Browning Case Faces Recess as Witnesses Testify
Seventeen witnesses testified in the Browning case in White Plains, including Marian Tussey and James Mixon. Browning denies cruelty allegations while the court rules certain diaries and letters inadmissible, noting past life is irrelevant to the current action.
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White Plains
Edward W. Browning
Heenan
John E. Mack
Ng Counsel
Henryn
Mia ‘Z
Mack
Marian Tussey
Mrs. Browning
Browning
Kew Gardens Inn
James Mixon
Brooklyn
John Ek. Mack
Frances
Chun
Washington notes on war limits and judicial nominations
The report cites Senate actions on amendments to a property bill, a probe into a concession in Grant County Oregon, and adverse reporting of William J. Tilson's nomination to a Georgia judgeship. The House and Senate clash on war and reform measures while bipartisan moves seek expedited policy approvals.
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House
Save
Senate
Andre New
House Republi
Ogres
McNary
Heerle
Senator Designate Smith Palpably A Sick Man
Chicago January 31 senator designate and senator elect Frank Smith passed through Chicago en route home to Dwight for rest and medical treatment before resuming his fight for senate recognition. He told a crowd I am sick but I am not going to die. He has suffered from an inner ear abscess and the dispute over his achievement weighs on him.
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Chicago
Frank Smith
United States
Dwight
Senate
Olige Officers Seek Four Bodies in Texas Slayer Case
Whittier officers hunted a site indicated by a Texas sheriff in a letter as the grave for four additional victims of George J. Hassell alias G Baker. Hassell awaits execution for killing his wife and eight children in Texas and allegedly buried a woman and three adopted children in a Whittier home ten years ago. The letter described the house, neighbors, and a map to the burial spot, with accounts from neighbor Myrtle Lark about a garage, a dug hole, and clothes and bodies moved after disappearances.
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Whittier
Calif
George J. Hassell
Texas
Whittler
L. L. Leonard
Walker County
Marie Vogel
Pittsburg
George
Hassell
Whittier House
G. Baker
Physicians in Watstown Probe John Bond Condition
In Watstom West Virginia January 3 physicians at Hunt on State Hospital discussed the case of John Bond deposed state official. Bond is at the facility for evaluation of his mental state. Two examinations and tests were planned with a diagnosis reported to the United States Veterans Bureau after completion.
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Watstom
W. Va
L. V. Guthrie
Hunton
Bond
Unite States Veterans Bureau
Miners Urge Congress to Adjust Rates and Adopt Five Day Week
Miners press Congress to intervene on wage and rate policies as the United Mine Workers convene in Indianapolis. Delegates debate a five day week, six hour day, and a one year or longer contract, with protests over Jacksonville terms and freight tariffs. A sergeant at arms incident interrupted a floor bid to speak, and yearly elections were upheld.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers
Miami
Fla
Jacksonville
International
Convention
John L
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Field
Bobbed Hair Passing Declared Here to Stay
Chicago January 31 Bobbed hair is here to stay and long hair will not return at the Illinois Cosmeticians society convention. Participants voice equal confidence in styles with Mrs Ruth J Maurer and a London Paris permanent wave expert asserting bobbed hair, especially the shingle style, remains fashionable for good.
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Chicago
Illinois Cosmeticians’ Society
Ruth J. Maurer
National School of Cosmeticians
London
Paris
Widow Captain Langhorne to Wed John Caswell
Washington January reports a marriage license issued to Mrs. Margaret Rods Lansdowne widow of Captain Zachary Lansdowne commander of the wrecked airship Shenandoah and John Caswell Jr of Prides Crossing Massachusetts. Mrs Lansdowne aged 41 Caswell 28. Wedding scheduled February 26.
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Washington
Margaret Rods Lansdowne
Zachary Lansdowne
John Caswell, Jr
Prides Crossing
Mass
Efforts To Parade White Elephants Cost Senate A Day
Washington reports show the Senate spent a day debating several stalled measures including the naval appropriation, an adjournment battle over three scout cruisers, the milk import bill, and a French spoilation bill tied up by Senator Bruce. The vote on spoilation stood 38 to 27 as amendments were debated and several lawmakers were absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Coolidge
Bruce
Maryland
McNary Haugen Farm Relief Bill moves in House
Washington reports the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill will get right of way in the House next week after the rules committee granted preferred status. Tentative debate plan sets Tuesday markup and twelve hours of general debate. Senate sponsor McNary will press for early action before Muscle Shoals issues. Key players include Aswell supporting Fort, Crisp, and others as House farm leaders sketch their timetable.
