Warden Sets Hour For Mrs Snyder Gray Deaths
Sing Sing warden fixes the hour of death for Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray at 11 pm Thursday. Gray will die first to spare Mrs Snyder from passing his cell alive, completing the state's planned killing for the murder of Albert Snyder, her husband.
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Warden
International News Service
Sing Sing Prison
Ossining
N. Y
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Lawes
Albert Snyder
Gray
Snyder
London Fights Thames Flood Threat With Barriers
London remains on guard as Thames embankments hold against rising tides. An army of workers guards sand bag barriers while officials expect the highest tide of the series tomorrow. Today the tide stayed within three feet of the embankments as crowds watched the water.
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London
Thames
Miners Trapped After West Frankfort Explosion No. 18
Rescue teams frantically search the Industrial Coal Co mine No 18 at West Frankfort Illinois where over 160 miners were believed trapped after an explosion. Survivors report bodies in the passages while authorities fear many casualties as rescue efforts continue amid dangerous gases and possible fire.
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International News Service
West Frankfort
Ill
Industria
Oal Co
Benton
Chicago
The
Industrial Coal Company
Leroy Fisk
Peabody Mines
Taylorville
West Prenkfort. I
Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray Face Execution Threat
Governor Smith awaited a decision on intervention as Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray prepared for the electric chair set for Thursday night. Snyder was guarded fearing suicide attempts and a smuggling plot to contact the outside world. Gray planned to make a will and appeared resigned to his fate.
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Judd Gray
James L. Kilgallen
International News Service
New York
al Smith
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Vs. Snyder
Beaver Falls Waynesburg Sharon Honor Britton Brickley Jeannie Egleston
A brief wedding announcement lists Britton E. Brickley and Jeannie R. Egleston with connections to Beaver Falls Waynesburg Sharon. It notes their impending marriage and hometowns in a concise social item.
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Britton E. Brickley
Jeannie R. Egleston
Commissioners Sit As Appeal Board
County residents from Bessemer Enon and New Wilmington voiced few objections as the commissioners act as a board of appeals hearing assessments they deem excessive. Tomorrow South New Castle borough Volant and Wampum residents will be invited to register objections.
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County Commissioners Office
Bessemer
Enon
New Wilmington
Board of Appeals
South New Castle Borough
Volant
Wampum
Senate Inquiry Into Submarine Disaster Looms
Senate moves toward a separate senatorial inquiry into the S-4 submarine disaster that killed forty, despite a House authorized civilian commission. Democrats and insurgents fear a whitewash and seek a parallel probe while civilians study new safety devices.
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William K. Hutchinson
House
Coalition
Senate
Harding
Doheny
Sinclair
Administration
Congress
False But Search Continues In Baltimore Slay Case
Sheriff Harrison M Reynolds says Karl Wright of the B and O railroad police told him there is no truth to Sunday reports that the slayer of Detective Strayer has been caught in Baltimore County city or railroad police still pursue the killer in ongoing search efforts.
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Harrison M. Reynolds
Karl Wright
Leutenant
Police
B. and
O. Railroad
Strayer
Baltimore
Raymond Winter Pays Penalty In Electric Chair
Raymond Winter, 33, convicted of killing two children, died in the electric chair at Rockview Prison at 7 02 a m after a plea of innocence. Executor Robert Elliott administered the sentence, with Myers, a Philadelphia man, also executed that dawn. The case followed a brutal slaying attributed to Winter three years earlier near Castle Shannon.
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Raymond Winter
Carl L. Turner
International News Service
Rockview Penitentiary
Bellefonte
Little Alex
Helen Sabo
Castle Shannon
William Myers
Philadelphia
Robert Elliott
Pennsylvania
New York
Winter
Myers
Sing Sing Prison
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Elliott
Bodies Of 17 Sub Victims En Route Home
Seventeen of the forty killed when the submarine S-4 sank are being sent to homes and national cemeteries. Mariano Tedar, mess attendant, leads a long journey to San Francisco then the Philippines. A guard of honor and police escort accompany caskets at South Station as others head to Buffalo and Washington.
