Pastor Norris frames killing as self defense at Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas July 19 Dr J Frank Norris pastor of the First Baptist church said the Bible supports defending oneself after he shot and killed D E Chipps in his study Sunday night He pleaded self defense and remains free on a 10 000 bond Grand jury to begin investigation tomorrow with fourteen witnesses summoned while Norris stays silent
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FT. Worth
Texas
J. Frank Norris
First Baptist Church
Norris
D. EB. Chipps
Fort Worth
Tex
D. F. Chipps
J. Prank Norris
L. H. Nutt
J. J Mickle
H C. Meacham
ARE
Trupps
State aid fined after assault charge in county news
Four crashes injure several in Newtown and Milford. A Milford crash leaves multiple injured and possible arrests. A town farmer charged after a gun dispute is accused of blackmail. A local adoption story describes a Negro woman raising a child as her own.
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A. Sield County
Shebert
Muat
Newtown
Taga & Canca Myntery
Beach
Milford
Letter May Aid Aimee W Pherson Case
The county grand jury prepares to hear a last eviction and continue the official investigation into Mrs Aimee McPherson case. Kenneth C Ormiston, Riverside to North Carolina radio expert, may testify after a letter bearing his signature arrives in Los Angeles. District Attorney Keyes indicates testimony ends tomorrow. investigation continues.
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Tos Angeles
Aimee Emple M-Pherson
Kenneth C. Ormison
Srear Angelus Temple
District Atorney
Aso
New York
Orm
Stens
Investicati.n
District Ateon
Mr. Keyes
Riverside
Santa Barbara
Santaiv Glixpo
Salinaa
Oakland
Fayloreville
North Carolina
Los Angeles
Mra. McPheson
Shorty
Mra McPherson
Tn Apnelu
Boys Find Stolen Bonds Worth Fifty Thousand Near Jersey Creek
Perth Amboy New Jersey July 19 bonds totaling fifty thousand dollars were turned in to police by boys who found them while swimming in Woodbridge creek. The loot is linked to the Bum Rogers gang robbery of the Castle Ice plant two weeks earlier. Police also held five men arrested on suspicion, with twenty six thousand sixty dollars in cash seized from a house tied to the gang.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Woodbridge Creek
Rogers
Castle Ice Team
Gene
Wife of Former Police Head Dies
Mrs. John B. Lyddy lifelong resident of this city died at home after a lingering illness. Wife of former Police Commissioner John B. Lyddy she led a civic life with St Mary's church involvement. Survived by husband three sons Captain John A. Lyddy Walter J. Lyddy and one daughter Mary E. Lyddy and eight grandchildren born in Bridgeport.
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John B. Lyddy
Hough Avenue
Lyddy
St Mary's Church
Bridgeport
Edward J Lyddy
John A. Lyddy
Walter J. Lyddy
New Britain
Mary E. Lyddy
Colored boy adopted by Negro in Boston tale shocks era
Boston reports a white couple’s baby boy adopted by a Black woman in a Midwestern town. Authorities seal the adoption to keep the child’s parentage secret while the birth parents relinquish all claims. The article notes no scandal against the mother and cites an inheritance of white lineage on both sides, with the father and mother remaining unnamed for now. Authorities stress the child will be raised ignorant of his true identity.
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Boston
Mass
Specelal
Suffolk County
Horace Guild
Boston City Council
Boston Post
Eles
The
Iilfe
Shenla
Thugs Slay Messenger in Newark Robbery
A 74 year old messenger George M Condit of East Orange was killed and his 18 year old assistant Joseph Duff was wounded during a daylight hold up at the Reid Jer Cream Company plant in Newark. The bandits escaped in a powerful car with the weekend receipts totaling about 13 250. Police pursued the robbers but their car eluded capture.
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Newark
Reid Jer Cream Company
George M Condit
East Orange
Joseph Duff
Orange
Mssenger
Condit
Duff
Cle
Insane Girl Found Chained in French Barn
In Florient France on July 19 police found Ann Marie Le Crenn aged 28 chained by a five foot metal link to her ankle in the hay loft of her father's barn She was naked and malnourished with a room lacking light or ventilation and vermin infestation Authorities believe she has been confined by her father since a 1914 mental health evaluation The sister reportedly brought food occasionally The father is detained by police and the case suggests a long term custodial abuse.
