Young Woman Sentenced for Slaying Husband in Ohio
Velma West, 21, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to life in Maryville reformatory with solitary confinement. Onlookers cried as Judge J.D. Barnes accepted the plea and ordered the teen’s transfer to confinement.
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Velma West
Painsville
Ohio
Thomas Eawand West
Marysville Reformatory
Common Pleas
J.D. Barnee
B. J. Vanworr
Cleveland
Velma
Murdy
Dodge Barnes
Dregsi Fendant
Belgian Spy Found Guilty in Paris Trial
Cesar Joseph Laperre, a Belgian accused of spying for Germany during the World War, was found guilty today in Paris. He is sentenced to imprisonment in a fortress.
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Paris
Tuies
Cesar Joseph Laperre
Beluign
Table Resolution To Abolish The Submarine
Washington March 6 AP The Frothingham resolution to abolish the submarine via international agreement was tabled today by the House foreign affairs committee. The vote was 6 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frothingham
House Foreign Assks Committee
Explosion Kills Score as Factory Blasts in Java
In Samarang Java the blast at a Reeworks factory near Kodoes destroys over 100 houses. At least 20 bodies recovered, more than 50 injured, and damage spans a wide area. The death toll is estimated at a score.
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Samarang
Java
Kodoes
Here
Ten Lose Lives as House Burns in Quebec
Ten persons died when a house burned in Ste Marie de Beauce parish Quebec last night. Thomas Cliche and his wife perished while attempting to save their eight children who were trapped inside. Mrs Cliche disappeared after climbing a window and Charles Chiche, Thomas's father, was believed suffocated in his sleep. Neighbors recovered the ten bodies as investigators consider a furnace blaze the likely cause.
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Quebec
Thomas Cliche
Ste Marie de Beaues
Lindbergh Makes Round Trip Flight to Scout Field
Charles A. Lindbergh completed a rapid round trip from Lindbergh Field to Scout Field in Illinois and Boumne Field near St. Louis before leaving for Washington. Officials at Roll ing Field had no information on his return or visit purpose as his party dispersed after the trip.
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Washington
Scout Field
Detteville
Illis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Boumne Field
Ramjudt Club
Uolling
Nothng
Linidberth
Field
Missi River
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Tiger
Southern Railway Moves Office Headquarters to Atlanta
Southern Railway announced retention of its executive headquarters in Washington and transfer of about 1,200 officers and departments from Washington to Atlanta. President Jax Harrison said an additional wing would be added to Atlanta offices, and a new Washington building will be erected for the executive offices.
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Atlanta
South Railway
Washington
Jax Harrison
Southern
Prohibition Linked to Lower U S Death Rate Says Secretary
A Methodist group official reports six months of mortality data showing 1926 death rates below 1910-16. He cites an 8.5 to 8.9 index for 1926 and 0.89 deaths per 100000 from alcoholism, arguing regional propaganda harmed public health in the Metropolitan Area and parts of the South Atlantic. He notes pre-prohibition mortality higher than during prohibition and calls for continued enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Deets Pickett
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Pickett
French Aviators En Route to Cheyenne from Chicago
Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Le Brix, famed French aviators, left Chicago for Cheyenne Wyoming aboard a commercial flight plan to sail to Tokyo on March 15. They must be on the coast by March 10 to disassemble the Nunzes ser Coll for their Pacific crossing, with a welcome from French consul Count De Ferry De Fontnouvelle and Franco American citizens. Costes, recovering from appendicitis, intended no delay, and no stops were planned beyond possible refueling at North Platte Nebraska.
