Light Speed Measure Will Be Elaborate
Dr. A A Michelson aims to refine light speed measurements to within one tenth of the 186 284 miles per second value determined years ago by Mount Wilson observers. The plan includes an evacuated half mile pipe and rotating prism with mirrors to time light over a fixed path, reducing errors from air resistance and providing a cross check on prior results.
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A.A. Michelson
Mount Wilson
Mount Old Baldy
University of Chicago
War Department
Mount Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Cal
Ross Flying Field
Little Bennie Halts Divorce Court protest in Chicago
In Chicago on July 12 1922 Bennie Welzer interrupted his parents divorce hearing by signaling the judge and declaring his mother lied about abuse. Judge Gemmill halted the decree and threatened jail if Mrs Welzer harmed the boy again. A German invention of a TV device attached to a radio is noted.
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Chicago
Bennie Welzer
Isaac and
Lena Welzer
Russia
Bennie
Epid
Gemmill
Keyes Assistant Guilty in Bribery Case in LA
Los Angeles headlines report the conviction of Harold L. Davis, chief deputy under former district attorney Asa Keyes, for bribery. A jury found Davis paid 7500 dollars to procure acquittal for promoters of the defunct Julian Petroleum Corporation, who were tried in 1927 on fraud charges.
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Los Angeles
Asa
Keyes
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Harold L. Davis
Davis
Julian Corporation
Julian
Western Maryland seeks small West Virginia railroad buy
Western Maryland Railway applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission to purchase the entire capital stock of the Chaffee Railroad Company operating at and within one half mile line in Chaffee West Virginia. The action was filed in Washington on July 12 in the year indicated.
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Washington
Maryland
Interstate Ecommerce
Commissior
Chaffee Ailroad Company
Chaffee
W. Va
Vinder Ma
Jury Fails to Indict in Braxton Murder Case
Sutton July 12 The Braxton county grand jury reported no murder indictment against William Owens 25 in the November 1927 Laurel Run double murder of Mr and Mrs Jefferson Harris aged 65 and 63. Owens confessed but was not indicted. Lane and Frank Owens were implicated by the confession and kept under investigation as officials disclosed alibi coverage and Mexican refuge. Owens remains jailed.
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Sutton
William Owens
Jefferson Harris
Laurel
Braxton County
Indictment Probe Hangs Over Next Grand Jury
Investigations continue with the expectation that evidence toward indictment will be presented to the upcoming grand jury, as authorities pursue formal charges.
Minnesota University Employs Ernest Angelo
Ernest Angelo former chief game protector for West Virginia who was relieved by Governor Conley has taken a position as assistant professor of horticulture at the University of Minnesota. He reported July 1. His dismissal followed an alleged discourteous letter said to have been written to a congressman, per reports from Charleston.
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Morgantown
Ernest Angelo
West Virginia
William G. Conley
State Game, Fish and Forestry Commission
University of Minnesota
University
State Service
Chieleston
Banker Lived Too Well, Now in Toils of the Law
Washington July 12 A banker George William Bennett 25 teller Farmers and Merchants bank confessed to defalcation of 104.00 over eight years. He said living beyond his means. He was charged with embezzlement.
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Washington
George William Bennett
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Bennett
Bandit Train Robbery Ring Sentences Read in Chicago
Virgil Litzinger and John Flannery, last of the gang that dynamited a grand trunk car and fled with 133000, were sentenced to 25 years. Judge Lindley overruled motions. Limpy Cleaver confessed implicating former congressman Wharton and others. two gang members were killed and others jailed or fled.
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Chicago
Virgil Litzinger
John “Red” Flannery
Walter C. Lindley
Ghetious Limpy
Lex
Charles Wharston
Litzinger
Flannery
Wharton
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Police J
Buckhannon Rats Targeted In Pied Piper Campaign
Buckhannon July 12 City council endorsed the Pied Piper rat extermination drive led by John J Laub and voted 40 to aid the effort. Baits laced with poison have been spread in major rat hotspots, with most business leaders contributing to the campaign. Cleaver remains imprisoned in Atlanta penitentiary serving a 35 year term.
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Buckhannon
John J. Laub
American Divorce in Paris Courts Declares Vera Bate Free
Paris announces a divorce granted to Mrs. Vera Arkwright Bate from Frederick Bate, secretary general of the reparations conference. They wed in Paris on May 1, 1916, with Mrs. Bate originally from Illinois. A divorce was denied to Roy Buttweiler and Georgette Sarah Assize Buttweiler for lack of established French domicile. they married at Nanterre on August 30, 1920, and she now resides in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Paris
Vera Arkwright Bate
Frederick Bate
Conference of Experts On
Bate
Illinois
Roy Buttweiler
Georgette Sarah Assize Buttweiler
Nanterre
France
Buttweiler
St. Louis
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across Clue Fragments and Odd Gaps
Readable puzzle fragments show across clues about wear expression and names with numerous garbled words. The readable items mention leather related hint and various numeric references, with partial entries for down clues and stray letters. The text resembles a damaged crossword grid with scattered hints and misread segments rather than a coherent solution.
Measles and Other Childhood Diseases Reach Most Americans
A U S Public Health Service report states nine in ten Americans have had measles and about three quarters have had whooping cough. The peak fatality occurs under one year, with measles whooping cough and mumps dropping to negligible levels by age five, unlike scarlet fever and diphtheria.
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Washington
America
U.S. Public Health, Service
Torture gang torture home robbery linked to $6000 loot
In Toledo and Wauseon police seek a fourth gang member after a break in at Frank Schaffer's home. The intruders gagged Schaffer, his wife, and niece Mary Cramer, bound three youths, and burned him with matches to force a reveal of $6000 they believed to be hidden. The trio fled after Mrs Schaffer screamed.
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Toledo
Wauseon
Frank Schaffer
Mary Cramer
Schaffer
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Keyes’ Asst
Braxton
Owens
Minnesota University
Cleaver
Atlanta Penitentiary
Emerald
TIDE
Water Oil, Sales Corporation
Broadway, New York, N. Y
National Aeronautical Association
Martin Jensen
Jarvis Oil Company
Clarksburg, W. Va
Daily Cross
Nick
Ajelele
Alaltle “Bais ”Line
Scotland
Corian
Ectorm
Public Health Service
Kee
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