Chicago Triple Shooting Ends In Grim Auto Thrown Bodies
In Chicago on Rhodes avenue two nineteen year old girls Catherine Stadler and Margaret Martin were shot to death and bodies discarded from a speeding automobile. Driver Wilfred Winters 22 was wounded with a bullet in the temple and later died. Motive suggested by Margaret Martin’s father involves refused marriage.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wilfred Winters
Catherine Stadler
Margaret Martin
Rhodes Avenue
Winter
Martin
Winters
Wily Snake Labeled Model Pedestrian By Zoo Curator
New York reports Dr. Raymond L. Dittmars of the Zoo Gardens cites the wig gling snake as the ideal pedestrian tutor. He recounts a 1,200 mile NY state tour noting the snake pauses at culverts, looks left and right, then crosses safely, contrasting with wagons and cars.
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New York
Jay-Walker
Raymond L. Dittmars
New York Zoological Gardens
Dittmars
U S Chamber Leader Outlines Favored Laws
Lewis E. Pierson of New York outlined a tentative business program at the national council meeting in West Baden Indiana. Key planks include tax revision flood control of Mississippi defense needs postal rate reforms and regulation by business itself. He also urged private ownership of merchant marine voluntary railway consolidations workmen’s compensation private alien property seizure disposition Lausanne treaty ratification and broad cooperation.
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Associated Press
West Baden
Ind
Mississippi
Lewis E. Pierson
New York
National Council of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Turkey
French aviator leaves Carvellas for Buenos Aires
Deudonne Costes departed Carvellas Brazil after overnight landing from Port Natal en route to Buenos Aires The Nungesser Coli aircraft completed a notable nonstop flight last week from Saint Louis Senegal crossing the south Atlantic Costes planned a 450 mile leg to Rio de Janeiro then on to Buenos Aires ahead of schedule.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Deudonne Costes
Buenos Aires
Paris
Carvelles
Port Natal
Costes
Saint Louis
Senegal
South Atlantic
Woman Killed Over Fear of Knives in Gotham
Six foot butcher Harry Gilmore confesses to strangling Mrs Helen Brandon also known as Mrs Samuel Young after she terrorized him with knives. He said the pair had moved from Washington five weeks earlier with an arrangement for support. His motive cited fear of knives and a string of grievances including meals and ironing duties. The husband of the slain woman reported to seize the body in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry Gilmore
Helen Brandon
Washington
Brandon
Samuel Young
Dawn Flight Against Ocean Ends With Rapid Gas Dump
In Old Orchard Maine on October 17 the Sikorsky Dawn carrying Wilmer Stultz and Brice Goldsborough tried for Europe but nose heavy and short of fuel forced dumping 260 gallons over the sea. The plane returned to shore, landed safely at the hangar after a tense descent watched by spectators on the beach.
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Associated Press
Old Orchard
Maine
Europe
Immoner
Wilmer Stultz
Brice Goldsborough
Frances W. Grayson
Harry M. Jones
Prouts Neck
Stultz
Police seek Illinois man in amnesia case
New Orleans police were asked to search for Ben Enrich, 38, of Casey Illinois, believed to be an amnesia victim. Relatives say he left home in a car days ago and has not been seen since. he visited a Salvation Army home here but did not return.
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New Orleans
Ben Enrich
Casey
Ill
Enrich
Salvation Army
Reverend Harper Speaks at Cornerstone Laying Ceremony
Rev. Dr. R. H. Harper of New Orleans delivered the principal address at the cornerstone laying for a $100,000 Methodist educational building in Alexandria. Edwin Gayle grand master of Louisiana Masons and other grand lodge officers attended the ceremony.
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Harper
Alexandria
R. H. Harper
New Orleans
Edwin Gayle
Louisiana Masons
Grand Lodge
Barred by Physician But Wins Nevertheless
New York man Ernest Reidel defied medical orders and raced unofficially in a Manhattan Island canoe contest. He was barred for an athletic heart but finished far ahead of the official competitors in a 29 1 2 mile race.
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New York
Ernest Reidel
Manhattan Island
Real Farewell by Diva Schumann-Heink in Chicago
Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, after 51 years as a world renowned contralto, told a capacity Orchestra Hall crowd that this is her real farewell. Critics noted her voice was superb despite her 66 years. She plans to retire after a farewell tour, with Chicago as her home.
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Chicago
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Schumann-Heink
Orchestra Hall
Morning Paper
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Franklin Parish Fair Opens With All Star Aerial Acts
Winnsboro October 17 The Franklin parish fair opens tomorrow and is expected to draw large crowds over five days. The program features Flying Millers and La Role Troupe, with wire walking and Charleston on the wire acts. Exhibits cover home-making sewing cooking canning and home planning along with electrical demonstrations and abundant baked goods.
