Gerald Chapman Guilty of Murder to Be Hanged
Hartford dispatch reports Gerald Chapman found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Policeman James Skelly of New Britain Conn. Judge Jennings binds June 2 as the hanging date after denying defense motions. Chapman remains in Weatherfield state prison awaiting execution. trial details note multiple escapes and a dramatic courtroom scene.
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Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Weatherfield
Linda Tiss Dispatcis
Hartford
Conn
James Skelly
New Britain
Grohl
Jennings
Hugh M. Alcorn
New York City
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Jazz Baby Case Compared to Loeb Leopold Trial
San Francisco report notes x ray skull images of Dorothy Ellingson linked to Loeb Leopold parallels. Defense argues Dorothy’s sanity and temper outbursts show mental irresponsibility, while theater ads promise singing dancing and jazz band, plus the feature film A Kiss in the Dark.
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Pryuss Dispatch
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Franklin W. McCormick
Leopold
Dorothy
Billy DeArmo
Ailean Pringle
Adolph Menjou
Lillian Rich
Dempsey Denies Any Fight Contract
Jack Dempsey says he has no contract to fight anyone and has no plans for a title bout. He rejects Tex Rickard’s claim that he is bound to fight if he returns, stating he is not under a fight agreement with Rickard or any other promoter.
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Jack Dempsey
Los Angeles
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Rural Caravan to Aid Tornado District in Evansville
In Griffin district workers prepare a rural caravan with state highway trucks and Red Cross crews to assist farmers in a tornado devastated area. The plan includes repair tools, maintenance funds, and distributions of $500 per affected family next week, likely Tuesday.
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Evansville
Ind
Griffin
State Highway Commission
Red Cross
Henry N. Baker
Lebanon youths held for six robberies
Wayte Thompson aged 18 and Erin McConnell 29 are in custody with Roy Rogge 33 for their confessed roles in the robberies. Police questioned them about further hold ups as Rogge denied involvement in crimes attributed to the youths.
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International News Service
Lisbanon
Ind
Wayte Thompson
Erin McConnell
Roy Rogge
Rogge
Houston Heat Prostration Hits Worker At 90 Degrees
Hous ton's first heat prostration of the year was reported today when laborer R. R. MacDonald collapsed while at work as temperatures reached 90 degrees. Firemen aided him and he was revived on scene.
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Houston
Tex
R. MacDonald
Cannon's Relative Read Dies at Danville Banker's Heart Attack
Earnest X. Leseure son-in-law of former Speaker Joe Cannon died in Danville from a heart attack. He was 61 and a banker. His wife and two daughters survive.
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Danville
Earnest X. Leseure
Joe” Cannon
National House of Representatives
Leseure
New Postal Fee Schedule Revised Upward
Postmaster Hart outlines changes effective after April 15 with higher rates for most classes while letter mail stays 2 cents per ounce. The notice lists costs for third and fourth class mail, foreign mail, insurance, return receipts, special handling, and collect on delivery, plus indemnity charges and service fees.
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Hart
Linton
Denver Rio Grande Wreck Claims Two Crewmembers
A Denver & Rio Grande passenger train collided with an open switch near Canon City today. Engineer Edwin Riley was killed and Fireman O C Smith severely injured. The locomotive overturned trapping the crew. no passengers were harmed.
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International News Service
Pueblo
Cole
Edwin "Riley
O. C. Smith
Denver & Rio Grande
Canon City
Dodge Brothers Sale Blocked Dispute Emerges
John D Dodge seeks to block the Dodge Brothers Automobile sale, claiming he has a rightful claim to the estate after being cut off from his father’s will. Judge Harry Dingeman refused to halt the sale and set a Wednesday hearing on a temporary injunction.
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International News Service
Detroit
Mich
John D. Dodge
John F. Dodge
Dodge Brothers Automobile Company
Young Dodge
Harry Dingeman
Dodge Brothers Motor Gar Company
New York
John Duval Dodge
Wood Goes To Work Pursues Regaining Respect
Osborne C. Wood begins work as a real estate sales agent in Tampa aiming to restore his fortune on legitimate grounds. He rejects getting back money spent in France via his Wall Street broker and says a $50,000 West Coast film contract was turned down to avoid capitalizing on his spendthrift actions.
