Aged Seneca Woman Testifies in Buffalo Murder Trial
In Buffalo New York on March 26 the aged Nancy Bowen testified through an interpreter about killing Mrs Clothilde Marchand with a hammer after believing she was a witch She and Lila Jimerson planned the crime to free the artist Henri Marchand from marriage.
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Harry van Langer
United Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Nancy Bowen
Clothilde Marchand
Mrs. Bowen
Miss Jimerson
Lila
Marchand
Henri Marchand
Mrs. Marchand
Spurned Wife Plans to Wait for Husband After Prison Term
Lena Worley, 28, vows to wait for Paul E. Worley when he is released from Leavenworth after an eighteen month Mann Act violation conviction. Worley transported Saville Goetz, 18, of Denver to Michigan. She aided him financially and faced rejection, declaring she will be waiting.
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Detroit
Paul E. Worley
Lena Worley
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Worley
Saville Goetz
Denver
Michigan
Stage Battle in Club Raid Shocks Boston Night Scene
Federal agents clashed with about fifty guests during a raid on the Cotton Club described as Boston's most notorious night club. The melee left several agents and guests bruised. five arrests were made.
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United Press
Boston
Cotton Club
Two New York Women Arrested Over $63,000 Truck Theft
In Hot Springs Arkansas on March 26 two New York women Mrs Raymond Gallagher and Mrs Roy Tait were arrested amid a $63,008 express truck robbery case from New York dated Oct 17 last year. Authorities said over $20,000 was found in a satchel in their apartment. Gallagher allegedly drove the armored truck for Brink Express and vanished during a bank delivery.
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United Press Hot
New York
Herbert Akers
Raymond Gallagher
Roy Tait
Gallagher
Brink Express Company
Chemical National Bank
Liquor Control Fails to Curb Drinking in Canada
Government control proves unable to cut drinking crime or bootlegging in Canada says E. C. Drury former Ontario prime minister testifying to the house judiciary committee. Drury argues effective control is impossible and that private life would require probing to enforce it.
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United Press
Washington
Canada
E. C. Drury
Ontario
House Judiciary Committee
Drury
John J. Lentz
American Insurance Union
Girl Found Safe After Snow Drift Rescue Near Home
Gwendolyn Stevens seven lies in a six foot drift near her home in Chicago. Her father spotted her hat on the snow and dug her out after an hour of searching. She remained snug and safe in a shelter within the drift.
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United Press
Chicago
Gwendolyn Stevens
Gwendolyn
Hope of naval pact remains remote as Stimson suggests consultative accord
Washington reports say a five power naval agreement remains unlikely despite Secretary Stimson offering a consultative pact free of implied military obligations. Paris dispatches indicate French officials discount the idea and Cotton after meeting President Hoover believes it would not yield the tonnage reductions sought.
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United Press
Washington
London
Stimson
Paris
Cotton
Hoover
The Society Racket Explored by a Former Social Secretary
A former social secretary to America's wealthiest families reveals the inner workings of high society in a three part series. The Times and NEA service publish the first installment Thursday detailing the life of the elite and little known facts about its social circles.
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al Capone
Times
NEA Service
America
Six Die in Crown Coal Mine Explosion at Arnettsville
A gas explosion at Crown Coal Company Yukon mine in Arnettsville killed at least six workers and left five others trapped. Six bodies were recovered within hours. two miners escaped. A night shift crew had reported off duty shortly before the blast.
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Yukon
Crown Coal Company
Arnettsville
Rudy Vallee Sued Over Carolines Imitation
Will Osborn files a 500000 dollar damage suit claiming Vallee copied his long career as a crooning pro in 1924 and seeks an injunction to stop further sale of Vallee's life story alleging libel. In Lolantville Indiana sheriff seizure reports a 30 gallon still found at Emmett Fiddler farm with cooling still keg copper coil whisky mash seized and Fiddler arrested.
