Suspect in New York murders maintains innocence
Lud wig Lee, a 33 year old janitor and former sailor, faced relentless questions from twenty detectives as authorities press a murder case. Police believe he hacked two women to pieces in a Brooklyn rooming house, with body parts uncovered in subway yards and near Grand Army Plaza. Detectives and District Attorney Dodd assert strong evidence despite his protests of innocence.
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Associated
New York
Brooklyn
Ludwig Lee
Dodd
Atiowg
Grand Army Plaza
Prospect Place
Sarah Elizabeth Brownell
Alfred Bennett
Two Torture Attack On Girl In Struan Area
Mr and Mrs Con White report their daughter Mabel aged 16 was attacked by two masked men near Struan Hastings on July 12. They tortured her to reveal the family purse hiding place, choked and injured her legs and body, leaving her unconscious in a corn field before being found by the mother. The assailants escaped without taking anything.
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Hastings
Ioxa
Con White
Struan
Mabel
Merger Steps Move On as Glass Sand Firms Deed Land
Land transfers totaling 15 million dollars pave the way for a Baltimore backed merger of sand plants in the Hancock and Berkeley Spring districts. The Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp receives 2601% acres, Maryland Glass Sand Co Inc Funkhouser concern 568 acres, Beverly 8 Randolph 323 acres, and J T Bridges 110% acres with Bridges deeded as well. The will of Annieliza Miller of Clearspring was probated in the Orphans Court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock District
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp
Maryland Glass Sand Co. Inc
Funkhouser
Hancock
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Co
Beverly 8
Randolph
J.T. Bridges
FPWH
Bridges
Baltimore
Sand Graas
Berkeley Spring
Annieliza Miller
Clearspring
Orphans’ Court
Wharf Collapse Damps Dempsey Welcome at Lake George
A wharf collapse at Lake George nearly caused injuries as Jack Dempsey and about 5000 spectators faced danger while disembarking from a steamboat. Dempsey and his party escaped unharmed, with manager Leo Fixx and trainer Jerry Lavadia among the rescued in the water as spectators urged rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mague
N.Y
Jack Dempsey
Lake George
Sara
Inga
Dempsey
Jack
Leo Fixnn
Eiveryone
Jerry Lavadia
Utlehatcher
Jerry
Meo
Tourists Complain About Square Traffic System
Tourists in Hagerstown complain the Public Square traffic setup is confusing and causes long delays. A Daily Mail check Saturday night shows 1400 cars and 38 streetcars caught in the circle between 7 and 9 pm, raising concerns about emergency access during rush hours. Chief Barber defends the system as best, while travelers and locals see congestion as the main issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Todd
New York City
Daily Mail
Barber
Mr. Todd
Hagerstown
York
New York
Todd
Banana fumes fatal to two in Paris markets twist
In New York July 12 banana rotting fumes in a cellar at the Paris Central Markets killed two workmen and left a rescuer narrowly overcome. Firemen endured hours to recover the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Girl Prevents Man From Burning Up
In Baltimore on July 12 Miss Evelyn Hill, 18, sprang into action when Owen Gath’s clothes caught fire while he filled a motor car’s gasoline tank with the engine running. She hurled him to the street and beat out the flames with her sweater. Gath was seriously burned and expected to die, but physicians credited the girl with saving him from a worse fate.
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Baltimore
Evelyn Hill
Owen Gath
Gath
No Solution of Murder
Lieutenant James Manning veteran Baltimore detective planned to withdraw from the investigation of the murder of Edward L. Mills a 45 year old farmer of Hunting Hill. Authorities had investigated more than 100 leads with no results and Montgomery county commissioners were to meet likely to offer a reward for the killer's capture.
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Rockville
Mad
James Manning
Baltimore
Edward L. Mills
Hunting Hill
Montgomery County
Injured Woman Falls From Porch at Lanvale Street
Mrs. Billa Barger, 75, was badly injured this morning after falling from her back porch at 10 Lanvale Street. She suffered severe cuts and bruises and may have internal injuries.
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Billa Barger
Lanvale Street
Moonshiners Ambush and Kill Officer in West Virginia
In Wyoming county near Little White Oak Creek moonshiners ambushed a four man group of prohibition officers. Gus J. Simmons of Beckley was killed and Sam Lester wounded as the party pursued a large still. Clifford Mullens was arrested. Lee and Wiley Sizemore sought.
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Welch
W. Va
Prohibition
Little White Oak Creek
Wyoming County
Gus J. Simmons
Beckley
Sam Lester
Simmons
Lester
Clifford Mullens
Lee
Wiley Sizemore
Delivery of Mail Starts on July 16
Williamsport will begin mail delivery service on Saturday July 16, announced by Mrs. L. M. Miller, postmistress. George J. Newcomer named temporary carrier with expectation of permanence. Two deliveries daily at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. and two daily mail collections. Six public boxes will be installed before Saturday and residents are installing private boxes at homes.
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Williamsport
L. M. Miller
George J. Newcomer
Black in British India Return Flight Arrives
Van Lear Black of Baltimore arrives in British India from the Dutch East Indies via chartered plane en route to Amsterdam. He is due to depart for Karachi tomorrow.
