Word War Between Snook Defense and Prosecutor
In the Snook Hix murder trial opening, Prosecutor Chester clashes with John F. Seidel over tactics. Seidel accuses Chester of threatening to ruin him in ten minutes and contends Snook denied the murder to him, while witnesses cite concerns about Snook’s marks and conduct.
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SNOOK
Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press
Columbus, O
John J. Chester Jr
Snook- Hix
John F. Seidel
Seidel
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Chester
Henry L. Scarlett
Bethel
Coness
Jack
Doc
Bike Hero Sets Long Endurance Refueling Record
Henry Carlson aged 14 claimed a refueling bicycle endurance record in New Britain Connecticut riding through water logged streets for fifteen hours and fifty minutes. He surpassed last week’s record by Larry Gagnon of thirteen hours. Joseph Hayes paced beside the cycle supplying sandwiches and coffee as Henry completed transfers of food.
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United Preax
New Britain
Pardon Prevents Deportation for Indiana Youth
Governor Harry G. Leslie granted a full pardon to Harold Jorgenson a St. Joseph county youth who faced deportation after a 1925 auto banditry conviction. Jorgenson born in the United States was kept with his parents, while two other inmates received parole to facilitate immigration actions.
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Harry G. Leslie
Harold Jorgenson
St. Joseph County
Indiana State
William Fletcher
Allen County
England
Charles Witt
Lake County
Graf Zeppelin rejects new applicants for round the world flight
Hundreds of last minute applicants sought passage aboard the Graf Zeppelin as the airship prepared to resume its round the world journey. Officials announced no new applications would be accepted to conserve weight and space for fuel and ballast. Twenty two passengers from Lakehurst will fly with Captain Hans Schiller noting added risk due to limited meteorological facilities over Siberia and Manchuria.
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Mauritz Hallgren
United Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Works
Atlantic
Lakehurst
N. J
Zeppelin
Hans Schiller
Hugo Eckener
The
United Press Today
Siberia
Manchuria
Tokio
Eckener
Swiss Plane Arrives in Portugal as Transatlantic Bid Begins
Three Swiss airmen who started from Paris on Thursday reached Alverecux airport near Lisbon early today. Pilot Kaeser said the crew would stay several days to tune their plane for the Atlantic hop to the United States.
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United Press
Lisbon
Paris
United States
Alverecux
Here
Kaeser
Atlantic
Earth tremors shake eastern states from New York to Ontario
Tremors centered near Buffalo rattled New York state and parts of Ontario Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey Connecticut and Massachusetts beginning about 624 am EST. Seismographs in Cleveland Washington and Cambridge recorded shocks. Two people suffered injuries indirect while windows shattered and residents woke across several cities.
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New York
Buffalo
New York State
Ontario
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Washing
D. C
Cambridge
Mass
Gus Merle
Attica
N. Y
Merle
Grand Island
New York City
Ottawa
Modern Dress Condemned by Salem Convocation
The National Convocation for Prayer at Salem park denounced modern feminine dress as immodest in a resolution declaring women should dress for the glory of God. The statement condemned contemporary styles and urged modest attire among attendees.
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National Convocation For Prayer
Salem Park
Cycle speedster killed in Davenport motorcycle race incident
Charles R. Spaulding of Chicago died from injuries suffered in a Sunday motorcycle race at the Mississippi Valley Fair and Exposition opening program in Davenport. He collided with Art Eikstead, also from Davenport, who was seriously injured.
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United Press
Davenport
Charles R. Spaulding
Chicago
Spaulding
Art Eikstead
Davepoint
Eixstead
Berkeley police seek Bowden in alleged harassment of Helen Wills
Berkeley officers chased John Bowden on a charge of attempting to annoy tennis star Helen Wills. Dr C A Wills, father of Helen, said Bowden arrived at the Wills home and demanded to see his daughter who is reportedly in the east. He was identified as the writer of a string of troubling letters.
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Dr. Snook
Chester
Snook
Seidél
Helen Wills
United Press
Berkeley
Cal
John Bowden
C. A. Wills
Helen
Wills
East
Pardon sought for Lawrence man in wife murder case
Efforts to win a gubernatorial pardon for Fred Erb a 75 year old Lawrence resident life prisoner for murdering his invalid wife proceed amid public pity. Doctors say he has little time left and Erb comments I expect to receive a pardon from God soon.
