Plea of Insanity and Self Defense Fueled in Ohio Case
Velma West 21 faces trial for the hammer slaying of her husband Thomas at a Perry cottage. Attorneys plan a double plea of insanity and self defense citing brutal treatment and jealousy as motive. Sheriff Rasmussen quoted West confessing to multiple blows after a failed attempt to take car keys, claiming she burned bloodstained clothes.
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Velma West
Tom
Ohio
Plainesville
Thomas
Common Pleas Court
Mabel Young
West
Miss Young
Seth Maulin
Cleveland
Francis W. Woulson
Poulson
Supreme Court
Mre
Ripley
N.Y
Chicago
Perry
Velma
Rasmussen
Eddie
Egypt rejects Anglo-Egyptian treaty in London note
The Egyptian government rejected the prepared Anglo-Egyptian treaty, with Tesot opposing Britain’s right to maintain troops in Egypt. Britain plans to publish the correspondence to illustrate how far it met Egyptian demands as the next step.
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London
British Foreign Office
Tesot
Great Britain
Britain
Egypt
League of Nations Council Convenes in Geneva Meeting
The forty-ninth session of the League of Nations council opened in Geneva with Francesca Jose Urintia of Colombia presiding. The council approved condolence to Mrs Wielk, noted past reports on education for colored races, allocated funds for Latin American health projects, and accepted Rockefeller Foundation aid for medical staff. Valdes Mendeville of Chile was named caretaker on the child welfare committee.
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Geneva
Council of the
League , of Nations
Francesca Jose Urintia
Colombia
Buces Wieksell
League
Wielkad Het
Rio Deneira
Internationalealth Division
Rockefeller Foundation
Aterchinge of Medical and Ithifticers
Imatenet- 2
Foundation
Valdes Mendeville
Minster
Zeeland
Valdes
Autoist Drives Over One Track Trestle at River
RICHMOND March 5 AP Palive greeted Joseph M Proffitt when he drove an automobile over a single track trestle over the James River last night. Charges of driving while intoxicated were filed against Proffitt who completed his run despite encountering a switch engine on the trestle and the engineer backing off to let him pass.
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Richmond
Palive
Joseph M. Proffitt
James River
Lo Proffitt
Robbery at Thalheimer Brothers Store Sparks Statewide Hunt
Police continue search for two white men who overpowered the watchman at Thalheimer Brothers department store, cracked a large iron safe, and fled with loot over $3,000. The escape prompted a statewide manhunt as officers report no trace of the suspects.
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Richmond
Thalheimer Brothers
Prohibition Issue Shapes Southern Campaign Rallies
Bishop Cannon denounces Smith Ritchie and Reed as perilous for the Democratic party at a dry southern convention in St. Petersburg Florida as pro prohibition forces rally around the 1928 race. He warns that electing a wet president could ruin national prohibition and urges southern dry Democrats to hold leaders to account.
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St, Petersburg
Fis
South
League
James Cannon, Jr
al Smith
Albert C. Ritchie
James A. Reed
Democratic
Houston
Bishop Cannon
Temperance and Social Service Committee
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Smith
Ritchie
New York
Maryland
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennes
Premier of Egypt Resigns After Anglo Egyptian Talks
In Cariq Egypt on March 5 AP reports Sarwat Pasha the premier who resigned yesterday was urged by King Fuad to reconsider. Sarwat said he stayed to pursue an Anglo Egyptian agreement but his colleagues rejected the treaty and his doctor ordered rest. Fuad had not accepted the resignation yet.
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Cariq
Egypt
Faad
Sarwat Pasha
Sarrwat
Fuad
Ely
Sarwat Amalite
Associated Press
Lindbergh Fails In Secret Flight From Bolling Field
Washington March 5 AP Col Charles A Lindbergh and four companions failed to start from Bolling Field due to a broken tail skid. They towed the plane to Hoover Field for a new skid and delayed the takeoff for secrecy amid tight security measures and late field notices.
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Washington
Cal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Holling Field
Bolling Field
Hoover Field
Lindbergh
Heir to Palm Olive Millions Marries Quiet Honeymoon
Norfolk dispatch reports Frederick B. Johnson heir to Palm Olive soap millions and his bride Lydia Davies began a simple nature honeymoon in a Lynnhaven River cabin. They plan a three year trek to distant places, moving from Norfolk toward Florida as stage two. The couple, both young, met amid upper class society and future inheritance.
