Leopold figures in plan for jail break
Edward W Browning wins separation suit against his youth ful bride known as Peaches and she loses her counter suit and alimony prospects The New York American reports advance Supreme Court opinion details by Judge Beeger suggesting she may offer to return on his terms Observers say he may accept if her return excludes Catherine Heenan from their home Alimony for Peaches has been set at 300 dollars weekly since November 22
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Leopold
Edward
Browning
China
America
New York
New York American
Edward W. Browning
Peaches
Supreme Court
Beeger
Seeger
Peachog
Ashe
Catherine Heenan
American Destroyer Preble Fired On By Chinese
The American destroyer Preble was fired on near Wuhu while escorting a Standard Oil launch. The bridge was struck twice but no one was injured. The American minister instructed the Hankow consul general to investigate and lodge a protest if Cantonese authorities are found responsible.
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Peking
Wuhu
New York Debutante Mary Cabell Found After Six Day Disappearance
Mary Cabell, a 15 year old New York sub debutante, reappeared in Hudson Falls after six days away with Leona Vaughn. She said she did it for an escapade and gave few details. Police chief Neher said she was located at an ice cream parlor in the Adirondacks, 182 miles north of New York.
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New York
Hudson Falls
N. Y
Mary Cabell
Neher
Lake George
Leona Vaughn
Judge Denies Browning Case Decision Lie Claim
White Plains March 15 AP Supreme Court Justice Seeger called a New York American report that he had rendered a Browning separation suit decision a lie He told Richard Pankett clerk he had no truth in the story and he would not rush a ruling He was working nights for weeks to reach a decision and would not say when it would be handed down
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White Plains
N. Y
Supreme Court
Seeger
New York American Today
Richard Pankett
Associated Prose
Associated Press
Justice Seeger
Stary
Nashville and Nashville Vie For Next Mission Meet
The women's missionary council of the Methodist Episcopal Church South meets in Shreveport on March 15 to decide the 1928 meeting site with Atlanta and Nashville as leading candidates. Total requested for mission work reaches 38,102.50 with China allocations totaling 149,686. China districts Shanghai Soochow Nanking and others report progress in religious and educational efforts. Dr J H Kinner describes Mexico missionary development at Holdings Institute.
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Shreveport
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Atlanta
Nashville
Gulf
China
Shanghai
Sungkiang
Huchow
Nanking
Soochow
Changchow
America
Lillian Nnobles
J. H. Kinner
Holdings Istitute
Laredo
Texas
Mexico
New Gold City Towns Nevada Prospect Deepens Stampede
In Tonopah Nevada on March 1 prospectors rush to Weepah after Pine Nut Johnny and Piute party strike at Barrel Springs. Twenty claims filed with ore samples worth 76 dollars fueling a boom as 135 locations total span ten miles from Weepah amid a windstorm that stripped camps and left few structures intact.
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Tonopah
Nev
Weepah
Pine Nut Johnny
Barrel Springs
Esmerelda County Tycorder
Horton-Traynor
Pyde
U S Destroyer Hits Fire Amid Chinese Clash
The U S destroyer Preble was fired on near Wuhi by Chinese troops but no injuries were reported. The incident spurred a protest from the American Legation while battles unfold in China with Cantonese advances toward Nanking and ongoing industrial unrest in Shanghai. 15,000 cotton mill workers strike as foreign women and children are moved from Nankiang if needed. Chang Tso Ling advances southward against Chin Yanao near Chengchow, naval defection from Yangtze noted. Memphis hosts hardware men convention June 10 to 13 with thousands expected.
