Sheriff Vaught Dies After Texas Shooting
Sheriff T G Vaught of Nacogdoches Texas died at 11 PM after a Tuesday night shooting that also wounded his deputy Carl Butler who had been charged with assault with intent to murder and later to be changed to murder. Butler remained silent as officials said the deputy was wounded in the arm.
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Associated Press
Nacogdoches
Texas
T. G. Vaught
Carl Butler
Vaught
Jin
Butler
Habeas corpus writ refused in Remus case
George Remus once known as the king of bootleggers had a habeas corpus writ denied. The court found him insane and ordered commitment to the state hospital for the criminal insane at Lima. Judge Charles S. Bell granted time to appeal to the court of appeals, delaying immediate removal.
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Ps Associated Press
Cincinnati
George Remus
Chicago
State Hospital
Lima
Chas. S. Bell
Court of Common Pleas
Chas. H. Elston
Remus
Court of Appeals
Jersey Man Charges Air Monpoly Move By Radio Commission
D W May manager of WTRI Midland Park New Jersey testified before the senate interstate commerce committee charging the federal radio commission with seeking to create an air monopoly via the National Broadcasting chain during hearings on nominees Sam Pickard Caldwell Lafount. He said Caldwell and Pickard unfairly threaten to drive out 300 independent broadcasters on February 1 and would leave the air to the monopoly. He claimed the commission reduced his station's wavelength to little commercial value.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Radio Commission
National Broadcasting Company
Ware
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
D. W. May
WTRI
Midland Park
New Jersey
Sam Pickard
Kansas
Orestes H. Caldwell
New York
Harold A.lafount
Utah
Caldwell
Pickard
Wife's Death Probable Cause of Man's death by own action
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6. William M. Friess, 64, shot himself at his home in the dining room. Despondency over his wife’s death three years earlier was given as the probable cause. Edward Jones, his son-in law, rushed in and an ambulance was summoned, but Friess died at a hospital shortly after.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
William M. Friess
Edward Jones
Insurance suit may stay death of Mrs Snyder
New York January 4 Hope of Mrs Ruth Snyder delaying her January 12 execution faded as a jury trial motion in the Prudential Life Insurance suit to cancel $97000 of life policies was adjourned to January 13 If Justice Levy rules she is needed as a witness the execution date may be postponed. The matter also touched on clemency prospects and psychiatrists’ examinations.
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Associated Press
New York
Ruth Snyder
East
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Edgar Hazelton
Governor Smith
Henry Judd Gray
Supreme Court
Snyder
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Albert Snyder
Gray
Albany
Chain store magnate threatened over ransom demand
Memphis January 6 Clarence Saunders, prominent **chain grocery magnate**, received a typed note signed the three ghost men demanding 5500 in old $100 bills to be left under a railroad trestle tonight. The letter warned Saunders not to notify police and said failure would bring the most brutal crime ever committed. Saunders offered a $1900 reward for the arrest of the letter writers and noted he has three children Amy Claire 15 Lee 21 Cay 18.
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Memphis
Clarence Saunders
Saunders
Rescue Efforts For S 4 Submarine Fail Despite All
In a Boston hearing Lieut Commander Edward Ellsberg said every effort was made to rescue six men trapped in the torpedo room of the sunken S 4 submarine off Provincetown. Divers faced near impossible conditions as rescue vessels arrived quickly but could not reach the doomed crew.
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Boston
Edward Ellsberg
Navy
Naval Court of Inquiry
Elisberg
Provincetown
Reservoirs Shown As Aid in Halting Soil Erosion
Associated Press reports Col. Charles L. Potter of the Mississippi River Commission told the House flood control committee that reservoirs on the northwestern tributaries would not materially stop the rain flood waters in the Mississippi. He favored studying upper valley reservoirs for irrigation and Missouri navigation but said they are not central to a flood plan. Rep. Sears warned erosion losses rival flood damage and Potter noted western rivers wash away dirt as a national concern. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mississippi River
Chas. L. Potter
St. Louis
Mississippi
Earl
Nebraska
Northwestern
Missouri River
Mississippi Valley
Sears
Potter
Rocky Mountains
Beck Seat Contention in the House Draws Hearing
Washington January 6. The right of James M. Beck of Pennsylvania to a House seat was argued before the elections committee. The dispute centers on whether Beck’s residence in Washington at the time of his election affected his Pennsylvania eligibility. Beck, a former solicitor general, maintains residency in Washington does not forfeit citizenship in his home state.
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Washington
James M. Beck
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
House
Beck
Keystone
Garrett
Tennessee
United States
Browning of "Peaches" Fame to Leave Fortune to Children
Edward West Browning, wealthy New York real estate operator and husband of Frances "Peaches" Heenan, says his fortune will go to his children after death. He emphasizes his lifelong aim to help children and that his success comes from working for a purpose. He notes he has had a goal to provide for youngsters.
