Wagner on Stand as Only Witness in Meridian Deputy Killing Case
The Kin nie Wagner murder trial in Meridian Mississippi rested with the defense calling Wagner to testify as the sole witness. Attorneys prepared jury instructions during lunch and the judge scheduled arguments for the afternoon with the state seeking the death penalty while the defense argues self defense.
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Meridian
Miss
A. P
Kinnie Wagner
Murdock McIintosh
Greene County
Wagner
R. M. Bourdeaux
Runk Takes Otlight In Aimee's Case
West Coast attorney briefs reveal a trunk seized in New York linked to Aimee Semple McPherson case. The item allegedly contains women's apparel and documentary evidence aimed at supporting kidnapping charges. Trial decisions loom as Judge Blake weighs next steps and a grand jury presentation.
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OS Angeles
Kenneth G. Ormis
Aimee Semple McPherson
Evise
Evangelist
Samuel
New York
Min- Kennedy
Lorraine Hieman-Sielaff
Blake
Pey
McPherson
Douglas Swan
Olton Smith to Speak at Scout Dinner in Monroe
Polton Smith vice president of the national Council Boy Scouts of America will be the chief speaker at the Parent and Son banquet at the Virginia Hotel at 7:00 p.m. J L Pitts of Alexandria will also participate. The event features music talks by mothers and dads and a barbecued supper. Scouts are urged to attend with their parents for the 7 p.m. banquet.
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Polton Smith
Tional Council
Boy Scouts Oferica
Virginia
Mr. Smith
Smith
Monroe
South
Jary Club
Theouthern
J. L. Pitts
Alexandria
Explosion at St Peter and Paul’s Church in San Francisco
An early morning dynamite blast damaged St Peter and Paul’s Catholic church in San Francisco. Six priests were inside the church at the time. The extent of the damage was not yet determined and authorities were probing the incident as the third such attack in two years.
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San Francisco
A. P
St. Peter and Paul's Catholic
Charge dropped against Wright and Milanoff in Minneapolis
Fugitive from justice charges against Frank Lloyd Wright and his companion Olga Milanoff were dropped in Minneapolis police court on request of Wisconsin authorities. The withdrawal followed a telegram from Sauk County District Attorney saying no action would be taken on adultery warrants. Vladimir Hinzenberg, Milanoff’s former husband, refused to prosecute after reaching a custody agreement for their daughter Svettana.
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Minneapolis
A. P
Frank Lloyd Wright
Olga Milanoff
Wisconsin
David Goldbloom
Henry J. Bohn
Baraboo
Sauk County
Vladimir Hinzenberg
Madame Milanoff
Svettana
Bank Robbers Shot During Detroit Bank Raid
In Detroit on October 29 a patrolman shot and killed one robber and wounded another during an attempted robbery of the Bank of Detroit branch on Chopin and Michigan Avenue. The officer Frank J. Dombecky was wounded by return fire while the car’s driver fled. Jewelry shop victim John Skimanski was struck by a stray bullet while trimming his storefront window. All wounded are expected to recover.
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Detroit
Bank of Detroit
Chopin and
Michigan Avenue
Frank J. Dombecky
John Skimanski
Major General Bell Dies at Age of 67
Major General George Bell Jr retired commander of the thirty third division in France died in Chicago at sixty seven after a week in serious condition from pernicious anemia. He had just returned from a long stay at a California army hospital and was surrounded by his wife and old service friends at his death.
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Chicago
George Bell, Jr
France
Bell
California
Dresser Sinks Fifth Hole in One at Ivanhole Course
Paul A. Dresser achieved his fifth hole in one at Ivanhole golf course in Kansas City Missouri on a 176 yard drive yesterday. He had logged his first hole in one after just three weeks of play in 1922.
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Kansas City
A. P
Paul A. Dresser
Ivanhole
Creole Passenger Liner Strands At Mississippi River Mouth
The Creole passenger liner ran aground on West Jetty at South Pass near the Mississippi mouth. Officials say no danger to the ship or passengers, with two tugs en route for rescue as fog and strong current hinder entry.