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Florient
France
Ann Marie le Crenn
Plouay
Avarine
Pile
Aidmat
Electrocuted Gunman Gets Catholic Chinese Funeral
In New York Chinatown a large crowd attended the funeral of Sam Wing, an On Leong Tong gunman executed at Sing Sing for murder. He embraced Catholic faith before death, a joint service held at the Church of the Transfiguration with two Chinese bands and a long procession to Evergreen Cemetery. Over 1,200 mourners joined, with 100 floral pieces and mutual tributes calling him a fellow countryman despite his crime.
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Woolidge Camp
New York
Chinatown
On Leong
Norge
Ailsworth
Panter
Elling
Aimee McPherson
Vanderhilt
Boston
Probera
Reston
On Leong Tong
Priest
Marson
Sam Wing
Sing Sing
Hip Sing Tong
Waco
Mott and
Bayard Streets
Evergreen Cemetery
D John Voghera
Delancey Street
Stellan
Sam Vig
Gangster Held as Suspect for Mellett Death
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Don R. Mellett Canton Ohio publisher and vice crusader murdered. George Psiallas, a noted underworld figure, arrested and questioned, denying guilt but admitting proximity to Canton the murder night. He claims an alibi in Warren Ohio between 9 30 and 1 00.
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Pittsburgh
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Ohio
Vice Crusader
George Pelallas
Pennsylvania
Psialias
Police Cay
Warren
Psiallas
Joe
John P. Tincks
Mellett
Nobile Not Pilot Of Norge Is Claim
New York July 11 Janecoln Ellsworth co leader with Roald Amundsen in the Norge flight over the North Pole denied that General Umile Nobile acted as navigator. Ellsworth said Nobile was captain but not responsible for directing the vessel course, insisting the navigator was the other crew member.
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New York
Janecoln Ellsworth
Htoald Amundsen
Norge
North Pole
General Uinhe
Nobile
Mwilan
Ellsworth
General Nevile
Local man arrested on bad check charge
Charles McCarthy of 299 Federal Street was arrested yesterday by Milford detectives on a warrant for pushing worthless checks. He was turned over to Milford authorities for trial immediately after arrest.
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Charles McCarthy
Federal Street
Milford Pretice
Milford
Browning's Girl Bride Settles at Coolidge Resort
Peaches Browning, 16, arrived with her fifty year old husband at Paul Smiths hotel after an acid attack left facial scars and a damaged eye. The couple spoke of the assault and ongoing medical care as they settled into room 72. Police continue to investigate, with leads suggesting a non blackmail motive.
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Browning
Coolidge Resort
Paul Smiths
Peaches Browning
Peaches
Paul Smiths Hotel
Atye
Second Surgeon Held in Box Death Case
District Attorney Thomas A. O'Brien sought arrest of J Lies Hanson former Boston surgeon in New York after his detention there for questioning in Edith Keen state ward dismembered body found near Calvary. Warrant charges him as accessory after the fact of a cranial operation. Hanson admitted involvement in Boston after four hours of questioning.
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Boston
C(ap
Thomas A. O'Brien
New York
J. Lies Hanson
Edith (Keen
State Ward
Calvary Aa
Hanson
Jair
Klenson
Waa
Boston Arstrict
Grill
Jcnsen
Carey
Homielde Bureau
E'Ng
Boy Stabbed While Sleeping in Seaside Park
Louis Hisset a sixteen year old youth from New York was treated at Emergency Hospital yesterday for a puncture wound in the right thigh after being stabbed on a park bench at Seaside Park while asleep. The assailant attempted to obtain money. no police report has been filed.
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Louis Hisset
New York
Rowl
Fhe Nouth
Seaside Park
American View On War Debts Debate In British House
London July 19 AP The Commons debate on Franco British debt settlement opened sharp criticism of U S handling of inter allied debts. Churchill rebuked Secretary Mellon over his remarks while Edward Hilton Young urged caution not to sour Anglo American ties as Britain had borrowed largely for commercial needs.
