Englishwoman Hanged for Husband Poisoning in Hull
Ethel Lillie Major, 42, mother of two, was executed at Hull prison for poisoning her husband. It is the first English female execution in eight years. Crowds gathered outside as the trap was sprung at 9:00 a.m. After appeals to king and queen failed, Lord Mayor Stark and Home Secretary decisions left no clemency. The jury had recommended mercy.
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Burdette T. Johns
Associated Press
Hull
England
Ethel Lillie Major
Clemen
Stark
Buckingham
Home Secretary
Major
Two Suspects Sought in Deputy Slaying in Beckley
Beckley West Virginia December 19 Deputy sheriffs wounded one man and captured two in a search for the slayers of Deputy Leamon Martin 41 whose body was found near a bushes clump after a trail of blood from Martin s pistol hunters located the deputy s wrecked car The men seen with Martin Ermil Taylor 23 and Vernon Lilly 22 both of East Beckley are being questioned The description notes Lilly 22 wounded and escaping into the woods as officers pressed the manhunt
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Beckley
W. Va
Leamon Martin
Vernon Lilly
Martin
Murdered lawyer found on lonely Nahant trail
Nahant Mass December 19 P James Mahoney 38 a wealthy Lynn lawyer was found fatally wounded with a bullet in the heart on Fox Hill road in Nahant He died en route to a hospital Chief Thomas Larkin said it was not yet clear if slain or self inflicted but indications pointed to homicide A revolver lay near the body Mahoney had an argument with three men at the Eagle Auto Club last night and one left for Lynn two others were being questioned at police HQ The case continued at the Nahant club and a banquet had been attended by Mahoney
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Nahant
Mass
P. James Mahoney
Swampscott
Lynn
Thomas L. Larkin
Mahoney
Fox Hill
John P.honey
Nahant Club
Larkin
Eagle Auto Club
Six Hour Day Favored by Trainmen Committee
Charleston December 19 The state legislative board of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men endorses six hour day and adopted a resolution. New officers elected are J L Selvey Mullers chairman J M Houchis Bluefield vice chairman H J Chapman Reed secretary and Sam A McCurray Parkersburg legislative representative.
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Charleston
State Legislative Board of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Japan to abrogate Washington naval treaty
Japan moves to scrap the Washington naval treaty as the privy council urges abrogation to Emperor Hirohito. Officials anticipate a new pact to replace the 5 5 3 ratio and ensure national security with notification likely after the Christmas week.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Privy Council
Hirohito
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Pacific Ocean
Japan
United States
Saito
Washington
Baron Kiichiro
Champion Yawner Quits After Eight Days of It
Mrs Harold McKee of Sterling Wisconsin yawning marathon ended after eight days with sedatives used to aid sleep. Doctors said the episode subsided and she was recovering with plans to leave the hospital soon barring relapse.
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Yawner
Sterling
Mil
Harold McKee
H. L. Pettit
Accused Slayer of Sister's Husband Freed by Court
Wheeling, Dec. 19. By a directed verdict, Mrs. Freda K. Watt, 24, factory worker, is free of charges in the shooting death of her brother in law George B. Cutler. Judge John Ritz ordered acquittal after the prosecutor recommended it, ending the trial as Watt testified about the July 1 incident claiming her sister endured bestial treatment.
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Wheeling
Freda EK. Watt
George B.cudassai
John 8. Ritz
Watt
Cutler
Dorothy Cutler
W. C. Piper
Rescue From Sisto by New York Lifeboat Crew
In a dramatic North Atlantic rescue, a lifeboat from the passenger liner New York saved sixteen crewmen from the sinking freighter Sisto amid stormy seas as the Europa and other vessels watched. The perilous return to the New York tested the tiny craft and its exhausted crew before all reached safety.
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Davy Jones
New York Board
Frank E. Gannett
Gannett
Associated Press
New York
Sisto
Europa
North Atlantic
Newin
Roosevelt backs federal help for cheap municipal power
President Roosevelt signaled readiness to lend federal funds to New York or other cities for municipal power plants if investigations show cheaper operation than private firms. He discussed the matter with Mayor La Guardia and City Commissioner Davidson, noting private bids were rejected as exorbitant. The Navy is evaluating own-plant generation options, and the president will unveil his congressional program on January 3 with a brief policy message.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
la Guardia
Davidson
Navy
Congress
Reds attempt to influence armed forces
A congressional inquiry into Soviet control over groups seeking to overthrow the American government opened on Capitol Hill. William Green and Matthew Woll accused ongoing communist activity in the United States since recognition, while Navy testimony described young women distributing circulars to incite disloyalty among the armed forces. The Foreign Affairs Committee planned to consult the State Department on whether Soviet pledges had been violated and discussed tightening controls on radicals without infringing free speech.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
Soviet Russia
Capitol Hill
William Green
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
House
W. L. Kirkman
Navy
McReynolds
Green
Teets Found Guilty and Sentenced to Life
Arthur Raymond Teets, 20, was convicted of first degree murder in Terra Alta for the slaying of Jimmy Gillis during a $17 robbery. The jury recommended mercy, auto im being life imprisonment. judge A G Hughes to pronounce sentence later. Gillis, a Terra Alta landowner and bachelor, was killed November 20 after refusing Teets’ demand for money.
