Ford editor takes responsibility in $1,000,000 Sapiro libel trial
In Detroit March 22 the Dearborn Independent editor William J. Cameron admitted full responsibility for articles and policy, while Judge Fred M. Raymond urged drastic revision of Sapiro's 21 counts and 141 alleged libels. Sapiro’s counsel Gallagher read charges, Ford counsel Hanley objected, judge sustained. Cameron testified and looked to the witness chair as the trial shifted into routine proceedings.
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Detroit
Sapiro-Ford
William J. Cameron
Dearborn Independent
Fred M. Raymond
Grand Rapids
Mich
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Sapiro
Cameron
William Henry Gallagher
Stewart Hanley
Ford
Gallagher
Hanley
Raymond
Walton Peteet
National Council of Co-operative Marketing
Robin Hood
F. L. Black
Peteet
Judge Dearth Faces Impeachment Trial In Indiana Senate
Indianapolis March 22 A portly midlife Circuit Court judge Clarence W Dearth faced impeachment charges as Municie newsboys testified no warrants were read before court appearance for selling The Muncie Post Democrat. The boys described threats and slurs while defense admitted lack of warrants. The Senate Court heard opening statements amid jurisdiction disputes and a reported intimidation attempt targeting Sen Earl W Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Senate
Munelie
Clarence W. Dearth
Delaware Circuit Court
Muncie
Post-Democrat
George R. Dale
Judge Dearth
Senate
van Orman
Earl W. Payne
Bloomington
Yorktown
Slayer Leads Bold Jail Break Attempt From Courthouse
Huffman 25 and Lenar Santina 24 assaulted guard Fred Wenger and seized Richard Griffiths vaulting two doors with a knife. Police found a rope and knife. Huffman had been jailed for murder and claimed innocence as 400 prisoners were halted from escape.
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Wenger
Huffman
lLenar Santina
West Seventh Street
Santina
Richard Griffiths
Caddie Finds Diamond Bracelet Through Golf and Mission Work
Russell Wagner, 12, a caddie at Losantiville Country Club, finds a missing diamond bracelet while leaving the club with his new badge. His faith in a China mission project sparks a student fundraiser at St. Xavier Parochial School to support education for a Chinese child.
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China
Russell Wagner
Gilbert Avenue
Losantiville Country Club
Russell
St. Xavier Parochial School
Bhe
End of Pact Ends Smuggling War With Mexico
Termination of the Convention on American Commerce follows a wrangle over oil and land laws, signaling a shift in duties and cross border flow. Officials argue the move curbs smuggling and redefines regional trade, with implications for policy and diplomacy.
Frantic mob invades alien area in bloodshed and horror
Washington reports progress in Mexico US ends smuggling convention March 28 Ambassador Teller held talks with President Coolidge while Kellogg attended. Termination seen as paving way for arms shipments and possible treaty talks with Mexico despite denials of embargo lifting. Continuous speculation over security and commerce tides remains unresolved.
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Coolidge
Teller
Kellogg
White House
State Department
Mexico City
Calles
Mexico
United States
Department
Foreigners observe Shanghai battle from sport angle
In Shanghai on March 22 crowds of foreigners andAmericans watched the city’s fall to Nationalists with curiosity rather than fear. Police cleared sightseers from danger zones while heavy shelling hit the Chapel district. Despite the danger, a few golfers played on the race course links with one bag pierced by a stray bullet.
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Shanghai
Damger
Chapel
Western Hills clubs plan to consider city council candidates
Delegates from fifteen western hills community clubs vote to form a five member committee to study nominating candidates for the City Council. They discuss a proposed Eighth Street Viaduct from McLean to Burns and object to mixing politics with the civic issue.
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Eighth Street
McLean Avenue
Burns Street
Western Hills
Price Hill
Stephen McGrath
United States Internal Revenue Collector
Leasongood
Charles O. Rose
Tyler Field
Julius Luchsinger
Howard M. Wilson
Western Hills Federation
Rose
Edward J. Dempsey
Communist Party Celebrates After Massive Chinese Casualties
A sensational report claims hundreds of Chinese were fatally injured in a Greed for Plunder drive and the Communist Party marked the event with a celebration. The piece centers on alleged mass casualties and political response amid speculation.
Chinese and British clash in Shanghai skirmishes
News reaches Shanghai of heavy fighting as Shantungese troops clash with Cantonese regulars and foreign guards. British, Italian, and Japanese forces disarm Northern troops, with hundreds slain or wounded and thousands driven from Chapei into international areas. Marines reinforce at Markham Road Bridge while evacuation of children proceeds under guard.
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Shanghai
Markham Road
International Settlement
Chapei
China
Chapel
Jessfield
Viscount Gort
Col
Heywood
Barton
Shanghai North Station
Breakfast table ants plan to inspect vacant properties
A brief classifieds item outlines ants at breakfast planning a tour of vacant properties with a Commercial Tribune Rental Ad. Betty Bell is mentioned as assisting with writing the classified ads and a phone contact is provided.
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Commercial Tribune
Betty Bell
Ford Sapiro $1,000,000 libel suit drives heavy wire reports
In Detroit on March 22 twenty-five special correspondents push about 100000 words daily to telegraph Ford Sapiro libel case coverage. A writer filed 3000 words with a note not much doing today as papers print columns and discuss the trial.
