Death sentences handed to Gray and Snyder in high profile trial
A crowded courtroom watched as Grey and Mrs. Snyder received death sentences after a trial described as brutal by District Attorney Richard New. Their appeals are compulsory, with six months allowed for decision. Gray and Mrs. Snyder were to be taken to Sing Sing next Monday.
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Wall Street Opens With Mixed Pace in Early Trading
Stocks opened with a mixed tone as gains led by major names faded. General Motors slipped fractionally amid investor anticipation that a 2 dividend had already been priced in by recent advances.
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Shooter Forestalls Arrest In Farmhouse Shootout
In Redfield South Dakota on May 19 AP reports Rinther, a federal prohibition officer, was killed along with another deputy as Christman fled inside his farm home. Christman opened fire on officers surrounding the house and escaped into darkness after trading shots. Police and federal agents hunt Christman with rewards offered for his apprehension.
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Bayou Dex Glasses levee breaks driving flood toward Missisippi
Bayou Dex Glasses levee gave way in the Bayou Rouge area near Moreeuville affecting about 150 miles northwest of New Orleans. Water pours from a wide breach as boats depart Natchez to aid Bayou Glaises region. Over 100000 people in danger with $16 million agricultural losses forecast.
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Two American Planes to Hop in Coast to Coast Race
Three American planes prepared for non-stop flights to Paris with hubs on Long Island and California. Bellanca Columbia and Spirit of St Louis moved toward morning departures while the America from New Jersey awaited tests. Lindbergh’s Spirit has already crossed the continent fastest solo coast to coast, with a San Diego to St Louis leg in 4 hours 169 miles and 7 hours 35 minutes to New York. earlier records compare to 26 hours 46 minutes by 1923 fliers Kelly and McReady.
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Collie Battles Bull at Historic Auction Sale
One of the first edition copies of Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, issued in London in 1454, sold for a penny apiece at a recent auction. The smallest copy ever printed, five sixteenths of an inch square, also brought a notable sum.
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Late Mews Bulletins From May 12 AP Sketches Odd Items
AP bulletins note varied items from May 12 including a line poetry reference, betting lines, and aviation notes. Entries mention Kentucky Derby entries, a New York Paris flight bid, a seaplane refueling plan, a rescue appeal for French aviators, and a court dismissal over a bogus marriage case involving Ellen Litthe and Charles Englar.
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Engineer says U S can halt future floods
Major General Kedgar Jadwin, chief of army engineers, estimates spending 125 million dollars could floodproof the Mississippi Valley and prevent disasters like this year. He compares costs of tobacco, theatre, and other expenditures to argue for levee building spread over ten years with maintenance about five million yearly.
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Paralyzed Chief Engineer Archie Evans Dies at 58
Archie S Evans chief engineer on a Cahill Towing Line vessel died suddenly from acute cardiac paralysis while on duty in New York. He is survived by his wife Isabelle Duncan two children Archie Jr and Kiva Merit and his mother Mrs Evans of Millville Del. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 pm from his home and 3:30 pm at Welcome Methodist Church Millville with interment at Beatherbed Cemetery. Six cousins will serve as pallbearers.
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Police Deploy for Snyder Case Execution Crowd Control
New York on May 1 AP reported 100 policemen detailed to handle crowds at the County Courthouse in Leongsland City during the imposition of the death sentence on Mrs Ruth Krowa Saer and her former lover Henry Judd Gray for the murder of her husband Albert Snyder. Automobiles planned to carry prisoners to Sing Sing with engines running while Justice Scudder pronounces sentence. Guards prepared the secret entrance to Sing Sing and motorcycle escorts were assigned for the transfer to the penitentiary. Execution in the electric chair expected the week of June 1 but will follow a speedy decision on appeals.
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Civic Center Plan Outlined for Chicago Twin Skyscraper
A Chicago syndicate plans a forty story twin skyscraper in downtown Chicago costing over 8 million dollars. Architect Paul Gerhardt revealed a main auditorium for 75 100 people, a 4100 room hotel, conversion hall with 300 600 square feet, and extensive garage space. The complex will feature an all purpose athletic field and a quarter mile track surrounding the structure.
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Prominent Maryland lawyer and GOP leader dies in Hagerstown
Hagerstown May 13 Special Senator Alexander R. Hagner yesterday died of pleurisy after a brief relapse. A longtime Washington County attorney and Republican leader, he served as United States Commissioner here before moving to the Senate. He was born October 1 185? in Cahert county Md and studied under noted Maryland lawyers. He chaired county GOP activities, ran twice for State’s Attorney, and contested the Sixth Congressional district seat in 1906 with 12 votes at Oakleaf. later he served on the Maryland House of Corrections board.
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Bull attacks man and collie in tense encounter
Albert Lee, Mina reports a bull gored by a collie that grabbed the animal's tail and held on as the bull charged, then collapsed unconscious after a fifteen minute struggle. Sanger B. Steel, 35, Wall Street broker, artist and musician, leaps to death from the fifteenth floor of the McAlpin Hotel in New York.
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Red Star Fights Plan for United Rail Bay Bridge Route
Red Star Company protests United Railways bid to operate Baltimore to Ocean City buses via a Bay Bridge crossing. Adrian Hughes Jr filed the application for Ha'timore Coach Company with the Public Service Commission, aiming to cross the Chesapeake Bay bridge once completed. A branch route to Rehoboth Beach was also proposed, with rates left to commission approval. Clarence W. Miles will file protest on behalf of Red Star, which also seeks to extend its line into Baltimore after bridge completion.
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Anna Eva Fay Pioneer in Mind Reading Dies
Anna Eva Fay a leader in stage mind reading for decades, born in Southington, long toured including Milwaukee. She married her manager David St. Pingree in 1941 and is survived by two sisters.
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Shortcake Shortage Shrinks Strawberry Crop in Key States
Reports indicate a temporary drop in strawberry shortcake supplies as a weather-affected crop trims about 35,500 quarts from the midwestern and eastern strawberry harvest. Maryland Delaware New Jersey Illinois Kentucky and Missouri still expect a crop near last year with millions of quarts to come.
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