Plaintiff wins 310000 action on fifth trial
Rosa B. Tabor wins the $12,000 verdict against Mutual Life Insurance in the protracted fifth trial over a double indemnity policy. Judge Johnson J. Hays oversaw as special judge. defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict was noted for September. The case stems from Clifton C. Tabor’s death near Wilcoe in 1924. Earl Jack, meanwhile, was sentenced to two years in the Chillicothe reformatory for a separate offense.
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United States District Court
Rosa B. Tabor Ve
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Johnson J. Hays
United States Court For
Middle District of North Carolina
Rosa B. Tabor
Clifton C. Tabor
Wilcoe
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Tabor
Clifton Tabor
Earl Jack
George W. McClintic
Industrial Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Atlanta
Death sentence for attacker in Maryland woods case
Baltimore June 27 William A Blake 27 was sentenced to death by hanging for attacking Harriet Tilling 18 as she walked home near Hillsdale. He proclaimed innocence and begged mercy for his wife child and mother after the supreme bench denied a new trial. Earlier he had been acquitted in a separate charge from Cantonsville.
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Baltimore
William A. Blake
Harriet Tilling
Hillsdale
Blake
George A. Sester
Supreme Bench
Cantonsville
Amundsen Hunt Gets Under Way From Tromsoe
Oslo dispatch reports rescue efforts for Roald Amundsen and five crew members, missing since June 18. Three vessels sail from Tromsoe toward Bear Island and Spitzbergen area while American Louise Boyd funds expeditions and public pledges support.
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Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Tromsoe
Watere
Tordenkjold
Vesee
Quentin Roosevelt
Helmland
Bear Island
Spitzbergen
Mise Louise Boyd
Tromece
Berlin Lokal Auseiger Today
Tromece Ele
Amundsen
Northeast Land
Will Advocate Law Making Safety Lamps Compulsory
Morgantown West Virginia June 27 The next session of the West Virginia legislature will be asked to enact legislation providing that safety type lamps be used exclusively in mines of this state R M Lambie chief of the department of mines said today following the inquest into the National Fuel mine explosion Six men were killed in the explosion which occurred June 20 Testimony of men who escaped coincided with the opinion of other employes and mine experts that the explosion was due to ignition of a gas pocket by the open lamp worn by Harry D Brock one of the miners killed The gas pocket was opened by a roof fall it was believed
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
R. M. Lambie
Department of Mines
Lambie
Harry D. Brock
New York Governor Smith Eyes Nominating Victory at Convention
June 27 report notes 29 Ohio votes will likely push Gov Smith over two thirds for nomination. Oklahoma and Reed backers clash as Kansas delegates waver. Meeker plans unit voting and possible midroll shifts. Reed gains solid Missouri and Oklahoma support with potential gains in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Donald Muir says Ayres may not be formally nominated.
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Houston
Smith
Oklahoma
Reed
Missouri
Ohio
Kansas
Ayres
Smith Camp
Firet
Claude Meeker
Columbus
Hie
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Donald Muir
Kanaa
Will Try to Circle World in 23 Days
New York June 27 John Henry Meare the globe circler and Charlies B D Collyer will start tomorrow by air and sea to circle the world in twenty three days. They will depart from the battery at 5 am in a seaplane to meet the steamship Olympic at Nantucket Light transfer by small boat to the ship. Their plane is aboard the Olympic. After Cherbourg they will go to Yokohama then cross the Pacific by steamer and fly from the west coast back to New York. Meare previously circled the world in thirty five days and 22 hours, a record later beaten in 1926 by Welle and Evans in twenty eight days.
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New York
John Henry Meare
Globe
Charlies B. D. Collyer
Battery
Olympic
Nantucket Hight
Cherbourg
Meare
Collyer
Yokohama
Pacific
Linton Welle
Edward
Evans
Kentucky Court Upheld Gasoline Tax in Corporate Levy
The Kentucky court of appeals ruled that corporations paying taxes in this state are liable for gasoline tax collection. The decision supports annual collections around 1.654 million dollars and upholds the highway commission's authority to issue bonds for bridge construction.
