N Y to Paris Flight Tragedy Trials and Fatal Crash
Court testimony in the Ruth Snyder murder case reveals Henry Judd Gray and Ruth Snyder confessed under duress to planning her husband Albert Snyder’s murder. In separate aviation news, Lieut Commander Noel Davis and Lt. Stanton Hall Wooster died in a Langley Field forced landing while pursuing the New York Paris nonstop flight.
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N. Y
Rath Snyder
George Y. Laughlin
New York
Hersband
Postal Telegraph At &75
Snyder
Henry Judday
McLaughlin
Mrs.der
Gray
Laughlin
Mrs.yder
Moe
Surtroom
Long Island
N.Y
Henry Judd Gray
Ruth Brown
Snyhusband
Albert
Snyder-Gray
Washington
Noel Davis
Laigut
Stanton Hall Wooster
Navy l
Langley Field
Navy
Davis
Charles Lindbergh
Airmail
Verdict Affects County Commissioner's $400.70 Case
A verdict for 400.70 involving S L Cothrel and county commissioners was settled after a court action. The jury denied Cothrel's petition for judgment and a separate judgment of 2,456.78 was declared against the commissioners. Cothrel claimed a contract to construct sewer work in Avon Lake Water Supply segment 109 in County District 1. He contends he paid 3,456.78, with a final claim of 1,577.97 still outstanding.
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Sult
S. L
SUIF
Wit
George
Lucy M. Nye
Meridian Avenue
Tampa
Court of Common
Giar
Penfield Hip
Floyd Hewitt Found Guilty of Double Murder
Floyd Hewitt, 17, was found guilty of first degree murder for the brutal slayings of Mrs. Fred Brown and her five year old son. The jury did not recommend mercy, meaning the electric chair. A confession linked Hewitt to the crime after he became enraged by radio music and Mrs. Brown's rebuff.
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Jefferson, O
Floyd Hewitt
Fred Brown
Hewitt
President Outlines U S Foreign Policy Speech Shared
President Coolidge outlined key policies on Mexico China and Central America in a commemorative address to United Press publishers in New York. He urged firmness abroad while aiding South American republics and granting China a chance to rehabilitate, framing his approach as central to his reelection strategy.
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New York
Coolidge
United Press Associations
United States
Rio Grande
China
Mexico
Nicaragua
Friends fight to save life of farmer
Roanoke Va April 26 Friends who kept 18 year old Walter L Booth alive four days and nights with artificial respiration continued efforts as doctors warned the case was hopeless The Trentville farmer was paralyzed from the waist down and recovering from injuries in an automobile crash but his friends kept up the breathing technique with alternating smiles and tears while physicians predicted failure.
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Roanoke
Walter L. Booth
Trentville
Booth
Four Children Slain by Mother in Ohio Tragedy
Meo Homma Thomas, 44, killed her four young children and tried to stab herself in an Ohio city home. Constables pursued her as they moved to arrest her after the incident occurred on April 26.
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Bulletey Tor City
Oat
Homma Thomas
Aregate
Arrest of Erie Auditor on Embezzlement Indictments
Elroy Z Perry, a former Sandusky County clerk of courts, was arrested in Sandusky on indictments charging embezzlement related to about 1 286 dollars. He pleaded not guilty and was held on a 4000 dollar bond after the grand jury returned the indictments secretly. The arrest followed state examiner reports auditing records in the case. Perry is the son of former Sandusky police chief Jod Perry.
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Bandusky
Elroy Z. Perry
Movanemdy Apaditor
Rcords
Perry Traymerry
Perry
Jod. Perry
Sandusky
Second Annual Bins Week Planned by Town Youths
The second annual Boys Week in Elsria begins May 29 with a parade at 299 Gt and a committee meeting at the Y M C A. Events run Monday to Saturday featuring school and community activities, with early dismissal Friday and a parade through the district. Activities include industry day, church and Sunday school sermons, talks, government day with elected officials, and safety day with school addresses.
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Elsria
Y M. Ff
Bors
Sechook
Hiteties
Ini
Tureday
Bers
Tech Schach
Pleads Not Guilty To Liquor Charge
Steve Czempay 68 West Third Street pleaded not guilty in police court this morning to a charge of possessing intoxicating liquor. Czempay will be tried for possession on May 3. He was released after signing his own bond for $200.
