Woman fights for adopted son in Detroit court case
Mrs Laura Boyer admits deceiving husband Myron L. Boyer about the birth of a son to protect their home She says she adopted the child at infancy and misled him about paternity to secure the family inheritance She pledges to support the boy regardless and seeks to have state archives expunge the record naming the husband as father The Boyers face a circuit court petition over the boy Joseph Boyer heir to a 5 million dollar trust
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Detroit
Mich
Myron L. Boyer
Joseph Boyer
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Boyer
Laura Miller
Kansas City
Second quake shocks Montana towns this week
A second earthquake struck Montana this week with a tremor felt in Billings at 10 30 last night. The quake rattled Bozeman and surrounding areas and was the strongest since June 1925, though no damage was reported in either tremor.
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Billings
Mont
Montana
Laurel
Hereednesday
Bozeman
Gallattin County
Mannatian
Logan
Trident
Three Forks
Two Well dressed boys found dead in Indiana harbor
Bodies of two well dressed boys, found eight days apart in the Indiana Harbor ship canal, lie in a morgue. The first drowning case, the second autopsied showing beating and strangling. Police consider possible motives including murder by assailant or guardianship inheritance. No missing reports yet. bridge tender found the second body downstream.
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Indiana Harbor
Ind
Indiana Harbor Ship Canal
Illinois
Indiana
Ghost soldiers terrorize regular troops in Szechuen
In Szechuen province a new group calling itself Ben Bing or ghost soldiers fights military and civil officers. They wield spears and swords, wear yellow and scarlet, and have massacred garrison troops and officials, even striking at Wu Pei-Pu’s bodyguard, amid widespread chaos across the region.
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Chungking
Sechuen Province
China
Bzechuen
Szechuen
Ben Bing
Taning-Milen
Bor
Playhouse Fire Claims Two Child Lives in Ponca City
In Ponca City Oklahoma on March 2 a playhouse fire in a packing-box play home caused the deaths of Imogene Clothier aged 6 and Virginia Mather aged 7. Excelsior in a large packing box ignited by a candle started the blaze. The girls huddled in a corner and suffered severe burns before rescuers could reach them. Charles Maber, 9, escaped with minor burns.
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Ponoca City
Okla
Imogene Clothier
Virginia Mather
Excelsior
Charles Maber
Woman Shot While Walking In Her Sleep
Mrs D A McDonald wife of a dairy farmer was found shot to death along a highway near Troy Alabama. Police theorize she was walking in her sleep when a nervous motorist fired then fled. A small boy's suit was found in her arms and her subconscious mind allegedly led her to join her son at a relative's home two miles away.
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Troy
Ala
D. A. McDonald
McAndrew Sues Thompson for Libel in Chicago
William McAndrew sues Mayor William Hale Thompson for 250000 dollars alleging libel. McAndrew, former Chicago schools superintendent, was suspended five months ago for insubordination and anti Americanism. The trial by the board of education ended after extensive hearings and his term expired. McAndrew boycotted the latter sessions and his lawyers walked out. He released a letter to a citizens group denying the charges and calling the proceedings ballyhoo.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
William McAndrew
McAndrew
Teachers Injured In Caldwell Car Crash
Two Franklin school teachers Mrs R H Davenport principal and Mrs Neil Scrivner and Union County Commissioner T M Decoursey were injured near Franklin school six miles east of Caldwell when Davenport and Decoursey cars collided at a cross roads. Frosted windshields obscured vision investigators reported.
Unsettled Tonight and Saturday Forecast
The region stays unsettled with limited temperature change tonight and again Saturday. Expect variable clouds, possible showers, and mild weekend hints as systems drift across the area. Projections show highs in the mid range and cool evenings ahead.
Transit Walkout Looms as New York Faces Strike
Active preparations for a major transit strike arise in New York with a conference planned among Mayor Walker and Amalgamated leaders to avert a walkout on the Interborough Rapid Transit subway and elevated lines. Over 700 strike-ready workers train in company barns as emergency bus plans loom.
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New York
Walker
William D. Mahon
Williamb. Fitzpatrick
Association of
Street and Futrie Railway Workers
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Washington, D. C
Interborough
AF of L
I. R. T. Brotherhood
Dirigible Los Angeles Returns Toward Home
The dirigible Los Angeles passed Charleston Washington at 12 25 PM on its return from the Panama Canal. Commander Rosendahl delayed the second leg from Panama to start from New Jersey, staying overnight in Guacanajaba Bay Cuba moored to the Patoka. Weather favored docking today and the ship was freed from the Patoka yesterday at 10 43 AM. Navy officials say the craft never reached maximum speed during the cruise, though 63 mph was recorded briefly.
