Slayer Surrenders After Double Killing in Atlanta Kitchen
Sam Aiken killed his wife and neighbor Boyce Hunter with a borrowed double barrel shotgun in his Atlanta kitchen. He then fled to nearby woods and surrendered to police an hour later. Hunter lay dead. Mrs Aiken was found in the yard. Aiken, 57, had two sons Buster and Fritz.
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Atlanta
Sam . Aiken
Boyce Unter
Aiken
Yestern
Jesseates
Ken
Hunt
Hunter
Jesse Cates
Seven-Year-Old Held In Court For Slaying Companion
Sterling Colorado June 18 Peter Keck seven was in custody of juvenile authorities as officers weighed charges that he shot to death Albert Jackson twelve after an argument over a baseball game. County Judge H L Hinkley considered steps under Colorado law which bars holding a child after age ten guilty of a crime. One version says the boy retrieved a gun at his home and fired from the door of the house.
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Sterling
Colo
Peter Keck
Albert Jackson
Colorado
Udge
H. L. Hinkley
Hinkley
Peter
Snow and Heat Hit Coasts in Split Weather Front
Snow coated Truckee and Lake Tahoe to four inches while California remained cool. The midwest and eastern regions faced a heat wave with New York City reaching 88 degrees. One death and eleven prostrations were reported in the city.
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New York
California
Truckee
Lake Tahoe
Cal
Portlands
Oregon City
Portland
New York City
Canadian youth to die in chair in murder case
Earl Manchester, 19, convicted of murdering James Parks, 25, fainted in court as Judge H A Mathews sentenced him to die in the electric chair on August 14. The Canadian native confessed but his landlady Mrs J C Powers faces trial for accessory before the fact amid a possible insurance murder plot. Manchester, born in Toronto, lived with relatives in Rochester Michigan.
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Pyrsencilated
Macon
Earl Manchester
James Parks
J. C. Powers
Manchester
Toronto
Canada
Rochester
Michigan
Law to Permit Wisconsin Liquor Manufacture Proposed
Madison June 1c a joint resolution to amend the constitution and allow state liquor manufacture was introduced in the senate by Bernard Gettleman of Milwaukee.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Bernard Gettleman
Milwaukee
Bodies of three women killed in English Channel crash
Folkes tone England June 18 bodies of all but three women drowned yesterday when the giant air liner City of Otwa struck near Dungeness crossing the channel. The list includes Adolph Meister Leon Malcolm Alfred Smith Mrs Ickerson Mme Bosiger Miss Roberts and Mrs Koracki.
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Associated Press
Folkestone
England
City of
Otwa
Dungeness
Iss Roberts
London
Adolph E. Meister
Garfield Manufacturing Company
New Jersey
Leon T. Malcolm
Malcolm and Southern Furniture Company
Hamilton
Ontario
Alfred Smith
Melbourne
Australia
Ickerson
Four sewer workers killed as gas traps rescue attempt
Four city sewer department workers died and Maurice Fitzgerald survived in a Lowell Massachusetts manhole after sewer gas overpowered a rescue party that tried to pull colleagues from the vault near the American Hide and Leather tannery. Three firemen were severely affected during the removal and rescue operations.
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Associated Press
Lowell
Mass
City Sewer Department
Frank Donahue
Thomas Fitzgerald
Hugh Roark
James Keene
Maurice Fitzgerald
American Hide and Leather Company
Donahue
Hug Roark
Roark
Fitzgerald
Thomas Roark
Keene
Lawmaker Leads Drive to Stop Malt Bootlegging in Louisiana
Baton Rouge June 18 James L Anderson chief of the enforcement division of the Louisiana highway commission announced a state drive against bootlegging of malt. He cites reliable information that four to five million dollars of malt are sold annually. First seizures last Friday yielded 150 cases of unstamped malt valued tax 480 dollars.
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Baton Rouge
James L. Anderson
Louisiana Highway Commission
A. E. Conway
Anderson
Conway
Flying Faces Setback From Towns Daily Fee
NORTH SMITHFIELD R I June 18 Any person firm or corporation operating a passenger airplane for hire in this town must obtain a license from the town council and pay a fee of 25 for each day of operation Complaints against certain features of the operation of airplanes have reached the council A number of clergymen had complained that the roar of motors had interrupted Sunday sermons The legality of the measure has been questioned by the Woonsocket chamber of commerce and others who have protested against the fee.
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North Smithfield
R. I
Woonsocket Chamber of Commerce
Jackson Men Join In Air Line Inauguration Flight
A formal inauguration of the air service linking Jackson, Monroe and Dallas occurred this morning. Jackson’s delegation included Paul Chambers, A F Hawkins, and L E Foster, with John J Fox from Bas trop. The six passenger Travel Air, piloted by John Howe, landed at 11:35, ahead of schedule, after a 10:20 start aided by a tail wind.