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Chicago
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph LeBrix
Globe Trotters
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tokyo
Japan
San Francisco
Pacific
Detroit
Charles de Ferry de Fontnouvelle
Thompson
Cortes
Costes
Here
Wyoming
North Platte
Neb
Warrant Issued for Arrest of Robert Stewart in Teapot Dome Case
Washington March 6 AP A warrant for the arrest of Robert W. Stewart chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana was sent to Chicago by the district attorney to be served by the U S marshal The indictment charges four counts of violating the criminal code by refusing to answer questions before the Senate Teapot Dome committee Stewart will be notified to appear and a time will be set for him to plead in the District of Columbia court Toronto C F A Winslow Yale University suggests the League of Nations is a mental hygiene experiment if all men were absolutely sane there would be no wars.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Senate
Chicago
Stewart
United States Marshal’s Office
District of Columbian Court
Toronto
C. F. A. Winslow
Yale University
League of Nations
Anti-Saloon League won’t push Democratic bolt
St Petersburg Fla March AP F Scott McBride general superintendent says the anti saloon league will not organize a split front in the Democratic party for the upcoming election He adds the party will choose its candidates and notes southern Democrats can decide without outside leadership He dismisses any need to bolt a ticket and foresees a nominee with strong Prohibition stance unlikely to be a wet candidate
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Mar. G
Anti-Saloon League
Democratic Party
F. Scott McBride
Southern Democrats
al Smith
MelBride
South
Houston
Kansas City
Democracy
Bank Robbery in Columbus Strikes 30 Thousand Loot
Four men robbed the Columbus Savings Bank in daylight of 30 000 dollars, forcing the president Benjamin S. Dickson and nine others into a back room. They escaped in a nearby car after ransacking the teller cage and prompting a passerby to throw an ink bottle from a window.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Savings Bank
Benjamin S. Dickson
Dickson
T. D. Stevenson Teller
Sister of Lady Astor to Follow Political Career
Irene Langhorne, sister of Lady Astor, is entering politics as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Houston. The Langhorne family from Virginia is noted, with the focus on domestic interests while Lady Astor pursues activity in Britain.
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Lady Astor
Irene Langhorne
England
Houston
Nanny
Langhorne Sisters
Virginia
Charles Danz Gibson
New York
Britain Awaits Move of Sultans in Middle East Crisis
London reports anxiety over Abdul Aziz Ibn Said sultan of Nejd and Hedjaz actions. He warns nonbelievers in Kuwait Iraq and Transjordan may face force. Ibn Saud lures followers with Wahabi creed while seeking British subsidy revival. If he advances, British forces could face a large mobilization in the Gulf and Iraq.
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London
Great Britain
Abdul Aziz Ibn Said
Nejd
Hedjaz
Abs
Ibn Saud
Koweit
Irak
Transjordania
Isalm
Ataibah
Ajman
Feibal
Abdulla
Prohibition Conference Debates Endorsement Strategy
Delegations from southeastern states discuss drafting pronouncements on wet presidential candidates and national prohibition. National league officials critique Smith Ritchie and Reed and warn Southern Democrats against compromising moral stances. Closing session anticipated to unveil contemplated measures. John Boyd Thacher Jr. arrives seeking Smith nomination again. Prohibition commissioner James M. Doran slated for night address amid Florida talks.
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Petersburg
Arts
Prohibition
League
al Smith
Ritchie
Maryland
Reed
Missouri
Heither
First Baptist Church
John Boyd Thacher
Albany
N. Y
Smith
Houston
Hoover
James M. Doran
Florida
Teasgue
Columbia Plane Schedules Flight to Cuba After Noon
AP bulletin reports the TransAtlantic monoplane Columbia with Charles A. Levine Wilmer Stultz and Miss Mabel Bell aboard arrived Havana 1 32 p m from New York. The same craft was observed over Miami and North Carolina en route, flying at over 100 mph at 1500 feet as pilots planned a non stop leg to Logna.
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Havana
Columbia
Charles A. Levine
Wilmer A. Stultz
Mabel Bell
New York
Miami
Aire
North Carolina
Fort Magon
N. C
Fort Macon
Coast Guard
Coast Guardss
Associated Press
Fort Macor
Cape Lookout
Beach
Wilmington
Marek & (P)j
Wilmer Sadler
Carr
Wrightsville Health
Southport
The
Pilots Association
Logana
Charles A.vine
Wilmer Stults
Mabel “Bob
Queen of Diamonds
Mitchell Field
James N. Kimball
United States Weather Bureau
Miss Ball
Rochester
Paris
Atlantic
O’eclock
Levine
Jose
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Weather Summary for Virginia and Tennessee Regions
Fair and not as cold tonight with Wednesday fair skies and light winds turning southeast. Tennessee remains cloudy and warmer tonight through Wednesday. Readings from the U S weather station show yesterday's high 52 and low 28 with rainfall 0.00 inches in the 24 hour period ending 6 pm yesterday.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U. S
C. L. Bunn
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Hubby Levine
Methodist T
Hammer Slayer
Reformatory of Ohio
Quebec Parish
Lindy
Southern Railway
America
Deeds Pickett
Costes and
LeBrix
Amante Kongetti
Felow
Loretta Enders
Angeline Enders Kemp
United States
Enders
Rongetti
Robert Stewart
Standard Oil
DRY League
Columbus, O
J. Mortimer Coward
Britain
Cuba
Charles Levine
Wilmer Stultz
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