Shepherd Faces Three Murder Charges After Poison Discovery
Chicago report notes coroner chemists found mercury poison in the exhumed remains of Mrs Mary McClintock, mother of Wm Nelson McClintock. The finding strengthens the murder charge against Shepherd in the McClintock death probe and delays further inquest until mercury test results are complete. The defense declined to comment as inquest resumes next week.
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Chicago
D. Shepherd
McClintock
Mary McClintock
Nelson McClintock
Shepherd
Wm. 5S
Stewart
Oscar +Olson
McCintock
Robert E. Crowe
Crowe
Second well on state farm yields strong water flow
In Grafton North Dakota April 19 the second well on the state farm was completed yesterday and shows a flow of 45 to 30 gallons per minute in tests. Water was struck at 156 feet and the well is cased to the bottom with a ground formation similar to the first well. State engineer Arthur Wade will inspect the recently found water supply tomorrow.
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Grafton
Arthur Wade
Rippon Wisconsin seeks Coolidge visit for Republican jubilee
In Rippon Wisconsin officials Senator Lenroot Judge Roy Reed and internal revenue collector Wilkinson urge President Coolidge to attend a Republican jubilee in Rippon this summer and suggest he could combine the trip with a Minneapolis visit in June. Also reported discovery of a murdered baby case in Syracuse Woodlawn Cemetery where a three week old girl was found in bushes prompting an inquiry.
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Washington
Rippon
Wisensim
Coolidge
Lenroot
Roy Reed
Internal Revenue
Wilkinson
Wisconsin
White House
Minneapolis
Syracuse N.Y
Syracuse
N. Y
Woodlawn
Women entering trades in England rise sharply
London April reports that women now fill roles once held by men across industries. Of 17.188 million people employed in English industry, nearly 6 million are women, an increase of about 250 thousand since 1941. Women work as sew ers operatives barges smiths steel workers and furnace blowers.
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London
England
Adoption yields large share of Quay Butler estate
In a New York will Mrs Susan Quay Butler leaves 378 996 of her 455 000 dollar estate to her six year old adopted daughter Anne Butler and cuts off her husband Watson H Butler with one dollar. If Anne dies before 25, remaining assets go to her guardians Mrs Carol Quay and Mrs Mary Quay Davison with portions set for the two sisters.
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New York
Watson HH. Butler
Sandusky, Oho
Susan Quay Butler
Anne Butler
Butler
Matthews G. Quay
United States
Pennsylvania
Carol Quay
Sewickley
Mary Quay Davison
Buffalo
Another Blast at Herrin Incites Political Tensions
Herrin Illinois April 10 a second dynamiting targets the McCormick store owned by Clarence and Marshall McCormick with no injuries reported. Marshall McCormick, once a Klansman now an anti-Klan mayoral candidate, said a life threatening call preceded the act. A separate note reports New Forest fires near Blacksburg Virginia have torched timberlands along the Blue Ridge.
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Herrin
Clarence
Marshall McCormick
McCormick
Blacksburg
Ann
Blue Ridge Mountains
Miner Mass Meeting Declared Critical Day in Panhandle WV
West Virginia mine unions plan a mass gathering today on the Ohio River side opposite Moundsville to push non union miners in Panhandle counties toward joining. The event marks a pivotal effort to organize workers amid ongoing labor tensions.
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Wheeling
Panhandle
West Virginia
Ohio
Mnundsi Ville
Public Market For Babies Probed In Los Angeles
Los Angeles detectives and District Attorney Asa Keyes probe a so called public market for babies selling infants for 50 to 500 dollars. The inquiry centers on a 14 year old girl at a home called Baby Market run by Mrs Hazel Sims. A baby reportedly sold for 178.50 to Mrs Ella G Williams. Suspect James Sudesberry faces attack charges and extradition is planned once in custody.
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Los Angles
Asa Keyes
Los Angeles
Hazel Sims
Ella G. Williams
James Sudesberry
Grass fire destroys barn west of Polk after cigarette butt
Ashland April 10 fire destroyed a barn about half a mile west of Polk. Investigators believe a burning cigarette stub from a passing auto started the blaze. Damage was estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Polk
Ashland
Six Men Plead Not Guilty In Liquor Raid Case
Police and deputy sheriffs conducted two raids netting over 29 gallons of liquor. Six men charged with liquor law violations pleaded not guilty before Mayor Hinkson. bonds set at 1000 for Namy George and Joe George, and 1000 or 500 for others. Four men arraigned in Common Pleas, bonds 1000 or 500.
