Three Michigan killers confess torch murders to life terms
In Jackson Michigan three men Nathan Blackstone Frank Oliver and Fred Smith confessed to the Ann Arbor Lovers Lane torch killings of four youths. They received four life terms each and were moved to Marquette Prison as crowds gathered and mobs confronted authorities. The case spurred state wide horror and rapid arraignment after witnesses reported a dream led to arrests.
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Michigan
Jackson
Mich
State Prison
Marquette
Ann Arbor
Nathan Blackstone
Ypailant
Frank Oliver
Fred Smith
Blackstone
Ypsilanti
Harry Jackson
Thomas Wheatley
Harry Love
Vivian Gold
Anna May Harrison
Tesla
Frank Johnson
Ypsilanti Neero Glass
Otis Ogden
Neilson
Smith
Oliver
Ypailanti
Camitnome
David Blackstone
Anna Mae Harrison
Cleveland
Harry Lore
Arrest sweettart of Michigan killer linked to murders
Catherine Keller, 26, is held for investigation in Ypsilanti area murders of four schoolchildren. Lieut. Kelly Black reports she washed blood-stained clothes and found a .32 caliber pistol and newspapers at her home. Keller allegedly aided Fred Smith and others during the killings.
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Ane Arbor
Mich
Catherine Keller
I Black
Ypallanti
Miss Keller
Fred Smith
Hfe
Kelly Black
Michigan State Police
Black
Smith
Vivian Gold
Anna May Harrison
Cleveland
Harry Lore
Ypsilanti
Thomas Wheatley
Denton
Michigan
Frank Oliver
David Blackstone
Shea
Gripsholm Sinks Fishing Schooner After Collision
The Swedish American liner Gripsholm collided with and sank the Portland, Maine bound fishing schooner Albert W. Black. Captain Levi Eastman and his crew were saved. The Gripsholm, carrying 534 passengers, had departed Gothenburg Aug 6 for New York via Halifax.
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New York
Gripsholm
Albert W. Black
Portland
Sven Lundmark
Levi Eastman
Gothemberg
Sweden
Halifax
Sett Jang
Recluse Leaves $40,000 Found in Home Loot
Columbus Ohio Aug. 14 Searchers examining the home of Charles L. Stroeder a 76 year old recluse uncovered nearly forty thousand dollars hidden under rugs boxes behind pictures in old shoes and in letters and books The collection includes twelve thousand in silver eleven thousand in paper bills two hundred twenty five dollars in two and a half dollar gold pieces seventeen dollars in one dollar gold pieces and the rest in government bonds and building and loan certificates.
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Columbus
Charles L. Stroeder
Ohio forecast shows fair weather and warmer Saturday
The Ohio forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with a rise in temperature in northern and nearby areas. Yesterday's highs include Phoenix 100 and San Antonio 94, with White River 36 and Calgary 40 noted in the regional outlook.
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Ohio
Phoenix
Uron
Antonio
White River
Calgary
n'Appelle
Congress Set to Open Amid Noisy Session Forecast
Washington observers expect the 1930 Congress to be the noisiest in years as members return from recess for the December 7 assembly. Hoarding pressure from public business prompts early draft copies to reach President Hoover and key departments. The early start hints at a sweeping legislative season ahead.
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Congress
Washington
Nebraska
Hoover
Ung’s
Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Veterans Bureau
Treasury Public Buildings
Hoover Receives Few Visitors at White House
Washington August 14 President Hoover leads a hermit like life with scant visitors in seven days only 16 people listed including Rep Taylor Rep Edith Norse Rogers the British ambassador and Alfred P Thom. Secretaries have limited audiences as summer slows calls to the White House.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
United States
Taylor
Edith Norse Rogers
Mass
Thomas Campbell
Alfred P. Thom
National Association of Railway Executives
Body seen afloat near Foula Island during transatlantic flight
Reports from Copenhagen and Oslo say a body in an aviator suit was spotted drifting west of Foula Island in the Atlantic along the route likely taken by American flyer Parker D Cramer and Canadian radio operator Oliver Pacquette who disappeared on the Detroit to Copenhagen leg mapping a proposed transatlantic air route.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Foula Island
Atlantic
Oslo
Norway
Parker D .Cramer
Cramer
Oliver Pacquette
Detroit
America
Europe
Legion Corps Prepared For Cleveland Meet Parade
Flyna's Legion crack drum and bugle corps is ready for the competition in Cleveland. A parade is set Sunday at 2 PM and Monday 11 AM the contest begins at Public Stadium. At 7:30 PM Monday the local corps will broadcast from WHK then join a joint parade at 8 PM. A planned demonstration at Ely Park was canceled by rain.