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London
House of Commons
United States
Winston Churchill
M. Caillaux
Phillip Snowden
Churchill
House
Churchil
Mellon
Edward Hilton Young
Henry
Great Britain
Treasury
England
America
India
Vanderbilt Jr splits with family in Europe plans new venture
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr declares he has separated from his famous New York family after years of promised support for his tabloids failing to materialize. He says he will resume newspaper work via a new scheme and plans biographical sketches of European statesmen. He confirms separation from his wife Franciel Littleston with no court action planned.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Europe
Miami
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Flacnel Littleston
Vanderbilt
Lightning Rips Floor From Beneath Sleeping Warden
Alfred Otla, NY fire warden atop Mt Regis, was asleep on a floor mattress when lightning struck his cottage. The bolt ripped half the floor and stove fragments shifted onto him, yet he survived unharmed. The same storm cut power to local lines and darkened the summer White House, delaying President Coolidge.
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Paul Smiths
N. Y
Alfred Otla
New York
Atate
Mt. Bt. Regis
White House
President
Mr. Coolidgs
Herriot Ministry Formed with Eleven Radicals
Paris July 19. Edouard Herriot forms a new government succeeding Briand. The cabinet includes 11 radicals and radicals socialist allies with posts for Herriot as premier and foreign affairs, De Mondale as finance, Chautemps interior, Colrat justice, Painleve war, Henoult navy, Loucheur commerce, Hesse public works, Daladiér education, Queuille agriculture, Pasquet labor, Bonnet pensions, Milhaud finance, Jacquier war, Robagna aviation, and Lambert naturalization. A high commissionership is created for Lambert’s office.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
M. Briand
Anatole de Mondale
Camille Chautemps
Justice
Alsace—Lorraine
Maruice Colrat
Paul Painleve
Rene Henoult
Collnies
Airien Darlac
Louis Loucheur
Anndre Hesse
Edouard Daladierr
Dr. Queuille
Louis Pasquet
Georges Bonnet
Secretaricn
Albert Milhaud
M. Jacquier
Herriot
Chatemps
Hesse
Daladiér
Queuille
Bonnet
Milhaud
Jacquier
France Feels Pinch of Financial Crisis Deepens
Paris July 19 AP The French public faces economic strain as prolonged financial errors drive the franc down. Widespread buying of essentials shifts to cautious spending as merchants fear reduced turnover. Factories struggle to plan production amid rising prices and eroding profits. The public exhausts paper francs while stocking provisions, revealing growing awareness of the crisis.
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Paris
France
Geomenee
Jowa Farmer Killed in Scuffle Over Car Parked Petting Parties
KEOKUK Iowa July 19 A death blamed on a farmer Samuel Hurd 46 amid a dispute over petting parties in parked cars near town. Seven sons of prominent families were questioned about a shotgun discharge during the confrontation. A university student named Hurd reportedly demanded money from the group. others including Arthur Crimmin and Morris Dimond were also questioned as a manhunt continued.
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Keokuk
Towa
Samuel Ilard
Sion
Hurd
Doe Grout
Arthur Crimmin
Morris Dimond Clyde Fisher
R. Richmond
Ondin Bowles
Harry Robinson
Parades honor Bridgeport boxing champ Jack Delaney
Thousands packed Bridgeport streets and Seaside Park to celebrate world light heavyweight champion Jack Delaney. Police estimated 1,000 in pandland and 2,000 roadside watchers, as a 430 dollar engraved watch was presented and a fireworks show capped the tribute.
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Bridgeport
Jack Delaney
George E. Crawford
Chamber of Commerce
Julius Caesar
Rome
Gaul
Sedd
Seaside Park
Tts
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Olla
Bears
Ensmann
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Providence
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Yankees
St. Louis
Greate Ince
Chicago
Stooklin
Cincinnati
Tex Rickerd
Fugéay
George Sparling
New England
Magen
Aimee W’pherson
Ormiston
NewspaperHibHve
Jersey Creek
Police
Pittsburg
Youngstown
Nick Nistor
Niston
New Kensington
Hee
Jender
Hoald Amundsen
Paul Smith’s
Sage
de Monzie
Jak Delaney
Champion
Behrens
Main Street
State Street
Parte Avenue
Reaside Park
Dantel E. Johnson
Board of Fire
Jame
Joh J. Farmer
Commo Council
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Lincoln Agehool
James Rawley
Connie Lewitt
Gene Kelly
Jim Bones
Dew Janey
Jacarda
Juillant
Dempsey
Hriday
Berlenbach
Jack
Harvey Hubbell
Citizen’s
Joe and Cal Company
Britzeport
Berlenbich
Perry Memorial Arch
Deliney
Houl Hall
Flo
Maser Ftenena
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