Widow's long cross examination in Louisiana murder trial
Mrs Ada Bon ner Le Bouef testifies that her husband fired first shot in the fatal boat scene and Beadle fired the two shotgun blasts. Beadle’s confession accuses Dr Dreher of the actual killing as cross examination resumes in St Mary Parish court.
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Ada Bonner le Bouef
Franklin
James Beadle
James le Bouef
James I. le Bouef
St. Mary Parish
Thomas E. Dreher
le Bouef
Beadle
Dreher
Dr. Dreher
Silent Cal and Telegrams Sweep Nation After Coolidge Statement
Rapid City reports a flood of telegrams praising and probing President Coolidge after he said he does not choose to run in 1928. The White House and party leaders weigh the impact while Coolidge remains silent, sparking broad speculation on his plans.
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Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
Washington
Mr. Coolidge
White House
Senator Capper
Kansas
Game Lodge
Black Hills
Custer
Republican Party
Norbeck
Bilbo Leads In Race For Mississippi Governor
Jackson Miss Aug 3 Theo G Bilbo today continued to pile up his lead over his opponents for the gubernatorial nomination as returns streamed in from yesterday's Democratic primary With almost half of the precincts in Bilbo had attained a 22 000 vote gain over Dennis Murphree the incumbent and his nearest opponent Seven hundred sixty precincts showed Bilbo 48 073 Murphree 25 497 Connor 18 085 Anderson 7 373
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Jackson
Miss
Theo G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Dennis Murphree
Murphree
Connor
Anderson
Mabel Normand Ill in Santa Monica Hospital
Mabel Normand film comedienne is resting comfortably in a Santa Monica hospital after a cold left her very ill. Attending physicians say her temperature dropped during the night and she may return home within a week.
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Mabel Normand
Santa Monica
Cal
Comedienne
Sheriff Earl Taylor Wins Staunton Primary Nomination
In Staunton Virginia on August 3 Deputy Sheriff Earl Taylor won the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Augusta County by 128 votes in a three candidate primary. W Stuart Moffett from near Staunton and Walter E Beard of Middlebrook secured nominations for the house of delegates.
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Staunton
Earl Taylor
Augusta County
W. Stuart Moffett
Walter E. Beard
Middlebrook
Charles Levine Sued by a French Aviator
Paris, Aug 3 Maurice Drouhin, French aviator, today began action against Charles A Levine to compel him to fulfill the tentative July contract. Drouhin was chosen to pilot Levine's monoplane Columbia in a return Atlantic flight from Paris to New York.
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Paris
Maurice Drouhin
Charles A. Levine
Drouhin
Levine
Columbia
New York
Garrett Sees Big Democratic Change
Nashville, Aug 3 AP Rep Finis J Garrett Tennessee 1928 Senate candidate commented on President Coolidges 1928 non-run announcement. He said it may not alter Democratic prospects but could prompt Republican contenders to enter the presidential race while Coolidge avoids a renewed bid.
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Nashville
Tenn
Coolidge
Finis J. Garrett
House
Garrett
Senate
Tennessee
Nashville, Tenn
County Prisoner Remains at Large in Puzzle Creek Area
Special to The Times. Blountville August 3. Joe Hopkins an escaped county jail inmate who fled during rock quarry duty two miles northeast of Blountville remained at large as of 1 30 pm according to Sullivan County Sheriff John L Ford posses scour the area and Hopkins may have returned to his Hickory Tree home Homer Alderson who aided the break was shot in the back and recaptured Ed Holt the guard fired at Alderson and Squire Moore heard Hopkins flee and fired Hopkins fell but got up and kept running Hopkins was sentenced at the last circuit court term for manufacturing liquor Sheriff Ford expects recapture soon. several prisoners worked nearby but only Hopkins and Alderson attempted escape
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Blountville
Joe Hopkins
Rock
Here
John L. Ford
Sullivan County
Hopkins
Ford
Squire Moore
Hickory Tree
Homer Alderson
Ed Holt
Alderson
Holt
Virginia Democratic primary yields tiny vote in Byrd policy endorsement
In Richmond Virginia on August 3 a notably small Democratic primary vote reflected broad backing for Governor Harry F Byrds reorganization program. The assembly slate saw few changes with local issues shaping contests including opposition to higher income taxes chart ballots and auto license hikes. The defeat of longtime Richmond state senator Morgan R Mills drew attention as capital residents watched the capital reshuffle.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
General Assembly
Morgan R. Mills
Mexican soldiers killed in Jalisco battle report
Dispatch from Mazatlan says sixty Mexican federal soldiers were killed and many wounded in a battle with rebels in the state of Jalisco. The report appears in the Nogales Arizona Herald.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mazatlan Sinaloa
State
Jalisco
South Carolina Blue Laws Tested Over Sunday Gasoline Sale
South Carolina's supreme court convenes in special session to decide if 1691 era Blue Laws bar unrestricted Sunday gasoline sales. Attorney General Daniel asks to overturn a Charleston circuit judges restraining order that allowed sales with no emergency permits. Governor Richards led a Sunday closing crusade but awaits the court ruling. A separate decision on Sunday golf remains pending.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Supreme Court
John M. Daniel
Charleston
William H. Grimball
John G. Richards
Richards
Weather outlook for Virginia and Tennessee with show ers
Virginia faces likely showers tonight and Thursday with minor temperature changes and moderate to fresh east winds. Tennessee probable showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Data compiled at the U S weather station by C L Bunn shows yesterday's high 87, low 64, rainfall 0.00 inches.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U.S
C. L. Bunn
Virginia man dies by own hand buried near Big Moccasin
Gate City Va. Funeral services for Jeff Fuller 45 prominent Scott County farmer held at Fuller Cemetery near Snowflake after coroner's inquest verdict death at his own hands. Despondency over ill health suspected. He left room for rest before a shotgun self-inflicted wound. Survived by wife two sons a daughter two sisters three brothers and father George Fuller near Snowflake.