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Steve Czempay
West Third Street
Czempay
Pricea
Gia
Tshaq
Flood Relief Begets Community Fund Drive
A local club collected donations at a meeting to aid flood victims with more than one hundred dollars pledged for the relief effort. The funds, gathered at the gathering, were to be turned over to the Red Cross as part of ongoing disaster response efforts.
Chinese Fire On U S Ship Near Yangtse River
Reported April 26 Chinese forces attacked the U S vessel with heavy bombardment near Pukow and Nanking on the Yangtse. The incident involved mine fire and artillery as tensions rose between Chinese factions and American observers aboard the ship. Iron Manila aircraft and 79 service members were noted in dispatches.
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Sitangtat
FOS
B. Pen
Ema Jay
Kimya
Kiaoyin
America
Pukkow
Yangtse
Nanking
Mardhalk Chiang
Manila
Wie
Accident Scene Viewed by Jury
A court reviewed an accident scene involving a railroad lawsuit. Testimony examined negligence claims and the sustains of the plaintiff’s case as witnesses were summoned and evidence gathered.
Large supply depot at Memphis aids food refugees
Mem phis Tennessee April 26. A large depot for distributing food refugee relief started today by the Red Cross under Henry M. Baker. Duker requisitioned 25 000 tents 25 000 cots blankets and 200 field kitchens from the War Department. Supplies will be shipped to Memphis and rushed to relief camps as needed. Maher also asked the navy for four hydroplanes to survey drowned areas locate marooned refugees and deliver supplies.
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Miumpitlgs
Tenn
Memphis
Red Cross
Henry M. Baker
Duker
War Department
Momptis An
Maher
Navy
Evacuation Under Way As Mississippi Rises
In Vicksburg Mississippi on April 26 evacuees flee flood threats as the Mississippi River nears a record 38 feet. Local officials, aided by troops, rally residents to abandon deltas and evacuate to safety amid rising waters and scarce belongings. General Curtis W Green orders continued operations to move people to safer areas.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Weather Bureau
RG. Stiss
Hoops Lesan
Curtis W Green
Red Cross Drive Reaches Over One Million in Donations
Reports from Washington show the Red Cross flood relief campaign reaching 1,055,000 by noon with 42 refugee camps and thousands awaiting aid. April 26 updates list contributions totaling 1,234,000 and names donors from J P Morgan and Company to Philadelphia firms, while relief work continues across Arkansas Mississippi Missouri Tennessee and Louisiana with millions more needed.
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Washington
Red Cross
Annie
Dones Vies
Cotton Plot
Arch
Henry Veo Thaker
Hood Vietmea
Wastington
J .P. Morgad and Company
General Motors
Trexvel
Philiadelphia
Federal Council of Chirch- Tos
Mise Lain
Peten
Matinat
Qhoty Club
Arkansas
Break in Mississippi levee threatens two towns
Engineers warn a levee break at Cotton Wal Point in the Mississippi could inundate Gorham and Cora City within 36 hours, threatening 25 000 acres of Yaud tithin and forcing evacuation plans for both towns.
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Nicathy Soul
Aprip
Mississippi
Cottonwal Point
Gorham
Cora City
Mississippi flood toll climbs as relief urged
In Memphis on April 26 the flood crisis worsens with over 109 deaths and up to 260,000 refugees in or beyond flood zones. Relief work is hampered by inadequate shelter food water and sanitation as authorities warn of looming plague and growing homelessness.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Sair
Governor seeks federal OK to break Mississippi levees
Governor Simpson of Louisiana with New Orleans Mayor O K ee fe e asks the War Department to authorize breaking the Mississippi levees to relieve flood pressure. A break near the Poydras plantation in St Bernard Parish would divert water ten miles below New Orleans. Federal officials say the government cannot assume levee breach authority, though cooperation with Louisiana is being considered.
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New Orleans
Simpson
Mississippi River Commission
Vicksburg
Miss
Davis
Daria
Toursiana
Hoover Seeks Flood Relief as Miss River Rises
Aboard the steamship Chisea, Herbert Hoover tours flood scenes along the Mississippi River toward Vicksburg. Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana officials discuss relief efforts as towns like Greenville suffer widespread inundation and desolation prevails along the affected riverfront.
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Vick
Miss
Herbert Hoover
Chisco
Catumerre
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Arkansas
Lawte
Jiana
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