Tragic shooting claims 15 year old in Illinois apartments
Clarence Purcinger, 15, was killed yesterday morning in an apartment over the Service Printing Company at Main and Cherokee streets. The gun, a .38 revolver, was fired while Purcinger and three men were in the room with G A Fowler, who was bedbound. Initial statements claimed self-inflicted fire, but Coats testified Fowler fired accidentally while playing. Fowler, Coats, and Hamblen were detained pending an inquest. Fowler guarded, unable to leave room. The bullet hit Purcinger’s left wrist then entered the chest, and he died within minutes. The gun was found by Sheriff Parrott. cylinder empty. The story notes differing accounts and ongoing preliminary hearings.
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Clarence Purcinger
Oma Purcinger
Service Printing Company
Main
Cherokee
Young Purcinger
G. A. Fowler
Ord Coats
Paul Hamblen
Fowler
Coats
Hamblen
Smith and Wesson
J. R. Rucker
Dr. Rucker
John Parrott
Sheriff Parrott
Sherill Parrott
Clarence
Teapot Dome case rests on Monday hearing
Government argues the Teapot Dome lease to Mammoth Oil lacked proper authority. Federal Judge Blake Kennedy will hear legal points Monday as Owen Roberts contends the transfer from navy to interior department and subsequent development contract violated the appropriation provisions and funding rules.
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Harry Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
Blake Kennedy
Owen Roberts
Governnment Council
Navy
Interior Department
Harding
Ten Men Defy Death In Airplane Crash Rescue
Ten crewmen survived after a bomber plunged into the sea twenty miles off shore near San Juan Gal on March 21. The aircraft struck water hard, pontoons leaked, and the men bailed out to stay afloat until the second motor powered a tow to shore.
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San Juan
Gal
Jenks Defending Wife in Paducah Murder Case
Louisville report states Henry N. Jenks defends his wife Hazel Jenks who is jailed on murder charges for the shooting death of Fayette Jones in her Paducah apartment yesterday. The case centers on the alleged involvement of Mrs. Jenks in the fatal shooting.
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Louisville
Henry N. Jenks
Hazel Jenks
Fayette Jones
Paducah Railroad
Deage
Hope Fades for Entombed Bethlehem Miners
The Associated Press report from March 21 states no indications of survivors exist among 33 miners trapped in the Bethlehem Mine Corporation wreck. Chief Mine Inspector R. M. Lambie announced that faint hope of reaching anyone alive has virtually disappeared.
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Bethlehem Mine Corporation
R. M. Lambie
Sunday papers described as pagans and ungodly
The Associated Press reports Liverpool Sunday papers with an 11 million circulation lack Christian influence. Rev J J Armitage finds readers told in essenceYou may do without God let us be pagans. He notes 887 columns of content contain only six mentioning Christianity.
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Liverpool
England
J. J. Armitage
God
Nagans
Aymibage
Refuses Support After 5 Years In Jail In New Jersey
Elizabeth City, N J March 21 Vesilo Baginolo a 79 year old man who spent 2149 days in jail for refusing to support his wife was freed by court order today He had been jailed in 1919 for six months then repeatedly asked to support his wife but refused Each six months he again declined and today returned to live with her while again stating he would not provide support
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Elizabeth City
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sVitelo Baginolo
Baginolo
New Automobile Fuel Claim Sparks Interest
March 21 Paris report describes Irolene, a fuel by Irene Laurent, a 15 year old daughter of a French chemist. The claim is that it costs less and travels farther than existing substitutes for gasoline, with Times want ads promoting the product.
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Trova
Paris
Irene Laurent
Nebraska House kills imitation butter bill opposition rises
The Nebraska House of Representatives decisively rejected the Senate bill that would ban imitation butter in state institutions. Southern states protested the measure as discriminatory against cottonseed oil.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska House of Representatives
Senate
Spanish women study in higher education trends at Madrid university
Spanish women are pursuing higher education with 363 female students in 1923 rising from 60 in 1927 at Madrid's university. Pharmacy led with 123, philosophy 103, science 78, medicine 46, and law 6. Officials praise their brilliance. Charitable bequests, previously duty free, are now taxed at ten percent.
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Madrid
Last of the Storm Victims Buried Before Day Ends
Relief workers and physicians crowded the stricken Illinois and five state areas as tornado and storm fatalities climbed past 820 with about 3,000 injured and thousands homeless. Officials say most victims will be buried by nightfall and epidemic danger is minimal while rehabilitation begins.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ohio Valley
Britain Accepts German Proposal for Security Pact
Paris dispatch reports Ambassador De Fleuriau arriving from London and saying Britain adheres to considering German proposals for a security pact. England argues the prior France Belgium Britain understanding is impracticable and Berlin must define terms for an effective agreement before proceeding.
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Paris
de Fleuriau
London
Herriot
Uat
England
France
Belgium
Great Britain
de Fleurian
Berlin
War Prompts Trade Conflicts Across Two Decades
New York March 21 Admiral Bradley Fiske retired warned at Columbia University political club that foreign trade will rise over the next 20 years, increasing the likelihood of conflicts with rival nations due to money involved. He urged the United States to maintain ready preparedness.
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New York
United States
Admiral Bradley, Fiske
Columbia University
Surgeons Urged to Aid Tornado Zone Victims
Springfield March 21. Dr I D Rawlings appeals to medical societies for volunteer surgeons to treat tornado victims today. He also telegrams Washington for anti toxin to combat gas gangrene. In Murphysboro and West Frankfort, 738 surgical cases and 108 major operations are needed.
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Springfield
Ill
I. D. Rawlings
Washington
Murphysboro
West Frankfort
Markets by the Associate Press
Louisville market report notes cattle two hundred steady hogs eleven head steady sheep two hundred steady unchanged indicating stable livestock prices for the day.
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Louisville
Havana slow in buying cars
The Havana total motor vehicle registrations reach 17,464 with 4,402 private autos 8,660 for hire 1,318 trucks 454 buses and 123 motorcycles. The number of new cars registered is from three to four daily. Times Want Ads get results.
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Prem
Nmy
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