Missing Mother and Babe Found Buried in Basement
Authorities in Rock Springs Wyoming conclude a dual murder case after bodies of Mrs Anna Grabe and her 5-year-old daughter Genevieve are found buried in a house basement. Grabe had been missing nearly three years. Friend Jane Kennedy sought her, met George W Morrison a railroad worker, later married him, and Morrison is being questioned.
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Associated Press
Rock Springs
Wyo
Anna Grabe
Genevieve
Grabe
Denver
George W. Morrison
Janea Kennedy
Mrs. Chaplin to Rest Forever in Film City
Hollywood mourns Mrs. Charlie Chaplin as she is laid to rest in Los Angeles with plans simple and private. Son Charles sought privacy amid public attention while Sydney mourns in Paris where he works on a film. Mrs. Chaplin died last Tuesday after her sons posted immigration bonds. residence denied due to war injuries.
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Hollywood
Hannah Chaplin
Charles
Sydney
Rorion Picture
Chap 1
Paris
General Harris Dies at 83 in Georgia Confederate Veterans
W. D Harris, 83, brigadier general of the North Georgia Brigade United Confederate Veterans, died late yesterday near Colethorpe Georgia.
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Atlanta
W. D Harris
North Georgia Brigade
United Confederate Veterans
Colethorpe
U S Licenced Pilots Totals 2678 in 47 States and DC
A commerce department directory shows 2678 airplane pilots licensed through July 31 across 47 states the District of Columbia and possessions California tops with 417 licenses New Mexico not represented and Louisiana lists 19 licenses.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Department
District of Columbia
California
New Mexico
Louisiana
Unsettled Weather Delays Tarpon Rodeo Start in Pass Christian
Unsettled weather kept many sportsmen from the opening day of the fourth annual tarpon rodeo at Pass Christian Mississippi. Led by Lieut. Gov. C. B. Adam the participants launched five miles offshore and the event runs five days through September 3.
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Pass Christian
Miss
C. B. Adam
Gulf
Keep the Raskobs Out Campaign Rally in Tennessee
Jeff McCain a Nashville lawyer urged about 400 democratic delegates from Middle Tennessee to back Herbert Hoover in November. Reform group leaders organized the meeting to place the state in Hoover’s column and warned that if Governor Smith’s election occurs it would be a great victory for lawlessness.
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Nashville
Jeff McCain
Dros
Middle Tennessee
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Smith
New York
Disgruntled Democrats Slated G O P Electors
In Birmingham Alabama Democrats who defected from the party over Governor Smiths nomination at Houston will form the Republican slate of presidential electors for November. C B Kennamer secretary of the Republican state executive committee announced the slate after a two hour meeting saying the list is made up entirely of former democrats who voted in the recent primaries.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Smith
Houston
Republican Party
C. B. Kennamer
Republican State Executive Committee
Dutch Swimmer Quits Channel Grind Today
The Dutch swimmer Alexaander Bakker, representing Holland, abandoned a cross channel swim early this morning after starting last night. Germany’s Annie Meysell began earlier and stopped after five hours.
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Cate Griznez
France
Alexaander Bakker
Holland
Annie Meysell
Germany
Taxi Driver Slain After Ride in Own Cab
In Chicago on August 30 Tony Soverino, a taxi driver, was found murdered in his cab with two bullets in the head after police spotted the car parked oddly on Twenty Fifth Avenue. The meter read $10.15 and the driver had been stamped over the wheel.
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Chicago
Tony Soverino
Twenty Fifth Avenue
Tony
Soverino
Butcher Boy Weakening Under Ordeal of Court
In Los Angeles August 30 defense lawyers in the Leo P. Kelley murder trial argued whether Mrs Myrtle Mellus died from alcoholism or a head bruise after a fall. Autopsy surgeon Dr A P Wagner testified as Mellus testified that a bruise could cause death. Kelley showed emotion under testimony about his wife’s nude body, while Mellus struggled with photos and memory of the fishing trip.
