Trial Jury Is Completed After Five Days Of Examination
Columbus Ohio July 31 After five days in which 99 persons were examined a jury was today chosen to hear the murder case of Dr James H Snook charged in the hammer slaying of Mike Theora Hix a student at Ohio State University The third venire of prospective jurors answered roll call when court opened today The venire was ordered yesterday when it became apparent that the second venire of 50 as well as the original of 75 might be exhausted without completing the final panel Snook is ill The physical reaction from the spinal test to which Dr Snook submitted last week affected him more severely today than on the two previous days this week He was feeling very ill when brought into court and he was allowed to retire to the sheriff s office while the venire names were being called Five of the 30 persons called on the third venire were not found and excused by the court Parents not in court For the first time since the trial opened Dr and Mrs Melvin T Hix parents of the slain girl were not in court Later Dr Snook returned to the court room apparently ready to try through with the final jury picking Having only three peremptory challenges remaining and with one woman still in the jury box the defense by waiving these challenges maneuvered so that the prosecutor was forced either to accept the jury as constituted or exercise his one remaining challenge Challenge is used Had Prosecutor Chester waived also the jury of 11 men and one woman would have been accepted but Chester used his final challenge to dismiss Elliott P Rexford 26 chemical analyst who was among the first jurors chosen The defense announced it would challenge the array of the jury but did not immediately make known the basis for the action Continued on page two.
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Columbus
Murda
James H
Mike ‘Theora Hix
Ohio State Universiy
Snook
Aesque Waa
Iemt
Melvin T. Hix
Yurth
Chester
Elliott P. Rexford
Nation faced persistent heat wave across the country
For the fifth straight day the nation endured intense heat with no immediate relief in sight. Cooling breezes reached New England briefly, while other regions of the heat belt endured high temperatures led by Bismarck as the hottest spot.
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New York
New England
Bismarck
Bobby Jones for Congress is New Day in Georgia
Atlanta July 31 Bobby Jones the national open and golf king was urged for Congress by a Canton Georgia delegation led by State Senator H G Vandervier They said he would be a serious contender for the Georgia fifth district seat left vacant by the death of Representative Leslie J Steele They stressed his ability as a lawyer and fame as a golfer Bobby would make no state guidance public
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Atlanta
Congress
Bobby Jones
Canton
H. G. Vandervier
Georgia
Leslie J. Steele
Bobby
CHANGES IN DIPLOMATIC POSTS AHEAD OF 6TH AMBASSADORS
President Hoover and Secretary Stimson plan replacements and retainment of many 14 Coolidge era ambassadors. Dawes replaces Houghton in London. Fletcher retires as ambassador to Italy. Schurman Hammond Culbertson Moore Judah MacVeagh Edge among resignations. Several ambassadors asked to remain include Bliss at Buenos Aires Gibson at Brussels Morgan at Rio de Janeiro Morrow at Mexico City.
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Hoover
Stimson
Calvin Coolidge
Houghton
Alanson B. Houghton
London
Charles Giles Dawes
Ben
Henry P. Fletcher
Italy
Fletcher
Jacob Gould Schurman
New York
Germany
Ogden H. Hammond
New Jersey
Spain
William S. Culbertson
Kansas
Chile
Alexander P. Moore
Pennsylvania
Peru
Noble Brandon Judah
Illinois
Cuba
Charles MacVeagh
Japan
Herrick
Walter E. Edge
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
France
Joseph G. Grew
Turkey
Robert Wood Bliss
Washington, D. C
Buenos Aires
Hugh
Gibson
California
Brussels
Edwin V. Morgan
Rio de Janeiro
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico City
Culbertson
Santiago
Moore
Lima
Lindberghs Narrowly Escape Injury Twice During Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife Mrs. Lindbergh narrowly escaped serious harm during a cross country flight. In Columbus a tire blew, causing a ground loop and wing scrape, and in Newark the plane damaged a wheel and wingtip in a ground loop upon landing.
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Lindberghs
Change Of Venue Granted In Loray Mill Case
Gastonia North Carolina July 1 1922 judge M W Barnhill granted defense motion for change of venue in the slaying of O F Aderholt chief of police. Trial adjourned to Mecklenburg county with exact resumption date uncertain. Aderholt was fatally wounded at the Loray mill strikers tent camp after authorities ejected workers from Manville Jenckes Company houses.
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Gastonia
N. C
Fembera, Oftional Workers Union
Aderholt
Mecklenburg County
M. W. Barnhill
Charlotte
Loray Mill
Manville-Jenckes Company
Nicaraguan consul shoots friend on crowded car
San Francisco July 31 Francisco D Perez consul general of Nicaragua shot his friend Celso De Leon three times wounding him severing the spinal cord and leaving him paralysed from the chest down. Perez claimed De Leon insulted him and was charged with assault and intent to commit murder. Perez had also served as Guatemala’s consular agent until recently. Mrs Sonora Perez said her husband had recent hallucinations and they face divorce proceedings. Mr and Mrs Hugh Baker returned to Monaca Pennsylvania after visiting relatives in the city.