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Times
Gate City
Ave
Jeff Fuller
Scott County
Big Moccasin
Fuller Cemetery
Snowflake
Fuller
George Fuller
Richmond Paper Criticises Cal For Statement
Richmond News Leader in Virginia rails at President Coolidge’s cautious phrasing about a third term or running. The editorial says he has not admitted not running and could claim being forced if nominated or forced to veto, warning the country will read his words literally.
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Richmond
Coolidge
Richmond News Leader
Virginia Daily
Mississippi
Runaways Returned in Virginia Auto Theft Case
RUNAWAYS RETURNED at a LYNCHBURG Virginia Aug 3 Curtis Anderson 17 Bluefield West Va John Oskiwzkozo 17 Charles County Md Charles Burgee 18 Chesapeake Beach Md Ernest Ward 17 Salisbury Md and John Ke seak 18 Baltimore who were arrested here Monday morning were taken back today to Dundalk Md to face charges of stealing an automobile The boys were en route to Miami Fla in the stolen car when they were apprehended here early Monday.
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Lynchburg
Curtis Anderson
Bluefield
W. Va
John Oskiwzkozo
Charles County
Charles Burgee
Chesapeake Beach
Ernest Ward
Salisbury
John Keseak
Baltimore
Dundalk
Miami
Fla
Two Killed and Many Injured in Salme Towboat Blast
In Vicksburg Mississippi on August 3 a blast aboard the Towboat Sprague exploded and burned at Salem landing. Two men were killed and two seriously injured. oil on the river ignited, six barges burned. The Sprague towed ten barges southbound when a barge grounded, tow broke up and the first explosion occurred. Damages estimated at $25,000. The injured men were taken aboard the steamer Gulfport which stood by.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Sprague
Salem Landing
Here
Gulfport
H. R. Fitzgerald
Decision On Saco And Vanzetti Will Be Made Tomorrow
Knoxville Tenn Aug 3 AP Carl R Roberts undertaker and colonel on Gov Austin Peays staff was shot to death here today by O H May loan broker after May had killed his wife Lillian May in their home.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Carl R. Roberts
Austin Peay
O. H. May
May
Lillian May
Klan in flogging trial identified by witness
In Oneonta Alabama Aug 3 1934 Grand Dragon James Esdale served with attachment as Eugene Doss faces trial for flogging farm youth Jeff Calloway. John Hughes testified he and other klansmen kidnapped Calloway from Antioch church and flogged him. Doss driven the car. witnesses described robes and masks and injuries.
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Oneonta
Ala
Klu Klux Klan
Jeff Calloway
John Hughes
Calloway
Hughes
Eugene Doss
Oneonta Farm
Charles C. McCall
Alabama
Doss
Tarrant City Klavern
Ku Klux Klan
Antioch Church
Marvin Denton
Calloways
James Esdale
Esdale
Governor Fuller delays decision on Sacco and Vanzetti
Boston Aug 3 AP Governor Alven T Fuller postpones a meeting with his executive council to noon tomorrow to present findings in the Sacco and Vanzetti murder case. If he pardons or commutes, council approval is needed. otherwise council has no jurisdiction.
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Boston
Alven T. Fuller
William L. Reed
Secre
State House
Market Breaks and Quick Recovery on Wall Street
New York stock market fell sharply on first trading after President Coolidge said he would not seek the 1928 presidency, then sharply recovered, with rail and industrial shares leading gains. Major recoveries included General Motors, United States Steel, Baldwin, General Electric, Westinghouse, Timken, Atchison, Baltimore and Ohio, and Union Pacific.
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Aug
Coolidge
General Motors
United States Steel Common
Baldwin
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Timken
Atchison
Baltimore and Ohio
Union Pacific
Run for reelection debate sways after Coolidge remarks
Political leaders and press clash over whether Coolidge would run if drafted after he stated he would not be a candidate in 1928. Washington discusses potential rivals including Lowden Longworth Dawes Hoover and others as reaction grows to the president’s stance.
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Coolidge
White House
Washington
Frank O. Lowden
Nicholas Longworth
Dawes
Hoover
Boston
Fuller
Sacco
Vanzetti
Celestino Madeiros
Charlestown
Geneva
New York
Henri Deterding
Royal Dutch Shell Oil Group
Great Britain
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Group
Excelsior
Mexico
Blair
Internal Revenue Bureau
Department
Intelligence Service
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Jeff Calloway
Carol
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Father
Michael
Royal Palace
Bucharest
Vicksburg
Miss
George Paish
League of Nation’s Union
Oxford
America
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Ottawa
Wales
Baldwin
Parliament Building
Canada
British Empire
James J. le Bouef
Franklin
Thomas E. Dreher
James Beadle
Woman
le Bouef
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Smoot
Utah
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Charles Levine
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Assembly
S. Carolina
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Saco
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