Insanity Evidence Is Stressed By Defense In Trial Of Ruth Judd
In Phoenix on February 3 Associated Press reports Dr. Paul E. Bowers the state psychiatrist rejects defense claims Winnie Ruth Judd is mentally ill. He says her actions do not prove illness despite delusions hallucinations and hereditary insanity. Defense leader Paul Schenck questions whether Judd feigns dementia to fool observers.
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Ruth Judd
Ralph O. Brown
Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Paul E. Bowers
Agnes Anne Leroi
Judd
Paul Schenck
Mendel
Severe Battle Rages At Shanghai Survey Shows 12 Dead 250 Injured
A 1929 to 1931 record of major quakes and tsunamis lists Shanghai fighting deaths and injuries amid broader global disasters. The survey notes 12 dead and 250 injured in Shanghai, with extensive property damage, alongside figures for Turkey, China, Newfoundland, Persia, Burma, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, and Nicaragua events.
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Burma
Rangoon
Pegu
China
Yunan
Italy
Ghost sighting report continues on page six
A brief note from Arizona dated February 3 mentions a ghost sighting continuing on page six. The fragment provides no further details about location witnesses or outcomes.
Coast Guards Seize British Rum Vessel Pronto
The British vessel Pronto was seized off Cape Cod by Coast Guard Patrol Boat Jackson during the night within the 12 mile limit. Customs officers took the ship to Boston for examination and declined to disclose the seizure reason before inspection.
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Boston
Pronto
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Jackson
Highway Patrol Launches 1931 Plate Crackdown in Cochise
Arizona State Highway Patrol led by Superintendent James M. Hall departed for Cochise County to seize vehicles using 1931 license plates. In Maricopa County the first two days of February yielded over 500 seizures as 1931 plates became void January 31. Hall said the effort will move through all 14 counties until complete. Cars with last year plates face seizure and storage until 1932 plates are obtained, with a $3.50 delinquent fee.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Highway Patrol
James M. Hall
Cochise County
Maricopa County
Hall
Earthquake Felt in Kingston but Causes No Damage
A severe tremor lasting about eight seconds was felt in Kingston Jamaica on February 3 CP. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Arizona Weather Outlook Freespace Clears Skies
Generally fair to night and Thursday with little temperature change. Frost expected in south central and southeast portions tonight. Tuesday high and Wednesday low are not specified. Precipitation zero.
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Arizona
Garners Dine At The White House
President hosts Jack Garner of Texas at a Washington social evening with guests Henry Ford Walter Chrysler and Breckenridge Long in attendance. The Garner couple, long in D.C., ride in a taxi after leaving a Capitol area hotel. The event marks a rare bipartisan celebration in honor of the opposing party’s speaker.
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Washington
Jack Garner
Texas
United States
Hoover
Garner
Capitol
Henry Ford
Walter P. Chrysler
W. W. Atterbury
Melvin A. Traylor
Breckenridge Long
James W. Gerard
Frank H. Hitchcock
Tucson
Arizona
Citizen
Republican National Committee
Joseph F. Tumulty
Wilson
Two More Public Enemies Sentenced
Chicago report states Frank Lake and Terry Druggan, former "beer twins," were sentenced in federal court for tax law violations. Lake received 18 months and a $2,500 fine. Druggan two years and a $5,000 fine. Both pleaded guilty to nonpayment of taxes.
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Chicago
Frank Lake
Terry Druggan
Beer Twins
Leavenworth
Kans
Lake
Druggan
Weather Clears After Snowstorm In Flagstaff Region
Bright sunshine returns to Flagstaff area after a storm that left eight to ten inches of snow and drifts two to three feet. All main roads and highways are open.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Roosevelt Opposes U S Entry to League of Nations
Albany February report on Governor Roosevelt and Democratic presidential hopeful outlines three positions. He says the United States should not join the League of Nations, European debts should not be cancelled, and a world trade conference should be convened to level tariff barriers. The remarks were given at a state grange meeting, following Hearst's challenge and recalling his 12 years ago work as Democratic vice presidential candidate.