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United Presse
Topeka
Kan
Fred Erb
Lawrence
Erb
Doctor on Trial for Torso Murder of Laura Belle Sutton
Dr. Franklin Westlake faces a life trial in superior court today for the torso murder of his sweetheart Mrs. Laura Belle Sutton. Police say he killed for the money and real estate held jointly in their names after the mutilated torso was found in the Los Angeles river.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Franklin Westlake
Superior Court
Laura Belle Sutton
Clouds Break at Debt Parley as Europe Juggles Aims
Aug 12 The Hague reports signs of conciliation at the reparations conference with intermediaries from Japan and Belgium smoothing British French talks. Britain and France eye concessions on annuities while Britain remains wary of Ramsay MacDonald Snowden talks. Henderson Briand Hymans Stresemann to meet Tuesday on Rhineland evacuation as England shifts from mediation to isolation.
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Frederick Kuh
United Press
Hague
France
England
Mineichiro Adaichi
Japan
Baron Boutart
Belgium
Great Britain
Germany
Philip Snowden
J. Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Edinburgh
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan
Gustav Stersemann
Arthur Henderson
Rhineland
Henderson
Aristide Briand
Paul Hymans
Gustav Stresemann
Snowden
Locarno
Briand
Europe
Geneva
Assembly of the
League of Nations
United Economic States of Europe
Bee Sting Fatality Shocks Philadelphia Man
James nurseries in Chestnut Hill was stung by a bee today and died instantly. Medical authorities could not determine if death came from shock heart disease or an unknown virus from the sting. An autopsy has been ordered.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Fragmented OCR time table note
Fragmented text shows times 6 a m 7 a m 8 a m and 11 a m with numbers 68 83 83 75 and a garbled line possibly listing schedule data or attendance.
Navy completes all metal dirigible ZMC-2 prototype
The navy advances airship design with the ZMC-2, an all metal dirigible touted as groundbreaking for controllability and structural principles. The craft represents a new era in lighter than air flight and military technology development.
Boys confess two slayings in Chicago robberies case
Two college students ages 18 and 20 confessed to murdering two druggists, George Schreiner and Leon Leonard, during a spree that included fifty robberies over six months. Camy said Schreiner was shot when he reached for a gun, Nicholson claimed Leonard was shot as he moved toward the rear.
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United Press
Chicago
Robert Camy
Earl Nicholson
Camy
New Harmony
Ind
George Schreiner
Nicholson
Austin High School
Leon Léonard
Oak Park
Schreiner
Leonard
Danny
Joseph Jerry
Sneak Thief Targets Building in Central Avenue
A well-dressed young man has been seen around 1641 Central Avenue twice in the past week. After residents chased him away, a clothing pole with a prop in it was found outside the building and garments reported stolen from Mrs. Carroll. A second prop was found in the window of Apartment 18, where Sidney Seigelman resides.
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Central Avenue
Witwer Humorist H. C. Witwer Dies in Hollywood
Funeral services were held today for H. C. Witwer a noted humorist who died at his Hollywood residence Friday after a long illness Interment took place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood California
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United Presse
Hollywood
Cal
H. C. Witwer
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Lindbergh Visits Rapidan Camp Amid Presidential Tour
During a weekend stop near the Blue Ridge, Charles A. Lindbergh, known as Lindy, was spotted visiting President Hoover's Rapidan camp. An observer noted the exchange with a barefoot boy about Lindbergh’s aviation exploits and age as the boy asked whether the President has flown.
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United Preasuer
Hoover
Charles A. Lindbergh
Rapidan
Lindy
Fountain Trail
Lindbergh
Value of Barred Books Flies High
Copies of D. H. Lawrence books and paintings seized by London police have quintupled in price to 250 dollars each. Most paintings were created in Mexico. In a police court hearing last week, holders of the originals agreed not to exhibit them further and to destroy several books and pictures.
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United Press
London
D. H. Lawrence
Mexico
Slain Woman and Suicide Follows Rejected Suitor in South Bend
Neal Bryant, 37, shot and killed his former sweetheart Miss Lulu Garrison, 36, in the Garrison home in South Bend, then fatally wounded himself. Relatives say Bryant fired after failing to reconcile with her. He died of his self-inflicted wounds.
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Times Special
South Bend
Ind
Neal Bryant
Lulu Garrison
Garrison
Bryant
Miss Garrison
Detective Quizzed in Honolulu Visitor Death
Authorities questioned Detective Lieutenant R. L. Stillwell in Los Angeles about the death of Grace Dennison a wealthy Honolulu visitor found dead in her apartment from an overdose of sleeping powder. Officers said they had been urged by Stillwell to hush up the case.
