Ether and guilt in Warder case prompt expert debate
Rutger Warder on an operating table asks if ether truthfully reveals guilt or merely fabricates a denials. Dr. Kempf and Dr. Hochfeld weigh in on hystorical amnesia and the drug’s power to loosen inhibitions, while experts caution about reliability in capital punishment cases.
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Margery Rex
International News Service
New York
Rutger Warder
Sing Sing
Henry Werner
Warder
James Cotton
Toronto
New Jersey
John Corcoran
St. Mary’s Hospital
Passaic
Corcoran
Werner
Edward J. Kempf
Anna Hochfeld
Federated Shop Craft Men Meet With Labor Board
Representatives of the federated shop crafts conferred with the U S railroad labor board in Chicago and it was predicted that the outcome could trigger strike ballot action. The talks also covered allegations that railroads violate the transportation act by contracting out shop work.
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International News Service
Chicago
Federated Shop Crafts
U. S. Railroad Labor Board
City to Know Car Men by Name Not Number
Detroit transit officials will replace numeric designations with names for street car operators. Car Operator No 27 will become Joseph Shipman or Samuel Wosinski, with name plates on fare boxes or near the motorman’s chair. City GM Joseph S. Goodwin says the change humanizes service and helps riders read who operates the car.
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Detroit
S. A
Joseph Shipman
Samuel Wosinski
Joseph S. Goodwin
Bibles See Record Circulation Rise Across World
New York June 1 The American Bible Society reports the largest annual circulation since wartime peaks with 4,855,464 volumes distributed. The gain exceeds last year by over one million, led by 2,362,730 Bibles in China and strong demand from Japan the Near East and Latin America.
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New York
American Bible Society
China
Japan
Near East
Latin America
Woman Leads Chilean State Railways Engineering Forces
The head of the engineering forces of Chilean State railroads is a woman, marking a notable leadership milestone in the ministry of rail transport.
Forest Fires Kill Much Small Game
Harrisburg May 31 Spring forest fires killed large numbers of small game and birds and damaged larger game according to Seth E Gordon secretary of the state game commission. The losses hit rabbits pheasants ruffed grouse and fawns while deer habitat was destroyed in several areas including about 3000 acres burned in the Trexler game preserve along Hickory Run Carbon county. The commission is aiding a codification of state game laws with minor changes to align with federal rules.
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Harrisburg
Seth E. Gordon
State Game Commission
Trexler
Hickory Run
Carbon County
The
Game Commission
Legislative Reference Bureau
Thirteen Firemen Overcome By Smoke In Major City Fire
Thirteen firemen were overcome by smoke while battling a blaze causing 100000 dollars in damage to the Mack Elliott Paper and Superior Manufacturing and Supply buildings. None were reported in serious condition and all were hospitalized.
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International News Service
ST. Louis
Mack Elliott Paper Company
Superior Manufacturing and Supply Company
Women barred from mines as engineers by British act
A British act restricts women from working as engineers in mines, reflecting gender-based limits on professions during the period. The law formalizes exclusions affecting female workers and the industrial workforce.
One Thousand Women Named Postmasters
Washington May 21 More than 1000 women and nearly 999 former service men have been appointed postmasters of presidential offices under the present administration, according to a report to President Harding by Acting Postmaster General Bartlett. The president was said to be gratified and Bartlett noted satisfactory work by the women. Never before in postal service history had so many women held such offices.
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Washington
Harding
Bartlett
Postal Service
Betty White Appointed Deputy State Game Warden
Spokane teen Betty White, 16, honored for befriending birds at a state game reserve and named deputy state game warden in a ceremony recognizing her environmental work.
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Betty White
Spokane
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