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State Grange
League
William Randolph Hearst
Roosevelt
Murder of Seven Family in Elma Confessed
Winnipeg dispatch reports Tom Hrechkozie 28 confessed that “ghosts” ordered him to kill a family of seven at Elma. The victims, relatives of Hrechkozie, were slain with an axe and knife on Friday. He was captured at Contour, 12 miles from Elma, after working as a farm hand for his uncle Martin Sitar who died with his wife and five children.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Tom Hrechkozie
Elma
Hrechkozie
Contour
Martin Sitar
Man Drowns In Well Near Bouse Arizona
John Mangan pool hall operator was found dead at the bottom of a well on his property near Bouse Arizona. He had been missing 24 hours. A coroner's jury ruled accidental drowning after finding he slipped and fell while descending a ladder to a pump in the well.
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Bouse
Ariz
John Mangan
Mangan
Deficiency Bill Signed by Hoover in Emergency Funds Act
President Hoover signed the 126 million dollar first deficiency bill in Washington to meet emergency monetary needs of government departments. The measure provides funds to cover shortfalls in various agencies and continues wartime and postwar operations.
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Hoover
Washington
Chinese Sink Jap Destroyer At Woosung
The battle near Shanghai intensified as Japanese land and air forces attacked Chapei while Japanese destroyers shelled the Woosung forts 16 miles away. The U S Houston arrived with 300 Marines and moved up the Whangpoo river to Shanghai, supporting the fort bombardment.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Whangpoo River
Woosung
United States
Houston
Shanhai
Jobless Arizona Miners Total 8600
Governor Hunt announced a survey showing 8 600 unemployed in Arizona copper camps. Bisbee-Douglas accounts for about 6 000, Globe Miami 1 770, and Ajo Verde around 750. All affected workers and families are being assisted financially through a relief agency.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Bisbee-Douglas
Globe- Miami
Ajo
Verde
Spain Confiscates Jesuit Schools and Monasteries
Madrid authorities began confiscating Jesuit schools colleges and residences across Spain while 3 500 former inmates vanished into towns and cities as private residents or left the country. Jesuit superiors assured press and public the order would vacate without resistance.
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Madrid
Spain
Democrats Propose Highway Measure As Unemployment Relief Substitute
Democratic leaders in the Senate propose a 750.009 million road building and state loan plan as a substitute for a direct 375 million jobless aid bill. The package splits 375 million for highways and 375 million in loans to states to ease distress with repayment. The move occurs as pressure grows for action on the LaFollette Costigan 275 million direct relief bill with critics noting unemployment's harm.
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Washington
Senate
Fall must serve full term after bribery conviction
The federal parole board refused to shorten the sentence of Albert B. Fall who received a 106000 dollar bribe as secretary of the interior. He faces one year and a day plus a 106900 dollar fine and remains in the New Mexico state penitentiary at Santa Fe. The panel said his release would be unjustifiable and harmful to society.
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Albert B. Fall
Secretary of Interior
New Mexico State
Federal Parole Board
Washington
Fall
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Santa Fe
Floods Hit Kentucky Towns Cause Property Damage
Floods in western Kentucky forced families from homes as the Ohio Cumberland and Green rivers rose to flood stage. Many roads were underwater and ferries were closed, hindering transportation around Louisville and surrounding areas.
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Louisville
Ohio
Cumberland
Green
Kentucky
Mountain Climbers Frozen To Death
The bodies of Ernest McAdam of Stoneham and Joseph Chadwick of Woburn were found today on Mount Washington after they dropped exhausted Sunday during a blizzard while attempting the ascent.
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Twin Mountain
N. H
Ernest McAdam
Stoneham
Mass
Joseph Chadwick
Woburn
Mount Washington
Ransom Reduced for Capt. Baker by Yangtze Bandits
Bandits holding Captain Charles Baker, master of a Yangtze river boat, lowered their ransom from 16,008,000 silver dollars to 200,000 dollars plus 2,000 boxes of ammunition. Negotiations for his release continued in Peiping on February 3.