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News-Star
Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Flying Millers
Ranke
Firemen Trapped As Wall Collapses During Pittsburgh Blaze
A major Pittsburgh fire in the wholesale dry goods and furniture district burned nearly four hours, injuring 12 firefighters including a deputy chief and three captains. A six story building was destroyed and two more damaged, with losses estimated at 250 000. Dozens were saved as a wall collapse trapped several men. General alarms summoned all city units.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh Dry Goods Company
Broadway Suit and Cloak Company
Ludwig Hommel and Ecompany
Wm. Perlman and Company
Remus Seeks Temporary Insanity Plea in Court
George Remus asked a Cincinnati court to enter a temporary insanity plea for the shooting death of his wife Imogene Holmes Remus on October 6. The petition, filed by defense attorney Charles Elston, seeks permission to formalize the plea at the November 14 trial start before Judge Chester R. Shook.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
George Remus
Imogene Holmes Remus
Remus
Chester R. Shook
Charles Elston
Fire destroys cotton load in Choudrant blaze
Choudrant manned site reports sixty three bales of cotton, two railroad freight cars, a cotton shed and loading platform burned early today. Fire from undetermined cause at 4 a.m. left total loss near $10,000 with insurance covering railroad and much of the cotton. Fire Chief Boles Breed and F. M. Hammett arrived quickly but water shortages hampered efforts.
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Choudrant
Boles Breed
F. M. Hammett
Burton
Driver swerves car to avoid group in Opelousas crash
Louis Guidry is dead and his wife is hospitalized with a fractured skull after Guidry swerved into a deep embankment to avoid a collision with a group of black motorists traveling in the opposite direction. Several other Guidry family members suffered bruises in the crash near Opelousas Louisiana.
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Opelousas
Louis Guidry
Guidry
Levine Returns Home From Ocean Flight Jaunt
Charles A. Levine, the only trans Atlantic air passenger, lands at the Battery after arriving from Europe and announces plans for a reverse Europe America flight next summer. He envisions an ocean air mail service delivering letters to Europe for fifty cents. Levine, greeted by the mayoral committee and family, declines details and says others should speak for the ventures.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles A. Levine
Europe
America
Ocean
Levine
Macon
Grover Whalen
Clarence Chamberlin
Hays Scheduled for Third Epstein Case Trial at Bastrop
Luther Hays arraigned in Bastrop as his third trial in the Adolph Epstein murder case set to begin October 4 at 9 A M. in Morehouse parish with DA David Garrett and defense counsel W A Walker Jr leading the proceedings. Willie Stone, a material witness, remains jailed in Ouachita at the center of the Epstein case.
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Luther Hays
Bastrop
Morehouse
Fourth District Court
J. T. Shell
Howard Roberson
Adolph Epstein
Swartzgrocer
Supreme Court
Roberson
Hays
Clyde Mitchell
D. L. Rover
Ouachita Parish
David I. Garrett
W. A. Walker, Jr
David ¥. Garrett
Monroe
Harry H. Russell
W. B. Clark
Epstein
Willie Stone
Stone
Five Days Left for Kemal At Speech to National Assembly
Five days of oratory remain as Mustafa Kemal delivers a seven day broadcast speech to the National Assembly detailing his administration’s accomplishments.
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Angora
Mustapha Kemal
National Assembly
Refuses to Broadcast Jersey Murder Trial
Atlantic City on October 17 reports WPG will not air the Lilliendshi murder trial. Station officials say broadcasting the case would be in bad taste, despite public interest and many wanting timely updates.
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Jersey
Atlantic City
WPG
Flier Jumps Safely When Plane Drops
Elko November flight ends in crash as Wagda biplane crashes into a ditch near Elko. Captain Frederick A. Giles British airman jumps twenty feet to ground and sustains a bruised left arm. The craft suffers only minor damage to wings wheel and propeller. motor intact.
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Associated Press
Elko
Wagda
Frederick A. Giles
British Airwmran
Detroit
New Zealand
Giles
Flcer
Child Eats Ant Poison and Dies in New Orleans
A 21 month old boy, Cleveland Champagne, died after eating ant poison he found in the home while his mother was away. He climbed to a chair and drank from a container, then was rushed to a local hospital where he died early today.
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New Orleans
Cleveland Champagne
R. Champagne
J La Rue to Face Trial in Ouachita Parish Murder Case
Ouachita Parish grand jury returns a true bill of murder against J W Peggy LaRue aged 28 oil field worker for the slaying of S M David 24 during a fist fight at the J Gould No 1 test in Ward 9. Witnesses include W M Litton drilling foreman and C H Wilson drilling superintendent who helped restrain LaRue. The fight occurred last week with David dying from a ruptured spleen.
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Ouachita Parish
J. W
Peggy) LaRue
S. M. David
Percy Sandel
Sesson
Sander
J. Gould
David
LaRue
St. Francis Sanitarium
W. M. Litton
C. H. Wilson
L. C. Tharpe Drilling Company
Wilson
Mr. Tharpe
Wileson
McComb Police Seek to Pinch Mystery Prowler
Three women report being pinched by a mysterious man roaming McComb streets after dark. He approaches from behind, pinches victims without speaking, leaving a peculiar bruise. Police seek motive as investigation continues.
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McComb
Ruth Elder Abandons Bobbed Hair After Sea Rescue
Island of Fayal October 17 Ruth Elder, famed aviatrix from New York to Paris, refuses a barber’s offer to bob her hair following her sea rescue. Co pilot George Haldeman and crew praised her courage during a rough descent amid sleet and a mechanical oil-line issue as cheers and receptions followed.
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Associated Press
Horta
Island of Fayal
Azores
Ruth Elder
New York
Paris
George Haldeman
Miss Elder
Halderman
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