Northcott Case Day Two Witness Testimony in Riverside
Mrs. Sarah Louisa Northcott testified in Riverside California that she is not Gordon Northcott’s mother and is linked to the murdered boys case. Northcott, imprisoned for Walter Collins death, faces related murder indictments as the defendant’s youthful counsel questioned her kinship and truthfulness.
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Court Room
Riverside
Calif
Sarah Louisa Northcott
Gordon Stew
Northcott
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Les Quentin
Walter Collins
Mrs. Northcott
Winifred Clark
Canada
Young
Jessie
Sanford Clark
Sanford
James R. Quinn
Riverside County
Salvation Army Council to Invite General Booth to Attend
London January 31 AP The high council of the Salvation Army met informally at its international headquarters and decided to meet formally tomorrow to invite General Bramwell Booth to appear in person or send a representative within a week. The move follows a court ruling by Sir Harry T. Eve restricting further deposition of General Booth until his side could present its case. Miss Evangeline Booth was absent with a cold but expected to join the formal session.
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London
Hich Council
The
Salvation Army
Bramwell Booth
Harry T. Eve
Chancery
Neral Booth
Booth
Evangeline Booth
Miss Booth
Wall Collapse Kills Fireman as South Shore Fire Burns
A South Shore laundry fire injures six firefighters, one later dies. John J. Carey, 33, dies from a fractured skull in hospital after being buried under debris. Timothy Donohue suffers a severe skull fracture. five others are injured. Loss estimated at 150000 to 6200000 dollars.
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Chicago
South Shore Wet Wash
John J. Carey
Timothy Donohue
Plot Developments In Lithuania Spark Assassination Plot
Dispatches from Lithuania and border regions report a plot to assassinate Premier Augustine Valdemaras. General Plechavitchius, ex chief of staff, was arrested at Kovno with eighteen officers. President Smetona is suspected of aiding the plotters and resisting martial law. Open insurrection is feared as the army shows hostility to the premier.
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London
Lithuania
Augustine Valdemaras
Riga
Latvia
Exching
Plechavitchius
Kovno
Ma'l
Smetona
Daily Mail
V Idémaras
Antona Smetona
Mall
Waldemaras
Prince Witnesses Squalor in Northern Coal Regions
The Prince of Wales toured northern coal villages in Newcastle and Benton, noting extreme poverty and crowded hovels. He voiced shock at conditions, spoke with indignant officials, and described homes as dark, muddy, and condemned yet still inhabited. A miner family near Hartford spoke of hunger and wages as low as five pence weekly.
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Newcastle-On-Tyne
Eng
Prince of Wales
Benton
Hartford
Foster
House reports on prisons and hospitals
A U S House prisons committee urges construction of two penitentiaries and a hospital for the criminal insane to ease federal prison congestion. It backs a narcotic facility, completion of the Chilliothe reform school, and new jails in major cities. It also calls for a parole board and transfer of military prisoners to barracks.
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Washington
Special House
House
Chilliecothe
Ohio
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Congress
Office of Superintendent of Prisons
United States
Nwo
Leavenworth
Atlanta
McNeil Island Penitentiary
Federal Institution For
Alderson
West Virginia
Jaywalker Nabbed After Broadway Chase by Ten Officers
Ella F Colson the first woman arrested for jaywalking on Broadway faced a long pursuit as she tripped through Times Square under a red light. Patrolmen corralled her after a chase, she provided 2908 Thirtieth Street Long Island as an address and was released.
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New York
Jay
Broadway
Ella F. Colson
Times Square
Dosatka
Ca Pture
Thirtieth Street
Long Island
Amanullah to reclaim Afghan throne in Kabul battle
News from Moscow and Peshawar report Amanullah aims to retake the Afghan throne amid fighting for Kabul. His followers reportedly surround the capital as tribes unite with royal troops in confrontation. Habibullah Khan had forced Amanullah's brother to abdicate, and a tribal leader Ghanseddin Gelen urged expeditions against royal forces.
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London
Russia
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Kabul
Moscoow
Habibullah Khan
Peshawar
India
Wasefalik Ghanseddin
Flu Figures Show Sharp Decline Across States
Public health reports from 42 states and D C indicate 55 000 influenza cases the week ending January 26 down from 89 000 the week prior. Mortality rose to 179 per 100 000, up from 13 last year. Census data show 763 influenza and 1 996 pneumonia deaths the week ending January 6 compared with 1 033 influenza and 2 252 pneumonia the prior week. Officials cite decreasing influenza prevalence nationwide except slight upticks in Montana and New Mexico.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Public Health Service Today
Census Bureau
Montana
New Mexico
Official flays New York head upon retiring
Bird & Color, commissioner of the department of welfare, announced his retirement after twenty years in public service. He denounced Tammany Hall and Mayor Walker, saying only four of seventeen appointees knew their duties and noting the mayor was inaccessible with few conferences in years.
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New York
Bird & Color
Department of Welfare
Tammany Hall
Walker
Wefare Department
Democratic Political Organization
Hoover to withhold cabinet picks until after inauguration
President elect Hoover plans to delay cabinet announcements until March 4 Inauguration day. Some nominees may face Senate opposition with Mellon as treasury secretary eyed Donovan as attorney general and Jardine possibly slated for agriculture. Hoover departs Long Key aboard the yacht Saunterer for a second big game fishing expedition.
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Long Key
Fla
Hoover
Senate
Capitol
Andrew W. Mellon
The
Saunterer
New Member of Fliers Club
Davenport town report notes Pilot Jack Story became the Caterpillar Club member after leaping from his plane at 3,000 feet during a snowstorm. He jettisoned his motor and used a parachute to reach safety, joining Col Charles A. Lindbergh and others in the parachute leap club.
