Diary Tells Of Torture And Death Of 3 Year Old
A diary found on Robert H. Pitts's person details the torture and death of his three year old daughter Mary Magdalen Pitts in Greenup Kentucky. Pitts and housekeeper Marie Frazer are charged jointly. Each blames the other as investigators prepare a special grand jury.
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Ees
Hite
the Commercial Tribune
Sei Inchester
Robert H. Pitts
Greenup
Winchester
J. J. Hammond
de Pitts
Marie Frazer
Mary Magdalen Pitts
Spair
Ixd Tinsley
Pitts
Frazer
W. €. Halbert
Vanceburg
Ford plans air trip to Brazilian rubber plantation
Henry Ford, at Madison Square Garden, announced plans to travel to a Ford rubber plantation on the Amazon by airplane this year. He hinted at a summer trip to Ireland and will host Edison during a three day New York visit, while praising aviation and noting two types of planes under development at Ford.
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FORD
New York
Henry Ford
Madison Square Garden
South America
Ford Company
Amazon
Ireland
Thomas A. Edison
West Orange
N. J
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico City
Admiral Magruder Paid Officers for Naval Data
Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder testified before the Naval Committee that he paid several junior naval officers for information used in his articles alleging waste and over organization in Navy administration. He said he consulted junior submarine and destroyer officers for technical details and opposed a separate Department of National Defense while denying he claimed the Navy wasted 100 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Thomas P. Magruder
Oase Naval Committee
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Updike
Rep
Ind
Juunior
Magruder
Department of National Defense
Seattle chosen for next American Bar Association meeting
New Orleans selected Seattle to host the American Bar Association annual meeting. The Washington city was picked by the Executive Committee in session here, with dates set for July 23 to 28.
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New Orleans
Seattle
American Ais Bar Orlean
Washington City
Million from Wet at Alfred Dupont Divorce Case
Mrs Mary Ball alleges in a divorce answer that her husband Thomas Ball was alienated by his wealthy sisters in law Mrs Jesse Ball du Pont and Mrs Elsie Ball Wright. She asserts a conspiracy to separate them after a car crash left Ball weakened and cites Alfred I du Pont’s vast wealth and control of millions. Ball seeks damages for alienation of affections and accuses Wright of living in an expensive Baltimore home provided by her sister.
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Los Angeles
Inlaw
Jesse Ball du Pont
Elsie Ball Wright
Thomas Ball
Mary Ball
Ball
Padlock On Castle Farm Sealed Over Prohibition Charges
The United States filed a padlock suit in federal court against Castle Farm owned by Albert J. Marshall alleging knowledge of liquor being brought into the venue. Prohibition agents described underage drinking and patrons consuming alcohol along with staff, while Marshall denied courtroom charges after eleven years in the amusement business.
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Castle Farm
America
United States
Albert J. (Toots) Marshall
Haroth E. May
United States District
Don S. White
White
Surety Sues to Block Distribution of Imogene Remus Estate
The Nethern Surety Company of Iowa filed in Probate Court to stop any distribution of Imogene Remus’s estate and protect itself from a possible claim by Motlow’s bond. It seeks to preserve assets for indemnity if Motlow’s $90,000 claim against the distillery bond is upheld, arguing Mrs Remus assumed $180,000 liability. Assets listed total about $639,469, including cash, savings, Lincoln Bank accounts, and Liberty bonds.
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Surety Company
Imogene Remus
George Remus
Ruth
Nethern Surety Company
Iowa Corporation
William Thorndyke
Ralph Becker
Lueders
Graice Campbell
Remus
Jack Daniels Distilling Company
San Motlow
St. Louis
Don H. Robinson
M. J. Whalen
Morris Martin
Motlow
Young Hamilton thief killed in skating pavilion robbery
Wiley Wells, 17, of 2121 Grand boulevard, was shot dead by watchman James B. Craig at the Orange and Black Skating Pavilion near Middletown during a 3 a.m. break in. Wells and two accomplices had been stripping watches from punchboards and stealing an automobile. A second youth, Wilgus Williams, 17, helped move Wells’s body to summon help. The incident follows another fatal skating rink robbery nearby three weeks earlier.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Wiley Wells
Grand Boulevard
Middletown
James B. Craig
Wells
Wilgus Williams
Twelfth Street
George Sloneker
Conley Powell
See Avenue
J. S. George
Oxford
Williams
Hamilton
Earl Nelson
Earl Gingerich
Four Simultaneous Fires Heavy Loss Across City
Four fires broke out across the city causing an estimated 146000 in damage. The largest blaze at 907 Main street for C and D Auto Supply caused 125000 with nine firefighters injured or overcome by smoke. Police protected areas as traffic rerouted and the fire crews battled the flames.
