Madison case mirrors Snyder-Gray in attempted murder plot
Rose Pope and Phil Polster pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder in a Madison area case reminiscent of the Snyder-Gray murder. Pope survived the attack on her farmer husband John Pope after polster battered him and the couple planned disposal of the body. They receive twenty-year state prison terms with sentences to begin shortly, following prior pleas and confessions.
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Madison
Snyder-Gray
Wisconsin
B. Schein
Rose Pope
John Pope
Phil Polster
Pope
Polster
Poister
Absentminded burglar leaves loot behind in Chicago flat
A burglar robbed Mr and Mrs Arthur Kruger's Chicago flat yesterday but forgot to take the loot. Gems and valuables worth 2500 were missing from a jewel case. A new topcoat was also taken. police recovered the jewels from an old ragged coat the thief discarded.
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Chicago
Arthur Kruger
Krugers
Following Sherman to the Sea dies at Beloit
Beloit Wis J P S D Reps long time commander of the L H D Crane post of the G A R and a veteran who followed Sherman on his march to the sea died at his home Saturday after a long illness Mr and Mrs Ross marked their sixtieth anniversary earlier this year Ross enlisted in the Union army at age 14 serving with the Third Wisconsin Volunteers until Civil War end.
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Beloit
Wis
S. D
L. H. D. Crane
Sherman
Ross
Wisconsin Volunteers
Northwestern Adds Two-Wire News Service Upgrade
The Daily Northwestern launches expanded AP telegraph service with Chicago and Milwaukee wires, plus a third printer. About 70,000 words daily, stronger market pages and United Press addition, with 300 stock quotations and extended early transmission ahead of rivals.
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Daily
Northwestern
United States
Daily Northwestern
Associated Press
Chicago
Milwaukee
United Press Service
New York Stock Exchange
New York
Wisconsin
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Appleton Post-Crescent
International booze syndicate uncovered by Cuban secret police
Havana reports reveal an international liquor smuggling ring with a central Havana hub and U S members. Police say Sydney Hoffman, an American chemist, confessed before deportation and eighteen Americans in Cuba are implicated.
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Havana
United States
Alfonso Fors
Sydney Hoffman
Hoffman
Cuba
New Eyes by Marriage in June for Seamen’s Bethel Leader
Portland Me Captain Henry J Frost longtime director of the Seamen's Bethel and missionary to island residents in Casco Bay will marry Miss Mary Augusta Frost superintendent of the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind in Washington DC in Portland on June 11. They met five years ago when Frost helped reunite Miss Frost with her brother who had run away from home as a youth. Frost is 51 and Miss Frost is three years older. they are not related.
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Portland
Henry J. Frost
Seamen's Bethel
Casco Bay
Mary Augusta Frost
Columbia Polytechnic Institute For ‘the
Washington, D. C
Miss Frost
Captain Frost
Farm relief bills sidelined as Senate funds fruit fly fight
Washington lawmakers enter the third week of the special session with farm relief and tariff plans in limbo as the Senate approves a 4.25 million dollar measure to combat the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida. The House also passes 2 million dollars for Southern storm relief drawn from unexpended funds. Agricultural leaders plan further emergency legislation including licensing provisions for perishables to curb fraud and cater practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Florida
Washington
Hoover
Trotzky in exile seeks quiet life near Constantinople
Exiled Bolshevist leader Leon Trotzky lives in a small white house on Constantinople’s outskirts. The Associated Press reports he remains bitterly opposed to Stalin and the Communist Party and dreams of a peaceful, expansive future far from Russia.
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Priscilla Fivg
Associated Press Star
Constantinopith
White House
Constantinople
Leon Trotzky
Lenin
Bela Ievist
Trotzky
Stalin
Russia
Crash to Death in Plane in Culver City Field
Three young men died when their unlicensed plane crashed in a foggy field near Culver City Los Angeles. Pilot William H. Oviatt Jr 22 writer Ray Scott 25 and actor Mack Fluker 25 were identified by papers and roadster. Witnesses heard the plane in the fog then saw it dive and burst into flames.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Culver City
William .H. Oviatt, Jr
Ray Scott
Mack Fluker
Oviat
Falmouth
Mass
Charlie Murray
Hollywood
Rogers Airport
Thomas Loftus
Oviatt
Scott
E. W. Scott
Simmone Scott
Injuries From Upset Motorcycle Fatal to Farmer
Janesville Wisconsin Sunday incident on the Janesville Edgerton highway left Harold Clark 21 dead after his motor cycle overturned. Clark son of George Clark a Janesville farmer and a member of the 121st Field Artillery band and the Janesville National Guard unit.
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Janesville
Wis
Harold Clark
Janesville, Edgerton
Clark
George Clark
121St Field Artilery Band
National Guard
Steel Wood Trains Crash Near Yankee Stadium
A rear end collision between a steel subway train and a wooden L train on the elevated line above Yankee Stadium killed three and left about forty others injured. The wreck occurred at 167th Street station as trains, packed with 2000 to 3000 workers, collided on shared overhead tracks. Motorman J Cullen died after trying to brake. William Schultz, a 17 year old student, also perished. Rescue work was slowed by fire, and victims were carried to street level as searchers cut through twisted metal.