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San Francisco
Francisco D. Perez
Celso de Leon
Perez
de Leon
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Sonora Perez
Attend Lunch at M. P. Church Thursday Morning
A church lunch event is announced for Thursday morning beginning at 11 o clock. The price is 25 cents.
Pajama Parade Sparks Chicago Street Protest
In Chicago on July 31 a pajama parade drew thousands of onlookers but only six marched in comfort against warm weather garb. The participants barely completed a block on Michigan Avenue before rushing back to their regular trousers amid wary spectators.
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Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Reynolds Found Guilty Manslaughter in Auto Crash
London July 31 Richard Joshua Reynolds of Winston Salem North Carolina was found guilty of manslaughter over an auto crash last May in which a motorcyclist was killed He was sentenced to five months in prison without hard labor and ordered to pay all costs His lawyer said Reynolds provides for Graham's widow for life
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London
Richard Joshua Reynolds
Winston Salem
N. C
Reynolds
Graham
Graf Zeppelin Ready for World Trip Amid Weather Delay
The Graf Zeppelin may delay its dawn Thursday start from Friedrichshafen due to unfavorable weather. The airship, carrying 21 passengers including 18 paying guests, is fueled and loaded with cargo and mail. It plans a Lakehurst stop for three to four days before commencing its round the world voyage, with a great circle route toward Los Angeles via Tokyo.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Europe
Lakehurst
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Future Edisons May Be Discovered
Fast Orange New Jersey July 1 Forty nine anxious youths aged 15 to 21 from states and the District of Columbia gather for tests to determine who will inherit the mantle of Thomas A Edison. The winner earns a four year free tuition scholarship in technical schools and will face Edison with his famed questionnaire. Little Anne Evans, daughter of G Wesley Evans, is reported critically ill with pneumonia, her second attack in three months.
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N.J
Thomas A. Edison
Sttates
District of Columbia
Edison
Little Anne Evans
G. Wesley Evans
Maple Avenue
Grafton Essentials for Industrial Promotion
Grafton and Taylor County Board of Trade report survey findings highlighting Grafton’s suitability for industry. Located on the Tygart Valley River and near key rail lines, the city sits 100 miles from Wheeling and 100 miles from Cumberland, Md, offering easy east west access and rail connectivity for industrial growth.
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Grafton
Tygart Valley
Wheeling
Cumberland
Bi and Ohio Railroad
Bots Umore
St. Loumore
Ohio
St Louis Robins lands after 420 hours aloft in 2 1 2 weeks
The St Louis aviators George Lea Lambert memorial flight ends at Lambert Field after a 420 hour endurance voyage. Crowds estimated at 251000 packed the field as the Curtiss-Charley pilots O Brine and Jackson disassemble the 6 cylinder radial motor for factory inspection. They earned over $81000 in pay and gifts as spectators cheered.
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St. Louis
Dale Red
Forest O'Brine
Robb
Lambert St. Louis
George Lea Lambert
Son and O'Brine
Curtiss-1 Son Company
Flight
Khar
Ama
Roth
Altthough O'Brine
Jackson
O'Brine
Curtl Robertson Company
Thiberoos Commerce
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
Hoover replies to France critics on navy parity and debt
President Hoover defends London naval parity as a first step to reducing world armament while postponing payment of France 400 million dollars for war supplies. The action follows France ratifying the Mellon Berenger funding plan with payments extended to May 1 next year. Dr James Brown Scott named president of Denmark Poland conciliation commission.
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Hoover
France
Mass Market Of Farm Crops In Cooperative Plan
The federal farm board studies creating six to eight giant farmer owned cooperatives aimed at mass marketing key crops. If fulfilled the program would position the United States as the leading arena for a historic cooperative marketing experiment. Decisions hinge on needs across agricultural branches and crop specifics.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
United Lates
Aerial talk at Kiwanis meeting echoes aviation themes
Kiwanians heard World War aviator Gra ton discuss flying and its era, while Enley Evans presented a note about aviation as a timely topic. James C Holt opened a feature on the new world of aviation, noting the public’s view of planes in summer skies.
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Enley Evans
of Graton
Notc
James C. Holt
Gun Battle Viewed As Possible Renewal Of Chicago Beer War
Chicago scene described a fatal gun battle as a potential renewal of the beer war. Police noted James Shups died from a wound in the shooting. McNichols, a municipal court bailiff, and son of a former state representative, linked to a minor beer peddler, was named in the case alongside relatives and a prisoner serving time for involvement in an $80,000 Harvester Company matter.
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Chicago
McNichols
Baliff
Policis Axm
Tommy 5
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