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McNary -Haugen Farm
Washington
House
Senate
Saeed Aunual
Rules
McNary
Agriculture Committee
Muscle Shoals
Aswell
Louisiana
Agricul
Ture
Fort
New Jersey
Crisp
Georgia
Davey
Ohio
Americans Evacuate Interior China To Seacoast
Following U S Minister MacMurray guidance American citizens in interior Chinese cities began evacuation to the coast. Refugees on the Yangtse will gather at Chung King and move downstream. U S and British nationals pending evacuation totals reported by Admiral Williams include 10 Americans and 165 Britons still unaccounted for. Hong Kong imposes emergency rules to curb anti foreign agitation as Canton radicals seek to rally laborers for a February 15 meeting inciting anti British action.
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Washington
United States
MacMurray
C. W. Williams
Navy Department
Yangtse
Chung King
State Department
American Chamber of Commerce
Shanghai
China
Kellogg
Washington Administration
Admiral Williams
U. S
Canton
Hong Kong
Supreme Struggle For Mastery Of All China Is Now Impending
In a mounting power contest, northern and southern Chinese factions align for a pivotal Yangtse basin campaign centered on Hankow. Wu Pei Fu and Chang Hsueh Liang join forces with northern warlords while Cantonese forces gather at Hankow to resist the northward advance. The clash will decide if the Cantonese conquests continue or erode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peking
Yangtse River
Hankow
Wu Pei-Fu
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chang Ts
Shantung Province
Chang Tsung-Chang
Ichang
Yangtse
Anti foreign agitation in Fukien drives evacuation
Shanghai reports 15 ramped anti foreign agitation in Fukien province forcing mass evacuation of American missionaries. About 130 women and children left interior stations mostly bound for Manila. some suffered river piracy and porter extortion. Mission leaders foresee replacing many foreign workers with locals due to unsettled government conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Foochow
Associated Press
Fukien Province
Fukien
Manila
Peace in Nicaragua 13 an Impossibility Now
Dr Juan Sacasa head of the Liberal government predicts US Marines will fire on Liberal forces as the Diaz Conservative regime relies on American troops. He argues a peace based on continued Diaz leadership is impossible amid naval blockade and mobilization, insisting he defends the people's rights and bears no hostility to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Cabeas
Nicaragua
United States
Associated Press
Juan Sacasa
Sacasa
Adolfo Diaz
Ding
Drunken Drivers to Lose Licenses in West Virginia
Wheeling, January 31. Autoists convicted of driving while intoxicated in West Virginia will have their licenses revoked until reinstated by the state road commission. Sol White, road agent of the union, said the commission plans strict enforcement of the law removing driving privileges from those who operate cars under intoxication. White is in Ohio County to investigate reports of neighboring counties buying and using automatic license tags.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Sol White
Iseion
White
Ohio County
Charles Basso Held Under $5,000 Bond
Cleveland Ohio January 31 Charles Basso was arrested on charges of withholding knowledge of a felony regarding a carload of beer arriving from Pennsylvania. He pleaded not guilty and was released on a five thousand dollar bond.
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Cleveland, O
Charles Basso
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Basso
Plans for manufacture of nitrogen announced
New York January 31 Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation announced plans for large scale fixation nitrogen production on a site recently acquired at Hopewell Virginia, outlining an expanded industrial project.
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New York
Plana
Hopewell
Allied Chémical and Dyel Corporation
Will Take Week to Flood Burning Area of Coal Mine
Morgantown W Va Jan 31 Fire has burned since Friday at Connellsville By-Product Co mine No 1 Scott s Run area. Chief Lambie orders water pumped into the mine mouth from Moss Run and other sources. It will take about a week to flood the burning section. Air tests and safety of workers guide plans to drain and assess damages.
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Morgantown
W. Va
R. M. Lambie
West Virginia Department of Mines
James A. Paisley
Connellsville
Scott's Run
Guston Run
W. EB. Sullivan
Lambie
Charleston
Sewickley
Polstey
State Department
Stephen Arkwright
Trade secrets of the distillers revealed
Washington reports that secrets of whiskey making were disclosed in the house amid opposition from Rep Blanton of Texas who argued that detailing processes violates the law. Rep Hull of Illinois, a former distiller, proposes government purchase of bonded stocks and five year private supply contracts on a cost plus basis to enable medicinal whiskey manufacture outside government plants.
