Identity of Pair Ought as Clew to Fitch Slaying
Detectives seek two men seen with Harold Fitch when he left the Garfield Hotel about midnight Friday. They believe the bootlegger was killed in a liquor rivalty related shooting and his body dumped from a car on Cooper avenue. Fitch had secretly married Miss Margaret Wessel in July 1925, a fact only disclosed after his murder was investigated. Mrs. Fitch, who lives with her parents in Hyde Park, learned of the marriage, and the discovery comes as another key in the case.
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Harold Hubert Fitch
Garfield Hotel
Cooper Avenue
Reading
Swing
Joseph Schaefer
Secret Service
Herman E. Kleine
August J. Beckman
Fitch
Margaret Wessel
Grovedale Place
Hyde Park
Garfield
Mills
East Fourth Street
Cooper Road
Miss Wessell
Dayton
Reed Campaign Fund seeks ballots in Ware Wilson inquiry
The Reed Campaign Fund Committee defies the Senate Sergeant at Arms and appoints deputy marshal Jerry South to obtain ballots and documents from Delaware Lackawanna Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties for its war election inquiry. South will face legal obstacles during a Congress recess as vouchers were blocked and funds come from Senator Reed's personal resources.
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Washington
Senate
Reed Campaign Fund Committee
Pennsylvania
Jerry South
House
Delaware
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Schuylkill
South
Congress
David S. Berry
Barry
Keyes
Rep
N. H
Senate Audit Committee
Reed Committee
Reed
Dem
Cantonese Forces Reach Shanghai As Defenders Collapse
March 19 reports say Cantonese armies break through Sungkiang defenses opening path to Shanghai. Nationalists advance may reach the city within days amid weather delays and continued clashes with British and foreign troops guarding the international settlement. General Sun Chuan-Fang reportedly fled north of the Yangtse River after his army collapsed weeks earlier.
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Shanghai
Sungkiang
Soochow
Chang Tsung-Chang
Minhang
Father
Sun Chuan-Fang
Yangchow
Yangtse
Nanking
Storm Strikes West Snow Paralyzes Towns In Wake Of Blizzard
Denver reports severe storm with two dead as heavy snow blankets Colorado and Wyoming. Rail crews near Silverton clear tracks after weeks of isolation, while a laborer dies from exposure and a crash in Laramie injures eight. Air mail planes brave the storm with minimal delays.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Wyoming
Colorado Plains
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Silverton
San Juan Basin
Antonio Logato
Laramie
Wye
Ella Brucher
Cheyenne
Casper
Wyo
Murder tale from Kentucky recalls perjury charge
Mary Vickery a sixteen year old mountain girl who hated her stepmother Mary Jackson 25 died in a mine shaft case links Dabney a coal miner and taxi driver to the murder. Jackson now faces perjury charges after swearing in court that Dabney murdered Vickery. Sheriff Ward notes a history of broken homes in mining towns as Vickery is brought from Williamsburg to reunite with her father.
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the Commercial Tribune
Harlan, Ky
Kentucky State Reformatory
Mary Vickery
Marie Jackson
Conley Dabney
Here
Vickery
Dabney
Reformatory
Jackson
Harlan County
George Ward
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ward
Prohibition
Williams
Williamsburg
George L. Davis
Charlie Vickery
Sheriff's
Gentry Hotel
Chief Davis
Cumberland River
Cincinnati
Lexington
Mt. Vernon
Florida Slayer Seized by Mob In Mayo Florida
Berry Allen of Mayo was seized by a mob and thrown into the Suwanee River while being taken to Lake City hospital after a dynamited barricaded home attack following his shooting of Will Brock and injuring Deputy Murray. Authorities near Lafayette County reported no body recovery tonight.
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Brock
Allen
Murray
Bold Robbers Shoot Up Continental Can Pay Roll Theft
Chicago reports seven men held up thirty five workers at Continental Can Company securing 12462 dollars. A masked leader directed the raid as the crew fled in a plate glass gun battle. In Baltimore a separate bank hold up wounded two employees. teller McNally and manager Gaskin survived.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Jesse James
Continental Can Company
Monument Street
Provident Savings Bank
Robert J. McNally, Jr
Teller
McNally
Damon L. Gaskin
Gaskin
Man Sacrifices Life Shielding Widow From Gunman
Walter Hall, 43, a laborer, was shot dead while placing his body between Mrs. Fannie Nitsche, 40, and a jealous lover in Norwood. John Morris, 40, an orderly at Branch Hospital, fired at the woman and fled. Nitsche was wounded but not seriously. Hall died en route to General Hospital. Morris remains at large. An unmailed letter from Hall to Nitsche's son Walter hinted at plans for a future with the widow. The incident occurred after Morris accosted Nitsche at 211 West Court Street and followed her to Mrs. Belle Likes’ home.
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Walter Hall
Sim Street
West Court Street
Fannie Nitsche
Huston Avenue
Norwood
Nitsche
Hall
General Hospital
Hal
Sergt. Dooley
Michael McShane
Brink
Hail
Walter Nitsche
Bell Avenue
Walter
Morris
Fifth Street
When Canines Wander Lost Ad Brings Dog Home Quickly
A Cincinnati resident used a commercial classified ad to locate a wandering pet. The Lost Ad reached readers and the dog was soon returned to its owner, showing the effectiveness of such notices.
