Hickman appeals murder case as clock runs to gallows
William Edward Hickman filed notice of appeal from denial of a new trial in the Marion Parker murder case. Defense plans to challenge revised insanity statutes, while the date for a Supreme Court ruling remains uncertain and execution could be postponed. The joint trial of Hickman and Ivy Tom s, Los Angeles druggist, progressed slowly with juror questioning continuing.
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United Press
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Supreme Court
Dispatch
The
Hickman and Welby
Ivy Toms
Veniremen
Elliott Graig
Toms
Prohibition Platform Demands Near Immediate Enforcement
Washington leaders and national organizations with professors meet February 28 to press for dry plank adoption. They seek nomination and election of a dry candidate for the presidency and aim to strengthen prohibition enforcement across parties.
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Washington
Klan Backs Hoover While Opposes Smith
Dallas report says Ku Klux Klan leaders back Herbert Hoover for the Republican nomination and oppose Alfred E. Smith for the presidency. Imperial Wizard Miram W. Evans said the Klan dislikes Smith for supporting prohibition nullification, not his religion.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Dallas
Tex
Alfred Smith
New York
Herbert Hoover
Miram W. Evans
Ford foresees a united world and machinery transforming life
Henry Ford sketches a future where borders vanish, travel to other planets is possible, and life is run by large corporations and machines. He predicts freed women from housework, meals cooked outside the home, and personalized food at lower cost, with life expectancy rising and body parts replacement common. He also warns against tobacco and upholds prohibition, asserting his industries are smoke free.
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United Press
New York
Henry Ford
Ford
United States
Fay
Leone Faurote
Forum
Bodies of Lost Officers Found Near Highway
Deputies John P. Grove and Wallace McClure, missing since Feb 7, were found shot to death on a farm near Covington Indiana. Their auto, towing two prisoners Samuel Baxter and John Burns, had been used to transport them to Pendleton. Burns and Baxter fled after driving the car to Decatur Illinois. Autopsy pending. coroner Harry Stewart will determine cause of death.
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Covington
Ind
John
Grove
Wallace
McClure
Here
LaFayette
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Samuel Baxter
John Burns
Burns
Baxter
Decatur
Ill
Indiana
Illinois
Charles Abdill
Danville
Abdill
Charles EB. Ray
Harry Stewart
Lottie Pickford Granted Paris Divorce From Allan Fisher
Hollywood reports Lottie Pickford, sister of Mary Pickford, has obtained a Paris divorce from Allan Forrest Fisher, an actor, the action granted months earlier but only now learned in Hollywood. Pickford declined to comment on the divorce after marrying Fisher in 1922.
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United Press Transcontiental Wire
Hollywood
Lottie Pickford
America
Mary Pickford
Allan Forrest Fisher
Paris
Miss Pickford
Forrest
Senate Acts To Probe Soft Coal Strike Conditions
The Senate directed the Interstate Commerce Committee to investigate strike conditions in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia after a yearlong dispute. Senator Reed urged expanding inquiry to freight rates. the panel will begin hearings with field subcommittees later. The stoppage affects about 100000 miners and perhaps 750000 people overall.
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Transcontinental Wire
Washington
Hiram Johnson
Senate Interstate “Commerce
Fio
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virsginia
Senate
Reed
Watson
Inter‘state Commerce
unidentified man’s body washed ashore near Oxnard
The body of an unidentified man washed ashore on the beach between Ventura and Hueneme and was brought to Oxnard. A black taffeta handkerchief found with the body is expected to aid identification. Coroner Reardon said the remains were well preserved but partially mutilated by fish and discounted rumors linking them to failed Dole flight entrants.
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United Press
Oxnard
Calif
Ventura
Hueneme
Reardon
Mississippi flood control bill approved by House panel
The House Flood Control Committee reported favorably a comprehensive flood control bill for the Mississippi that would cost 473 million dollars and provide Federal payment of all costs. Tributaries removed from the draft, with plans to propose amendments on the floor. The measure would create a Mississippi valley flood control commission under the president and abolish the current Mississippi river commission.
