Major Charles Shepard Convicted in Poisoning Case
Major Charles A. Shepard convicted of fatally poisoning his second wife. Jury fixed life imprisonment without capital punishment. The case centered on alleged use of a slow acting poison, letters between Shepard and Miss Brandon, and testimony from Mrs Shepard’s nurse.
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Kansas City
Kan
Charles A. Shepard
Major Shepard
C. L. Kagey
Kansas City Club
Grate Brandon
Brooksfield
San Antonio
Tex
Brando m
Army
Fort Riley
Brandon
Santa Claus Postoffice Swamped With Christmas Mail
Santa Claus Indiana post office in a 60 person hamlet handles over 50 000 Christmas pieces with more mail than ever before. James F Marti runs the shop for 28 years and has hired six clerks costing near 200 dollars as stamps canceling revenue is offset by diverted mail.
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Santa Claus
Ind
James F. Marti
Martin
Santa Clause
Bobby Jones to Host 15 Minute Weekly Golf Talk
Bobby Jones signs with a pharmaceutical company to broadcast 15 minutes weekly on nationwide radio from 8 to 8 15 p m eastern time each Wednesday for 26 weeks. Debut is January 14 on station WSB Atlanta before his Hollywood educational golf film series. The talks will cover tournament experiences and combine entertainment with instruction.
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Atlanta
Bobby Jones
Pharmacal
Bobby
WSB Atlanta
Hollywood
Public Works Law Seen Cutting Unemployment Now
Washington reports that the new public works law will reduce unemployment and spur building purchases. Arthur Woods, chair of the emergency committee on employment, says faster cooperation among federal and local authorities will push a large program into production and create jobs.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Arthur Woods
Woods
Secretary of Commerce
Lamont
Mil
Treasury Department
Smoot
Maitland Sentenced for Intoxication by Army Court Martial
Lieut Lester J. Maitland, famed for the 1927 first mail flight from the mainland to Hawaii, was sentenced by a general court martial in San Antonio to be reprimanded and forfeit $100 pay after pleading guilty to a charge of intoxication.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lester J. Maitland
Hawaii
Government wheat price policy backed by stabilization group
George S Mulner president of the Grain Stabilization Corporation outlined a government backed policy to maintain current price levels. He predicted the carry-over of wheat this year would be about 100 million bushels less than last year and urged continued market interventions to support producer and processor interests.
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Chitagao
Grain Stabilization Corporation
George S Mulner
Sau Wi
Minor
United States
It i8
Two Men Dead and Woman Wounded in New York Gang Shootings
Two men are dead and a woman is dying following a gang attack in New York and Long Island. Victims include Stephen Sweeney 22 of Queens and Tremantlo Mandas 24 of Manhattan. Eugenia Esposito 22 of Brooklyn was shot from a speeding car while en route to church. Sweeney’s body was found near Hicksville by Roosevelt Field aviators. Mandas’ body appeared in a Brooklyn car, likely killed in Manhattan and moved.
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New York
Long Island
Ti 'Oman
Eugenia Esposito
Brooklyn
Churen
Talen
Stephen Sveeney
Wild Abe well finally extinguished by nitro blast
Wewoka Oklahoma—A 45 pound charge of nitroglycerin was placed in a trough near the blazing Wild Abe gas well on the Wewoka downsite. Detonated by electricity, the fire was snuffed out shortly before 9 am today after a third effort to extinguish the unruly well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wewoka, Okla
WUP
Wewoka
Pfister and Vogel Leather Company to End Operations
Milwaukee tannery giant Pfister and Vogel Leather to close around Jan 1 as debts are paid and stockholders decide to quit losses. The firm started as a small shop and grew to 3,000 employees, with branches in Leicester Frankfurt and New York. The business plans to sell or rent nonessential real estate while continuing finished merchandise sales in New York.
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Milwaukee
Pfister and Vogel
Vogel Famalija
Noj
Vogel
Bostott
Leicester
Frankfurt
New York
Buck Returns After Short Hunting Season Ends
In Mt. Pleasant a large buck had been feeding with cows on Al Dohmenberger’s farm for months. On opening day it disappeared but returned last night on the eve of the season’s close, according to Dohmenberger.
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Mt. Pleasant
N. 3
al Dohmenberger
Dohmenberger
New Carburetor Claimed To Eliminate Carbon
John Juhns invents a carburetor touted to remove carbon monoxide and allow use of gasoline kerosene or fuel oil. It features three carbureting chambers with separate nozzles and fuse outlets. Austin M Wolf of Newark NJ reports seven and a half miles per gallon on a stock motor car.
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New York
John Juhns
Austin M Wolf
Newark NJ
Action by Loop may mean end for the baseball war
The report says an AA voting to accept the major league draft plan could push the Pacific Coast and International leagues to follow, ending warfare between majors and minors. Also notes charity basketball game in Sheboygan January 6 and a New Year clash in Pasadena with Alabama and Washington State. It mentions Mike Goodman being bought by Palmer Hockey and the National Air Races in Cleveland for the next five to ten years.