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Washington
House
Blanton
Texas
Hull
Illinois
Peoria
Andrews
Negro Confesses to Murder of a Couple in Alabama
Horace D Vaughan a Black man confessed tonight to killing A B Moore aged forty and Mrs Ruby Thornton aged thirty five on January nineteenth on a deserted road near Birmingham Alabama The couple were found beside their bed automobile shot with shotgun charges Police identified shells near the pine thicket as fired from Vaughan s shotgun Officials believe the killings followed an attempted holdup as the two resisted voicing a potential motive and details remain under investigation
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Birmingham
Ala
Horace D. Vaughan
A. B. Moore
Ruby Thornton
Vaughan
Moore
KINSMAN RUM RUNNER RELECTS JURY SERVICE
New York on January 31 reports a jury service issue amid the trial of Edgewater mayor Mene Wissell and co defendants charged with conspiring to violate Prohibition. Cecil Kinder D Turner of Chicago and Maurice Borden of Newport pleaded guilty and await sentence. One salesman was discharged after citing relatives in the rum trade to avoid prejudice. Defendants face bribery allegations of 700,000 and a Bahamas rum run cargo valued at 2,000,000 to unload at an Edgewater pier.
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New York
Ot SA. Oy
Mene Wissell
Edgewater
Cecil Kinder
D. Turner
Chicago
Maurice Borden
Newport
R. L
Eker
NO DROWNINGS IN ARKANSAS FLOOD CONFIRMED
Lite Rock Arkansas January 31 W G Jones Cotton Plant Red Cross chair says no drownings reported in the northwest Cotton Plant area after a flood tour in Woodruff county He notes mistaken drownings proven false two rescues near a bridge Ola and Darling Clem Ruth Smith aided by Grover Hale confirm lack of deaths While many rescued marooned on roofs and trees rescue boats prepare to sweep dawn miles of river floodplain remain underwater White county area previously flooded by the Little Red river also affected.
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Grover Hale
Hale
Rifith P
Cache River
White County
Red River
Epidemic of Smallpox Threatens Doddridge County
West Union and Smithburg in Doddridge county faced a smallpox threat as health officials from Wood county vaccinated residents. Dr. T. R. Meyer and Sgt. Claude Davisson reported about ten cases and planned serum shipments to West Union and Smithburg.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
West Union
Smithburg
Doddridge County
Wood County Health Unit
T. R. Meyer
Claude Davisson
County Health Unit
Hindenberg appoints three new ministers in coalition
Berlin reports President Von Hindenberg named Walter von Kendal interior minister and Dr Hergt justice minister and vice chancellor. The chancellor’s new coalition cabinet had not confirmed the posts, and a fourth ministry remains to be filled.
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Berlin
von Hindenberg
Walter von Kendal
Hergt
Jugo-Slave Steamer Izabran Stranded Off Cape Hatteras
The Jugo-Slave steamer Izabran, en route from Cuba to France with sugar, is stuck in Diamond Shoals and sinking slowly. Captain and 27 crew refuse to abandon ship as grounding occurred in heavy weather while heading to Newport News for coal.
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Norfolk
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Cuba
France
Newport News
No Decision On Venue Change In Rudner Trial
Canton Ohio January 31 no decision on a motion for change of venue for Ben Rudner who faces trial February 7 for the murder of Don St Mellett former Canton Daily News publisher. Judge Alger said it would be days before ruling and will review many cited cases possibly prejudicial to the defendant. Attorney George Gordon Battle argued for change citing local conditions since last July. State prosecutor Henry Special Assistant argued the case’s facts.
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Canton
Ohio
Common Pleas
A. W. Alger
Ben Rudner
Don St. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Agler
George Gordon Battle
New York
Mellett
le Thia County
Henry
Enthusiasm Grows for Y W C A Budget Drive in Bluefield
About 150 workers gathered at the Y W C A building for a rally opening the annual budget campaign to raise an amount for another year of Y work. Leaders like Mrs. Werbert Markle and guest speakers from Lions Club and Eastern Star urged unity, with college and scholarship references, pledging broad community support and confident success.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
Bluefield
Y. Building
U. Organization
Herbert Markle
Werbert Markle
Y. W
Lions
Clu Hadley Scott
W. C. Easley
John Chapman
Bluefield College
Bluefield Woman's Club
Pearle Brammer
Y. Drive
Will C. Easley
Eastern Star
S. J. Sublette
E. C. Wade
C. Warren
Blue Triangle Club
Woolworth
Hattie Carter
Fidel Club
George Danglingson
The
Y. Will
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Art
John Bond
Capt. Langhorne
John Caswell
Dr. Sacasa
Chief Lambie
Kinsman
Arkansas
White River
Hindenberg
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