Indictment for Murder Faces Dr. James Snook
Columbus Ohio June 22 A first degree murder indictment stands against Dr James H Snook a dismissed Ohio State University professor in the confessed slaying of his co ed paramour Theora Hix 25 a medical student Snook admitted to killing her with a rifle range hammer and throat slashing after she threatened his family His wife declares his innocence and vows support while prosecutors consider a special term for trial The defense weighs temporary derangement as a possible plea option
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Columbus
Ohio
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Snook
John J. Chester, Jr
Chester
Here
Weather outlook for the week in the South Atlantic states
A weekly outlook shows widely scattered thundershowers with temperatures near or above normal. Mostly fair and somewhat cooler conditions proceed into the northern portion of the region toward the end of the week.
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South Atlantic States
Woman Freed After Mississippi Man Shooting
Starkville Mississippi June 22 Grace Noblin 24 released from custody after a hearing before justice of the peace W R Douglas on district attorney D F Bell recommendation. Noblin said she shot Walter Bush fourty after he hit her father with an axe handle and raised the weapon. DA said insufficient evidence to bind her over for murder.
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Starkville
Miss
Grace Noblin
Walter Bush
W. R. Douglas
D. F. Bell
Msgs
Noblin
Bush
Two Killed When Plane Crashes At Texarkana Texas
Texarkana Ark June 22 two pilots Nash and How ard Webb both Texarkana occupants died and wounded when a plane crashed into a tree near the field just after takeoff Gladys Fisher witnessed the accident and helped remove the men from the wreckage. Nash owned the plane and had extensive flying experience.
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Texarkana
Ark
Oscar Nash
Howard Webb
Gladys Fisher
Nash
Webb
Webb Long
Convicts Escape Clemens Prison Farm Texas RANGERS Aid Search
Brazoria Texas June 22 Texas Rangers were called to aid in the search for 16 convicts still at large after 28 of 43 escaped from the Clemens state prison farm early Thursday. One prisoner, W. Martin of El Paso for forgery, was recovered but drowned while attempting to swim a stream.
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Brazoria
Texas
Clemens State Prison
Texas Rangers
Phady
W. Martin
el Paso
Payne Nervae Yesterwas
Hele E
Ford Receives Building Where Edison Light Bulb Was Blown
Parsippany N J June 22 Henry Ford formally received from General Electric the wooden shed where Thomas A Edison first electric light bulb was blown Edison witnessed the ceremony and handed Ford the original key to the shed Ford plans to add the shed and its equipment to his Dearborn Edisonia collection
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FORD
Parsippany
N. J
Henry Ford
General Electric Company
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Edisonia
Dearborn
Athletics defeat Yankees 7 to 3 in first game of doubleheader
Rube Walberg hurled solid ball for Philadelphia as he bested Fred Heimach and Roy Sherid. Jimmy Foxx and Gordon Cochrane hit homers for the A’s, while Byrd and Larry saved the Yankees with ninth inning shots. crowd of about 70,000 at Yankee Stadium.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
Athletics
Yankees
Rube Walberg
Fred Heimach
Roy Sherid
Jimmy Foxx
Gordon Cochrane
Walberg
Byrd
Larry
Philadelphia
Simmons
Foxx
Miller
Durocher
Boley
Lazzeri
Gehrig
Maude
Grabowski
Heimach
Combs
Bas
Meusel
Bishop
Cochrane
Lary
Robertson
Haas
Sherid
Sinclair and Day jailed for contempt in Shadow Trial
Washington June 22 Harry F Sinclair and Henry Mason Day were ordered jailed by the District of Columbia Supreme Court for contempt of court over jury shadowing in the Fall Sinclair trial. Sinclair already serves a three month term for defying a Senate committee. the new sentence runs concurrently, shortening total jail time. Burns and others faced fines or sentence adjustments in the same contempt action.
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Harry Sinclair
Henry M. Day
Washington, D. C
Harry F. Sinclair
Henry Mason
Sinsclair
Trict
Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Fall
Schoenhair Takes Off For Transcontinental Flight Record Try
Lee Schoenhair departed Metropolitan Airport Los Angeles at 3 41 a m to attempt a nonstop Los Angeles to New York flight in hopes of breaking the 18 hour 21 minute 59 second transcontinental record.
