Couple Jailed Insure Against Mob Violence
In Greenup Kentucky Robert H Pitts and housekeeper Marie Frazier are jailed on slaying charges of three year old Mary Magdalene Pitts. A hidden note lists items for a funeral and a dire quote about killing her. Pitts blames Frazier. she accuses him of abuse. A special Greenup grand jury will investigate next Monday.
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Winchester
Robert H. Pitts
Mary Magdalene Pitts
Pitts
Greenup
Marie Frazier
Mary
New Orleans Jury Trial Marred by Courtroom Scuffle
In New Orleans area court, a jury selection for seven voter registration suits against registrar Mrs. Anthony Leon led to a fistful of confrontations. Judge J. Claude Meraux suffered a broken finger and bruises from the clash with the registrar’s husband as spectators watched. The seven voters challenge removal from Democratic primary roles. cases were continued to Thursday.
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New Orleans
Anthony Leon
St. Bernard Parish
Orleans Parish
J. Claude Meraux
Meraux
Marines in Nicaragua fend off deserters near Sandino
In Nicaragua ten National Guard deserters joined rebels near Somotillo and fled with weapons as a Marine plane crashed on an observation flight. Lieutenant Vernon M. Guyman landed safely after engine trouble at Quilalli. General Sandino was cited for gallantry in the Sapotillal ridge engagement.
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Managua
Nicaragua
National Guard
Augustino Sandino
Somotiilo
Department
Chinandega
Marine Corps
Vernon M. Guyman
Sandino
Sapotillal Ridge
Guyman
Quilall
Merton A. Richal
Minneapolis
Drawing lines on tax bill in Senate battle
Democrats move to thwart Republicans by delaying action on the tax bill after March. Senator Simmons pubicly vows to press prompt action while Chairman Smoot of the finance committee opposes. Administration seeks delay to study March tax collections. Former Governor Lowden of Illinois to enter North Dakota GOP primary in March, with an anticipated early announcement.
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Washington
Maron
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Finance Committee
Lowden
Bismarck
N. D
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
North Dakota
Mystery Bride in India Sets Seattle Woman’s Wedding in Doubt
In Bombay on January 10 Miss Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle was linked to a forthcoming marriage to the former maharajah of Indore. The American consul reportedly urged her to reconsider but she remained determined. The consul said he did not know her whereabouts, suggesting she may have gone to Colombo, Ceylon.
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Bombay
India
Nancy Ann Miller
Seattle
Wash
Indore
Miss Miller
Colombo
Ceylon
Utah Weather Fair Tonight and Wednesday
Utah weather outlook stays generally fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change.
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Utah
Ruth Snyder Nears End in Electric Chair
New York January 10 AP report says Ruth Snyder told her mother she wishes to die in her black silk gown though Warden Lawes says she will likely wear the same gingham house dress in black for execution. Her paramour Henry Judd Gray faces death too. both prisoners cope with strain as Governor Smith withholds clemency.
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New York
Ruth Snyder
Josephine Brown
Sing Sing
Lawes
Henry Judd Gray
Gray
Isabelle Gray
Jane
Snyder
Smith
Sing Sing Prison
Joseph Lonardo
Hunt Enters Plea Not Guilty in Thoms Murder
In Los Angeles on January 10 AP reports Welby Hunt, accomplice of William E. Hickman in the Marian Parker case, pleaded not guilty to the murder of C Ivy Thoms a druggist. Both boys confessed to staging the robbery during which Thoms was killed and trial is scheduled for February 1.
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Los Angeles
Welby Hunt
William E. Hickman
Marian Parker
C. Ivy Thoms
Thoms
Heroic Acts Performed In Bottom Mine Disaster
A gas explosion in Peabody Industrial mine No. 18 near West Frankfort Illinois killed 21 miners and injured many more. Rescue crews battled gas and collapsing timbers as coroner and state mine officials investigated the blast and identified the dead by lamp numbers and room codes.
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West Frankfort
Peabody Industrial
A. D. Lewis
Joe Hill
Franklin County
Robert McPhail
David
Robert
Ray Farrell
B. Cremeans
Walter Brandon
Herrin
George Carter
Carl Jones
David McPhail
Walter Graves
Ed Dodd
E. W. Duger
Albert Jones
Kelly Lawrence
George Maher
B. Tanner
Neely Hall
Andy White
Leonard Smith
Paul Kays
John Mitchell
Lloyd Bradley
Orval Simons
C. P. Caraway
West Frankford
Jerald Day
Benton
Aubra Stone
Marion
Tragic Coal Gas Fatalities In Milwaukee Cottage
Neighbors to a surprise party found Jennie Dworczyk age 23 and her two young children dead from coal gas at the Ant on Dworczyk cottage. Husband Anthony Dworczyk, 27, a World War veteran, was alive but dying per doctors.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Anton Dworczyk
Jennie Dworczyk
Dworczyk
Century-Old Woman Celebrates Birthday in Style
Mrs Catharine Fenton of Jamestown New York marks her 104th birthday at the St Petersburg convention. Born in Scotland 1824 she crossed the Atlantic in 1844 and met Abraham Lincoln. She praises modern women's clothes and equal rights and foresees aviation as future transport.