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No United Prene
New York
Rudy Vallee
Will Osborn
Will
Rudy
Osborn
Lolantville
Ind
Lee Briner
Randolph County
Emmett Fiddler
Fiddler
Durant's Daughter Sues Third Husband for Perjury
Mrs. Margery D. Cooper daughter of auto maker W C Durant has a warrant charging her third husband John Hampton Cooper with perjury. She testified that at their April 1929 marriage he claimed to be single and later information showed he had been divorced.
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United Press
Newark
N. J
Margery D. Cooper
W. C. Durant
John Hampton Cooper
New York
Cooper
Joseph H. E. Scotland
Essex County Hall of Records
Republicans win Jay county trustee appointment
The Indiana Supreme Court approved Jacob Stoltz Republicans appointment as Jay county trustee to fill the vacancy after the Democratic incumbent's death. Zoe Watt Jay county prosecutor had challenged the appointment, but oral arguments led to a ruling favoring the Republican pick.
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Jay County
Supreme Court
Jacob Stoltz
Zoe Watt
Mystery of Desert Murder Victim Ties to Indianapolis Woman
Violet Pullen Thompson, a 24 year old Indianapolis native last heard from in November 1929, is identified by her father as the slain woman found near Eureka California. Descriptions match her red hair and clothing. she previously worked for Bradstreet Don in Orlando and later as a stenographer in Los Angeles. Her husband F D Thompson, an automobile salesman, is from Pittsburgh.
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Eureka
Cal
Violet Pullen Thompson
Elzie Pullen
Oliver Avenue
Indianapolis
Harvey Pullen
Brazil
Ind
Violet Pullen
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Daugther
Los Angeles
California
Pullen
Thompson
Bradstreet & Don
Orlando
Fla
Tampa
Fletcher Bank
Sunset Boulevard
Palace Apartments
Worth Pullen
Washington High
Talley Sells Rugs at Auction in New York
Marion Talley, the young retired opera singer, auctioned Persian rugs and Venetian mirrors from her New York apartment today. The sale, held in New York, includes other furnishings as part of her Kansas farmhouse decorative shift.
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New York
Kansas
Marion Talley
Desert Murder Victim Found Near Eureka California
Radio report from an unknown station states a young woman’s body was found near Eureka California with a bullet wound in the temple. The parents of Violet Pullen Thompson of 24 believe the victim is their daughter based on the account.
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Eureka
Cal
Violet Pullen Thompson
Jail Planter For Peonage
James E. Pigott a wealthy cotton planter in New Orleans pleaded guilty to peonage and awaits transfer to the Atlanta penitentiary. He admitted chaining enslaved people to trees when escaping and said he advanced food and lodging but deducted it from pay leaving them in debt. He claimed planters common practice and denied beating victims though one man showed back scars from a snake whip.
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United Press
New Orleans
James E. Pigott
Atlanta
Pigott
Wayne G. Borah
Eastern colleges show higher drinking levels than others
Dr Francis W Shepardson of Chicago says drinking is more prevalent in eastern colleges and universities than anywhere else. He is an Inter Fraternity council organizer and past president, editor of Baird's American College Fraternities, and dean of senior colleges at the University of Chicago for 25 years. He is national president of Beta Theta Pi.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Francis W. Shepardson
Chicago
Shepardson
Inter-Fraternity Council
Baird
American College
University of Chicago
Beta Theta Pi
Bandit Lawrence Isenbarger Convicted in Multi-State Robberies
Lawrence Isenbarger 28 of Lynn Indiana was found guilty of robbing thirteen filling stations in Indiana and Ohio since January. Judge James A Collins sentenced him to ten years in the state prison after he pleaded not guilty to the February 18 assault on Fred Born a filling station attendant who received 13.50.
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Lawrence Isenbarger
Lynn
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
James A. Collins
Fred Born
North
Oxford Street
Union charter revoked in Kansas District 14
John L. Lewis appoints Henry Allie of Arma and Joseph E. Hromek of Arma as provisional president and secretary treasurer after revoking the Kansas District 14 charter of the United Mine Workers of America. The move vacates all district offices and dissolves the district executive board. Alexander Howat, formerly Kansas district president, leads the rival union.
