Wife kills husband and two children in shocked Boston notice
In Boston on August 13 G H Curtis and wife Mary died after a shooting that wounded two of their three children. Dorothy, the surviving daughter, told police her mother, driven by a low mood, opened fire on the family then died by suicide. George Curtis Jr age 20 and Marjorie age 7 were shot in sleep. Dorothy escaped, heard four shots, and found parents dead with wounded siblings.
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Boston
G. H. Curtis
Mary
Dorothy
George Curtis, Jr
Marjorie
Pannell of Blountville Farm Found Dead at 71
Frank G Pannell 71 prominent farmer near Blountville was found dead in a field by his farm after mowing weeds. Authorities cite possible heart failure or blood loss from a leg cut by a mowing scythe. Survived by ten children. funeral held at home with interment at Latture Cemetery.
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Frank G. Pannell
R. W. Pannell
Blountville
Pannell
G. B. Latture
T. W. Pannell
C. L. Pannell
Cr. Ht. Pannell
Fresno
Cal
E. W. Pannell
Wiliamsburg
Roy Elsen
Latture Cemetery
Pannell Home
Times Want Ads Deliver Returns for Readers
Classified notices in the Times Want Ads promise reliable returns for buyers and sellers, with listings spanning jobs, housing, and services. Readers are urged to check daily for fresh opportunities and competitive prices from local advertisers.
Funeral of Fulton County Sheriff Delays Local Business
Hospital Hickman Ky Aug 13 Business suspended for over an hour during the funeral of J O West sheriff of Fulton County who was shot Tuesday by Monroe Heatherly a former state hospital inmate Heatherly jailed calls for speedy murder trial grand jury and court sessions proposed. Sheriff’s widow may be sworn in to share tax collections this fall under discussion of succession until January term.
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Hickman
J. O. West
Fulton County
Monroe Heatherly
State Hospital
Grand Jury
Heatherly
Prominent Sullivan Countian Dies at 89
P. P. Mitchell, longtime Sullivan County resident and Confederate Civil War veteran, died at his home on the old Bristol highway. He was 89, had been ill for months after a leg infection. Surviving wife Sarah Roller and four children, plus siblings and relatives. Funeral set at his home tomorrow at 10 with interment in Pyle cemetery. Flowers from Holland to Britain noted in the report.
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P. P. Mitchell
Sullivan County
Bristol Highway
Here
Mr. Mitchell
Virginia
Nathan W. Bachman
Sarah Roller
George Roller
Annie Mitchell
Kingsport
C. G. Mitchell
Johnson City
Murray Mitchell
Trinity Methodist Church
Roanoke
R. M. Mitchell
Corinth
Miss
Mary Mitchell
Nebraska
W. G. Mitchell
Radford
Woman Dies While Greeting Minister at Kentucky Revival
Hopkinsville Ky Aug 13 Miss Ruby Cunningham 19 dropped dead last night while stepping to the altar to shake hands with a revivalist at Huricane Baptist church Physicians said heart failure caused her death She was daughter of the Trigg county superintendent of schools.
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Hopkinsville
Ruby Cunningham
Hurricane Baptist Church
Trigg County
Mysterious note on door panel precedes police search
Louisville police entered the home of Mrs. Florence Gibbs after a note on a door panel read The river is deep and the jail big enough Police fear she plans to end her life in the Ohio River Neighbors saw her with her six month old baby earlier today Her husband says she has eloped with another man A search is underway to locate her
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Associated Press
Louisville
Florence Gibbs
Ohio River
Wealthy alleged rum runner dies from wounds in Louisville
George Feldhaus, reputed wealthy rum runner, died in Louisville on August 13 from wounds suffered when shot early Sunday entering his private garage. Police say his attackers remain unnamed. Feldhaus claimed he was shot by three Negroes unknown to him. Read The Times Want Ada.