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United Press Irascontinental Wire
Washington
House Flood Control Committee
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley Flood Control Commission
Mississippi River Commission
Arizona mule earns praise and lays claim to army legend
In San Francisco the 30th Infantry reviews featured a veteran cavalry mule named Arizona. Wounded in the Argonne and brought back from France, the stubborn animal was combed and decorated with a gilded blanket and stripes. The troops say he has done nothing since, except grow older and more cantankerous, yet he remains beloved by the regiment.
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Arizona
30Th Infantry
Existance
Argonne
Presidio
France
Airplane and Surgeon Save Life of Youth
A Monterey field polo game halted when an Army plane landed and a passenger rushed to Presidio Hospital. After a life saving operation performed by Lt Col W Rukke at Letterman Hospital the youth William Gromer son of Colonel Leon B Kramer was saved.
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Leon B. Kramer
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Monterey
W. ‘Rukke
Letterman
San Francisco
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Letterman Hospital
Young Kromer
Jury Deliberations Continue in Hill Murder Trial
Ottawa Newfoundland February 16 Jury in the Hill murder trial continued deliberations after fifty seven hours with requests for release denied by Judge Joe A. Davis. The case, sent to the jury at 2 pm Tuesday, centers on the murder of Hill's mother amid circumstantial evidence and a possible conviction by a majority.
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United Press
Ottawa
Harry A. ‘Hill
Joe A. Davis
Davis
Hill
Day Testifies Amid Sinclair Jury Shadowing Claims
Henry Mason Day testified that Burns detectives shadowed Sinclair case jurors due to fear of outside influence. He said intimidating letters were received by Harry F. Sinclair, and the detectives were watching jurors, not pressuring them.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Burns
Henry Mason Day
Sinclair
Day
Epidemic Fatalities Onboard Pacific Liner Near Honolulu
Seventeen Filipinos aboard the liner Dollar reached port after a fever epidemic, with fourteen deaths at sea or soon after. Dr George Belden and crew cared for patients as quarantine procedures began, and the ship completed Yokohama to Honolulu in eight days amid cold storms.
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Honolulu
Cleveland
Ather
George Belden
Manila
Yokohama
Byrd's Newest Airplane Makes Initial Flight
Byrd and two pilots tested the tri motor monoplane NX 4204 at Hasbrouck New Jersey. The craft built by Atlantic Aircraft Corporation flew from Teterboro to Mitchell Field and Miller Field Staten Island. Flight planned to assess range and weather for a South Pole expedition.
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Richard 5. Byrd
North Pole
Teterboro
Mitc@hél
Anthony Fokker
Atlantic Aircraft Corporation
Balchen
John McPhail
Bennett
Attorney Paul Geary Defends Bank Case in Coconino Court
Special to The Daily Maich Flagstaff Feb 1 9 Attorney Paul Geary scored points for the defense this afternoon in the case of the state of Quebeceaux former vice president of the defunct Winslow bank. He stands trial in the Coconino county Superior court for alleged receipt of deposits after the bank was insolvent. The bank closed October 3 1924 and no indictment was brought until December 18 1926. Be Smith deputy state bank examiner testified that notes he estimated worth in many cases to be substantial.
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Paul
Geary
Québecheaux
Winslow
Wito
Coconino County
al- Isged
Smith
State Bank
Phil Sawyer
Argentine Ambassador Pueyrredon Resigns Over Pan American Ties
Havana reports Dr Honorio Pueyrredon resigns as Argentine ambassador to the United States and as chief Argentine delegate at the Pan American conference after opposing the majority on denouncing tariffs. Laurentino Olascoaga named temporary head of delegation. Argentina may rejoin later if desired.
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United Press
Havana
Honorio Pueyrredon
United States
Pueyrredon
Union
Dé Pueyrredgp
Pan-American Union
Laurentino Olascpaga
Cuba
Foreign ‘Office
Argentina
Nighttime police find cash packages linked to small denomination bills
Police discover bundles of bills described as small denomination notes during a nighttime operation. Investigators note external packaging and potential connection to broader money-handling activity.
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