Mabry Hangs for Student Death in Missouri
Lawrence Mabry a 19 year old Sedalia youth was hanged at 9 17 am in Booneville Missouri for the murder of law student William Busch during an attempted holdup February 4 1928. Authorities said Mabry shot Busch after he refused to raise his hands. Mabry proclaimed innocence and prayed as he faced execution.
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Booneville
Lawrence Mabry
Sedalia
William Busch
Cooper County
Busch
Mabry
Ellis Collins
Collins
Supreme Court
Henry S. Caulfield
Sultan's Survivors Win 50 Million in London Case
A London dispatch to the New York Times reports that after a five year legal battle nine surviving widows and 13 children of Abdul Hamid, the deposed Sultan of Turkey, are to receive 50 million dollars. The judgment follows prolonged litigation in British courts and is described as a landmark settlement for the royal family in exile.
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New York
New York Times Today
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
British Greece bid for Abdul heirs after WWI loot
The report says Greece offered 50 million to Abdul’s former harem favorites now in poverty in European capitals. The Aegean Financial Trust of London aims to obtain one billion from Iraq for them. Abdul, died in prison in 1918, was alleged to be the world’s richest man.
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Greece
London
Abdul
Europe
Aegean Financial Trust, Ltd
Iraq
Hig
Turkey
Young Salmon Raised On Canned Mother Fish
In Portland Oregon a cannibalistic trait in newborn salmon feeding on their deceased mothers carcasses is cited as solving Washingtons food supply problem for small fish. Walter Hofford of Stevenson Washington and a state fisheries official notes Washington cans millions of salmon mothers each year.
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Portland
Ore
Washington
Walter Hofford
Stevenson
Wash
Washington Department of Fisheries and Game
Fielson's Body Not Yet Located Near North Cape Search
In Nome Alaska on January 31 searchers digging through ice and snow 90 miles southeast of North Cape Siberia for the bodies of aviator Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland. Gloves and helmet found identified as Borland’s. no bodies located yet. The wrecked plane was discovered by pilots Crosson and Gillam during an aerial scouting flight to the Nanuk.
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Nome
Alaska
North Cape
Siberia
Carl Ben Eielson
Earl Borland
Eielson
Borland
Nanuk
Joe Crosson
Harold Gillam
Stavropol
University of Iowa reinstatement session set for March
Bulletin notes a session to reconsider Iowa’s athletic status with a likely favorable vote for reinstatement around March 1 despite committee members not discussing details. In Long Beach California two U S navy aviators were injured when a wing struck a hangar during takeoff at the municipal airport. Other items report Montana Idaho official John F J Herbert summoned for investigation on charges raised by senators Borah and Wheeler. A Tennessee North Carolina bid for a national park moves forward as Gov Horton signs to deed 100,176.63 acres to the federal government. A note from Cheyenne Wyoming references a Wyoming liquor conspiracy case awaiting further action.
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University of Iowa
Ong Beach
Calif
Long Beach
Ashville
Tenn
Tennessee
North Carolina
Horton
Great Smoky Mountain Park
Poland Springs dog derby winner breaks 1927 record
Mrs. Ted Ricker and lead dog Bonzo won the first leg of the annual Poland Springs dog derby in Me. Despite heavy four inch snow, the 25 mile course was completed in 2 hours 1 minute 40 seconds, over five minutes faster than Leonard Seppala's 1927 record.
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Ted Ricker
Bonzo
Poland Springs
Leonard Seppala
Cupid Visit Hospital News Collapses in Federal Court
In Antonio Texas a federal court session collapsed as 15 of 20 injured defendants were cleared with directed verdicts by Judge T Blake Kennedy. Denny Shute shot a 68 to lead early at the Texas Open Brantonio event while a benefit concert plans to aid fuel for the poor at the city auditorium. J Winder Bryan, police chief, initiated the fundraiser after many families sought aid from city officials. Churches and civic groups will supply musical acts.
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T. Blake Kennedy
J. Winder Bryan
Police Staton
Raleigh Cops Will Give Benefit Play
Raleigh police department announces a benefit stage event to aid a local cause. Officers organize the performance with proceeds directed to community support efforts in Raleigh North Carolina.
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Raleigh Cops
Mississippi Delta Relief Workers Return After Assisting Flooded Families
Relief workers in the Mississippi delta have completed aiding married families to safety and are en route home from Memphis. The dispatch, dated January 31, notes the teams assisted households during the flood crisis and now proceed back to their communities.
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Mississippi Delta
Memphis
Tenn
Flood Runs High Across Mississippi Towns
The Tallahatchie River rose above normal in northwest Mississippi flooding Sumner Glendora Toppe Phillips Swan Lake and nearby areas. About 7 000 acres were inundated north of Sumner at Cassady Bayou with floods up to over 10 feet deep in spots. Families evacuated but remained safe as waters receded.
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Tallahatchie
Mississippi
Sumner
Glendora
Toppe
Phillips
Swan Lake
Cassady
Motion Pictures Taken of the Internal Organs
Detroit reports that Dr H A Jarre of Grave Hospital told the Radiological Society of North America that moving pictures of the body's interior have become possible within the last year. He notes they reveal details unseen in fluoroscopic photographs and describe slow motion images limited by X ray energy to protect the subject.
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Detroit
H. A. Jarre
Grave Hospital
Radiological Society of North America
London Actress to Use Queen Victoria Hose
Renee Kelly will wear Queen Victoria era silk stockings with open-work lace in the lead role of Almost a Honeymoon. The delicate ivory hose were given to Walter Ellis, the play's producer, by a relative who served in the royal household.
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Renee Kelly
Walter Ellis
Queen Victoria
Locklear Sentenced to 30 Years for Killing in Pembroke
Pembroke Indian youth Jerome Locklear pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Robeson County Superior Court and was sentenced by Judge Henry A. Grady to thirty years in state prison for the December killing of David Locklear at a Pembroke filing station. The oil company clerk's kindness in accepting the defendant's oath helped avert a higher charge.
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Lumberton
Jerome Locklear
Pembroke
Henry A. Grady
Robeson County
Locklear
David Locklear
Crior
Grady
Women Garment Workers Vote for Immediate City Strike
In New York on January 31 the International Ladies Garment workers union tallies show 9,351 votes for a strike, 434 against, and 110 blanks. The executive committee of the general strike committee plans to meet soon to set a walkout date.
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New York
International Ladies Gament Workers Union
Rare red cat described as unique in England
A Taunton owner, H. C. Brooke, keeps a short haired red cat claimed to be the sole specimen in England. The animal displays restless pacing from its tail to its head and never sits still like an ordinary house cat.
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London
England
H. C. Brooke
Taunton
Mexico's wartime music aids soldiers in training
Mexico's war department has allocated funds to train soldiers in singing and music theory to boost morale and efficiency, as the minister of war states music helps soldiers in their work. The effort aims to create a world-beater army through musical instruction.
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Mexico City
Mexico
War Department
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