Slayer of Theora Hix Dies in Ohio Electric Chair
Dr. James Howard Snook, 50, former Ohio State University veterinary professor, was executed in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair after being convicted of killing his co-ed mistress Theora Hix. His last day saw him cheerful at cards but increasingly nervous as the time of death neared amid appeals and refusals of clemency. Mrs. Snook, his wife, pleaded for mercy while his family in Lebanon kept plans for burial undecided. Snook earlier confessed, recanted, and reaffirmed his role after a quarrel in their three-year relationship, threatening to expose him and harming his wife and child.
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Columbus
James
Howard Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Snook
Ohio Penitentiary
Rock
Cooper
He'en Marple’ Snook
Mies “Hix
Federal Supreme Court
Shook
Lébanon
Common Pleas
Crimeless Chicago in Six Months Aim of Secret Committee
Chicago advances a six month crime drive led by Col. Robert Isham Randolph chair of the Association of Commerce. He asserts the secret six will gather gangland facts, secure indictments, and win convictions within six months with an estimated 1.9 million dollars for the effort. Offers of aid flood in from Canadian police, students, Texas rangers, sailors, marines, and soldiers.
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Chicago
Secret Committee of Six
Robert Isham Randolph
Association of Commerce
Col. Randlph
Offce
Canadian Mounted Police
Texas Rangers
Webb Johnson II Funeral Held at Selma Church
Services for Webb Johnson II who died at his home in Green's Alley were conducted yesterday at Selma Church at 2 o'clock with Dr. H C Bass officiating. The Hous tonaie Co was in charge of arrangements.
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Webb Johnson, ii
Green's Alley
Selma Church
H. C. Bass
Houstonaie Co
College Students Offer Plan for Prohi Reform
Cambridge Mass February 23 Pi A campaign declared to be an effort to crystallize undergraduate opinion behind a single plan for prohibition reform Harvard Crimson reports a letter sent to over 156 colleges urging organization of college men on one side or the other The Harvard debating council enclosed a plan urging repeal of all federal enforcement of the 18th amendment and for Congress to outlaw saloons and alehouses with federal aid to states enforcing the 18th amendment plus a federal education program to foster temperance and abstinence.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Crimson
the Crimson
Harvard Debating Council
Congress
Murder Charge Follows Grangerburg Shooting
Arthur Collins, a Black man, died from a shotgun wound two miles south of Grangerburg while Houston county officers pursued his cousin Dewey Collins for murder. Authorities believe a family dispute sparked the attack after Arthur testified before a grand jury against Dewey on larceny charges. Dewey allegedly planned to attack witnesses, and officers searched for him without finding a clue by early morning.
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Arthur Collins
Houston County
Dewey Collins
Arthur
Grangerburg
Dewey
Grangerberg
Eight Indicated For Violating Election Laws In Lower Texas
Eight Hidalgo County Democrats led by A. Y. Baker face federal indictments for conspiracy to injure civil rights. The four-day Hidalgo County 1928 election probe returned charges accusing voting officers of tossing Weslaco returns to save the Baker regime. Indicted alongside Baker are County Judge A. W. Cameron, commissioners Chaddick and Hargrove, Marvin Evans, Clerk C. E. Hill, Judge Buckow, and Clerk Williams.
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Houston
Texas
Hildago County
A. Y. Baker
S Wez Rio Grande Valley
Hidalgo County
Weslaco
Baker
A. W. Cameron
William D. Chaddick
Sam M. Hargrov
Marvin Evans
C. E. Hill
Tom J. Buckow
Edwin B. Wiliams
Police Raiders Target Communists in Chicago Affair
Chicago February 28 police raided communist headquarters and meetings destroying an oil Lenin painting and thousands of pamphlets and mimeograph machines. Four men and Lydia Bennet were arrested at headquarters while others were seized at West Side meetings. total eleven or fourteen detainees reported.
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Chicago
Lenin
Lydia Bennet
West Side
Poker Alice fades from the old West in final surrender
Rapid City South Dakota reports Poker Alice, famed gambler of the old west, died after gallstone surgery complications at 77. English born and American bred, she dealt from the top of the deck through a life of high stakes, three marriages, and outlaw fame. Governors pardoned her for a liquor charge, marking the end of an era of wild gambling.
