Otto Wood Recaptured After Third Escape From North Carolina Prison
Otto Wood, Wilkes County murderer, recaptured after three escapes from North Carolina State Prison. Sentenced to thirty years for the 1923 murder of A. W. Kaplan in Greensboro, he is now at Terre Haute Prison, Indiana, with disposition doubtful. Indiana holds him for assault with a deadly weapon and attempted robbery, ten to twenty years, and the federal government may apply.
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Senator Glass and Wheeler clash on Senate floor
In Washington on February 12, Senator Carter Glass of Virginia and Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana fought on the Senate floor during a debate over the branch banking bill. Glass struck Wheeler on both arms and invited him to the cloak room after a heated exchange amid roll call tensions and procedural rulings.
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Treaties May Extend Naval Limits as France and Britain React
President Coolidge hopes to extend the Washington naval accord to fighter craft amid cautious Paris reaction. Tokyo and London indicate favorable press sentiment while Rome weighs a cautious stance. A Paris note cites France's reduced navy but questions codification limits. Meanwhile Imperial Valley experiences a damaging series of earthquakes from Calexico to Mexicali.
Harvard riot ends with 41 arrests in Cambridge square
Harvard students and two police officers clashed in Harvard Square early today. Forty one arrests were made on minor bonds for February hearings as police downplayed the cause while promising to curb late night entertainments. Judge Robert Walcott processed cases quickly as the crowd filled the courtroom.
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North Carolina Moves Toward Smoky Mountains National Park
Governors of North Carolina and Tennessee meet with Interior Department officials to advance the Great Smoky Mountain National Park project. A 704000 acre area will be surveyed next spring and summer to identify property for purchase, with 150000 acres pledged by each state and requirements to secure the balance before federal development starts. A 2 million dollar bond bill for park land is before the North Carolina legislature. The day also sees a electricity tax bill and other measures introduced in Raleigh.
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Butchers feud ends in blood with two dead in Rochester
In Rochester New York a three year feud among butchers culminated overnight as Harry Gordon 34 armed with two pistols killed Harry Katz and Sam Toltz, wounded Morris Klass and Frank Cohen, and left another friend unhurt before being captured. Gordon later described planning the shootings and displayed his pistols in a theater.
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Harry Katz
Sam Toltz
Morris Klass
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Frank Cohen
Leonard Meltzer
Meltzer
Katz
Toltz
Klass
Cohen
Actress Winifred Westover Hart Reunites With Cinema
Divorced from William S. Hart, Mrs. Winifred Westover Hart received custody of their son and began a move back to Los Angeles to resume her acting career after more than four years apart.
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William S. Hart
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Los Angeles
Man Arrest in Manila Identified as Hugh D Autremont
In Manila on February 12 an official statement announced the capture of Hugh D Autremont, one of three brothers sought for the 1914 dynamiting of a Southern Pacific mail train in Siskiyou Tunnel Oregon. He was arrested at Los Banos as James C Price, a private in the 31st infantry, and is confined in Manila awaiting return to Oregon.
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Southern Pacific
Siskiyou Tunnel
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Philippine Post Office Department
Los Banos
James C. Price
31St Infantry
Amazons Fight for Diaz in Nicaragua Battle
In Managua on February 12 AP reports a women’s battalion backing President Diaz endured heavy fire in Chinandega. Led by 20 year old Natalia Garcia the unit ferried guns and ammo while sustaining 16 wounded and Senorita Garcia gravely shot through the breast.
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No Great Danger Seen for Americans in Shanghai
The United States announces Americans in Shanghai are not in great danger amid Chinese civil war developments. Navy vessels and marines will stay off the port unless the situation worsens, with 250 marines distributed among ships and no landings planned unless lives are at risk.
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Shanghai
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Navy Department
Coolidge
Tobacco Sales On Local Auction Market Closes March 11
Tobacco farmers are informed that the Winston-Salem leaf auction market will close for the season on March 11 after this week's sale of about 1,000,000 pounds at an average 17 cents per pound. Season sales total 47,952,944 pounds with an average price of 23.58 dollars per hundred pounds.
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Winston-Salem
Breach of Promise Suit Filed Against Groom Actor
Chicago reports a $200000 breach of promise suit against Robert Ames filed by Helen Lambert of New York. She alleges he married the wrong woman, Miss Muriel Oakes, and planned to appear in Waukegan, Ill. The case cites letters of romance and promises in a dispute that disrupted rehearsals for The Ragged Edge.
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Helen Lambert
New York
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Miller Expected to Succeed Judge Gary at U S Steel
New York World reports Nathan L. Miller favored to become chairman of the United States Steel Corp upon Elbert H. Gary's retirement. Miller, former New York governor candidate and 1922 opponent of Alfred E. Smith, is eyed for his conservative business stance. Gary plans to retire amid a 40 percent stock dividend.
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Tarleton Joins Pirates As Scout
Pittsburgh reports Robert Tarleton a former class B baseball player and ex business manager of Shreveport in the Texas league has been acquired by the Pirates for duty as a scout.
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Two State Prisoners Re captured After Escape
Raleigh February 12 AP Re capture of Jesse Hardee and Joe Burnette escaped state prisoners announced by prison Superintendent George Ross Pou Hardee jailed for forgery from Columbus county escaped December 1926 from Caledonia farm recaptured in Whiteville Burnette serving a 20 year burglary sentence from Buncombe county escaped July 1924 arrested on a new charge in Akron Ohio identified by fingerprint system
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Jesse Hardee
Joe Burnette
George Ross Pou
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Columbus County
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Burnette
Buncombe County
Akron
Ohio
Cantonese Government Skips U.S. Shanghai Exemption Plea
In Hankow on February 12, reports say the nationalist Cantonese government will not reply to the U S proposal for Shanghai exemption from the eastern front. The Kellogg plan was addressed to Marshal Chang Tso-Lin and General Chang Kai-shek.
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Ponzi Departed Houston for Boston in Custody
Charles Ponzi left Houston today for Boston in custody of Police Inspectors John Mitchell and Thomas Mulroy.
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Houston
Tex
Charles Ponzi
John Mitchell
Thomas Mulroy
Haywood Ordered to Tell Grand Jury Details of Immorality Claims
Rev Oscar Haywood a Montgomery county representative and author of purity bills was summoned to appear before the Wake county grand jury. He is to provide specifics on alleged immoral practices linked to a Raleigh dance hall and reported by a city policeman in his anti immorality speech. The bill failed in the legislature.
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Oscar Haywood
House of Representatives
Montgomery County
Wake County Grand Jury
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Banking law violation charge filed against former bank cashier
Wake county prosecutors return an indictment against W A Seacoves former cashier of the Bank of Holly Springs charging false entry and false report of the bank's affairs under state banking laws Bond for his appearance will be set when he is brought to court The bank closed last year The charge cites a loans report of 20000 versus 27000 revealed by examination Britain endorses Coolidge naval disarmament proposals official says the public and opinion are generally favorable to the plan.
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