Two Youth Gangsters Executed for Sherry Murder at Sing Sing
July 15 reports detail the 1931 patrolman Bernard Sherry killing by boy gangsters. Alfred Cozzi and Fred Corbelling were executed in Sing Sing, after Peter Gughi Ettetti was killed earlier. Corbelling voiced a final cigarette wish, then died at 11 10, followed by Cozzi at 11 14. both showed calm, smoking in the death house.
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Dssining
Bernard Sherry
Wica Aquad
Alfred
Cozzi
Fred Corbelling
Sherry
Peter Gughiefetti
Corbellins
Father
Searchers Find Infant Body in Cess Pool
Minneapolis dispatch reports twenty month old Leslie Delano, missing six days as a suspected kidnapping, found dead in a cess pool near his Columbia Heights home. National guardsmen aided the search. coroner Thurston will pursue further inquiry to determine if the death was accidental or homicidal.
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Cess Pool
Minneapolis
Leslie Delano
Columbia Heights
National Guardsmen
Ray Delano
B. Thurston
Leslie
Masonic Official Becomes Lawyer at 77 in Texas
A Texas Mason, 77, was licensed as a lawyer and sworn into the Texas bar by Chief Justice M. Cureton. Cochran, rising star among Freemasons, plans to attend a world wide Masonic gathering. He passed a demanding bar exam among 200 candidates after five days of tests.
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Austin
Sam P. Cochran
Texas
Texas Bar
M. Cureton
State Supreme Court
Bevereton
Free Masonry
Ccochren
Cothran
Soviet farmers warned to not neglect agriculture during rapid industrial push
MOSCOW July 15 government urged attention to farming in a speech by Vyacheslav Molotov, president of the council of people's commissioners, at the Ukrainian Communist conference. Separately in Dallas July 15 Troy Hill travelled to Chicago to challenge James F. Meagher in a chess match. Hill blocked by distractions but later defeated Meagher by mail, the six month contest ending with Hill as winner.
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Moscow
Vyacheslau Molotol
Council of People's Commiteara
Ukrainian Communist Conference
Dallas
Troy Hill
Chicago
James F. Meagher
Meagher
Texas Robber Gang Hunted After Bank Heist
In Lufkin Texas on July 15 authorities pushed the hunt for four men who robbed the Farmers and Merchants State Bank at Grapeland earlier in the week and possibly extended their operation to this area by kidnapping two farm youths Charlie Delease 20 and Oran Andrews 23 of Rattliff. The youths said four robbers hired them to drive toward Lufkin then took their auto after a ride near Lufkin and paid them 52 dollars in gold before leaving the car behind.
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Lufkin
Texas
Seaplane Crash Kills Pilot and Two Passengers at Duluth
A seaplane fell into St Louis Bay near Duluth Minnesota last night killing three young men including Henry O'Hara 27 chief pilot for Atwood O'Hara air service and passenger Robert Bean 18 and mechanic Lloyd Rice. O'Hara and Bean died instantly. Five died later in an ambulance.
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Duluth
Minn
CINS
St. Louis Bay
Henry O'Hara
Atwood-O'Hara Air Service
Robert Bean
Lloyd Rice
O'Hara
Bean
Capt Friend Takes Command Of Manhattan in New Jersey
Captain George Friend, famed for sea rescues, brought the liner President Roosevelt into New York as commander for the last time. He will helm the new United States liner Manhattan, the largest built since the war, then proceed to Kearny, New Jersey for a sea trial.
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Friend
New York
George Friend
President Roosevelt
United States
Manhattan
Kearny
New Jersey
Globe Fliers Visit Berlin After Near World Flight
James Mattern and Bennett Griffin, returning from an around the world attempt, called on the German aero club with United States Ambassador Sackett in Berlin. They wore identical grey suits bought in Berlin for 7.50 marks, and said they would make another flight next year stopping in Berlin.
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Globe Fliers
Berlin
James Mattern
Bennett Griffin
German Aero Club Today
United States
Sackett
Texas Pecan Men Elect Officials
LUANO Texas July 15 Gray of Arlington was elected president yesterday of the Texas Pecan Growers association. Clinton Brown of San Antonio was elected vice president and Fred Brison of College Station was named secretary-treasurer. Corsicana was listed as the convention city.
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Luano
Texas
Gray
Arlington
Texas Pecan Growers’ Association
Clinton Brown
San Antonio
Fred Brison
College Station
Corsicana
Dallas County Court Faces Gusted Removal Suits
July 45 The four Dallas county commissioners and county judge F H Alexander faced suits for removal from office. The special grand jury, acting as taxpayers, filed petitions against commissioners J W Gill George W Ledbetter W C Lemmon and Charles A Tosh in districts 116th and 14th. Answers set for July 25.
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Dallas
F. H. Alexander
J. Hart Willis
Alexander
Distrc
J. W. Gill
George W. Ledbetter
One Hundred and Sixteenth District Court
W. C. Lemmon
Charles A. Tosch
Fourteenth District Court
Alexander Sed
Tosh
Lemmon
Bijis
Capone Toils In Tailor Shop At Federal Prison
Capone, once Chicago underworld ruler, is described by an authentic source as toiling in the tailor shop of the federal penitentiary in Atlanta Georgia. He has lost about ten pounds and spends recreation time largely alone, with a resigned, unbroken spirit noted by fellow convicts.
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Capone
Gangland
Chicago
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