Southern Illinois Indiana plan mammoth tornado rehab
Survivors in Southern Illinois and Indiana push ahead with reconstruction after last Wednesday’s tornado disaster. Four months expected to clear ruins, rebuild homes and factories, and restore sanitation. Red Cross to provide fifty thousand dollars plus local funds for relief.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Hainois
Indiana
Tinois
the American Red Cross
Washington
Indiana towns recover as tornado rips Griffin and Owensville
Indiana dispatch reports damage from a twister that struck Griffin and Owensville last Wednesday. Southwestern Indiana sites hard hit, with Griffin isolated by high water on the Wabash and Black rivers. Rescue work continues as skiffs used to deliver supplies. Griffin’s lowlands remain flooded with limited access.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Griffin
Owensville
Princeton
Net of guards and routes block tornado zones in Indiana
Reinforced military lines held back thousands of curious motorists as rehabilitation and relief continued in southern Indiana. State guardsmen manned every highway into Griffin, and only relief workers could enter. Picket lines ringed Owenaville, but motorists and pedestrians were kept moving amid the siege of damage.
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Princeton
Ind
Indiana
Griffin
Here
Owenaville
Bereth Pleads Guilty and Draws Sentence of Year
Atlanta news reports J. B. Bereth former paymaster at East Point shops of the state highway department pleaded guilty in Fulton superior court and was sentenced to twelve months on the Fulton county chain gang.
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East Point
State Highway Department
Fulton County Chain Gang
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
J. B. Bereth
Fulton Superior Court
Fulton County
Pershing to Supervise Tacna Arica Plebiscite
General Pershing has been appointed to supervise the Tacna Arica plebiscite. The White House announced his selection as head of the commissions to oversee the election under the Chilean Peruvian arbitration award.
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White House
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Pershing
Japanese alien land ownership bill passes lower house
Tokio reports the lower house of the Diet passed the alien land ownership bill today. The House of Peers had adopted the measure on March 16. The new law will later be enacted by imperial edict.
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Asadelarad Prange
Tokio
Diet
House of Peers
Woodmen of the World Hold Georgia Convention in Macon
The Woodmen of the World in Georgia opened its two day state convention in Macon with more than 500 delegates in attendance. The opening session featured welcome addresses and formal introductions as the meeting began.
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Woodmen OF the World
Macon
Associated Press
Georgia
Pay to National Guard Members Held Up
President Coolidge ordered an investigation into a $1 300 000 deficiency bill for National Guard drill pay and directed payments be withheld until findings are released.
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National Guard
Washingon
D. C
Coolidge
Jury to Resume Conspiracy Probe in Atlanta Penitentiary
Sheriff Walter Jackson of Clarke County was served habeas corpus papers to produce Willie Haar of Savannah Mannie Kessler of New York Co C Tuten of Savannah and George Remus of Cincinnati before the federal grand jury in Atlanta. The grand jury will resume hearings into conditions at the Atlanta penitentiary and Hayden the former prison chaplain is named as a participant in the bribery scheme.
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Associated Press
Athens
Mysterious Death of Retired New York Banker Probed
Louis S. Frankenheimer a seventy four year old retired banker died in his apartment after injuries he attributed to three men on Eighteenth Street at Park Avenue Medical Examiner Norris questioned the assault claim as Frankenheimer told a doctor of his incoherent story His watch chain remained but cash was not found prompting his sisters with whom he lived to suspect robbery.
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Associated Press
New York
Louis S. Frankenheimer
Eighteenth Street
Park Avenue
Norris
Frankenheimer
Chapman Goes on Trial Tomorrow
Hartford March 23 Gerald Chapman the mail bandit, captured after escaping Atlanta prison, will face trial for his life tomorrow. A jury selection to hear evidence of his alleged murder of James S. Kelly a New Britain policeman will begin in the morning.
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Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Atlanta
James S. Kelly
New Britain
French Ambassador Defleurau to Return to London
Paris reports M. Defleurau French ambassador to Great Britain will return to London after consultations in Paris. He carries instructions expected to facilitate Franco British negotiations on European security following an interview with Premier Herriot.