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Metropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
Calif
Lee Schoenhair
New York
Schoenhair Sought on Bad Check Charge in Transcontinental Flight
Los Angeles police sought Lee Schoenhair, famed transcontinental flight record holder, on a bad check charge after his Fresno request reached the city as he flew toward New York. Police would notify authorities there while Schoenhair attempted to carry messages during his route.
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Los Angeles
Cal
W. G. Walker
Fresno
Calief
Lee Schoenhair
New York
Walker
Schoenhair
George Cryer
James Walker
California
Frank Hawks
Hawks
Bad check charge is mistake says Titus
Frank B. Titus of the Pacific Goodrich Company says the Fresno bad check charges against flyer Lee Schoenhair are due to mistaken identity. Titus asserts Schoenhair has not been in Fresno recently and is financially secure, having traveled with the LA to New York flight sponsor for five weeks.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Frank B. Titus
Pacific Goodrich Company
New York
Lee Schoenhair
Fresno
Calif
Lee
Titus
Jewelry Case Targets Aviator Schoenhair in Fresno
Fresno police say aviator Lee Schoenhair, who left Los Angeles for New York on a nonstop flight today, is wanted on a $125 worthless check charge. The complaint was filed by a Fresno jewelry store employee. authorities will await his return to California rather than extradite him now.
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Schroenhair
Fresno Cal
Lee Schoenhair
Los Angeles
New York
W. G. Walker
J. Bowerstein
Fresno
Marc
Caver
California
Schoenhair
Giants extend win streak over Phillies in opener
The New York Giants beat Philadelphia 12 to 6 to take the first game of a doubleheader. Ott hit his second homer of the day and Jackson homered as the Giants totaled 12 hits. O'Doul slugged a homer for the Phillies.
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Giants
Phillies
Philadelphia
New York
Bwentland
Elliott
Ott
Jackson
O'Doul
Spanish Transatlantic Plane Lands After Azores Flight
Major Ramon Franco and three companions were reported to have landed on San Miguel island in the Azores this morning after attempting a schedule flight. Initial reports said the aircraft flew over San Miguel before landing and refueling preparations were underway in Horta.
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Horta
Fayal
Azores
Ramon Franco
San Miguel
Franco and companions land in Azores after transatlantic flight
Primo de Rivera announced that Major Ramon Franco and his crew reached the Azores in their transatlantic plane. The next leg to Halifax or New York would hinge on remaining fuel, with a decision to be made on the fuel supply.
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Riveria
Horta
Madrid
Spain
Primo de Rivera
Ramon Franco
Azores
Halifax
New York
Mexican Religious Question Settled by New Accord
Mexico City June 22 The three year old Mexican religious controversy ends as the government and the Roman Catholic Church reach an accord allowing broad interpretation of religious laws so church services can resume. President Portes Gil and two Mexican prelates Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz Y Flores of Michoaca and Bishop Pascual Diaz of Tabasco led negotiations.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Acord
Portes Gil
Leopoldo Ruiz Y Flores
Michoaca
Pascual Diaz
Tabasco
Mexicans Celebrate Church Settlement With National Demonstration
In Mexico City on June 22 crowds filled churches to give thanks for settling the acuta phase of religious strife. Government moves to return church property precede July 29 Masses as bishops plan priests’ return and a nationwide July 6 demonstration to President Portes Gil.
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Mexico
City
Acuta
Nuestra Senora de la Guadalupe
Ruiz Y. Flores
Michoacan
Pascual Diaz
Tabasco
Portes Gil
Missouri Pacific
Gerardo Anaya
San Antonio
Chapultepec
Pius
San Luis Potosi
Mexico City
Sergio Montt
Viican
Three Carloads of Kiwanis Delegates Entrain for Milwaukee
Three Georgia Kiwanis carloads left Atlanta for the Kiwanis International convention in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Georgia figures included M Pembroke Pope of Washington Henry C Heinz Fred H Sneed and J Walter Cooper president of the Atlanta club.