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Associated Pree
Los Angeles
Myrtle Mellus
Leo P. Kelley
Eifforts
Mellus
Kelley
Ellus
Kelleverly
Plane wreckage linked to Amundsen in North Norway coast report
A sea search off the North Norway coast finds debris described as the wreckage of a plane linked to explorer Roald Amundsen. Official reports indicate the discovery may relate to his missing flight and raise questions about the fate of the aircraft and crew.
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North
Norway
Wrecked Latham Plane Thought to Belong to Amundsen Search
A cable from Oslo reported a wrecked Latham airplane found near Vesteraalen Norway. It is believed to be the French craft used by Roald Amundsen and six others missing during the Italia air expedition search. Amundsen and his party disappeared in June while seeking General Nobile’s Italian polar expedition.
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Associated
Preas
New York
Latham
Vesteraalen
Norway
Oslo
Bernon S. Prentice
Prentice
Rapld Amundsen
Amundsen
Italia
Arctic
King’s Bay
Spitabergen
General Nobile
Chicago theater doomed to destruction in Berwyn bombing
In Berwyn the Parthenon Theater suffered a bomb blast that punched a wall. police found 12 sticks of dynamite tied under a stairway and caps attached. dynamite did not explode. motive linked to stockholder disputes under receivership amid past bombing events.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Parthenon Theater
Berwyn
Sneezers Organize Hay Fever Association of America
Hay fever enthusiasts from across the United States met in Saulte Ste Marie Michigan and formed the Hay Fever Association of America with ker choo as password and the golden rod as official flower. Clayton Baldwin of Hammond Indiana was named president Miss Henrietta of Columbus Ohio vice president and Lou Harris of Saulte Ste Marie treasurer.
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Saulte Cte Marie
Mich
United States
Clayton Baldwin
Hammond
Ind
Miss Henrietta
Columbus
Ohio
Lou Harris
Saulie Ste Marie
Long borrows $500000 for state school books
Free text books for Louisiana schoolchildren are assured for the upcoming session under a $500000 loan negotiated by Governor Huey P. Long with fiscal agency banks in New Orleans. The funds are to be turned over to the state treasury for book purchases against a $750000 legislative appropriation. The loan is authorized by the state board of liquidation pending severance tax revenue and this depends on a legislative majority.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
State Treasury
State Board of Liquidation
Democratic tariff policy attacked by Senator Curtis
Senator Curtis, Republican vice presidential nominee, attacked the democratic tariff policy in a speech at Harrisburg before the national grange. He warned that if Democrats return to power they would pursue an immediate tariff revision, citing commitments from Democratic leaders.
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Harrisburg
Curtis
National Grange
Louisiana Names Nation's Youngest Governor Huey P. Leng
Gov. Huey P. Leng celebrated his 35th birthday as the youngest governor in the United States. Messages and calls from admirers poured in while friends visited, but a formal celebration was not announced.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Leng
United States
Happy Married Life Goes on Hollywood Rocks
Los Angeles reports Alma Rubens and Ricardo Cortez, noted film stars, have separated after long hailed as a model couple. The actress resides in the family mansion while Cortez stays in an apartment. Both say the split is “just one of those things” and affirm they remain friends despite the separation.
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Los Angeles
the Examiner Today
Alma Rubens
Ricardo Cortez
Cortez
Aliquippa Tow Boat Sinks. 20 Rescued in Ohio River
An Aliquippa tow boat of Jones and Laughlin Steel capsized in the Ohio River opposite the Aliquippa plant. Twenty crew members were rescued while three are missing and believed drowned. Names of the missing include Christina Denlock, William Adkins, and James E. Gordon. bodies were recovered later from the river.
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Associated Press
Aliquippa
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Ohio River
The
Steel Corporation
Memphis
Tenn
Christina Denlock
West Brownsville
William Adkins
Henderson
W. Va
James E. Gordon
Denbo
Norman “Buck” Jones
Freight Wreck Near Gibsland Delays Trains
Ulinsis Central eastbound freight train No. 274 derailed eight miles west of Gibsland. Four cars burned entirely two loaded with gasoline and two with naphtha causing interruptions to east and west traffic. Passenger trains 238 and 208 were delayed. westbound traffic detoured via L. and A. line by Sibley. Cause unknown.
