Wooster Child Murder Confession Ties Accused Fathers
Four year old Melvin Horst disappeared from Wooster Ohio nearly 14 months ago and was found slain the day he vanished. Special Assistant Mougey reports that Earl Donald and Charles Hanna gave sworn statements blaming each other for the crime. Both men describe a garage abduction after a drinking party. If the body remains unfound prosecutors may file manslaughter or child stealing charges.
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Wooster
Ohio
Melvin Horst
Tdmesénce Wet
Mougey
Earl Donald
Charles Hanna
Hanna
Donald
Horst Bay
Mack Honored By Philadelphians
Cornelius McGillicuddy known as Connie Mack receives an illuminated scroll and $10,000 for outstanding service to Philadelphia. As Athletics manager he joins notable scientists educators and artists as a Philadelphia Award honoree established by Edward Bok.
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Cornelius McGillicuddy
Connie Mack
Philadelphia
Edward W. Bok
Senate Debate Over Hughes Nomination Flares Up
Senate opponents of Charles Evans Hughes launch a broad attack on the Supreme Court claiming it has become a political force. Dill accuses the court of politics while Vandenberg defends it amid charged exchanges with Norris and Walsh as the confirmation fight continues.
Edmonds Praises Souths Outlook for Industrial Growth
Baltimore editor Richard H. Edmonds told Charlotte chamber of commerce the South faces astonishing future growth. He cited $1,000,600,000 in cotton mill investment and projected $3,000,000,000 for power and light expansions over ten years, with public school spending exceeding $400,000,000 annually, about double 1900 national totals.
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Charlotte
South
Edmonds
Journal of Independent Thought To Be Published
Charlotte writer J F Flowers plans to publish a journal titled The Caronian. He says the publication will feature writings from nationally prominent authors as he strengthens his organization amid the Aderholt murder trial.
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Journal of Independent Thought
Charlotte
N. C
J. F. Flowers
Charlotte Lower
Aderholt
Kansan to Cross Examine Liggett on Prohibition Claim
Washington report says Representative Lambertson arranged for Kansas Attorney General Smith to cross examine Walter L Liggett, who testified before the house judiciary committee he could obtain liquor in any Kansas town within 15 minutes. Liggett claimed Kansas has shard liquor in hotels and taxis and alleged a $40,000 state appropriation for snoopers.
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Washington
Lambertson
Kansas
Smith
Walter L. Liggett
House Judiciary Committee
Graham
Liggett
Plain Talk
Film Actress Marian Morrell Jailed For Liquor Fine
Marian Morrell a motion picture actress held on prohibition charges remained in jail after failing to pay a $150 fine in municipal court. Actor Art Acord also faced a $150 fine earlier for similar charges. The two were arrested at Morrells apartment after a taxi driver alleged he was assaulted when attempting to collect a fare. Officers found liquor in the room.
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Los Angeles
Marian Morrell
Art Acord
Acord
Demands Of France Are Being Pared
United States and Great Britain pressed France to reduce its 724000 ton naval claim to about 550000 tons in the next five years. A conference at the House of Commons involved Premier MacDonald Secretary Stimson Ambassador Morrow and Senator Robinson with Premier Tardieu Briand and Marriner. Italy may seek parity while adopting a cautious stance on a bigger navy.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
London
United States
Great Britain
France
MacDonald
Stimson
Morrow
Robinson
Tardieu
M. Briand
Marriner
House of Commons
Italy
Dino Grandi
America
Supreme Court Justices Skip Raleigh Jackson Day Dinner
The Charlotte News reports that members of the North Carolina Supreme Court will not attend the Jackson Day dinner held in Raleigh for the entire court. The dispatch confirms earlier reports that the justices have decided to decline attendance.
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Supreme Court
Charlotte
N. C
Charlotte News
Raleigh
North Carolina Supreme Court
Henderson Merchants Organize League To Combat Chain Stores
Henderson citizens form the protective league to fight chain stores. Independent merchants sponsor the group and plan a public education campaign to enlist local shoppers.
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Henderson
Citizen’s Protective League
Court House
Father Risks Painful Slow Death To Save Baby
In Oklahoma City a father Clarence Jeldy sacrificed his health to test an antidote by ingesting poison after his five month old daughter Mabel Jeldy was given a deadly acid by her mother by mistake. Despite efforts to relieve the infant and correct treatment, the child died from complications as doctors said the antidote had been administered.
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Oklahoma City
Mabel Jeldy
Clarence Jeldy
Hoover Anxious To Bag Sailfish In Florida
President Hoover fished 25 miles from Long Key near Sombrero light aboard the Saunterer with a Florida fishing fleet. Coast guard cutters convoyed the party as sailfish, in abundance, attracted hopeful catches. Sharks near the grounds hindered landing, though Mrs. Hoover also reeled in a fish during the day.
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Long Key
Fla
Hoover
Sombrero Light
Saunterer
Florida
Coast Guard
Washington
Keys
Supper Not Ready Killer Kills Baby Injures Wife
Union South Carolina report says Alex Young, a Black man, killed his infant child and wounded his wife after enraged over supper. He struck with a shovel and is jailed locally.
Two Die In Plane Crash At Tampa
A Curtiss-Wright service ship crashed near Bay Shore highway ten miles south of Tampa killing pilot Percy C. Henry Jr. of Louisville Kentucky and fatally injuring passenger W. C. Glose said to be Philadelphia Airport Development and Construction Co vice president. The plane left Miami bound for Tampa.
