JURY LOADED CLAIMED IN MURDER TRIAL
Alexander Simpson special prosecutor moved for mistrial in Hall Mills murder case alleging jurors slept during testimony and showed prejudice. Judge Charles Parker denied the motion after reviewing affidavits. trial preparations resumed as defense sought summation.
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Simpson
Somerville
N. J
Alexander Simpson
Hall-Mills
Frances Stevens Hall
Willie
Henry Stevens
Eleanor R. Mill
Humble Southern Ruminations on Cousin Henry
A fragmented line reflects a speaker’s moral hesitation while recalling Cousin Henry and his troubling life, tied to a grandmotherly voice and rural reflections. The tone evokes a small community memory of hardship and regret.
Children of Boyd Describe Shooting in Des Moines Trial
In Des Moines Iowa Deput Deputy Sheriff Dewey Marshall was killed. The state planned to call Homer Boyd 11 and Bernice 9 siblings of William H Boyd to describe events at the Boyd home the day of the slaying. The boy said his father fired the fatal shot while Bernice testified she did not see who fired it. Defense counsel Charles Howard tried to strike the testimony. The state also planned to have farmers identify Boyd running from the home after the shooting.
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Des Moines
William H. Boyd
Dewey Marshall
Homer Boyd
Marshall
Bernice
Boyd
Charles Howard
State Today
Double tragedy in Ames ends with wife killed and husband dead
Charles Forbes, 39, a former Bagley, Iowa grain merchant, shot his wife of a few months in Ames then killed himself after a two hour quarrel at the home of the wife’s brother in law. Mrs Forbes, widow of T. C. Peterman, died from a single bullet. Forbes left two young children.
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Ames
Charles Forbes
Bagley
L. F. Mason
Forbes
T. C. Peterman
Perry
California
Iowa
Tax reductions lead pre session talks in Congress
Congressional leaders push tax relief as a top theme for the short session. Rep Garner and Rep Garrett oppose tax credits while Tilson sketches other priorities including McFadden banking reform radio regulation and farm relief. In Pennsylvania miners freed after 13 hours trapped in the Moreau colliery rescue.
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Dec. L
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House
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Garner
Texas
Garrett
Tennessee
Coolidge
Congress
White House
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McFadden Branch
Ways and Means
Muscle Shoal
Pottsville
Moreau
Here
John McCholsky
Andrew Moshesock
Fall's policy sanctioned by Harding and Fall's lease questioned
Washington court hears a letter from President Harding approving Interior Department policy under Albert Fall. Assistant Secretary Finney testifies that Harding knew details and supported the program while Doheny's Elk Hills lease and Pearl Harbor contract are central to the conspiracy case.
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Fall
Doheny Lease
Washington, D.C
Harding
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Fall-Doheny
Senate
Interior Department
Department
E. C. Finney
Edward L. Doheny
Doheny
Pan-American Petroleum Company
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Elk Hills
California
Naval Oil Reserve
New Mexico
Navy
Frank J. Hogan
Defense
Navy Department
Admiral Robinson
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Naval Secretary
Robinson
Bureau of Engineering of the Navy
A. W. Ambrose
Bureau of Mines
Telegraph
Healthiest Farm Children Praise Hard Work and Diet
Three top young farm entrants from Mississippi Iowa and Kentucky emphasize labor and balanced eating. Jeannette Rushing and Alberta Hoppe, both champions among 12 states, rate high on fitness with extensive sleep. Warren Griffin, a 15 year old Kentucky boy, rises at 5am to farm duties and works until eight pm.
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Chicago
Ill
Jeannette Rushing
Sunflower County
Mississippi
Alberta Hoppe
County Linn
Warren Griffin
Paducah
Alberta
Jeannette
Warren Grinner
Kentucky
Lynch Executed in Electric Chair for Hackensack Rail Messager Murder
James One Eye Lynch of New York was executed in the electric chair at the state prison for the July 21 robbery murder of 20 year old Frank Brennan, an Express messenger, during the Hackensack office holdup.
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Trenton
N. J
James
Lynch
New York
State Prison
Frank Brennan
Express
American Railway Express
Hackensack
Five of 19 Palo Alto and Kossuth banks reopen
Des Moines officials report that only five of the 19 banks in Palo Alto and Kossuth counties remained closed. Three of the five will reopen tomorrow, including two in Algona, according to state banking superintendent A. Andrew.
