Identity Enigma: New Orleans Reporter Known as Kenneth O Hara
Conflicting reports touch off an identity mystery surrounding Kenneth T. O Hara a New Orleans reporter sought by California authorities as a thief and embezzler. police tie him to James B O Neill a Los Angeles bank teller indicted for bond theft and embezzlement but O Hara denies knowledge and cryptically hints at an honored Kentucky name.
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Associatedress
New Orleans
Kenneth T. O'Hara
California
O'Hara
James B. O’neill
Los Angeles
First National Bank
Department of Justice
O’hara
O'Neil
Kentucky
Ghost as co respondent in Chicago divorce case
In Chicago a divorce petition cites a dream lover as a co respondent. Paul Boheim claims his wife sought a dream lover two years ago, and Judge Gemmill notes this is the first time he has seen a ghost named as co respondent but indicates he will sign the decree.
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Chicago
Southwest Dairy Products merger announced across three states
Texarkana Gazette reports completion yesterday in Chicago of a merger forming Southwest Dairy Products Company with 87 million capitalization and 10 million authorized, linking multiple dairy and ice plants across Texas Arkansas and Louisiana. Texarkana headquarters with branches in Little Rock Fort Worth San Antonio Shreveport and others.
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Texarkana
Ark
Texarkana Gazette
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Southwest Dairy Products Company
Chicago
CC. M. Conway
Little Rock
Pallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Shreveport
Nacogdoches
Milk Company of
Dallas
Shaw Brothers Cremery of
Forth Worth
Blue Bennett Creameries
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Houston Ice Cream Company
Houston
Campbell Ice Cream Company
Hutchinson Coca Cola Company
Magnolia
Oak Cliff
Frost
Rebel Yells Ring Out as Al Visits Old Vets Home
Governor Alfred F. Smith visits Beauvoir the Jefferson Davis home now Confederate soldiers home. Confederate veterans and widows greet him with rebel yells flowers and a cedar gavel gift from Captain Tennon aged 98. The party tours the mansion then goes to Pine Hills club for golf and fishing.
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Edgewater Gulf
Miss
Alfred F. Smith
Beauvoir
Jefferson Davis
Smith
Pat Harrison
Davis
Tennon
Confederacy
United States
New York
Pine Hills Club
Bay St. Louis
Pass Christian
Woman Says She Was Drunk and Married by Mistake
A Wisconsin woman tells a court she became intoxicated during a wedding event and, believing she was marrying someone else, went through with a ceremony she now deems mistaken. She seeks to annul the marriage on grounds of coercion and lack of intent.
Woman seeks annulment claiming two husbands after drunken memory lapse
Etna Dolores Drummond petitions the New Orleans tribunal to annul her marriage to Robert W. Barnes after saying she forgot she was wed to Lionel Drummond in Lake Charles on October 14, 1918. She alleges a party led to amnesia and a second marriage in Gretna.
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New Orleans
Robert W. Barnes
Etna Dolores Drummond
Lionel Drummond
Europe
Gretna
Barnes
Vrummond
Lake Charles
Fugitive from Iowa Elicits News Interest
Authorities pursue Harry V Roof for the murder of Fred Stahl in a Red Oak Iowa hobo camp. Red Oak sheriff reports a strong case with two eyewitnesses and a $250 state reward, urging immediate trial. Roof is held in Bienville parish on charges of blowing a post office safe under the alias J.
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Iowa
Harry V. Roof
Fred Stahl
Red Oak
Milton Coverdale
Roof
State of Iowa
Coverdale
Curry
Bienville Parish
Officers named at U D C meet in Texas City
Mrs. Rudolph Frederick Blankenburg of San Diego became second vice president general and Miss Marion Sally of Orangeburg was named historian general at the United Daughters of the Confederacy annual convention in Texas City. All other officers led by President General Mrs. W. C. N. Merchant were re elected. A telegram from Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was read to the delegates.
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Houston
Texas
Rudolph Frederick Blankenburg
San Diego
Cal
Marion Sally
Orangeburg
D. C
United Daughters of the Confederacy
W. C. N. Merchant
Chatham
Blankenburg
Charles B. Faris
Hoover Proves Prowess As Deep Sea Fisherman
President elect Herbert Hoover demonstrated his fishing skill during a Latin America goodwill tour aboard the Maryland off the Mexican coast. He caught a fifteen pound dolphin and a five pound mackerel after switching from spinner to silver minnow, while aides and others landed two bonitas in the same outing.
