Mother and son die on gallows tomorrow in Delaware
Georgetown Del Mrs Mary H Carey 55 confers final blessing on her three sons Howard 27 to die with her tomorrow James 23 serving life Lawrence 21 serving burglary The last family reunion occurred in Sussex county jail with James and Lawrence handcuffed in the corridor Mrs Carey ready to die and forgive Lawrence The killing of her brother Robert R Hitchens seven years ago led to the arrest of the family with Carey confessing to the slaying and taking full blame The trio planned the murder with a sledge hammer revolver and whisky to cover up the crime The case ties back to a captain father and a once popular woman now facing execution
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Joseph S. Wasney
United Press
Georgetown
Del
Mary H. Carey
Howard
James
Lawence
Sussex County
Lawrence
Carey
Hitchens
Jacob Hitchens
Viscount Byng of Vimy Dies at 72 in Essex Home
Viscount Byng of Vimy 72 former governor general of Canada died at his Thorpe Hall estate in Essex after a heart attack and long illness. He had returned from California seeking health and underwent emergency surgery for an internal disorder before his death.
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London
U.P
Viscount Byng of
Vimy
Canada
England
Pasadena
Calif
Thorpe Hall
Thorpe-I¢Laken
Patterned dress patterns and fashion book offer
A Brooklyn catalog promotes summer fashion patterns from The Oshkosh Northwestern listing pattern design 2752 for sizes 14 to 46 inch bust and required yardage. It also advertises a Summer Fashion Book ten cents and a combined Pattern and Book set for twenty five cents.
Chloroform gang tale ends with odd escape
A new New Orleans agent chases a ruthless southern Mississippi ring known as the chloroform gang. After trapping two members and sleeping briefly in a perilous hotel, he awakes to a near-fatal gas attack. He then spots a small striped animal leaping from the window, a Roosevelt Borah era anecdote framed by Washington reporting.
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Washington
Gillespie
Justice Department Investigation Bureau
New Orleans
Mississippi
Chioroform Gang
Viscount 1926 Ulster Police Chief to Field Marshal
A viscount created in 1926 was summoned in 1928 at age 66 to lead London's 20,000 police as commissioner. He resigned in 1931 and was named field marshal in 1932.
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London
Pigeon John Silver rewards Signal Corps with long military life
The Signal Corps Bulletin covers John Silver, a 17 year old pigeon born in January 1918 behind French lines. Trained by the Signal Corps, he carried messages during the Meuse Argonne campaign. he was wounded, lost a leg, yet reached a corps station and was retired.
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John
Signal Corps Bulletin
John Silver
France
Signal Corps
Meusse-Argonne
Pigeon romance ends bachelor era in Signal Corps
The Eleventh signal corps station in Hawaii reports John Silver the pigeon, longtime bachelor, has found a mate. The dark feathered bird and his partner reportedly incubated eggs with a push from an incubator, making Silver a father as the corps celebrates a rare romance among its prized pigeons.
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Nally
Signal Corps
Hawaii
John Silver
Meusse-Argonne
Silver
Signal Corps Bulletin
John
Reports Corp. C. A. Poutre
Poutre
Automobile industry urged to maintain fair wage standards
Detroit report notes Automotive Parts and Equipment Manufacturers Inc directors unanimously adopted a recommendation urging manufacturers in the automobile industry to maintain fair standards of wages hours and working conditions and to pursue voluntary methods to eliminate unfair practices.
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Detroit
Bard of Directors
Automotive Parts and Equipment Manufacturers, Inc
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