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Atlanta
Kiwanis International
Milwaukee
Wis
Georgia
M. Pembroke-Pope
Washington
Henry C. Heinz
Kiwanis Internation
Fred H. Sneed
J. Walter Cooper
Atlanta Club
Reports Of Hospital Explosion Were Erroneous
Reports from Hong Kong and London claimed a disastrous explosion at the East Bund Hospital in Canton but authorities say there was no hospital disaster. The confusion stemmed from an ammunition dump explosion nearby associated with a Chinese military hospital.
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Hong Kong
London
Eastbund
Canton
Al Capone Expected Home Next Week
Al Capone may be released soon as legal action for his release is to be heard in Philadelphia courts next Wednesday. Capone is serving a one year sentence for gun toting. His confidants Charles Fischette and Jack Gusik returned from Philadelphia yesterday.
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Chicago
al Capone
Charles’ Fischette
Capone
Jack Gusik
Philadelphia
Scarface al
Fischette
Farm Bureau protests tariff bill rates for farm goods
Washington June 22 The American Farm Bureau Federation filed a protest to the House tariff bill arguing it omits adequate rates for many agricultural commodities and lags behind protections for manufactured goods. Chester H. Gray urged consideration of rate adjustments tying agri commodities to industrial products. Proposals include specific per unit and ad valorem duties on live cattle dairy products flax seed dried fruits beans potatoes tomatoes hay seeds poultry milk and more.
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Washington, D. C
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chester H. Gray
Federation
Senate
Gray
Farm Organization
Gould's Casino Near Million-Dollar Loss In Five Months
Nice France June 22 official statistics show Jay Goulds casino de la Mediterranee in Riviera gambling place has lost 800000 dollars in five months. Gould, son of the late railroad magnate, bought the casino building for 5 million dollars and faces high maintenance costs as locals question how long he can sustain it.
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Nice
France
Jay
U S Army Band Plans Concert Tour Across Eighteen States
The United States army band now returning from Seville will tour eighteen states in the fall. The itinerary includes Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky Indiana Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Texas New Mexico Louisiana Mississippi and other locations as dates are finalized.
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Washington, D. C
United States Army Band
Seville
Spain
Pennnsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Mis
Ontario police urge waterfront gun searches against rum runners
Windsor reports deputy Ontario police commissioner Alfred E. Cuddy urged stronger waterfront patrols and searches for weapons on rum craft during U S activity against Detroit river liquor smuggling. He planned to ask the Ontario attorney general to station more officers along the Essex county waterfront and said provincial police could aid customs inspectors. No armed rum runners were found on docks visited. the survey followed a Canadian boat being fired upon by a U S customs patrol. Charges of attempted murder may await the rum runners if identified in Ontario courts. Extradition would be sought if captured in Canada.
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Windsor
Ont
United States
Detroit River
Alfred E. Cuddy
Commission of Ontario
Lake Erie
Lake St. Clair
Cuddy
A. H Price
Essex County
Dominion Customs
Price
United States Customs
Ontario
Walter S. Petty
Detroit
Canada
California train robbed by bandits near McAvoy
A Southern Pacific local train from Martinez to Tracy was halted near McAvoy by two men who shot engineer J. H. Barnes in the arm and looted registered mail sacks. The robbers, traveling from Bay Point, used a car with a machine gun. they fled after the hold up. Barnes was treated at Pittsburgh hospital and was expected to recover.
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Barnes
Pittsburgh
Blood donations flood city to save 14 year old
In New York over 100 people offered blood and money to save 14 year old George Mosher dying of kala azar. Doctors say he needs weekly transfusions costing 50 dollars that his charity hospital cannot provide. Citizens from all walks offered help, while his father is disabled from an accident.
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New York
George Mosher
Seaside Hospital
Staten Island
Wic George
Fat
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Mississippi
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Thomas—Heflin
Alabama
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N. Y
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Lazzers
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Oif
W. Sherman Burns
Burns’ Detective Agency
Wiliam J. Burns
Supreme Court
Miconday
George Johnson
Newport
State Penitentiary
Glen Quay
San Miguel Island
Lisbon
Portugal
Caragena
William Moseley Brown
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Luther Ballenger
Haralson County
Grady Phillips
Automobile “Merrymaker
Buchanan, Ga
Farm Bureau
Gould
Sissippi
Anesie
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