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Davenport
Town
Air Mail
Caterpillar Club
Jack Story
Story
Col Chares A. Lindbergh
Creditors' Adjustment official arrested after June disappearance
St Louis, Jan 381 AP Richard HM Lindley office manager of the Creditors' Adjustment company, missing since June amid a reported $500,000 shortage, was arrested at a friend's home. Jo xey Landley was jailed on a federal indictment for mail fraud after eluding capture since the company failed.
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ST Louis
Jan
Richard HM. Lindley
Creditors’ Adjustment Company
Joxtey Landley
Weather Outlook Warns of Snow in Northwest Tonight
Unsetted tonight and Friday with probable snow in the northwestern portion. Little temperature change expected as the area braces for accumulating flakes.
No reprieve to be granted for two slayers
Governor Huey P. Long announced no further reprieve or commutation will be granted to Dr. Thomas E. Dreher and Mrs. Ada Bonner Lebouef, scheduled to die for the murder of James J. Lebouef. The U.S. appeals court refused a stay, ending federal avenues.
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Baton Rouge
Thomas E. Dreher
Ada Bonner Lebouef
Huey P. Long
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Long
James J. Lebouef
State Pardon Board
Court of Appeals
Ben Daly
Defense
Governor Long
United States Supreme Court
Werner Borah
United States District Court
Borah
Ada Bonner LeBoeuf
Thomas Dreher
Franklin, la
Radio Commission Probe Opens Over Short Wave Grants
The House Merchant Marine Committee began a minute inquiry into the federal radio commission’s grant of 40 short wave frequencies to Universal Wireless of Buffalo New York. Representative Free questioned Lafount about statements and the size of the grant while noting RCA's competing claim for 148 wavelengths. Lafount defended the company’s financial backers and capability for a point to point service across 110 cities with an $82 million backing.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Universal Wireless Company of
Buffalo
N. Y
House Merchant Marine Committee
Radio Corporation of America Ith
Fount
Lafount
Radio Corporation of America
The
Universal
Defectives About to Marry in Indianapolis
Ruth McConnell an Indianapolis art and music student aged 21 and Kenneth B. Coulter a Clifton Springs, New York financier aged 43 obtained a marriage license and planned a Thursday wedding amid a long strange romance. Coulter appeared in a wheelchair and conflicting reasons were given for a December cross country chase involving Dr O Meeker who allegedly was hired by Coulter. McConnell's father issued a health statement and Coulter said he is railroad treasurer.
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Indianapolis
Ruth McConnell
Kenneth B. Coulter
Clifton Springs
N. Y
Rochester
San Francisco
Dr. O. ©. Meeker
Coulter
Iss McConnell
Mr Roberts
Meek
Nevada
McConnell
Agaiss McConnell
Cliffton Springs
New York Gunmen Convicted of First Degree Murder in 1926 Robbery
Canice Neary and William Fannie, New York gunmen, were found guilty of first degree murder in the Enz mail truck robbery case in Elizabeth New Jersey. The jury recommended mercy. Judge Alfred A Stein sentenced both to life imprisonment.
Fire on President Johnson liner in Jersey City
A fire aboard the Dollar liner President Johnson in Jersey City fatally burned two unidentified crew members in the white crew quarters. Four other crew members were hospitalized with burns or smoke inhalation while 103 coolie workers were allowed ashore under guard.
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Jersey City
WN. J
President Johnson
Joan
No More Auto Number Requests In Utah
Salt Lake City report states the motor vehicle department will stop accepting special automobile number requests. The secretary of state’s office says tracking would require four additional clerks, so applicants must accept numbers as issued.
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Salt Lake City
Motor Vehicle Department
Secretary of State
Idaho to Fund State Institutions With Multi-Million Appropriations
Idaho advances two education and penal charity appropriation bills totaling about 3.5 million dollars with a third bond measure to finance a University of Idaho library. Salaries and building allocations shift among the University, Lewiston Normal, Albion Normal, Gooding school for the deaf and blind, and the industrial training school, with total appropriations varying by institution as adjustments mirror reports from state superintendents.
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Boise
University of Idaho
Lewiston Normal
Albion
School For the Deaf and Blind
Gooding
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kidnapper Takes a Young Girl in Terre Haute Indiana
Mass meeting in West Terre Haute votes 500 reward for alive or dead return of 10 year old Edith May Dierdorf. Bloodstained satchel found near Paxton, Indiana. 500 man posse expands as neighbors search for the girl since Sunday. Terre Haute Tribune offers 600 reward for kidnapper.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Fdith May Dierdorf
West Terre Haute
Terre Haute Tribune
Dierdof
Illinois Woman Politician Denounces Ruth Hanna McCormick
In Springfield Illinois state representative Lottie Holman ONeill attacks Ruth Hanna McCormick daughter of Mark Hanna as bossy and power hungry. She resigns as vice president of the Illinois Republican women's club citing lack of personal feel and interference from Hanna's influence. Governor Emmerson and others sought to heal the rift as party women faced leadership tensions.
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Springfield
Illnoss
Lottie Holman O'Neill
Mark Hanna
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ilinois
Brooks
Oneill
Illinois Republican Women’s Club
Al Smith Day Observed at Local Race Track
Coral Cables Fa observes Al Smith Day tomorrow at the track with guest of honor Jos Emovot president of the Miami Jockey Club. Mr Smith will depart Sunday for Palm Beach.
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Coral Cables
Er ‘al Smith
iLaleatht
Onor
Jos
ML Emovot
Miem Jockey Club
Mr. Smith Wille
Palm Beach
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