Poison Clue Deepens Mystery In Brown County Murder
Mrs Mayme Mc Gee 30 wife of Louis Mc Gee 51 Mt Crab was poisoned before a fatal stabbing. A stomach analysis by Langdon Meyer Labs Cincinnati found deadly poison. Husband Louis Mc Gee arrested. Harry Cummings released on bond as material witness. Investigators weigh poisoning and stabbing with alibis amid a murky motive.
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Ohio
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Cincinnati
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John McCullum
Brown County
Harry Cummings
Crab
Ford Picture Daubed in libel Trial Over Jewish Conspiracy
Detroit March 16 A colored painting by Henry Ford depicted a Jewish combine reaching into farmers pockets and world affairs Gallagher counsel for Aaron Sapiro told jurors in his opening statement Sapiro sues Ford for 1 million dollars charging libel He denied knowledge of any conspiracy or Bolshevik influence and said Sapiro worked only in cooperative marketing efforts The judge adjourned with more points to be argued on the next page
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Detroit
Mich
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Dearborn
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Russia
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Ohio Coal Operators Announce April 1 Mine Closures
Cleveland March 16 Ohio coal mines will close on April 1 after a unanimous directors meeting of the Ohio Coal Operators Association. The Jacksonville agreement paying miners 7.50 dollars daily expires that day, and operators say they will strike if workers refuse to renew a competitive wage. They contrast with Pennsylvania where nonunion pay varies from 3.50 to 5 dollars and plan to operate regardless.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
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Squire Roling Dies at 65 in Cincinnati
Harry C. Squire Roling long known as chief inspector in the Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company died of cancer at Good Samaritan Hospital after a year of illness. He lived at 1539 St Leger Place and leaves widow Emma Pover Roling, a stepson Walter Debert, and two stepdaughters Irene Brahany and Phyllis Engel. Funeral services are set for 10:30 Saturday at W Mack Johnson chapel with burial in Evergreen Cemetery Southgate Kentucky.
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Child Slayer Gets Life
Chicago March 16. After a brief deliberation a jury found Har old J. Croarkin guilty of murdering six year old Walter Schmith by beating him with a hammer and sentenced him to life imprisonment The verdict came on the third ballot Walter Schmith the boy s father expressed disappointment hoping for the death penalty None of Croarkin s family attended the reading of the verdict
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Father Confesses to Slaying His Children in Gary
Chicago March 16. Walter Scholl a Chicago man confessed to killing his two children Vivian eight and Donali six in Gary Indiana by using ether and towels then throttling them He said the boy pleaded to live and the girl watched as he carried out the murder He said he planned to kill himself but was deterred by a priest and later discarded his pistol. The bodies were found in a Gary unoccupied house after information from Scholl's wife.
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Donali
Gary
Ind
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Pittsburgh
Scholl
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Battle Creek
Mich
Indianapolis
Mail Aubeeh o Given Maximum Terms In Prison
Two of six men charged with the 1921 mail truck robbery near Carlisle Avenue and Baymiller Street received maximum federal prison terms. Joseph Cameron and George Garibaldi faced four years on two conspiracy to rob the mails counts plus $20,000 fines each. Eight counts were pressed. remaining defendants include Herbert Wilson, held for trial as a witness, and Wilson under life sentence for a San Quentin murder.
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Carlisle Avenue
Baymiller Street
Department of Justice
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May
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Joe Blue
Charlie McGuire
Louis Wilson
Herbert Wilson
Cincinnati
Harvey Langdon
Hamilton County
Chicago
Joe Arbino
Walter D. Rubley
Langdon
Bertsche
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Gari- Baldi
Boston
Philadelphia
Christensen
Treasury
Wilson
San Quentin
Cal
Pittsburgh Bandit Gang Suspects Face Prosecution
Pittsburgh authorities near closing in on the gang blamed for four payroll robberies and two guards deaths. Paul Jaworski's confession links five men to the crimes including a $104,000 Coverdale hold up and a $47,000 Pittsburgh Coal loss. Buried loot and weapons found on the Weckoski farm augment the investigation.
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Paul Jaworski
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company
Coverdale
Samuel H. Gardner
Jaworski
Bernard Gleckler
Mollenauer
Weckoski
Bentleyville
Police raid fake turf exchange in Biloxi Mississippi
Five men were held after a raid on an alleged fake turf exchange in a rented Pass Christian road house. Police found an elaborate setup with dummy telephones and tickets, with checks from $1,800 to $50,000 and two automobiles. The operation, believed active for weeks, followed a report from Reuben Smith of Lansing Michigan claiming he lost $1,000 at a race-track venture never located again.
