Autopsy dispute over heiress death prompts inquest call
Honolulu sheriff confirms a new inquest into Mrs. Marion Sevier’s 1928 death after a U S Army Medical Corps letter questioned early illness findings. Her husband Colonel Granville Sevier consents to a second autopsy as heirs contest the estate valued at 700000.
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Honolulu
Patrick Gleason
Marion Sevier
W. C. Whitmore
United States Army Medical Corps
Major Whitmore
Ralph Shainwald
Sevier
Girl Fatally Shot Over Twist in Bulldog Tail Dispute
In Mount Vernon Washington a fatal shooting occurred during an argument about a bulldog tail twist. Dorothy McMurtrie 24 was killed and her brother Harold wounded as J P Pickett Anacortes barber was arrested after driving them to a hospital. Witnesses place the dispute at the Nortin home during a beer party. Pickett returned with a .32 caliber pistol firing multiple shots.
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Mount Vernon
Wash
S.—r
Bellingham
Dorothy McMurtrie
Harold
J. P. Pickett
Anacortes
Washbarber
Roy Nortin
Nortin
Miss McMurtle
Pickett
Harold McMurtle
Ickett
McMurties
Miss McMurtries
Three Arrested in Alabama in Buffalo Jewelry Heist Case
In Birmingham a twenty year old woman with three old bullet wounds in her leg and two men were arrested over a Buffalo jewelry store robbery two weeks earlier. Police found thousands of dollars in jewelry as they stopped the group on a Montgomery street. Names given as Miss Sallie Joyce Richards Joe Damser and Eddie Palmer alias Eddie Planmermeak. They denied involvement. Corporal Milton E McDuff led the arrests after spotting a car used in the Buffalo holdup and pursuing suspects with Officer W F Bozeman. The trio, who drew pistols, surrendered when confronted. The police said the two week investigation spanned nearly a dozen states with Buffalo detectives assisting. They will be held pending return of New York officers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Buffalo
N. Y
Poliee
Montgomery
Sallie Joyce Richards
Joe Damser
Eddie Palmer
Eddie Planmermeak
Milton E. McDuff
Identification Bureau of
McDuff
W. F Bozeman
Mobile
New Orleans
Investite
Red Police
New York
Buffalo Detectives Pursue Blonde Bandit and Two Men
Captain William R. Connolly said the blonde bandit Shirley Pollard alias Rogers and two companions were arrested in Birmingham and will be brought to Buffalo to face robbery charges for the January 28 jewel heist at Glickstein’s store and three earlier stickups. The trio’s arrests cap a lengthy pursuit that sent detectives from Buffalo tracking them southward, with loot recovered in Dayton Cincinnati Memphis Frankfort Montgomery Mobile and Birmingham.
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Peter J. Dombkiewicz
Buffalo Lice
Eddie Smith
Keeler
Connolly
Glickstein
Willam E. Downey
Textile workers begin union drive in southern mills
Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers addressed about 1,000 Danville mill workers and announced plans to organize local textile workers. At the meeting 750 membership cards were signed, and a committee of 100 planned further organization efforts as about 4,500 employees work at Riverside and Dan River mills.
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Danville
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Cerara
Gorman
Riverside
Dan River
Prosecutor Seeks Governor Clemency for Woman Lif er
New York reports District Attorney Thomas Crain urged Governor Roosevelt to commute Ruth St. Clair’s life sentence for shoplifting. Judge Levine had stated the life term under the Baumes Law, arguing clemency could correct potential injustice.
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New York
Ruth St. Clair
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Districtttorney
Thomas C. T. Crain
Crain
Willam Sadoo
Max 8. Levine
Clementy
Levine
Five Powers Split on Plan to Limit Submarine Fleets
London reports at the disarmament talks as Britain United States and possibly Italy push for a tonnage limit on submarines. France defends the submarine as humane while Japan allies with France, seeking size and numbers. Ex Premier Wakatsuki addressed Japan denying a major rift, Snowden calls for peace, and MacDonald prepares for further parliamentary naval questions.
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London
John Bull
United States
Italy
France
Wakatsuki
Japan
Great Britain
Tokyo
Snowden
Germany
MacDonald
House of Commons
J. H. Clynes
Home Secretary
Lajor
Japan Braces For Tough Submarine Deal At London Talks
Tokyo pins submarine limits as the decisive issue at the London naval conference session. Japanese leaders expect sharp clashes with the United States and Britain over tonnage caps and individual submarine size, arguing for 78 000 tons minimum and a slower expansion by 1932.
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Tokyo
London Naval Conference
Japan
United States
Great Britain
America
Nippon
French Press Criticizes London Naval Conference
Paris papers remain scathing and sarcastic over the London naval talks. Le Temps argues Anglo American parity gives U S naval supremacy while France cannot grant parity to Italy. Paris calls for repeating France’s colonial concerns at London as talks resume.
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Paris
London
France
Italy
Great Britain
United States
le Temps
G O P Chiefs Call Hearing On Bill For Power Survey
Albany February hearing on a Republican waterpower bill aims to study state policy for St. Lawrence River hydroelectric development. The proposal would create a governor appointed commission to devise and report plans, with final legislative approval.
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Albany
Publi
St. Lawrence
Smith
Roosevelt
Niagara-Hudson Power Corporation Chrough
Floyd L. Carlisle
Carlisle
Legislative
Samuel I. Rosenman
Raymond F.C. Kieb
Senate and
Assembly Fiscal Committees
Frederick Stuart Greene
Public Works
Republican Party
New York City
Hoover sails to Long Key for fishing vacation
President Hoover travels aboard the Havana Special en route to Long Key Florida for a week of rest and deep sea fishing. He plans to stay aboard the hoverboat The Saunterer with companions including Justice Stone and secretary Vernon Kellogg, fishing sailfish off the Gulf Stream.