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Cincinnati
Helen L Sales Wins Name on Registration List
Hartford a man named Helen L Sales. born as Helen, but registered as H Lewis Sales. Board of Registration approved the change after he explained his parents chose Helen for a daughter and kept the name when a son arrived.
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Helen
Hartford
Conn
Helen L. Sales
Board of Registration
H. Lewis Sales
Justice Department Intervenes in Cook Probation Case
The Department of Justice directs Leavenworth to hold Dr. Frederick A. Cook, serving a fourteen year fraud sentence, pending orders. Judge Wilson backs the order as a potential test case on whether a Federal Judge can release a prisoner on probation after partial sentence served, possibly reaching the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Wilson
Ft. Worth
Tex
Frederick A. Cook
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Attorney General's Office
Leavenworth
Cook
Department
Supreme Court
Goolidge Gets Open Door to Third Term
President Coolidge attracted attention as Ohio Republicans offered him the delegation’s support for a third term. A new national-situation report from Charles D. Hilles reinforced a strong position for Coolidge. Carmi Thompson urged Cleveland as next convention site, while Coolidge remained silent on candidacies, smiling at Warner and dining with him.
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Washington
Coolidge
Ohio
Fred Warner
Ohio State Republican Committee
Charles D. Hilles
New York
National Republican
Mr. Coolidge
Cleveland
Carmi Thompson
Warner
Cook Likely Remains In Prison As Appeal Sinks
Dr. Frederick A. Cook convicted here of using the mails to defraud will probably not be tried in Cleveland on similar charges. A decision to keep Cook in Leavenworth until the government’s appeal from his five year probation reaches the Supreme Court ends plans for new Cleveland proceedings.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Frederick A. Cook
Cleveland
Cook
Leavenworth
Kan
United States Supreme Court
Blacksmith in barn ends life with rigged rope
In Salamanca New York on March 19 Andrew Thellesen a 45 year old blacksmith of East Otto killed himself. He prepared a rope to pull the shotgun trigger and tighten around his neck as he dropped to the floor the rope further strangling him after the shot.
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Salamanca
N. Y
Andrew Thellesen
Libel Trial Crowds Grow as Ford Appearance Near
Detroit March 19 Crowds push to enter the $1 000 000 libel suit against Henry Ford as the trial nears the witness stand Attaches fear jams may erupt in the rose marble Federal Building courtroom where Sapiro and The Dearborn Independent figures figure prominently Senator James A Reed opens for Ford delivering pointed remarks about Sapiro led organizations and fraud claims The scene features intense but nonviolent contention and crowded aisles with no injuries reported
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Federal
Italy
Aaron Sapiro
Co-Operative Farmers
Dearborn Independent
W. J. Cameron
The
Independent
F. D. Black
Cameron
James A. Reed
Missouri
Chicago
Sapiro
Slaying of Official Crowns Tragic Day In Arkansas Storm Area
In Green Forest Arkansas William Asrey a 25 year old farmer shot and killed Hollis Rudd 45 state highway overseer on a street at 130 pm Rudd died instantly from two shots to the head and one to the heart Usrey surrendered to Sheriff A J Walker of Berryville claiming it was done in the unwritten law Local authorities began investigation into the case as a storm battered town reacts to the tragedy
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Green Forest
Ark
William Asrey
Hollis Rudd
Rudd
Usrey
A. J. Walker
Berryville
Walker
Darkness Halts U S Flyers Flight to Pernambuco
Good Will flyers of the United States Army reached Porto de Pedras at 5 55 p m local time but darkness stopped their planned move from Bahia to the city. They had covered about 300 miles along the coast in their northward coastal hop.
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U. S
Pernambuco
Brazil
United States Army
Porto de Pedras
Bahia
Death Toll in Tornado Swept Arkansas Reaches 32
In Green Forest and Saline County Arkansas the toll rose to 32 dead after two tornadoes struck within 24 hours. Red Cross workers and National Guardsmen delivered relief while searchers combed wreckage for missing victims. Injuries topped 130 with $200000 in property losses. reports varied as others in Missouri and Carroll County faced damage and disputed death counts.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Green Forest
Red Cross
National
Harrison
Saline County
Benton
Here
Carroll County
Eureka Springs
Missouri
Arkansas Line
Denver
Coin
Man Kills Store Manager Then Takes Own Life
In St Louis a 65 year old man believed to have been accused of stealing a 21 cent can of sardines returned to a Piggly Wiggly today and killed manager Waldo Thilking 24 before shooting himself. His wife said his pride was his honesty record as a night watchman.
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ST. Louis
Shultz
Thilking
Balkans tension grows as Albania faces revolts
Albania again becomes a danger point with Italy Britain and France involved in competing explanations. Jugo-Slav leaders hold frontier influence while Italian papers amplify a plot. King Alexander returns to Belgrade as Tirana accord and protectorate claims swirl in Paris and London.
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Balkans
Britain
France
Italy
Albania
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Great Britain
Jugo-Slavia
Comitasi
Jugo- Slavia
Belgrade
Rome
Alexander
Bucharest
Ferdinand
Romania
London
Military rule to end after quiet night in Coffeyville
Coffeyville Kansas braces for end of military rule tomorrow if unrest from last night remains calm. Major Patterson of the National Guard, in command, announced the conditional lifting of martial law pending continued quiet.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Maj. Patterson
National Guard
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