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ST. Petersburg
Catherine Fenton
Jamestown
N. Y
Scotland
Atlantic
Abraham Lincoln
Idaho Labor Delegates Attend Smoker at State Federation Meeting
Delegates to the Idaho State Federation of Labor met at the local labor temple with routine business, committee appointments, and report readings. Resolution 2 proposed changes to physical exams for meals workers, plus discussion on Boise wage practices at Kress and Woolworth and allegations against the industrial accident board. Joseph Corbridge and George Jorgensen noted in attendance as the session concluded and moved to page 7.
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Idaho Federation
J. Corbridge
G. Johnson
George Jorgensen
Idaho State Federation of Labor Convention
Labor Temple
Boise
Kress and Woolworth
Industrial Accident Board
Joseph Corbridge
Idaho Defeats Whitman Five In Neck And Neck Clash
Idaho defeated Whitman 27 to 24 in a close game at Moscow. Woods led Whitman with 16 points while Idaho’s Glen Jacoby directed play and Woods was top scorer for Whitman. Coxdale and Buck fouled out for Whitman as refs called the game in a tense finish.
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University OF Idaho
Moscow
Idaho
Whitman
Glen Jacoby
Woods
Coxdale
Buck
MacMillan
Green
Fovrwards
Burgher
Holmgren
Jacoby
Newman
Connie
Bill Mulligan
Gonzaga
Gray Visited by Wife and Mother on Eve of Execution
Henry Judd Gray awaiting execution Thursday night with Ruth Snyder received visits from his wife Isabelle Gray and his mother M. Margaret Gray in Ossining New York. Officials said the wife’s visit was likely her last before the hanging.
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Ossining
N. Y
Henry Judd Gray
Ruth Snyder
Isabelle Gray
M. Margaret Gray
Wreckage Of Airliner Found After Mohawk Valley Crash
A passenger plane missing since Sunday was found in a field seven miles southeast of Canajoharie New York. Pilot Raymond Henries and passengers George Benedict and Captain Edward Pauley were among the victims. The crash occurred in dense fog and the crew likely perished instantly as engines remained running.
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Canajoharie
N. Y
Mohawk Valley
Mineola
Buffalo
Raymond Henries
George P Benedict
Peoria
Edward M. Pauley
Albany
Here
J. E. Bartlett
E. J. Sheehan
Montgomery County
French Aviators Aim Paris to New York Flight Record
Dieudonne Costes and Joseph LeBrix target the first Paris to New York flight in the Breguet Nun gesser-Coli. Their route has already linked Paris to Senegal and Brazil and later Brazil to Santiago Chile. From there they plan a northward path via Ecuador Colombia Panama and Mexico toward New York before mid January.
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New York
Paris
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph LeBrix
Nungesser-Coli
Senegal
Africa
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Santiago
Chile
Ecuador
Colombia
Panama
Mexico
Dieudonne Costes Cabove
Porto
South America
Hickman Lane asserts Hunt pal in crime
William Edward Hickman’s confessed ally is 16 year old Welby Hunt who will testify Hickman was sane. Hunt’s defense attorney says Hunt will testify against Hickman in the insanity defense for the two murders.
Cities bidding for convention of Democrats
Washington January 10 AP With the Democratic national committee gathering for the Jackson day dinner a contest looms over where the party will hold its national convention Chicago emerges as a strong candidate backed by George Brennan who envisions Soldier Field with a large tent and broadcast setup Miami San Francisco Cleveland Detroit and St Louis also contend for the venue Chicago offers a potential $125 000 to 150 000 fund boost while Miami reportedly proposes 200 000. Committeemen plan hotel room discussions and may appoint James Cox and John Davis as convention chairmen after the Jackson day dinner. public statements on nominees are avoided for now.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
George E. Brennan
Minois
William J. Bryan
Soldier Field
St. Louis
Reed
Cleveland
Detroit
San Francisco
Miami
Brennan
Association of Commerce of Chicago
James M. Cox
John W. Davis
Smith
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Hunt
Hickman Lane
Hunt Pal
Boy
Parker
William Edward Hickman
Hickman
Little Marian Parker
Rose Hill
A. Gray Gilmer
Forrest Murray
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