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Main Street
East Front Street
Mason Street
Mt. Auburn
Cheviot
Edward Shearwood
Krohn-Fechheimer
Shearwood
Clifford Luxemberger
Colerain Avenue
John Grant
Ibsen Avenue
Andrew Jansen
Esmonde Avenue
Albert Taylor
Hawkins Street
Carl Woods
Stanley Avenue
George Kleinschmidt
Vine Street
Frank Koppenhoefer
Warsaw Avenue
Thomas W. Curran
Belvedere Avenue
Earl Puckett
Wilder Avenue
Charles Fischer
Cervera Street
General Hospital
C. and D. Auto Supply Company
Marines Send Over a Thousand Reinforcements to Nicaragua
Washington reports more than 1,000 Marine reinforcements embark for Nicaragua to aid against Augusto Sandino. Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune leads 300 from Charleston aboard Trenton Raleigh and Milwaukee while 492 sail from San Diego and 450 depart Norfolk on Nitro and Oglala. Lejeune plans a brief on site study and possible inland inspection.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
John A. Lejeune
Marine Corps
Logan Feland
Charleston
S. C
Trenton
Raleigh
Milwaukee
San Diego
Nitro
Oglala
Norfolk
Lejeune
Quilalf
Kidnapped American Fights Back Escapes After Bandit Raid
An American engineer and a Mexican servant recount being held by bandits in Mexico. After laming guards with rocks and a bottle of cognac, they kill four bandits and flee under cover of darkness. The ordeal left the engineer exhausted and aged beyond his years.
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Mexico City
Lyman F. Barber
Los Angeles
Barber
Pedro
Coolidge Plan for S-4 Inquiry Faces Senate Opposition
The administration seeks a presidential commission to probe the S-4 submarine disaster while the Senate Naval Committee delays action. Democrats Swanson and Walsh voice opposition to bypassing Senate inquiry and urge a traditional committee investigation, citing past naval oversight as constructive. President Hale and Senator Shortridge push for a commission with $20,000 funding as King petitions for broader inquiry into naval disasters.
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Coolidge
Senate
Naval Commission
Washington
House
Senate Naval Committee
Thursay
Swanson
Virginia
Walsh
Massachusetts
Wilbur
Congress
Department of Justice
Harry M. Daugherty
Hale
Shortridge
Rep
Cal
King
Dem
Utah
Naval Committee
21 Miners Die In Coal Pit Blast In Ohio Field
A coal pit blast in an Ohio field kills 21 miners, leaves 9 missing, and 8 rescued. The disaster draws attention as administration tariff debate continues in Washington with McMaster urging a general import reduction and Smoot defending existing rates.
Governor Delays Decision On Snyder Gray Stay Of Execution
New York January reports Gov. Smith declines to announce a ruling on the stay request for Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, awaiting “good and ready” moment. The couple faces the electric chair Thursday for the murder of Snyder’s husband. Mrs. Snyder’s mother, Josephine Brown, allegedly smuggled messages from prison, prompting extra guards and a tense custody scene at Sing Sing.
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New York
Supreme Court to Inquire Into Wire Tapping in Prohibition Enforceme
The Supreme Court reversed a prior stance and announced a sweeping inquiry into wire tapping in prohibition enforcement. It will examine whether evidence from private telephone listening can be used in prosecutions without violating defendants rights. Three Seattle cases arose from ninety defendants charged with conspiracy to violate prohibition laws.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Seattle
Wash
Prohibition
New York Harbor
Lowman
The
Treasury
LaGuardia
Rep
Explosion Occurs Near Shaft Workings
An explosion occurred about 600 feet from the shaft bottom to the workings. No injuries are reported and investigators are examining the site for cause and safety improvements. Local miners and supervisors are coordinating access for assessment and repairs.