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Associated Press
Paris
M. Defleurau
Great Britain
London
Final Arguments in Naval Oil Suit
Cheyenne Wyoming March 23 Government counsel opened the final argument on the legality of the 192 president Harding executive order removing the naval oil reserve from the Secretary of the Navy Atlee Pomerene in the Teapot Dome lease nullment case.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Harding
Naval Oil Reserve
Secretary of the Navy
Atlee Pomerene
Teapot Dome
Investigation of Judge English Gets Underway
The Congressional committee in St Louis to investigate Judge Georges Washington English of the Eastern Missouri district organized today and heard opening statements. The panel adjourned until tomorrow due to the prosecutor's absence.
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Associated Praag
Congressional
Georges Washington English
Immnoia
Silk Theft At Hudson River Pier Strikes Lehigh Valley
Armed bandits held up a watchman at the Twenty sixth street pier on the Hudson River and escaped with silk valued by railroad officials at forty thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Twenty-sixth Street
Hudson River
Arbuckle and Doris Deane to Wed in California
Beverly Hills California March 28 Doris Deane motion picture actress and Roscoe Arbuckle former comedian of the films will be married tomorrow night at the home of the bride's mother in San Marino.
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Associated Press
Beverly Hills
Cal
Doris Deane
Roscoe Arbuckle
San Marino
Prospective Jurors Summoned for Bennett Trial in Tennessee
In Chattanooga on March 23 five hundred prospective jurors were called for the trial of W. H. Bennett and his wife Mae Bennett, indicted for murdering Augusta Hoffman, aunt of Bennett. Jury selection took about ninety minutes. the state challenged three jurors, defense none. A carpenter, J. L. Lee, testified that bones in court were those of Miss Hoffman found under the Bennets’ house.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hamilton County Court
W. H. Bennett
Mae Bennett
Augusta Hoffman
Bennett
J. L. Lee
Miss Hoffman
Bennets
Bennetts Go On Trial In Murder Indictment
In Chattanooga on March 28 a jury will hear the murder indictment of W. Bennett of Rome Georgia and his wife Mae Bennett. The Bennetts, long prominent in Tennessee and Georgia, face trial in criminal court today on charges arising from the case.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
W. ,.Bennett
Rome
Mae’ Bennett
Bennetts
Tennessee
Georgia
Verdict in Waterhouse suit over 1075 pounds found for plaintiff
London march 23 The jury in the case of Mrs Muriel Waterhouse against Lady Wilson Barker returned a verdict in favor of Mrs Waterhouse for the 1075 pounds alleged to have been extorted from Alfred Francia Waterhouse, husband of the plaintiff, now deceased.
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Muriel Waterhouse
Associated Press
London
Wilson-Barker
Alfred Francia Waterhouse
Waterhouse
Supreme Court declines to review Marcus Garvey case
The Supreme Court today declined to review whether Marcus Garvey known as provisional president of Africa was convicted in New York of violating the federal income tax law by using stock to promote the Black Star Line to transport Black people to Africa.
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Supreme Court
Marcus Garvey
Washington, D. C
Africa
New York City
Black Star Line
Four killed at crossing near Fremont Ohio
Four persons die when a touring car is struck by a Lake Shore interurban near Fremont. The victims include Mr and Mrs Clarence Michaels and their daughter Maryell, aged 2, and Burle Tuckerman 26, an employee of Michaels. The car entered the tracks to reach a private driveway as the interurban hit it.
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Toledo
Fremont
Clarence Michaels
Maryell
Burle Tuckerman
Michaels
Weather forecast for Georgia unsettled with showers
Unsettled conditions expected tonight and tomorrow across Georgia with likely showers in the southern portion of the state. Light rain may persist in southern counties as a trough moves through the area. Temperatures are not specified in the readable text.
