New York Court Denies Snyder Gray Appeal in Murder Case
Mrs Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray lose their last appeal from their 1920 murder conviction of Albert Snyder. Court of Appeals upholds joint trial prejudice claim and death sentences. Court notes both defendants were tried together under Baumes law and confirms verdicts.
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Albany
N. Y
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Court of Appeals
Albert Snyder
Snyder
Queens Village
Gray
New York
Judd Gray
Sing Sing
Gunfight at Weld County mine leaves many dead or wounded
Denver officials and Industrial Workers of the World strike supporters deny responsibility as National Guard troops patrol the Columbine mine area. Reports say six died, 21 wounded and 14 arrested. state lists show five dead and four jailed. Witnesses describe a mob attack with stones and knives, police firing after orders to halt were ignored.
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Denver
Colorado
Industrial Workers of the World
Columbine
Wield County
Here
Frank Palmer
Denver Labor Advocate
Weld County
W. G. Adams
Boulder County
National Guard
Paul P. Newton
Louis N. Scherf
State Law Enforcement Department
Special Police
Adams
Sterling B. Lacy
Lacy
Louis Scherf
Adam Bell
Bell
Scherf
Longmont
Plane Seen By Islanders 30 Miles Out
British flyer Captain Frederick A. Giles attempts a long overseas hop from Mills Field to Honolulu and then New Zealand. The craft, loaded with 390 gallons of gasoline, lifted off for a 2,400 mile leg, with no radio or parachute, relying on luck and dead reckoning as it passed over San Francisco Bay and toward the Farallone Islands in fair weather.
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Mills Field
San _ Francisco
Frederick A. Giles
Flfer
Honolulu
New Zealand
Giles
San Francisco Bay
Land’s End
San Francisco
Detroit
Wanda
Wanda Hess
Wyandotte
Ind
Elko
Nev
Marine Department
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Farallone Islands
Weather Bureau
Golden Gate
Drafted 1928 tax plan sparks White House concern
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee completed a new tax revision lowering corporate rates to 11 1/2 percent with an estimated revenue loss of 166 million dollars. President Coolidge reportedly believes the cut goes too far and would oppose treasury recommendations.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Treasury
Mellon
Coolidge
Tax Cutting Is Limited By Committee
Washington leaders report a nine figure tax cut plan capped at 250 million dollars by the committee after stormy debate. The panel rejected repeal of the federal inheritance tax and full reduction of surtax rates, while leaving further changes to future sessions and signaling a possible broader revenue bill with a corporate tax rate near eleven percent.
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Mellon
Sesson
Treasury
Garner
Texas
House
Senate
Texan
Police End Life Of Gang Head Today
Chicago police say gangster Frank Herbert died from a gunshot to the back near the heart after a pool-room stop command was ignored. His death is linked to Chicago’s gang war as officers shot at two men loitering near the pool room. one man was captured but Herbert was identified as killed earlier.
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Chicago
Frank Herbert
Big Earl
Herbert
Joe See Lo Cae
South Side
James Connors
Government seeks contempt order over oil trial juror tampering
The District of Columbia Supreme Court was asked to compel Harry F. Sinclair William J Burns and four associates to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for actions tied to the Fall Sinclair oil trial. A separate petition targets juror Edward J Kidwell for talking too freely during the trial and aiding in the jurys dismissal.
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Washington
Sinclair Oil
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Harry F. Sinclair
William J. Burns
Justice Siddons
Edward J. Kidwell
Siddons
Burng
Kidwell
W. Sherman Burns
Department of Justice
Norman L. Glascock
Burns
United States of America
Glascock
John P. Kern
Wietsch
Charles G. Ruddy
Burns Agency
Gordon
Grand
Sinclair
Day
Clark
Twa Nes
Negro Suspects Arrested In The Lilliendahl Case
Two negroes described by Mrs. Margare Lilliendahl were jailed in Montgomery County after Jenkin Town police arrested them on highway robbery suspicions. Attorney Phillips plans to present the suspects to Mrs. Lilliendahl and other witnesses at the upcoming murder trial of Dr. A William Lilliendahl. A pistol found on one suspect matches the weapon used.
