Prison Fire Contained as Convicts Feud Looms
Canon City Colorado February 1 guardsmen and penitentiary guards held back a potential breakout while firemen mastered a blaze in the tailor shop of the Colorado State Penitentiary. Four convicts were injured, none seriously, amid ongoing fears of a renewed riot tied to the October mutiny that claimed 13 lives. Investigators say the fire may have been set by convicts but no escape was possible.
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Canon City
Colo
Westeen Walle
Colorado Atate Penitentiary
Francis E. Crawford
Canclia
Furing
William Green
Danny Brardon
Ann Pier
Seager
Fremen
Ocderiyee Haat
Blane
Prise Orgs
Crowder
Paxistant Ettore
Robert EK
Win- Dewra
Rich Banker Indicted On Charges of Graft
A wealthy Michigan banker Otto Sachse, longtime city figure, was indicted on graft charges for allegedly soliciting 15 500 dollars from the board of education. He faced tie up in a 23 500 land deal and a 617 000 school project as context, with claims of a playground extension.
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Mich
Fed
Megay
Ty Board of Eduction
Tes
Otto Sachse
Dell
Mit ‘Press
Sachse
Grundy Chides Foes in Senate for Tariff Talk
In Washington on Feb 1 Senator Grundy Republican Pennsylvania snapped at critics during a heated Senate discussion about tariff bills. He acknowledged a year old impromptu speech, saying he could not recall specifics but supported the substance as read by Senator Blaine Wisconsin. He noted the exchange justified the Wisconsin readback and hinted at possible references to the president.
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Washington
Senate
Grundy
Pennsylvania
Blaine
Hoover
Biniie
Harrison
Senater
Wisconsin
The
United
Shiner Smoked Out of Hole Reveals Rare Cache to Cops
Reporters describe a complex underground find amid a fire and police stakeouts in Shiner. Detectives uncover a hidden tunnel beneath a cement floor, releasing smoke and exposing Walter Remedy of Kanawha City as the man emerging from the trap. The incident unfolds with multiple officers and fire personnel coordinating as Page 4 continues.
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Shiner
Hole
Sapwtery
Page Vause
Abia Cohen
Thas Lergest
Kanawha Siver Bank
Tom Whee McCorkls
Avenas
Remein
Potloce
John Britt
Lexington
Wimion
Claude Baldwn
Wallace Bing
L. Youell
Ike
Walter Remedy
Kanawha City
Elslung
Gypsum Tariff Battle Fails to Pass Senate
In Washington a tariff proposal on crude gypsum failed, with nine votes for keeping the duty and gypsum remaining duty free at 1 ton. The Senate kept the flat rate on crude gypsum while rejecting increases for calcined gypsum. Senator Walsh led the 47 to 17 vote to retain the existing levy, with Copeland seeking protection and Barkley proposing a cut. The debate cited Canadian and Mexican imports and a gypsum company claim of profit from cross-border mining.
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Washington
Fet
Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
DH. Oliver
Copeland
New York
Barkley
Kentucky
United Sates
New Yorker
Canada
Benator Blaine
Republican
Wisconsin
Prrson
Cement Arrives For Ramp Repair
A rail yard of cement arrived in Charleston for a joint project by Dravo Construction and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to repair the condemned Pamenger Station ramp. City experts favored grout pumping at an estimated 85,000, higher than the ramp’s original cost. decision on the method and shared expense awaits council and expert verdict.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Pamenger
Dravo Company
Werth
Yeater
Jones Predicts Vote Will Aid Prohibition Law
Senator Jones of Washington predicts any congressional vote will strengthen the Volstead act and enforcement. Representative Lehrbach of New Jersey arraigns the eighteenth amendment. Fort argues the act allows home brewing. Debate centers on penalties, enforcement, and potential amendments as Caraway and Butler weigh in.
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Congress
House of Representatives
New York
Alfred E. Smith
House Judiciary Committee
Beglon
Amlth
Center
Gov. Athert
Ruehle
Maryland
James W. Wedsworth
Washington
Jones
House
Lehrbach
New Jersey
Fort
Fehliback
Volea
Capitol Hill
Benator Jones
Lehrbech
Arkansas
Hoover
Smedley Butler
Marine Corps
Broakhart
Re~ Publican
Iowa
Pew
Princess Xenia Divorced From Tin Plate King Heir
Princess Xenia of Russia and Wie tinng it Leeds jr were married in Paris nearly nine years ago and were granted an interlocutory decree of divorce by Supreme Court Justice Selah B. Strang in Huntington Lang Island. The decree was based on findings by referee Percy L. M toddari, and the grounds for the action were not made clear.
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NEW Worm
Xenia
Russia
Wietinng
Leeds, Jr
Parle
Huntington
Lang Island
Supreme Court
Selah B. Strang
Mrn Elie
Kown
Maathe Bitong
Percy L. Mtoddari
Moron testimony ends as Crabtree murder trial nears finish
Walter Crabtree on trial for the December fatal shooting of Justico Pesce and HL Carter Inskeep faced defense psychiatrist Dr Edd ward M White who described him as moronic with a form of insanity. Court adjourned until Monday for the expected final day of testimony.
