Mother of Patterson Attends Trial For Murder
Gertrude Gibson Patterson stands trial for murder of her husband as her mother, a determined prosecutor, sits behind the state’s chair offering aid. Key witnesses recount alleged abuse and a 1966 revolver purchase. Letters by the defendant describing cruelties were introduced by counsel.
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United Press
Gertrude Gibson Patterson
Welaw
Patterson
Elliott
Trump
Robert Farnham
Chicago
Farnham
Denver
Hop
Emil Jest
Hilton
McLachlan
Gertrude Gibson’Patterson
Mulford Wins Vanderbilt Cup Race In Savannah
Ralph Mulford driving a Lozier captured the 289 mile Vanderbilt cup in 3 hours 56 minutes setting a new world record for 200 miles. De Palma in a Mercedes finished second in 3 hours 58 minutes 11 seconds as the big event drew the largest crowd ever seen in Savannah for the seventh annual race.
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United Press
Savannah
Ralph Mulford
Lozier
Ipl
de Palma
Grant
Malford
Jury Begins Drawing as Blethen Trial Moves Ahead
The trial of Alden J. Blethen progresses with juror selection after Judge Ronald denies the demurrer to the grand jury indictment. Chief Counsel Walter Fulton argues the indictment lacks proof of crime and knowledge of illegality, while Prosecutor Murphy and Deputy Caldwell maneuver over possible new information.
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Aiden J. Blethen
Ronald
Hugh Caldwell
Alfred H. Lundin
Fulton
Walter Fulton
Alden J. Blethen
Ludovic Dallagiovanna
Charles Berryman
Blethen
Arcade Dance Hall
Murphy
Caldwell
Not Guilty Plea Opens Blethen Jury Draw in Seattle
In Seattle Judge Ronald's court Blethen co defendants Murphy and Blethen face trial as 12 jurors are drawn. Georgiana Windle, a widow, becomes first questioned juror while Fulton probes the process. Wappenstein, Ludovic and Bergman plead not guilty and case proceeds amid a crowded courtroom with a misdemeanor penalty of up to 90 days or a $250 fine.
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Caldwell
Murphy
Ronald
Blethen
Fulton
Philip Ablan
Georgiana E. Windle
Brooklyn Ay
Ablan
Baxter
Byrne
C. W. Wappenstein
Wappenstein
Ludovic
Bergman
Windle
Times
Star
Husbad
Seattle Hardware Co
Burns
R. F. Bird
Bird
Seattle
Ballard
Half Fare for All School Children
The Seattle Electric Company's effort to grant half fare to all school children faces a setback after Corporation Counsel James E. Bradford rules the franchise provision applies to all children. The dispute hinges on whether private and public school pupils ride at half fare.
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Seattle Electric Company
James E. Bradford
Bradford
Men's Overcoats Special At Great Low Price
The Coats at this special price are excellently made of good servicable materials in browns, grays and plain black. Some have converts seen others plain. Also included are black ravenettes.
The Bogue Plan Explained for Seattle Growth
At a Municipal league meeting in Allen Dale's cafeteria about 350 Seattle citizens heard an intelligent explanation of the Bogue plan. The plan outlines gradual municipal improvements tied to growth, not instant spending, with docks and waterways as needed, arterial highways as population rises, and a civic center south of Denny Way in North Seattle aimed at a future city of one million.
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Seattle
Municipal League
Allen Dale
League
Dennyway
Seattle apartment house names near exhaustion
The city’s flats are named largely after women and dictionaries with many names in use. An architect laments the dwindling pool of possible names and jokes about naming buildings after janitors to relieve the shortage.
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Seattle
Mary
Help Seattle Kiddies With Turkey Feed This Thanksgiving
The Star appeals for donations to feed 60 Ruthers boys and girls on Thanksgiving Day. With three days left, residents are urged to provide turkeys and basic trimmings to fill the long table and ease hungry children. A 60-cent contribution from a girl at The Star office started the appeal.
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Ryther
Denny Way
Seattle
Ode
Star
Ruth‘er
Mother Ruther
Fall of Nanking Looms As Rebel Siege Rages
Shanghai dispatch reports Nanking under siege by rebel batteries and fleets. Imperial forces fight on Tiger Hill amid heavy losses, with estimates of at least 9,000 loyalists and 500 rebels dead as refugees flee on a Red Cross train.
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United Press
Shanghai
Nanking
Yangteekiang
Hae Fied
Tiger Hill
Cate
Manchis
Revolutionista
Uate
Red Cross
Weather Forecast for Tonight and Tuesday
Fair tonight and Tuesday with moderate easterly winds. Temperature at noon reaches 48 degrees.
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Pylet Ce
Turkey
Tom Crichard
Lioyd Muret
James Ray
Crist Tinn
Frank Bailey
Frank Wooster
Clifford Nornberg
Tommy Kepford
Cae
Mulford
Bavannath
H. M. Caldwell
Shafer Bros
Aingomar
Io Cranberries
OLE Hanson & CO
New York
Clerks
Cedar River
Crichton
Landsburg
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