New Atoms Washing Rifle Barrage From Electric Waves
Virginia scientists unveil a third atomic gun named the rifle like a sharpshooter's weapon. Beams and Snoddy describe a vacuum tube that uses a surging electric current to accelerate particles to voltages ten times the outer current, launching projectiles from a gas chamber magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Lawrence
University of California
van de Graaf
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof
J. W. Beams
L. B. Snoddy
Detroit Gang violence marks first outbreak since 1932
Police logged each killing as part of Detroit’s initial gang warfare flare, with Wes Vernon Miller’s brutal death at Delpit’s outskirts described as the era’s worst. Miller’s girlfriend Vivian Matthews faced a Chicago court for harboring him, while investigators weighed if the slayings involved the Purple Gang’s feared gunmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Vernon Miller
Sherl
Delpit
Miller
Vivian, Matthews
Chicago
Purples Found in Axler’s Car Linked to Robbery Slayings
Police traced a murder sequence after the bodies of three robbers Miller Fletcher and Azier were found in Michigan counties. They tied Walter Red Tylezak to the case, with leads suggesting internal gang warfare within the Purple gang or a Toledo gang clash over illicit profits. A confessed associate Jules Dorsetti provided a key account of being forced into a deadly ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Abe Axler
Eddie Fletcher
Detroit
Purple
Miller
Axler
Oakland County
Walter
Red) Tylezak
Macomb County
Joan d Kimgs
Jules Dorsetti
Fletcher
Azier
Purple Gang
Toledo
Dtroit
Chicago
Death not far away saysDr Wynekoop in jail
In Chicago on December 1 Dr Alice Wynekoop told jailers she would not live to stand trial for the murder of Rheta Wynekoop. Frail and questioned for hours she read her Bible, claiming death would prevent her confession and trial. Her physician said her condition remained grave with a fast pulse while she awaited fate in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alice L. Wynekoop
Rheta
Alice
Francis W. McNamara
Farle
Local and state liquor news plus a Morgantown football visit
A fragment lists varied liquor laws and local option actions across states with notes on pending bills and implementations. It mentions Earle Wypekoop and his mother facing a felony arraignment for accessory before the fact in Rheta's death plot, plus Mr and Mrs Brown and their daughter Carolyn visiting Morgantown after a college game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Wypekoop
Rheta
Earle
W. E. Brown
West Mainstreet
Morgantown
Carolyn
Liquor Sale Rules Vary Across 24 States
Across 24 of 48 states liquor sales flood in as repeal nears December 5. Regulations range from wide open saloons in Nevada to state owned stores in Montana, with many states awaiting legislative action. Some places permit hard liquor only with meals or in original containers. rules vary by state and city.
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Chicago
Indiana
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
Nevada
New York
New Jersey
New Mexico
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Associated Press
Montana
Arizona
Arizona Temperance Commission
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
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University of Virginia
Nature
Detroit Gang
Toyland
Oo Pen
Santa Claus
Coffman-Fisher Co
Grafton, W. Va
West Main Street
DR. Wynekoop
Ag Dons
John
Duke
Dames
Monterey
Ohio
Oregon
Groj Bable
Washington
Seattle
Tacoma
Aberdeen
Wisconsin
Majestics
Christmas Gift Baker Coal CO
Trisler
Klein & Co
Nce
Grafton Drug & Chemical CO
Rexall Store
W. Main Street
America
Win
Strand Theatre
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