Snook Executed in Electric Chair for Columba s Murder
Dr James Howard Snook University professor was executed at Ohio State Penitentiary after a June 1929 trial for the murder of co ed Theora Hix. He faced witnesses in the death chamber as his final words were said to be unknown.
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Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Snook
Isaac Miller
King Avenue Methodiat Episcopal Church
K. E. Wall
Mr. Miller
Helen Snook
Ohio State University
Miss Hix
Wer
University of Ohio
Ae Theora Hix
Sweetart
Oil Tariff Defeated in Dramatic Senate Vote
In a dramatic Senate clash on the Hawley Smoot tariff, oil and gasoline duties were rejected 39 to 27. Senator Blaine charged the Independent Petroleum Producers Association with attempting to trade votes and influence President Hoover, as debate over the tariff intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Tonight
Wozen
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate
Pittman
Nevada
Texas
New York City
Blaine
Wisconsin
American Independent Petroleum Producers Association
United States
Wirt Franklin
Franklin
Independent Producers Association
Allen
Kansas
Hoover
Continental
Haiti Protests as American Commission Arrives in Port‑au‑Prince
Haiti welcomed the Hoover commission with orderly demonstrations as 5 000 protesters demanded legislative elections and an end to high commissioners. The party, greeted at the Legation and palace, saw injuries and 13 arrests after a clash near the council. Open sessions were announced at Hotel Excelsior.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Hoover
John H. Russell
Borno
Council of State
Commission
Hotel Excelsior
Borne
General Russell
U. S
Rochester
Protest over hiring ban on Catholic teacher in Harriman
Albany reports the Education Department hearing into Harriman trustees over principal William Hoffman who refused to hire Miss Anne Mulholland a Catholic teacher. The Knights of Columbus and Miss Mulholland’s advocates seek board removal and Hoffman defends acting on board sentiment, with briefing deadlines set for both sides.
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K. of C
Albany
Harriman
N. Y
Education Department
Eugene A. Donahue
Patrick J. Macaran
Hartman
Anne Mulholland
Plattsburgh
Michael Walsh
Brooklyn
Knights of Columbus
Wrenk Watson
Donohue
William J. Hoffman
Miss Mulholland
Hoffman
Father Macaran
Roosevelt’s Wife Aims for Dry Enforcement Bill Support
Rev. C. Rh. Miter of the New York Civic League says Mrs. Roosevelt has assured Dry leaders that Governor will sign a reasonable and constitutional state prohibition enforcement bill. The claim targets Republican legislators to secure votes for the Jenks Brown measure now stalled by Wet Dry lines in both houses.
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Albany
C. Rh. Miter
New York Civic League
Scar on leg wins Mary Pickford kins verdict of $45000
Miss Winifred Conahan, 26, a cousin of Mary Pickford, was awarded 45000 damages against Louis Sherry, Inc., for injuries from a falling window pane in October. She sought 100000, claiming the calf of her leg was scarred permanently. The case, in the Supreme Court, had a jury out less than an hour.
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New York
Winifred Conahan
Mary Pickford
Louis Sherry, Inc
Sherry
Supreme Court
Taft’s Old Smile Lights Up At Son As Shadows Fall
Washington report says William Howard Taft grew weaker and semi conscious as death approached. Doctors noted occasional recognition of family and a brief smile while his condition remained largely unchanged.
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Taft
Son
Washington
William Howard Taft
Robert
Francis R. Hagner
Thomas A. Claytor
Claytor
Ambassador Claudel
France
Edward Everett Gann
Curtis
Supreme Court
Haldeman Sets New Altitude Record For Commercial Plane
Jorge W. Haldeman unofficially tops the world altitude for commercial aircraft at Bellanca Field with a Bellanca pacemaker reaching 3 500 feet. The test, conducted by the Commerce Department and National Aeronautic Association, saw Haldeman fly 1 hour 16 minutes and 61 seconds starting at 3 40 in a standard plane powered by a Wright J6 motor.
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Wilmington
Del
Jorge W. Haldeman
Bellanca Field
Martin Jensen
U.S. Department of Commerce
National Aeronautical Association
Haldeman
Hal
Guard Fire Repels Airplane Circling Over Prison Walls
State troopers on Auburn prison walls fired on and drove off an airplane that circled the yard at low altitude. Guards prepared for a possible drop or signal while National Guardsmen gathered at the armory. The large craft, not identified, was about 100 feet above the yard and did not use riding lights.
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Auburn
Auburn Prison
National
Tremaine Hughes
Hughes
Jennings Names Becker as Armed Rioter in Auburn Riot
Auburn February court session centers on the December prison riot at Auburn where Warden Edgar Jennings identifies Becker as among the rioters. Witness Jennings testifies he held an automatic pistol and ammunition. defense questions slow cross examination under Samuel Leibowitz. Becker faces murder charges for killing Principal Keeper George A. Durnford during the riot.