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Bypointed
Press Angeles
R. L. Stillwell
Grace Dennison
Honolulu
Husband files for divorce over cooking refusal dispute
Ernest B. Haught of 5138 Schofield Avenue sues Blanche Haught in superior court 1 alleging the case stems from his wife's refusal to cook due to religious fervor becoming intense.
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Ernest B. Haught
Schofield Avenue
Blanche Haught
Superior Court
Yellow Bird Arrives Rome From Marseilles in Good Will Tour
The trans Atlantic monoplane Yellow Bird landed at Littorid airport in Rome at 3 35 p m from Marseilles as part of its goodwill tour through the region.
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United Press
Rome
Littorid
Marseilles
Buthpe
Gladden Granted Pay Raise in Quiet Trustees Meeting
Marion county township trustees approved an annual pay increase of 1200 for Fred T. Gladden, raising his salary from 3600 to 4800. The vote was five to two by secret ballot after earlier controversy over his pay. Gladden will take office Friday and leave the city school department this week.
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Marion County
Fred T. Gladden
Lee Swails
Gladden
Arti Chester Negley
Lawrence Township
Harry Dunn
Dawson
Dunn
American Kidnapped Missionary Seized in Shantung
The United States legation reports Henry Wesche of the American Holiness Mission was kidnapped at Tungchangfu Shantung on August 9. Bandits demanded government employment for his release in exchange for the captive.
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Peiping
United State Legation
Henry Wesche
American Holiness Mission
Tungchangfu
Shantung Province
Greensville asks PSC for Union City Muncie service rights
A petition filed with the public service commission seeks authority for Greensville Transportation to carry freight and passengers between Union City and Muncie. The move is based on Union Traction Company’s existing right to continue service between the same points.
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Public Service Commission
Greensville Transportation Company
Union City
Muncie
Union Traction
Sailors aboard Elisif stranded near Siberian shore
Twenty crewmen from the fur trading schooner Elisif await rescue by the Russian steamer Stavatoll after the ship ran aground near Cape Bull following a year trapped by Bering Sea ice. The Elisif had just escaped ice floes that had held her in the area.
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United Preas Sea Wash
Siberian
Elisif
Stavatoll
Bering Sea
Cape Bull
War Menace Flare in Manchuria as Parley Breaks
Fresh fighting on the Manchurian-Siberian border follows Chinese seizure of the Chinese Eastern railway. Chinese envoy Chu Zao Yang seeks settlement with M Melnikov, but Moscow refuses to negotiate unless two ousted Russian railroad heads are replaced. Soviet officials warn the situation is grave as Japan’s Shidehara works informally for a settlement.
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United Press
Tokio
Manchuk
Amur
Chu Zao-Yang
Moscow
M. Melnikoff
Russia
China
Melnikoff
Harbin
Leo Karakhan
Kijuro Shidehara
War Menace Strong
Moscow August 12 The Soviet government demands that China restore the Chinese Eastern Railway to its pre crisis status as a condition for possible negotiations on the Manchurian dispute. Leo Karakhan in an exclusive interview says no talks are underway until China complies.
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Moscow
Far East
China
Leo Karakhan
Seciet
United Press
Russia
Chienese Eastern Railway
Asphalt Ordered for English Avenue Strip
The board of works adopted a preliminary paving order for English Avenue from Southeastern Avenue to Brookville Road on A. H. Moore’s recommendation. J N Marger & Son submitted the low bid of 72000 dollars and the contract may be awarded in ten days if no property owner objections arise.
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English Avenue
Southeastern Avenue
Brookville Road
Board of Works
A. H. Moore
J. N. Marger% & Son Contractors
Ethyl alcohol from coal and oil praised by official
Washington reports a new method of making ethyl alcohol from petroleum and coal has proved commercially satisfactory. Prohibition Commissioner Doran told Senator Watson that the process is limited only by fuel supply and that the plant at South may verify the feasibility of non agricultural alcohol production.
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United Area
Washington
Doran
James Watson
Rep
Ind
Watson
South Lieved
Braddock Heights Hotel Destroyed By Weekend Fire
A weekend blaze at Braddock Heights hotel drove out sixty guests, mainly from Baltimore and Washington, as the building was completely destroyed early today. No injuries reported as firefighters battled the flames through the night.
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Baltimore
Washington
Wekk
Braddock Heights
Dacbatad Besto Baogke
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