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Sheriff's Department
Corbett, Southam
P. J. Crehan
Namy George
Woodford Avenue
Namy
Joe George
East 6Th Street
Lorain
Joe
Hinkson
Hach
Nick Bales
Mike Porl
Pearl Road
South Lorain
Vasel Netotan
Oakwood Street
Vasel Vass
Hast 30Th Street
4. R. Webber
Common Pleas Court
D. W. Myers
Bales
Netotan
Clarence Adams
Charles Ives
Oscar Piggote
Frank Smith
Mountain Train Wreck Kills Eighteen In Barcelona
A funicular on a mountain route near Barcelona derailed inside a tunnel after a short circuit. The engine and three cars left the rails and burned, killing eighteen and injuring more than a hundred. Rescuers faced crowds at the tunnel mouth as survivors were treated in city hospitals.
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Bacelona
Spain
Barcelonia
Amherst Seeks Emergency Funds Under New Ohio Law
Amherst voters are asked to sign petitions for an emergency levy under one mill to cover village operating expenses. Only 25 signatures gathered of 436 needed as the town uses the new state law to obtain funds. Mayor Nord notes Amherst is first village to apply. Lorain county districts have used the bill to finish the school year.
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Amherst
W. G. Nord
Ohio
Lorain County
Supreme Court to hear income tax return case next week
Washington April 19 The fight of newspapers under the 1924 revenue tax law to publish individual income tax returns will be argued before the United States Supreme Court next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Hone Breaker Kills Man in Trap Wife's Suitor
Frank Maldero 25 dies after a trap set for Augustin Diego in New York. Diego in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital with knife wounds after a confrontation with Maldero. Mrs Maldero fled to the street as shots rang out and Diego was chased by a crowd led by her. Police report two shots heard and Diego collapsing amid pursuit.
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New York
Frank Maldero
Augustin Diego
Bellevue Hospital
Maldero
Diego
Man Charged With Obtaining Money By False Promises
Charles Balogh a 40 year old Cleveland alleged patent medicine salesman pleaded not guilty to a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses after taking $120 from Mrs James Szabo last September promising to cure her son Albert LC of an attack Balogh denied being a doctor and said he did not promise a cure He was held to the grand jury under $500 bond after a morning hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Balogh
Cleveland
Hinkson
Balogh
James Szabo
West River Street
Contractors Seek Bond Ordinance in Lorain
In Lorain on April 10 Toran contractors urged by Solicitor Wesley L Grills to pre date an ordinance requiring bonding of all contractors. Grills said he would study the proposal but believed it would be illegal. Chicago's relief drive ends with 1.9 million raised after a 50 900 donation.
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Lorain
Toran
Wesley L. Grills
Grills
Chicago
Illinoi
Wins Bride and Restaurant In 36 Hours On A N J Wager
METUCHEN N J April 10 Pat 3 so gosh changed homely I didn't think any girl would mar right and now my restaurant is his This was the sorrowful declaration today of Bil Kichbaum who wagered his restaurant against Pat Krep s taxicab business that he couldn t get married within thirty six hours Pat won the bet by hurrying to New York and marrying Agatha stelle Hollis of 105 Lincoln avenue Highland Park at St George Staten Island Eichbaum s last lingering hope that Pat softened by connubial bliss might relent and decline to accept the restaurant vanished today as lawyers drew up the transfer papers I understand his bride don t think much of the bet though Bill said hopefully maybe she ll make him give me back the restaurant Eichbaum said he would manage the restaurant for its new owner I m sure of getting my money every week now anyway Sometimes business iz Cotten CHICAGO April 19 The Board of Trade and the Cotton Exchange were closed today in observance of Good Friday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donahey
Hal
Gov. Donahey
Lillian Vogel
Zanesville
Muskingum County
Metuchen
N. J
Gosh
Bliss
Bill
Eichbaum
Tte
Cotten
Good Friday Observances Across Major Cities
The Stock Exchange and many businesses closed for Good Friday in New York with special church services. In Berlin the Opera company broadcast Parsifal under Max Von Schillings. England began Easter holidays with nationwide closures and church services. Madrid held the traditional washing of the poor men’s feet with Rayos marking the day.
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New York
the Stock Exchange
Berlin
Berlin Opera Company
Max von Schillings
Wagher
London
England
Madrid
Rayos
Ocean Size Ship Planned for Lakes
In Lorain on April 10 it was learned that Pittsburgh Steamship Co ordered a 750 foot lake freighter from American Ship Building Co for service between Calcite Island and Gary terminals. Superintendent J D G Stenman confirmed the report, noting the $2,000,000 vessel would be the largest on the lakes with two self unloaders and a 70 foot beam, surpassing the Grant Morden.