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Jennings
Becker
Auburn
Max Becker
Samuel
Leibowitz
Edgar 8. Jennings
Asid
Hery Sullivan
George A. Durnford
Dominican Chief Steps Out as Rebel Leader Becomes Interim President
In Santo Domingo General Rafael Estrella Urena, insurgent leader, named provisional president while Horacio Vasquez seeks leave from the republic. Vasquez names Estrella interior minister and asks Assembly to permit foreign exile as Trujillo and Curtis navigate recognition. The capital remains calm after earlier heavy shooting with no reported casualties.
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Santo Domingo
Horacio Vasquez
Dominican Republic
Rafael Estrella Urena
Vasquez
Estrella Arena
Fort Ozama
France
Trujillo
Charles B. Curtis
Republic
Stevens and LaSalle Hotel Pharmacy Indicted in Rum Scheme
Federal grand jury indicted Stevens Hotel Pharmacy, seven officers and staff, and four physicians in Chicago on charges of conspiring to violate the prohibition act. Physicians allegedly prescribed liquor for beverage use sold by the drug stores.
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Chicago
Stevens Hotel
Stevens and
Hotel la Salle Pharmacies
Federal Grand Jury
Gas Kills Nine Russians at Metallurgical Plant
Nine workers suffocated and several others overcome by gas at a Dniepropetrovsk metallurgical plant today. The accident occurred during routine operations as rescue efforts searched for missing colleagues.
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Dniepropetrovsk
Russia
Defiance man kills wife then barricades with dynamite
Henry Floehr 60, a former Toledo State Asylum inmate, killed his wife in Defiance Ohio after a quarrel over their daughter Elsia. He fought a large force of officers, citizens, and National Guard during a three hour standoff, dynamite destroying the second floor as a machine gun and a one pounder fire on Floehr's retreat. He died by a self inflicted gunshot before the barrage ended. two sons and four daughters survive.
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Defiance
Ohio
Henry Floehr
Toledo State Asylum
National Guard
Floehr
Elsia
William
Bere
E. L. Partee
National Guard Company
State Hospital For
Wife of Hoover secretary dies after illness
Mrs. Lawrence Richey wife of one of President Hoover s secretaries died here late today after an illness of several days Septic poisoning with meningitis attributed to the death She had returned from Long Key Florida with her husband on the President s fishing trip Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon in St Paul s Chapel Rev Dr Joseph R Sizoo to officiate The Richies were married in Chicago about sixteen years ago There are no children A brother Morton R Hunter from Milwaukee Wis is en route to attend the funeral
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Washington
Lawrence Richey
Hoover
Richey
Long Key
Florida
St. Paul's Chapel
Joseph R. Sizoo
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Richey’s
Chicago
Morton R. Hunter
Milwaukee
Wis
Two Clean Bottle Men Nabbed in Larceny Case
Samuel Glickstein and Samuel Kostin, owners of the Acme Glass Company of Olean New York, are indicted for grand larceny connected to a bottle contract with Brooklyn's Terner Bottling Works. They allegedly defrauded the firm of $50 000, with total contract loss cited at $400 000. The pair, who went to Europe before the indictment, returned to face charges.
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New York
Samuel Glickstein
Acme Glass Company
Olean
N. Y
Brooklyn
Samuel Kostin
Bronx
Kostin
Glickstein
Terner
Philadelphia
Olean Bank
Europe
Neon Light Man Freed of Charge in New York
Robert L. ter Jr vice president of Claude Neon Lights Inc was cleared of publishing a false statement. He then planned a civil suit for 500000 against Charles V Bob alleging malicious prosecution. Kester and Hollingsworth were released on habeas corpus.
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New York
Robert L.ter, Jr
Claude Neon Lights, Inc
Charles V. Bob
Kester
Willam T. P. Hollingsworth
Claude Neon
Supreme Court
Nathan Bijur
Ith
Claude Neon Company
George L. Johnson
Rainbow Luminous Products, Inc
Bob
Federal Neon Tem
Hollingeworth
Bob and Associates
General Outdoor Advertising Company
Day's News Snook Electrocuted and Other Mounting Incidents
A chaotic page lists a sequence of events including an electrocution of a man linked to a coed sweetheart, a barricaded maniac after killing his wife, an oil tariff bluff aimed at Hoover, Haitians protesting American rule, Taft unable to speak though smiling, a Dominican chief stepping out with a rebel provisional president, a governor appointing Maltbie as Prendergast quits, and other political, civic and social notes with planning, funerals, and local developments.
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Hoover
Senate
Commission
Taft
Maltbie
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Associated Press
James H. Snook
Scar
Coolidge
Arizona
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge Dam
Gila River
San Carlos
Ariz
Arene
America
Stevens
LaSalle Hotel
National Guards
Kehr
Karl Weaner
William Chappel
Newell Littlefield
Newport
Maine
Defiance College
Littlefield
Acme Co
Marcone
Page
Donovan
City Planning Commission
Erie Station
Charles KE
Morse
Dana B. Mellings
Mt. Moriah Lodge
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