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Allatiarad
British India
van Lear Black
Baltmore
Dutch East Indies
Amsterdam
Catentta
Karachi
Big Welcome Awaits Pair From Hawaii
San Francisco harbor greets J Maitland and Albert He genberger as they return from California to Hawaii aboard the liner Maul. Whistles bells and sirens drown the waterfront as thousands cheer the aerial conquerors arriving from Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Abieuts
Yester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
California
Hawaii
Honolulu
Famous Journalist Rescued From Ocean
Dr. William T. Ellis of Swarthmore Pennsylvania famed journalist and war correspondent was rescued from drowning at Virginia Beach. Rev Edward R Willingham and lifeguard John Sallenbach pulled him from dangerous undertow after he swam beyond the ropes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
William T. Ellis
Swarthmore
Virginia Beach
Edward R. Willingham
Virginia Baptist Board of Missions
John Sallenbach
Lfe
Ellis
British and U S Envoys Discuss Naval Proposal
In Geneva Viscount Cecil of Chelwood met with Hugh Gibson to discuss a British plan setting a 400000 ton ceiling for cruisers while limiting large cruisers to the minimum. Britain hopes to stay under the cap through 1934 or 1936, but building programs may push tonnage higher by 1942.
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Geneva
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
Hugh Gibson
America
Court drops bid to force ballot box production in Delaware contest
Philadelphia July 12 The Federal District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania dismissed the Reed senate committee suit to compel Delaware county ballot boxes for examination in the Delaware senatorial election contest. Judge J Whitaker Thompson ruled the court had no jurisdiction and the matter is for the Senate to decide whether a committee remains in existence.
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Philadelphia
Federal District Court of
Pennsylvania
Reed Senate
Tee
Delaware County
Delaanion
J. Whitaker Thompson
Senate
Weather Turns Hot With Humidity In Keasyville
Weather man Aller reports official high around 93 degrees in Keasyville amid oppressive humidity. The day feels hotter than the thermometer suggests as the humid air settles in, making outdoor conditions uncomfortable.
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Aller
Keaysville
Five Bathers Near Drownings in Potomac Near Taylor's Landing
Five Waynesboro residents narrowly escaped drowning in the Potomac near Taylor's Landing yesterday evening at 5 30. Three women in the party, Mrs A C Pottorff Miss Catherine Donaldson and Mrs C M McPhee, waded out and were swept under. Men nearby Roy Friedly Arthur Pottorff and Raymond R Grove rescued them, Friedly was submerged briefly while Pottorff and Mrs Donaldson were saved by Grove and then by a rowboat crew including W G Adams and C M McPhee. An automobile theft case and a separate priest murder report also appeared in the same dispatch.
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Waynesboro
Potomac River
Taylor's Landing
A. C. Pottorff
Catherine Donaldson
C. M. McPhee
Roy Friedly
Arthur Pottorff
Raymond R. Grove
Friedly
Slain Irish Statesman Portrait Highlighted
A fragment notes Kevin O'Higgins, deputy leader of the Irish Free State, killed in Booterstown near Dublin on his way to mass. The text suggests the political motive and notes the assassination as a pivotal moment in Irish antinesi tina history.
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Kevin O'Higgins
Irish Free State
Boosterstown
Dublin
Mass
Bandit Gets Only a Cent in Baltimore Robbery
In Baltimore on July 12 Frank Harrison shoe proprietor was held up and tied by a bandit who demanded money. The thief fled with Harrison’s wallet after binding his hands with rope using an old one cent piece and a laundry ticket as the sole cost of the crime. The bandit entered the store just feet from a traffic policeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frank Harrison
Harrison
Rebel Ultimatum Demanded from Sandino in Nicaragua
Major G. P. Hatfield commanding 2d Marines delivers ultimatum to General Sandino. Rebels occupying mines at San Fernando must lay down arms at El Ocotal by July 14 dawn.
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Managua
Nicaragua
G. PD. Hatfield
United States
Sandino
San Fernandino
el Ocotal
Confessions by Prosecution Shape Ross Murder Trial
William Henry Ross alias Kelly, 23, Frederick county, testifies in a murder trial for Mrs Lottie McElfresh with three verbal confessions to police. Sheriff Roderick reports Ross said I don’t know why I killed her, and he spoke while arrested, en route to Baltimore, and after. The court, delayed by judges’ travel, heard Dorsey McElrefresh describe the morning of the crime and the victim’s wounds. Rose Crumble corroborates a later sighting as Ross promised berries.
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William Henry Ross
Kelly
Frederick County
Lottie McElfresh
Thurston
William C. Roderick
Ross
Baltimore
Storm
D. Lindley Sloan
Albert A. Doubt
Cumberland
Davis
Dorsey McElfresh
McElfresh
W.C. Miller
Barnesville
Rose Crumble
Butte
Leviathan hosts transatlantic aviation figures from New York to Germany
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Mrs Chamberlin sail from Southampton aboard the Leviathan for home after a record long distance flight. Fraulein Thea Rasche, Germany's only licensed woman pilot, boards with her stunt plane. Charles A Levine misses Southampton to Cherbourg leg, returning to London. Rasche and Levine pursue future trans Atlantic flight plans amid weather and shipboard preparations.
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Southampton
England
United States
New York
Germany
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Leviathan
Cherbourg
Richard E. Byrd
America
Fraulein Thea Rasche
Southamptton
Charles A. Levine
London
Bristol
Levine
Fraulein Rasche
Frantain’ Rasche
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R. L. Henderson
Round Top Mountain
Marie Jose
Belgium
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King Emmanuel
Italy
Glass Land Concern
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Gotham
Sarah Brownell
Alfred Hennett
Brownell
Selves
Ocean
U. S
Cecil
Gibson
Reno
William K. Vanderbilts
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt
C. V
West
Potomac
Stanley Fulton
Parkhead
Pennsylvania Line
Commission of
Rome
Mexico
Bandit
Rebel
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