Defense Complete as Doctor Denies Insanity in Parker Case
William Edward Nickman testifies that Marion Parker, 42, was sane at the time of her kidnapping and murder. Dr Cecil Reynolds, alienist, says the slayer showed no mental illness beyond abnormality. reckless killer, no dementia praecox. Court adjourns until tomorrow as defense presents experts.
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United
Fress
Angeles
Williaa Edward
Nickman
Marion Parker
Cecil Reynolds
Reynolds
New York Proposes Seven Cent Subway Fare Change
New York moves to raise the subway fare to seven cents starting March 3 amid a long running fare dispute. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company also announces a 15 percent wage increase for employees as talks head toward court settlement.
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United Press
New ‘York
York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York
Action Taken Against Student Attackers at UW
Seattle Feb 3 Dr M Lyle Spencer president of the University started action to apprehend nine men accused of mistreating Marion Zioncheck student body president. Zioncheck was kidnapped from a board of control meeting by masked assailants and beaten and cast into Lake Washington. Spencer seeks to bring the culprits to justice and aid Zioncheck with injury recovery.
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United
Press
Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
M. Lyle Spencer
Marion Byioncheck
Zioncheck
Board of Control
Lake Washington
Spencer
Injare Sterin
Holbrook Child Recovering After Poison Candy Incident
John Clayton Brown aged 3 and his brothers Leroy 3 and Henry 5 ate poison mistaken for candy from a tub of rubbish. Leroy died. Henry remained seriously ill but improved. John Clayton's condition improved by yesterday. Funeral for Leroy was held in Holbrook Wednesday night and burial followed Thursday afternoon at St Johns.
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John Clayton Brown
Leroy. Brown
Henry Brown
Clayton
Leroy
Holbrook
St. Johns
Oil magnate Stewart jailed in Teapot Dome probe
B W Stewart chairman of the Standa company of Indiana was arrested by order of the Senate Teapot Dome investigation committee. The arrest followed his refusal to reveal details about the Sinclair Fall affair. Stewart was taken to an apartment under guard, with plans for a possible habeas corpus writ. McGrain to stay in Stewart’s suite overnight as the case heads toward court.
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United Press
Standa ‘Company
Indiana
Was
Bary
McGrain
Eicort Senate
Marrant
Stewart
Niehind
Jy. L
Barry
Senate
Memorial Services Held For Field Marshal Earl Haig
London mourns as millions attend memorial services for Field Marshal Earl Haig commander of British forces in France during WWI. From Westminster Abbey to Memersyde, 6500 troops, Foch as pallbearer, and broadcasts across the empire mark a national tribute.
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Field Marshal
Earl Haig
United Press
London
France
Westminster Abbey
England
Waterloo
Scotland
Haig
Sir Walter Scot
Belgium
Ferdinand Foch
Britain
Empire
Melbourne
Australia
Flanders Fields
London Scottish Regiment
Memersyde
Edinburgh
Dublin
Great Britain
Bootlegger Trail Ends With Potatoes Held by Officer
In The Dalles Oregon on February 3 a policeman trailed a man believed to be a bootlegger. The pursuit led through streets and alleys where the suspect attempted a furtive stop but was overtaken. Inside the case the officer found potatoes and the man claimed they were for a destitute friend.
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Dalles
Mayfield
Igeal
Nonstop Curtiss Field to Havana Flight Attempt
United Press reports from Curtiss Field Long Island announce a planned nonstop flight to Havana. Pilot Levine and Mabie Bell will depart at dawn in the Columbia flying boat carrying 450 gallons of fuel for the 1500 mile hop.
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United Press
Curtiss ‘Field
Curtiss Field
Long - Island
Havana
Guba
Charles
Levine
Goluimabia
Clarence D. ‘Chamberlin
York
Roosevelt Field
Rotarians Attend Holbrook Inter City Meet Banquet
Winslow Rotary Club members joined nearly all attendees at Holbrook inter city meet and Fifth Anniversary banquet. Gallup New Mexico Club also attended 100 percent. Governor Lloyd C Henning of the 43rd District led ceremonies with talks by prominent Rotarians. Local members praised Holbrook club fellowship.
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Winslow Rotary Club
Holbrook
Gallup
N. M
Holbrook Club
Lloyd C. Henning
Winslow Rotarians
Gallup Club
Army planes to meet French aviators in New Orleans
The War Department announced five Army airplanes will escort Lt Costes and Lt Cmdr Le Brix into New Orleans at the end of their non-stop flight from Mexico City tomorrow.
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Washington
War Department
Costes
Cmdr
le Brix
New Orleans
Mexico City
Fall River Portrait of Ruin After Mill Fire
Desolate scenes in Fall River Massachusetts as Pocasset mill chimney looms over bloated ruins. Fire has left ice ash and debris everywhere with inspectors patrolling streets and warnings about dangerous standing walls. The mill district that fueled growth now lies buried and smouldering in a night of destruction.
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Fall River
Mass
Frankenstein
Pocasset
Riet
Aswatmem
Girard Wn
Government moves to confiscate $35,000 farm near St Paul
In federal court today the government filed a suit to confiscate a farm valued at $35,000 owned by C. J. Mulcahy where a still was operated. The action relies on a long-standing statute allowing land used to defraud the government to be confiscated. Andrew J. Volstead endorsed testing this enforcement approach.
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United Press
ST. Paul, Minn
C. J. Mulcahy
Andrew J. Volstead
Prohibition Department
Missing College Girl Seen By Sheriff
Sheriff William T. Allison reported he saw Frances St. John Smith, a missing Smith College student from Northampton Massachusetts, in a window as a train from Pittsburgh to St. Louis pulled away at a Pennsylvania depot in Steubenville Ohio. She wore a black dress without a coat or hat.
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United Press
Steubenville
Ohio
Frances St. John Smith
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
William T. Allison
Allison
Pennsylvania
Ohio State Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Royal Indian Commission Arrives Amid Riots In Bombay
The Royal Indian Commission led by Sir John Simon faced riots and a thunderstorm in Bombay on arrival. Calcutta saw the worst violence with about 60 injured during clashes between students and troops. Madras reported a fatal shooting. Police and troops used armored cars as demonstrations broadened into strike actions.
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Royal Indian Commission
Bombay
United Press
India
Sir John Simon
Madras
Calcutta
Charles Tegart
Police
Dr. Stapleton
Presidency College
London
India Office
Seattle insurance head shoots wife then kills self
John B Hill, 30, wealthy president of Hill Insurance, shot and killed his wife at their Seattle home and then attempted suicide with the same pistol. The coroner was notified. Hill died later in hospital in critical condition. Neighbors reported no known family troubles. The couple had planned a dinner engagement that evening.
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United Press
Seattle
Wash
Io B. Hill
John’ B. Hill
Sam Volver
Pital
Hill Pius
Drop Of Students At Annapolis Reported
Six midshipmen will be dropped from the United States Naval Academy, official notice announced. The action, approved by Secretary of the Navy Curtis, follows their failure to meet academic requirements.
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Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Navy
Curtis
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All India
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