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Detroit
Marines Fired On Truck In Masaya Nicaragua Incident
Police Chief Jose Corea notified President Adolfo Diaz that a truck carrying United States Marines was fired on from a nearby house in Masaya. The windshield was shattered but no one was hurt. Marines and local officials conducted investigations and searched for arms in the area. Masaya lies about twenty miles from Managua.
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Masaya
Nicaragua
Jose Corea
Adolfo Diaz
United States
Managua
Three Die In Engine Explosion Near St. Peter
In Villa Grove Illinois on March 22 engineer E M Robinson of Salem fireman Ed Bruce and road foreman C M Farlow all of Villa Grove were killed instantly when the freight train engine exploded while they rode the locomotive near St Peter Illinois.
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Villa Grove
Ill
E. M. Robinson
Salem
Ed Bruce
C. M. Farlow
St. Peter
Notorious Artist Murder Case Shocks New Yorkers
Mrs Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray face first degree murder charges in Jamaica for the killing of Albert Snyder. Both had recanted earlier confessions. district attorney plans to present to the grand jury and seek speedy trial with possible state witness cooperation. Gray’s wife visits him, vows support. motives discussed include secret love and fear of exposure.
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Oliver H. P. Garrett
New York World News Service
New York
Ruth Brown Snyder
Tommy
Queens Village
Henry Judd Gray
Bud
East Orange
N. J
Jamaica
Snyder
Albert
Newcombe
Grey
Through With Her Browning Declares End to Peaches Affair
Edward West Browning, winner of his separation suit from Frances Heenan known as Peaches, said he is through with her and will have nothing further to do. Justice Seeger granted the separation, Browning stated the decision speaks for itself and he has done all possible to resolve the matter.
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New York
Edward West Browning
Cleves Court to Hear Beatrice Blanton Assault Case
Miss Beatrice Blanton sixth grade teacher in Sagely School Miami Township faced a schoolyard incident after chastising pupil Henry Yeager. Henry and mother Mrs Catherine Yeager clashed with flying inks rulers and books. Mayor Gwaltney will preside as Mrs Yeager faces assault and battery charges this afternoon.
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Beatrice Blanton
Sagely
Miami Township
Gwaltney
Cleves
Miss Blanton
Henry Yeager
Henry
Joseph Williams
Board of Education
Catherine Yeager
Miss Blanter
Gas war in West Cleveland cuts prices at two stations
George R. Baird and P. V. Kurtz, rival gas station operators on opposite sides of a West Park street, led a price cut contest that drew about 20 000 motorists. Prices fluctuated from 10 to 17 cents as the duel continued with brisk turnout and police directing traffic.
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Cleveland
West Cleveland
West Park
George R. Baird
P. V. Kurtz
Body of Boy Found In Lake Near Gary Ind Murder Suspected
The ten year old's body was recovered from Lake Michigan about two miles from the Gary municipal beach. A jagged forehead scar suggested homicide though no missing child was on record. Clothing included a blue gray suit blue shirt black shoes stockings and a yellow tie with no labels or identifiers. The body seemed submerged for weeks.
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Gary
Ind
Lake Michigan
Beliere
Lone Bandit Holds Up Southern Flyer
A bandit boarded the Carolina Special in Asheville North Carolina and at gunpoint forced the express messenger to open his safe. The loot was of little value.
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Lone Bandit
Southern Flyer
Asheville
N. C
Southern Railroad
Governor Pardons Victim of Perjury in Murder Case
FRANKFORT Ky March 22 One wrong righted by the pardon today of Conley Dabney Harlan County officials continued their investigation to determine why Marie Jackson 27 testified at his trial that she saw him kill Mary Vickery 16. Dabney was serving a life sentence for murdering her. Miss Jackson testified she had known the Vickery girl and seen Dabney kill her but could not identify the girl when brought together in the Harlan County Jail. Body a Mystery. Five former husbands of Mrs Lelia Hicks Cole considered as officials pursued whether any husband named Williams was connected after Mrs Cole disappeared in December 1924. The Dabney Vickery case has a parallel in Bell County where James Eads disappeared before Christmas 1925 amid a fight with two men. bones found behind a log led to indictments that were later dismissed as the defendants claimed the bones were horse remains.
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Frankfort
Conley Dabney
Harlan County
Marie Jackson
Mary Vickery
Miss Vickery
Miss Jackson
Dabney
Vickery
Lelia Hicks Cole
Jackson
Williams
Carlo Cole
Dabney-Vickery
Bell
James Eads
Windsor
Ont
Canada
Dillard Wilson
Colson Howard
Brownies Creek
Harlan Road
Wilson
Howard
Fads
Bell County
New Orleans
Ten Hopkins Students Fined After Annapolis Riot
Ten Johns Hopkins students paid fines of 23.50 each for participating in a freshman sophomore riot in Annapolis. Nine spent the night in jail while Bernard Brack, seriously injured by a policeman's club, pleaded guilty from his hospital bed and was expected to recover according to physicians.
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Annapolis
Johns Hopkins
Bernard Brack
Brack
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