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Louisville
George Feldhaus
Feldhaus
Young Matricide Trial in San Francisco Opens Case
In San Francisco on August 12 Dorothy Ellingson a 17 year old jazz girl faces trial for her mother s murder in January. Prosecutors seek first degree murder claiming premeditation while the defense contends she was insane. Testimony shows Dorothy used the telephone often and left after the shooting with a man identified as Dave Stein. A landlady testified to the girl s movements and a neighbor reported hearing two shots with a bullet found in the wall.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Dorothy
Mary Legler
Dave Stein
Julia UI
Ellingson
South Americans Begin Trip on Motorcycle to New York
Two Argentine riders, Braun and Schik, travel by motorcycle with sidecar from Port Madryn on May 17 aiming for New York. They plan to cross the Bolivian frontier at La Qui nca to La Paz and continue through Peru Ecuador Colombia Central America to reach New York.
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Buenos Aires
Messrs. Braun and
Schik
New York
Port Madryn
Patagonia
Rosario
la Quinca
la Paz
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
Central America
Mexico
Father Kidnaps Young Daughter in Custody Case
Chicago August 11 Milo Mulhalland of Grand Rapids Michigan kidnapped his seven year old daughter Grace and later told his divorced wife Mrs Harry Lehman he would take good care of the child. The mother had custody of the child.
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Chicago
Milo Mulholhalland
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grace
Harry Lehman
National Guard Mobilized to Seek Escaped Convicts
In Salem Oregon Aug 13 the national guard was ordered mobilized to locate three convicts who escaped the state penitentiary last night after a bold breakout. Art Jones a noted prison breaker was fatally shot after killing two guards. another guard was seriously wounded. The fugitives hijacked a taxicab from the state hospital near the prison and fled with firearms and ammo. They cut through their cell roof and used a rope to descend, stealing arsenal firearms. Governor Pierce canceled engagements and returned to Salem after learning of the trouble.
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Salem
Oregon
Oregon National Guard
State Penitentiary
Art Jones
Liberty
State Hospital
Pierce
Portland
Duke to Tour U S to Seek Aid Preserving French Art
Berlin reports the Duke, president of the Safeguard of French Art Society, will tour major U S cities in November and December to urge support for preserving France’s art history. He plans to show photographs and films illustrating methods to protect ancient works from age-related decay amid rising art fakes and theft prosecutions.
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Duke
U. S
Berlin
Infla
France
United States
Safeguard of French Art Society
Appeal announced to oil decision in Beveridge lease case
Washington August 11 the department of justice said it would appeal the federal court in southern California dismissal of the government suit to cancel a lease on naval oil reserve lands held by the Beveridge Oil Company.
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Washington
Deparment of Justice
Federal Court For
California
Naval Oil Reserve
Beveridge Oil Company
Ambush murder of Sheriff Ellis shocks Tennessee town
Moon shiners kill Scott County Sheriff R. D. Ellis near the jail in Huntsville Tennessee. Two men hide near the jail fire shotguns into his back as he enters to take a prisoner. Mob fears lynching two youths accused of an old man murder. Coroner Will Cross assumes duties as funeral plans begin.
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Huntsville
Tenn
R. D. Ellis
Scott County
Ellis
Sherif Ellis
New Solicitor Appointed Today in Swampscott News
Swampscott Massachusetts reports that Green Hackworth of the District of Columbia was appointed solicitor for the state department today by President Coolidge. Hackworth was born in Prestonburg Kentucky. Times Wants on the results Read the Times Want Ads.
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Swampscott
Mass
Green Hackworth
District of Columbia
State Department
Coolidge
Hackworth
Prestonburg
Times
Knoxville Misses September Fundamentalists Convention
Dayton, Tenn August 12 There will be no nationwide convention of the fundamentalists of America in Knoxville in September as a result of a meeting to organize the Bryan Memorial Association for a junior school in Dayton in memory of William Jennings Bryan. The Knoxville meeting may be held later but not while the Scopes case is before Tennessee Supreme Court.
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Dayton, Tenn
Fundamentalists of America
Knoxville
Bryan Memorial Association
Dayton
William Jennings Bryan
Supreme Court of Tennessee
High Court
Clarence Darrow
Scopes
A. T. Stewart
John T. Raulston
Darrow
Bryan
Court of Last Resort
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