Mystery of Starr Faithfull diary and alleged motives
Diary found in the Faithfull home hints at suicides and possible marks of violence. Detectives report references to death plans and trials of men, while signaled funds needs and pawnshop visits surface as clues. London and New York outlets discuss theories of a staged settlement and influential interests in Starr Faithfull's death.
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New York
London
Starr
Faithfull
Edwards
Starr Faithfull
Vondon
Rudolph Haybrook
The
Daily Mail Today
Stanley E. Faithfull
Haybrook
Miss Faithfull
Elizabeth
Daily Express
Scotland Yard
Miss Fairhall
America
Railway Rates Increase Plan Backed by Major Roads
Eastern and western railroads push for a general 15 percent rate rise to be effective within three months. Aimed at revenue rather than specific rates, the move seeks to omit the 90 day suspension clause. A three-railroad committee led by John J Pelley, H A Scandrett, and W R Cole will present the application.
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Commission
Washington
John J.pelley
New York
New Haven
Hartford
H. A. Scandrett
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul and
Pacific
W. R. Cole
Louisville & Nashville
Cavalrymen Rescue Boys in Desert Trek
Eight hundred U S cavalrymen return to barracks after rescuing two ten year old boys who became lost in the desert while attempting a world tour on a bicycle. Rescued boys K D Franklin and Jack White had left home Tuesday and their voyage prompted the dramatic reconnaissance by troops.
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el Paso
Tex
United States
K. D. Franklin
Jack White
Desert chase ends with two boys found after near El Paso
A bicycle tour near Baker's Well left Jack and Kinney separated at dawn. Jack outran Kinney and sped ahead, causing Kinney to get lost. Cavalry and two military planes searched, Jack found wandering in sagebrush while Kinney lay exhausted in the desert. In separate notes, a divorce suit tied to a Cleveland filing and a yacht explosion involving Los Angeles brokers are mentioned.
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Baker's Well
el Paso
Jack
Kinney
Son
Ald
Actor Rescues Two Men From Pacific
San Pedro California June 12 William Boyd motion picture actor yachting nearby yesterday rescued two men from a skiff after they escaped a sinking yacht due to a boiler room explosion Rex Lease and Eleanor Hunt film players who married last April at Las Vegas Nevada were living apart today Miss Hunt remarking that we l
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Pacific
San Pedro
Cal
William Boyd
Hollywood
Rex Lease
Eleanor Hunt
Las Vegas
Nevada
Miss Hunt
Long quarrel ends with cautious hopes for staying together
The speaker describes a brief dispute but asserts nothing permanent, mentioning a lease note that stated they had separated yet insists this does not mean a true breakup. The tone remains hopeful and measured about the relationship's future.
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Lease
Train Robber Slain by Agents in Stillwell Kansas
Stillwell Kansas June 12 A man identified as Herbert Holliday a participant in the Rondout Illinois mail train robbery was shot and killed by two American Express Company agents here today in a developing crime case with local authorities assisting.
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Stillwell
Kas
Herbert Holliday
Rondout
Ill
American Express ‘Company
Missionary Held Indefinitely by Bandits in Peiping
Bandits who abducted American missionary Rev. Bert Nelson last October announce they will detain him indefinitely while he teaches English. They allegedly demand 360000 feet of telephone wire a plane a gun and printing dresses as ransom but friends doubt the figures, seeing them as leverage to keep him.
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Peiping
Bert Nelson
Prominent New Yorker Free On Bail In Bigamy Case
San Francisco reports Thornton Lothrop Motley a 30 year old prominent New Yorker was released on 1000 bail after being charged with bigamy by his California society wife Mrs Yvonne Corrine Vuillon Motley Mrs Motley alleges he never divorced his first wife Anabel Parker Motley of New York whom she says he married here August 18 1930 The second Mrs Motley says she learned of her husband s spread across the social circle.
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San Francisco
Thornton Lothrop Motley
Yvonne Corrine Vuillon Motley
Motley
California
Anabel Parker Motley
New York
Nustand
Holliday and accomplice accused in tire theft attempt
Holliday and a companion allegedly attempted to steal four automobile tires at a railway station. The companion J. I. Harmon, described as an ex-con, was wounded but not seriously hurt. Mrs. Holliday was captured from the car used to drive into town. Express company agents H. H. Harvey and C. P. Tuttle are named in the report.
Road to Marion County Progress Under Limited Funds
Work on the road to Marion County along the Country Club area proceeds within budget. Local contractor John Robinson is surfacing between the Country Club and Brown school house with crushed rock, following earlier grading and rough rock. The plan aims for asphalt later, but two miles remain to finish both counties.
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Marion County
Country Club
John Robinson
Brown School House
Fairmont
Taylor
Capone and 68 Others Indicted In Prohibition Conspiracy
Chicago June 12 1930 Alphonse Capone and 68 defendants tied to his liquor and gambling network face federal indictments for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. The case alleges a 1921 to date operation producing and transporting beer on a large scale with 5000 offenses across 1000 gallon vats and 30 barrel truckloads. Capone is charged with involvement in truck purchases from Betz Motor Co Hammond Indiana and telegraphic beer payments. The meeting at Lexington Hotel outlined plans to further unlawful aims with Fusco Howlett Delaney Juffin and others present. Capone’s associates include Fusco Potson Delaney Juffin and DAngelo.
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Chicago
Alphonse Capone
Capone
United States
George E. Q. Johnson
Betz Motor Company
Hammond
Ind
Joseph C. Fusco
Fr George Howlett
Bert Delaney
Jack Heinan
Lexington Hotel
Fusco
Hst
Michael Potson
Delaney
Nick Juffin
Frank Ross
Joseph D'Angelo
Janice Beagle to Enter State Woman's Golf Meet
Mies Janice Beagle of this city plans to enter the State Woman's Golf Tournament at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia on July 1. She is currently practicing to compete in the event and the dates of the meet are being finalized.
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Janice Beagle
Mies
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Local golfers hope Beagly improves past third place
Report notes Miss Beagly entered July 8 11 meet last year finishing third. This year she returns amid local hopes for a better score. In a separate incident officers testified at a preliminary hearing about a car stop on a highway trip from Kansas to Mexico where Guess claimed he was threatened with a pistol.
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Kansas
Mexico
Guess
Hous
Ardmore Deputies Plead Not Guilty in Slayings
Ardmore Oklahoma June 12 Deputy Sheriffs W S Guess and Cecil Crosby pleaded not guilty at arraignment on murder charges for the slaying of Emile Cortes Rubio and his companion Manuel Garcia Gomez last Monday. Judge John B Ogden set trial for the week of June 22.
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Ardmore
Okla
W. S. Guess
Cecil Crosby
Emile Cortes Rubio
Chum
Manuel Garcia Gomez
John B. Ogden
Cortes Rubio
J. B. Champion
Case of England vs McGee heads to jury this afternoon
The Englands Meg Gee case has been in progress for two days with indications a jury will hear it late Friday afternoon. Mrs. Cora England sues Mrs. Marella McGee for several hundred dollars claiming she improved McGee's house in hopes of inheriting it, with disputed ownership and expenses now in question.
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McGee
Cora Englan
Mareilla McGee
Pinchot Silent on New York Employment Report
Harrisburg June 13 Governor Pinchot refused to comment on a report in a New York newspaper stating he and Governor Roosevelt would head a conference of governors to address unemployment. His only statement was I have nothing to say.
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Harrisburg
New York
Roosevelt
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