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Chicago
UPI
American Association
Jeagur
Rhinelander Paper Company Maintains Near Full Time
Rhinelander Wisconsin officials announced the Rhinelander Paper Company remains near full operation and progressing a building program that has nearly rebuilt the plant. A new wood room costing about 100000 is being added this week, suspending one department briefly but expected to be ready within a week. Continued operation for several months is assured on orders booked. an earlier report of indefinite closure was erroneous.
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Rhinelander, Wis
Rhinelander Paper Company
Lfficials
Wisconsin Snow Crash Fatalities Mount After Weekend Wrecks
Milwaukee area and surrounding towns report multiple deaths from snow slick roads and grade crossing crashes. Victims include Miss Hazel Ormson and Norman R. Roder of Madison, Eni Engel of Middleton, Elmer Lamfried of Milwaukee, and others. Police say closed gates and icy conditions contributed to the fatalities and injuries across Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Albrecta
Maddison
Middleton
Hazel Ormson
Norman R. Roder
Madison
Eni Engel
Elmer Lamfried
Miss Ormson
Roder
Madison Gas and Electric Company
Winchester
Engel
Desta
Wis
Cousin
Waterford
Francis Tadych
Manitowoc
Isadore Duventi
Here
Duvenick
Sheboygan
Last Surviving Member of 57 Class at Lawrence Dies
Lucinda Colman, 95, widow of Rev Henry Colman and believed last survivor of Lawrence College class of 1837, died at her Milwaukee home after a fall four days earlier. Funeral at Kernwood Methodist in Lawrence tomorrow. burial in Appleton. She is survived by two daughters and one son.
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Milwaukee
Wis-uli
Unsettled Weather Across Wisconsin and Lake Michigan Region
Unsettled conditions persist tonight into Tuesday with likely light snow and no major temperature change. Southwest to northwest winds remain gentle to moderate as cloudy skies continue over Wisconsin and Upper Michigan with scattered snow, while Lake Michigan sees similar trends and slight precipitation traces.
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Associated Prev
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Upper Michigan
Dany Northwestern
Buckstaff Observatory
Setardir
Wisconsin Public Service seeks approval to acquire four utilities
The Wisconsin Public Service corporation asks the state railroad commission for permission to acquire Wisconsin Valley Electric Wisconsin Valley Power Waupaca Electric Service & Railway and Valley Transis. all controlled by Byllesby Engineering. The hearing featured William Mayenah urging approval and witnesses from the Wisconsin Public Service and Valley Electric arguing for economy notices claim potential annual savings of 100000. The timing of any consumer benefit remains uncertain and staff said no immediate mass layoffs would occur.
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Madison
State Railroad Commission
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Valley Electric Company
Wisconsin Valley Power Company
Waupaca Electric Service & Railway Company
The
Valley Transi Company
Bylesby Engineering & Managing Company
Chicago
Stevens Point
Sthinelander
Wausau
Antigo
Waupaca
Ttagenah
Porter, McDonald and
Kanneberg
McDonald
Hagenah
Former officer Dolney arrested on banditry charge
Alory E F Dolney a 28 year old former Detroit police officer once wounded in 1928 by Chicago rum runners was arrested on a banditry charge. Police say three men under arrest at Flint named Dolney as a robber and accused him of trying to hijack the trio. Dolney resisted handcuffing as detectives described a tense arrest at his River Rouge home.
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Detroit
Alory
EF Doalney
Chicago
Dalney
A. Flint
Mitch
Ray Darby
Elmer Busse
River Rouge
Dolney
Saline Mach
Hoover Signs 150 Million Farm Board Appropriation
President Hoover signed the 150 million dollar farm board appropriation as Congress enacted the measure over the weekend. The act, part of a 400 million dollar revolving fund, comes amid stalled progress on other emergency relief and public works bills as Congress adjourns for Christmas. Authorities warn of continued difficulties in completing the administration’s program with a looming congressional session and ongoing internal debates over world court adherence and unemployment relief efforts.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington,d. C
Congress
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Senate
Federal Power Commission
Robert F. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Nebraska
George W Norris
Halijaay
Frank BR. McMinch
North Carolina
McNinch
Alfred E. Smith
Democratic Power Commission
Robinson
Glass
Democrats
Majority
Borah
Republican
Idaho
Washington
Farm Board
House
Executive
White House
New Power Commission
Catia
New Mexico Senator Lucas Denounces Norris Split Over Republican Stand
Washington reports Senator Cutting of New Mexico a Republican independent, said Robert H Lucas issued a statement against Norris. The move questions party unity and calls for ousting Norris from the committee post. Lucas asserts the 1928 platform promised agricultural equality, praising Norris for advancing that pledge despite lacking support from many so-called good Republicans.
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Washington
Senator Cutting
New Mexico
Republan
Robert H Lucas
Norris
Lucas
Republican National Committee
Cutting
Lincoln
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