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Rapid City
S. D
PiDeath
Alice
Tubbs
Silver City
N. Mex
Frank Duffield
W. G. Tubbs
Poker Alice
George Huckert
Black Hills
W. J. Bulow
Maryland Negro Acquitted Of Attack On White Woman In Alabama
Martin Maryland, 24, a Black man, was acquitted in Montgomery circuit court of criminally assaulting a young white woman. The jury reached not guilty after 63 seconds of deliberation. Guardsmen, ordered by Gov. Graves, escorted Maryland back to Kilby Prison. The trial, closed to the public, featured 31 witnesses but only one state witness positively identified him. The defense stressed incomplete identification and alibi. No disorder occurred.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Maryland
Kilby
James A. Webb
National
Birmingham
Bibb Graves
Leon McCird
John Scoggin
Temple Seibels
15Th Judicial District
Maryland
J. H L. Hanna
Ben Hardsman
John P. Kohn
Atorneys
Scoggin
Hanna
Robbers Draw Long Terms in Auburn Prison
Buffalo New York February 28. Justice Hinkley of the supreme court imposed life terms at Auburn prison on Peter Domkiewicz and Stanley Pryzby for involvement in a $300000 gem robbery and hold ups in Auburn. Sallie Richards known as Blonde Bandit received 20 years to life and Eddie Szyderczak 15 years to life. All were first offenders, with minimum sentences mandatory by law.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Auburn Prison
Justice Hinkley
Supreme Court
Peter Domkiewicz
Sallie Joyce Richards
Stanley Pryzby
John L. Carson
Eddie Szyderzcak
Dembkiewicz
Montgomery
Ala
Auburm
Depositors to get 10 percent at Dothan National Bank
The Dothan National Bank receivership releases an official statement showing assets of 1 739 326.81 and liabilities of 1 274 274.69 with depositors promised ten percent only if assets and real estate liquidate and notes bring par value. Claimants must file proofs of claim at the bank within three months, with free service and no cost.
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Dothan National Bank
Albert L. Lohm
Lohm
The
Eagle
Marvelous Underground Cavern In New Mexico Explored by Nicholson
Frank Ernest Nicholson, New York explorer funded by the New York Times, penetrated a previously unexplored room of Carlsbad Cavern in Carlsbad New Mexico. The chamber lies about two miles underground, linking to the Green Room and Queen's Room through a tunnel to a vast, unpathed area. He has explored most of the cavern’s 22 miles and plans a mapped program focusing on air currents and unmapped sectors.
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Marvelous Underground
New Mexico
Nicholson
Carlsbad
N. M
Frank Ernest Nichelson
New York
New York Times
Special jails urged for dry law violators in Minnesota
At the Minnesota state association of county commissioners meeting Nobles county commissioner H J Sell proposed building special jails for dry law violators to relieve general jail congestion. He said offenders are idle while jailed and counties incur heavy food and maintenance costs. The plan envisions paid work for prisoners and funds directed to families, with the idea referred to a committee.
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Minneapolis
State Association of County Commissioners
H. J. Sell
Nobles County
Sell
Taft Death Expected As Health Fades In Washington
News from Washington reports President Hoover canceled a White House reception as William Howard Taft's condition deteriorated. Doctors said he grew weaker, able to take little nourishment, with family at his side including Mrs Taft and daughter Helen Taft Manning. Taft, who resigned from the Supreme Court bench on February 4, had departed to Washington for care.
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Washington
America
William Howard Taft
Mr. Taft
Hoover
House
Taft
Supreme Bench
Birmingham Child Welfare League Meeting Opens Regional Conference
Birmingham February reports outline Southern state child welfare concerns addressed by Dr. Carl Cursten, executive director of the Child Welfare League of America. Topics include foster care, mental disability, family preservation, worker training, and community service reach, with Alabama cited as a nationwide study focus and cautions against blanket program copying.
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Birmingham
Drool Cl
Carsten
League
Alabama
Carsteng
A. M. Tunstall
State Department of Child Welfare
Tunstall
Trustall
Maude Leeher
State Board of Charities
Certre C
Pas “Pheewdon
Two Alleged Owners of Liquor Plant In Jail
Strickland and Kirk Granger were in Hoarton county jail today. A grand jury at this session returned indictments last night on charges of possessing a mineral note. Both men are residents of the Grangerburg community.
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Strickland
Kirk Granger
Hoarton County
Hasing
Houston County
Grangerburg
Fire Chief Zeigler Crosses Florida Line Fishing Mishap
Fire Chief Zeigler was seen handling a ten pound trout at Tillers Mill Pond near the Florida line yesterday afternoon. Police Captain Oscar Clark and Albert Jenson, a power house employee, were present but did not aid in the incident.
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Zeigler
Mill Pond
Florida Line
Polis
Oscar Clark
Albert Jenson
Power Howe Enployee
Seete Wits
Gunn
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Theora
Hix
Webb Johnson
Negro
Lower
Colorado
Nevada
Montana
Dakotas
Martin
Seibel
Auburn
Izyderczak
Richards
David Glickstein
Dombkiewicz
Glickstein
Sallie
Dothannatil
Prson
pBy
Glenn M. Brill
Associated Press
Minnesota
Mrs. Hoover
Mrs. Hughes
Mrs. Taft
Francis Hagener
Thomas Claytor
Jones B. Freeman
Washington National Cathedral
Episcopal
Child Welfare League
Birminghan
C. C. Carsteins
Welfare League of America
Weal
Nice
Francine Latsmore
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