Senator Johnson Seeks Bigger Navy in Pacific Vision
California Senator Johnson urged rapid approval of a naval bill in Washington, claiming the program vital to U S safety and national strength. He warned Britain violates arms limits and pressed for a larger American navy to protect Pacific interests while criticizing diplomatic games around disarmament.
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Washington
America
Senate
Johnson
Epublican
Caifornia
Pacific
Great Britain
Pacific Coast
Pacific Ocean
United States
House
Coolidge
Moses
New Hampshire
Britain
Geneva Force
Reed
Nomination Confirmed for Ohio U S Attorney
Washington reports the senate confirmed Wilfred J. Mahon today to be United States attorney for the Northern district of Ohio.
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Washington
Wilfred J. Mahon
United States
Ohio
Senate
Buckley Denies Ties in Bipro Supposed Plot
Columbus Ohio January 31 State Treasurer Bert D L Buckley testified in a federal trial for attempted bribery and conspiracy to violate the prohibition law denying any criminal link to a plot allegedly aimed at tipping Cincinnati breweries about impending inspections. He said the plan was proposed last October by John F Eckhart the assistant federal prohibition nominee for the Ohio Indiana district Eckhart is the man Buckley referred to.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bert DL
Buckley
Cincinnati
John F. Eckhart
Prohibition
High School Girl Who Smoked Is Still Missing
Bridgeport West Virginia January 31 searchers remained out tonight for 16 year old Ethel Lowther a Bridgeport High School student who disappeared after school yesterday fearing punishment for smoking a cigarette. An alarm was sent to cities statewide as investigators pursue the case.
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Bridgeport
W. Va
West Virginia
Ethel Lowther
Lowther
Circuit Court Officials Named for Mercer County
Holwell M. Tanner, judge of the ninth judicial circuit, announces Mercer county circuit court appointments. Official reporter L. D. Wilmore, divorce commissioner W. W. Roger, chief probation officer Mrs. Willie May Carr, school land commissioner Elbert O. of Princeton, and chancery designees Thomas H. Scott James S Kahle Luther G. Scott and BE. W. Hale Alex M. Mahood A. M. Sutton. Wyoming county appointments to come later.
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Holwell M. Tanner
Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
Mercer
Wyoming
Circuit Court
Mercer County
L. D. Wilmore
Bluefield
W. W. Rogere
Princeton
Willie May Carr
Elbert Oo
Thomas H. Scott
James S Kahle
Luther G. Scott
BE. W. Hale
Alex M. Mahood
A. M. Sutton
Tanner
Wyoming County
Wilmore
Eame
Wyoming Circuit Court
Tenner
Carr
Eesra
Scott
Kahle
Mahood
Luther
E. W. Hale
Ounty
Nam W. Rogere
Princescceeda
H. C. Eliett
Rt O. Male
Hale
Woman Aviator Sets New Endurance Mark at Mitchel Field
Dorins 17 year old Elinor Bm4 soared for 3 hours 16 minutes 45 seconds to top Miss Trou California's record for women. Gentry, nicknamed flying cashier, also set endurance marks during a dramatic field flight that nearly cost her life.
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Roosevel
Ay Island
Dorins
Elinor
Mitchelfield
California
Migs la Gentry
Miss Miaith
Miss Trou
Gentry
Bluefield Hotels Must Pay License Fees In Bluefield
The ninth judicial circuit judge Howell M. Tanner upheld the city of Bluefield's hotel license ordinance based on rooms and baths, allowing collection of $2 per room and 50 cents per bath. The city intends to collect for July 1 fees, despite prior injunctions, with D M Easley city attorney receiving a copy of the decision.
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Bluefield
Howell M. Tanner
Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
Bluefield Hotel Company
West Virginian
Samuel L. Matz
Matz
Isaiah C. Herndon
J. C. Herndon
Ormer
Tanner
Kane couple celebrate twentieth child in Bushnell
In Bushnell on January 31, Mr and Mrs William Kane mark thirty years of marriage by welcoming their twentieth child. Thirteen Kane children survive and live in or near Bushnell. Mrs Kane and her husband are a few years older.
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Bushnell, Tr
William Kane
Bushnell
President-Elect Hoover Catches Sailfish in Florida
Love Key Florida January 31 President elect Hoover netted a sailfish after a short battle weighing about pounds and six feet long joined by Associate Justice Harlan F. Stone and Jeremiah Milbank. He followed with tuna amberjack and other fish then ate a nail fish and resumed work on his inaugural address aboard his houseboat before returning to Washington next month.
