Byrd Antarctic expedition heads home from Little America
Admiral Byrd leads the City of New York, Eleanor Bolling, and Larsen back toward Dunedin New Zealand after spending over a year icebound in the Ross Sea. The voyage estimate hinges on travel time from Little America to Dunedin with crews and gear returning, while essential papers are retrieved.
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New York
New York Times
St. Post Dispatch
News
Richard KE
Byrd
Admiral Byrd
City of
Bend
Associated Press
Polar
Dunedin
New Zealand
Heatyyear
City
Bear
Richard H. Byrd
Inding
Uniteds
Raue City
Eleanor Bolling
Larsen
Jury Finds Homan Sane in Slayings Trial
Horence Arizona February 20 a superior court jury found Mrs Dugan sane and fit for execution after a trial in which she faces possible the gallows tomorrow for the murder of A J Mathis. Attorneys press for appeal to the state board pardons and paroles seeking reconsideration of a prior denial.
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Horence
Ariz
Superior
Aly
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Arguments for repeal bolster Eighteenth Amendment repeal debate
Prohibition opponents in Missouri press for repeal as speakers test to the judiciary committee. Williams, a youth guard official, says farmers take blame for bootlegger violations while wealthy producers evade guilt. He notes widespread public discussion of bootlegging with little conscience.
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Nton
Prohibition
United States
Missouri
Orke H. Williams
Board of Childrens
Fae
Consid
Williams
St. Louis
Polar flier Carl Eielson's body found in Siberia wreckage
Reports from Fairbanks say the body of Carl Ben Eielson, famed polar pilot, and his mechanic Earl Borland have been recovered 90 miles southeast of North Cape Siberia. Crosson, who aided the search, transmitted the discovery to Nanuk as rescuers awaited favorable weather to fly out. Borland will be buried in Seattle, Eielson in Hatton North Dakota.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Carl Ben Eielson
North Cape
Siberia
Joe Crosson
Bielson
Earl Borland
Siberian
Mielgon
Féss”Twan
Hielson
Borland
Crosson
Harold Gillam
Slipneev
Eielson
Nanuk
Seattle
Ole
Hatton
N. D
Roland
Chautemps to Form Cabinet in France
Paris reports Camille Chautemps, leader of the Radical Socialist party, was asked by President Gaston Doumergue to form a new government after the Tardieu ministry resigned. Tardieu was invited to join the new ministry while remaining head of the French delegation to the naval conference in London.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Radical Socialist Party
Gaston Doumergue
Tardieu
Chautemps
London
Man Confesses to Murdering Eight Persons
Detroit February reports James Baker, 25, a former Guggenheim Laboratory employee, confessed to killing eight men over four years. Victims were poisoned and scattered worldwide including Bombay and Hamburg, with Baker saying the acts gave him mental satisfaction. He was arrested on a Farmington, Michigan farm and held for New York authorities on a poisoning charge.
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Detroit
James Baker
Guggenheim Laboratory
New York
Baker
Bombay
Hamburg
Houston
Philippines
South America
Farmington
Henry
Gaw
Fate of Naval Parley Faces Unclear Future
The London naval conference enters a brief recess amid doubt and uncertainty as political crises in Paris affect progress. Britain, the United States, Japan and Italy welcome the pause, hoping the French return with flexibility on tonnage demands. A sub-committee will review ship categories while submarine restriction talks wait for Paris.
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Londony
Firespower
Paris
Howevan
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Italy
London
O Connor asks Hoover to replace him as head of agency
Chairman OConnor of the shipping board asked President Hoover to relieve him of the chairmanship due to health reasons. He would keep his board membership and continue as a commissioner if another person assumes the chair.
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O'Connor
Hoover
Government Agency
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Gift Club Drives Subscriptions With Promised Prize
The Gift Club pushes subscriptions as the campaign gains pace with many signs of strong support. Members boast higher in advance totals and a chance to win an automobile by selling papers. The club plans a nine o clock deadline this Monday to close the drive.
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Gift Club
Hoover Pushes Permanent Power Commission Plan
President Hoover urged Senator Couzens to push legislation creating a permanent power commission modeled after the Interstate Commerce Commission. The White House said the three cabinet officers now serving lack time and power to properly regulate power matters. Dissension at Senate hearings also surfaced as critics charged the commission with bias toward power interests.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Power Commission
Couzens
Michigan
The
Power Commission
Senate
White House
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Genet
Senate Interstate
Ferce
Charles Russell
Commission Forliettor
William King
F. B. Bonner
Commission
Bonner
Jhim
Sasi Sade i
Pope Pius XI Becomes Grand Uncle After Birth
In Rothe February 20, Pope Pius XI is noted as a grand uncle as his niece Marchesa Maria Luisa Ugolini Per Bichetti gives birth to a girl named Maria Pia Plus. The event marks a family milestone within the papal circle.
Stay Request for Snook Execution Timed for Feb 28
Attorneys for Dr. James H. Snook asked Governor Cooper for a 20 day stay of his Feb 28 execution to allow the US Supreme Court to act on his appeal. The letter, signed by Arthur C. Fricke Arthur M Spiegel and E O Ricketts, stated the high court has not yet acted. Cooper said he would probably act today. Continued on Page Three.
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Cooper
James N. Snook
Theora Hix
Snook
Ohio’ Penitentiary
Snok
Womennia
Supreme Court of
State of Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Ar
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
United States
Supreme
Senate
Ohio
Hugh M. Tate
Black
Alabamia
Smith
South Carolina
McKellar
Tennessee
Tate
Commission
Woodlock
Goff
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Ohio Penitentiary
Arthur C. Fricke
Cincinnati
E. 0. Ricketts
Army corps launches nonstop Miami to Panama flight
Three officers and one noncommissioned officer of the army corps began a nonstop flight from Miami Florida to Panama at 6 10 a m today the mission marked by the air lift initiative as part of a new long range operation Washington February 20 (P)
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Washington
Miami
Panama
Decree of Sale in McAvoy Versus Starcher Ruling
Judge Warren B. Kittle issued three orders as the circuit court opened its fourth day. The decree of sale in Thomas J. MacAvoy against Lewson Starner and others orders 25 parcels of real estate around Grafton to be sold at auction to satisfy debts. An order filed the separate answer of Charles Tate in Standard Supply Co versus Delmar Coal Co and others. An order rejected the petition of Claire Menear in Etta A. Petty v Robert H. Petty for divorce. Continued on page eight.
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Warren B. Kittle
Circuit Court
Thomas J. MacAvoy
Lewson Starner
Grafton
Charles Tate
Standard Supply Co
Delmar Coal
Gor
George Putzelt
Delmar Coal Co
Etta A. Petty
Robert H. Petty
Claire Menear
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Melvin
Akron
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Supreme Court
Spain
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Uted Press Chute
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Istant
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Pope Pius XI
Thos. J. McAvay
Lawson Starcher
Kittle
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