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Peiping
Charles Baker
Baker
Bar silver slips in dull New York trade
Bar silver eased three eighths of a cent to 29 1/2 cents an ounce in New York after quiet trading.
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New York
Japan Opposes Interference in Manchuria and Shanghai
Tokyo reports foreign minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa rejects the S8 proposals for Shanghai and Manchuria settlement in their present form. He will present counter proposals after consulting Prince Saionji, the Oracle of Okitsu, to foreign diplomatic representatives.
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Japan
Manchuria
Tokyo
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Shanghai
Prince Saionji
Okitsu
Land and Air Search For Missing Planes In California
Rescuers search by land and air for two missing planes as storms ease over California. In the Tehachapi range about 100 men investigate canyons for a Century Pacific airliner feared lost with eight aboard. Up to 40 aircraft circle the area aided by clear skies and improved visibility. Farther north near Sequoia National Park some 50 army planes join the effort seeking the other missing craft.
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Los Angeles
Tehachapi Range
Sequoia National Park
Mississippi River Floods Raise Water Across Lower Valley
Natchez Mississippi river rose to 46.6 feet eight tenths above flood stage forcing emergency actions though city remains on a bluff. Backwaters from the Black river flooded Concordia and Catapoula parishes as Ouachita and related streams flood too. Red Cross cared for about 13 000 refugees while Red River levees near Vick broke flooding 40 000 acres. Yazoo county faced a tense hold as danger shifted toward Issaquena and Sharkey counties.
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Miss
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Black River
Concordia
Catapoula
Louisiana
Ouachita
Tensas
Little
Monroe
Alexandria
Red River
Vick
Missisippi
Tallahatchie
Red Cross
Yazoo County
Yazoo River
Issaquena
Sharkey
Snowstorm Swamps Rockies Deluges Colorado and neighboring states
Denver Feb 3 One of the heaviest snowstorms of the winter blanketed southeastern Wyoming and quickly spread over most of Colorado and into western Kansas. Five inches fell at Laramie and Cheyenne with eight below zero reported at Yellowstone National Park.
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Denver
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Laramie
Cheyenne
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Royal couple narrowly escape as truck crashes into limousine
In Copenhagen on February 3 King Christian and Queen Alexandrine avoided injury when a large motor truck collided with the royal limousine during a drive to the palace through a side street. In Tucson, February 3 R. C. Parnell took the oath as assistant U S district attorney for Arizona succeeding Norman Hull who resigned.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Christian
Alexandrine
Tucson
Ariz
R. C. Parnell
U. S
Arizona
Norman Hull
Hoover offers ambassadorship to Britain to Mellon
President Hoover asked Secretary Mellon to accept the Great Britain post but Mellon had not decided. Reports that Mellon was chosen to replace Dawes at the Reconstruction Finance Corporation were denied or left unsettled as Mellon noted the offer but had no time to decide.
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Washington
Hoover
Melton
Great Britain
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mellon
Santiago Cuba Earthquakes Kill or Injure Hundreds
Early reports place six dead and thirty injured in Santiago Cuba after a series of earthquakes. Panic spread as a hospital wall collapsed, but casualty figures later softened. relief teams from Havana and the U S Navy moved in to assist amid extensive property damage.
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Santiago
Cuba
Meérning
Rita
Coast Fliers Plan Pacific Crossing From San Bernardino
San Bernardino fliers Larry Guire and Harry Crosby announced a non stop westward Pacific crossing from San Bernardino with a Bellanca monoplane aiming for Japan. They will test hop eastward to meet backers and choose Pangborn Herndon or a southern route for the flight.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Larry Guire
Harry Crosby
Pacific
Japan
Pangborn
Herndon
Nine anti-freeze deaths in three days in Springfield
Four more deaths were reported today in Springfield from drinking an anti-freeze mixture, bringing the three day total to nine. The deaths reflect a dangerous pattern as authorities investigate the source and motives behind the poisonings.
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Springfield
Mass
Surgeons report successful eye operation on MacDonald
London officials say Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald underwent a delicate eye operation and the procedure was successful. The announcement was made as surgeons disclosed the operation proceeded without complications.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
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