New York Murder Case Claimed Love Triangle Motive
Ruth Snyder confessed that Henry Judd Gray murdered her husband Albert Snyder to clear the way for their marriage. Gray was arrested in Syracuse after a tip from Long Island police, found with a pitts bar and rubber gloves. The case centers on a 2:30 a.m. attack as Lorraine Snyder awoke and raised the alarm.
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New York
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Syracuse
Albert Snyder
F Droe
Gray
Snyder
N. Y
Mare
East Orange
N. J
Rochester
Onondaga
John J. Gallagher
Long Island
Beon
New York City
Gallagher
Shanghai Marines Land As Nationalists Seize City
American marines enter Shanghai to protect American life and property as Nationalist forces take control of the native city. About 1,500 marines landed under Admiral Williams after Shanghai’s municipal council declared a state of emergency.
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Washington
Shanghai
Kellogg
Warcraft
Marinca
Admiral Williams
Pavvy Department
Municipal Council of
State Moves To Secure Smoky Park Lands In Tennessee
In Nashville on March 21 Chancellor John W. Rust dissolved a temporary injunction blocking a state purchase of 76,000 acres in the Smoky Mountains for park use. The act authorizing the purchase was found constitutional. the case centered on timber rights held by the Little River Lumber Company and acceptance by the secretary of the interior for park designation.
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Nashville
Tenn
John &. Rust
Chancery Court
Smoky Mountains
Mask
Tennessee
L. D. Smith
Aust
Robert L. Sadler
Smokies
Payers Uit
Secretary of the Interior
Little River’ Lumber Company
Flood Forecast for Mississippi River southern sector
Memphis forecast the river may reach 42 feet by week’s end with 42.6 feet possible, cresting before waters move south. Current stage 36.6 feet exceeds flood level. Levee districts anticipate 48 feet despite rains. Hickman Kentucky reports flooded low lands and water two feet deep in some shops.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
St Francis Levee Board
Hickman
Supreme Court to Act On Carolina Blue Law
Columbia March 21 The state attorney general announced that no golfer will be tried for alleged Sabbath law violations until the South Carolina Supreme Court rules on whether golf is forbidden by the blue law. The decision centers on whether the ancient Sabbath laws apply to golf.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Supreme Court
Daniel
Body discoveries link boy death to mother and foster father pact
In Chicago, March 21, police linked the death of 11 year old Robert MacKenzie to a fatal pact between his mother Helen Mace wen and her husband 85 year old Arthur Mace wen. Both adults were found dead by apparent suicide in their apartment after a forced entry. The boy’s skull was crushed and a letter to his sister hinted the boy was sent away for stealing from his mother's pocketbook.
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Leach
May
Chicago
Desplaines River
Porest Park
Arthur
Jack” "Macewen
Helen
Robert MacKenzie
Fall of City Was Expected in Shanghai Battle
Shanghai was under nationalist control as southern forces moved in early today. U S Marines numbered 1800 and Japanese 960 landed at the border while a general strike shut tram service and mills, signaling large-scale labor sympathy for the nationalist victory. General Pi Sha Chen sought refuge in the French concession as Cantonese cut the Shanghai Nanking railway amid ongoing southern advances.
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Shanghai
International ‘Settlement
United States
International Settlement
Pi Sha-Chen
Shanghai-Nanking
Rain and Snow Mark First Day of Spring in Midwestern Floods
Chicago reports rain and snow on the first day of spring as central west rivers run high from weekend storms. Indiana suffers heavy flooding with acres along the Wabash and White rivers inundated. Terre Haute’s southern area submerged and Evansville’s Ohio River flood stage near 35 feet. Transportation hindered and sleet disrupted wire communication. Iowa and Nebraska endure costly sleet damage. Phone lines near Iowa City reported about $109000 in damage.
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Chicago
Central West
Indiana
Wabash River
White River
Terre Haute
Ohio River
Evansville
Iowa
Nebraska
Weather Outlook Across Virginia and Tennessee Tonight
Readings show rain likely in Virginia tonight with a chance of rain Tuesday morning and a colder trend. Tennessee expects fair skies turning cold with possible rain and frost in western regions, and heavy frost potential in the west. East portions may see very cold conditions tonight with rising fog and frost risk.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Tax reduction looms as issue in new Congress
Democrats push tax relief in the early session as Mellon forecasts a treasury surplus and Coolidge signals possible revenue cuts. Rep Oldfield argues that Democratic revisions would have spared Americans $1 million in living costs this year, foreshadowing clashes with Republicans over the next revenue bill.
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Washington
Congress
Mellon
Treasury
Coolidge
House
Senate
Capitol
Oldfield
Arkansas
Woman Solicits Aid In Hunting Husband Missing
Mrs Aubrey Covington seeks help from city county state and federal authorities and newspapers in locating Aubrey Covington construction foreman for Dwight P Robinson Company who vanished after leaving Jackson for Chattanooga March 11. He is about forty, last heard from by wife via a March 11 wire stating if he did not secure a position he would leave in his sedan for Jackson. No trace of him since then.
Youth Cleared of Murder Charge Without Hearing
Kelly Ramey aged 19 was released after a Commonwealth Attorney declined a preliminary hearing for the murder of Ethna Powers, 14. The body was found in a hayloft near Speers Ferry with a back to chest bullet wound. Authorities continue the investigation while noting no solid clues yet.
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Kelly Ramey
Richmond
Virginia
Gate City
Ethna Powers
Commonwealth Attorney
H. C.L. Richmond
Speers Ferry
Tennessee Line
Young
Ramey
Johnson Ramey
Hiram Johnson
Patton Flannery
Oklahoma
Johnson
Bank teller sentenced to 20 years for embezzlement
Courtney Glisson, longtime teller at Bank of Commerce and Trust in Memphis, pleaded guilty to embezzlement totaling about 465000 dollars. He admitted using funds to promote sales for Premo automobile body protection and surrendered after wandering the United States.
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Memphis
Tenn
Courtney ‘Glisson
Bank of Commerce and Trust Company
Shelby Criminal Court
Tojvey
State Penitentiary
Glisson
United States
Premo
Permo Company
Largest Cotton Crop Grown Reported by Census Bureau
Washington reports the final census bureau crop showing the largest cotton crop to date with 17,910,528 five hundred pound bales. Officials note potential shifts in farm activity due to prices and unpicked cotton estimates around 707,000 bales, affecting production forecasts.
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Washington
March
Census Bureau
Department
Mexican Train Attack Near Mexico City
Passengers on a Laredo to Mexico City train faced a three hundred rebel raid led by Rodolfo Gallegos. Bandits fired on cars and burned two Pullmans and a baggage coach. a conductor died from injuries. Dynamiteattempts failed. several Americans aboard reported unharmed. no kidnapping confirmed.
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Mexico City
Laredo
Rodolfo
Gallegos
Expert Marksman Of Kansas Dies at 69
John Joseph Klogiy 69 longtime marksman famed for killing three Dalton gang members in 1892 at Coffeyville He joined a posse and exchanged gunfire with bandits as they rode from the bank His shots felled Bob and Grant Dalton and Bill Broadwell while several civilians died Klogiy collected rewards from express companies and gave the money to families of victims.
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Coffeyvilee
Kansas
John Joseph Klogiy
Dalton
Klochr
Bob
Grant Dalton
Bill Broadwell
Clcago
Banders Astron
J Organi
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Albert Snydder
Lorraine
Ruth Snydar
China
L. D. ‘Smith
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Northwest
Ic. L.- Bumn
Solons
Courtney Glisson
Memphis Bank
Barry
Pennsylvania
RAND
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