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Frankfort
Kentucky Court of Appeals
State Highway Commission
West Virginia Antis Protest At Democratic Convention
West Virginia antis in the Democratic convention floor fight over national committee selections. The anti-Smith faction protested the list including Fitzpatrick and Burchinal, while Robinson urged use of a new committee to resolve the dispute. WV banner in parade sparked tensions as antis vow to back non-Smith options. Smith camp remains united for Smith.
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Houston
West Virginia
Mountain State
C. W. Osenton
Rose Burchinal
Fairmont
Mann
Robinson
Arkansas
Homer Davie
Davis
National Committee
State Committee
Hobdo Reco
Marty H. Byer
Martinsburg
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
al Smith
Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Burchinal
Coolidge Ignores Second Day of Democrat Parley
President Coolidge spent the day at Cedar Island lodge near his summer residence near Superior Wisconsin. He ignored the second day of the Democratic national convention, reading papers and not listening to the radio. Mrs Coolidge joined on a fishing trip in a canoe with guide John Larock and watched him reel in a good string of fish. Reports of a potential Interior secretary successor named Hodges of Denver could not be confirmed.
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Superior
Wis
Cedar Island Lodge
Coolidge
William V. Hodges
Denver
Interior
White House
Fights flare at Democratic convention over religious issue
Riots break out as banners collide in North Carolina parade while debates on religious liberty spark clashes among anti Smith and pro Smith factions. Georgia banner dispute ends with Lovett approved to parade. Page Four.
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Houston
Thomas Jefferson
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Smith
Robinson
Jefferson
United States
North Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Charles Brown
Cordelo
Andrew C. Edwin
Athens
A. B. Lovett
Savannah
Smith George Ayres And Woollen Nominated For Presidency
Bitter contention surrounds the presidential slate as Smith George Ayres and Woollen are urged as nominees while others face innings today. Maryland solon backs war stance and a veto over Volstead Act looms as the Prohibition hearing time limit nears its platform committee conclusion.
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Smith
George
Ayres
Woollen
Prohibition Debate Frays at Houston Platform Hearing
In Houston on June 27 the Democratic platform committee faced a heated clash over the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. Senators Pittman, Tydings, Daniels, Glass, and Blease clashed amid pledges for state action, a hammer brandished in the fray, and sharp rebukes as the party divided on prohibition enforcement.
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Houston
Platform Committee
United States
Key Pittman
Nevada
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Maryland
Millard Tydings
Carter Glass
Virginia
Cannon
Tydings
Daniela
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Daniels
Pennsylvania
New York
Philadelphia
Pittman
Glesa
Three Coal Firms Move Toward Consolidation Plan
Stockholders of Yukon Pocahontas Coal, Buchanan Coal, and Greenbrier Coal and Coke voted to accept merger terms in Southern West Virginia. Yukon Pocahontas and Greenbrier operate on the Dry Fork branch of the Norfolk and Western line, with outputs around 400000 and 200000 tons annually. Meetings were held in Tazewell and Bramwell, with key figures Mann Sidney Lloyd and R H Hancork in attendance.
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Yukon
Pocahontas
Buchanan Coal
Greenbrier Coal and Coke
West Virginia
Spootings
Yukon Pocshontes Coa Company
Dry Fork
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Buchanan Coal Company
Greenbrier Coal and Coke Company
McDowell County
Yukoo Pocahontas Company
Buchanan
Tazewell
Greenbrier Company
Bramwell Lnach
Mann
Sidney Lloyd
R. H. Hancork
Lynchburg
Governor Smith Dances To Convention Band Tune
Albany report recounts Governor Alfred E. Smith amid family and friends at the executive mansion dancing to The Sidewalks of New York as Franklin D Roosevelt nominating speech unfolds. He smiles, rises, and twirls a rattle in celebration while admirers cheer.
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W. W. Chaplin
Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Franklin D Roosevelt
United States
Smith
Executive
Roosevelt
York
Emily
John A. Warner
Reed Will Plead For Harmony At Democratic Convention
Houston June 27 Facing defeat Senator Reed of Missouri prepared to urge harmony at the Democratic national convention after Al Smith’s nomination. Rumors floated he would address the convention after balloting and offer Missouri’s votes to the winner, while Illinois and New York reportedly opposed the move. The anti Smith effort weakened as city leaders failed to unite behind a single candidate. Mississippi delegates adjourned a caucus after three hours of deadlock to decide how to cast their votes, remaining split on support for Governor Smith and for Al Smith.
