Slayers Identity Still Unsolved In Carbondale Double Killing
Coroner's inquest heard witnesses describe the slaying of former Mayor J. C. Hundley 76 and his wife Luella in their home. A son, W A Hundley, refused to talk and a will two years earlier bequeathed property to his son and others, with Hundley saying six months prior he would disinherit the son for being no good. Police noted the kitchen door ajar and Mrs Hundley found inside while Hundley lay upstairs fatally wounded.
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Carbondale
Til
J. C. Hundley
Luella
Carbondale Baptist Church
Goodall
Hundley
Jimmie Deacon Faces First Degree Murder Charge
In Stanton Michigan on December 13 Jimmie Deacon must answer for the murder of 27 year old teacher Miss Flossie Carter. Deacon confessed to beating and attacking her after she slapped him three times. He was placed under Montcalm county circuit court jurisdiction and will be arraigned Monday.
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Stanton
Mich
Misa Flossie Carter
Sheridan
Montcalm County
First Aircraft From Glendale Plant Flies Successfully
Wheeling West Virginia December 23 a new aircraft built in the Aircraft corporation plant at Glendale suburb made its maiden flight under test pilot Capt Grissom E Haynes The monoplane stayed aloft about a half hour reaching four thousand feet and was declared to have performed perfectly by the pilot
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Wheeling
W. Va
The
Aircraft Corporation
Glendale
Grissom E. Haynes
Moonshine Heist Leads to Arrest in Salem
Police failed to locate thirty gallons of moonshine hijacked from Martin Journell in Salem before an arrest on Jones Street. Journell and accomplice Marvin Thornton claimed they planned to sell the whiskey in Bluefield for profit, but six of seven five gallon cans were grabbed by two Negroes before officers intervened.
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Martin Journell
Salem
Yoush
Journell
Jones Street
Marvin Thornton
Radford
Bluefield
Journel
Thornton
Ates Es Ford
I Usiaut
York doctor accused in murder plot linked to widow
Helen Eiker widow of Percy Eiker told police she was under the spell of a York Pa pow wow doctor at the time of the crime. She is shown in her jail cell awaiting grand jury action.
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Almly
Helen Eiker
Percy Eiker
York, Pa
Paraguay Says War Imminent Over Border Clash
Paraguay warned the United States that war with Bolivia appears imminent as Bolivian forces mass on the frontier near Fort Vanguardia. The Paraguayan note blamed Bolivia for aggressive preparations while Argentina remains absent from mediation talks. The special committee weighed procedures as tensions rose and the border dispute continued unresolved.
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Washington
American Arbitration Co
State Department
Parley
Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
Fort Vanguardia
Paraguan
Legation
Tornadoes Kill Three Injure Dozens Across Texas and Louisiana
A Gulf coastal storm lashed Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana with tornadoes killing three people and injuring many as it toppled homes and scattered debris. In Sulphur Springs a 42 year old woman died and relatives were hurt. in Center and Tenaha fatalities occurred. J T Pugh and Flatt families lost homes. One rescued child and a baby survived.
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Houston
Texas
Louisiana
Gulf
Sulphur Springs
C. C. Fridetl
Allen Shievers
Shievers
Center
Tenaha
John Jones
Tevaha
Noble
J. T. Pugh
H. F. Flatt
D. H. Sebastian
Benson
Employment in coal industry shows improved payrolls
Washington reports December assessment by the United States Employment Service finds nationwide conditions generally improving and notes rising payrolls in coal mining and department store sectors. The update places coal and retail payroll gains among the notable brightenings in early December.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Former American actress will wed Count de Bosardi
London dispatch reports Tallulah Bankhead, former American actress, plans to marry Count Anthony de Bosardi likely in the third week of January. De Bosardi, recently divorced in Chicago, previously married Josephine Fish, a Chicago society woman.
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London
Kidnappers Take 22 Young Women in Mexican Town
From Jilotepec in the State of Jalisco insurgents seized twenty two of the town's prettiest women after dynamiting the municipal building and storming a cinema. Federal troops pursue the abductors as travelers report the incident.
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Mexico City
Jilotepec
Jalisco
Raiding Dry Officers Find Tragedy Beside Topeka Liquor Raid
Federal and state agents raid Powhatan house seeking liquor. They find John Shae and his two young children beside his wife’s death just hours earlier. A 30 gallon still and 60 gallons of mash are destroyed. Shae is not arrested but warned against further violations.
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Powhatan
John Shae
Powhaten
Hilderbrand and Shipley
Watkins, Taylor
Tinsley
Shae
Kimball Hospital
Oddest couple applies for license at City Hall
Mr and Mrs Tex Cooper of New York register for a marriage license. The groom towers over six feet while the bride stands about thirty seven inches. She says their mutual affection more than balances the height difference.
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Tex Cooper
New York
City Hall
French nurse found guilty of first degree murder
Mrs Marirse Maye a young French war nurse was convicted in New York of first degree murder for the killing of her lover Andrew Devola. She was wounded in the incident and partially paralyzed. The verdict carries a potential 1 to 20 year sentence.
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New York
Marirse Maye
Andrew Devola
Maye
Devola
Welcome moment as dress torn in Hoover reception
A Argentine woman at the Hoover reception in Buenos Aires was knocked from the lines around President Irigoyen and Mr. Hoover when her skirt tore and was trampled. Firemen and police formed a ring while volunteers supplied safety pins and helped mend the torn garment so she could rejoin the crowd.
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Buenos Aires
Mr. Hoover
Heets
Cueste
Irigoyen
Strikers' Toll Lines Bogota Dispatch in Magdalena Region
Bogota dispatch reports 100 dead and 238 wounded in Magdalena banana region disturbances. Damage exceeds 1.25 million dollars. The toll is all among the strikers, who are returning to work as the area quiets.
