Defense to Try to Show Prisoner Has Delusions
Russell T. Scott, convicted murderer, faced a sanity hearing in Chicago as alienists prepare reports on whether he became insane since his December conviction. Defense argues delusions of persecution while prosecutors note no insanity findings in prior appeals. Jury seated quickly as judge aims to finish the matter within the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Russell T. Scott
Joseph Maurer
Ehllows
Scott
Joseph B. David
Thomas Scott
Maurer
W.S. Stewart
David
Supreme Court
Mr. Stewart
W. A. Rittenhouse
Detroit
Jacob Maurer
Girl 12 Rescues Father Stricken While Bathing
In Keansburg New Jersey on August 3 1931 twelve year old Jean Nicholas aided her 170 pound father Frederick in the water for nearly five minutes after cramps struck him. The pair were swimming near lifeguards when the girl swam to his chin and kept his head above water until a lifeguard arrived.
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New York World News Service
Keansburg
N. J
Frederick Nicholas
Jean
Nicholas
Room for rent turns quick cash in local ad column
A local advertiser used the Classified Ad page to spread word of a room for rent. The room was quickly rented to a young city resident after the ad appeared in The Commercial Tribune. Call Canal 6300 for ad space.
Autoists Who Kill Must Sit In Morgue With Body
Indianapolis officials unveil a vigil as punishment for deadly driving. Any motorist who kills a pedestrian or another driver through carelessness or intoxication would sit in the morgue with the victim for an hour. Chief Rik Hoff and Deputy Coroner Dr Deppers back the plan as a deterrent to reckless operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Span Ag
Indianapolis
Rikhoff
Deppers
Gardener wills brain to Cornell for study
Helen H. Gardener widow of Col Seldon A Day and the sole woman on the Civil Service Commission dies at 72 in Washington Her will leaves her brain to Cornell for medical study and directs cremation if unsuitable She names Dr Robert Y Sullivan to remove the brain and asks no religious service with farewell to be spoken by Carrie Chapman Catt Maude Wood Park and friends ministers only requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Washington
Helen H. Gardener
Alice C. Day
Civil Service Commission
Cornell University
Womer
Carrie Chapman Catt
Maude Wood Park
Hailstones Big as Eggs Strike Three Counties
Hailstones as large as hen eggs fell across three counties causing 750 to 1,000 acres of tobacco losses and over 100000 dollars in white barley crop damage. Corn and other crops suffered but less severely. The storm lasted about thirty minutes and some stones remained on the ground for more than three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Iniianapolis
Arkles
Freak storm drops hail and frost near Amberg, Wis
Snow covered several square miles around Amberg forty eight miles northwest of Marinette. Advices say the freak storm was followed by hail that leveled grain and stripped green corn to the stalks.
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Marinette
Wis
Amberg
E R Padgett Former Cincinnati Editor Dies at 43
Edward Riddell Padgett Sunday editor of the Baltimore Sun died at his home aged 43 from heart disease believed caused by over exertion during swimming earlier in the day. Born in Washington he worked at the Cincinnati Enquirer and later edited the Washington Star the Baltimore American and other papers. He is survived by his widow and one son.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Edward Riddell ‘Padgett
Baltimore Sun
Padgett
Washington
St. John College
Annapolis
University of Pennsylvania
Cincinnat
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Trait’ News
Washington Star
Baltimore American
People Revolt Sparks Fatal Battle in Province
A clash over tax confiscations by officials escalated as rebels killed and wounded dozens in the province. Citizens attacked authorities and demanded redress for government misdeeds amid mounting unrest.
Italy in discontent under rising prices and Fascist violence
Reports from Chiasso describe widespread anger over bread and macaroni price hikes linked to Volpi's grain policy. The piece notes renewed Fascist violence, suppression of opposition papers, and concern that Mussolini’s regime lacks a path to compromise while the lira wobble intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Chiasso
Italy
Volpi
United States
Papal
Coservatore Romano
Mussolini
Thea
Matteoti
Z Fascimo
Corriere de la Sera
Gioliti
Turin
Stampa
N. Y
Four Die as Mob Attacks Italian Officials Over Food Prices
In Cosenza at San Giovanni a mob of about 200 stormed municipal buildings during a protest over food costs. Police fired into the crowd, causing casualties including four dead and fifteen wounded among women and men.
