Henry Keller Dies to Let Brother Marry Bride
Newark man Henry Keller stage managed a dramatic death to prevent his wife Florence Wolfert Keller from marrying his brother Edward. He wrote diary entries and letters, then attempted a gas death, turning on the gas jet but failing to complete the act before dying minutes later.
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Newark
N. J
Henry Keller
Florence Wolfert Keller
Tedward
Edward
Henry
Florence
Marine Corps
Philadelphia
Hen
Hénry
Srig
Henry Kelier
News Review Of the London Naval Treaty Debate July 1930
Senate plan to reject the London naval pact in a special session after adjournment, Hoover backing quick action. House leaders push fiscal bills and prohibition enforcement while Navy testimony questions treaty impact on trade routes and cruiser numbers. Indictments in Seattle target prohibition officials. campaign expenditure disclosures revealed. Multiple international and domestic political tensions unfold across the report.
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Senate
Hoover
Congress
House
Johnson
California
Hale
Maine
Navy General Board
Navy
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations and
Naval Affairs
United States
America
Japan
Priooxes
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Grundy
Pennsylvania
Davis
Francis 8. Bohlen
Senator Grundy
Association
Opeils
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Senate Lobby Committee
Deois Pickett
Clarence True Wilson
Department of Justice
Pickett
The
Voice
al Smith
Doctor Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Taxi Drivers Protest Twelve Cent Snobs in London
London taxicab drivers plan a petition to traffic authorities to curb what they call twelve cent snobs. They claim theatergoing couples should hire a taxi to the nearest bus stop, pay the minimum charge of 12 cents, and take a buggy home.
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London
Kansas University battles cheating students in Lawrence
Kansas University faculty in Lawrence recommends to Dean J G Brandt that the appoint faculty committee meet with student representatives to seek possible solutions to eliminate cribbing as cheating in exam nations has become prevalent.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
J. G. Brandt
LIGHTS 355 OF NEW YORK BEAUTY CONTRACT
The article notes a show girl death linked to dieting and a standard contract misused by beauty industries. It outlines weight and measurement limits, with a one week notice to cancel. Also included are radio communication remarks, crime statistics, Paris jewelry smuggling tales, and fashion items from 1930 society pages.
Decline of Freak Furniture Fads Warned
New York based A P Haake Ph D director of the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers reports fewer fads and eccentric designs now than in recent years. England contributes Georgian Queen Anne and Colonial styles with maple and oak rising in popularity. Modern designs may endure but will require time and adaptable homes. construction programs could boost demand for furnishings.
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New York
A. P. Haake
National Association of Furnituree Manufacturers
Doctor Haake
Englnnd
Couple Divorced After 51 Years in Liverpool
A divorce decree granted to Mrs Maud Mary Smolach aged seventy dissolves her marriage to Charles Imlach aged seventy five. Married in May 1879 they had five children. Imlach, a professional man in Liverpool, did not defend the suit.
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Liverpool
Maud Mary Smolach
Charles Imlach
Imlach
Typhoid Victims Sue Helena Over City Negligence
Helena faces 11 damage suits totaling 100000 dollars tied to a fall epidemic. Plaintiffs allege municipal negligence after contracting typhoid fever, blaming the city for insufficient safeguards.
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Helena
Mont
Hadh Plaints
Russians Await Entry After Seven Year Wait
London Among to new arrivals at Ellis Island when the next quota opens this summer there will be 20 Russians who started from Riga in 1893 and have waited seven years as stateless men. They were among 600 who left Russia seeking a new home across the Atlantic. Reduced quotas and technicalities kept them stranded in England at Atlantic Park hotel Hastleigh. The band diminished as members found visas through marriages to American citizens. now authorities issue visas for the final 30, and the journey will resume soon.
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London
Amiong
Ellig Island
Rigs
United States
Atlantic
America
England
Atlantic Park Hotel
Hastleigh
Saint Nicholas II Proposed as Yugoslav Saint in Serbia
In Leskovatz Serbia a plan is floated to declare the late Russian czar Nicholas II a Yugoslav saint. Proponents praise him as pious and noble and say he cared for Serbs, urging his inclusion with St Simeon Sava Lazar and Stephen in the Serbian church. The move would mark him as the first Yugoslav saint after state formation.
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Belgrade
Nichlas II
Serbia
Leskovatz
Nicholas II
St. Simeon
St. Sava
St. Lazar
St. Stephen
Czar
Bamboo trees may supply newsprint for America
Bamboo trees may become a new source of newsprint if American paper manufacturers adopt Japanese methods. Japan has built three large bamboo pulp factories. If used, it ensures a ready pulp source with rapid growth. Newspaper copies printed on bamboo paper show excellent quality.
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America
Seattle
Japan
Woman Shows Strength in Tulsa Fire Rescue
Mrs. R. T. Richards of Tulsa displayed notable strength when a fire damaged her apartment. She carried a large trunk from the burning building, and two men later had to roll it back into the apartment to recover belongings.
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Tulsa
Okio
R. T. Richards
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