Fatal Covington Hold-Up Fire Smothers 42-Year-Old Executive
William V. Houston 42, divisional gales manager of Crackett Chemical, suffocated in a fire started by a cigarette in his locked Madison road apartment. Firefighters and the Life Saving Squad failed to revive him. He died at the scene after attempts began shortly after 1 o'clock. Funeral services set for Bedford Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William V. Houston
Crackett Chemical Company
Madison Road
Dale Weaver
Harry Holtmann
Houston
Fire Department
Frank Treinan
Lfe
A. S. Poole
Woodburn Avenue
William
Cunningham
Marshal Cunningham
H. R. Drackett
Drackett Chemical Company
Togeth
C. V. Link
Cincinnati Street Railway
Link
George M. Dodd
Bedford
Ind
Hadley Baldwin
Big Four Railroad
Dodd
Senate Debates Tariff Bill Amid Prohibition Tension
Washington January 5. Senate leaders announce a truce on prohibition to allow full debate on the long pending tariff bill as House preparations include the War Department appropriation and a push toward reorganization via a joint Congressional committee. Westerners claim victory in demand that La Follette vacate the Senate Finance Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Follette
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Senate
Congress
Hoover
House
War Department
Administration
Congressional
Belgian Princess Marie Jose Arrives in Rome for Italian Wedding
Princess Marie Jose, fiancée of Crown Prince Humbert, arrives in Rome to a jubilant crowd and royal honors as the wedding to Italy's prince approaches. She is escorted to the Quirinal Palace amid cheers, dressed in white, with Duchess Astrid and Count of Flanders nearby. The day is sunny and mild as cuirassiers welcome the party.
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Rome
Marie Jose
Humbert
Italy
Quirinal Palace
Bert
Piedmont
Duchess of
Brabant
Astrid
Sweden
Prince Charles
Belgium
Count
Flanders
Marie Jess
Exyes
Tragic Utah family slayings shock Davis County home
Delbert Green, 20, confessed to killing his wife and her mother and stepfather at his uncle's Davis County home after a family quarrel. He planned murder and suicide but his gun jammed. three relatives escaped unharmed including his grandmother, sister-in-law, and infant daughter.
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Salt Lake City
Delbert Green
James Green
Davis County
Ogden
Green
Hannah Green
Luis Green
Delbert Ten
Sunday Robbers Relieve Three Victims of Cash
Three men robbed John Harper at a Standard Oil station on Barrows and Madison roads of 125 dollars they forced into a back room with guns and Harper escaped through a window. Edward Curran reported a 21 dollar robbery at Fourth and Vine streets with revolver threats. Abe Levine was struck on the head with a revolver near Reading road and North Crescent avenue. no loss reported though he suffered scalp wounds.
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John Harper
Barrows Street
Standard Oil Company
Brotherton
Madison Roads
Harper
Edward Curran
Grand Hotel
Fourth and Vine Streets
Abe Levine
Reading Road
North Crescent Avenue
Levine
Head of Closed Bank Ends His Own Life
Charles O. Mansfield 70 president of the State Bank of Donnellson shot and killed himself at his home after the bank was closed by the board. His son Paul discovered the body at 9:45 a.m. a pistol lay nearby. Dr. Cary testified Mansfield had been nervous and said he would be better off out of the picture amid a $25,000 policy.
Wagner Warn Against Dodge By Law Board
New York Senator Robert F. Wagner urged the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission to push modification of the prohibition law. He said the issue lies in the law itself and that enforcement turns people into suspects of liquor, with agents acting as judge and executioner. He warned the board not to bow to political pressures.
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New York World News Service
New York
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
United States
Robert F. Wagner
Washington
Wagner
Anti-Saloon League
Hopkins to Fight Maschke for Cleveland City Manager Post
Cleveland City Manager William R. Hopkins vows to resist ouster attempts led by Maurice Maschke and the Republican caucus. Three Republican councilmen delivered an ultimatum to resign or be fired. Hopkins refuses to quit until the Fast Ohio Gas Company rate dispute with the city is resolved.
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Cleveland
William R. Hopkins
Maurice Maschike
Repubican
Hopkins
Ohio Gas Company
John A. Cline
Maschke
Cline
Three Victims Taken For Ride Burned In Ruthless Crime
The body of an unidentified youth, about 20, was found in a burning car along a Cook County road. Police say he was shot in the head, likely during an alcohol shipment interception on the way to Hammond, Indiana. Eighty five gallon containers with caps removed were found in the tonneau. Chicago officials also report cutbacks in city police guards amid gang threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Chicago
Cook County
Detroit
Sergi
Henry Seigel
Hammond
Ind
Tonneau
Bacon versus Shakespeare in a California printshop claim
J Edward Morgan, once called the Nebraska Poet, travels from England to the United States with supposed proof of Francis Bacon as the author of Shakespeare’s plays. He cites acrostics and signature-like decorations in folios as evidence while noting his own aim was to refute Baconian theory.
