Deaths of Mrs Snyder and Henry Gray at Sing Sing
Mrs Stuth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray were executed by electric chair at Sing Sing for the murder of Albert Snyder. She and Gray died seven minutes apart after a long crime trial and courtroom history. Witnesses described their demeanor and movements as they faced the execution.
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Ossining
N. Y
Stuth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Sing Sing
Albert Snyder
Queens Village
Jane Island
Letters to Daughters From Sing Sing Inmates
Ossining New York January 13 1930 The nine year old daughters Jane Gray and Ruth Snyder are to receive letters from their fathers Henry Studd Gray and Samuel Miller who ordered annual letters until their execution at Sing Sing Gray and Snyder have not seen their daughters since confinement Ruth Snyder instructed her letter to be mailed to her daughter Lorraine through her mother Mrs Sophie Brown.
Panama panache as Lindbergh and French aviators spark aviation fever
Panama's capital brims with aviation excitement as the Spirit of St. Louis prepares for further flights. French flyers Dieudonne Costes and Joseph LeBrix expected from Ecuador as President Chiarri proclaims a national holiday. Col. Lindbergh may rest at Buquete while his plane is tuned at France Field for a Caracas hop.
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Spirit of
Panama
St. Louis
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph LeBrix
Guaryaquil
Eueador
Chizri
Canal Zone
Charles A. Lindbergh
France Field
Caracas
Venezuela
Lindbergh
Buquete
Chirigu
Bara
Dist
Spirit of St. Louis
Wright
Aviatio
Chiart
Predent Duque
Rotary Club
James G. Drumm
The
National City Bank
Road Builders head sees garages to ease traffic
Col Compton, chief of public works in Richmond, Va, was named head of the American Road Builders Association for 1928. He urged massive municipal garages and wide high speed boulevards to ease congestion as auto ownership rises. He warned of peak traffic in 20 years and favored practical plans over double deck systems. The convention opened with 25,000 attendees from nine nations and Alaska.
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Clevedan
Don
Compton
Richmond
Virginia
American Road Builders’ Association
Charles M. Babock
Col. Compton
Baltimore
Marine aviators and land forces kill ten rebels in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, Marine aviators with land forces report ten Sandino followers killed by aerial bombing near Sana Vista after an ambush plot. A prior strike near Quilali killed nine as Sandino’s forces moved to concentrate. Marines push to garrison villages from Quilali toward San Albín to deny supplies to Sandino’s base.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Saundino
Nicaragua
Navy Department
Sellers
Special Service Squadron
Sandino
Sana Vista
Nother
Quilali
San Albin
Coolidge Heads to Havana for Pan American Congress
President Coolidge sails from Union Station with a 85 member party to Florida and Key West aboard the Texas battleship. He opens the sixth Pan American Congress in Havana Monday, delivering a broadcast speech with guests including Kellogg Wilbur and Davis.
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Washington
Coolidge
South
Havana
Cuba
Union Station
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Keywest
Texas
United States
Wachado
Guba
Kellogg
Wilbur
Davis
Labor Department
Jacksonville
Geutly
Phone Company Plans $13.1 Million 1925 Expansion
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company announced a 1925 program to spend $13,100,000 on Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia. It will add 23,900 phones raise system capacity install thousands of miles of wire erect poles and build new central offices in Baltimore Cumberland Annapolis Hagerstown and Hyattsville.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Carbles
Baltimore
Cumberland
Annapolis
Magerstown
Hyattsville
Kidnapper Slays FiveYearOld Dorothy Schneider in Michigan
A statewide manhunt for the kidnapper of five year old Dorothy Schneider intensified after her body was found mutilated in a creek near Mount Morris. Police traced a dilapidated sedan, seen by Archie Bacon, to the ransom scene as investigators pursued clues and the likely weapon. The victim had been abducted from a sidewalk near her home as her mother watched from a porch.
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Flint
Mich
Michigan
Dorothy Schneider
Mt. Morris
Dorothy
Archie Bacon
Mount Morris
Bacon
Strangler Nelson Hanged For 22 Murders In Mindful Trial
Winnipeg reports the execution of Rarle Nelson known as the dark strangler and gorilla man after police tied him to 22 killings across North America. He was hanged for murdering Emily Patterson and earlier implicated Lola Cowan, a Winnipeg schoolgirl, amid a seven thousand mile trial spanning the Pacific coast to the Atlantic.
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Winnipeg
Man
Rarle Nelson
Emily Patterson
Atlantic
Pacific
Nelson
Lola Cowan
San Francisco
Calif
Pacific Coast
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
Manitoba
Weather Across Virginia and Tennessee Fair Skies
Virginia shows generally fair weather tonight and Saturday with somewhat colder conditions Saturday and fresh westerly winds. Tennessee reports fair skies with cooler conditions in the east tonight and Saturday increasing cloudiness. Data compiled by C. L. Bunn from the U S weather station here shows yesterday's high and last year’s date as a reference, with rainfall for the last 24 hours ending at 6 p m yesterday at 0.0 inches.
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Virginia
Tennessee
C. L. Bunn
Texas City Rules as Party Choice for Convention
The Democratic party met in Washing ton to choose its presidential nominee in Houston on June 26. Houston led on the first ballot after the Texas delegation with Jesse H. Jones presented a 200000 check inviting unity. Prohibition sparked debate as John W. Davis urged self determination and home rule. Continued on page two.
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Smith
New York
Democratic National Committee
Harmony Ag
Houston
Kansas City
San Francisco
Detroit
Chicago
Texas
Finance Committee
Jesse H. Jones
South
Ritchie
Vyland
John W. Davis
Smallpox Cases Rise Near Kingsport Prompt警 Vaccination Call
Sullivan County reports several new smallpox cases near Kingsport including Horse Creek Road and Short Hill areas bringing weekly total to 13. Drs Hauk and Cox urge immediate vaccination for residents in Kingsport and nearby areas to curb spread amid a regional outbreak in Greene County and a quarantined case near Maces Springs Virginia. Continued on page four.
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O. S. Hauk
L. C. Cox
Horse Creek
Sullivan County
Kingsport
Q. S. Hauk
Horse Creek Road
Fall Branch
Greene County
Short Hill
Virginia
Cox
Maces Springs
Kingsort
Hank
Al‘hough
Hi Port
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Gray
Sing Sing Democrate
Abjbert Snyder
Snyder
Mrs. Snyder
Beth
Rush Shy der
R. K. Compton
EAS New Street
Bellanca
Roosevelt Field
Roosevelt
Cal
Chesapeake and
Potomac
Virginias
Mrs. Smith Til
Dot Schneider
Alfred BE. Smith
New York City
Strangler
Gorilla
Texas City
Jackson and Jefferson
Gov
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