Doomed to Hang in Louisiana Double Execution
Ada Le Boeuf and Dr. Thomas Dreher of Franklin Louisiana face execution on December 22 after the Louisiana Board of Pardons denied clemency for the murder of Ada Le Boeuf s husband James LeBoeuf. They allegedly hired trapper James Beadle to kill LeBoeuf, whose body was mutilated and dumped in a lake on July 1, 1927. Beadle received a life sentence from the jury.
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Louisiana Board of Pardons
Ada LeBoeuf
Thomas Dreher
Franklin
James LeBoeuf
Beadle
Youth Held in Robberies Ties to Store Theft Partner
Braden Stouffer, 23, of 618 North Mulberry street, is jailed on robbery charges tied to Schindel's drug store raid and the College Town Clothes Shop looting on West Washington street. Charles Norris, about 55, confessed to the clothes shop theft and implicated Stouffer, as police report bundles were seen leaving the store. authorities say recovered clothes, a coat, and torn seat cushions at Stouffer's home. Both men held on $500 bond, hearings set for Monday at 10.
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Braden
Stouffer
North Mulberry Street
Schindel
College Town
West Washington Street
Charles Norris
Norris
Oak Hill
Potomac
Smithsburg Moves to Seek Water From Hagerstown System
Smithsburg property owners prepare to ask the Town Council to study bringing water from Hagerstown, following Williamsport and Funkstown efforts. Advocates cite lower fire insurance rates and cheaper system costs, noting the high school already accesses reservoir water and the remaining pipe cost is seen as minor.
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Williamsport
Funkstown
Smithsburg
Hagerstown
County comedian in New York revue
Thomas Bleustine known as Hommy Bozo Snyder from Boonsboro appears in the musical revue New Americana at the Liberty Theatre New York. He is famous in burlesque and makes his debut on the legitimate stage in this production.
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Thomas Bleustine
Hommy Bozo Snyder
Boonsboro
Liberty Theatre
New York
Snyder
Sprecher Named Assistant Cashier at Boonsboro Bank
D. J. Sprecher, formerly cashier at the West End branch of the Maryland Surety and Trust Company, has been named assistant cashier of the Boonsboro Bank. He assumed his new duties December 1.
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D. J. Sprecher
West End
Maryland Surety and Trust Company
Boonsboro Bank
Congress May Ask Hoover About New Farm Bill Stance
Washington December 7. Congress may seek President-elect Hoover's view on the McNary Farm Relief Bill as uncertainty mounts with Hoover in South America. Republican leaders doubt his position, but some oppose an extra session and hope his approval could push the measure through in the seventieth Congress, delaying tariff revision until autumn.
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Congress
Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
South America
Loover
Mr. Hoover
Some Fiction Would Even Corrupt Sailor
In New York on December 7 James A Barrell president of United States Steel Corporation said some fiction being produced would corrupt sailors. He noted that sailors prefer non fiction and spoke at a luncheon at sea in the interest of libraries aboard ships.
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New York
James A. Barrell
United States Steel Corporation
Polite bandits turn rough in Chicago holdup
In Chicago, a pair of men robbed Miss Florence Gartner, with one claiming courtesy as their motto until the other struck her with a blackjack and seized her fur coat. The incident ended as the feuding duo revealed the contrast between politeness and brutality during the crime.
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Chicago
Miss Florence Gartner
Miss Gartner
Sentencing of Prisoners Set for Tomorrow
Prisoners of the November term of court will be sentenced by Judge Frank G Wagaman at 9 39 tomorrow morning. The sentencing will wind up the criminal docket for the term. The court's attention this morning was occupied with hearing several criminal appeals. James B Allgire Brunswick youth was found not guilty of driving an auto while drunk. The youth plead guilty before Justice Richard Duffey several weeks ago. George Long aged about 17 indicted for stealing a tire rim and horn from William Ridenour was paroled for 3 years by the court. The trial of Jesse Hasty night patrolman charged with assaulting a man is scheduled for this afternoon. Hasty played a jury trial when arraigned before Justice Harry E Snyder.
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Frank G. Wagaman
James B. Allgire
Brunswick
Richard Duffey
George Long
William Ridenour
Jesse Hasty
Hasty
Harry E. Snyder
Man from Virginia Breaks Doors at Farmhouse
Robert L. Day of Mt. Jackson Va disrupted the Frank W. Mish farm tenant house near Williamsport by breaking several doors. Constable A. D. Hawbaker stopped the damage, and Day, possibly unbalanced, was held until a West Virginia officer and a Martinsburg deputy sheriff arrived for investigation.