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Stratford-On-Avon
England
J. Edward Morgan
Nebraska
California
United States
Morgan
Bacon
British, Museum
S. Nc
Francis Bacon
Hubert Hubert Funds To Benefit Scout Groups And Hospitals
New York January 5. Calvin Coolidge Alfred E Smith and Julius Rosenwald select 33 agencies to receive Conrad Hubert’s bequest of 6 to 8 million dollars for public health education and benevolence. Five gifts of 500000 each go to Boy Scouts of America Girl Scouts Provident Hospital Beekman Street Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital New York. The will named three civic trustees to disperse the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Calvin Coolidge
Alfred IE. Smith
Julius Rosenwald
Conrad Hubert
New York City
Boy Scouts of America
Girl Scouts
Provident Hospital
Chicago
Beekman Street
Lower East Side
St. Vincent's Hospital
New York Hospital
Lower West Side
Hubert
Cannes
France
Citi
Gossip links Willebrandt to Borah in prohibition enforcement critique
Washington reports that gossip suggests Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt inspired Senator Borah's attacks on Hoover administration enforcement of liquor laws. The piece notes their shared dry stance, Borah's disdain for patronage, and Willebrandt's public grievances, with continuation promised on page seven.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Senator Borah
Hoover
Department of Justice
Borah
Mr. Hoover
World Court for Tolerance, Says Robinson
Senator Robinson of Arkansas urged adherence to the World Court arguing it fosters tolerance and good will. He said the court offers a dignified agency to contract troubled nations and may reduce reliance on force, though not all disputes will be resolved by it. The United States has signed the revised protocol awaiting Senate ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickersham Group
Philadelphia
Robinson
Arkansas
Rodeph Shalom Sisterhood
Permanent Court of International Justice
United States
The
World Court
Senate
Hoover
Negro editor to challenge DePriest for seat in Illinois
Abbott, Negro editor of the Chicago Defender, said he would be a candidate for the Republican nomination from the First Illinois District in April. He claimed Depriest was his target and cited Charles S. Deneen as a political ally. Deneen was unavailable for comment.
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Chicago
Rober
Abbott
E Chicago Defender
S Aid
Corse
Oscar Depriest
Tha
Iarcemnais
Iliggois
Pria Abbott
Sena Charles
Deneen
Tragedy Ends with Two Funerals in Covington and Norwood
Two men who killed themselves after fatally maiming family members will have funeral rites tomorrow. Bo Watson, 49, taxi owner of Covington, shot his wife Gladys Watson and her niece Geta Schroeder before turning the gun on himself. Alfred Wiegand, 62, of Norwood, wounded his sisters Anna and Susan with a blunt instrument then killed himself. Services for Watson will be at Linneman Funeral Home with burial in Independence Cemetery. Wiegand’s funeral will be at Moeller Funeral Home with burial in Walnut Hills. Special rites and lodge services will be held for Wiegand at the Moeller home tonight by Lincoln Lodge No. 7, Knights of Pythias.
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Bo Watson
Covinton
Gladys Watson
Banklick Street
Covington
Geta Schroeder
Aberdeen Avenue
Linneman
East Eleventh Street
Independence
Alfred Wiegand
Carter Streas Norwood
Anna
Anda
Tome& Few
Moeller
D Mentor Avenues
Norwood
Hugo G. Hisenlohr
St. N'S
Lincoln Lodge No. 7
Knights of
Gangsters Chased From Cincinnati Police Dept Now in Booth Memorial
Gangsters chased from Cincinnati Police Department battle end up in Booth Memorial Hospital as a result of the clash. Police and hospital staff report injuries and ongoing treatment. The incident occurred after a confrontation outside the precinct, with officers pursuing suspects through the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Police Department
Gun Battle in Covington Leaves Two Dead and One Critical
In Covington, gunmen attacked Omer Stubbs’s brother and others. Charles Stubbs, Jerus, and Lawrence Coates were shot during a street confrontation near Washington and Pike. Jerus, 39, and Jerus’s companion Coates, 23, were taken to Booth Memorial Hospital with critical and serious wounds, while Stubbs survived initial exposure but remains gravely injured.
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David Jerus
Jew Bates
Lawrence Coates
Chicago
Cincinnati
Emmett Kirgan
Charles Stubbs
Leonard Street
Covington
Omer C. Stubbs
Jerus
Stubbs
Coates
American Missionary Slain in East Africa
Hilda Stumpf, 63, an American missionary in Kenya Colony for 22 years, was found dead in her Kujabe mission cottage. Death appears to be suffocation with signs of an attack. police search nearby villages. Stumpf belonged to the African Inland Mission of America.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Hilda Stumpf
Kenya
Kujabe
Mistress Stumpf
Mission of America
Coast Guard Craft Exemption Sought For New York Show Boat
Edward A. Hodge of American Car and Foundry asks Capt. Randolph Ridgley for a non firing clearance for a motor boat arriving January 6. The request aims to spare the vessel from gunfire while in outer New York Bay en route to the motor boat show, citing safety and careful handling.
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Speedy Motor Boat
New York
Coast Guard
New York World News Service
Edward A. Hodge
American Car and Foundry Company
Stonewall Jackson
Barbara Frietchie
Jackson
Mr. Hodge
Randolph Ridgley
Barbara
Hodge
Despondent man shoots self in basement tragedy
Walter Wood 47 of College Hill ended his life Sunday afternoon by firing a shotgun slug into his heart after a period of misery following the deaths of his brothers Fred and John. Local family members found him in the basement with a yardstick nearby and a gaping chest wound. Coroner Frederick C. Swing investigated.
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Fred
John
Walter Wood
Marlowe Avenue
College Hill
John S. Wood
Frank Hailer
Spot Welder
Blanche Wood
Wood
Eller
Walter
L Eiler
Frederick C. Swing
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Bacon VS. Shakespeare
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Avon Bard
Wade Werner
Associated Press Feature Service
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Coolidge
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Zens
Bankers’ Trust Company
C. Bertram Plante
Mr. Borah
World Court For Tolerance
Depriest
Worrom
Sisters of
Booth Memorial Hospital
Omer Stubbs
Washington Street
Sixth
Pike Streets
Gangsters Beach Hospital
Vendome Hotel
Ninth and
Washington Streets
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York Street
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Sixth Streets
Charles Hartman
East Africa
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