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International News Service
Boston
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Mariano Tedar
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Filimino
South Station
Tedar
Charles Beresford Calcott
Melrose Park
Ijl
Buffalo Express
Alfred Eugene Seaton
Norfolk
Charles A. Ford
Board of Inspection and Survey
Federal Express
Washington
Lindbergh Reaches Panama on Latin America Tour
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Panama City on the Spirit of St. Louis at 1 50 p m after a 310 mile flight from San Jose Costa Rica. The famous aviator praised supporters and thanked locals as he continued his goodwill tour.
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Colonel Lindbergh
Costa Rica
Panama
Panama Canal Zone
Charles A. Lindbergh
San Jose
Jan
Lindbergh
Air
United States Legation
Latin America
Col. Lindbergh
Tariff War Opens In U S Senate Today
The 1928 tariff war opened in the Senate with a Democratic-Insurgent coalition backing Senator McMaster of South Dakota as he seeks a resolution to place agriculture on the same economic footing as industry by urging tariff reductions.
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International News Services
Washington
Senate
McMaster
South Dakota
Marines Readiness for Sandino clash rises in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua on January 9 International News Service reports Sandino rebels in El Chipote area gain recruits while Marines and Nicaraguan police strengthen forces. Marines wait for favorable odds and may seek peace efforts as Sandino snipers remain active but increasingly ineffective.
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International
Managua
Sandino
el Chipote
Doctor to Enter Plea in Appleby Murder Case
Dr. Charles M. McMillan a retired Texas physician scheduled to plead to murder charges in the death of Amelia Appleby found in a sack last Christmas near San Fernando. Prosecution hinges on McMillan possession of Appleby’s car since her disappearance and testimony from Mrs. Harry Panagos who says Appleby feared McMillan.
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Interrecional News Service
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles M. McMillan
Texas
Carlos S. Hardy
Chicago
Amelia Appleby
San Fernando
Sheriff's Office
Harry Panagos
John S. Appleby
Smith Snubs Dinner Shifts Spotlight to McAdoo
Washington dispatch notes Gov Al Smith declines to attend the Jackson day harmony dinner as William G McAdoo prepares to speak amid Democratic leadership concerns. The event, drawing many 1928 nominating figures, could shape party harmony or revive 1924 tensions. Continued on page two.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Jan
al Smith
Wiliam G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Mr. McAdoo
Smith
Congress
Tammany
Grand Jury to Decide First Degree Murder Charge in West Case
Lake county grand jury convenes to consider first degree murder charges against Velma West, 21, in the December 6 claw hammer slaying of her husband Edward West, 26, near Perry Ohio. Prosecutor Seth Paulin expects the widow’s confession will be presented. Judge Reynolds to instruct the panel as 20 plus witnesses are summoned over two days.
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Painesville
Ohio
Lake County
Edward Rasmussen
Grand Jury
Paulin Common Pleas
Arlington G. Reynolds
West
Paulin
Death notices list six Pittsburgh area deaths
Death notices report John Fusselman 65 Connellsville Pa. Mrs Reynold A Suber 27 1620 Huron Avenue. M Lou Hanna 73 309 North Mercer Street. Arley A Spices 43 1414 Huron Avenue. Mrs Louise C Hall 74 528 Samson Street. Mrs Cassandra Newell 79 Pittsburgh Pa.
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Reynold A. Suber
Huron Avenue
M. Lou Hanna
Mercer Street
Arley A. Spices
Louise C. Hall
Sampson Street
Cassandra Newell
Pittsburgh
Washington Store Wrecked By Blest Explosion
An early morning blast at Tony Provanzano's store in Washington Pa caused about 20 000 dollars in damage to the shop and adjoining home. Authorities suspect a bomb was planted as the Provanzano family was away in Moundsville W V and no injuries were reported.
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Washington
Tony Provanzano
Provanzano
Moundsville
W. Va
Indianapolis Boy With Repeated Broken Legs
Leland Earl a 13 year old Indianapolis boy is believed to hold a world record for broken legs having suffered the injury 27 times since birth. He walks with crutches and hopes to become a musician while enduring frequent fractures from soft bones. He has seven siblings in the Earl family.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Leland Earl
Isaac Earl
Young Earl
Winter Weather Wanted as Old Blizzards Return
A reflective verse notes missing severe cold and heavy snow of yesteryear. The speaker laments January’s mild start and forecasts payback with lingering sleet and frosty mornings, while mentioning a 38 degree day as a sign of waning winter.
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Ena
King Winter
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McNaught Syn. Inc
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John Fusselman
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Arthur Mometer
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