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Browning
Associated Press
New York
Edward West Browning
Frances “Peaches” Heenan
Gosl
51 Shots Fired in Gun Battle Prankster Dead
ST LOUIS Jan 6 A soda store holdup prank ends with the death of Ernest Fields 28 a former soda dispenser who lingered after a drink before firing at four police officers Fifty one shots were fired in the gun battle Fields nicknamed Fat was known as a practical joker at his father s general store in Hayti Missouri
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Ernest Fields
Fields
Fat
Hayti, Mo
Ty Cobb Says Unusual Offer Needed To Return
WASHLINGTON Jan 6 Ty Cobb the Georgia Peach says an unusual offer could lure him back to baseball after 23 years in the majors. He notes he has worked long and is ready to quit playing, having received his unconditional release as clubs waived him. Cobb contemplates owning a club someday but rules out managing, citing the grief and risk of ouster by others.
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Washlington
Ty Cobb
Georgia Peach
December Postal Receipts Rise Across 50 Cities
U S postal receipts for December totalled 40,822,764 dollars across 50 cities, up 1.34 percent from last year. Memphis led gains at 16.9 percent, followed by Houston 11.23 and Dallas 8.81 while Atlanta fell 0.41 and New Orleans dropped 0.92.
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Associated Press
Washington
Post Office Department
Memphis
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Atlanta
New Orleans
Louisiana conservation commission barred until appeal ruling
The Louisiana conservation commission was restrained from enforcing the state law forbidding shipping shrimp and oysters from Louisiana waters to other states for packing. The restraint lasts while Foster Fountain Co of Gulfport appeals a U S supreme court ruling upholding the act.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Conservation Commission
Louisiana
Foster Fountain Company of
Gulfport
United States Supreme Court
None of Your Business Admiral Claims No Navy Inquiry
Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder testified before the House Naval Committee that his remarks on waste and over-organization at the Philadelphia Navy Yard were none of their business. He spoke after being relieved of command and challenged questions about payments from the articles.
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Washington
Thomas P. Magruder
Philadelphia Navy Yard
House Naval Committee
Hambones Meditations by J P Alley
A brief note announces Hambones Meditations by J P Alley. The snippet hints at a publication or column title with recurring branding but lacks readable context or substantive detail.
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Hambones Meditations
J. P. Alley
Young 17 year old to die in electric chair
Floyd Hewitt aged 17 faces execution in Ohio for the slayings of Mrs. Fred Brown and her five year old son at Conneaut. He will be the youngest person electrocuted in Ohio history, following Governor Donahey and a state board of clemency ruling no grounds for intervention. Hewitt confessed, claiming he killed to conceal his advances, while Brown's husband was denied a witness role in the chamber.
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Columbia
Ohio
Floyd Hewitt
Ohio Penitentiary
Fred Brown
Conneaut
Hewitt
Cleveland
Donahey
State Board of Clemency
Brown
Mr. Brown
Ruling Limits Prohibition Violations on Serving Mixer Ingredients
Washington Jan 6 Assistant Secretary Lowman ruled night clubs and restaurants that serve ice ginger ale or other ingredients are not violating the prohibition law unless they know the goods will be used to mix intoxicating liquors. If served with knowledge of liquor use they face a technical violation and padlock penalties. Several arrests under these circumstances await court tests.
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Washington
Jan
Lowman
Cupid Joins Auto Field as Briggs Finds Fiancée
In Detroit on January 6, Miss Elizabeth Briggs whose father builds car bodies is engaged to Chas T Fisher Jr son of the Fisher Body Corporation founder. The pair unite two automotive families in a romance that intersects the industry.
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Detroit
Cupid
Elizabeth Briggs
Chas. T. Fisher, Jr
Fisher Body Corporation
Justice Holder Ill With Double Pneumonia
Associated Press reports Mississippi Supreme Court Justice J B Holder is desperately ill with double pneumonia, prompting medical briefings. Also dated January 6 1948 Tommy Loughran weighs 174 1 2 pounds for his 15 round title defense against Leo Lomski at Madison Square Garden. Henry Molly deemed sane at time of wife and sister in law slayings. alienists’ report presented to District Attorney Eugene Stanley.
