Defense challenges circumstantial case in Lancaster murder trial
Miami August 16. Defense attorney James M. Carson urged jurors that the state’s five points showing Captain W. N. Lancaster killed young writer Haden Clarke are disconnected. He praised Australian aviatrix Mrs J M Keith Miller for testifying to her tangled love affairs and argued the writer’s death may have been by his own hand amid the trio’s drama.
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Miami
Fla
James M. Carson
W. N. Lancaster
Clarke
J. M. Keith-Miller
Lancaster
Carson
Jessie Keith-Miller
St. Louis
Haden Clarke
Students Ordered Out of Coal Fields Caravan Heads Home
A group of university students visiting the Southern Illinois coal fields were ordered to leave under threat of arrest. From mid western universities, they planned five days in the region but chose departure after sheriff Browning Robinson warned no agitation in Franklin county. National guard troops were dispatched to the Dixie Bee mine near Terre Haute Indiana amid union miner threats.
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MT. Vernon
Southern Illinois
Browning Robinson
Franklin County
National Guard
Dixie Bee
Terre Haute
Indiana
Trou
Sunshine Betts Named Riverton Mayor and Local Notes
Livings in Riverton include Sunshine Betts hailed as mayor by popular support after fellow Lions member finds him in Riverton. Notes on Grover Hill’s return, Abie Marx near Galveston hurricane, Senator Noe named Commodore of the Louisiana Navy, and a long list of birth dates from S. J. Rogers to F. D. Reynolds.
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B. S
Sunshine) Betts
Twin Cities
Lions Club
Riverton
Sunshine
Lion Betts
Betts
Grover C. Hill
Shreveport
Longview
Abie Marx
Galveston
James A. Noe
Monroe
Louisiana Navy
J. E. Lockwood
South Riverfront Street
West Monroe
Armed Forces of Justice Enter Strike of Farmers
Sioux City reports armed forces organized to maintain order during Iowa farm strike. Deputized 100 unemployed to guard highways, as plan for martial law was rejected. Picketing and blockades spread to four other states including South Dakota North Dakota Illinois and Nebraska. Farmers aim to raise wheat prices and ensure production costs plus profit.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Leeds
South Dakota
North Dakota
Illinois
Nebraska
Stevens
S. D
Tenant Farmers Are Hardest Hit In Texas Storm
Tenants suffered most from the hurricane that struck southern coastal Texas over the weekend, causing at least 35 deaths. Relief estimates indicate over 1,000 destitute persons, with 200 plus injured needing aid. Red Cross and Houston relief groups provide food and supplies as the Unalga assists in coast guard relief efforts. Crop damage is expected to run into millions.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Red Cross
Houston Relief Societies
Coast Guard
Unalga
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Crowville political rally draws big throng with speakers
Crowville hosts a large daytime rally for four court of appeals candidates and other office seekers. Speeches will be broadcast by loudspeakers with music and activities for all ages. A 10 o'clock Big Six game at Winnsboro offers free buses between towns and a special Missouri Pacific round trip rate.
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Crowville
Court of Appeals
Winnsboro
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Indictment of Three Bonus Army Veterans Leaders
A grand jury indicted three men for their roles in the 1932 Washington clash that drove the Bonus Army from the capital with bayonets. One accused, Broadus Faulkner, 32, a Kentucky native, had prior prison time in Michigan for breaking and entering and was sentenced to 90 days.
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Washington
Broadus Faulkner
Michigan
Canada Presses Limits on Russian Goods in British Plan
Ottawa dispatch reports empire trade talks aim for a five year Britain Canada plan with six month notice renewal. Final plenary session set for Thursday as negotiators seek a Canada demand to curb Russian imports and dumping. Tariff reform and lumber preference rumors complicate the deal amid lingering unresolved issues.
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Ottawa
Ont
Great Britain
Canada
Russia
Britain
Rail rate hearings open in Washington on cotton freight
The Interstate Commerce Commission began unprecedented hearings on proposed unsuspended freight rates for cotton to counter track competition. Commissioners Lewis and Aitchison led witnesses sworn in as ships and railroads discuss a single rate from eastern Arkansas southern Missouri and western Louisiana to New Orleans and New England mills.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lewis and Aitchison
Commission
Arkansas
Missouri
Louisiana
New Orleans
New England
Parents of local woman had close call in storm
Mr and Mrs A M Brashear of Freeport, parents of Mrs H A Crow of Monroe, narrowly escaped when a gulf coast storm battered their home. Mrs Crow received a brief letter from her mother detailing the harrowing experience. continued on Page Two.