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Associated Press
Cosenza
Italy
San Giovanni
Rev. D. W. Rhodes Dies After Brief Illness
The Rev. Dudley Ward Rhodes former rector of St. Pauls Cathedral and Church of Our Savior died last night in his Auburndale apartment after a brief illness. Born in 1849 at Marietta Ohio he graduated from Cornell and Philadelphia Divinity School. He served multiple churches including St. Paul Minn and retired in 1908. He was a national church leader and a Kenyon College trustee. Survived by widow Jennie and three children.
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Dudley Ward Rhodes
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
Church of Our Savior
Auburndale
Mt. Auburn
Rhodes
Lst
Episcopal
Mr. Rhodes
Marietta
Cornell University
Philadelphia Divinity School
St. Paul's
Church of St. John the Evangelist, St. Paul, Minn
National Assembly
Kenyon College
Jennie Rhodes
Goodrich D. Rhodes
F. R. Rhodes
W. E. Bahiman
Miss Stallman Death Investigated as Possible Suicide
Coroner and relatives in Cincinnati dispute murder claims after Miss Cora Stallman, a former Cincinnati teacher, was found dead in a cistern on Mrs. Anna Seaman’s farm. Seaman and husband insist suicide due to dementia, with notes written by Stallman herself. Burial was at Spring Grove Cemetery after services at Mack Johnson.
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Mattoon
Ill
Shilling
Cora Stallman
Cincinnati
Anna Seaman
Miss Stallman
the Commercial Tribune
Seaman
Anthracite Operators Set to Keep Spokesmen Despite Push
John L. Lewis signals a September 1 walkout to press wage demands in the anthracite fields. Warriner replies that the operators’ subcommittee is fully authorized to negotiate, while Lewis and leaders press for changes in personnel and continued operation until August 31.
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Warriner
Lewis
Philadelphia
Samuel D. Warriner
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mine Owners’ Subcommittee
Mr. Warriner
W. J. Richards
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Corporation
Atlantic City
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Anthracite Operators’ Conference
Anastasia Vanishes From Berlin as Mock Royal Tale Spirals
In Berlin a purported Grand Duchess Anastasia vanishes after a royal visit with police and local officials recounting the tale. Gruenberg and his wife, duped by Fraulein Anna, face public scrutiny as Russian monarchists question the claim and a new claimant, claiming to be Grand Duchess Olga, surfaces.
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Anastasia
Berlin
Olga
Gruenberg
Romanoffs
Frau Gesell
Gruenberg’s
Frauleinna
Fraulein Anna
N. Y
Identity Clash Grows Over Corp Lab Mass Body
In Martinez California relatives claim the charred body from the Pacific Cellulose plant lab is Charles Henry Schwartz the inventor but officials doubt identification and seek a Portuguese itinerant as the deceased. Sheriff and investigators search for Schwartz amid murder suspicions as two women report seeing a man flee the plant.
Sheriff Opens Hunt for Schwartz in Lab Explosion
San Francisco August 3 Sheriff Veale began a search for Henry Schwartz vice president and general manager of the Pacific Cellulose Company after a laboratory blast near Walnut Creek. A dental expert testifying on a charred body said the remains are not Schwartz, noting tooth differences. The investigation notes Schwartz carried $180000 life insurance and a local claim of murder is raised by Tinning quoted by the San Francisco Examiner.
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Schwartz
Associated Press
San Francisco
Henry Schwartz
Pacific Cellulose Company
Walnut Creek
Veale
A. J. Nielson
Lfe
The
San Francisco Examiner
Tinning
Woman seeks birth parents in long forgotten Missouri kidnapping tale
Mrs. Belle Cullison of Oklahoma City says she was abducted as a two year old near Springfield Missouri in 1897 by a man named H N Wilson who took her to Pontiac Michigan. She says he confessed on his deathbed ten years ago and she later married Dr. Cullison. Police in Springfield doubt her parents survive.
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Oklahoma City
Belle Cullison
Springfield
Pontiac
Mich
Cullison
Baltimore
Joseph Secord
Phonograph Provides Lau Funeral Orations and Guest List
Charles W. Lau, a wealthy retired farmer of Davenport Iowa, held funeral services this afternoon with his own two phonograph prepared orations played at the home and crematorium. He left a list of friends to attend and excluded all others while musical selections he chose were also played on the phonograph.
