Torch Murderers Sentenced To Life In Michigan Jails
Ann Arbor Mich Three torch slayers called fiends in human form by the judge were sentenced to life in solitary confinement in Jackson prison after confessing to killing two young couples early Tuesday and burning the bodies. Friday the men began life terms and Catherine Keller, 25, was arrested in Ypsilanti on reports she accompanied the killers during the robberies and attacks. Deputies tied her to Fred Smith, David Blackstone, Angela and Frank Oliver as involved in the brutal killings.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Jackson
Catherine Keller
Yoprilanti
Fred Smith
David Blackstone
Anegra
Frank Oliver
Abilene Editorial Attacks Farm Board Advice On Plow Up Cotton
The Abilene Morning News denounces the federal farm board suggestion to plow up every third row of cotton as dangerous to mortgaged growers. The editorial argues farmers could face mortgage law prosecutions for destroying crops tied to seed loans and questions why the board would endorse destroying property while controlling large cotton holdings.
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Abilene
Tex
Abilene Morning News
Federal Farm Board
Hope Juniors to Play Hot Springs at Fairgrounds Park
Hope Juniors meet Hot Springs Juniors in a 9 o clock Saturday baseball game at Fairgrounds Park. Local fans will have a chance to see the teal ball matchup as American Legion members anticipate strong local turnout.
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Hope
Hot Springs
American Legion
Hawks Return Flight From Sioux Chief Title Obscured
Capt Frank Hawks once known as Chetin Kinyao and the Sioux chief Lakota flew from Hot Springs to New York after being honored by Gov Warren Green of South Dakota. The event followed a prior ceremony in which Hawks was named Sioux chief and received the Lakota file.
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Hot Springs
Chetin Kinyao
Frank Hawks
New York
Probe of Funds Use by Cannon to Be Resumed
Washington report states that the inquiry into the use of political funds in 1928 by Bishop James Cannon Jr. would be resumed this month. The District of Columbia supreme court denied an attempt by Cannon's attorneys to halt the committee's proceedings.
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Washington
Nye
T Hoseon Campaign Funds Committee
James Cannon
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Cannon
May Have Paid for Others Crime Do You Think They Look Alike
A New York druggist accused Patrick O'Brien of robbing his store and he spent six months in jail. Francis Crowley, a young gunman, is said to have admitted that the robbery could have been one of his own jobs. O'Brien may go free.
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New York
Patrick O’brien
O'Brien
Francis
Crowley
Sevier Official Clears Old Account Settlement Reached
State Auditor J Oscar Humphrey received 1452.20 and a letter from Attorney General H L Norwood urging acceptance as full settlement of state accounts with Roy Hooper former Sevier County sheriff. Hooper faced a 13000 shortage claim but Norwood said full collection may be unlikely.
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Little Rock
J. Oscar Humphrey
H. L. Norwood
Roy Hooper
Sevier
Norwood
Hooper
DeQueen
Cannon Counsel Appeal Decision in DC Court of Appeals
Counsel for Bishop James Cannon Jr filed Friday to block a Senate investigation into the 1928 campaign funds. The DC Supreme Court had refused the churchman’s request. The Senate inquiry proceeds late this month or in September, with a ruling from the Court of Appeals not expected until fall.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Senate
District& Columbia Court of Appeals
Schools to Work Out Own Destiny Says Overstreet
Magnolia A. and M. College president C A Overstreet told Hope Rotary that public schools in Arkansas face a crisis similar to private business and must work out solutions district by district. He noted budget cuts, described Magnolia’s reductions, defended agricultural and mechanical colleges, and urged equal access to higher education at lower costs, arguing for democratized education.
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Overstreet
Arkankon
C. A. Overstreet
Magnolia A. & M. College
Hope Rotary Club
Magnolia
Magnolia A. & M
A. & M. Coleges
Magnolia District School
Arkansas
Hiiher
Arkansas River
Peach Harvest Drives Sevier County Business Uptick
DEQUEEN Ark The peach harvest unit in Sevier county closed bringing thousands of dollars to the area and boosting business. The peaches were of the finest quality and most harvested by truck. About 200 carloads were shipped over the K C S from here.
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Dequeen
Ark
Sevier County
K.C. S
Typhoid Inoculations Under Way in Ouachita
In Ouachita County Ark typhoid inoculations are under way under the health department directed by R Kennerly head of the unit. Only a few typhoid cases were reported last year and last summer inoculations reached several hundred residents free.