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U. S. S. Maryland
Herbert Hoover
Latin America
Maryland
Mexican
Amapala
Honduras
Cape San Lucas
Lower California
San Pedro
Calif
Mr. Hoover
Mark Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Pacific
George Akerson
Edwin Mclintosh
New York
Jambone's Meditations on Votes and Promises
A satirical political column critiques politicians for promising more work in exchange for votes. It argues that such pledges are flimsy and may mislead readers about real policy outcomes. The piece uses humor to stress accountability and voter scrutiny.
Poisoner Bertha Gifford Found Insane and Confined
In Union Missouri the Good Samaritan Bertha Gifford is ruled insane for the killings of Ed Brantley and two children. A jury acquits on murder grounds but convicts insanity, with Judge Breuer to sentence within weeks to an asylum. Psychiatrists testified she suffers incurable paranoia.
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Breuer
St. Louis
Birmingham Southern and Howard Prep for 20th Gridiron Clash
Legions sponsorship clashes with a fatal shooting as Montress Freeman, Southern freshman, is shot by Ollie Westbrook of Howard. City officials revoke student parade permits and order police to curb gatherings while Drs Snavely and Dawson confer on whether the Birmingham Southern Howard game will proceed at Legion Field this Saturday. Freeman's body is en route to Gadsden.
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Ala
Birmingham Southern
Howard College
Legion Field
American Legion
Montress Freeman
Southern
Ollie Westbrook
Howard
City Commission
Howard Colleges
Guy FE. Snavely
Phenix City
John C. Dawson
Freeman
Gadsden
Westbrook
Mussolini's Paper Seized Over Dark Crime Story
Milan authorities sequestered the Popolo d Italia city edition for printing a crime item too grim for the fascist press. Arnoldo Mussolini, editor and brother of the premier, said the seizure arose from overzealous reporting of police news in the late edition and admitted the action.
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Milan
Italy
Mussolini
Popolo d’ Italia
Arnaldo Mussolini
Popolo d'Italia
Arnoldo Mussolini
Self
Fireman Follows Black and Beats Him Unconscious
In Chicago a negro hatchet man, beaten by his own ax, is held as a suspect in the Omaha hatch et killings. He, identified as Harry Gonsha, 29, is hospitalized under guard after robbing fireman Alfred Samuelson's home and losing the weapon to his victim in a struggle.
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Chicago
Omaha
Nebr
Brideswell Hospital
Harry Gonsha
Alfred Samuelson
Gensha
Samuelson
Gonsha
James Doherty
Doherty
Correction Shows Big Lead in Louisiana Parishes
Government returns released in Baton Rouge show Governor Alfred E. Smith carried every parish in Louisiana in the November election. A correction from East Carroll parish lowers Republican totals by one vote, changing 436 to 435 for Republicans. Smith totals 151,114 to Hoover 44,372.
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Baton Rouge
Alfred E. Smith
Louisiana
East Carroll Parish
Smith
Hoover
Greek Steamer Virginia Sinks Near Portugal Report
Lloyds wireless intercept reports the Greek steamer Virginia sinking off Portugal after SOS at 41 05 north 10 35 west. The vessel was about 50 miles from the Portuguese coast as of 7 48 a m.
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London
Lloyd's Land
Bandits insult diners after cash robbery at Illinois banker’s home
In Urbana Illinois two intruders robbed a dinner party hosted by George W Busey banker and University of Illinois trustee. They took a five dollar bill and mocked the gathering saying the home was a fine dump for only five dollars before leaving.
Payne Whitney Left Estate Worth Nearly 195 Million
New York reports the late Payne Whitney left a gross estate of 194,328,514 and a net value of 178,893,655, the largest in transfer tax history. He earmarked more than 44 million for Yale, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical School, and the New York Public Library, with a 26 million residuary fund for education science and arts. Widow Helen Hay Whitney received a 54,202,694 life income plus real estate and jewelry.
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Payne Whitney
John Whitney Payson
John Hay Whitney
Cughbredy
Big Brother
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