Kane Case Deepens as Evidence Gathers in Virginia
Authorities in Hampton gather four days of inquest evidence for the preliminary hearing next Wednesday on Professor Elisha Kent Kane charged with murder. Letters from Mrs Kane amid new findings suggest a separate romantic tie. Kane defends his innocence and maintains his wife’s death was an accident.
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Hampton
Elisha Kent Kane
Betty Dodd
W. C. Graham
Kane
Knoxville
Tenn
University of Tennessee
Francis Fisher Kane
Professor Kane
Philadelphia
Men Rob Hotel in Reidsville
In Reidsville two men robbed a bus company cash drawer of 15 dollars and bound Belvedere hotel clerk John Best, then looted his pockets and the bus company till. Best freed himself and alerted police as investigators searched for two suspects described as about 25, driving a roadster in grey and brown suits.
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Reidsville
Bus Company
John Best
Belvedere
Best
A. N. Green
I. C. C. Will Hear R. R. Arguments For An Increase In Rates
Washington Sept 19 The interstate commerce commission will hear railroad arguments supporting a 165 percent freight rate increase. Sixty or more attorneys are scheduled to present cases over at least a week with hopes to wrap up by next Saturday.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Refugees Describe Destruction After Belize Storm Hit Coast
New Orleans refugees, including Mrs. Althea Hargreaves and John M. Staub, told of the hurricane that struck Belize British Honduras ten days earlier aboard the Parismina. They described blown roofs, water-logged walls, and many deaths, with authorities burying many victims to curb pestilence as fires consumed debris.
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British Honduras
Parismina
Althea Hargreaves
Chicago
John M. Staub
Hargreaves
Staub
Hotel International
St. Mary’s Church
Hoover to Speak at American Legion Meet in Detroit
President Hoover will leave Rapidan tonight for a special train to Detroit to address the annual American Legion convention Monday. He will write his speech on the train and return to Washington Tuesday. Legion officials had previously been told he might not attend due to duties.
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Hoover
Rapidan
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American Legion
White House
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Secret Bishops Meet over Birth Control and Marriage
Denver reports a secret session of the House of Bishops during the general convention to discuss Lambeth conference actions on birth control, marriage, and divorce. Bishops including Colorado’s Irving Peake Johnson urge secrecy amid speculation of US English church tensions and possible union with anti birth control faction led by Bishop Fursee.
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Colo
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal Church
Lambeth Conference
England
Irving Peake Johnson
Colorado
United States
Fursee
Woman Claims Powers Married Here in Cameron Case
A local woman, Mary Kate Collins, says she married Harry F. Powers in Cameron, January 26 this year, under the name J. H. Dixon. She alleges Powers promised wealth and diamonds, then abandoned her at Fountain Inn after taking her rings. her brother in Charleston helped her, and she cites Powers’ Jacksonville address as 409 Monroe Street.
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Branchville
S. C
Harry F. Powers
Clarksburg
W. Va
Mary Kate Collins
J. C. Collins
Powers
Cameron
8. C
J. H. Dixon
Charleston
Dixon
Monroe Street
Jacksonville
Fla
E. M. Lightfoot
Rumor Says Opera Star Mary Lewis Is Married Again
New York reports clash on Mary Lewis marriage status with The Daily News claiming a secret marriage to Robert L Hague of Standard Oil of New Jersey and The New York American saying she and Hague plan to wed in Maine with Cuthbert Hague. Lewis was previously married to Michael Bohnen in 1927 and divorced after three years.
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New York
Mary Lewis
Daily News
Robert L. Hague
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Miss Lewis
Michael Bohnen
Metropolitan Opera
Graf Zeppelin Heads Toward Africa On Nonstop Cruise
The Graf Zeppelin reports passing the Canary Islands and heading south to the west coast of Africa on a nonstop cruise to Pernambuco Brazil with 10 passengers aboard.