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Jackson, Miss
J. B. Holder
Mississippi Supreme Court
New York
Tommy Loughran
Leo Lomski
Aberdeen
Washn
Madison Square Garden
Loughran
Lomski
New Orleans
Henry Molly
Eugene Stanley
Blackmer Defies U S Over Teapot Dome Era Bond Seizure
Wealthy Denver oil man Henry M. Blackmer, a fugitive from the Teapot Dome scandal, has lived in hiding since 1923. His passport is revoked, subpoenas ignored, and $100,000 in Liberty bonds seized. He faces contempt citations in February and aims to test the Walsh act via proxy. James ONeill also hides as prosecutors seek協
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Washington
Europe
Henry M. Blackmer
Denver
United States
Blackmer
Supreme Court
James O'Neill
Prairie Oil & Gas Company of
Kansas
Liberty
Continental Trading Co., Ltd
Canada
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Fell
Sinclair
O'Neill
Hickman Pleads Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity
In Los Angeles California 19 year old William Edward Hickman pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to the Marian Parker kidnapping and slaying charge. He also enters a not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity plea on the C Ivy Thoms drug store murder indictment. The Parker trial is a sanity hearing January 25 while the Thoms case will first determine guilt then a separate sanity trial on punishment.
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Los Angeles
California
Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Welby Hunt
C. Ivy Thoms
Hickman
Los Angeles County
Richard Cantillon
Parker
Thoms
Life-Teamer Sues Woman Publisher Over Statement
Boston January 6 Jesse Pomeroy the lifelong prisoner who entered Charlestown state prison as a 17 year old boy seeks 5000 in a civil suit alleging false charges of cruelty while confined The defendant Alice Stone Blackwell publisher of a Dorchester women’s magazine testified she wrote a 1925 letter to a Boston newspaper opposing a pardon for Pomeroy He called the suit an effort to spike a lie and said animals have been his only friends in prison
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Associated Press
Boston
Jesse Pomeroy
Charlestown
Pomeroy
Suffolk Superior Civil Court
Alice Stone Blackwell
Dorchester
Pomeroys
Leopold and Loeb
Spike
Animals
Assault charge wrongly filed halted by judge ruling
Charges of assault against Guy Penton and Francis Friggle in the Elmendorf damage suit against the Louisiana Training Institute were annulled by City Judge Charles Schulze. He ruled the information was filed in city court though district court has jurisdiction, and that no city ordinance covers assault. He said new warrants would be needed to proceed as a state charge. The dispute involved Wilder's attorney Zack Heard and Penton Friggle's attorney R L Davis. The case remains stalled pending proper charges and continuation on page two.
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Guy Penton
Francis Friggle
Monroe
Grady Wilder
Elmendorf
Louisiana Training Institute
Charles Schulze
Zack Heard
Wilder
Bill of Information
Schulze
R. L. Davis
Penton and Friggle
W. J. Gill
Davis
Heard
Marines accuse rebels of training by deserters in Nicaragua
Washington reports two Marines missing in Nicaragua are said to be in Sandino’s rebel camp training his troops. The deserters, captured while trying to reach the Honduran border, were reportedly given the choice of execution or aiding Sandino. Since August five Marines have been AWOL in Nicaragua, with three unaccounted.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Nicaragua
American Marine Corps
Sandino
Managea
Honduran
San Sabino
Reinforcements Reach Marines in Quilali Nicaragua
Washington reports added American troops have arrived at Quilali to resume hostilities with Augustino Sandino’s small liberal army. Devils dogs held fire awaiting contact while verbal sparring erupts on the Nicaraguan congressional front as pad shots and volleys echo at each sign of action, with continuation promised on page three.
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Washington
Quilali
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
Devil Dogs
Sandino
Nicaragua Welcomes Lindbergh as Young Adventurer
In Managua on January 6 Nicaraguans from peasants to officials saluted Col Charles A Lindbergh noting his youthful appearance after meeting him. President Adolfo Dian led the warm reception while crowds spoke of his vigor and the greeting Que Line Ttuchacho Y Que Joven.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Peon
Lonelle
Col
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Adolfo Dian
Funeral for Louis iana Baptist leader in Twin Cities
A large crowd from Baptist groups across the state attended the funeral of Daddy F C Flowers beloved superintendent of the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home. His body lay in state for 24 hours at the Oakes cottage before the service at First Baptist Church, Detroit, with a long cortege and girls lining the path with wreaths.
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Twin Cities
First Baptist Church
F. C. Flowers
Louisiana Baptist Children's Home
Detroit
Oakes
Friends Pay Final Tribute to Beloved Home Children
Citizens of Monroe volunteered cars to transport the 1% children of the home to the church for services. Three or four large truckloads of flowers from residents and friends transformed the altar into a scene of beauty, with offerings from Baguets, Lake Charles, Morirae, and many state cities.
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Monroe
Cece
Lake Charles
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U. S
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Walsh
H. M. Blackmer
Hunt
Gill
Quick
Solons
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