Tragedy at West Frankfort Mine Kills 21, 9 Missing
A gas explosion at Industrial Coal Mine No. 18 in West Frankfort Illinois kills twenty one workers and leaves nine missing. Rescue teams recover three bodies within five hours as smoke hampered efforts. eight miners survive including Reed Hamlin and Strausz who shielded others.
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West Frankfort
Industrial Coal Company
Carl Jones
David McPhail
Walter Graves
Ed Dodd
Co. M. Dusger
Albert Jones
Kelly Lawrence
George Carter
George Mahier
B. Tanner
Neely Hall
Andy White
Leonard Smith
Paul Kays
Ray Farrell
John Mitchell
Lloyd Bradley
Orval Simons
Gerald Day
Benton
Aubra Stone
Marion
Bill Reed
Alex Hamlin
Tony Strausz
Charles Peebles
Will Allen
Ruel Parks
Charles Mitchell
James Bean
Reed
Hamlin
Strausz
W. E. Wade
Donahey Names Luebbers Succeed Yeatman On Court
Gov. Donahey appointed A. L. Luebbers by press dispatch to fill the Municipal Court seat vacated when Judge W. Meredith Yeatman resigned to join the City Council. Luebbers, previously defeated in a prior bid for the same judgeship, was confirmed.
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A. L. Luebbers
W. Meredith Yeatman
The
Commercial Tribune
Associated Press
Columbus
Donahey
Luebbers
Yeatman
City Health Dept Faces Cuts As Panel Weighs 12000 Addl Funds
The Finance Committee will recommend a further 12000 dollar appropriation for the Health Department after Health Commissioner W H Peters testified that the department faces curtailments without more money.
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City Council
Health Department
W. H. Peters
Coverson Executed for Cincinnati Policeman Murder
John Coverson a Cincinnati Negro was put to death in the electric chair at the Ohio Penitentiary at 7 37 p m for the murder of a Cincinnati policeman last May A final appeal to the Governor by his mother Mrs Anna McCloud was denied after the Clemency Board advised the court’s decision be carried out Coverson appeared calm as he entered the death chamber and prayed aloud before the mask was placed over his face His last words were for his mother Two minutes after the current was turned on he was pronounced dead by penitentiary physicians Relatives including his sister were in an ante room during the execution
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Columbus
John Coverson
Cincinnati
Ohio Penitentiary
Anna McCloud
Coverson
Seventeen year old slayer Floyd Hewitt to be buried in Conneaut
Floyd Hewitt who was electrocuted at the Ohio Penitentiary last Friday will be buried in Conneaut on Wednesday. Services will be held at his sister Mrs. Laura Irish home with Dr. Ralph Davis of Broad Street M E Church Columbus officiating.
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Conneaut
Floyd Hewitt
Ohio Penitentiary
Laura Irish
Ralph Davis
Broad Street M. E
Columbus
Segoe's Resignation Question Hinges on Seasongood Report
City Planning Commission engineer L. Segoe faces possible resignation over alleged unethical practices. Mayor Seasongood and H. J. Pfeister head a committee to probe charges from the Cincinnati Practicing Engineers' Association after Segoe admitted the dispute involving a private subdivision map and related fees.
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Segoe
Seasongood and
Pfeister
L. Segoe
City Planning Commission
Seasongood
H. J. Pfeister
Cincinnati Practicing Engineers’ Association
Houston Coates
Col. Sherrill
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Homse Neary Greenup
House Committee
Alfred Dupont
U. S
Albert J. Marshall
Marshall
Astothe
Sprety Company
Watchman
C. & D. Auto Supply Co
Marshal
Feland
Atlantic
West
Ohio Coalfield
Smoot
Regime
Hayes
Jan
McMaster
S. D
South Dakota
Smott
South Dakotan
Avernor
Snyder-Gray
Fsicaavad Baass Geed
Smocot
Supreme Federal Tribunal
Parker
Leonard N. Freson
Mitchell Avenue
Fresen
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