Snook Narrates Killing in Self Defense in Murder Trial
Dr. James H. Snook testified in his first degree murder trial that he struck Theora Hix in self defense after she attacked him in his car at a rifle range. He said he believed she had a pistol and feared for his life, recounting multiple blows that ended with her death amid a 3 year affair with the medic co ed. The testimony extended into details of the struggle and his attempt to leave town to visit his mother in Lebanon, Ohio.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Snook
Mie. Snook
Max Seyfert
Dr. Snook
Shales
John J. Chester, Jr
New York Central Rifle Range
Lebanon
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Evacuation of Rhineland Topic Dominates Hague Talks
Citizens in Grafton Fairmont Clarksburg and others push petitions to Governor Conley and the Game Commission demanding action on Cheat River pollution. Officials begin review as the Hague conference discusses Rhineland evacuation and armament control with Briand Stresemann meeting privately.
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Rhineland
Hague
Grafton
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Parsons
Row Jesburg
Northern
West Virginia
William Conley
State Game Commission
Cheat River
Mairmont
Conley
Game, Fish and Forestry Commission
Tucker County
Grafton Wild Life Leargue
Ser
Sl Stressemann
Germany
Briand
France
Philip Snowden
Brrth
Hilferding
Venizelos
Greece
Rhine
Zaleski
the Hague
Brandt
Gustav Stresemann
Hotel Des Indies
Graf Zeppelin Flies Eastward On First Lap Of Trip Around World
Graf Zeppelin progresses east from Lakehurst at about 15 mph faster than its cruising speed on the first leg of a round‑the‑world flight. Reports from two ships and the dirigible place it east of Nantucket Shoals, with earlier speed around 60 mph leaving New York.
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Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Nantucket Shoals
Milan
Lakehurst
Wah
New York
N.J
PVF
Plot to Reinstate Prince Carol Roils Bucharest
A sensational Bucharest report ties former Crown Prince Carol of Romania to a plotted return from exile in France. Police summon M. Octinescu and M. Saidi over alleged efforts to procure a passport for Barbuonescu, an ally of Carol, seeking his London exile to enable Carol’s reinstatement.
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Bucharest
Carol of
Romania
France
M. Oxtinescu
Maniu
Foreign Office
M. Saidi
Government
M. Barbuponescu
Carol
Barbujonescu
London
Eleven Actors Suspended By Actors Equity Association
In Los Angeles on August 8, eleven actors were suspended by the Actors Equity Association for accepting talking motion picture contracts deemed unsatisfactory by the union. President Frank Gillmore announced the action after a meeting led by Mr and Mrs Roy E Davis of Equity, continuing the organization’s push for a closed shop in Hollywood talkies.
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Angeles
Cal
Actors Equity Association
Frank Gillmore
Hollywood Talkie Studios
Sions
Roy E. Davis
Equity
Beavers Falls
Davis
Jes Equity
R. C. Davis
Walnut Street
New Niagara Planned in North Carolina and Tennessee
The Charlotte Observer reports the Aluminum Company of America plans a multi dam hydro electric development titled New Niagara in the mountains of western North Carolina and Tennessee. The project will cost about 125 million dollars and aims to surpass Niagara Falls in power output over several years. Seven dams will be in western North Carolina with one in Tennessee. The undertaking is described as one of the largest and most ambitious power developments in the United States.
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Charlotte
N C
Charlotte Observer
Niagara
North Carolina
Tennessee
Aluminum Company of America
Niagara Falls
United States
Prohibition Assigned Place by Itself in Investigations
Washington August Prohibition was assigned a place by itself in a program of 11 investigations worked out by the National Law Enforcement Commission after four months of study. George Wickersham, chairman, heads the committee to lead this probe with ex officio membership. Investigations cover causes of crime statistics of crime probation police courts penal institutions and more including lawlessness by government officers. Judge William S. Kenyon Iowa chairs the committee on lawlessness by government law enforcing officers amid controversy over firearms used by prohibition agents. Ada L. Comstock Radcliffe College president heads the juvenile delinquency committee.
