Nevada killer White dies in gas chamber at Carson City
R H White Elko gambler is executed in Nevada state prison gas chamber after conviction for the murder of Laula Lavell. Witnesses, including two women, observe the procedure as the cyanide gas rapidly suffocates him. White requested the gas chamber and writes a final letter to his wife before death.
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Carson City
Nevada
R. H
Bob? White
Orison
Laula Lavell
White
Margaret Skeeter
Reno
May B. Kenney
Oakland
E. E B. Hamer
Ireland
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Fire destroys Renick business district in Missouri
A major blaze in Renick Missouri wiped out five buildings housing four stores and the post office. Two filling stations and the bank survived as firefighters struggled without a water supply. Damage was estimated at 50000 dollars. U S Highway 63 was blocked for hours while debris was cleared. About two thousand residents watched the blaze start behind Warren Lurber's general store.
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Moberly
Renick
Warren Lurber
Pearman Sues for 200000 Insurance in Arkansas Slaying Case
Mrs Maud Pearman files suit in Columbia Maine for 200000 plus 40000 in fees and penalties from Lincoln National Life Insurance Co claiming fraud tied to her husband William Robert Pearman shot and found near Gravette Arkansas. Dr Andrew J Bass allegedly plotted fraud. Bass already in Arkansas prison for the killing. The suit asserts the assignment to Bass was void and seeks policy benefits due under the contract.
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Columbia
Hcuit
Maud Pearman
William Robert Pearman
Gravette
Ark
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fearman
William Folta
Andrew J. Bass
Lfe
Arkansas
Bass
Pearman
Two Detroit area gun battles raise toll in gang war
A man was killed near Ferndale as renewed gang warfare hits the Detroit area. Two Grosse Pointe Park patrolmen, Meyer and Lanstra, were shot while pursuing rum runners, dying after attempts to intervene. The assailants fled in a car as police continue to hunt the killers.
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Detroit
Ferndale
Ira Berendt
Felice
Grosse Pointe Park
Irhardt W. Meyer
Claudie Lanstra
Meyer
Lanstra
Ina Piasco
Lake St. Clair
Gaspardi Scibilia
Sant Parrine
Scotland Yard's women detectives lead in crime inquiry
In London the Yard assigns women to detective work under Miss Dorothy Peto, reflecting a shift toward greater female involvement in police investigations as reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
London—Scotland Yard
Dorothy Peto
Rental Fee on LANS for Power Firms Urged in Missouri
Attorney General Stratton Shartel urged the Missouri legislature to enact an annual rental fee on utility companies damming Ozark streams for power. He said revenue should fund Game and Fish Department needs and Ozark park improvements, aiming to attract visitors and boost fishing and state parks.
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Big Spring State Park
Missouri
Ozark
Stratton Shartel
Big Springs State Park
Missouri Ozarks
Missouri Game and Fish Department
Game and Fish Department
Shartel
Ble
Ozarks
South
Middle West
Missouri Census Shows County Shifts in State Totals
Springfield 57,507 up 17,876 to 45.1 per cent Greene County 82,899 up 14,201 Polk County 17,102 down 3,249 Benton 10,763 down 9,226 Hickory 6,433 down 601 Christian 13,138 down 2,144 Howell 19,704 down 1,398 Laclede 16,312 down 548 Oregon 13,214 down 675 Pulaski 10,732 up 242 Dunklin 35,796 up 3,025 New Madrid 30,239 up 5,059.
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Missouri
Springfield
Greene County
Polk County
Benton County
Hickory County
Christian County
Howell County
Laclede County
Oregon County
Pulaski County
Dunklin County
New Madrid County
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Bob White
Chicago
John Galandak
Florence Currie
Galandak
Plano
Europe
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Quentin
France
Rooseviet
Richard Derby
Standard Drug Co
HOPE
Capital City Telephone Co
Fedieind
Ghg
Sis of Life
Donald A. Laird
Colgate University
San Francisco
Marzieh Na~bel
Ali Kull Khan
Washington
Howard Carpenter
Sitanford
Colon
Panama
Canal
Barali
M. Nieves
Sacramento
Calif
George A. Cathey
Dr. Willing
Western Archery Association
Sharter
State Game Dept
Harte
Capital City Telephone Company
Cole County Bank
Crown Drug CO
East
Hish St
Earl W. Jenkins
Missouri Power & Light Company
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