Confessed Fiend Pleads Not Guilty To Child Murder
Charles J. Hoppe, 26, who confessed abducting and killing 7-year-old Dorothy Sielagowski, pleads not guilty to first degree murder in Toledo municipal court. He waives preliminary examination, held to county grand jury without bond, with heavy crowd and police precautions in place. A sanity defense is anticipated as investigators note the death and evidence including a bloodstained suit.
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Honorary Degree to Be Given Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover will receive a doctor of law honorary degree from Southwestern University in Memphis on June 5. The award recognizes his work related to the Mississippi valley flood relief, with Hoover possibly attending if travel permits. The honors are announced by Dr C C Diehl president of the university.
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Stolen money returned to Miss Bank in Mize
A portion of the $10,000 stolen from the Bank of Mize Sunday night was returned when a package containing the money was tossed through a rear window. Fingerprint experts from Jackson and bloodhounds from Meridian were called to help find clues and arrests. officers planned to count the money later to determine the full amount recovered.
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Lindbergh Lands At Long Beach On Air Line Tour
Col Charles A Lindbergh landed his monoplane at Long Beach Municipal Airport at 2 10 am completing a cross country flight from New York He greeted supporters and declined to discuss the Curtiss Field hop with Major Thomas Lanphier and Col Harry Beckenridge The trio then checked into a hotel tired and not available for comment on the 400 mile leg from Grand Canyon Arizona where they had dinner that night
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General Staff Chief Dismissed Over Silk Contraband Charge
A provost statement reports General Jose Alvarez, chief of staff, accused of betraying trust by directing contraband silk shipments. President Calles alleges Alvarez conspired with foreigners, used telegraphic orders to shield contraband and secure immunity, prompting police investigations and widespread distress in government circles.
Williamson Denies Being Agent for Carbon Black Interests
East Carroll senator Norris C. Williamson denounces Governor Long and says he is not controlled by special interests. He accuses the governor of bluffing and browbeating in public questions and vows to defend himself in the Louisiana senate. The claim ties Williamson to J Y Sanders and carbon black lobbying over severance tax on natural gas.
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Waves and Smiles at Her Parading Husband and Then Drops Dead
A Memorial Day scene in Seattle ends tragically as Corporal Rustan C Reed of the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteers salutes in the parade with his wife Julia nearby. The report notes Reed drops dead shortly after a moment of public display.
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Coma Struck Lake Erie Co-Ed Remains Unresponsive
Miss Helen Buschman a Lake Erie college co-ed in Painesville Ohio remains in a coma more than four months after a bus collision. Doctors say the case presents a puzzling medical mystery with no clear cause or prognosis.
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Wilcox Trial Over City Street Car Robbery Begins
Dan Wilcox a 55 year old white man faces district court for the hold up of a city street car last Friday night, netting $13. Jurors are Abe Arent R W Watson G R Hubbard A J Pallock O W Brown W W Neal Joe M Alexander A G Treadgold Bradley Waelder Olive Byers R F Bowles Charles Garvey Motorman Dn R Duke testified Wilcox was seen on DeSiard street the next morning and identified him, police arrested him across from police HQ. Boarding house witnesses at 200 Harrison street testified Wilcox visited his room around 8 o clock Friday night and left soon after. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX).
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Hambone's Meditations on Election Crowds
A humorous colonial voice notes J P Alley describes Paason trying to be elected a delegate but failing due to diverse crowds. The piece mocks political ambitions and crowds opposing his candidacy.
Four Flyers Aboard Giant Craft on 2400-Mile Flight
The Southern Cross monoplane, carrying two Australians and two Americans, took off from Oakland at 8 15 am for a non stop 2400 mile flight to Honolulu en route to Australia. They fueled with 1200 gallons of gasoline and expected normal conditions despite a storm northwest of Hawaii. Burglaries cost the crew about 170 dollars as Ulm’s wallet and a check were stolen from their quarters.
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Trial of Stewart opens as four women and eight men hear case
In Washington on May 31 a jury of four women and eight men began deliberations on Robert W. Stewart, charged with defying Senate Teapot Dome inquiry questions. The jury was seated in under two hours despite counsel's protests. In other brief items, reports from Sappo, Japan, noted 400 fishermen missing after a tidal wave wrecked the Saru-Sotsa fleet. a Seville radio message suggested the Spanish aviators Igbeain and Jimenez may have crossed toward Havana but indicated the plane was about 300 miles from Karachi journe.
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Long Dowling dispute heads to court over health board
Governor Long and Dr. Oscar Dowling clash over act 79 of 1921 as Dowling seeks charges for resignation. Attorney General Saint says the act is constitutional but Long contends it is invalid and vows a double barreled attack, with possible reorganization of the board and court action likely.
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Senate approves highway probe amid clash over Amite bridge cost
In Baton Rouge on May 31 the senate backed a harmless resolution to have the highway commission include the Amite river bridge cost at Port Vincente in its 1930 report. An impartial attorney general inquiry into highway commission affairs also passed, despite fierce exchanges involving Senator Williamson and Governor Long.
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Peruvians grant permit for line by Huff-Daland
Lima May 21 authorization from the government to Huff-Daland Dusters Inc to establish a passenger and mail air service between the United States and Peru was announced today. The Huff-Daland Dusters Inc is a subsidiary of the airine Areas.
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Klan Paid Heflin For Speeches Says General Counsel
William Zumbrunn, Klan general counsel, testified before the senate campaign committee that the Ku Klux Klan paid Senator Heflin for speeches in multiple states. He listed $250 for Ohio, $250 for New York, and either $150 or $250 for Iowa, with payments made by state Klan organizers and no national Klan contribution. The national body denied involvement.
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Alfred E. Smith
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Snell
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Hold Man in Chicago in N. C. Bank Robbery Case
Thomas Rainey aged 23 was arrested in Chicago at the request of New Orleans police for questioning about the Canal Bank and Trust hold up on May 18 in which $10 000 was stolen. He denied involvement and a man and two women connected with him were held for questioning.
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Robbery Suspects Nabbed After Broadmoore Club Heist
In Indianapolis police arrest seven men after a high profile robbery at the Broadmoore Country Club during a party for about 200 guests. The suspects fled in a large sedan pursued by an emergency squad and overtaken near the city outskirts. The crime involved the loss of money jewelry and valuables valued at a sizable sum.
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News Star delivers Northeast Louisiana legislative updates and daily scores
The Ni Star promises fast local news from North Louisiana with same day Baton Rouge legislative wire coverage. Subscribers receive concise daily summaries of the House and Senate actions and Northeast Louisiana scores, read aloud by News-Star readers.
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Louisiana Power and Light completes Sterlington plant expansion
Defying the flood year ago the Louisiana Power and Light Company reports its greatly enlarged Sterlington plant near completion after ground breaking on April 23, 1927. Officials had said the plant would be trebled in size and finish by June 1, 1928.
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