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Africa
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Canary Islands
Pernambuco
Brazil
Raleigh Broker 70 Sentenced On Two Counts
Carey K. Durfey former Raleigh broker who administered the Florence P Ticker estate for 20 years was convicted by a Wake County jury on two counts of embezzling 236000 from the estate while executor The maximum sentence on each count is ten years Judge Walter L Small would pass sentence Monday One count covered 116000 from trust funds of Mrs Minnie Fitch Baker and the other 118000 from funds of Mrs Bessie Tucker Fellows both heirs now living in France Durfey's firm with H Wade Marr failed last year and he faces further indictments of embezzlement with Marr also charged
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Raleigh
Carey K. Durfey
Florence P. Ticker
Durfey
Wake County
Walter L. Small
Minnie Fitch Baker
Tucker
Bessie Tucker Fellows
France
H. Wade Marr
Marr
Hampton Roads Shipbuilding Plant Fire Damages Over Half Million
A Norfolk fire at the Hampton Roads Shipbuilding plant early today caused estimated damage over 500000 dollars. The blaze destroyed the main building housing shipbuilding machinery offices and drafting rooms, with building value near 500000 and machinery and equipment valued at about 75000.
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Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Hampton Roads Shipbuilding Company
Son of Fordney Seeks Seat in Michigan Congress
Joseph J. Fordney, son of former Michigan rep Joseph W. Fordney, announces his bid for the congressional seat left by the death of Rep. Bird J. Vinent in Saginaw. He says his father supports him and stresses honesty as his guiding rule while opposing federal dole and favoring self help.
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Mich
Joseph Fordney
Congress
Joseph J. Fordney
Bird J. Vinent
Joseph W. Fordney
Michigan
Young Fordney
Pacific Coast
Fordney
Employment Decline in August Reported by 15 Industrial Groups
Fifteen industrial groups reported to the Bureau of Labor Statistics a three tenths of one percent decrease in employment during August.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Soldiers Rout Chinese And Took City Of Munkden
Paris newsroom summary indicates Japanese forces routed Chinese troops near Mukden after a bridge incident on the south Manchuria railway. Japanese casualties are listed as two dead and seven to ten wounded, Chinese losses 13 dead, 15 seriously wounded, and 600 to 809 captured. Japanese cleared the railway zone and moved to reinforce Mukden, with air and artillery support reported.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Kwanchengtse
Korea
Dairen
Veterans bonus clash ahead of Detroit Legion convention
Detroit on September 19 faces a battle over the veterans bonus issue as ex servicemen flood in for the American Legion gathering. National Commander Ralph T. O Neill promises free discussion during sessions while the group weighs immediate cash payments at face value. Only 15 of 58 departments have filed stands, with 11 for and four against immediate payment. The national defense committee released its convention resolutions plus calls for force expansions and naval construction to meet treaty needs.
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American Legion
Ralph T. O’neil
National Defense Committee
The
League
Air Corps
White House Probes Brewers Data Amid Unclear Motives
Washington on September 19. Walter H Newton secretary to the president said census figures on brewing employment for 1914 1919 and 1929 were requested not for Hoover or any White House official and he refused to name the organization. Rumors persist that organized labor seeks beer legalization to ease unemployment and raise revenues. The secretary insisted the information was not sought for the president or White House staff and would not disclose the requesting groups.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Walter H. Newton
Newton
Census Bureau
Harris on Stand Denies Intent to Defraud in Acts
Asheville Sept 9 William D Harris denied intent to defraud in his role as vice president of Central Securities Company of Asheville on trial for using the mails to defraud. He and Wallace B Davis face charges tied to bonds totaling 3.6 million dollars via false statements and circulars mailed to customers. Davis allegedly drew 128000 from mortgage deals through the Thomas R Byrd company.
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William D. Harris
Central Securities Company of Asheville, Inc
Harris
Wallace B. Davis
Central Securities Company
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Davis
Thomas R. Byrd Company
Byrd
Recapture of Escaped Convicts Near Wilmington
Seven of thirteen inmates who escaped the New Castle County workhouse by dynamiting a door lock were recaptured within ten miles of the jail. All were arrested overnight, and one was picked up in Baltimore. The escapes occurred yesterday and the captives offered no resistance.
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Del
Newcastle County
Baltimore
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