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Kingwood
Arthur Raymond Teets
Jimmy Gillis
Terra Alta
Young Teets
A. G. Hughes
Gillis
Teets
Holt Denies Dictating Senate Organization to Fight Privilege
Charleston reports Senator-elect Rush D. Holt pledges no dictatorial grip on how the West Virginia legislature is organized January 9. He says his aim is a progressive program and to expose backstairs, star chamber practices by what he calls special privilege interests. He will not reveal plans for being in the state capitol at convening time.
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Charleston
Rush D. Holt
United States Senate
Holt
U. S
Washington
Congress
Hole
Star Chamber
Business Leaders Back Direct Relief Plan Debate
A White Sulphur Springs conference of 90 business leaders endorses direct relief as in England to aid the unemployed, opposing work relief and pressing for a dole style program until industry absorbs jobless workers. Negotiations over the report draft may block a clear endorsement of the plan.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
United Business Front
England
Conference of Business Chiefs
Deacon Bell Committed to Virginia Hospital
Edward C. Bell, a Baptist deacon, accused of poisoning his invalid wife, was committed to Western State hospital in Fredericksburg after a deadlocked jury failed to reach a verdict. Judge Frederick W. Coleman ordered the commitment immediately upon the jury's report.
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Fredericksburg
Edward C. Bell
State Hospital
Frederick W. Coleman
Bell
Western State Hospital
Eugene Black, Longtime US Official, Dies in Atlanta
Eugene R. Black former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and governor of the Sixth District Bank died at 61 after a heart attack. He served under Roosevelt, was a Grady in law and banking circles, and leaves a daughter Mrs. Walter A. Wellborn and two sons. Surviving relatives include his wife Gussie Grady.
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Atlanta
Eugene R. Black
Federal Reserve Board
Black
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Bank of
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Henry W. Grady
South
Eugene Meyer
Sixth Federal Reserve District
University of Georgia
Sixth Federal District Bank
M. B Wellborn
Ofi
Eugene Prichard
Zac Harman Black
Gussie Grady
Walter A. Wellborn
Eugene R
Coroner's Jury Finds Woman Was Murdered Near Beckley
Beckley district coroner's jury reports Miss Ella Barker, 18, was killed by a person or persons unknown. The body was found at her uncle's home in Artie near Beckley with a shotgun wound to the left side. Officials had learned she had threatened to kill herself.
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Beckley
Ella Barker
Artie
Bing Crosby wagers on Rose Bowl bet with ping pong set
Hollywood star Bing Crosby says he will cover all bets of southern football fans on the Stanford Alabama Rose Bowl game if the stake is a full table tennis set. He already has 17 sets claimed and sent letters to his employer about a raise. The singer sang to Alabama’s team before the Pasadena clash with Stanford’s Indians.
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Hollywood
Cal
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Stanford
Bing
Alabama
Pasadena
Woman Disappears In Nightdress Near Carmel
Mrs Elliot Boke Schaffner, 39, recently discharged from Monterey hospital, vanished from her Carmel home between midnight and dawn. Bloodhounds, air support from Berkeley, and a wide search by the rugged coast were mobilized as her husband Joseph Schaffner flew in from Chicago and sister Mrs Marion Todd arrived from San Francisco. The couple split their time among New York Chicago Carmel and San Francisco as authorities probe possible ocean or river disappearance.
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Carmel
Calif
Elliot Boke Schaffner
Iealthy
Monterey Hospital
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Marion Todd
Gloria Vanderbilt to come home for Christmas story
An appellate court ruling clears Gloria Vanderbilt to return home for Christmas at 49 East 72nd Street, promising a double celebration. Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt expresses joy over reuniting with her daughter for the holidays as a big day unfolds.
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Dale Harrison
Associated Press
New York
East
Gloria
Santa Claus
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