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...State's case rested chiefly upon the evidence of Harry Thomasson, who confessed that he and his brother had killed Mayor Adams, but had acted in the employ of Messrs. Birger and Newland. On the night of Dec. 12, 1926, Mr. Thomasson said, he and his brother drove up to the home of Mayor Adams in a car driven by Mr. Hyland. They rang Mr. Adams doorbell, shot and killed him when he opened the door. Another witness testified that the bullets were poisoned so that any wound would prove fatal...
...General Feland cabled to Washington: "I recommend that the distinguished service medal be awarded Major Ross E. Rowell. ... At Ocotal he led the planes to the attack with the highest tactical skill and distinguished courage. He broke the masses of the enemy, destroyed the greater part of them and drove the remainder from the field...
...voice of Judge Joseph Frederick Rutherford, president, the International Bible Students' Association, boomed from Toronto last week to pass out from 53 separate radio broadcasting stations. The "hookup" was the widest in radio history and was the result of a goading which Judge Rutherford several weeks ago drove at President Merlin Hall Aylesworth of National Broadcasting...
...They drove their fists into each other savagely, scarcely bothering to protect themselves. Eighty thousand people, swarming around them in the night, bellowed with joy. They drove each other back and forth around their brightly lighted enclosure, grunting, snuffling for breath, dripping sweat and blood. Several million people, listening to an excited radio announcer at the ringside, rocked with excitement. It was, said the announcer, a furious fight, fast and even...
Rajah Raboid, blindfolded with eleven thick bandages, drove an automobile at high speed through Kenton's curious traffic...