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Romney
Walter Crabtree
Justico
Pesce HL
Carter
Eddward M. White
Allegarry County
Maryland
Mente Hospital
Crabtree
Itn
Sas Llon Sud
Crou
BL. Luttrell
Luttrell
Ben E. Miller
Edward Woolford
Miller
Sian
Dudley Crabtree
Drother
Walter
Pial Witnewes
Groundhog Keeps Silent as Predictions Hover
A comical 1919 style blurb notes Groundhog Grandpep at Baker's Fork, photographed by Leonard Wendell Mosby staff photographer. The piece hints at a shadow sighting or lack thereof, forecasting a six week window of weather and seasonal mood before the Ides of March with a tongue in cheek tone.
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Grand Pip
Leonard Wendell Mosby
Grand
Dake Glace
Baker's Fork
Reierge
Hie Hole
Bro
Tony
United States
Jury Convicts 2 Ex-Cops For Killing Miner
Franklin Pa February 1 Walter Lyster and Harold Watts were convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of miner John Borowski. Prank Slapt was acquitted. The case arose from an alleged beating while the three officers from Pittsburgh Coal Company were on duty. Sentences may range one to two years with motions for new trials filed.
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Franklin
Walter v. Lyster
Harold A. Watts
John Borowski
Fortier
Pittsburgh Coal Company
William MM. Parker
Grapikas
Vernongo County
Allegheny
Lyster
Watts
Siaplkan
Allegheny County
Barkowski
Bia
Walts
John Patterson
Berkowaski
Couzens' Daughter Elopes and Weds in Baltimore
Michigan Senator James Couzens rushes home from the capitol after learning his daughter Margaret 19 eloped with William J. Chewning a Washington bank employee and wed at Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Mount Washington Baltimore. The ceremony followed a dispensation from Archbishop Curley as the bride is Catholic and the groom Episcopal.
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Baltimore
Margaret Cousena
James Couzens
Detroit
William Jeffries Chewning
Washington
Episcopal Church
Curley
Misa Couren
Belvedere Hotel
Marshall Joes
Mount Washington
Jones
Mout Washington
Birs. J. M. Jones
Charles Long
Harrison Bates
Randolph Clement Bell
Couzens
Michigan
Capitol
Margaret
Tie Daughter
Ale
Mia
Couzeny
William J. Chewning
Sean
Two Miners Die In Slate Fall At Crab Orchard Mine
Beckley dispatch reports two miners Lloyd Hunt aged 22 and Cecil Snuffer aged 24 killed in a slate fall at the Crab Orchard Mine of the Crab Orchard Smokeless Coal company six miles from Beckley. Bodies removed to Beckley for burial preparations.
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Beckley
Feb
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Smokeless Coal Company
Lloyd Hunt
Cecil @ Snuffer
Britain Drops Two Cruisers From Naval Plan
Britain cancels two 10,000 ton cruisers Northumberland and Surrey, plus two smaller ships, from 1930 building plans amid naval disarmament talks. Delegates at London conference pause negotiations. Stimson and others visit Prime Minister MacDonald, while French Premier Tardieu tours England.
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Britain
London
A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Northumberland
Surrey
Alexander
MacDonald
Washington
Lgram
Pdm Gram
Pyieicenk Hag
Plasia
Lence
Egein
Mideasies
Jurist's Trial Nearing Jury
AUSTIN Feb 1 Tead Mony concluded in the Brady murder trial of Miss Lenila Highsmith. The court adjourned to await the judge's charge and final arguments before the jury. One rebuttal witness testified Brady was very drunk the night of Nov 9. Brady's wife knew of his relations with the 26 year old stenographer at the state capitol. The defense urged insanity, while state witnesses argued sane knowledge of right and wrong.
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Austin
Tex
Tead
John W. Brady
Misa Lenila Highsmith
Civil Court of Appeal
Fudge
Brady
Mise Highsmith
State Capitol
J. M. Loving
Student Shoots Athletic Coach in Kentucky Incident
Stanton Ky February report says 16 year old student Hel eeade Hart is charged with malicious shooting after an argument over basketball admission left Ernest Byrd, coach at Stanton academy, critically wounded. Hart gave a brief account to his father, superintendent J A Rare, as Byrd fights for life.
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Stanton
Heleeade Hart
Winchester
Ernest Byrd
Stanton Academy
Byrd
Hart
J. A. Rare
Stanton Brick Company
Coch Byrd
Local Ministers Deny Schafer Resolutions on Wine
Charleston ministers angrily denied a report that the Charleston Ministerial Association adopted resolutions accusing Christ of endorsing wine for wedding feasts and criticizing Prohibition. An antidavit confirmed the ad framed by anti prohibitionists in a February 1928 newspaper ad. No official action or record supported the claim.
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William H. Magennis
Charleston Ministeris Association
Tlon
Christ
Congress
Schafer
Wisconsin
Clarence Kemper
C. H. Harrington
John Gass
R. W. Lilley
W. V. Mallifieu
O. M. Pal
Alu
Charleston
Ats Sub
Yagreb
BO Peropie
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William Wi
Leeds
Says Crabtree
Groundhog
Gerettate
Grandpep
Coal and Iron
Tardieu
Paris
Mente i Stimson
Charles Frenche
Adarom
David A. Reed
Jomph D. Bobneog
Dwight W. Morrow
Hugh
Gttaqm
Charles
G. Dawes
Aioka
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Stinson
Tardle
France
Pepn
Jordans
Burke
Disraeli
Secratary Buruon
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