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Frank W. Mish
Williamsport
Robert L. Day
Mt. Jackson
A. D. Hawbaker
Day
Hawbaker
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Hoover To Spend 3 Days In Brazil
Rio Janeiro Brazil Dec 7 President elect Hoover probably will arrive in Rio Janeiro on the morning of Dec 20 and will remain for three days.
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Hoover
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Woover
Rio Janiero
New device to make landing in fog safer
Camden New Jersey December 7 officials of the Victor Talking Machine Company pronounced a test of a device to aid aircraft landings in fog a success The apparatus named super directional horn was developed by Lieutenant R C Mayer and tested at the company plant with the aid of the navy dirigible Los Angeles
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Camden
N. J
Victor Talking Machine Company
Los Angeles
R. C. Mayer
Flu Epidemic Threatens Schools in Iowa and California
Reports from Des Moines and Council Bluffs indicate influenza outbreaks may force school closures in affected Iowa towns. In Des Moines about 4,000 people ill, with 132 deaths reported nationwide. Los Angeles records 8,000 cases since November 13 and 132 deaths in just over three weeks, amid continuing spread and selective school closures in nearby communities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Council Bluff
Henry Albert
Albert
A. L. Liber
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Orange
San Bernardino
Ventura
Santa Barbara
Azusa
Orance County
Santa Ana
Much Bail Required To Free Gangsters
Cleveland dispatch reports 20 of 21 suspected gangsters released on $10,000 bonds each after arrest on suspicious person charges in a hotel. Salvatore Lombardino is held without bond for Belleville New Jersey authorities over a 1927 truck driver murder. Bail total reached $200,000 with $400,000 in pledged property.
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Cleveland
Salvatore Lombardino
Belleville
N. J
Daughter of famed poet Longfellow dies aged 78
Cambridge, Dec. 7. Miss Alice Mary Longfellow, daughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, died at her home in Cambridge at age 78. She was the oldest of the poet's daughters and known as the "Grave Alice" from her father's poem The Children's Hour, living in the Longfellow home all her life.
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Cambridge
Mass
Alice Mary Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow
Inverted Speech On Telephone Possible
New York reports a Bell Telephone demonstration of a wartime secret code using inverted speech. A spoken message is unintelligible at transmission and emerges in a decipherable form on the receiving end, with examples like Fay-O-Bonne Jay-Cutt Play-Feencrink-A-Nope heard from Allegany Mountain Telephone Company.
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New York
Bell Telephone
Allegany Mountain Telephone Company
Washington county home agent Ardath Martin on vacation
Miss Ardath Martin, the county home demonstration agent for Washington county, is spending her annual vacation this month.
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Ardath Martin
Washington County
Ban on Importing Out-of-State Rabbits Adopted
Maryland state game warden E Lee Lecompte imposed a ban on importing rabbits from outside the state after Tularemia was found in two counties. He said the disease is often fatal to humans and warned it is present in other areas, noting Kent and Prince George's counties as recently affected. The ban is the first in years as prior practice saw thousands of rabbits released into Maryland from Kansas and Missouri.
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Baltimore
E. Lee Lecompte
Maryland
Kansas
Missouri
Kent
Prince George's
Lecompte
Harford
Counting Machines Of All Varieties
New York reports at a mechanical engineering exposition feature many counting machines. Some count drops of falling water, others tally finger taps, and one would run 19 years before its dials reset. Machines count paper money and printed lines as well.
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New York
Coldest Day Yet This Winter Recorded At 19 Above
The coldest day of the winter thus far saw the thermometer at 19 above zero. Last week’s record was 22. Government weather observer J A Miller at Keedysville says the weather map shows a slight moderation tomorrow with cloudy conditions in this section.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Youth Dies of Mishap in Frederick Automobile Crash
Ralph A. Troxell, 25, of Frederick, died from injuries after a November 24 automobile crash on the outskirts of the city. The car left the road and struck several trucks. Three other people were injured. The driver says another car forced him off the road, which did not stop.
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Ralph A. Troxell
Frederick
Troxell
Radio Commission Could Extend Its Life Past March
The Federal Radio Commission may continue to function beyond its March 16 dissolution date. Chairman White of the House Merchant Marine Committee, co author of the Radio Act, is drafting a resolution to extend the commission's life.
