State Ends Case Against Snook Detective Last Man On Stand
In Columbus Ohio the state rests its first degree murder case against Dr James H Snook former Ohio State University professor as Howard Lavely the last state witness testifies about the hammer and knife used in the killing of Theora Hix The defense notes self defense and impaired mental condition The state cites Snooks interview to two reporters describing the vice and killing details with his lover Theora Hix and the subsequent confession by the accused
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Lavely
Ohio State
Max Seyfert
Marion T. Myers
Ohio State Eld
Myers
Dr. Snook
Snook
W. C. Howells
James Fusco
Earhart Sees Winslow Rising as Key Air Route Point
Amelia Earhart predicts Winslow will become an important air map point as charting updates from the Commerce Department loom for the northern route. She tours the T A T airfield, praises Manager Bradley, and notes heavy traffic and expanding hangar capacity as she travels toward a cross country race from Clovis to Los Angeles.
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Amelia Earhart
Winslow
Amelia. Earhart
Atlantic
Aviatrix
Los Angeles
Department of Commerce
Miss Earhart
el Paso
Tucson
Yuma
C. E. Bradley
Trans-Continental
Clovis
Bradley
Misa Earhart
Orville Stevens
Harvey House
T A. T
Washington
Joe Cross
Disappearance of Prohibition Agent Sparks conflicting accounts
Detroit August 6 AP two versions emerge in the missing status of Richard J. Sandilands a federal prohibition agent. Maxine Heath wife of John Heath describes a scuffle on the river deck while Heath claims Sandilands tried to force docking prompting a struggle and Sandilands vanished in swift currents near the Maxine. Heath and his wife cite fear of hijacking as motive for action and authorities pursue questions with Heath's attorney coordinating further questioning.
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Detroit
Richard J. Sandilands
Customs Border Patrol
Detroit River
Maxine Heath
John M. Heath
Sandlands
Max H. Finkelston
Heath
Customs Office
Arson Suspected After Drug Store Blast Kills Firemen
Durwood M. Dailey, operator of a drug store blown up in a blaze, names five men to police supporting an arson plot theory. Three firemen died and eleven were injured. Dailey and two others are under arrest. two more suspects sought. Crowe and Piggott identified by witnesses as carrying liquids into the basement. Fire floor looked covered with flammable liquid. Police withhold two names.
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Kansas City
Durwood M. Dailey
Dailey
John L
Pat” Crowe
D. L. Piggott
Piggott
Warren McBride
Donald Beaumont
Littlefield Dam Break Causes Flooding in Mohave Valley
Las Vegas dispatch reports the 85 foot Littlefield dam on the Virgin river failed during a cloudburst, flooding Littlefield and the Virgin River valley. Hundreds of livestock drowned as residents fled to higher ground. highway to Los Angeles blocked and communication hampered. Bunkerville was reportedly struck.
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Bunkerville
Littlefield
Virgin River
Los Angeles
Mohave County
Utah State Line
Nevada Line
Las Vegas
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Colorado River
Beebe Demonstrates Extreme Fish Feeding Tricks
In New York on August 6 AP reports naturalist William Beebe using a radi um baited hook to catch a small fish with an extensible stomach able to swallow a fish three times larger, and another species with hooks on its flippers.
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New York
William Beebe
Graf Zeppelin Prepares for World Voyage Leg From Lakehurst
At Lakehurst New Jersey the Graf Zeppelin refuels for departure at midnight on the first leg of a 22 000 mile world circling flight. Commander Dr Hugo Eckener leads the airship home to Friedrichshafen Germany with 18 passengers booked for the world tour and freight and mail. Passengers include Joachim Rickard Brockton Mass Otto Hillig Liberty New Jersey and another unnamed passenger.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo, Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Graf. Zeppelin
New York
Amieticad
Zeppelin
Dre
Joachim Rickard
Y Brockton
Mass
Otto Hillig
Liberty
Postponed NL Baseball Due to Wet Grounds
National League games between Boston and St Louis were postponed because of wet grounds. New York and Pittsburgh played a scoreless stretch with notable pitching, while Brooklyn defeated Chicago 5 to 4 after a late rally.
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Boston-St. Louis
St. Louis and Philadelphia score lines from two games
The record lists two matches with partial, unclear score lines between St. Louis and Philadelphia. Names such as Crowder Shang Yerkes Cochran Perkin Ogden Coffman Ferrélls Roumell Washitata Wadley Janoarid Spencer Shérid Nekola Moore and ick appear in fragmented form, reflecting an OCR garble of a multi game recap.
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Philadelphia
Ogden, Coffman and Ferrélls Roumell
Cochrane
Washitata
Peer
New Yeeans
Wadley
Janoarid
Spencer
Aes
Shérid
Nekola
Moore
Ick
Washington and New York Play By Play Short Summary
Baseball score notes show Washington scoring eight runs to New York's, with a late rally. Detroit and Cleveland also tally runs in separate contests. Names Burke Savidge Ruel Hei mach Bengough and others appear in box score references. Only games today.
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Washington
New York
Burke
Savidge
Ruel
Heimach
Bengough
Escaped narcotic addicts flee from Spadra hospital
In Los Angeles 11 of 16 narcotic addicts escaped from the Spadra hospital after overpowering guards. The escape followed a lights out riot across wards as inmates surmounted a ten foot fence. Deputies hunted the fugitives while Earl Jensen blamed courts for sending drug addicts to hospitals rather than penitentiaries.