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Des Moines
Palo Alto
Kossuth
A. Andrew
Algona
Andrew
Bitter North Cold Grips Midwest Ahead of Official Winter
A Canadian cold front swept into the Midwest, with Devils Lake recording 12 below zero and Aberdeen 5 below. The rapid temperature drop spread through Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Michigan as a heavy snowstorm and deep drifts followed, stranding deer hunters and disabling roads near Calumet.
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Middle West
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Mackenzie River
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Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Michigan
Aberdeen
S. D
Grand Forks
Fargo
Sioux Falls
Mercury
Des Moines
Omaha
Calumet
Mich
North Woods
French Rum Runner Kidnaps Officers in Pursuit
A French auxiliary rum runner abducted Prohibition Administrator J. B. Matthews of New Orleans and a Biloxi patrol boat chief motors mate. The Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa pursued the vessel and the two men, with officers left aboard to watch the ship during the chase.
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Mobile
Ala
Prohibition
J. B. Matthews
New Orleans
Biloxi
Miss
Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Ontario Wet-Dry Vote Divides Parties In 17th Legislature
Ontario voters cast ballots to choose members of the 17th legislature with the wet or dry issue dominating. Premier G Howard Ferguson seeks re election on a government supervised liquor sale plan while opponents argue it would aid bootlegging and threaten temperance.
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Toronto
Ontario
G. Howard Ferguson
Liberal Party
Progressives
Prohibitionists
Ferguson
Receiver Named for Bank in Shenandoah and Clairnda
H. J. Spurway was appointed receiver for the Clarinda National Bank which closed Friday and also serves as receiver for the First National Bank in Shenandoah.
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Shenandoah
H. J. Spurway
Clarinda National Bank
First National Bank
Weather Update for Town Fair and Illinois
Town Fair experiences generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with a slight drop in temperature tonight and a warming trend Thursday afternoon. Illinois reports fair weather across the period, colder tonight, and milder in the extreme north portion Thursday afternoon.
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Illinois
Brookhart Gave Nothing to Aid In Last Campaign
Des Moines Iowa December 1 AP A total of 13 720 89 was spent by the republican state central committee in the general election campaign from July 22 to November 10 Willis L Stern of Logan state chairman reported yesterday Receipts totaled 18 594 17 leaving a balance of 4 873 78 The contributor list mainly candidates officials and employes excludes Col Smith W Brookhart the successful United States senate candidate A statement has not yet been filed by the democratic committee
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Willis L. Stern
Logan
Col
Smith W. Brookhart
United States Senate
Democratic Committee
Three Hindus Nabbed Over Indore Maharajah Plot
Immigration officers in Beaumont report arrest of Amber Hamid Farref Abdel J Latif and Shamba Ahmed Alli from central India amid claims of a plot against ex Maharajah Tukaji Rao Holkar. An American driver Charles Joseph Bowers also detained. Beak officials note earlier Beaumont arrests misidentified Turks.
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Los Angeles
Calif
United States
Beaumont
Here
Tukaji Raeholkar
Indore
Mumtaz Begum
Bombay
Central
India
Nautch
Calexico
Amber Hamid
Shamba Ahmed Alli
Charles Joseph Bowers
H. P. Beck
Tukan Rao Holkar
Maharajah
Beck
Iowa Special Taxes Run Ahead, Treasurer Reports
Des Moines reports 1926 soldier bonus bond payment of 1 100 000 principal and 409 443 75 interest leaving 17 600 000 bonds outstanding from 22 000 000. Cigaret tax November receipts 70 883 23 up from 62 818 67 last year. Inheritance tax November 130 907 64 above monthly average. October gas tax 474 445 14 vs 416 674 60 prior. Projected cigaret tax rise about 55 000 and 1926 inheritance tax about 200 000 higher total around 1 300 090.
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Des Moines
R. E. Johnson
Johnson
Queen and Carol Meet in Paris Private Room
Queen Marie intercepted Carol at a private Paris restaurant meeting amid a palace succession dispute. King Ferdinand declares no abdication and reports improving health as he vows to defend the throne and constitutional order.
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Marie
Carol
Ritz
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Neuilly
Bois de Boulogne
Bucharest
Ferdinad
Prince Michael
Averescu
Ferdinand
Transit Charge Upheld for Grain Shipments West of Minneapolis
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads may impose a transit charge of 1.5 cents per hundred pounds on grain shipments hauled west of Minneapolis to mills. The decision was delivered in Washington, D. C., with the ruling justified.
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Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Minneapolis
Interstate Commerce Commission
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