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Lorain
Pittsbugh Steamship Co
American Ship Building Co
Grant Morden
Mayes Woman Injured When Auto Hits Pole in Detroit
Mrs. FE J Mayes of Detroit Michigan and her husband were in an accident on Cleveland Street while avoiding a truck around 9 80 a m today. She suffered a fractured arm and a severe scalp wound. Dr R Gamble treated her. Mr Mayes said a Maytag washing machine truck driven by a man named Dye swerved onto Cleveland Street in front of them, causing the crash and damage to their vehicle.
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FE. J. Mayes
Detroit
Cleveland Street
Mayes
R. ¥. Gamble
Dye
Lim
Avoi
Elyria Machines Crash at Dover Leaves Driver Near Death
George Beaver 82 of Elyria died at Lakewood Hospital after a crash three miles east of Dover Center on the Cleveland road. His passenger Ruby Mason was injured and Joseph Flynn was arrested for intoxication. Alex Williamson escaped with facial cuts as his Studebaker overturned while Beaver’s Gardner sedan wrecked.
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George Beaver
Landon Street
Broad Street
Lakewood Hospital
Dover Center
Cleveland Road
Beaver
Alex Williamson
Lewis Mercantile Co
Elyria
Elyrian
Joe Flynn
Walnut Street
Ruby Mason
Lorain Avenue
Claveland
Miss Mason
Flynn
Eugene Albers
Dover Village
Richard Scadden
Williamson
Studebaker
Willamson
Roman grave found in Britain dated 1600 years old
In Castor Eng Apr 10 a Roman grave estimated at 1600 years old was dug up by a ploughman. The stone coffin measures 29 inches at the head and 27 at the foot, lies 20 inches deep, eight feet long, containing an adult male skeleton. The grave is believed to be a Roman centurion from Constantine era.
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Castor
Eng
Constantine
Workman Hurt After Fall Into Elevator Shaft
Charles Brosser, 65, of 485 Cleveland Street, is in serious condition at Memorial Hospital after falling into an elevator pit at the I T Rubber Co. He lay there for about two hours before being found by a relief watchman. Brosser sustained a deep scalp wound a dislocated shoulder and a fractured hip. He was treated by Dr. George D. Nicholas Jr. and transported by Jenkins ambulance.
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Charles Brosser
Cleveland Street
Memorial Hospital
I. T. 5. Rubber Co
Grosser Ley
Gardner
Jenkins’ Ambulance
George D. Nicholas, Jr
Miss Abby Rockefeller to Wed Milton in May
New York April 10 Miss Abby Rockefeller daughter of John D Rockefeller Jr and heiress of vast wealth and David Merriweather Milton Jr a lawyer aged 25 secured a marriage license for a May 16 wedding from the Marriage Bureau.
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New York
Abby Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
David Merriweather Milton, Jr
Marriage Bureau
Easter Weather Forecast Optimistic Across Nation
Weather forecaster Charles L. Mitchell predicts general fair and warm Easter weather. He says cloudiness will linger in the northern states and parts of the Midwest, but the South should enjoy the best conditions with little rain.
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Eevatae
Washington
Charles L. Mitchell
Weather Bureau
Middle West
Mitchell
Leeds Adopted Child Decreed Richest Girl In World
Joy Louise Leeds, 12, adopted daughter of the late Warner M. Leeds, becomes chief beneficiary of an estate valued over 4 million dollars after probate of her foster father will. The girl already possesses millions in her own name and is cited as one of the world’s wealthiest youths.
Death during baptism investigated in Delaware
Justice of the Peace Earl D. Vande man named acting coroner as inquest proceeds into the death of World War II veteran William B. McCoy who died Thursday afternoon during immersion in Church of Christ rites. Doctors said shock from immersion likely caused death though lungs showed grave damage and gangrene. pastor Ray Pennell and father-in-law W. N. Wilson were involved in the immersion and the body was sent to Magnetic Springs for burial in Richwood preparation.
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Delaware
Justice of the Peace
Earl D. Vandeman
E. 5. Owen
William B. McCoy
Church of Christ
M. W. Davies
C. W. Bonner
McCoy
Plac
Wilson
Richwood
Magnetic Springs
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Wisconsin Claires
Cancuskian
Sudesberry
National Bank
Comptroller of the Currency
LilIan
Av Donaney
Maan
Bodine
Bride and Restaurant
N.J
Board of Trade
The
Cotton Exchange
Cleveland ST
Dover
George Beavor
Sudro
Britain
Workman
I. T
J. Rockefeller
Leeds
Treasury
Georgiana Criswell
Lorian
Robert Murary
Fifteenth Street
AEW
Brunswick
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