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Norfolk
Frederick B. Johnson
Lynnhaven River
Florida
William B. Johnson
Evanston
Ills
Lydia_ Davies
W. W
Louisville
New
Chicago
Norfolk, Va
Frederick R. Johnson
Lydia .Davies
New York
Home Made Plane Crash Kills Five In San Diego
Five men died when a self built plane piloted by W W Bird stalled and nosedived near Camp Kearny, the airliner behind forcing the crash. Bird had been denied a pilot’s license for inexperience and the craft deemed unairworthy.
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San Diego
Calif
Garth
W. W. Bird
Ralph Craig
Chester H. Kidwell
Clifford Dill
Irvine Thomas
Thomas
Brooks
Kelly Fields
Texas
City Air Control Board
Bird
Camp Kearney
Lindberghs Flight Resumes From Buffalo Airport
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh resumes the Boston to Detroit flight taking off from Buffalo Airport at 9 49 this morning in a three motor monoplane piloted by Lieutenant Albert J Hegenberger.
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Lindbergh
Buffalo
Evangeline L. Lindbergh
Boston
Detroit
Albert J. Hegenberger
Parson Weems Portrayed as Early Book Agent
New York report notes Parson Mason Locke Weems, famed biographer of George Washington, traveled house to house with a Life of Washington, morality tracts, and itinerant book agent duties. Biographer Harold Kellock says the cherry tree tale arose from Weems imagination, not fact.
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Wnew York
ASP
Mason Locke Weems
George Washington
Washington
America
Weems
Harold Kellock
Flu Epidemic Grips Tokyo Amid Royal Illness
An influenza epidemic rages in Tokyo with Emperor Hirohito bedridden by fever and Premier Tanaka also afflicted. Princess Hisa, six months, critically ill with septicemia. February deaths reach about 1,700, with daily influenza deaths around 50. Police report 500,000 influenza cures. The emperor's condition is not viewed as serious.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Tanaka
Hisa
Rumor Enlivens Hunt for Airmens Missing Plane
Norfolk dispatch reports a rumor from Fisherman's Island near Cape Charles that two aviators helmets washed ashore. The rumor prompted a renewed search for the amphibian plane missing for a week, with airmen deploying additional seaplanes and responders from Lieutenant Browning in a fruitless check near the area where wreckage had earlier been found.
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Norfolk
Fisherman's Island
Cape Charles
Les Browing
Wisketsman’s Island
Browing
Early Hatching Increases Poultry Profit
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department surveys show early-hatched pullets lay more eggs and produce higher receipts. About 16,000 eggs worth over 450 dollars are expected from 100 early-hatched pullets in a year, vs 21,000 eggs from late hatchers and half the profit. March 1 is advised as a profitable hatch date, May 15 the latest. Tanker Illinois towed to south of Diamond Shoals after propeller failure near Hatteras.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Nortolk
Texas Qui Company
Illinois
Hatteras
Diamond Shoals
Coast Guard
Weather report outlines fair, colder night in Virginia
Virginia and Tennessee forecasts show fair weather and rising afternoon temperatures. Light winds from northwest and north diminish. Data compiled at U S weather station by C L Bunn notes 6 pm readings with yesterday highs around 52 and 48 for today, plus fall totals and hourly changes referenced from prior year.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U. S
C. L. Bunn
Sandino Near Marines Post Amid New Attack Claims
Report says rebel general Augusto Sandino believed northwest of Jiquinque, near Marines reinforced and supplied by air. In Daraili region a fierce engagement left five Marines dead, while a 16-man rebel band was routed near Biyaguai. a Native mule crew helped Marines, and one native killed a rebel with a single bullet.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Augustine Sandino
Jindtega
Sandino
Puerto Cabesas
Biyaguai
W. J. Crampton
Puerto Cabezas
England buys yearly four sillion eggs
Great Britain consumes about 5.7 billion eggs annually while domestic hens lay roughly 100 per year, far short of pre war levels. Imports, led by Denmark and China, supply nearly half the total, exceeding the value of British auto and tire exports. imperial council seeks action to curb this reliance and shift public preference.
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London
England
Great Britain
Britain
British Empire
Imperial Economic Council
Denmark
Chins
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