas F
University of
Joseph J
William K
President Coolidge sends goodwill to Mexico’s Portes Gil
President Coolidge sent a message to Emilio Portes Gil on his inauguration as provisional president of Mexico. He expressed sincere goodwill for the success of his administration and for the prosperity and happiness of the Mexican people.
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Washington
Coolidge
Emilio Portes Gil
Mexico
Infant found dead on Richlands railroad track
Authorities in Richlands investigate after a newborn baby boy was found dead on the Norfolk and Western Railroad tracks near the coal wharf at noon. Workers and possible witnesses are questioned as detectives seek how the infant ended up on the track and whether birth occurred nearby.
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Tazewell
Norfolk and Western
Richlands
Tazewell County
New Mexican Chief Takes Onth New Presidency
Emiliano Portes Gil was sworn in as Mexico’s new president pledging to continue Calles policies and maintain good relations with the United States. The brief oath ceremony drew over 20 000 spectators at the national stadium with thousands more on a platform and military contingents.
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Mexico City
Emiile Gil Ie P
Platareco Elias Calles
United States
National Stadium
Diplomatic Corps
Military Academy
Grandetande Portes
Typhoon Victims List Grows as Death Toll Rises
Manila reports 130 dead and many missing as sections isolated since November 22 send in casualty tallies. Storm damage to shipping crops and property runs to several million dollars as relief efforts begin with a $2,500 Red Cross drive by Governor General Henry L. Stimson and Mrs. Stimson. Interisland shipping and fishing craft suffer heavy losses.
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Manila
Philippines
Henry L. Stimson
Eleven Federal Inspectors Arrested in Detroit Border Crackdown
US and Canadian actions target rum running on the Detroit water boundary. Eleven US border patrol inspectors were arrested on bribery and conspiracy charges, as Canada closes thirty export docks to curb liquor smuggling. The move signals a sweeping reform and may lead to a dry holiday season.
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Detroit
United States
United States Customs
Border Patrol
Canada
John KR. Watkins
Sir Henry Drayton
Ontario For Control Border
National Revenue
Angort
Washington
Watkins
Sumner C. Sleeper
The
Collector of Customs
Sleeper
Production in new Butler oil field keeps up
In Buffalo township Butler county the Penrose farm T. W. Phillips Gas and Oil well deepened to five feet in the fifth sand now yields thirty six barrels an hour. MecPar No 1 pumps twenty three barrels hourly and Southwest Penn pipe lines run at capacity as more wells are drilled and prepared to bring in more oil from this field.
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Butler
Butler County
Buffalo Township
T. W. Phillips Gas and Oil Company
Penrose Farm
MecPar No. 1
Southwest Penn
Five Suspects Held After Lottery Tickets Found
In Pittsburgh on Nov 36 police found lot tery tickets in the pockets of William A. Hawkins 32 a Black man following his arrest on a reckless driving charge. Five other Black men were arrested on suspicious person charges awaiting a hearing tomorrow as investigators seek the source of the tickets.
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Pittsburgh
William A. Hawkins
Defense of late Captain Read cited in Vestris inquiry
Federal inquiry into the Vestris loss closed with a 9000-sea-captain protest defending Captain William Carey and the crew. Charles Tuttle urged bringing findings to Congress and the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea. The defense argued the crew had limited time to solve the mystery amid a fierce gale and urged recognition of ongoing ship launch safety challenges. The hearing concluded but continued on page two.
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New York
Vestris
William Carey
Charles Tuttle
O'Neil
Congress
Carey
General Insurance Company
Officers Federation
Vestrie
Coombs
Rescue Crews Fight Gas In Princess Pocahontas Mine Disaster
Six men missing after a blast at Princess Pocahontas Coal Company No 1 operation on Spice Creek near Rodenfield McDowell county. Dewey England escaped about 1000 feet from the blast as rescue crews battled foul air and gas, with air flow from the mine continuing as workers searched.
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Minaiax
Princess Pocahontas Coal Company
Spice Creek
Rodenfield
McDowell County
Sam Guy
Kyle Walters
Tie Son
Clarence Walters
Henry Deales
Bill Foutz
Henry Laster
Princess-Pocahontas
Henry Daniele
Lester
Deweyee
Fries Says Ain't Cost Smith Votes Nationwide
Baltimore reports Charles Carpenter Fries, University of Michigan English professor, argues that the word ain't is a traditional contraction of am not and belongs in English usage. He contends Governor Alfred E. Smith’s frequent use of ain’t in speeches likely cost him many votes as listeners reacted negatively.
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Smith
Baltimore
United States
Charles Carpenter Fries
University of Michigan
National Council of Teachers of English
Dr. Frien
Fries
Alfred F. Smith
Dr. Fries
Rancher Northcott Denies Murder Confession
Gordon Stewart Northcott, 21, Riverside chicken rancher, arraigned on one murder charge and awaiting three more, denied from his jail cell that he had confessed to killing an un named boy after abuse. He was brought to Los Angeles from Vancouver via extradition after a long delay.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Riverside
I. Northcott
Vancouver
B. C
Red
Tara
King George III bulletin signals continued concern
London reports a brief royal update as physicians warn recovery is not assured. Sir Humphrey Rolleston adds his view while Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn sign the bulletin noting no change in the king's condition.
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London
George
Ble
Humphrey Rolleston
Stanley Hewett
Lord Dawson
Penn.ie
Usus
Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary
Canterbury
Landes
Rescue Efforts Underway For Chief Maquilla Freighter
The Canadian-American Shipping freighter Chief Maquilla, heavy with lumber wheat and salt herring, drifted out of control about 380 miles from Dutch Harbor Alaska. Forty men eight officers and thirty-two Chinese crew are aboard as rescue ships including Montreal Maru Atlantic City and Yogen Maru reach the scene. Tow attempt to Dutch Harbor planned if needed with Salvage King en route from Victoria.
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Seattle
Waah
Pacific
Dutch Hatbor
Alaska
Yaquilla
Woman Confesses She Killed Son in Thanksgiving Shooting
Charleston West Virginia November 30 state police report a Lincoln county woman confessed to killing her sixteen year old son Claude Nelson and wounding her mother and husband during a Thanksgiving quarrel. She is held on bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hamlin
Lincoln County
Tom Skeen
Alum Creek
Skeene
Claude Nelson
Mary White
Aeeet
Electric chair executes two Ohio killers
Columbus reports A Rucker and Stanley Hoppe were put to death in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair. Rucker was pronounced at 7 16 p m and Hoppe at 7 28 p m Hoppe had confessed to kidnapping and killing seven year old Dorothy Silelagowek and to prior clubber attacks, tying his crimes to a broader pattern of violence.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Rucker
Cineinnat
Stanley Hoppe
Ohio Penitentiary
Rugker
Hoppe
Dorothy Silelagowek
Toledo
Lilly Croy
Hiss
Rucker
John Franken
Ucker
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Allan Hoover
Ehind
Bronx County
New York City
Marlyse Maye
Andrew de Vola
Gil
Onth
Elilio Portes Gil
U. S
Dewey
England
Clarence Waltres
Henry Daniels
Henry Lester
Northcott
Maquilla
Pacific Ocean
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