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Davenport
Iowa
Charles W. Lau
Lau
Man Believed Missing After Jump From Steamer Island Belle
A 48 year old man named Her man Massel, proprietor of a snow repair shop in Avondale, jumped from the upper deck of the Steamer Island Belle near Tacoma Beach Dayton Ky and is believed drowned. A coat found on deck led police to identify him as Massel. Witnesses say the body did not resurface. Police found tissue bearing the address 633 Richmond street and a scratched Massel name on a comb. Mrs Massel confirmed his identity noting he left home at 6 am and could not be reached by phone. The Massels have seven children aged 5 to 16.
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Kinney
Miss Stallman
Herman Massel
Richmond Street
Prospect Place
Avondale
Ohio River
Tacoma Beach
Dayton
Arata
Carney
Asse
W. H. Boughman
Wis Stromes
East Fourth Street
Coomer
Broadway
Tritschler and
Rudd
Trits
Singer Clark Dies at Theater in Chicago
Charles William Clark a 59 year old baritone concert singer died suddenly at a motion picture theater. His wife Jessie Baker died at home shortly after the shock. Clark suffered a paralytic stroke and had a long career including with Theodore Thomas Orchestra and tours in Europe and America.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles William Clark
Clark
van Wert
Methodist College
Fort Wayne
London
Jessie Baker
Theodore Thomas
Europe
America
National Conservatoire
Aviators Answer SOS Search For Downed Plane Near Pittsburgh
Dayton August 3 A long SOS spurred Lt H H Bartron and civilian G A Pfister from Wright Field to join a search for Lt D C Nutt whose DeHavilandDeveloping plane is missing after ignition trouble forced a forced landing over Pennsylvania. The two relief men carry tools and ignition parts and intend to repair once the location is found. They do not know Nutt's exact position beyond near Pittsburgh.
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Dayton, O
H. H. Bartron
Wilbur Wright
Flyer
Field
Pittsburgh
D. C. Nutt
Wright Field
Nutt
Dayton
Points East
DeHaviland
Pennsylvania
Automobile Bandits Rob James Gillis in East Liverpool
Two thieves stopped James Gillis in East Liverpool Ohio robbed him of 29 dollars then gave back 30 cents claiming it for warfare. The incident occurred on August 2 and local authorities began an investigation into the robbery.
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East Liverpool
James Gillis
Greece readies troops for Bulgaria border clash
Reports say Greece has sent two regiments to the frontier and drafted an ultimatum to Bulgaria over the Stanimaka murder. If Bulgaria rejects reparations, Athens may move troops three miles into Bulgarian territory and seek a League of Nations response.
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Paris
Athens
Greece
Bulgaria
M. Ficolaides
Stanimaka
League of Nations
Nicolaides
Balkan
M. Nicolaides
Legation
le Temps
Sofia
Greece may appeal to League if ultimatum fails
Greek delegate Vassili Dendramis said Greece could ask the League of Nations for action after Bulgaria assassination of Greek citizens. He spoke by telephone from Berne where he is minister. League officials had no information on the situation tonight.
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Greece
League
Geneva
Bulgaria
Vassili Dendramis
League of Nations
Berne
M. Dendramis
Athens
Sofia
Court identified as slayer of cop in Drake Hotel hold up
The body of Wrex Court, one of the robbers killed while attempting to rob the Drake Hotel, was identified as the man who shot Policeman McGovern weeks earlier. McGovern protected a theater cashier en route to a North Side bank, was fatally shot when attackers leaped from an automobile and took several thousand dollars.
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Drake Hotel
Associated Press
Chicago
Suspect Believed Drake Hotel Bandit Linked to Allegan Arrest
A man matching William Mellineschuck Mullenbach the missing Drake Hotel hold up participant was arrested in Allegan Michigan. Chicago police sent photographs and Bertillon measurements. the suspect’s tattoo on the left hand differs from the Drake robber’s right hand mark, but the description tallies with Allegan police notes.
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Drake Hotel
Chicago
William Mellneschuck
Mullenbach
Allegan
Mich
Melineschuck
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