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Washington, Mar
Los Angeles
Charleston
D. C
Pananui Canal
New Jersey
E. Rosendahl
Panama
Guacanajaba Bay
Cuba
Patoka
Idaho Delegates to Houston for Smith Nomination
Idaho Democrats select 24 delegates to the national convention to back Al Smith. The delegation aims to use all honorable means to secure Smith's nomination, advocating a tariff favorable to agriculture and enforcement of all laws including Prohibition. The unit rule will bind the Houston-bound group as party leaders report a tense convention with a split but eventual compromise.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Smith
Houston
New York
Asher B. Wilson
Twin Falls
Ade
Bonneville
Ada
County
Beecher
A. F. James
Gooding
James
Lee Hood
Pocatello
A. Stevens
F. Howe
Halley
Alexander Bloeger
Burley
Compton I. White
Clarks Fork
Robert Voulter
Cascatte
D. C. Hargrove
Weiser
A. C. Hutton
Kellogg
Tes Dillingham
State Central Committee
al Smith
County delegates attend session for Democratic nominating convention
Blackfoot March 1 credentials committee approves list of delegates by county. Adams One delegate L L Burtenshaw Bannock Four delegates Guy L Tyler Ben D Henderson Walter Edwarde PF M Bistline J Leo Hood J G Burton George H Fisher Dr J H Lynn Benewah One delegate Chas Kelso Bear Lake Two delegates Ole Trastrum H B Rich Bingham Two delegates James Just L E Killion R E Walter Marion Jackson L J Bennett James Royle FE Dekay M M Farmer Blaine Two delegates Marshall Chapman Leo M Breshnaben W A
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Tribune
Blackfoot
Mar
Adams
L. L. Burtenshaw
Bannock
Guy L. Tyler
Ben D. Henderson
Walter Edwarde
M. Bistline
J. Leo Hood
J. G. Burton
George H. Fisher
J. H. Lynn
Benewah
Chas
Utah Shippers Meet in Ogden on Freight Rates
One of Utah’s largest shipper gatherings is planned in Ogden to press equitable freight rates. The Ogden Chamber of Commerce calls the meeting to discuss the interstate commerce commission class rate case affecting Utah tariffs to Idaho Montana Oregon and Washington plus the packing products and grain and flour rate cases.
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Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah
Ogden Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wainwright Backs $30 Million Plan for New Liners
Representative Wainwright of New York tells the House merchant marine committee he supports a bill to authorize 30 million dollars to build two new liners for the shipping board. He notes dry American liners are preferred over foreign steamers with liquor bars by most transatlantic travelers.
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Washington
Mar
Wainwright
Republican
New York
House Merchant Marine Committee
The
Shipping Board
House committee approves reapportionment bill based on 1990 census
Washington March 2 AP Ten to eight vote in the house census committee approves a bill to reapportion house membership to 435 on the basis of the 1990 census. Official estimates show 24 seats gained and 24 lost with states listed for each.
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Washington
House Census Committee
House
William H. Steuart
Census Bureau
Missouri
Nebraska
New York
North Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
Mrs. Coolidge Moves Near Her Mother in Failing Health
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge arrived in Northampton with Mrs. R. B. Hills and Lt. Comdr. Joel T. Boone to watch over the ailing 78 year old Mrs. Lemira Goodhue. They visited Dickinson Hospital where Dr. Justin E. Hayes and the president’s wife’s friend assessed her condition. The illness began with influenza and now worsens due to age related complications.
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Northampton
Mase
Calvin Coolidge
Mascascit Street
Lemira Goodhue
Washington
R. B. Hills
Joel T. Boone
White House
Dickinson Hospital
Bamberger Seeks Republican Nomination for Senate
Ernest Bamberger real estate and coal operator of Salt Lake City signals his plan to run for the Republican nomination to succeed Senator William H. King. He will make a formal announcement on his return from Los Angeles next week after a telegram from friends urging entry. In Los Angeles a municipal court jury finds Joe Dundee Max Waxman and Dick Donald not guilty of false advertising in the Hudkins Dundee boxing affair from last November.
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Salt Lake City
Ernest Bamberger
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Wiliam H. King
Bamberger
Calls
Joe Dundee
Max Waxman
Dick Donald
House Deliberately Presents Test Tubes to Protest Industrial Alcohol Poisoning
In Washington on March 2 Representative Sirovich of New York displayed test tubes and liquor bottles while discussing the poisoning of industrial alcohol. He explained the display aimed to protest poison risk in industrial alcohol and enforcement of prohibition laws. Cramton and others warned against on floor demonstrations, but Sirovich, a physician, asserted he is a total abstainer.
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Washington
House
Sirovich
New York
Birovich
Cramton
Michigan
Shevich
Linthicum
Maryland
Stanley
Kentucky
Schafer
Wisconsin
Upshaw
Georgia
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Teapot Dome
Henry Mason Day
Sinclair Oil Co
Harry F. Sinclair
William J. Burns
District Court of Washington
Faces Row
Playhouse
M’andrews
Union Ready
Hawley
Houston Boundry
James H. Hawley
Bolse
Moses Allnalder
Kroubert
Elder
Coen d Alewe
Belcher Hitchcock
Priest River
Mose Alexander
Boise
Robert Elder
Coeur d'Alene
Beecher Hitchcock
W. R. Chapman
Les Dillingham
Mackay
George Fisher
Bancroft
Frank E. DeKay
Edward M. Holden
Idaho Falls
J. F. Jenny
Cotonwood
C. B. Wilson
Soda Springs
Bert Miller
John D. Pope
Ramsey Walker
Wallace
R. J. Harding
Malad
George Mix
Moscow
Solon
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