Kansas City rug cleaner charged in pattern of deaths
Charles D. Ernest, 45, owner of a rug cleaning business, faced murder charges and related counts after a lengthy insurance and police probe into several north side deaths tied to Ernest collecting on policies. Investigators cited tattooed left arms showing Ernest as beneficiary and noted exhumation of Cyclone Kelly as part of the case.
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Kansas City
Charles D. Ernest
North Side
Ernest
William J. Gilwee
Harry H
Hank
Burk
George
Cyclone) Kelly
North Sides
Myrtle Tatman
Noath Side
Kelly
Myrs O'Tatman
Keily
CG. Leitch
Cyclone Kelly
W. W. Graves
Nest
Harry C. Bergman
Mark Burk
Gered
S Insurance Company
Atta O'Farrol
Jimmie
O'Farrel
Bert
Quest
Clea Ton
Acia
Colton
Suis
Conscience Debt of 22 Years Paid in Kansas City
A neatly dressed middle aged man settled a 22 year conscience debt by handing owner Lewis C Entriken six dollars saying the money belonged to him. The act occurred at a Kansas City restaurant Saturday with an AP report noting the unusual payment and explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lewis C. Entriken
Sis
Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment opens with pacifist stance
National Commander James Van Zandt opened the VFW encampment in Denver urging officers to keep politics and international issues out of the gathering. He emphasized a focus on veterans benefits and readiness to fight for peace while urging isolation from entanglements that could lead to another war.
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Denver
James
van Zandt
United States
Europe
Americas
America
Commission Put Hayes In White House Six Years Ago
A historic 1876 presidential election crisis ended with Rutherford B. Hayes winning 185 to 184 after a five-member electoral commission resolved 20 disputed votes. The joint congressional ratification followed amid sharp partisan clashes and protests from Democrats who argued the process was fraudulent.
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Pres. Hayes
White House
Herbert Plummer
Washington
Samuel Jr. Tilden
Rutherford B. Mayes
Tilden
Hayes
Florida
Louisiana
Oregon
South Carolina
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Congress
Capitol
New York Times
Union
Supreme Court Chamber
God
EECA
Alexwcuy
Electoral Commission
Houses
Irving Thalberg dies of pneumonia at 37 in Santa Monica
Irving G. Thalberg noted motion picture producer and Norma Shearer’s husband died at his Santa Monica beach home. Lobar pneumonia was given as the cause. He contracted a cold on vacation at Del Monte and deteriorated over two days. Thalberg, born May 30, 1899 in Brooklyn, began as Carl Laemmle Jr.’s secretary, rose to MGM production head, married Shearer in 1928, and leaves two children Irving Jr. and Katharine. He produced Rip Tide, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, and Mutiny on the Bounty.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Irving G. Thalberg
Norma Shearer
Lobar
Philip Newmark
Thalberg
del Monte
Brooklyn
N. Y
Carl Laemmie, Jr
Zaemmile
Universal Studio
Louis B. Mayer
Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn
Metro — Goldwyn-Mayer
Miss Shearer
Irving, Jr
Katharine
Hollywood
Wimpole Street
Fascist Plot to Kill Loyal Chiefs Nipped In San Sebastian
A continued World War II era report notes a fascist broadcast via English language radio claiming plans to mine harbors under Burgos government. It says ships were warned to evacuate, with only a paper mill and two houses damaged during occupation in San Sebastian, while residents fled citing widespread arson by anarchists.
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Corunna
Burgos
San Sebastian
Paul Leslie 15 Eliminated at Garden City
Freddy Haas Jr of New Orleans the Canadian amateur champion was knocked out in the first round by Charlie Mayo Jr of Long Island 1 up on the 18th green. Mayo advanced in a ding-dong match as crowds watched a tight round with Haas faltering on approach shots and slip early in the Garden City event.
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Garden City
Freddy Haas, Jr
New Orleans
United States
Charlie Mayo
Long Island
Mayo
Haas
Omaha
Johnny Goodman
Johnny Fischer
Cincinnati
Hector Thomson
Fischer
Cleveland
Eddie Nicister
William and Mary College
Thomson
Pnr
John Roberts
Columbus
Goodman
Hunter Hicks
Chicago
Scotty Campbell
Seattle
Forrest Thompson
Landover
Campbell
Jack Munger
Dallas
Doni Soccoli
New Britain
Conn
Soccoli
Oklehama
Walter Emergy
Knox Young, Jr
Pittsburgh
Chick Evans
Jesse Guilford
Max Marston
Jess Sweetser
Davidson Herron
Paul Leslie
Jefferson City
Louisiana State University
Joseph Lynch
Boston
Lynch
Woman killed in crash on Highway 40 near Boonville
Mrs. Mary Carother of Kingman Kansas died when a car struck a telephone pole on Highway 40 near Boonville Missouri. Her daughter Mary Carothers, a University of Iowa instructor, was slightly injured as they traveled from Des Moines to Kingman. The report notes water pressure at 230 feet under water.
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Boonville
Mary &. Carother
Kingman
Kans
Here
Highway 40
Mary Carothers
Des Moines
Carothers
University of Iowa
Landon Campaigns Through New England Amid Debt Attack
Governor Alf Landon pressed his eastward tour warning of the "record all-time public debt" under the New Deal. In Nashua he was greeted by a baby elephant, then spoke in Lowell and Nashua before heading toward Massachusetts. He predicted a Republican victory in Maine and urged backlash against government control of business and agriculture.
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Landon
Alf M. Landon
New England
Nashau
WN. H
Maine
Roosevelt
Kansas
Robert B. Choate
Boston
Lowell
Nashua
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Ire
Pine Ree
Meine
Portland
Italian Fascists Order U P Reporter Out Of Italy
Henry T. Gorrell of the Rome United Press staff is due in Paris after being invited to leave Italy by Fascist authorities. He was escorted to the frontier by two agents as police stated arrests of about twenty for loose propaganda did not prove a large communist network. The incident follows his dispatches from Italian industrial centers and signals continued US embassy intervention.
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Paris
Henry T. Gorreil
Rome
United Press
Italy
Gorrell
Gerrell
Kansas City
Journal- Post
Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Buenos Aires
Tragedy at Local Roundhouse Killed by Train
Martin New-exorts, a fire cleaner at the local roundhouse, sustained fatal injuries after being struck by a Missouri Pacific passenger train Saturday noon. He died at the scene and authorities investigated the incident.
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Martin New-Exorts
Roundhouse
Missouri Pacific
Dispatch Staff for Northern Fronts in Spain
An African west coast Negro greets a friend by kneeling and kissing the ground three times. Flower petals emit fragrant scents from natural oils with varying composition unique to each bloom.
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Jos. Lynch
Freddy Haas
Clarence Weaver
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Wallace H. White, Jr
Ilt
GOP
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RINSO
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