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Camden. Ark
Ouachita County
Nichols Named Special Nevada County Judge
Gov Furhell appointed D Le Nichols of Prescall as special county and probate judge of Nevada county to hear the estate case of the late Mrs J T Wortham after the regular judge R Q Wortham was disqualified due to alleged relation to the parties involved.
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Little Rock
Ark
D. le Nichols
Prescall
Furhell
Nevada County
J. T. Wortham
RQ. Wortham
Watermelons Donated Here by Strickland Company
J W Strickland & Co advertises three carloads of U S inspected Na 1 watermelons weighing 4 to 45 pounds available to anyone who calls at the cars. Two extra cars left with the company will be returned or given away at the local loading point if not claimed.
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J. W. Strickland & Co
Strickland & Co
Garay Returns to U S After Rescue
Captain Lisandro Garay of the Honduran army air corps is brought to Savannah in weakened condition after a 33 hour sea ordeal following a forced descent from a non stop flight from New York to Honduras. He described steering the Bellanca plane toward a water landing, breaking a window to escape, and using fuel as a life raft as rescue arrived aboard the Biboco at 10 30 a m Tuesday.
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Savannah
Lisandro Garay
Honduran Army Air Corps
N. Ce
American Brazil Line
Biboco
New York
Honduras
Garay
Terucigalpa
Bellanca
Cape May
Suffolk
Beil‘haven
Wilmington
N. C
Girl Victim of Accidental Shot in Texas Visit
TeArkana Texas Mary Jo Jones aged 44 was accidentally shot and seriously wounded at Boston. Nina White 17 daughter of the county jailer was visiting and pulled the trigger not knowing the weapon was loaded.
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Tearkana
Mary Jo Jones
Boston
Tex
Nina White
Season's First Bale Gined at Euroda
The state’s first bale of cotton was ginned here late Thursday afternoon from the M. Cashion plantation at Grand Lake five miles east. Co operative Gin No. 1 produced the bale weighing 598 pounds. Local buyer M B Stephenson graded it strict middling. It was loaded on a truck Thursday night for the Little Rock Cotton Exchange to be offered for sale.
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Eupora
M. Cashion
Grand Lake
Here
M. B. Stephenson
Lis
Little Rock
Caraway appeals to Hoover and Governors on cotton plan
Senator J H Caraway proposed to President Hoover and the Federal Farm Board that the board buy 7 000 000 bales of this year's cotton from growers who would contract not to plant cotton next year, ensuring at least eight cents a pound and reducing next year's crop by 7 000 000 bales. Governors urged support. Farm Board proposal drew opposition from Arkansas leaders in Forrest City Wilson and nearby towns.
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Farm Board
Wonesboro
Caraway
Federal Farm Board
Hoover Jonesboro
Ark
J. H. Caraway
Arkansas
Hoover
Carraway
Goftodhta"tatmiera
Parnell
Forrest City
Eastporn
Co. A. Manly
Federal Compress and Warehouse Company
Harry Worley
Little Rock
Tommyrot” Wilson
R. B. Lee Wilson
McNeil School Board Maintains Nine Month Senior High
McNeil Ark The McNeil school board says the district will maintain an accredited nine month senior high school this year.
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Mcneil
Ark
McNeil School Board
Captured After Stealing Safe Near Halltown
Carthage Missouri report says two men after a gun battle with officers, who wounded one officer, captured near Halltown while fleeing with a three ton safe stolen from the Bank of Avilla. Suspects I. D. Lane of Walnut Ridge Arkansas and E. E. Stone of Tulsa Oklahoma named. Stone slightly wounded by gunfire. A third member of the group fled.
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Carthage
Avilla
Halltown
I. D. Lane
Walnut Ridge
Ark
E. E. Stone
Tulsa
Okla
Stone
Kiwanis Meeting Plans at Collier's Lake and More
Kiwanis members meet Thursday at Collier's Lake under John P. Cox who leads the arrangements for an outdoor event at Hotel Barlow. Work may begin next week on the Kiwanis fountain at the city hall square, while the club will supply materials to roof the Boy Scout hut at Fair Park.
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Collier's Lake
Fairpark
Goxe
A. E. Stonequist
Oil Magnate Edward L Doheny Seriously Ill
Los Angeles report says oil magnate Edward L Doheny aged 75 was seriously ill Friday with no family statement forthcoming.
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Edward L. Doheny
Los Angeles
Doheney
Arkansas Prisons Will Produce Bumper Crops
Arkansas prisons plan record crops under the agricultural employment program. Judge W S Atkins says Tucker and Cummins farms will yield 4500 to 5000 bales of cotton from 3000 acres, plus a large corn crop from 5000 acres and 1000 acres of hay and feed crops to last a year. Fruits and vegetables are being canned to boost prisoner food stocks. Foreman reports Southern Chevrolet agency in Ashdown closed, stock returning to Vereidke.