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Ulinsis Central
O'Clock
Gibaland
Monroe
Shreveport
Vicksburg
L. and A
Sibley
Hailstorm Wreaks Havoc in Italy Nine Dead
Nine bodies recovered in the Monza to Legnano area after a furious hailstorm wrecked dwellings. More than 100 injured as telephones failed and Monza’s electric lighting went out. Chimneys collapsed and roofs were torn from homes. a spire of Monza cathedral fell.
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Rome
Monza
Leganano
Monsa
Philadelphia links Capone to bootlegging probe
Grand jury inquiry into bootlegging slayings and fortunes in Philadelphia names Al Capone as an ally of Max Hoff. Louis Elfman testified Hoff recruited Chicago gunmen, including Sailor Freedman, to threaten witnesses. a warrant issued for Freedman. District Attorney Monaghan publicly praised Elfman for truth telling and pledged protection.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Scarface al Capone
Chicago
Capone
Max “Boo Boo” Hoff
Louis R. Elfman
Hoff
Sailor Freedman
Freedman
John Monaghan
Max Hoff
Elman
al Capone
Elfman
Spectacular Algiers Plant Fire Destroys Alcohol Facility
A large blaze at the American Solvent and Chemical plant in Algiers partially destroyed the five story facility. Cans of alcohol exploded as flames shot hundreds of feet into the air. The origin of the fire was not stated and thousands watched from across the Mississippi River.
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Algiers
New Orleans
American Solvent and Chemical Corporation
Mississippi River
Governor Long Says He Hires and Fires Whomever He Pleases
In New Orleans on August 30 Governor Long refused further comment on the reported dismissal of George T. McSween as attorney for the Caddo parish inheritance tax collector. McSween, a former law partner of Long and son-in-law of Chief Justice Charles A. O Neill, reportedly sent his resignation to the governor.
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New Orleans
George T. McSween
Caddo Parish
Long
Shreveport
McSween
Charles A. O'Neill
Bodies of two aviators found after Lindbergh plane crash
In Pond Eddy New York area near Milford the bodies of Mazel M. Merrill and Edwin Ronne were recovered from a pine forest after a Curtiss Falcon plane owned by Col. Charles Lindbergh crashed. One body was in the wreckage and the other found in brush fifteen feet away. The plane tore a tall pine to bits and the wreckage stretched about 300 yards. An inquest will determine details. Casey Jones led rescuers to the site.
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Pond Eddy
Mazel M. Merrill
Edwin Ronne
Buffalo
New York
Milford
Charles Lindbergh
Casey” Jones
Curtiss Flying Service
Cometry
Anti-Foreign Movement Reported in China
Dispatches from Peking say a anti-foreign movement led by communists took over Tainan-Fu the seat of Shantung provisional government. Troops occupied American and English mission buildings while three American mission workers remained undisturbed. No legation reports on the movement.
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Peking
Tainan-Fu
Shantung Province
Taiwan
Methodist Episcopal Mission
Taiwan-Fu
Democrats Notifying Senator Robinson in Hot Springs
Democrats mass in Hot Springs Arkansas for the notification ceremony naming Senator June T. Robinson as the party's vice presidential nominee. Rain forced indoor plans but by noon weather looked likely to clear and an amphitheater at the Arlington Hotel remained a possibility.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Albany
Smith
June T. Robinson
Arlington Hotel
Hot Springs Mountains
Democrats flood Hot Springs for Robinson renomination notice
From across the nation, Democrats gathered in Hot Springs Arkansas for the formal notification of Senator Joe T Robinson a longtime Southern leader. The event marks a pivotal moment in the party despite ongoing political divisions.
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Walter Chamblin
Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Four Corners
Ozark Mountains
Joe T. Robinson
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