Prison holds confessed killer in Harris boy murder
Robert H. Wiles 49, jailed at South Carolina state penitentiary after confessing to beating Herbert H. Harris Jr. to death with an iron pipe. He claims he acted for an employer, John Martin Rushton, who denies involvement. Both men are held for questioning as coroner’s inquest proceeds.
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Columbia, D. C
South Carolina
State Penitentiary
Herbert H. Harris, Jr
Robert H. Wiles
Job Jess Mechanic
John Martin Rushton
Home Stores, Inc
Wiles
Rushton
T. Alex Heise
Harris
Heise
Columbia
Best Face Powders Guide From A Reliable Manufacturer
Advice on selecting high quality powder for complexion care. Emphasizes trying on skin first, matching tone to skin, avoiding exotic shades for daytime wear, and using warm tones for darker complexions. Cautions against streaks and unfamiliar formulas. notes certain colors unsuitable for street use and formal evenings under artificial light.
Missouri Solons Labeled Rip Van Winkles by Prosecutor
St Louis prosecutor Harry P. Rosecan calls Missouri legislators Rip Van Winkles after declining to prosecute an open violator of the state bondary law. He refused to issue a warrant against Hyman A. Nudelman a liquor store clerk arrested in a test case. He criticizes both houses for not solving Missouri liquor problems. The piece also notes critique of Hoover Airport and a comparison of the Navy dirigible Macon to the Graf Zeppelin.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Rip van Winkles
Harry P. Rosecan
Rosecan
Hyman A. Nudelman
House
Senate
Probe on NRA Effects Prompts Chamber of Commerce Survey
The United States Chamber of Commerce launches a questionnaire to its members to assess the impact of NRA and other recovery measures. Questions cover blue eagle compliance, employment effects, payrolls, production, price resistance, and whether NRA and farm programs should be extended.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Farm Credit Administration
Met Opera Opens With Gleaming Jewels at Debut Night
New York welcomed Peter Ibbeston and a starry crowd for the Met’s 108 year tradition returning to its red-carpet hall. Snow fell as gowns glittered with tiaras and diamond bracelets while Lurrezin Bori led the fundraising drive and Gatti-Gasagza marked his fortieth anniversary as impresario and his 3,368th production at the house.
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New York
Farrar
Caruso
Er Divine
Ant Society
Peter Ibbeston
Deems Taylor
Lurrezin Bori
Igardenias
Gatti-Gasagza
Met
Air Travel Distances Compare U.S. and European Flights
Commercial airplanes in the United States last year covered 48 million miles, compared with 35.4 million miles by all commercial lines in Europe.
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United States
Europe
Louisiana Citizens Party Goes To Polls in Sixth District Race
Brisk forenoon voting at East Baton Rouge polls for State Senator J Sanders Jr the sole candidate in the Sixth Louisiana district Citizens election. Cold but clear weather aided turnout as officials noted hospital counts nationwide.
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Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Parish
J. ¥. Sanders
Louisian District
New Deal for Coughs and Sore Throats
The medical profession labels a cold an internal infection and prescribes Thoxine for coughs and sore throats. Unlike surface remedies, Thoxine targets the internal cause, relieves congestion and fever, and speeds recovery. Available as a doctor's prescription for 35c. Demand Thoxine at your drug store.
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Leola Mae Miller
the “Bess
Ritas Sewing Circle
Longnecker Circle
First Presbyterian Church
J. G. Kolkmeyer
Henry Smith
Kolkmeyer
West Ieverty Street
Everhart
Vista Place
Claude Stuckey
HL Clelland
Marjorie Jewell Hardin
Ruth Wil
Pon Wil
Trene Clelland
Loretta Ann Dilgus
Florence Lindley
Mary Frances Gentry
Bonnie Mae Dunlap
Carol Jeane Mather
Mary Frances Bassman
Aileen Bariz
Nadine Hudson
Margaret Cooper
Martha Fanther
Betty Stuckey
Catherine Gentry
Anna Beth Frank
Betty Lou Dunlap
Sarah Lee Hallmark
Margaret Dawson
Capitol Avenue
Roscoe Enloe Post No. & of the
American Legion
Knights of Columbus Hall
Avivuk
Longnecker
J. G.kolkmeyer
Kolkmeyer Cine
West McCarty Street
Mary Margaret Lohman
Mary Ann Davie
Chapman Turner
Kansas City
James T. Blair, Sr
Fairmount Boulevard
Robert McGregory
Trenton
Horace Pippert
Emma Pippert
Ernst Braun
Lafayette Street
Virginia
Marian Henwood
Berryman Henwood, Jr
Kirkwood
Virginia Henwood
Margaret Ann Gillham
Miss Marian
Peggy Lou Scott
Berryman, Jr
Maring Lohman
W. M. Tindell
Chicago
W. W. Waggoner
Jake Allen
Tindell
Waggoner
Mrs. Allen
Nevada
Dorothy Julian
E. B. Julian
East High Street
H. W. Dennis
Dennis
Broadway Street
Virginia Harper
Alton, AL
Sam Striegel
C. G. Lucker
David
Richard
Phoenix
Ariz
John Baldwin
News and Tribune
Post-Tribune
Associated Press
United Press
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Woodland
Wash
Oregon
Idaho
Lewis River
Columbia River
Diate Therife
Gage
South Carolina Bay
Canton
China
J. H. Cochran
Fulton
Gilbert Striegel
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Mrs
Broadway
Edgar Porth
George C
George Porth
McAlester
Oklahoma
Mary Haley
University City
Dorothy Lakin
Waladdin
Cei Forres
Serr
Rawsas City
Hoover
Washington, D. C
NRA
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Fanny
U.S. Pat
Jefferson Clry
Zeigler Coal
J. D. Reed Coal CO
Louisiana “Citizens Party
Phil A
Hammond
Areney Phone 1579 Trust
U. 8
Epperson Underwriting Co
Rumford
General Motors
Tersary
Buick
Fisher
Heisinger Motor Company
East High St
Jefferson City, Mo
Ferum
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