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Washington
Dec
Federal Radio Commission
White
House Merchant Marine Committee
Didn't Reved Wife, Now He Must Pay Up
Walter Merchant must pay $59,000 after a Superior Court jury found he violated a promise to remarry his divorced wife Violet Marie Merchant. She testified they agreed to divorce for property title adjustments with a plan to remarry. Merchant denied, having wed another. The judge held postseparation promises binding.
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Los Angeles
Walter Merchant
Violet Marie Merchant
Actress Pearl Eaton Returns to New York After Chicago Divorce
Pearl Eaton, star for Carroll and Ziegfeld, arrives in New York with a Chicago divorce. She contemplates remarriage, saying she was not disappointed enough in her first marriage and may wed again.
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New York
Pearl Eaton
Carroll and
Ziegfeld
Chicago
Nautical advisers fault Vestris officers as incompetent
New York December 7 report says British and American nautical advisers to the U S Commissioner in the Vestris inquiry agree the ship officers were incompetent. The inquiry focuses on the ship Vestris and the circumstances leading to its loss, with officials citing failures in seamanship and command judgment.
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New York
U. S
Vestris
To Hunt Wolves From Airplane Ready for Minnesota
Edwin D. Fox and L. M. Chandler outfitting an airborne wolf hunt in Northern Minnesota. Chandler of the Minnesota Aircraft Association will shoot while Fox handles the controls. The state pays a $15 bounty per wolf.
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Minneapolis
Edwin D. Fox
L. M. Chandler
Chandler
Minnesota Aircraft Association
Fox
Minnesota
Arrest Tied to Local Auto Theft Case
The stolen Chevrolet coupe of Howard Moats an employee at the Moller Organ Factory was recovered and two youths J E Parker and Howard Slye were arrested in Alexandria Virginia last night Warrants were sworn out before Justice Richard Duffey and a deputy sheriff will return them here for trial Moats reported the theft yesterday afternoon from near the Moll er plant Slye about 25 and formerly employed at Mollers Parker said to be his brother in law were seen loitering about the plant during the day
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Howard Moats
Moller Organ Factory
J. E. Parker
Howard Slye
Alexandria
Richard Duffey
Moats
Moller
Slye
Moller’s
Parker
Thieves Loot Junk Dealer on Frederick Street
Thieves broke into the junk house of Harry Mandelstan on Frederick Street and stole copper and brass valued at over $150. Mandelstan reported the loss to police this morning and Officers Sailes and Ambrose began an investigation. The loot was seemingly carried away by truck or automobile.
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Harry Mandelstan
Frederick Street
Mandelstan
Sailes
Ambrose
Taft Refuses To Stay Execution At San Quentin
Chief Justice Taft declined to issue a stay of execution for John Joseph Malone, condemned for murdering his wife in Los Angeles last year, with the San Quentin hanging proceeding as scheduled.
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Washington
Taft
San Quentin Prison
California
John Joseph Malone
Los Angeles
Chicago chief shot in his home ambush
Leroy Bert, South Chicago police chief Gilbert, was shot dead in his home as shots from outside shattered windows. His brother Glenn Gilbert fled the scene while police traced a machine gun description to a leading suspect. No threats known to the chief or his wife.
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Chicago
Leroy Bert
Police
Apar
Ike
Chief Gilbert
Glenn Gilbert
A. Wild
Gilbert
Frostburg Has $11,000 Blaze
Fire at Standish Mansion Frostburg drives occupants to safety. Mildred Sausman six Irma Sausman five rescued by Walter Anthony who forced entry. Mrs Sausman escaped with others including Ned Harden Elizabeth Stevenson. Property damage estimated at 11000. owner insured.
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Cumberland
Standish
Frostburg
Mildred Sausman
Irma Sausman
Walter Anthony
Wife Sacrifices for Husband in Triangle Love Case
New York report details a complex marital triangle involving Herbert Leigh-Manell a 36 year old organist and his wife Mrs Leigh Manell who married his pupil Martha Van Wyen age 19. The wife says she acted from love as Leigh-Manell wed his pupil with her witness. The trio planned the marriage after his infatuation developed.
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New York
Herbert Leigh-Mannell
Martha van Wyen
Willy
Herbert
Ittle
Sayville
Long Island
Leigh-Marille
England
van Wyen
Marble
Leigh-Manwell
van Wyem
Ng Leigh-Manuell
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Alice Longfellow
Massachusetts
Harrison W. Ewing
Otto Kourim
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Ewing
Kourims
Kourim
Bertha
Otto
Edward
Radio Commission
Standish Mansion
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