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Havana
Long Key
Fila
Hoover
Rapidan River
Virginia
Mr. Hoover
Gulf Stream
Atlantic Ocean
President Hoover Briefly Walks During Jacksonville Stop
President Hoover and his party stopped in Jacksonville Florida en route to Long for a fishing trip. A crowd gathered at the train sheds and was held back by officers while the President took a short walk for exercise. He greeted Gilchrist Stockton, recently named American minister to Austria, and chatted briefly with him.
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Jacksonville
Fia
Hoover
Long
Washington
Gilchrist B. Stockton
Austria
Mr. Stockton
Gilchrist
Mr. Hoover
Congress to Hear Proposals on Repeal of Dry Law
Washington February 9 Congress prepares open hearings beginning Wednesday on repeal or modification of the Eighteenth Amendment. The House Judiciary Committee will consider every proposal for ending or revising prohibition as lawmakers debate enforcement and possible transfer of enforcement duties to the Justice Department. Bishop Cannon Jr. in Spain cables a plea against the repeal bill while Senator Wheeler of Montana drafts a Senate inquiry into enforcement effectiveness.
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Washington
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Bishhop James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Spain
Africa
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Senate Judiciary Committee
Law Enforcement Commission
Dry Enforcement Service
Treasury
Justice Department
House
Biles Building
Anti-Saloon League
Bishop Cannon
Liliputian Actress Struck by Auto in Cincinnati
Mrs Blanka Blazek a 40 year old Liliputian actress from New York was hit by a returning auto in Cincinnati fracturing a leg and suffering body bruises. The driver said he failed to see her due to her small size as she prepared to perform with 24 other Liliputians at a local theatre.
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Cininnati
Blanka Blazek
New York
Chicago sweeps jail nearly 1000 in anti gang drive
Police chief and commissioner spearhead a vast crackdown targeting Al Capone and Moran factions with 40 squads, arresting 917 by evening. Raids span loops, North Side, speakeasies, hotels, and cabarets as gangs face mass parades and high bail. Two youths are killed in a traffic dispute as the chaos continues.
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Chicago
Wiliam Russell
John Egan
al Winge
Matt Kill
Danny Stanton
Frank McErlane
Bolton
Klondike O'Donnell
Herbert Gers
Anthony Kilburg
Taft Shows Small Signs Of Recovery In Illness
Washington February reports Taft recovering from a serious circulatory breakdown after a period of near collapse. His mind clears intermittently and the Taft smile returns in brief flashes while doctors warn the illness remains grave with lingering heart and old ailment complications.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Asheville
North Carolina
Taft
Dra
Thomas A. Clayton
Francis R. Hagner
Exiled Spanish intellectual attacks monarchy and clergy after return
Miguel de Unamuno, returns from six years in exile, denounces dictatorships and the church. He criticizes Primo de Rivera for claiming victory in the Moroccan campaign and attacks the Spanish king near the summer palace, asserting liberal ideals based on God country and law.
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Sebastian
Spain
France
Miguel de Unamuno
University of Salamuanca
Unamuno
Hendaye
Liaun
Berenguer
Mberallem
de Rivera
Primo de Rivera
San Remo
Italy
Krim
Monarchica
Alnso
Irun Mayor Refuses Banquet For Unamuno Sparks Citizen Demonstration
In the Spanish frontier town of Irun across from Hendaye France crowds protested the mayor’s decision to attend a banquet for exile thinker Miguel de Unamuno. Citizens demanded resignations of the mayor and municipal council while the police kept order and the Unamuno tribute was moved to Hendaye.
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Iran
Spain
Irun
Hendaye
France
Miguel de Ahamuno
Senor Unamuno
Unamuno
Fears Peril to King In Spain Move Toward Constitutional Monarchy
In Bordeaux on the Sud-express Saint Romanones the Spanish Liberal leader warned reporters that Primo de Rivera's dictatorship has spurred a strong leftward current. He urged a constitutional monarchy like England and Belgium, or risk a new dictatorship and possible monarchy collapse.
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Bordeaux
France
Saint Romanones
Paria
Sud-expreas
Primo de Hivera
Spain
England
Belgium
Parrot Fever Case 2 Diagnosed as Bad Cold
Washington February 9 authorities at the hygienic laboratory of the service believed Dr Charles Armstrong bacteriologist had a severe cold rather than psittacosis or parrot fever, the malady he studied.
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Washington
B Pereny Health Service
Charles Armstrong
World and Nation Briefs From The Daily Record
A digest of items from Chicago crimes to national politics and local notices. Jailed gang crackdowns in Chicago, Hoover en route to Florida with fishing gear, pardons and parole reforms, St Lawrence power survey debate, vet repeal arguments before Congress, Senate objects on extra session, Warren County shooting incident, first coasting fatality in Warren, parolee firebug sent back to prison, Jamestown Bar Association picks officers, Lincoln era sermon notes, new town classifications in legislature, Kennedy Civil War veteran Nathan Cobb dies aged 36.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Southern
Chase
Hoover
Florida
Torges
St. Lawrence
Congress
Senate
Jefferson
Warren County
Lad
Warren
New York
Firebug
Great Meadow
Walter H. Overs
St. Luke’s Church
Jamestown
Chautauqua County
John
Leonard
Randell
Abraham Lincoln
Nathan C. Cobb
Kennedy
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Britain
Wrathy
U.S
President Hoover
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Longney
Fla
Harlan Fiske Stone
Jeremiah Milbank
Jenks
Long Keys
Mrs. Hoover
South Carolina
Drys
King's Summer Palace
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