Widow pleads guilty in Union Station plot case
Six defendants face trial in Kansas City for conspiring to free Frank Nash and slay five men, including peace officers, at Union Station eighteen months ago. The widow Vivian Mathis, Nash's spouse, admits guilt to the conspiracy and will testify under a deal to drop charges. Defendants include Richard T. Galatis Herbert Farmer Lotis Stace and Frank B. Mulloy.
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Kansas City
Vivian Mathis
Miller
Maurice M. Milligan
United States
Frank Nash
Richard T. Galatis
Herbert Farmer
Lotis Stace
Frank PB. Mulloy
Accus
Guard Locks After Blast Threat At Gatun Locks
Rumors of a bomb threat at the Gatun locks of the Panama Canal prompted unprecedented security today. Assistant superintendent H. M. Thomas reportedly received an anonymous letter. the Fourteenth Infantry, sentries, and canal police cordoned the area. Strangers barred. only identified lock workers admitted. Security to continue for four months, officials said.
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Panama
Gatun
Panama Canal
H. M .Thomas
Thomas
Millery Intelligence Service
Fourteenth Infantry
Canal Zone
Pinchot bids farewell to Pennsylvania legislators
Gifford Pinchot, Pennsylvania’s independent Republican governor, delivered his valedictory to the General Assembly. He praised four hard years as the best of his life and urged peaceful, prosperous years ahead under Democratic rule. His term ends January 15 when Democrat George H. Earle is sworn in, amid a split legislature.
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Oneral Assembly
Commonwealth
Secondwell
Pinchot
Pennsyla
House of Representatives
George H. Earle
Austria
Earle
Pinichot
Wales Given More Honors in New List
The Prince of Wales, already adorned with many titles, receives three additional honorary designations this day. The article notes the royal honor expansion under the heir to the British throne, with formal acknowledgment in the ongoing coverage.
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Wales
Burdette Johns
Associated Press Foreign Staff
London
Prince of Wales
Ting Heorge
Hheiro
Weston Glass Factory Destroyed by Fire
Weston West Virginia January 1 The finishing and warehouse department of the West Wire Glass Specialty Company plant were destroyed by fire last night. The blaze was discovered by Sol Myers who tends the tank of molten glass. Louis Wohing president of the company declined to estimate the loss.
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Weston
W.va
West Wire Glass Specialty Company
Plat
Sol Myers
Louis Wohing
Bad Weather Blocks Annual Mummers Parade
Philadelphia scenes report winter storm disruption as rain and snow halt the Mummers March. King Momus and Jupiter Pluvius caused rain checks delaying the New Year parade planned for 8:36 AM, with 12 000 marchers and thousands more onlookers sidelined by Broad Street’s slick conditions.
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Philadelphia
Momus
Jupiter Pluvius
Colt and Phantasym
Broad Street
State to create forest and game preserve near Mill Creek
The State Conservation Commission plans a 9000 acre forest and game preserve in Randolph County, near Mill Creek and the Back Fork of the Hiland. The project hinges on CCC camp allocation likely not before next April, according to Commissioner H W Shawhan.
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STATE
Mill Creek
Randolph CO
Charleston
Randolph County
State Conservation Commission
Ers
West Virginia-Midland Company
H.W. Shawhan
CCC
Shawhank
Arrest Youth in Murder of Saloon Owner
Baltimore January 1 Elmer Hyer a 15 year old athlete fatally wounded his step father Bernard Wietheger claiming he acted in defense of his mother during an argument in the mother's bedroom He could not say how many shots were fired and the step father had three wounds two in the chest and one elsewhere
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Baltimore
Jan
Elmer Hyer
High Hoor
Bernard Wiethager
Young Hyer
Wietheger
Son Named as Slayer of Texas Co. Official
Shepherd Texas January 1. The fatal shooting of Charles Clark a 2 year old county treasurer puzzled officers today while the official's son was charged with murder in connection with the slaying of Frank Laverine 30. Clark was found shot to death in a beer parlor he operated while Laverine's body was found in sight not far from the place. Laverine was employed as a cook at Clark's establishment. Sheriff R D Hollingshead blamed the shooting on an argument over the affections of an 18 year old girl. Murder charges were filed against Clark's son Tyrus and Clarence Lowrie. A Livingston tailor Offices said they believed Clark had been killed while resisting robbers as receipts for week end business in the beer paid for were missing.