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Washington
Prohibition
National Law Eenforcement Commission
George Wickersham
Wickersham
William 8. Kenyon
Iowa
Congress
Ada IL. Comstock
Radcliffe College
Death Treasure starts in Grafton Sentinel serial debut
The Grafton Sentinel will publish the new mystery ro vide Death Treasure by R A Walling in forty three daily installments sourced from The Associated Press Feature Service. Early installments promise suspenseful, well told fiction with likable characters and strong detective elements. Baltimore Evening Sun, San Francisco Bulletin, Cincinnati Enquirer praise the plot and pacing.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
R. A.J. Walling
Associated Press Feature Service
Walling
San Francisco Bulletin
Arbitration panel named for US Canada rum run sinking
The commission to arbitrate the sinking of the rum runner I'm Alone in the Gulf of Mexico last March has been designated. Justice Willis Van Devanter will represent the United States and Eugene Lafleur for Canada. George Wharton Pepper and John B Read are designated agents to appear before the panel. Disagreements pivot on the 1924 rum smuggling treaty and questions of fact.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Willis van Devanter
Supreme Court
Eugene Lafleur
K. C
Montreal
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
John B. Read
Department of External Affairs
Great Britain
Dr. Albert M. Cross Added To Hospital Staff
Weston August 8 Dr Cecil Denham superintendent at the Weston state hospital announced that Dr Albert M Cross of Servia Braxton county had been added to the staff of the institution Dr Cross is a World War veteran and is a specialist in mental and nervous diseases Mrs Waitman Barbe recently appointed as a matron has arrived and assumed her new duties
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Weston
Cecil Denham
Weton State Hospital
Albert M. Cross
Servia
Braxton County
Gross
Waitman ‘Barbe
Log of Dirigible Handover Reported by AP
The log notes time stamps in EST for the airship as it left Lakehurst New Jersey and progressed toward New York and Georges Bank. It records a position near Tornand Maine and then 160 miles east of Nantucket Massachusetts with further sighting over New England.
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York
Georges Bank
Boston
Tornand
Naval Station
Nantucket
Mass
New
Guatemalan goodwill fliers begin return to Central America
Colonel Miguel Granados and Lieutenant Carlos Merlen, Guatemalan goodwill fliers, left Dallas for San Antonio and Brownsville on August 8. They will rest in Mexico City overnight before continuing to Guatemala City, aiming to reach home quickly.
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Dallas
Tex
Miguel Granados
Carlos Merlen
San Antonio
Brownsville
Mexico City
Guatemala City
Juvenile Gang Warfare Ties Death Across Border
In Nogales Arizona a police probe into the death of seven year old Francisco Leyva of Nogales Sonora finds he died from a skull fracture after a rock was thrown across the border by a rival Mexican boys gang. Authorities on both sides of the line report frequent cross border battles with rocks and missiles. Roundups of participants underway as Nogales Arizona and Nogales Sonora remain divided by a border pole.
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Nogales
Ariz
Francisco Leyva
Sonora
Internation
Mexico
Arizona
Double Slaying Discovered In Yonkers Home
New York reports a Yonkers policeman’s wife and a roomer were shot while sleeping by a roomer who then shot himself. Patrolman Michael Regan, entering his home after a night shift, found the two bodies in the bedroom. the incident prompted police to notify headquarters.
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New York
Yonkers
Michael Regan
Floods in Southern Manchuria Cause Many Deaths
Dispatches from Mukden report floods after heavy rain in Southern Manchuria killing and injuring many. One village near Liaoyang records eighty dead and wounded. Bridges broken and tracks washed out suspend South Manchurian railroad traffic between Mukden and Antung, with major damage in the corridor.
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Toyko
Mukden
Manchuria
Liaoyang
Antung
City Budget Forecasts Little Change for 1929 30
City commissioners anticipate minimal shifts in the 1929 30 budget, likely mirroring the 1928 schedule. Budget figures previously unavailable, with 1928 receipts totaling 89 228 53 and disbursements 141 275 43. The water works payroll carried the largest expense at 18 000, and a net city return of about 46 000 000 is expected as the plant continues operations.
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Board of Commissioners
Elty
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