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Jackson
Monroe
Dallas
Texas City
Paul Chambers
Jackson Chamber of Commerce
A. F. Hawkins
L. E. Foster
John 8. Fox
Fox Flying Service
Bas
Trop
John Howe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Police Jury
Dal
Sensational Developments in Slaying Case Expected
Columbus Ohio June 18 authorities predicted sensational developments in the hammer slaying of Theora Hix in which Marion T Meyers a former suitor and OSU horticulture worker and Dr James H Snook a veterinary professor were held for investigation. Meyers was questioned at a morgue after touching the body and denying knowledge of the death.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Theora Hix
Marion T. Meyers
Meyers
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Snook
University School of Veterinary
Hambones Meditations by J. P. Alley
A 1929 humor piece titled Hambones Meditations by J. P. Alley lampoons preachers using big words. The short witty column mocks ostentation in sermon speech and religious talk, reflecting satirical takes common in The Bell Syndicate offerings.
Deputy Sheriff Is Held After Slaying In Newport Ark
Deputy Sheriff George Johnson charged with murder in the slaying of Glenn Quay 22 of Newport Ark was held in the state penitentiary after removal from two jails amid mob fears. Quay shot in the back as he fled after arrest for intoxication near the police station. Johnson first moved to Batesville jail then to the penitentiary as crowds threatened. Johnson to be kept here until a preliminary hearing is set.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
George Johnson
Glenn Quay
Newport
State
Quay
Johnson
Batesville
D. L. Nance
Constable Held Without Bond In Slaying Charge
Buchanan Ga June 18 Constable Luke Ballenger was held without bond on a murder charge in the slaying of Grady Phillips a youth in a car pursuit. Phillips died at Cedartown hospital after being shot in the head during a pursuit in the Corinth district five miles from Buchanan.
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Associated Press
Buchanan
Luke Ballenger
Grady Phillips
Phillips
Beilinger
Ballenger
Philips
Cedartown
W. Cole
Corinth District
Here
Hoover nominates Herring for San Angelo postmaster
Theodore M. Herring was nominated by President Hoover to be postmaster at San Angelo Texas. The formal recommendation underscores Herring as a qualified candidate for postal service leadership in the Texas city.
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Associated Press
Washington
Theodore M. Herring
Hoover
San Angelo
Texas
Hoover signs census and reapportionment bill
President Hoover signed the census and reapportionment bill creating a twofold purpose for the act. It provides for the regular decennial count for 1923 and sets up a plan for reapportionment of the house, retaining 435 members while some states gain or lose seats. The measure is among major tasks for the special session. The census will guide future representation and ongoing years of reapportionment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
House of Representatives
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Parole Violator Sought in Hotel Fire Probe
Louis Penton, a 45 year old parole violator, is being sought after a Melville Louisiana hotel owned by his wife burned yesterday. The blaze, ruled incendiary, led to at least one death and several injuries as authorities tracked Penton into the swamps with aid from St. Landry parish officials. He had been granted parole in 1927 and was due for release in 1929.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louis Fenton
State Penitentiary
Melville
Frank Odom
State Parole Board
Penton
O. B. Thompson
Charles Thibodeaux
St. Landry Parish
Odom
Washington Parish
Oregon and Florida Grid Teams to Meet
Miami prepares to host a December 7 football game between the University of Oregon and the University of Florida. Athletic director Charles Bachman announces the contract with plans for a Miami stadium built with Madison Square Garden for 20 000 to 25 000 spectators at the county fair grounds.
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Miami
Fla
University of Oregon
University of Florida
Charles Bachman
Florida University
Madison Square Garden Corporation
County Fair Grounds
Board Reconsiders Loan to State Penitentiary
The Louisiana board of liquidation of the state debt meets to review a $300,000 loan to pay outstanding penitentiary debts. An audit by C. A. Conway will be presented, with Gov. Long urging a margin of funds. The board seeks clearer financial data before approving any loan. Also up for discussion are highway contracts for approaches to the Rigolets bridge on the Chef Menteur highway.
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Baton Rouge
C. A. Conway
Clay Dugas
Huey P. Long
Dugas
State Highway Commission
Rigolets Bridge
Chef Menteur Highway
Orleans
St. Tammany Parishes
Kansas City Airport Gets All Weather Runways
Kansas City's municipal airport, once unusable in heavy rain, is now prepared for all weather flying as asphalt coats are laid over cinders transforming the field from a lake-filled pasture to packed runways. Pilots had relied on Fairfax field during floods.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Fairfax Field
Rum runners on Canadian border spark new dry law push
Treasury officials report unprecedented mobilization of bootleggers along the Canadian border from Vancouver to the Atlantic, with guns drawn and lives lost in the drive to enforce prohibition. Secretary Lowman cites intensified measures and a flood of communications to President Hoover amid congressional criticism of enforcement.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Annington
Lowman
Congress
International Falls
Minn
Hoover
Ainment
Vancouver
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Senate Independent Bloc May Rewrite Tariff Bill
The Senate independent group may rewrite the tariff measure aiming to limit revision to agricultural products. They previously overrode Hoover in farm relief votes and urged committees to limit changes while the House version remains under review. Continued with passage through August 19 and page Bord note.
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Senate
Independent
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Finance Committee
House
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