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Georgia
Noted Criminal Albert House Escapes Tampa Jail
Albert House, described as a celebrated criminal, escaped Hillsborough County jail after a week in confinement. He allegedly sawed his way out with a crowbar outside and hacksaws passed in to aid the breakout. House is wanted by Indiana authorities for murder and bank robberies, tied to a tobacco factory robbery case.
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Tampa
Albert House
Indiana
Ansociated
Fla
Hillsbrough County
House
Dorothy Ellingson Faces Murder Trial For Mother’s Death
Dorothy Ellingson the sixteen year old stenographer who shot her mother to death last January asked the Superior Court for a jury composed entirely of men. Her attorneys indicated they would pursue temporary insanity as a defense.
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Slayer
San Francisco
Cte
Asseociated Press
Cal
Dorothy Ellingson
Superior Court
Rescue crews press to confirm survivors at Bethlehem mine
Fairmont West Virginia March 23 rescue workers doubtfully expect to learn today if any of the 33 miners entombed in the Bethlehem Mines Barrackville mine after Tuesday’s explosion survived. Fifteen more bodies were recovered yesterday bringing total found to 29 with twenty six recovered so far.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Pethlchem
Beief
T. R. Dehart
Harry Murson
Charles C. Groves
Norton
Bethlehem Mine Corporation
Barrackville
Pat O'Conner
Groves
Corporation
New Evidence Reported for Edwards Second Murder Trial
Ressemer Alabama March 23 new evidence the state says it will offer at the second trial of Dr George T Edwards charged with wife murder has not been disclosed Aside from more witnesses little is known of trial plans by either side
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Birmingham
George T. Edwards
Rawlings and Tanner Ready to Go on Trial at Wrightsville
In Wrightsville Georgia on March 23 Charles Q Rawlings of Sandersville and J J Tanner indicted for murder in the Tarbatton case appeared in Superior Court. Jury selection began as the case moved toward trial. Rawlings a wealthy landowner was among the defendants and Tarbatton has been missing since the indictment.
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Rawlings
Tanner
Wrightsville
Charles Q. Rawlings
Sandersville
G. A. Tarburton
Johnson County
Superior Court
J. J. Tanner
C. G. Rawlings
Gua A. Tarbatton
Higginbotham pleads not guilty in Baker murder case
Cross City Florida March 23 Thomas W Higginbotham former convict camp whipping boss and two others entered not guilty pleas at the Dixie county circuit court arraignment for the murder of Lewin Baker a Black man.
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Associated Prong
Cross City
Fla
Thomas W. Higginbotham
Lewin Baker
Dixie County
Five Soviet Officials Die in Plane Crash
Moscow March 23 Reuters report states five Soviet government officials were killed when a military plane from Tiflis to Suchan caught fire and crashed. A later message confirmed three officials and two pilots perished.
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Bity
Pregey
Moscow
Reuters
Shepherd Seeks Bail Amid Typhoid Case and Coroner Inquest
Chicago March 23 The long legal fight to release William D. Shepherd on bail continues as he is indicted for inoculating his foster son William Nelson McClintock with typhoid germs. A coroner's inquest into McClintock's death is set to hear new witnesses after Chief Justice Olson subpoenas. Shepherd's lawyers push for freedom while his health and diabetes are noted.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Young McClintock
Olson
Senator Jones to Study South American Shipping Conditions
The Associated Press reports Senator Jones of Washington will visit Brazil Argentina Paraguay Uruguay and possibly Chile for a month to study shipping conditions. He plans to draft a shipping bill upon return to Washington to separate the functions of the shipping board and fleet corporation.
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Jones
Washington, D. C
Senator Jones
Washington
Walt
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Paraguay
Uruguay
Chile
Former Empress Charlotte Improves After Illness
In Belgium on March 23 Associated Prensa reports the aged former empress Charlotte of Mexico recovered a satisfactory night while suffering from grippe. King Albert and Princess Victor Napoleon Bonaparte visited Saturday and Queen Elizabeth spent Sunday afternoon with her.
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Mexico
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