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Port Eads
A. P.1
West Jetty
South Pass
New Orleans
A. P
Southern Pacific Company
Mississippi River
New York
Louisiana
Pilot Station
Mississippi
Gulf
Informer Slain in Mississippi River Killing
Memphis report details the murder of Joe Hays a 30 year old informer found battered and weighted in a sand bar near an island in the Mississippi River. Federal prohibition officers begin rounding up bootleggers as investigators seek a motive and suspects amid multiple raids and questions.
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Memphis
A. P.federal
Prohibition
Joe Hays
Mississippi River
Jack Davis
Joe
Hays
Federal Prohibition Bureau
Twenty Five Insurance Firms Cited to Show Cause in Pa
Harrisburg Pa October 29 Twenty five additional insurance companies were cited by state insurance commissioner Einar Barfod to show cause why their licenses to do business in Pennsylvania should not be revoked. Fourteen were suspended from all business pending a hearing to determine permanent bar from insurance in the state.
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Harrisburg
A. P
Einar Barfod
Pennsylvania
Fletcher Signs as Coach with New York Yankees
Arthur Fletcher former manager of the Philadelphia Nationals has joined the New York Yankees as a coach the club announced in New York on October 29.
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New York
A. P
Arthur Fletcher
Philadelphia Nationals
New York Yankees
Crown Prince Leopold Weds Princess Astrid in Belgium
Oct 29. The wedding plans of Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid unfold with ceremonies in Stockholm and Brussels. Kings Albert Haakon Gustav, Elizabeth, Maud, and Danish royals attend as Leopold, a descendant of Bernadotte, marries for love.
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Albert
Elizabeth
Stockholm
Gustav
Haakon
Maud
Norway
Denmark
Leopold
Ito
Marshal Bernadotte
Third Attack Strikes California Church in Bombing
In San Francisco the St Peters and St Pauls Catholic church was bombed for the third time in ten months. A dynamite blast damaged the doorway and granite stairway, while stained glass shattered and nearby houses shook. Father Di Martini, sleeping inside, escaped injury as police had patrolled the church recently.
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San Francisco
A. P
St. Peters and St. Pauls Catholic Church
Father di Martini
River Stage Readings Across Cities Reported
River stage measurements show values at Memphis 18.5 with a fall of 0.6 and Vicksburg 39.4 with a fall of 0.6. Shreveport 16.5 down 0.6, Alexandria 14.7 down 0.5, Ouachita region includes Camden 8.6 rising 2.5 and Monroe 14.4 rising 0.2.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Olla to Have Gas Piped Through Town Soon
Olla adapts to a gas franchise with I B Gilham and assigns for 25 years to pipe gas citywide. Southern Carbon line hookup planned with steam power from in transit boiler for 30 acre lease. Town to vote November 9 on bonding up to 22000 for a municipal water system.
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Olla
Urania-Tullos
C. A. Hudson
Urania
Love Bros
QO. W. Clark Interests
L. Tulles
Miles No
I. B. Gilham
Southern Carbon Company
Gilham
Fire destroys Parker cotton warehouse in Bryan
In Bryan Texas fire destroyed the Parker cotton warehouse today killing 2 000 bales of cotton and causing an estimated loss of 128 000 dollars according to the Associated Press report.
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Bryan
Texas
A. P
Parker
Tennessee Jail Breaker John Revinsky Escapes Again
Nashville dispatch reports John Revinsky, a longtime Memphis underworld fugitive, has broken from the Nashville state penitentiary with thirteen inmates after digging through a cell wall. Authorities fear his return to crime as they pursue him and partner Pete Berbero, a Shelby County life prisoner.
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John
Tennessee
South
Tha
Memphis
Mae Goodwyn
Mississippi
Shelby County
State
Nashville
Alabama
Seateens
Peateks
Ibis
Abesty Anak
United States
San Francisco
Calif
Revinsky
Pete Berbero
John Regins
Four Million Bales Cotton Hold Plan Nears Goal
Eugene Meyer, head of the cotton committee, reports finance corporations in eight states will withhold about 3,000,000 bales with a 4,000,000 bale target to stabilize prices. Memphis bankers discuss a 300,000 bale withholding as the South prepares to fund a $125,000,000 borrowing program through federal banks. New Orleans bankers urged farmers to seek financial guidance rather than political remedies, stressing bankers as the farmers’ financial doctors to market crops profitably.