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Los Angeles
Spadra Ner
Earl EK. Jensen
Los Angeles Lawyer Appointed General Counsel for Farm Board
George E. Farrand of Los Angeles was chosen as general counsel for the federal farm board. The announcement cites his expertise in cooperative marketing and notes prior roles with the California fruit growers exchange, the California walnut association, and the milk producers of southern California. He will start duties in Washington on August 12.
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Washington
George E. Farrand
Los Angeles
Federal Farm Board
Farrand
Clifornia Fruit Growers Exchange
California Walnut Association
Milk Producers of
Southern California
Mtr
Suits Filed in Standard Furniture Bankruptcy Case
At a creditors meeting for Standard Furniture Company now in bankruptcy since 4 years ago, R W Smith the referee ordered more than 390 suits totaling over 3500 filed by Thomas Nealson trustee counsel against unpaid accounts. A 20 percent dividend was declared and the session adjourned to a later date.
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R. W. Smith
Standard Furniture Company
Sam W. Proctor
Thomas Nealson
Navajo Board Set in Session Three Days
Navajo board of supervisors resumes session in Holbrook with unfinished work from prior day. Assessments protests filled most of yesterday while today focuses on the fiscal budget expected to be adopted this afternoon.
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By Mail
Holbrook
Navajo Board of Supervisors
Bloodier Tong War Flares In New England Cities
The bloodiest tong war in years broke out with killings in New York City and Boston. Five dead in two days and several wounded amid warnings from U S Attorney Charles H Tuttle and Chinese consul Samuel Sn Young that violence would not be tolerated during a peace conference. In Harlem a laundryman was shot at his ironing board and two Chinese in Boston were killed within hours of the leaders’ assurances. Police said tong heads had misled them, signaling a violent escalation for New England.
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New York
Boston
U. S
Charles H. Tuttle
Samuel Sn Young
Harlem
New England
Army Faces Three Sided Fire in Mountain Fires
An exhausted army of about 1000, aided by new recruits, battles a spread of flames across 30000 acres in Montana Idaho and Washington. Persistent drought and very low humidity hinder suppression as federal air patrols report dozens of new fires sparked by lightning without rain.
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Spokane
Wash
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Gash In Head From Fast Auto Ride Near Winslow
Harvey Levine and B Ray Lepley drove east of Winslow on Second street to appraise a painting job when they struck a steep hill. Lepley received a long gash requiring five stitches after his head hit the car top. The vehicle suffered two broken springs and a bent axle.
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Harvey Levine
B. Ray Lepley
Winslow
Second Street
Lepley
Levine
Giffard Divorced in Reno Divorce Decree
Walter S. Giffard president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company was divorced in Reno Nevada yesterday.
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Reno. Nev
Walter S. Giffard
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mrs. T. J. Downey Former Winslow Resident Dies
Mrs. T. J. Downey former Winslow resident died in an Albuquerque hospital from cancer after an unsuccessful operation. She had been in poor health for months and did not know the disease was incurable. She moved to Albuquerque about a year ago and is survived by her husband and three children Carl Adolph and Isabelle.
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T. J. Downey
Winslow
Albuquerque
Carl
Adolph
Isabelle
Mines Sold Near Prescott Plan Immediate Development
Prescott Arizona August 9 AP Purchase of the eight Turkey Creek claims south of town held by War Engine company by Rodger Hooper George Ki Fulton and eastern partners for 450000 was announced today. The buyer group plans immediate development of the property.
Fake diploma mill located arrests made in Chicago
Chicago August 6 AP side story revealed a diploma and license mill supplying counterfeit certificates and state seals. A man admitted producing photostatic copies for counterfeit plates. Patrick Roche chief investigator said new arrests and indictments would follow, naming several Chicago printing firms.
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Chicago
Patrick Roche
Miners Clash Leaves Dozens Dead in Bucharest District
In the Supery Coal district a clash between striking miners and military forces left fifty eight dead and hundreds wounded. Reports from Bucharest say the violence marks a severe escalation in labor unrest across Romania.
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Bucharest
Romania
Supery
Dam Burst Floods Arizona Nevada Valley and Livestock
An 86 foot dam on the Virkie river near Littlefield Arizona was swept away by flood waters. Large numbers of livestock drowned while Mesquite was flooded to five and a half feet. The Virgin Oil and Land company owned the dam and about 150000 dollars had been spent on construction.
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Bas Vegas
Nev
Virkie River
Littlefield
Ariz
Gaty
Virgin Oil and Land Company
Los Angeles
Plani
Here
Water rises at Coolidge Lake as rains spill over
In Miami Arizona on August 6 engineers report Coolidge Lake water level up 22½ feet since the rains began, with the lake continuing to rise.
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Miami
Ariz
Coolidge Lake
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Maxine
Mohave
Moheve County
Virgin Mountains
H. J. Fouts
Phoenix
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Weather Bureau
Abilene Seer
Eater Seeeemssoreaes
Salt Lake
Pittsburgh
Walker
O'Farrell
Petty
Hemsley
Brooklyn
Moss
Morrison
St. Lewis
Crowder
Shang
Shotée
Yerkés
Perkin
Cleveland
Serrell
Whitehill
Hargreaves
Hudlin, Ferrell
L. Sewell
Myatt
California
State Hospital
Farm Board
Gleford
Yavapai Mines
New York State Athletic Commission
William F. Carey
Madison Square Garden
Boxing Solons
Max Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
Bowie
J. Barbour Campbell
Campbell
William Crawford Field
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Lake
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