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Gulf Coast
A. M. Brashear
Freeport
H. A. Crow
L Street
Monroe
Lindberghs Welcome Second Son In Early Morning Birth
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh have a second son born at 6 30 a m today at the Morrow home in Englewood New Jersey The birth follows the kidnapping and death of their first child and comes after Mrs Lindbergh's long period of care and public strength through the tragedy The article notes the family’s grief and public interest surrounding the birth and the Lindberghs’ efforts since the kidnapping.
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Lindberghs
Englewood
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Hopewell
Dwight W. Morrow
Mrs. Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Far East
Caddo Engineer Slugged and Robbed at Tee-Pee Hotel
T. W. Brunson, 55, Texas and Pacific railway engineer on the Shreveport Texarkana run, was assaulted in his Tee-Pee hotel room in Hollywood, near Shreveport. A white burglar escaped with about 4 dollars after hitting Brunson with a pistol. Brunson’s hat and tie were left behind.
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Shreveport
T. W. Brunson
Texas and Pacific Railway
Texarkana
Hollywood
Brunson
Officers Shift Theories In Murder Case Near Natchez
Mississippi officers identified a Chicago man as the suspected slayer of Miss Jane Sarget Merrill, a former Natchez aristocrat shot August 4 at her plantation home. An elderly couple, held for ten days then released, were connected to the case as investigators reevaluated leads.
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Natchez
Miss
Mississippi
Chicago
Jane Sarget Merrill
Steamer Sinks Fear 22 Feared Lost in Storm
MARSEILLES France August 16 Twenty two men are feared drowned after a fast dispatch boat in the airmail service to South America sank off Natal Brazil en route to Dakar Senegal during a weekend storm. Efforts to learn the crew's fate have failed.
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Marseilles
France
South America
Natal
Brazil
Dakar
Senegal
Cnew
Truck and Train Collision At Brown Paper Mill Crossing
Two men escaped injury when an Illinois Central passenger train struck a truck owned by Sam Head at the Brown Paper Mill crossing at 10 AM. The truck’s brakes were blamed for the event as the occupants were tossed from the vehicle when the rear end was demolished.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Brown Paper Nill
Sam Head
Port Arthur Preacher Dies In Caddo
Rev. Charles David Atwell 71 rector of St. George Episcopal Port Arthur Texas dies after long illness at daughter Mrs. Mather Seymour’s home in Shreveport Louisiana on Tuesday morning.
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Port Arthur
Shreveport
Charles David Atwell
St. George Episcopal Church
Tex
Mather Seymour
Unknown Person in Walker Inquiry Linked to Betty Compton
The Albany investigation probes the mysterious recipient of money amid hints the unnamed figure is actress Betty Compton. Mayor Walker answers questions by implying the unknown person was a woman and confirms a letter of credit for $10,000 related to the case.
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Albany
N. Y
Betty Compton
Walker
Miss Compton
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Mrs Miller seeks possession of famed 101 Ranch homestead
Mrs Margaret Belvins Miller fights for a share of the 101 Ranch in Oklahoma as wife of Col Zack Miller and as claimant to the ranch homestead. She asserts rights after moving from Louisiana where divorce actions and custody were in dispute. Her interpleader challenges the ranch foreclosure order and seeks the quarter section as homestead.
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Ponca City
Oklo
Margaret Belvins-Miller
White House
101 Ranch
Zack Miller
Margaret Blevins-Miller
Harrisoneburg
Louisiana
Col. Miller
Oklahoma
Zack, Jr
Blevins
Miller
Picture Is Produced By Extra Without Finances
A Russian immigrant known as Mike Siebert rose from a Hollywood extra to work on D W Griffiths films. He started as an extra on The Birth of a Nation and later held roles as wardrobe man and assistant director, even leading a dummy parade for rival studios before tensions interrupted his rise.
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Extra Without
Hollywood
Cal
Beverly Hills
Micehel Zilburg
Mike Siebert
Griffith
Mike
Compani
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W. S. Riddick
R. R. Reynolds
Blanche Oliver
R. H. Oliver, Jr
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E. C. Owen
Florence Patterson
C. H. Reid
T. L. Reser
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New York
M. B. Miller
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