Love Triangles and Murder Courtroom Drama Unfold in Los Angeles
Hollywood writers dream of drama but none match the real life courtroom saga in Los Angeles. Kut C. Burch and Obenchain face murder charges linked to the August 5 shooting of Belton Kennedy as Madalynne Connor Obenchain, former Northwestern campus belle, is involved. John Sullivan appears as a mysterious figure as the case traces from Evanston to Beverly Glen.
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Burch
Birds and Bylines in Seattle Saloons and Society
A collage of quirky quotes and local chatter. Jokes about city life, housing, and industry mingle with tongue in cheek remarks on movie stars, theater, and the prune and raisin trades. A Japanese delegation joke closes the page.
Bomb Strikes U.S. Consulate in Lisbon Amid Sacco-Vanzetti Protests
A bomb exploded in the doorway of the American consulate in Lisbon injuring no one and damaging the building. Consul Stanley Hollis reported the blast tied to protests over the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Similar threats prompted heavy police guarding at the Buenos Aires consulate.
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State Department
Lisbon
Portugal
Stanley Hollis
Altho
Sacco-Vanzett
Hollis
Sacco
Vanzetti
United States
Buenos Ayres
Sacco-Vanzetti
Bodies of 4 Storm Victims Recovered
Anglesea New Jersey November 1 four fishermen were recovered today and seven others were believed drowned after their boat capsized in yesterday's storm.
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Anglesea
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Office Desk Room for Rent in The Star Want Ads
If your office is larger than you need you can cut costs by sharing space with another business. Advertise desk room for rent on The Star Want Ad page and quickly connect with those needing moderate office space. Use Star Want Ads for quick and satisfactory results.
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Halloween Shooting Injures Lincoln High Freshman
Cornelius Neely Sullivan a 16 year old Lincoln high school freshman was wounded by buckshot on Monday night while Halloween revelers injured him in the street at 80th and Avenue N. E. Two neighbors are accused of firing the shot which grazed his leg and arm as a gunman emerged from an alley. Sullivan crawled home with help from onlookers and a doctor was summoned. Police call the incident a near miss and investigators pursue charges against the alleged shooter.
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Southard Case Goes to Jury Wednesday
In Twin Falls Idaho on November 1 authorities indicated the Lyda M Southard case might not reach a jury until Wednesday unless a special night session is held. The delay came as District Attorney Frank L Stephan added three new rebuttal witnesses to strengthen the circumstantial evidence against the alleged poisoner of husbands.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Lyda
M. Southard
Frank L. Stephan
Lawyers Push Insanity Plea In Burch Kennedy Murder Case
Los Angeles attorney filings shock courtroom as four affidavits urge mental incompetence for Arthur C. Burch in the Beverly Glen murder of John Belton Kennedy. Spectators barred as jurors are empaneled and Burch declares he feels strong and relies on his lawyers. District Attorney Woolwine jokes about the elusive old man alibi.
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Madalynne Obenchain
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Schenck
Chicago
Lee Woolwine
Auto Racer Killed Trying for Record
Louis Sigel, road racing driver, died and his mechanician Clark Rogers was mildly injured when their Wills-St. Claire car plunged from a bridge during a Portland to Oakland attempt in Oakland. The accident occurred late last night and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Wills-St. Claire
Portland
Egypt Queen Is Green-Eyed In Aphrodite Play
Patricia O'Connor plays the Queen of Egypt in a grand production. The Irish born coloratura soprano with green eyes and red-brown hair shares a love of hiking and apple pie. She must have tea three times daily and is known privately as Baroness Grivot de Grandcort.
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County of
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Oldest Apple Tree Found in Washington State
The Star reports the Fort Vancouver apple tree planted in 1826 is the oldest in Washington and among the state’s oldest industry, yielding about 20 bushels annually. It is linked to Fort Vancouver history, Ulysses S. Grant and others, symbolizing the region’s early settlement and development.
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Search
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United States
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Columbia Basin
Oregon Territory
Great Britain
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Phil Sheridan
George B. Pickett
Fort Vancouver
Marcus Whitman
Northwest
British Columbia
Fort
John McLoughlin
Hudson Bay Company
Cape Horn
Jimmie Bruce
Vancouver Trading Post
Bruce
Washington State
Charge Yankees in France Mistreated
The Senate adopted a resolution authorizing a five member committee to hear Senator Watson's charges that American soldiers in France were mistreated and hanged without court martial.
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France
Washington
Sensate
Watson
Georgia
Cordell Hull Chosen to Lead Democratic Committee
ST. LOUIS November 1 Cordell Hull of Tennessee was selected by Democrats to succeed the late George White as national committee chairman Breckinridge Long of St Louis was the first choice of Cox and McAdoo factions but could not be appointed as Edward Goltra of St Louis refused to resign as Democratic committeeman from Missouri
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Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Democrats
George White
National Committee
Breckinridge Long
Cox
McAdoo
Edward Goltra
Missouri
Japan Refuses to Withdraw From Sakhalin Occupation
Washington reports that Japan will not yet withdraw its military occupation of the northern half of Sakhalin island off Siberia. The notice came from authoritative quarters in the United States today.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Sakhalin Island
Siberia
New U S Attorneys Assume Their Jobs
John A. Frater and Judson Faulkner, recently appointed assistant U S district attorneys, were admitted to practice in federal court Tuesday and began their new duties.
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John A. Frater
Judson Faulkner
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Asylum Hearing Set in Seattle Next Thursday
Robert B. Hesketh announced a public hearing of the special committee investigating the Insane asylums. The session will take place in Seattle at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the County City building.
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Robert B. Hesketh
Seattle
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