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Shepherd
Tex
Charles Clark
Frank Layerime
Clark
Laverine
R. D. Hollingshead
Leverine
Murdec
Tyrus
Clarence Lowrie
Livingston
Four Shaken By Ordeal Of Awaiting Aid
Four men rescued from a crashed air liner in the Adirondacks endured two days in snow and ice. Rugged woodsmen guided and carried them to safety after the Friday night crash near Wilder Mountain. Co pilot Dale Dryer was reported delirious during rescue.
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Homer McCoy
Associated Press
Utica, N
Adirondack
Jon Wilder Mountain
Dale Dryer
In Michigan Atwood Maintains Secretary of State Post
On inaugural day two claimants arose for secretary of state with Orville Atwood entrenched in office under guard. Guy Wilson, ill in Flint, took oath and vowed to press his claim as court battles loom. Legislature had voided Atwood’s apparent election for fraud and proclaimed Wilson the winner.
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Lansing
Mich
Orville E. Atwood
Guy M Wilson
Flint
Wood
Asa Molence
Supreme Court
Frank D. Fitzgerald
William A. Comstock
Atwood
Wilson
Fear Relapse After Hiccoughing Attack
Jefferson City Missouri January 1 A 75 year old Cole county farmer H H Rackers ended a 10 day hiccoughing spell today after a stroke of paralysis began December 22 in a hospital doctors fear a recurrence county medical staff reported the hiccups subsided but warning notes remained for possible return
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Jefferson City
H. H. Rackers
Cole County
Rackers
Farm Hand Is Hanged for Slaying of Baby
Leeds, England, Jan. 1. Frederick Rushworth, 29, a farm hand, was hanged at Armsey prison for the murder of his baby. His co-defendant, Lydia Binks, 24, a domestic, was convicted of burying the child alive and originally sentenced to death. Her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after a petition for clemency.Rushworth’s plea for a reprieve was denied.
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Leeds
England
Frederick Rushworth
Armsey
Lydia Binks
Home Office
Rushworth
State Readies Open Case Against Bruno Hauptmann
Flemington N J Jan 1 The state prepared a dress rehearsal for the Lindbergh baby murder trial as judges and legal staff review evidence. Hauptmann awaits trial next week with juror selection to begin. Walter Roberts Hunterdon County engineer to describe nearby roads aiding the kidnapper. Betty Gow nurse maid travels from Scotland to testify about t he child in the second floor nursery and the crib scene.
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James
Lawrence
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Brung Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Trenton
America
Hauptmann
Walter Roberts
Hunterdon County
Lindbergh Estate
Betty
Betty Gow
Bhy
Henry Ford Forecasts Prosperity This Year
Detroit reports Henry Ford predicting 1925 will be much better for business and the country than 1924. He told reporters while at a Dearborn lab that a substantial gain is likely in 1935 and urged greater attention to data. He cautioned prosperity should not be false and that gates will not be spectacular but substantial.
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Detroit
Dearborn
Henry Ford
Former West Virginian Held For Slaying Of His Spouse
A coroner's jury recommended murder charges for Walter J. Hartz, 35, of Chicago, after his arrest in the death of his wife in Kankakee. She was found strangled with an electric iron. Hartz allegedly confessed saying he killed his wife last Saturday night as their two children stayed with relatives in Charleston W VA.
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Kankakee
Walter J. Hartz
Chicago
Hart
Charleston
Hartz
Convicts Help Rescue Inmates At Cherokee County Home
Five men died and 16 injured when a fire destroyed the Cherokee county home main building in Gaffney. Convicts from a nearby camp aided screaming inmates, wrapping them in blankets and rushing them to hospitals. Authorities blamed no equipment for delays and blamed the blaze on an undetermined cause.
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Gaffney
S&c
Cherokee County
B.J. Clary
Real battle about bonus is expected
In Washington on January 1 the Associated Press reports intensified talk among Democratic leaders in Congress about immediate payment of the soldiers' bonus. Proposals to pay 1,000,000 dollars and secure full bloc support threaten a major fight, with opposition and maneuvers shaping the debate.
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Christerson
Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Congress
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