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Bogota
Colombia
Magdalena
Robbery Band Ties Seen in Yonkers Payroll Heist
Police announced that several of eight men arrested in a raid on a speakeasy near New York have been identified as members of a six man band that stole a $100000 payroll in Yonkers yesterday. Names of the suspects were not released.
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New York
Yonkers
Trains Hit In Missouri Freight Collision Near Carthage
Four men were killed and about six injured when a Missouri Pacific freight train collided with a work train at Larussel 18 miles east of Carthage. All victims were crew members.
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Carthage
Missouri Pacific
Senate Amends Budget for Prohibition Enforcement Surges
The Senate boosted the prohibition enforcement appropriation from 13.5 million to 279.6 million dollars for next year, a move critics call excessive. Senator Bruce defended the rise, joking that if repeal fails they will enforce the Dry Act, while leaders plan to defeat the increase in conference with the House.
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Washington
Senate
House
Maryland
Bruce
Congress
Treasury-post Office
Thin Hs
Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Warren
Appropriations Committee
King
Utah
Moses
New Hampshire
Mills
The
Lord
Warren resigns as police head in New York
Joseph A. Warren, head of New York's 17 000-strong police force, resigns as police commissioner. He says retirement is to return to law practice and denies ties to the Rothet ten inquiry. Mayor Walker considers Grover A Whalen or Richard C Patterson Jr as successors. Warren led the department for twenty months, with no later than December 31 set for the change.
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New York
Joseph A. Warren
Arnold Rotheten
Warren
James A. Walker
Grover A Whalen
John Wanamaker
Miss Phoebe Day Dies After Interurban Car Collision
Miss Phoebe Ann Day, 80, died in Clarksburg West Virginia on December 13 from injuries after she fell and was struck by an interurban car earlier that day.
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ClarksBurg
W. Va
Phoebe Ann Day
Guards Seize Partly Loaded Liquor Ship Harbour Trader
The coast guard captured the Harbour Trader two miles off Rockaway Inlet Long Island after seizing 1 500 cases of liquor from a cargo valued at 150 000 dollars. Ten prisoners were taken and a hearing is set for tomorrow.
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St. Pierre
Martinique
King George II Health Bulletin Reports Slight Improvement
Buckingham Palace released two bulletins noting King George remained weak yet showed slight improvement after yesterday's operation. Officials said the pulse was steady and the local condition satisfactory as three of his five physicians signed the statements.
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London
Buckingham Palace
George
Sir Stanley Hewett
Lord Dawson
Sir Hugh Rig
Schwab Urges High Wages to Preserve Prosperity
Charles M. Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, told the Association of Life Insurance Presidents of America that preserving American prosperity hinges on the welfare of workers. He said high wages and living standards are essential and that business is a relationship among people aimed at making others happy.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Association of Life Insurance Presients of America
Schwab
Woman Kills Man Then Dies By Own Hand Near Canton
Margaret Heldman 21 of Lorain shoots Vernard Fearn at his Canton home then dies by suicide in auto accident nearby. Husband W C Seldman says she confessed after four and a half hours of questioning. The baby, born last July, was in custody of the Children's Bureau after a prior court decision.
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Canton
Ohio
Maragret Heldman
Lorain
Vernard FE
Fearn
W. C. Seldman
Heldman
Poets
Margaret
Children’s Bureau
Exploding Ammunition Threatens Firemen at Carlisle Army Post
A fire at the United States Army Medical Field Service School in Carlisle Pennsylvania began around 10:30 PM in building No 9 as a large quantity of ammunition for 37 mm artillery and 45 caliber revolvers detonated. Damage was estimated at 150000 dollars with no injuries reported and no impact on other post buildings.
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Carliale
Tee
United States Army Medical Field Service School
Ford Says Hard Work Beats Saving for Success
Henry Ford argued that saving money does not guarantee success and urged boys to learn by working hard. He recalled Edison and himself teaching others to make machinery, noting progress comes from learning and teaching, not merely saving.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Boye
White House
Supreme Court
Detroit
Tomas A. Edison
Metill
Edison
Flu Epidemic Wanes in Bluefield Area Despite Local Spread
Health officials reported no major shift in the national flu outbreak though Bluefield sees many cases. Some towns like Tazewell and North Tazewell report over 200 cases, prompting school closures and reduced attendance in several grades. Senior class play “Spanish Moon” was postponed due to illness.
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Bluefield
Hinton
Tazewell
North Tazewell
Washington and Jefferson College closes for influenza
Pittsburgh parlance notes Washington and Jefferson College suspends classes until January 8 due to the influenza epidemic. The move follows similar actions by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Tech as the Pittsburgh district shuts campuses for the holiday period.
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W. and J
Pittsburgh
Washington and Jefferson College
University of Pi
Carnegie Tech
Surgeon General Cumming outlines influenza precautions
Washington reports that Surgeon General Cumming, after consulting the board of strategy, released a cautious plan to curb influenza. He notes 41,063 cases today, likely only one-fifth of true infections, and favors isolating cases, avoiding crowds, and home treatment when possible, doubting school closures and mask use. Congress also took notice through Representative Ed.
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Washington
Cumming
Board of Strategy
Congress
Progress 16 Made on Dam Measure
The Senate advanced the Swing-Johnson Boulder Dam bill with a final vote likely tomorrow. A key dispute over government versus private construction was eased by withdrawing Senator Phipps's amendment. The agreement allows the interior secretary discretion on who builds and excludes Imperial Valley flood control costs from amortization.
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Washington
Senate
Boulder Dam
Phipps
Republican
Colorado
Secretary of the Interior
Imperial Valley
Arizona
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