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Memphis
A. P
Eugene Meyer
Coolidge
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Meyer
Washington
Drainage Head Accused Over Florida Flood Losses
Howard Sharp editor of the Everglades News blames state drainage engineer Fred C. Elliott for hurricane losses in the Lake Okeechobee region during a governor’s conference. He calls for replacing the drainage board, a new engineer, and a capable committee to re survey conditions and an extra legislative session.
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West Palm Blach
Fla
A. P
Howard Sharp
Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
Fred C. Elliott
Sharp
Moorehaven
Queen Marie to Attend Real American Rodeo En Route
Queen Marie of Romania marked her fifty first birthday on a special train from Ottawa to Winnipeg. She travels with Princess Ileana and Prince Nicholas to meet North Dakota farmers and discuss cooperative marketing and soil topics while en route, with rodeo participation planned.
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Queen Marie
Winnipeg
A. P
Romania
Ottawa
Princess Ileana
Prince Nicholas
Canada
Manitoba
North Dakota
Marie
Co-operative
Bound Couple Bound Over In Oklahoma Murder Case
Ben Schuh and Mrs Anita Greer were bound over for trial in district court on charges of murdering L Floyd Greer at Spavinaw. The preliminary hearing concluded after the state rested its case, with Justice of the Peace Caves presiding.
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BIND
Pyror
Okla
A. P
Ben Schuh
Anita Greer
L. Floyd Greer
Spavinaw
Justice of the Peace Caves
U S Ammunition Depot Planned in Nevada Quietly Announced
Washington reports the reservation of 100000 acres in Mineral county Nevada for a naval ammunition depot south of Walker Lake near Hawthorne. President Coolidge issued an executive order withholding the land from settlement as navy engineers cited isolation low population and protection from attack and the plan does not indicate immediate construction or completion details.
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Washington
A. P
Mineral County
Nevada
Interior Department
Coolidge
Walker Lake
Hawthorne
Navy
Army
Lake Denmark
New Jersey
Tests planned on possible tongue removal in Mills murder case
Investigators pursue autopsy analysis after Mrs. Eleanor Mills body exhumed for evidence ahead of the trial of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall’s widow and two brothers for a double murder. Dr. Otto H. Schultze reports multiple wounds and a possible tongue removal, with lab testing to confirm.
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Somerville
N. J
A. P
Eleanor Mills
Edward Wheeler Hall
New York District Attorney’s Office
Schultze
New York City
Alexander Simpson
New York County
Dr. Hall
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Hall
WRNY
Hotel Roosevelt
New York
Day Senator Accused by Ex Official On Stand
Ralph W. Stone former Illinois prohibition director testified he paid 26000 in graft for permit approvals to withdraw sacramental wine to Lowell B. Mason a dry state senator and candidate for re election next Tuesday. Stone testified as government star witness in the Mason and Mayor Percy Owen trial for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law.
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Chicago
A. P
Ralph W. Stone
Prohibition
Illinois
Lowell B. Mason
Stone
Mason
Percy Owen
State's Hotel in El Dorado Burns in Morning Fire
Fire destroyed the State's Hotel in El Dorado with an estimated loss of 35000. Guests leapt from windows. one woman injured. Fire believed due to a cigarette. Nearby buildings, including two homes and the Salvation Army Hall, suffered slight damage. Hotel linked to Monroe oil operators in early oil boom days.
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EL Dorado
A. P
Salvation Army
Monroe
J. T. Finn
Mr. Finn
Mh. Ang
la Salle
Fiel
Egypt
Legation Wine Costs Policeman His Job Record
Patrolman Lafone Starkweather, assigned to guard Queen Marie, drank at the Romania legation during her arrival night and became intoxicated. A police trial board credited his past record but noted his lapse after testimonies that one glass of legation wine caused his drunken daze and poor behavior. The board cited hospitality and inexperience with alcohol as factors. The eighteenth amendment and Volstead act were not active in this case.
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Washington
A. P
Lafone Starkweather
Rumania Legation
Queen Marie
Starkweather
Royal Romania Party
Legation
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Rendex
Olton Smith
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Bar
Keystone State
Fletcher
Princess Astrid
Deer
Ake
R. H. Brooks
Liberty
Nashville, Tenn
John Revinsky
John M. Parker
Robert Morrison
Florida
F.C. Elliott
U.S
Salon
State's
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General Assembly
Mixed Court of Appeal
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