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Tampa
Fla
Percy C. Henry, Jr
W. C. Glose
Philadelphia Airport Development and Construction Company
Bay Shore
Henry
Louisville
Giose
Miami
Fleet Of 12 Vessels Held For Ransom
A gang of pirates in the West river delta near Canton seized 12 Standard Oil chartered vessels, Chinese junks carrying $50 000 in gold, and hold them for ransom. The protest was sent to the Canton military as banditry spreads through multiple provinces including Hunan Kiangsi Hupeh Szechwan Anhwei and Kiangsu.
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Canton
West River Delta
Here
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Kwangtung
China
Hunan
Kiangsi
Hupeh
Szechwan
Anhwei
Kiangsu
Hankow
Chungkiang
Standard Oil Company
Shih Yu-San
Pukw
Kweiteh
Honan
Ray Evans Executed in State Electric Chair
Ray Evans a 21 year old Richmond County man was executed in the state prison electric chair becoming the 99th person to die by electrocution. He was convicted of killing Constable W D Smith on June 12 1929 in Marks Creek township and died after a single two minute shock at 10 36 am. He proclaimed sorrow and asked forgiveness for the slain officer whose family included six children.
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Raleigh
Ray Evans
Richmond County
State’s
Evans
W. D. Smith
Marks Creek
Will Smith
J. H. Norman
John
Smith
Jug Explodes and Owner Is Jugged
Jackson police report a man named William L. Phillips threw a jug into a stove to deter five officers at his Railroad street home. The stove exploded causing a fire and Phillips was taken into custody for disorderly conduct.
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Jackson, Mich
William L. Phillips
Railroad Street
Phillips
Ford to devote life and $100 million to education
Henry Ford announced he will spend the rest of his life and $100,000,000 to found schools across the country. He plans large institutions, trade schools, and teaching, aiming to help young men gain useful citizenship and fit into society, blaming crime and racketeering on inadequate education. He warned against outside suggestions and outlined his own plan.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Henry Ford
Ford
Judge Boyd Celebrates 85th Birthday Quietly
Greensboro report notes federal Judge James E. Boyd marking his 85th birthday. Raised in health since hospital discharge six years ago, he has not officially retired from the bench and was appointed by President McKinley.
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Greensboro
James E. Boyd
Federal Court
Boyd
McKinley
Bruce Strong Reaches Wife After Air-Rail Dash to Key West
Bruce Strong of Chicago, son of automaker E. T. Strong, arrived in Key West with Dr. C B Shipley after a fog en route from Sky Harbor Tennessee forced their chartered plane to Titusville. They brought an oxygen tank to aid Mrs Strong who is seriously ill with pneumonia.
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West, Fla
Chicago
Key West
Bruce Strong
E. T. Strong
Strong
C. B. Shipley
Sky Harbor
Tenn
Titusville
Fla
Chinese Ex War Lord Weds a 17 Year Old Bride in Beppu
Tokyo reports Chang Tsung Chang once Shantung war lord has married again, wedding a 17 year old Chinese beauty Chang Chu in Beppu Kyushu after a year as a refugee. Some accounts list her as wife number 25 others claim 29.
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Tokyo
Chang Tsung-Chang
Shantung Province
Beppu
Kyushu
Chang Chu
Japan
Chang
Governors Statement Delay In Michigan Political Dispute
The U S house judiciary committee was told Governor Fred W Green of Michigan would travel from Boston to submit a written brief addressing charges raised by Walter L Liggett about his alleged attendance at a Detroit party.
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Ashington
House Judiciary Committee
Fred W. Green
Michigan
Boston
Walter L. Liggett
Detroit
Albion College Students Riot After Basketball Win
About 300 Albion College students celebrated a basketball victory over Alma College by storming the city theatre and jail. Police detained roughly 150 in a theatre room and 12 in the city jail. Tear bombs halted a renewed assault on the theatre as officers kept order.
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Albion
Mich
Albion College
John L. Seaton
George Bohn
Alma College
Bohn
Hughes to Take Chief Justice Post February 24
Charles Evans Hughes won Senate confirmation to become the eleventh chief justice. He will take office February 24 as debates over his nomination concluded with a 52 to 26 vote. The oath today may be given by Justice Holmes or Clerk Cropley depending on Hughes choice.
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Washington
Senate
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Taney
Andrew Jackson
Roger B. Taney
Dred Scott
Hughes
New York
Supreme Court
William Howard Taft
Joseph McKenna
California
Taft
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Bench
Charles E. Cropley
Allison Convicted of Manslaughter in Haywood County
Hugh Allison, 22, found guilty of manslaughter in Haywood County Superior Court for the first degree murder of Fred Caldwell. Judge T. B. Finley sentenced him to 15 years in State prison after a 21 hour deliberation. Wade McDaniel’s case, tied to the defense, reinstated and set for July term. bonds set at 7500 each.
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Waynesville
Hugh Allison
Haywood County
Fred Caldwell
T. B. Finley
Allison
Grover C. Davis
Wade McDaniel
McDaniel
Taft Improves Sufficiently To Sign Important Paper
Washington bulletin reports former Chief Justice Taft showing marked improvement and able to sign an important document after morning examination. Doctors withheld the document's nature but noted continued progress in his condition.
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Washington
Taft
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Philadelphians
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Norris
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Vanderberg
Walsh
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Banquo
Dirl
Elizabeth Stoaks
Jackson
Denifson University
Granville
Elizabeth
Kansan
Judiciary Committee
U. S
Judge Boyd
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Bulletins
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Ala
J —W. H. Coverdal
Gulf States Steel Company
Gadsden
House
Orlando
Goldsboro
Mo. N. C
Richard L. Turner
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