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New York
Yankee Stadium
167Th Street
J. Cullen
Wiliam J. Schultz
Cullen
Stden Td
Confessed Tar Gang Member Reported Ready for Trial Today
Kenosha Wisconsin on the scene Elmer Hackbart 23 Bristol confessed participant in the September kidnapping and tar incident involving Harold Hendrickson 27 of Kenosha named by Hackbart as accomplices Oliver Huxhold 21 and Dwight Jones 24. Hendrickson was abducted near Kenosha September 25 in the presence of two sisters one struck by a pistol butt. The victim was tarred and dumped by the road before escaping to a farm to report the assault. Judge S E Smalley presiding at Cuba City at the request of Circuit Judge E B Belden.
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Kenosha
Wis
Elmer Hackbart
Bristol
Harold Hendrickson
Oliver Huxhold
Dwight Jones
Allen
Hendrickson
Mills
S. E
Bank head dies in Havana at 84
Narcisco Gelats aged 84, longtime president of the Havana banking house N Gelats y Cia, died here today. He arrived in Cuba fifty four years ago from Spain.
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Havana
Narcisco Gelats
N. Gelats Y CIA
Cuba
Spain
Aviators Plan Nonstop World Flight From New York
The Washington Post reports six renowned aviators plan a nonstop circumnavigation starting from New York on the first clear September day. The crew includes Lieut. Albert D. Hulse Capt. Harry W. Lyon Jr and Lieut. L T OConnell with a veteran commander over 5 000 flight hours. The craft is mixed metal and fabric with five 420 horsepower engines and in flight refueling capability.
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Washington, D.C
Washington Post
New York
Albert D. Hulse
Harry W. Lyon, Jr
L. T. O'Connell
Lakehurst
Boston
Nova Scotia
Glasgow
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
United States
Washington
Post
King George honors deposed Salvation Army head Bramwell Booth
London reports King George conferred the Companion of Honor on Gen Bramwell Booth, deposed Salvation Army commander in chief. The award, second to top class of the Order of the British Empire, honors Booth and, by extension, the Army. Booth’s secretary says the honor pleases him for the Army’s sake. Booth has been ill and recently improving.
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George
Salvation Army
London
Chorge
Bramwell Booth
Order of
Children Not Chattels Says County Judge
In Sparta Wisconsin Judge R A Richards ruled that two minor children of Lewis Straight Elrey were not chattels. He ordered, on a writ of habeas corpus, that the children be taken from Alfred Rueckheim Monroe County farmer and given to the father. Rueckheim alleged Straight owed him for the children's board and refused possession until the bill was paid.
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Sparta
Wis
R. A. Richards
Lewis Straight
Elrey
Alfred Rueckheim
Monroe County
Rueckheim
Straight
Sword Is Vanishing as Mark of Power
In the May Ladies' Home Journal, Calvin Coolidge discusses naval armament and power. He argues men may not view swords as authority, urges that true security rests on moderate navies and goodwill, and warns against chasing paper parity or fear as a path to lasting peace.
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Philadelphia
Calvin Coolidge
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Italian Senate Meets For First Session Of 28th Legislature
Rome 71 The Italian senate now 482 strong after new members promoted by King Victor Emmanuel and Premier Mussolini met for its first working session. The body mirrors Britain’s Lords in composition but hereditary membership is not allowed. princes of the royal blood join when they reach majority. The session’s key task is ratification of the Lateran Treaty with the Holy See. Weather and lake reports follow.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Mussoini
House of Lords
Great Britain
Tuxsie
Savoy
Holy See
Senate
Tragic death near Oshkosh after train collision
Norman Reiter, 20, was killed at midnight when his car was struck by a northbound Soo Line train at a lake shore road crossing just north of Oshkosh. The stolen Stecker car involved, the sequence of events, and county sheriffs' investigations are outlined as authorities piece together the night’s events.
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Norman Reiter
Lake Shore Road
Soc
Oshkosh
Reiter
Hilbert
Calumet County
Arnold Stecker
Kiel
Stecker
Brant
Chilton
Uncle
Peter C. Reiter
Jackson Drive
Johnn Diedrich
Diedrich
Martin, Schwalenbreg
Soo Line
Stecker Auto
W. H. Palmer
West Doty ‘Street
Neenah
Palmer
Arthur L. Nelson
Winnebago County
Nelson
Poop
Britten Attacks Gibson on Disarmament Plans
Washington DC chairman Britten of the House Naval Committee condemned Hugh Gibson’s proposal to exclude trained army reserves from military strength calculations. Britten argued such moves favor British and French diplomacy and would fail to meet league commission standards, predicting the sixth session of the preparatory commission will end in failure.
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Washington
Britten
House Naval Committee
Hugh Gibson
Geneva
Illinois
Gibson
League Commission
War Department
Oigarizement Preparatory Commission
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GUBAN
Hermann Koehl
Ireland
Bremen
Phe Fintsi
Herman Koehl
Greenery Island
Berlin
Koehis
Koehi
Orientae
Fairmouth
Fluker
St. Louis
New Orleans
TAR
Globe
Tember
Upper Lakes
Superior
Huron
Michigan
Lower Lakes
Erie
Lake Erie
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Clourly
Buckstaff Observatory
America
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