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Love Key
Fla
Hoover
Florida
Harlan F. Stone
Jeremiah Milbank
Republican National Committee
Gulf
Tecumed
Washington
Belle Isle
Woman Wins Writ to Appeal Life Sentence in Pen
Lansing per reporting to Supreme Court granted Mrs. Etta Mee Miller, a Lansing resident serving life at Detroit House of Corrections for a fourth liquor felony conviction, a writ of error to appeal her sentence.
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Lansing
Mich
Epreme
Etta Mee Miller
Detroit House of Correction
Love Affair Fatalities End in Louisiana Hanging
RS. Ada Bonner Leboubef and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher face execution in Franklin Louisiana for murder of Bonner’s husband to clear their forbidden romance. After three reprieves, escape routes appear exhausted as the sentence looms today.
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Ada Bonner Leboubef
Thomas E. Dreher
Franklin
Louisiana
Train Runs With Dead Engineer at Throttle
A through freight train on the Cincingat and Northern line ran three miles between Bryan and Ney with a dead engineer at the throttle. Harvey A Freyermuth, 56, of Van Wert, a veteran train pilot, was found dead by his fireman. His cap marked the spot two miles from Bryan. The train traveled from Jackson, Michigan to Cincinnati.
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Bryan
Ney
Harvey A. Freyermuth
Vanwert
Freyermuth
Cincinnati
Jackson
Mich
Northcott testifies to abuse by officers during extradition
Riverside Calif January 31 Gordon Stewart Northcott on trial for killing three boys testified in court as his own attorney, recounting physical mistreatment by James Quinn captain Bright and others while being brought from Canada. He said rough methods ceased only when authorities pressed, and he challenged the officials over mistreatment while absolving Redwin and Kelly from charges.
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Riverside
Calif
Gordon Stewart Northcott
California
Sarah Louisa Northcott
Earl C. Redwin
Albert Kelly
Riverside District Attorney's Office
Canada
Northcott
Bright
Mad Lebquef Ang Dr T E Drerer Prepare 10 Die
Woman to keep trust with gallows first Hangman will come from New Orleans ropes tested relatives of couple will not be permitted to see prisoners
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Lebquef
T.E. Drerer
New Orleans
Long declines clemency as LeBouet pair faces gallows
Baton Rouge Jan 31 Governor Huey P Long said the law will run its course as Ada Bonner LeBouef and Dr. Thomas E Dreher prepare for execution for the July 1 1927 murder of James E LeBouet Morgan City Utilities superintendent to stop their love affair The U S district and circuit courts refused to intervene leaving New Orleans hangman and ropes ready for a public hanging to occur between noon and 8 pm tomorrow with LeBouet’s widow awaiting the bodies and Dreher the father of two daughters and a son and LeBouet the mother of three sons
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Adam Bonner LeBouef
Thomas Dreher
Franklin
Ada Bonner LeBouef
Thomas E. Dreher
James E. LeBouet
Morgan City
Louisiana Public Utilities Company
LeBouet
United States Supreme Court
New Orleana
Wayne Borah
United States District Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Long Ae
Bones
Dreher
New Orleans
Tramp Searching for Missing Indiana Girl Edith Dierdorf
A large search for 11 year old Edith May Dierdorf continues across Vigo and Sullivan counties near Terre Haute Terre Haute police and county officers with volunteers and dogs comb the countryside aided by airplanes and radio appeals after a bloodstained sack was found under a Busseron Creek bridge indicating possible kidnapping and murder officials offered rewards totaling 1000 for information leading to the missing girl’s whereabouts
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Terre Haute
Ind
Edith May Dierdorf
Edith
West Terre Haute
Here
Jack Smock
Vigo County
Sullivan County
Vigo
Busseron Creek
Canal Pete Urged to Attend Completion of Ohio River Work
Washington January 31 a congressional committee of three senators and three representatives to attend the closing ceremonies of the completion of the canal on the Ohio river from Pittsburgh to Cairo October 15, 1929 was proposed by Representative Tatgenhorst Repuls dn of unknown district.
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Washington
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Tatgenhorst
Health papers before marriage and related political briefs
Law may require health papers before marriage. President Coolidge left for Florida. Senate debated naval construction. House sent 24 million dollar prohibition increase to Ways and Means. Tariff revision hearings for cotton products continued. Senate committee ended reappointment hearings for ex Governor Neff. States supported 180 million drainage loan fund. House prisons panel urged separate federal institutions for criminally insane and narcotic addicts.
