Laughton to Star in Film and Prohibition Talk
In Washington Aug 5 Eighteenth amendment praised by prohibition official Sandford as not intended to reform drinkers but to end liquor traffic. He says liquor habit is mental, not drug related, and law cannot curb taste for alcohol despite declines in mortality cited by county attorneys. Also Los Angeles reports Charles Laughton moving to Metro for Payment Deferred with Maureen O'Sullivan, and various Hollywood notes on casting and weddings.
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Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
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Lothar Mendes
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Brief Filed by Prosecution in Shepard Case
United States District Attorney M. Brewster of Topeka filed a brief upholding the murder conviction of Maj. Charles A. Shepard of Fitzsimmons General Hospital Aurora for poisoning his wife Zepang. The brief accompanies Shepard’s appeal to the United States Circuit Court while he remains free on $25,000 appeal bond. The document reviews the trial record and counters defense arguments.
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Charles A. Shepard
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United States
8. M. Brewster
Topeka
Kan
Brewster
United States Circuit Court
Shepard
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Aurora
Zepang
Woman Recluse Is Found Murdered in Mississippi
In Natchez Mississippi Miss Jane Merrill aged recluse was found shot in a thicket about 200 yards from her home after an all night search by a sheriff posse and bloodhounds. The coroner’s inquest returned death at the hands of a person or persons unknown. Dr Edward Denoist reported no evidence of a criminal act.
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Jane Merrill
Edward Denoist
Unpublished Songs Left in Will in Chicago
In Chicago this August, Tommy Malle, an obscure songwriter, left only unpublished pages in his will filed with Probate Judge Horner. Beneficiary Willard Herming, described as "a fiend," inherits, while Malle, penniless, was said to have spent £100,000 from earnings. The will cites Heve ring’s promise to cover funeral costs, yet Malle’s burial was provided by the Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers, of which he was not a member.
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Tommy Malle
Horner
Willard Herming
Malit
Hevering
Malle
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Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers
Airplane Crash Fatal to Three at Geneseo Airpark
Geneseo, Aug 5 17 A death list of three persons and a charred mass of wreckage remained today after an airplane crash at the edge of Geneseo Airpark. The dead were Howard A McKay 37 of Cleveland pilot his brother Donald 30 and Margaret Carson 28 of Geneva. McKay's airplane crashed after attempting to land. the plane bore into flames and only a few breath parts remained.
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Howard A. McKay
Crledona
Donald
Margaret Carson
Geneva
McKay
Gun Which Killed 8 4 Man at Camp Believed His Own
Fort Worth dispatch reports a pistol used to kill A. E. Black of San Antonio near Wellington may match a weapon sold by JR McClure of Fort Worth a year ago. The gun was found along a creek near where Black and his son camped the night of the killing. The younger Black, John J. Black, has been charged with murder. Identification efforts continue.
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Backing Lehman Gains Roosevelt Support In Albany
On August 3 Governor Roosevelt backed the Democratic gubernatorial candidacy of Herbert H. Lehman. Supporters hope Alfred E. Smith will declare his endorsement soon as Lehman seeks the nomination.
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Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
Alfred S. Smith
Lebaran
Ecuadoran minister to Mexico City for talks
NEW ENVOY. Washington dispatch says Ecuadorian Minister Don Gonzalo Zaldumbide has gone to Mexico City to present credentials as minister to Mexico. He plans to return to Washington in October.
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A&i
Ecuador
Don Gonzalo Zaldumbide
Mexico City
Sredentista
Prashiington
Writer Jamets Oppenhaim Dies After Long Illness
New York obituary reports Jamets Oppenhaim aged 50, founder of The Beven Arte in 1918, died at his West End Avenue home early yesterday after a prolonged illness.
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Beven Arte
West End Avenue
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