Missouri pastor on trial for murder defense targets foster daughter
In Hannibal Missouri Reverend C E Newton testifies that he was dragged from Mrs Dennis Kelly by an unknown assailant while escorting her on a road. He claims his foster daughter Myra Hanan was in the pursuing car and denies killing Kelly, as prosecutors seek the electric chair. The jury of ten farmers and two tradesmen will deliberate after both sides rested.
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Associated Pro
Itsfield
C. E. Newton
Myra Hanan
Merrill Johnston
Missouri
Dennis Kelly
Mississippi River
Hanibal
Newton
Kelly
Paris
Hannibal
Miss Hanan
Church Bingo Parties Flayed By United Stewardship Council
At a national conference in Philadelphia Rev. Dr. John M. Versteeg of Cincinnati Methodist Episcopal church denounced church sponsored bingo games and rum page sales as indulgence-like surplus profits. He linked bingo to Mammon and urged a scientific Christian approach to money-making and spending.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
National Conference of the United Stewardship Council
John M. Versteeg
Cincinnati Methodist Episcopal Church
Dr. Versteeg
Bingo
Mammon
Personal News From Slab Fork and Nearby Towns
Local society notes list weekend hosts and visitors in Slab Fork and Hotcoal elsewise. Prayers and illnesses are noted, with teachers and students in Mark Twain and local homes referenced along with a Thanksgiving party and community games.
Thirty-One Hurt In Trolley Crash In California
In Ocean Beach San Diego two foggy interurban streetcars collided head on injuring thirty-one people, four critically. One car telescoped for nearly eight feet in the wreck.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Ocean Beach
West Virginian Founded Manila in Arkansas Town
Benjamin Cowan of Wilsonburg, West Virginia, left home forty years ago for Arkansas where he bought timberland and started a mill. A town grew up around the site, now Manila, Arkansas, credited to a West Virginian.
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Clarksburg
Benjamin Cowan
Manila
Cowan
Wilsonburg
Arkansas
Ark
Borah Grapples With a Madman on Washington Bus
Senator William Borah described a man on a Washington city bus as insanely drunk or crazy after a scuffle. The 72 year old Idahoan said the stranger grabbed his neck and Borah, defending himself, tackled the man until the driver stopped the vehicle. Borah said he will take no action. Japan monopolizes camphor. Germany and the United States synthesize the product.
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Associated Press
Washington
William E. Borah
Capitol
Borah
Cholera Strikes Hog Herds In Coal City Area
Cholera killed two hogs owned by Dewy Waddie this week while W V Nugen slaughtered four hogs on Monday and plans to kill three more for Steve Reaves H D Clark and J Q Cooper once water is available. Carson reported seeing five hogs on a pole near Winding Gulf Saturday. W C Dehart was injured Monday near a slaughtering site when a hot rock cracked and cut his hand. C H Bowyer filled a beef. Dehart killed a veal. A ton of sugar yields about 100 pounds of raw sugar and 3 gallons of rum.
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Register
Coal City
Dewy Waddie
W. V. Nugen
Steve Reaves
H. D. Clark
J. Q. Cooper
Carson
Winding Gulf
W. C. Dehart
Dehart
C. H. Bowyer
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Tyrone Power
Janet Gaynor
Hollywood Reports
Tyrone
Miss Gaynor
Slab Fork
Gladys Coleman
Princeton
Burton Gautier
Virginia Poloski
Beckley
John Poloski
Ruby Martin
Frank Martin
Hotcoal
Lee Eller
Luther Radford
C. McDowell
Beckley Hospital
Tom Hodge
Affinity
J. C. McDowell
Dommy Cox
Serena
Dewey Keatley
Helen Law
Tams
H., P. Hicklin
Margaret Fern
Phylis Taylor
Matilda Katko
Margaret Nowlin
Bernice Little
Mildred Osborne
Isabell Fitzgerald
Kyle Hooker
William Osborne
Basil Shumate
Ralph Tabor
Fred
Bill Davis
Harold
Walter Crickmer
Willie
Johnny
Wilson Saul
Beatrice Jones
Ilene Davis
Clinton Shumate
Micky
Sophia
J. F. Farley
Mrs. Carter Radford
Lorrine
Virginia
Sarah Marrs
Nancy Lou
Raymond Preast
C. T. Mooney
Glen Rogers
Glen
Special Agent X-9
Chester Gould
Lester
Fitts Shoe Company
Dick Tracy
Pat
Marlan
X-9
Little Annie Ronney
MRS
Charles Flanders
MR. Jordan
By BranDon WalSh
Ann
Mary
Marianne
Thimble Theatre
Mister Brown
EY Segar
Furniture Exchange
Appledack
Berman
Beckley Theatre
Eville Street
Japan
Germany
United States
Cholera
Moon Mullens
Wizlard
Mlle. Zazelle
the Gumps
Gus Edson
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