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Kansas
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
International
Henry Allie
Arma
Kan
Joseph E. Hromek
Allie
International Executive Board
Hromek
Alexander Howat
Springfield
Ill
Freeman Told By Judge To Serve Food Not Life
Buffalo March 26. Alex Freeman charged with intoxication appeared before Judge Patrick J. Keeler. He testified he had been a cook in Keeler's company during the war. The judge suspended sentence remarking that Freeman should have life for the food he served.
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United Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Alex Freeman
Patrick J. Keeler
Keeler
Dornier DC-X Ready for Trans Atlantic Flight to New York
PLAN ATLANTIC HOP NEW YORK March 26 The Dornier DC X world s largest sea plane with 169 aboard in an October 21 1929 flight over Lake Con stance is prepared to fly from Germany to New York in June or July the newspaper reports today.
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New York
Lake Constance
Germany
Trial date set in police job sale case
John Howard of 922 North Delaware street faces municipal court on April 2 for allegedly selling a police force job to George Iskra of Puritan hotel and failing to deliver. Judge pro tem Joseph Markey continued the case. Howard says the $225 check was a loan repayment offer and he tried to recruit Iskra but did not receive the money.
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John Howard
North
Delaware Street
George Iskra
Puritan
Joseph Markey
Howard
Iskra
Red Nose Paint Delay At Daytona Speed Trials
At Daytona Beach Kaye Don and Louis Coatelen faced a paint related delay as the Silver Bullet received a red nose to improve visibility. Officials warned against red noses but after a council of war the car could race in its modified color scheme. The team pledged to restore the original gray if necessary to avoid publicity issues.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Kaye Don
England
Don
Daytona
White Beach
Louis Coatelen
Cials
Rita Livesay
Val Haresnape
Coatelen
March Blizzard Paralyzes Midwest Traffic
A severe March blizzard blanketed Indiana and the Midwest with heavy snow and high drifts. Northern Indiana suffered the worst, with 8 feet drifts and hundreds of stranded motorists, while Chicago reported 12.6 inches in 48 hours and four deaths. Weather officials warned of frigid temperatures with little warming for a day, and roads, trains, and air travel faced widespread disruption.
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Midwest
Indiana
Hamlet
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Boone County
Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Windy City
Tilinolg
Abraham Fallis
Maretin Bierne
Edgar Tompkins
Joseph Thompson
Great Lakes
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Saginaw
Michigan
Gunman’s Paldies in Middletown Murder Case
Wilson Griffith of Newcastle, Ind died from gunshot wounds in Middletown after a battle last Wednesday night that killed patrolman Dan Sandlin. Richard Brewer is jailed on murder charges. Griffith’s brother Roland and William Meeks, both of Newcastle, are under arrest without charges yet filed.
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United Press
Middletown
Ind
Wilson Griffith
Newcastle
Dan Sandlin
Griffith
Roy Crout
Sandlin
Richard Brewer
Brewer
Roland
William Meeks
Hoover Signs Deficiency Bill for Government Agencies
President Hoover signed the first deficiency bill allocating 169.5 million dollars for government establishments. The largest item, 100.0 million dollars, funds the federal farm board, with the money available for immediate use.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Former City Resident Louise Haile Dies in Muncie
The body of Louise Stephens Haile, former city resident and widow of William P. Hale, contractor and former East Chicago mayor, died Tuesday in Muncie. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the family home 2225 North Delaware Street, with burial at Perrysville. She is survived by three sisters.
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Louise Stephens Haile
Muncie
North
Delaware Street
Perrysville
Hale
William P. Hale
East Chicago
Circus Animals Die In Blizzard At Chicago Show
The Sells Floto menagerie in Chicago suffered heavy losses as a blizzard hit the area. A springbok born in South Africa, two monkeys from tropical jungles, and two cockatoos died from the cold and dampness. Keepers watched elephants.
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United Press
Chicago
Sells-Floto
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