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Tampa
Fla
Osborne C. Wood
Wood
France
Wall Street
Moving Picture
West Coast
Robbery at Showman's League Meeting in Chicago
Chicago police rounded up several suspects after masked robbers halted a Showman's League of America meeting. About 40 attendees were relieved of roughly $20,000 in cash and jewelry, with President Fred M. Barnes losing $8,000. Attorney Leon A. Berezniak and Walter Driver were beaten during the caper while women in the auxiliary met below.
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Chicago
Showman’s League of America
Fred M. Barnes
Fat Little Bandit
Leon A. Berezniak
League
Walter Driver
Drivers’ Brothers Tent Company
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Secretary Weeks May Quit Cabinet Post
Secretary of War Weeks, recovering from a stroke and thrombosis, may resign before July. Despite reports of improvement, his illness renews family pressure for him to leave the cabinet, even as doctors say he is likely to be up and around soon.
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Linternational News Service
Washington
Weeks
The Air Mail and Two Acts at Grand
The Air Mail shows for the last time tonight at the Grand theatre with Billie Dove Warner Baxter and Douglas Fairbanks Jr in lead roles. Metrop litan vaudeville features the LeVan company with a singing and talking routine and Lewis and Delmar with a trapeze novelty. Mrs Coleman furnishes a Grand organ musical setting.
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Uncle Sam
Air Mail
The
Grand Theatre
Billie Dove
Warner Baxter
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Doug
Metropolitan Vaudeville
LeVan Company
Lewis and Delmar
Effort in Shepherd Case Turns to Death of Billy McClintock
Chicago April 4 William D Shepherd was denied bail on the charge of killing Billy McClintock as the inquest into the boy's death moves forward. Chemists from the coroner's office study Mrs Emma McClintock and Dr Oscar Olson bodies for poisons with a report expected soon. The inquest resumes next Wednesday with the latest findings anticipated.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Emma McClintock
Oscar Olson
Local men arrested for copper wire theft and car seal crime
Clyde Spec Wilson and Charles Gabbert were arrested for grand larceny in the theft of 700 pounds of copper wire from the North Linton mine storage room. They allegedly sold the wire to Joe Schwartz who paid with a check. Both men are married with residences in the Henderson apartments on Fourth street northwest. Leopold, from the city’s southwest area, was arrested on a rail yard seal-removal case for taking merchandise from an Illinois Central railway freight car and was jailed in Bloomfield.
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Clyde
Spec” Wilson
Charles Gabbert
North Linton
Bloomfield
Joe Schwartz
Schwartz
Wilson
Gabbert
Henderson
Fourth Street
Leopold
Illinois Central Railway
Bloomfield Yards
Complaint Filed Over Steel Freight Rates In Indiana
The Chapman Steel company filed with the public service commission a complaint against nine railroads operating in Indiana. It alleges sheet steel shipments from Gary to Indianapolis are priced exorbitantly at $3.04 a gross ton and seeks a refund and a maximum rate of $2.25.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Chapman Steel Company Today
Public Service Commission
Gary
Homer Brooks Hurt in Mine Accident
Slumer Brooks an electrician at the Twin mine suffered a serious leg injury when caught by a motor His leg was crushed between the ankle and knee He was taken to the hospital for treatment
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Slumer Brooks
Twin Mine
German Mine Tragedy Leaves Dozens Hurt and Missing
Two miners were killed and 61 injured when an elevator plunged to the bottom of the Mathias Stinnes mine at Karnap, Germany. Seven workers remain missing as rescue efforts continue.
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Essen
Germany
Mathias Stinnes
Karnap
New Indiana bank incorporated with 25000 capital
Farmers State Bank of Lisbon Indiana received incorporation today with capital stock set at 25000 dollars. The new institution joins Indiana banking scene as a noted local financial firm.
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Indianapolis
Farmers State Bank of Lisbon
Ind
Brother Gives Blood To Save Sister After Attack
Indiana details report Miss Madge Oberholtzer in critical condition after an alleged assault by D C Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan leader. Her brother Marshall Oberholtzer donated a pint of blood in a transfusion as prosecutors prepare for arraignment next Monday. Stephenson and two aides face charges and bond set at five thousand each.
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Feneen
Indianapolis
Madge Oberholtzer
Clay City
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Marshall Oberholtzer
Linton
Miss Oberholtzer
Stephenson
Earl Gentry
Earl Klenk
Gentry
Kienk
John K. Kingsbury
University Avenue
Hammond
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