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Flyna’s Legion Crack
Cleveland
WHK
Ely Park
President Secludes Guests at Executive Mansion
The text notes that many lack urgent grounds for personal interviews and that important guests are kept from the caller list to see the President in seclusion at the executive mansion. It mentions Walter Stifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, as one such caller.
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Walter Stifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Eagles Lodge units win honors at national convention in Toledo
The Elyria Lorain and Amherst Eagle lodges earned special recognition at the State and National Eagles Convention in Toledo. The Elyria crack initiation and degree team, former state champions, placed tenth nationally while the Elyria drill and degree team drew praise during the grand parade.
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Elyna
Lorain
Amherst
Eagles
Toledo
E. J. Handyside
Elyria Eagles Lodge
Elyria
Lindberghs Consider New World Flight Route Today
Charles and Anne Lindbergh weigh extending their world voyage from Tokyo toward China and India en route to Europe and back via the Azores. They rise early in Nome Alaska awaiting favorable weather to depart for Karaginsk Siberia as their 7 000 mile itinerary resumes.
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Nome
Alaska
Tol
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
China
Tokio
India
Europe
Atlantic
America
Azores
Cal
Washington
Orient
Charles A Lindbergh
Karaginsk
Siberia
Canada
Arctic
Safety Bay
German Aviator Reaches Greenland in Record Flight
Capt Wolfgang von Gronau, who left Iceland for Greenland, landed at Scoresbysund in eastern Greenland. He previously flew from Ireland to Greenland last August, ending at New York Harbor, with three students aboard. He started from the Isle of Sylt in the North Sea.
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Copenhagen
Wolfgang von Gronau
Iceland
Greenland
Scoresbysund
Scoreby Sound
von Gronau
Germany
Ireland
New York Harbor
Isle of Sylt
North Sea
Governors weigh oil price clash as TX OK edge toward deal
Oklahoma Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray and Texas Governor Sterling press for higher crude prices amid threats of martial law and new conservation rules. Oil firms offer to pay $1 a barrel and a small East Texas price rise tests the stalled talks as Murray heads to a reunion and Sterling presses for production curbs to stop waste.
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Oklahoma City
CPI
Murray
Oklahoma
Ross Steiling
Texas
United
Reunion
Weatherford
Tex
Sterling
East Texas
National Guard
Trucker, Train Collisions Claim Three in Lorain County
In Lorain County yesterday afternoon three people died and one was seriously injured after a truck carrying apples stalled on a Nickel Plate crossing at Lear road and was struck by a westbound train. A second fatal crash occurred in Amherst when a machine struck Mrs. Daniel Hunt as she stepped from a car. Chago Marquez died later at St Joseph's Hospital after being hit by a car when he ran into the street. Authorities exonerated the drivers and listed the incidents as accidental.
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Lorain County
Isadore Christ
Walker Toad
Avon Lake
Margaret Christ
Lear Road
Amherst
Daniel Hunt
Alexander Avenue
Lorain
Clarence Dick
William Caley
Wes
St. Joseph's Hospital
Christ
Welsh Undertaking Establishment
Hunt
Hunt Had Just Emerged From A Car and Was About To Crouse South Main Street
Amherat
Novakoski
Sherif Clarence Adams
Paul Chapman
William Holst
Wickens
Rain
D. D. Grim
T. A. Peebles
Volcano Spouts Clear Water At Coscomatepec
Vera Cruz Mexico August 14 Coscomatepec volcano which recently erupted mud causing many deaths was spouting crystal clear water today. Little damage was reported from the new phenomenon and officials noted the change was not harmful.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Coscomatepec
State Senator Roy Yates Shot in New Jersey apartment
State Senator Roy Yates of New Jersey was shot in the abdomen in an upscale apartment. A young blonde woman in pajamas, found wandering dazed, said she remembered nothing. Police learned of the shooting three hours after the private ambulance took Yates to a hospital.
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New York
Roy Yates
New Jersey
Mas
Misa Rath Jayne
James Cotter
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