Dead Man Back Taken To Jail In Mine Explosion Case
William H. Turner, 39, formerly a McCarr Kentucky mine foreman, was arrested on arrival from Germany on a murder fugitive charge tied to a January 1924 mine explosion that killed two miners. He says relatives induced him to feign death and that his sister and wife collected life insurance totals.
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Associated. Press
New York
Germany
William H. Turner
McCarr
Pike County
Kentucky
Turner
Poole Recovers Wallet. Barer Grants Free Shaves for Life
In Yakima Washington LeRoy Poole found and returned a wallet containing 100 dollars to a barber who owned it. Poole refused a reward, and the barber awarded him free barbering for life as a token of gratitude.
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Yakima, Wash
LeRoy Poole
Poole
Newspapers Decline 32 Percent in Twelve Years in Soviet Russia
The Associated Press reports 5865 newspapers are published across the Soviet Federation, down 32 percent from 1913. Despite lower titles, Soviet paper circulation has surged 110 percent to nearly 8 million, with Pravda and Izvestia each exceeding 1.5 million. Magazines remain similar in number to prewar levels but are priced out of reach for many villagers.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Federation
Pravda
Izvestia
Russia
Women See Danger in Liquor Conference Report
German women professionals including doctors lawyers and economists support local option and warn that excessive alcohol use poses a major danger to the nation. The group met with delegates from the Association of German Women Physicians and the Meder- conference brief notes their stance.
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Berlin
Germany
Association of German Women Physicians
Meder
Resolution Adopted to Urge Local Option by Women Groups
At a gathering of the Association of Women Lawyers and the Association of Women Economists a resolution was adopted memorializing the Reichstag in favor of local option. The event highlighted advocacy for local control and rights among professional women.
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Ation of Women Lawyers
Association of Women Economists
Reichstag
Tokyo Electric Bureau Officials Cited in Streetcar Ride Theft
Four hundred officials in disguise attempted free rides on Tokyo streetcars. The final report found five of the 400 officials were caught by conductors while the rest evaded detection.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Electric Bureau
Commission urges Australia to continue oil search
Melbourne reports that despite generally unfavorable prospects for commercial oil in Australia, the Rome district of Queensland and the Kimberley in Western Australia justify further detailed geological mapping and trial boring. Papua shows generally hopeful prospects, with work recommended to continue via a private firm for the federal government such as Anglo-Persian Oil Company operating in Papua.
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Melbourne
Australia
Rome
Queensland
Kimberley
Western Australia
Federal
Joint Committee of Public Accounts
Papua
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Prince of Wales Receives Warm Welcome Home
The Prince of Wales returned from a 25,000 mile voyage to South America and Africa to a royal and public welcome in London. He was greeted at Victoria Station by the king queen and other royalty as thousands cheered.
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London
Prince of Wales
South America
Africa
Victora Station
May Withdraw Pupils From Irish Teaching
Dublin reports the Mayo Technical Committee cut Irish language funding from 670 to 400 pounds with expectations of another cut next year. Monsignor D'Alton cites mothers threatening to withdraw children from schools if Irish is not dropped. Government acknowledges decline and notes it is taking steps including making Irish compulsory and appointing a Commission to study the language’s decay largely due to economic factors.
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Dublin
Country
Mayo
D’alton
Washington Debates Civil Service Post amid Candidate Clashes
Women threaten jobholder as Ron Arow faces pressure over appointing a successor to the late Mrs. Helen H. Gardener as civil service commissioner. The president backs Miss Ethel Smith of the Women's Trade Union League while Republican and Democratic women oppose her for backing La Follette. Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham of Texas is favored by some factions.
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Arow
Washington
Helen H. Gardener
Ethel Smith
Women’s Trade Union League
LaFollette
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Texas
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Charles McVeagh
Atwater Kent Radio
Atwater Kent
Dobyns-Taylor
Atlanta
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Yankee
Frank Zoeller
Zoeller
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Born Tailors Guild
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Iressa
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Ron
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