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Little Rock
Arkansas’ Penitentiary
W S. Atkins
Hope
Tucker Plantation
Foreman, Ark
Southern Chevrolet Company
Foreman
Ashdown
Williams Chevrolet Company
Fere- Vhedke
Kam chatka clocked for Friday chat time
Bulletin item notes Lindbergh flight timing at 3 o clock EST Friday for Kam chatka while Arkansas highway audit commission eyes a highway quiz decision due Friday afternoon and if not reached, a Saturday meeting looms. Simla reports British rule ready to probe Delhi breaches and invite Gandhi to a London round table.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Audit Commission
Futrell
Commission
Simla
India
Bitish
Delhi
Mahatma Gandhi
London
Still and Operator Captured in Hempstead Raid
Hempstead county officers raided a 50 gallon copper still five miles north of Emmet. They captured operator Allen Brown who pleaded guilty and was held on $500 bond for the October grand jury. Officers Allan Shipp and Jesse Britt made the arrest. The raid yielded the still mash and 53 4 gallons of whiskey.
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Hempstead
Allen Brown
Hope
Justice of the Peace
S. F. Huntley
Brown
Emmet
Hempstead Couity
Kansas Patrolman Murdered In Hotel
Wichita police opened a homicide inquiry after Patrolman Merle Oliver was shot dead in a hotel room while questioning two men. Officers sought Frank Van of Kansas City and Rarply Caraway of Cherryville, the registered occupants who fled after the shooting.
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Wichita
Kan
Merle Oliver
Frank van
Kansas City
Rarply Caraway
Cherryville
Kansas
Oil Man Sought to Back Murray for President
Oklahoma City report says oilman C A Owens revealed a California operator offered to fund a pre convention bid for Governor W H Murray with 250000 dollars. The donor's identity was not disclosed but named regions include New Mexico Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma with broader oil interests.
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Murray
Oklahoma City
Okla
C. A. Owens
W. H. Murray
California
New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Owens
Arkansas State Fair Dropped for This Year
In Little Rock the state fair will not be held this fall for the first time in a decade. Directors of the fair association decided definitively on Wednesday against an exposition due to a deficit from last year and current business and financial conditions. The move had been anticipated as the association was weighing abandoning the exposition this year.
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Little Rock
Lita Rock
Grand jury to probe comptroller audit criticism
Incompetency indicated in notes about Sibecks office as new grand jury to be convened. Judges faced severe criticism for the conduct of an audit by the comptroller's office.
Jonesboro Attorneys Challenge Ice Rates Sanctions
In Jonesboro attorneys allege utilities overcharged under old Kansas Railroad Commission orders. The case centers on 40 and 50 cent ice rates, with Brinton and others noting reductions granted by the commission and a forthcoming hearing. A railroad secretary said reductions were to be applied to car companies serving the area.
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Jonesboro
Claud
Pany
Old
Kansas Railroad
Brinton
Ice
Commissi Rock
Patcces
Youth Dies Fre Wounds In SALEM
In Salem Carl Coggins 18 and Walter Coggins of Glencoe were jailed after a fight with Curtis Vail who was stabbed. Henry Vail of Glencoe died the next morning. Vail was cut and stabbed in the abdomen on the way home from church. The incident occurred near Morris as details remain unclear. Coggins awaits preliminary hearing with no formal charges yet.
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Salem
Carl Coggins
Walter Coggins
Glencoe
Ali Miles
Here
Gins
Curtis Vail
Young Vail
Henry Vail
Morris
Vail
Coggins
Reed Offers Aid for State Highway Audit
LITTLE ROCK. State auditor Howard Reed has offered to clothe the state highway audit commission with all powers of his department in conducting an audit of the highway department. The commission, which months ago said it lacked authority to hire auditors, will Friday consider Reed's offer to appoint a deputy comptroller as a member or designate him, a move the comptroller says removes doubt about auditors powers.
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Little Rock
Howard Reed
Highway Department
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Cannon Counsel
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Etamps Club
Rudy Hayes
C. C. Spragins
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Ouachita
Vincent Coll
Collis
Little Italy
U.S
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Nator
Wires
Bugs
Missouri Bank
Cox
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Lindbergh
Kamchatka
Tokyo
Renge
Clyde Pangbom
Hugh Herridon
Emmette
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