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Associated Press
China
Nankiang
Hankow
Kinukiang
Wuho
Chang
Chang Tso-Lin
Henan
Yangtze
Chin Yanao
Chin
Chengchow
Peking
Shanghai
Baptists Baptize Thousands in Southern Convention Year
In Nashville on March 15, the Southern Baptist annual report shows 198,342 baptisms, a drop of about 20,000 from last year. White Baptist churches total 3,707,623 members, 25,887 churches, 18,564 ministers, and 21,698 Sunday schools enrolling 2,718,038. Various auxiliaries report gifts and counts.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Battista
Be, P. Alldredge
Baptist Sunday School Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Baptist Churches of the
South
France to consider observer for naval talks in Geneva
Paris reports Briand will seek cabinet approval to appoint an American observer for the Geneva naval disarmament conference. The French Foreign Minister submitted the invitation and was told to draft a reply as cabinet discusses the plan. In New York, Walter Goldberg confessed to police he accidentally shot Anna Haris, a 16 year old Brooklyn high school honor student, after conflicting stories and a late-night questioning. He claimed the killing occurred at her home and that he could not stand it any longer.
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Paris
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Geneva
Briand
New York
Walter Goldberg
Anna Haris
Brooklyn High School
Goldberg
John J. Ryan
Anna
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Federal man nets escaped prisoner in 35 minutes
Bristol Tenn March 16 Federal agent Pat Davis of Greeneville chased and captured Leeuie Schaeppa, one of seven convicts who escaped Greeneville jail Sunday night. Schaeppa was tied to a train 42 on the Southern Railway with his wife suspected aboard. No trace yet of the others.
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Bristol
Tenn
Greeneville
Johnson City
Pat Davis
Leeuie
Schaeppa
Southern Railway
J. M. Bolling
Department of Justice
Knoxville
Weather forecast fragments for Virginia and Tennessee
Weather notes show fair conditions tonight and Wednesday in Virginia with warmer temperatures on Wednesday. Tennessee reports fair conditions tonight and Wednesday, with western areas clear tonight. Data compiled at the U S weather station with 6 pm readings, comparing highs, lows, and rainfall to the prior year.
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Virginia
Tennessee
West
U. S
C. LiiBurn
Music Box Revue Manager Faces Trial
The state said it rested its case in the trial of George Wincz manager of the Music Box Revue charged with improper exposure. Caldwell the city policeman testified as the first defense witness before the court.
Contempt Likely in New Ford Suit
Detroit March 15 A $1,000,000 libel suit by Aaron Sapiro against Henry Ford hinges on whether Ford will testify Gallagher insists on contempt if Ford does not appear Langley denies service and process server J Francis co Fitzgerald delivered a subpoena Ford sat at Ford Airport an affidavit on file in federal court notes service Continued on page four
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Detroit
Mich
Aaron Sapiro
Chicago
Henry Ford
Motor King
William Henry
Gallagher
Sapiro
C. B. Longley
Ford Company
Ford
Langley
J. Francisco Fitzgerald
Sapiro Sough
Plot to free Joliet inmates revealed. Leopold tied to plan
Chicago officials disclosed a plotted Joliet penitentiary escape involving arsenic poisoning to free 11,200 inmates. Leopold, Jr. allegedly financed the plan, aiming to flee via Detroit, Canada, and Mexico with a group including Bernardo Roa and Gregorio Rizzo. several accomplices were captured or at large.
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Detroit
Canada
Mexico
Chicago
Joliet Penitentiary
Leopold, Jr
Franks
Leoyold
Hhange
Owhe
Joliet
Leopold
Leo Delzada
Delgalia
Delgada
Herald and Examiner
Palos Verdes
Bernardo Roa
Gregorio Rizzo
Robert Torres
Roa
Charles Shader
Charles Duschowski
Walter Staleski
Georgia Flogging Crusade Startled Statewide Outrage
Atlanta March 15 reports describe a wave of flogging, with estimates exceeding 100 victims in Toombs County and Trenton. Masked bands allegedly beat women and men accused of law violations, provoking calls for justice from the governor and sparking debates over law and order.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Trenton
HH. M.‘Flanders
Soperton News
Constitution
Toombs
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Gold City
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Rains Hall
Memphis
American Hardware Manufacturers' Association
Southern Hardware Jobbers’ Association
Baptists
Southern Baptist Church
Central Press
AT & T
Will ‘Courity
Polict
George Grant
William Frost
France
Federal Man
Speedy
Music Box Revue
Mississippi
George Wintz
Whiterday
Exelidad
NEW Ford
Nathan Leopold, Jr
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