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Coolidge
Florida
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Neff
Texas
Federal Board of Mediation
House Irrigation Committee
House Prisons Committee
House Rejects Delay on Prohibition Enforcement Fund
Washington reports the House voted 240 to 141 to prevent the deficiency supply measure from going to conference, then without a record ballot overrode opposition and sent the bill to conference. The proposal would allow $24 million for enforcement under presidential direction, with equal House and Senate representation in the conference.
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Washington
House
Melton
Senate
Two Men Die in Alabama Mine Blast
In a dynamite explosion at the Woodward Red Ore mines near Birmingham two men were instantly killed and a third seriously injured. The victims are Edward Price a driller and Will Burchfield an assistant driller. The injured worker is Lem Vernon a Negro helper.
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Birmingham
Woodward Red Ore
Here
Edward Price
Will Burchfield
Lem Vernon
Layne 15 Freed On Slaying Count
Levi Layne was acquitted today of the killing of Mrs. Kissie Perdue at Vu can Mingo county. A Logan county jury took nearly two hours to reach the verdict after a venue change. Layne planned to return to Mingo county briefly and had no further plans. Mrs Mary Beale mother of Clyde Beale condemned to die said the fight to save her son would be renewed at once. Beale awaits execution in the state penitentiary.
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Logan
W. Va
Levi Layne
Kissie Perdue
Vucan
Mingo County
Logan County
Layne
Mary Beale
Clyde Beale
Night flying to start on Pittsburg to Cleveland air route
Pittsburgh January 31. Night flying will begin April 1 on the Pittsburg to Cleveland air mail route. Contractor Clifford Ball disclosed that the present daytime service will be doubled with the new night service.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburch
Cleveland
Clifford Ball
Gallogly Case Goes to Jurors in Atlanta Trial
Richard Gray Gallogly faces a murder charge in the shooting of Willard Smith during a drug store holdup late in October. The case was presented to jurors in a Atlanta superior court, with proceedings continuing as officials seek a verdict.
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Atlanta
Richard Gray Gallogly
Willard Smith
Ify
Superior Agurt
West Virginia Marriage License Reforms Move Forward
A West Virginia House amendment package advances to engrossment after passing second reading. The bill tightens health certificate rules for marriage licenses requiring medical exams for both parties, authored by Delegate Harvey W. Harmer with physician input from Delegate George F. Hall. Debates touch on feeble-minded care, non resident exemptions, and local residency rules, amid concerns over alcohol and regional marriage patterns.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
House
Harmer
Harvey W. Harmer
Harrison County
George F. Hall
Pocahontas County
Kyle
Harper
Raleigh
Thayer M. McIntyre
Wood County
James L. Dealey
Brooke County
Renee
Wellsburg
Dealey
McIntyre
Wyoming
City of Thomas
Mingo County
Kidnapping Drama Tangles McPherson Case in Los Angeles
Los Angeles January 31 recurring inquiry into the $2,500 check to Superior Judge Carlos Hardy from Aimee Semple McPherson amid her Carmel desert kidnapping saga. Witnesses testified to funds spent threats made and advice given as the probe explores impeachment risk for the judge.
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Los Angeles
Carlos
Hardy
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Carmel
Cal
Neeliat
Kenneth G Ormiston
A. M. Bryden
Robertan Lmere Chant
Mrs. McPherson
Mardy
Aimee
Bryden
James W. Buchanan
Walter Moore
Santa Harbara
Ormisiaton
Mra. McPherson
Mable
Moore
Road Bond Funds Split Under 80-20 Plan Debate
Charleston delegates clashed over requiring explicit 80-20 apportionment in a $20,000,000 road bond bill. A contentious vote reinstated the clause, with arguments that the governor should allocate funds, while others argued the measure reflects the state’s general law and should stand as is.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
House
Thayer M. McIntyre
Wood County
W. 8. Wysong
Webster County
Road Commission
William B. Hogg
Mingo County
Oing
R. M. Hiner
Pendleton County
Edwin M. Keatley
Kanawha
Deppe
J. William Cummins
Hiner
Harvey W. Harmer
Harrison County
Cummins
Keatley
Senate
Wysong
Ceneral
Hoge
Two Dead Five Hurt In Jersey City Fire
Two men died and five were injured in a blaze that tore through the crew quarters of the Dollar One President Johnson anchored at a pier in Jersey City. Firefighters fought four hours to bring the fire under control and dock operations were delayed as the vessel prepared for a round the world voyage.
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Jersey City
Hoepstale
Dollar Oner
Johnson
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