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Houston
Reed
Missouri
al Smith
Illinois
New York
Lefera
Dity
Smith
Harry Harrie
Kansas
Teere
Texas
Mississippi
Pat Harrison
Miesissippi
Mienisasippi
Walter F. George
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Howell
James A. Reed
Harvey H. Hannah
Cordell Hull
Evans Woollen
Indiana
W. H
Lawrenceburo
Ind
Corpa
Hoover to resign soon as he seeks presidential bid
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Hoover has decided to resign his cabinet post almost immediately to pursue the Republican nomination. He plans to submit his resignation to President Coolidge before July 11 at the summer White House in Wisconsin and return to California. Hoover says his acceptance speech will be delivered the first week of August at Stanford University in Palo Alto. He aims to wrap up duties and request early relief from the post. Work of the interior department will also resign to make way for a new Republican national committee chair.
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Washington
Hoover
Coolidge
White House
Wisconsin
California
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Hoovers
Commerce Department
Interior Department
Republican National Committee
Wicconsin
Ape Mavenes
Houston
Mantell Dies Famed Tragedian and Producer Robert Mantell
Atlantic Highlands N J June 27 The last curtain falls for Robert Mantell famed tragedian of the old school and producer. He died at his Brucewood estate after an illness that forced him to quit his Shakespeare company while in Baltimore. Mantell was 73 or 74. At his bedside were his wife Genevive Hamper Mantell and his son Bruce A daughter Ira Platky of Los Angeles arrived too late. Private funeral Friday and burial at Bay View cemetery.
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Atlantic Highlands
XN. J
Robert Mantell
Old School
Brucewood
Shakesperian Theatrical
Baltismore
Mantell
Genevive Hamper Mantell
Bruce
Ira Platky
Los Angeles
Bay View Cemetery
Motives Cited in Slaying of Chicago Racketeer Big Tim Murphy
Chicago police outline multiple motives behind the assassination of Big Tim Murphy a famed racketeer labor leader and former state legislator. They link the killer to rival rackets and suggest Murphy's attempt to crack into the vice syndicate provoked his murder. Police note Murphy faced murder allegations and a 1920 Dearborn Street mall robbery conviction amid his long tainted career.
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Chicago
Big Tim Murphy
Aplice
Big Tim
Murphy
Dearborn Street Station
Leavenworth
Nick Manos
South Side
Manos
Vice Syndicate
Wesleyan Faculty Changes Reported in Buckhannon
In Buckhannon West Virginia Wesleyan College announced three faculty changes tonight by President Himbert Wark Dr KR D Manwell will succeed Eleanor Haucer in biology Prof W A Hellam will replace Zeno Letellier in mathematics and Prof Ridney Abbott will replace Mather Borten as violin instructor in Boston with transfers noted from Baltimore and Washington Pennsylvania and Boston entries
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Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia Wesleyan University
Himbert Wark
KR. D. Manwell
Baltimore
Eleanor B. Haucer
W. A. Hellam
Washington
Zeno le Tellier
Ridney Abbott
Boston
Mather A. Borten
New York Governor Smith Nominated Amid Democratic Rally
Militant Democrats in Houston at the Sam Houston Hall, June 27, rally behind Alfred E. Smith for President. Roosevelt hails Smith as a fearless leader while fights erupt over Southern states’ inclusion. Benches, balloons, and the crowd fuel the continued nominating process as Reed, Hitchcock, Hull, and Pomerene stay to be considered.
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George
Georgia
Ayres
Kangas
Evans Woollen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Alabama
North Carolina
Senator Reed
Missouri
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Democratic Rally in Houston Names Roosevelt for 1936
A crowded Houston hall on June 27 echoed with cheers as Democrats gathered to back Franklin D. Roosevelt for a third term. The crowd hailed the New York governor as the party’s standard bearer, despite concerns about his failing health.
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Houston
Alfred B. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
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