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Hammonton
N. J
Margarie Lilliendahl
A. William Lilliendahl
Montgomery County
Norristown
Jenkintown
Lilliendahl
Willis Charles M. Phillips
Reach
South Vineland Neigh
Bor
Phillips
Bids Opened for Lighting Southern Route on Airway
Washington Nov 22 bids were opened by the commerce department for lighting installations on the Greensboro Richmond section of the Atlanta New York airway. The lowest bidder will be announced Friday as 19 specifications required itemized figures. Government engineers estimated the contract cost around 25000 and six firms submitted ten bids. Work should begin soon to speed mail service on the route early next year.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Greensboro- Richmond
Atlanta-New York Airway
Hulbert Re-elected A A U President in Fourth Term
Cincinnati November 22. At its annual convention the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States unanimously re elected Murray Hulbert of New York as president for his fourth straight year setting a record for tenure in this office.
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Hulbert
Cincinnati
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States
Murray Hulbert
New York
Indictments Proceed in Crenshaw County Flogging Case
At Laverne Alabama on November 22 nearly all of the 33 or 34 men named in 102 Crenshaw county flogging case indictments were present for preliminary legal skirmishes of their trials. Rev. L A Nalis former Georgiana church pastor is the 34th man indicted and remains a fugitive. Ira B Thompson Luverne attorney is a notable figure among the indicted.
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Laverne
Ala
Crenshaw County
Rev. L. A. Nalis
Georgiana
Ira B. Thompson
Luverne
First Floggings Case In Luverne On Trial
Shelby Gregory, Crenshaw county farmer, faces kidnapping and assault charges in Luverne Alabama as the first of 34 defendants tried for involvement in a July 1925 masked flogging of Annie Mac Simmons. Negro witness Lee Henderson testified he saw Simmons seized from his porch by five men. D C Pollard corroborated the account.
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Luverne
Ala
Shelby Gregory
Crenshaw County
Gregory
Annie Mac Simmons
Lee Henderson
D. C. Pollard
Henderson
Hendersonville Inquest Schedules After Viscera Report
A coroner in Henderson County received the Raleigh state chemists report on Lydia Case a 20 year old girl found dead on the Southern place under suspicious circumstances a week earlier. The coroner aims for a public inquest Friday afternoon with the solicitor present while Tom South er Ben South er and George Drake remain jailed after admitting they left her in a barn.
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Hendersonville
Lydia Case
A. L. Beck
Henderson County
Raleigh
Tom
Ben Souther
George Drake
Coolidge to Broadcast Thanksgiving Proclamation
President Coolidge will broadcast his Thanksgiving Day proclamation via a radio hook-up of 20 or more stations tomorrow evening from the White House study.
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Cal
Washington
Coolidge
White House
New Contributions Boost Library Fund to 621.30
Street campaigners raised 155.89 today for the high school library fund, bringing the total to 621.30. Donors include High School faculty and named contributors such as Tom A. Sykes, W. G. Foy, Lewis Teague, Forrest Murray, and Jas. T. Weaver.
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Tom A. Sykes
W. G. Foy
Lewis Teague Ee
Forrest Murray
Jas. T. Weaver
Ceecses
Spafford Entitled by North Carolina Legion in Raleigh
Ed ward E. Spafford national commander of the American Legion arrived from Atlanta and was welcomed by Governor McLean. He inspected the State College regiment, attended luncheons, toured Chapel Hill, and was slated to speak at a Legion banquet before departing for home. Generals Cox Bowley and Younts, Mrs Vass and other leaders joined the event.
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Ralleigh
North Carolina
Edward E. Spafford
American Legion
Atlanta
McLean
State College
Chapel Hill
Legiona
Albert L. Cox
A. J. Bowley
Fort Bragg
Paul R. Younts
Charlotte
State Legion
Harry F. Vass
Winston-Salem
State Legion Auxiliary
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New England
Ways and Means
The
United States
New York Herald-Tribune
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Philip M. Tucker
Boston
Herald-Tribune
J. Henry Roraback
Black Hills
Treas
Ury
Southside
Auman
W. I Powell
S. P. Montgomery
Kl. Snow
R. H. Shaw Ae
Numa Crews
Nat Walker
Coke Cecil
M. J. Crowder
L. H. Zimmerman
T. R
Spafford
Legion
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