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Miss
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Reuben Smith
Lansing
Mich
Wives in Vine Street Lotto Riot Prompt Police Raid
In Over the Rhine, police raided Mercer Hall on Vine Street after they found about 35 to 40 women aged 18 to 60 playing lotto. Entry fees and prizes were confiscated, with $12 in cash seized. Mrs Lucy Pagano and Frank Renn faced charges related to promoting and permitting a game of chance.
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Vine Street
Col
Copelan
Wehking
Sergt. Dooley
Mercer Hall
Lucy Pagano
Linn Street
Frank Renn
Mellon Says Debt Settlement Not Alter Attitudes
Secretary Mellon argues reopening foreign debt settlements would disrupt stability and hinder world prosperity. In a letter to Princeton's Hibben, he says canceling debts would not improve how Europeans view the United States and notes the debt fund accord has broad support in Congress. He emphasizes loans to allies were not gifts and that wartime support came via American investment.
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Lon
United States
American House of Representatives
United Stat
Liberty
Gas War Sells Gasoline Cheap in East End Battle
Independent stations on Eastern avenue cut prices to 17 cents a gallon and 15 cents a quart for oil, undercutting neighbors where gas runs 23 to 25 cents. Standard Oil station near the war zone dropped to 19 cents a gallon, tax excluded, claiming its railroad delivery allowed the price cut.
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Carrel Street
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Sinclair Convicted on Four Counts in Teapot Dome Case
Harry F. Sinclair, oil lease magnate, found guilty on all four contempt counts after eight hours of deliberation. He calmly accepted the verdict and planned an immediate appeal while remaining free on $5,000 bond. Sentencing could jail him for 30 days to a year and a $100 to $1,000 fine.
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Washington
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J District Supreme Court
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Charles F. Green
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George P. Hoover
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City Council Fails To Approve Eighth Street Viaduct Plans
The City Council declined to override the Planning Commission disapproval of the county plans for the Eighth Street viaduct, five to four, short of the six votes needed. A resolution directing Planning Commission negotiations with County Commissioners was adopted unanimously, with calls to invite railroads to discuss financing and concessions. The vote split along party lines with Matthews and Dixon supporting the plan, Seasongood and other Republicans opposing.
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Commercial Tribune
City Planning Commission
Stanley Matthews
Planning Commission
Matthews
Seasongood
Pliny Commission
Republican Organization
Judge Matthews
Edward T. Dixon
Fred Schneller
Charles Lackmann
Martin Daly
Charles O. Rose
Tyler Field
Julius Luchsinger
Prohibition Amendment Challenged as Unconstitutional
Eliot Tuckerman, New York lawyer and ex-legislator, petitions in Albany arguing the 1804 Gouverneur Morris letter undermines the Eighteenth Amendment. He contends two thirds of a quorum, not two thirds of all members, defined the rule for proposing amendments. The petition cites Sparks 1832 Life of Gouverneur Morris and seeks legislative inquiry.
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New York
Gouverneur Morris
Jared Sparks
Tuckerman
Supreme Court
Congress
Reed
Tracy
Assorted Wet Goods Seized on Leviathan Liner
On the liner Leviathan near Arch Selwyn's suite two crates of whiskies champagne cognac and beer were seized by a customs inspector. Selwyn was ordered to appear at the Customs House for interrogation. The crates bore the initial A and the cognac case carried the address Mon. Fred Almy S S Leviathan from Cherbourg Selwyn Suite.
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New York
Arch Selwyn
Fred Almy
S. S. Leviathan
Cherbourg
Selwyn Suite
Sinclair Lewis Novel Elmer Gantry Barred in Kansas City
Kansas City Kansas library barred Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry, a ministry satire, after gathering much of the book's material locally.
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Kansas City
Kan
Elmer Gantry
Ministry
Woman medical student attacked in Ohio State dorm
Grace Lurch a freshman in OSU College of Medicine was found unconscious in her dorm room with a towel over her head and cotton in her mouth. She says she was attacked while walking in the hall after midnight as her husband Frank Lurch, connected with the Prohibition Department, splits time between Cincinnati and Cleveland.
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Grace Lurch
College of Medicine
Ohio State University
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